202 7488000 four democrats. 202 7488001 for independents. And if you want to tweak your thoughts you can do so at cspanwj. You can write to us at facebook. Com cspan. The president is set to momentarily make a statement. We will go to the president when he makes a statement. The New York Times has a short summary of what to expect. That they will leave it in place with most of a runs infrastructure. Much of it will be disassembled and put into storage. Iran is likely to fight the fact site the fact as evidence that it never gave into wests demands that it dismantle critical facilities. They now have 60 days to approve or reject the deal and those critics have already complained that the deal being discussed it only delay the day that iran would have the opportunity to build a Nuclear Weapon. If you go to the website of bloomberg news, they do have an analysis piece looking at congress. We will show a little bit more of that. Under legislation it was mitch mcconnell. It will be a hard sell in congress. We said that president barack obama knows that the resolution of disapproval is likely to introduced, likely to pass and likely to get over 60 votes. We do have legislatures legislators joining us later to talk about the deal but first the president of the United States. Pres. Obama after two years of negotiations the knot estates together with our International Partners has in achieved something that democracy has not. A deal with iran that will prevent it from attaining a Nuclear Weapon. This demonstrates that diplomacy can bring about real and meaningful change. Change that makes our country safer and more secure. It is in line with a tradition of american leadership. It is now more than 50 years since resident kennedy stood before the American People and said let us never negotiate out of fear, but let us never fear to negotiate. He was speaking between the need for discussions between the night of state and the soviet union, which led to efforts to restrict the spread of Nuclear Weapons. In those days the risk was a Catastrophic Nuclear war between superpowers. In our time the risk is that Nuclear Weapons will spread to more and more countries particularly in the middle east, the most volatile region and our world. Because america negotiated from a position of strength, we have stopped the spread of Nuclear Weapons in this region. Because of this deal, the International Community will be able to verify that the Islamic Republic of iran will not develop a Nuclear Weapon. This deal meets every single one of the bottom lines we established when we achieved a framework this spring. Every pathway is cut off. The inspection and transparency regime necessary to verify that objective will be put in place. Because of this deal, iran will not produce the highly enriched uranium and weapons grade plutonium for a nuclear bomb. Iran will remove two thirds of its installed centrifuges, the machines as assyria to produce highly enriched uranium for the bob and for the bomb ands and store them under supervision. They run will also iran will also get rid of 98 of enriched uranium. They currently have a stockpile that could produce up to 10 Nuclear Weapons. Because of this deal the stock while will be reduced to a fraction of what would be required for a single weapon. This limitation will last for 15 years. Because of this deal, a will modify the core of its reactor in iraq but was not produce weapons grade plutonium and has agreed to ship the spent fuel from the reactor out of the country for the lifetime of the reactor. For the next 15 years iran will not build any new heavywater reactors. Because of this deal we will for the first time he in a position to verify all of these commitments. That means it is not built on trust. It is built on verification. Inspectors will have 24 7 access. Iran will have access to the entire Nuclear Supply supply chain with Uranium Mines mills and conversion facilities and manufacturing and storage facilities. This ensures they will not be able to divert materials from known facilities to covert ones. Some will be in place for 25 years. Inspectors will also you will to access any suspicious location put simply, the organization responsible for the inspections the iaea, will have access when necessary where necessary. That arrangement is permanent. The iaea has also arranged to get access what it needs to complete investigation into that military dimensions of their past Nuclear Research. Finally iran is currently prohibited from pursuing a weapon under the nonproliferation treaty which provided the basis for the International Communitys efforts to apply pressure to iran. It will receive relief from the sanctions we put in place because of the Nuclear Program. Both americas own sections and sanctions imposed by the United NationsSecurity Council. This relief will be phased in. Iran must complete key nuclear steps before it begins to receive sanctions relief. Over the next decade, iran must abide by the deal before additional sanctions are lifted including five years for restrictions related to arms and eight years for restrictions related to missiles. All of these will be endorsed in the United NationsSecurity Council resolution. If iran violates the deal all of these sanctions will snap into place. There is a clear incentive for iran to follow through and there are real consequences for