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We might hear from the prime minister opposed to the president, prime minister is much more concerned that this so-called breakout period during which iran might be able to go ahead and actually build a bomb the prime minister is concerned it's a lot shorter than what the president might believe. >> that's the i think he's going to single on the most. this breakout capacity that some of the things he's hearing on the deal about the nuclear technology that iran would be able to maintain as part of a deal and continue and increase as the deal goes forward. at some point if iran were to break tha...

Deal that we are trying to negotiate is to make sure there's at least a year between us seeing them try to get a nuclear weapon and then actually being able to obtain one. as long as we've got that one year breakout capacity that ensures us that we can take military action to stop them if they were to stop it. >> the president really going into specific details, making the case why his posture is superior, better in the long term than the posture put forward by the israeli prime minister. your reaction? >> i don't think we can ever ever take the chance that iran is able to achieve a nuclear we...

Until june 30th, tom donilon had the president's ear quite literally. that day was his last as mr. obama's national security adviser. he's now a distinguished fellow at the council on federal relations. he joins me now to talk about iran to winding down the war in afghanistan to mitigating tensions between china and japan. >> thank you, fareed. >> you were deeply involved in the whole policy with iran. it seems we're at two positions that cannot be bridged. it appears that what we are saying is we need iran to essentially shut down parts of its program to ensure it cannot have a kind of breako...

That it cannot have the kind of breakout capacity that -- he says we are not going to dismantle a single thing, we're willing to freeze, we're willing to have everything monitored, but no dismantling, how do you bridge those two positions? >> the reason we're here is the enormous pressure that was put on -- president rowhani took a max mallist stand. they're going to have to assure the international community in very concrete, verifiable and solid ways that they're not working on a nuclear weapon. >> that means rolling back centrifuges? >> i think that would mean rolling back parts of the prog...

Program. so the question ultimately is going to be are they prepared to roll back some of the advancements they've made that would not justify or could not be justified by simply wanting some modest peaceful nuclear power, but frankly hint at a desire to have breakout capacity and go right to the edge of breakout capacity. and if we can move that significantly back, then that is i think a net win. now, you'll hear arguments including potentially from the prime minister that says we can't accept any enrichment on iranian soil, period, full stop, end of conversation. and this takes me back to th...