Understanding with them. The decision to undercut our president and circumvent our constitutional system offends me as a matter of principle. And that exactly there is what set off the white house so fiercely. This attempted notion that it undermines the president s authority, something i should say the white house is especially sensitive to coming off the heels of that controversy over israeli Prime Minister netanyahuBenjamin Netanyahus visit to the you states last week. Now the freshman republican from arkansas did get 46 other republican senators to sign on to this letter including Senate Majority ladier mitch mm mcconnell,ing and he fiercely defended the letter saying he believes there are nothing but iranian hardliners in iran that wont agree to any deal. The president already said a deal could have as little as a tenyear sunset on it. Iran could have uranium enrichment capabilities. The critical component of developing a nuclear bomb. Whatever else those terms make it unaccept to theable to the United States and the world. Reporter there is worry from republicans, but i should note members of the president s own party that the president wants this deal so badly, alisyn that he will sign on to any deal even if its a bad one. Thanks for all that background. Irans foreign minister mincing no words in his response to this unprecedented letter. He calls it a propaganda employ. Nuclear talks are set to resume on sunday. Live in tehran with more fred . Reporter good morning, alisyn. From a snowy tehran. Most iranians said maybe eye rain wrans arent familiar with the process. Certainly the foreign minister is aware of the constitutional process and is calling this letter a propaganda ploy and is using the republican senators of being afraid of any sort of nuclear deal. I want to read you part of the statement he sent here to cnn tehran. In our view this letter has no legal value and is mostly a propaganda ploy. The world is not the United States and the conduct of interstate relations is governed we just lost fred pleitgen. They are saying this is a political ploy. What good can come from this letter . Here to weigh in editor in chief of the daily beast mr. John avalon and republican consultant and sirius xm host margaret hoover. Margaret answer my question what good comes from this move . This letter is an essentially uniform reminder to everyone around that a bad deal is being negotiated by the executive branch of the country and Congress Many many senators aside from the 47 who signed that defensemenmocrats and republicans alike, want to weigh in on the deal. But sending it to our adversary . Thats the president s point. This is an open letter by the way, the president has been corresponding directly and privately with ayatollah. Its not unprecedented, just reminding of the constitutional process. We have no idea how irans government works. We have an open and transparent government. We have no idea who calls the shots. Here the president calls the shots and the senate calls the shots, and it is this is a reminder that Congress Wants to weigh in. By the way, 71 of americans, according to a new wall street journal be and nbc poll did not trust the president that this deal will prevent iran from nuclearizing. That is an admirable spin. We have 200 years of precedent in this country at stake here. This is a dumb letter unlike five Different Levels especially if you oweppose what seems to be the deal that is being negotiated in real time. This letter is a ted cruzesque move that makes it difficult to cobble together a bipartisan coalition. Meaning there will be backlash against the senator in the future. Absolutely. One of the statesmen did not sign on to the letter. The head of the Senate Foreign relations. Absolutely. This is about positioning. This is about scoring political points. Its unpress tent that had it undercuts a sitting negotiating and makes it more it difficult. Thats ridiculous. Its accurate. So this is a really dumb partisan move that further polarizes the debate and also undercuts a sitting president of the United States mid negotiations which is unresident unresidented. This is a congressional letter. They are having their own interactions. If they were smart, they would use this as leverage. They would say, sorry, i cant give you that deal. You know why . I have to go back to my congress. Why dont they accepted it to hem . Why are they pretending the congress of the United States instead of acting like they are negotiating from a position of strength. Thats the problem with this president. No one trusts he can negotiate successfully. Lets say everything you said is true do you think i make all this up . Its not like im inventing things. Theyre only as good as the paper theyre written on most of the time. Lets say theyre truth, the voice of god, you send this to the president. You dont send it to your enemy. This by definition is designed to undermain the process. Own it. Thats what they want. Ill bet you what ill bet you the senator will go down that road of course we want to influence the process. Of course we want to change the dynamic of this negotiation. Of course thats why were reading and writing this. He should say the same. The problem is were talking about domestic politics and not that this is a bad deal. This is leaving centrifuges spinning. They said initially there will be no centrifuges spinning. Now we know there will be around 6,000. A tenyear sunset deal. Thats a ridiculous number. Why arent he we talking about the substance of the bad deal because its not done yet. This will make the world less safe. After its done its done. Its a done deal. So