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Historically. >> all right. we have other major news to follow this morning. well get back to this. there are reports this morning that the u.s. has struck a deal with iran on its nuclear program. joining us now from vienna austria, nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent and host of "andrea mitchell reports," andrea mitchell. is this a deal that all sides can celebrate? what have you heard? >> its not quite a deal. in fact there have been reports premature that there was a deal. they have ...

Hes not going to. >> everyone says hes a joke. >> but if he does do that i think he damages republicans more than he damages democrats. >> yeah. well get to it later. i think its worth talking b every time we brought it up lately, there are certain people on our set that have been like this is not worth talking about. we begin with breaking nudz out of europe. a deal has been struck for a new bailout for greece. the eu tweeted the agreement was unanimous and includes serious reforms and financia...

Thats true. >> but if they gain the ability to enrich weapons and they actually produce weapons, those advantage thats you speak of they become neutralized, dont they? >> theres no -- >> im not trying to be critical. >> again, i think the question has to be whether its a relatively bad deal that gets done or whether its a deal that falls apart and then they do that anyway and we lose international sanctions. i dont like either option but if youre forced to choose one, there are lots of benefits ...

Embargo that we thought had nothing to do with this deal? >> well first of all, joe, the practical effects are as bad as you described a few minutes ago. but it really turns the negotiations on their head. recall that our premise for the negotiation was if not forgiving the iranians for a vast amount of bad activity at least ignoring it and isolating it down not just to the nuclear program but to the nuclear enrichment program. thats what we talked b thatabout and thats the only way we thought w...

Hefty price for that pep rally that they call the national referendum a week or so ago. >> absolutely right. if anything this showed a week essentially, bankrupt country has difficulty blackmailing a strong powerful one. it just didnt work. what the greeks thought they were doing in passing the no vote. they werent prepared dealing with the consequences of leaving the euro. it wasnt clear. this agreement seemed to patch together the european idea the europeans like to call it the european xbroek...

From the deal. i think there is pressure for it to be a deal they want. >> its not just republicans putting pressure on democrats as well. bob menendez was on the morning shows yesterday talking about this specific issue as well. so its interesting andrea covered this so many times. were so close to a deal wonlderingwonld ering wondering in what is reading the tea leaves. >> we shall see. well continue to follow the story. there may be a change here. joe? >> i was going to say andrea just slippe...