a violation. That is the deal. It has the full backing of the International Community. Congress will now have the opportunity to view the details. Will provide extensive briefings on how this will move forward. As American People in Congress Review the deal it will be important to consider the alternative. Consider what happens in a World Without this deal. Without this deal there is no scenario where the world joins us in sanctioning iran until it completely dismantles its Nuclear Program. Nothing we know about the government suggests it would capitulate under that pressure and the world would not support an effort to permanently sanction iran into submission. We put sanctions in place to get a diplomatic resolution and that is what we have done. Without this deal there would be no agreedupon limitations for the Nuclear Program. Iran could produce, operate and test centrifuges. They could fuel a reactor capable of producing plutonium for a bomb and we would not have any of the inspections that would allow us to detect the program. In other words, no deal means no lasting constraints on the Nuclear Program. Such a scenario would make it more likely that other countries would feel compelled to pursue their own Nuclear Programs, threatening a Nuclear Arms Race in the most volatile region of the world. But under the United States they will have fewer effective options. I have been president for over six years now. Time and again i have faced decisions about whether or not to use military force. The greatest decision that any president has to make. Many times, in multiple countries, i have decided to use force. I will never hesitate to do so when it is in our National Security interest. I strongly believe that our National Security interest now depends upon preventing iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Which means that without a diplomatic resolution, neither i nor a future u. S. President would face a decision about whether or not to allow iran to obtain them Nuclear Weapon or whether to use the military to stop it. No deal means a greater chance of more war in the middle east. We give nothing up by testing whether or not this problem can be solved peacefully. If iran violates the deal, the same options available to me today will be available to any u. S. President in the future and i have no doubt that 10 or 15 years from now, the person who holds this office will be in a far stronger position with iran further from a weapon and with the inspections and transparency that allow us to monitor the iranian program. For this reason, i believe it would be irresponsible to walk away from this deal. On such a tough issue, it is important that the American People and representatives in congress get a full opportunity to review the deal. We have some of the finest Nuclear Scientists in the world working through those details. We are dealing with a country that has been a sworn adversary for over 35 years. I welcome a robust debate in congress and i welcome scrutiny of the details of this agreement, but i will remind congress that you dont make deals like this with your friends. We negotiated arms control agreements with the soviet union when they were committed to our destruction and they ultimately made us safer. I am confident that this deal will meet the National Security interests of the United States and our allies. I will veto any legislation that prevents the successful implantation of the steel implementation of this deal. We do not have to accept inevitable spiral into conflict. We should not seek it. Because the stakes are so high is is not the time for politics and posturing. Tough talk from washington does not solve problems. Hardnosed diplomacy leadership that has united the worlds major powers offers a more effective way to verify that i ran is not pursuing that iran is not pursuing a Nuclear Weapon. That does not mean it will resolve all of our differences with iran. That is precisely why we are taking this step. An iran armed with a Nuclear Weapon would be far more destabilizing and dangerous to our friends. We will maintain our own sentience related to their support for terrorism, the Ballistic Missile program and Human Rights Violations. We will continue our unprecedented efforts to strengthen israels security. We will continue the work we began at camp david, to elevate our partnership with the gulf states to Counter Terror threats with groups like isil. We must continue to test whether or not this region, which has known so much suffering and bloodshed, can move in a different direction. Time and again i have made clear to the iranian people that we will always be open to engagement on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect. Our differences are real and the difficult history between our nations cannot be ignored. It is possible to change. The path of violence and rigid ideology, a Foreign Policy based on threats to attack your neighbors or eradicate israel is a deadend. A different path one of tolerance and peaceful revolution resolution of conflict leads to more innovation in the global economy, more engagement with the International Community and the ability of the iranian people to thrive. This allows the opportunity to move in a new direction. We should seize it. We have come a long way to reach this point. Decades of the Iranian Nuclear program,of sanctions