these senators are saying we want input while the negotiating is still happening. A, you dont break historical precedent, you dont undercut your own government when youre negotiating you can take a bipartisan stand against this which would make it more difficult for the president to ratify. He said well walk away from a bad deal. You know you have people on both sides. Senator hines sitting where you were yesterday, hey, i was with Mitch Mcconnell we have to really weigh in here. We have to have a role. Then things got politically out of line. This is not going down the right road. Exactly right. It undercuts the aim of people who would want to caution and be skeptical of this deal. The bottom line we dont know what a final deal is until its done. Thats whats so unprecedented hear this is an ongoing negotiating. And every action taken needs to be put aside against whats the alternative, the practical alternative . What are we really talking about here folks . And this letter, which is largely political theater actually undercuts goals that might be bipartisan. I think it helps it. Honestly you think the hardliners in eyeiran who see the president at the table making concession after concession after concession knows he has to go back to his congress and that he has an untenable congress who wont support what the president is negotiating. I think hes in a stronger position. The president is going to use it. I know you disagree because for whatever reason you think this is going to be a good deal with eyeiran. I dont hold on. We dont know what the teal is. I like what you just said. Because that would be great. What do he we want . We want them to not have a Nuclear Weapon for a million reasons. Correct. Do you think the republicans would have done this if they thought the president could use it as leverage to get a better deal . Nope. I cant hear you . Would they have done this if they thought it would get the president more leverage and a better deal . Here is the problem, chris and john and all of you, you are all caught up in the domestic whos up whos down of domestic political partisan politics. If he were smart he would use it to his strength. But you keep saying the deal is not done yet. What they know of the deal they dont like. So bhar they supposewhat are he they supposed to do . Thats the point. Its an ongoing negotiating with which is why this is unprecedented. There used to be an idea that it stopped at the waters edge. This blows up the concept of national unity. The other thing thats sengs essential, this is clearly done to undercut any negotiation. And it takes a political debate and projects it. To suggest that they are doing this to undermine the president they are. They are. They are. It is to strengthen the you states of america not to undermain theunder undermine the president. Thanks for the debate. Better than could have he fee. Angus king is who was with us yesterday. God bless angus king. Well see what the republican senator who drafted this letter is the first name on it, obviously he had a he coligs of 47. Why didnt he have all of them . Put this letter to the test. Also this morning, growing fallout over the racist chant caught on video. Members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity ordered to vacate their house on the university of oklahoma campus by midnight tonight. The schools president says he hopes they leave the school altogether calling them a disgrace. For more we are joined on the ou campus. Whats going on there this morning . Reporter yeah good morning, alisyn. Students and factulty both speaking out at the university of oklahoma after it was rocked by a racist scandal. Sigma alpha epsilon has until midnight tonight to remove all of their belongings from the chapter house as University President says they are severing ties with the fraternity. That highly offensive racist chant belted out by Fraternity Members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is sending shivers through the university of oklahoma. Prompting the Oklahoma Football Team the sooners, to march in solidarity. The moment taking precedence over practice. But outrage over the varl video elicited a more guttural response from the teams linebacker eric striker lashing out in this emotional rebuttal on social media. Racist dont exist, be the same [ bleep ]. Reporter he spoke with cnns don lemon. We shouldnt tolerate that behavior here. It was bad reflection on the people here. Reporter never night the National President issuing another apology via facebook writing, to those hurt and offended by these actions, especially the Africanamerican Community and our many africanamerican brothers i apologize. On behalf of our now closed chapter and its members who will be expelled. A Top High School recruit is backing out of his early commitment to play for the oklahoma sooners. It was very disturbing to he me. I dont like it. Reporter the universitys president taking swift action severing all ties with sae demanding all members remove their belongings from campus saying students could be expelled. We have zero tolerance for racism. As i said i have a message for those who misuse their free speech to use racial slurs. Youre a disgrace to this university. Reporter several students i spoke to yesterday said that they were shocked sae was the fraternity caught on camera because there are other frats here at the university of oklahoma they say that are much worse. Theyre calling for an entire investigation of the greek system here on campus. Michaela . Well keep watching nick. Thousands of students taking the State Capitol for storm calling for change after a teenager was gunned down with by a white Police Officer. The victims family and protesters are demanding justice and they are demanding it fast. Ryan young has the very latest for us from madison. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Michaela we were here as those thousands of students walked inside the State Capitol. They were chanting largely. They formed a circle inside the State Capitol and you heard the chant, black lives matter. I can stress the fact they want to make sure its not just about black lives but the entire community of support of the familiary because they believe the unarmed teen should not have been killed. There were reports he was causing trouble in the streets. A 911 call response had an officer show up to the house and said he heard a ruckus inside, pushed had his way in, and reports he was hit in the head. Shots were fired and the teen was killed. Now this community and this family is asking for calm. Chris . Thank you very much for the reporting from there. Obviously weve to stay on this story. So also in the news this morning iraqi forces are closing in on tikrit, and they are confident they can retake the city from isis in just days. They say they can do that without help from the u. S. The Shiite Paramilitary force is getting help from iran. Meanwhile, isis, believed to be holding nine Foreign Oil Workers hostage in libya. Officials say terrorists abducted the group in an attack last friday when a libyan oil field was set on fire. The kidnapped foreigners were working for an you austrian oil services can company headquartered in tripoli. The abductions come as some militias pledge allegiance to isis. Developing overnight two french olympic athletes are among ten people that were killed in a midair Helicopter Crash in argentina. Gold medal winning swimmer Camille Muffat and Alexis Vastine were part of the cast of a survivalist reality show called dropped. The government Spokesman Says it appears the helicopters they were in collided and went down in flames while taping a scene for the show. Two argentine pilots, six other nationals, french nationals, were also killed. Thats terrible. Just a terrible story. Horrifying. New video from the Boston Marathon bombing. Jurors seeing Surveillance Video of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev before of and after the blasts. How are will this impact the outcome of the case . Its hard to imagine something worse than this terrible video weve been showing you from the Major University there in oklahoma but were learning that there is an atmosphere at that school that some people say make this video just the tip of the iceberg. Student leaders living a life there tell us what they say is really going on. Bring us your baffling. Bring us your audacious. We want your sticky notes, sketchbooks, and scribbles. Lets pin em to the wall. Kick em around. Kick em around, see what happens. Because were in the howdoigetthisstartup offtheground business. The takingyourbusiness globalbusiness. Were in the problemsolving business. 400,000 people ready to help you solve problems while theyre still called opportunities. From figuring it out to getting it done were here to help. 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The students of Sigma Alpha Epsilon have until midnight tonight to move out of the from certainty house on the university of oklahoma campus as the president of the school says the universitys affiliation with that frat is over. Will not be tolerated. That is why that house is immediately close it had. That is why those young men will have to have their belongings out of the house by midnight tomorrow. And as they pack their bags i hope they think long and hard about what theyve tondone. Lets talk more about this with Chelsea Davis and megan johnson, codirectors of a group called unheard, an alliance of black students at the university of oklahoma. Ladies, anyways to see you this morning. Hi good morning. Chelsea, let me start with you. You heard the president of your university. He says the frat brothers of sae have until mid nate tonight to move off campus. Does that go far enough for you . It does not. I think all those parties involved need to be expelled male or female everyone on that bus should be expelled from the university. I dont believe its taking it far enough just to suspend the campus here on campus. Megan, what have you heard about possible expulsion from ou . Some things ive heard about expulsion is that legally, from a legal standpoint, its probably not plausible. But the university does have other avenue ss and ways to discipline those students. Megan, we had you on new day yesterday, and some of what you said really stuck with us. Because you told us you were not surprised when you saw the video of that racist chant, and you said in fact that on a daily basis you confront racism on campus. Can you give us some examples what your life is like . I wouldnt say that racism on campus is as blunt as that video, using the n word or specifically pointing and laughing at us but i would say in smaller ways as far as not being able not feeling as welcome in a class or not being able to give the same responses from your peers as others and just not feeling as welcome on campus as we should be. And, chelsea, because of those experience ss that you both have had, in january of this year you sent a letter to your campus president as well as to other campus he oweofficials outlining what you wish the university would do. Let me read a couple bullet points that fr that letter. You say the university has failed to provide an adequate amount of black factulty. You say they have failed to