and many months of intense negotiation. I want to thank the members of congress from both hardees who helped us put in place the sanctions that have proven so from both parties who helped us put in place the sanctions that have proven so effective. Members from france, germany the United Kingdom as well as the European Union for the unity in this effort that shows the world can do remarkable things when the show a vision of peacefully addressing conflict. What we can do when we do not split apart. I want to thank the american negotiating team. We had a team of experts working for several weeks straight. And i want to thank john kerry our secretary of state who began his service to this country more than four decades ago. He is now making this country safer through his strong, principled american diplomacy. History shows that america must lead not just with our might but with our principles. It shows we are stronger not when we are alone, but when we bring the world together. Todays announcement marks one more chapter in the pursuit of a safer and more hopeful world. Thank you. God bless you and god bless the United States of america. Host 202 7488000 for democrats. 202 7488001 for republicans. 202 7488002 for independents. Your call on this deal reached in vienna. You heard the president speak about it just now emphasizing the process and role of diplomacy and talking to congress emphasizing them to pass the deal. We will take your calls on it and talk to legislators about this throughout the course of the morning. You can also tweak us and tweet us and post on facebook as well. Already responses from members of congress coming out. This is chris coons, a democrat from delaware releasing this statement the United States must not allow a run to develop Nuclear Weapons capabilities. A Nuclear Armed iran would threaten our stability of israel and the united the middle east. I will only support this deal if it prevents every iranian pathway to develop a Nuclear Weapons capability. He goes on with other statements and we will read as members of Congress Make their thoughts known. This is eve, what do you think . Caller based on there are over 100 pages and the devil is in the details. The president said it is giving no dismantling of the Nuclear Facilities and Nuclear Research. But we do know that something will happen and that is that dismantling of the economic sanctions. The president said we gave nothing up but that is a dangerous thing to say because once you give something up like the economic sanctions, it will be difficult to put it back. The president is telling us that he is kicking the can down the road. Once this is out we know the record of iran. They are not trustworthy and they have violated many agreements. We have to look at the details but it does not seem anything different than what people are speculating the agreement would be a four. Before. In my opinion there is nothing new here and i think were in for a tough time. The president said this will prevent the Nuclear Arms Race, i think it will only encourage it. Host lydia, go ahead. Caller i disagree with everything the republicans said before. This is the republican talking points. What is the alternative to this deal . Do we want another iraq . Another war in the middle east . Where trying to prevent the proliferation of Nuclear Weapons throughout the middle east. If iran gets the bomb what if yemen had Nuclear Weapons with the mess it is in . If iran its the bomb that saudi arabia and the united emirates all of those people will think they need one also. The middle east is supposed to be a nuclearfree zone. People never talk about the fact that israel has Nuclear Weapons and they are not supporting the president. I am not a scientist, but if all of the members of the Security Council signed off on this deal i appreciate the president s efforts and i support him. Host a call from new jersey jane on the independent line. Caller this is such an exciting day. I am having trouble with my emotions. I have been praying for peace and praying for this thing to go through. Host as far as the deal itself, what do you think about it and what you think about i runs irans perspective . Why do you trust iran . Caller they are a people that are ready to have peace in the world. I am happy that we are getting peace by being peacemakers. They want their economy back and want to be part of the world. Host what do you think about members of congress . Caller we think it is time for them to learn how to be peacemakers, the way that the United States has historically been these maker in the world peacemakers in the world. Host alan, go ahead. Caller republicans who might oppose this after were reagans position with the soviet union in the 1980s, before we were in a state of peace with the people trying to attack us with Nuclear Missiles. Reagan didnt say i will not negotiate, he said he will not trust but verify and that is exactly what obamas lan is doing. Plan is doing. If we did the same thing with the germans and japanese can you imagine reaching a point where we could be trading partners and allies with them today. The idea that we are irrevocable he bound to be enemies of irrevocably bound to be enemies of iran for all time is strange. They have a terrible ability to give any credit to this president or to trust this president. Host there are signifi