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Philippines. iran's nuclear negotiations will resume wednesday in geneva. a senior u.s. official tells nbc news they are getting close to a first step towards a comprehensive agreement. now a book titled "nuclear nightmare" takes a look to secure nuclear weapons around the world before it's too late. joining me now is the author, president of the plow shares fund, a member of secretary kerry's international security advisory board and a former staff member of the armed services committee. >> thanks for having me. >> let's talk about the iran negotiations. despite the setbacks in the last rou...

Fixing the economy, than preserving the viability of their regime. so and we have a pragmatist now in place, hassan rouhani, not the ideologue, the holocaust denier that president ahmadinejad was. this is a guy that knows how to make a deal. he was the negotiator back in 2003, 2004 when we also came close to a deal. he's back giving it another try. i think the signs are positive if we can just keep the u.s. team together, if we can stop congress from imposing new sanctions that could wreck this negotiating opportunity, i think we'll be able to lamer something out next week. >> israel recently ...

Also nuclear weapons. these are some of the concerns that we need to spend more time on, but iran in some ways has been soaking up all the energy, all the attention. we also have threats from the existing stockpile of 17,000 nuclear weapons. some of which could be used by accident or miscalculation. people tend to think that these are things that are gone, that are you know, cold war problems that have disappeared. but they're still here. they sti threaten us as a nation, as a society, as a planet. they need more attention. if we can succeed with iran, we can demonstrate the efficacy of diplom...

Region. >> no decision was reached last night but compromise seems to be in the air. >> the fact that the name has been taken off the table. we're going to keep the name. everyone agrees that the mascot may need a facelift. >> any changes could be decided as soon as a news conference tuesday. that's when the officials plan to meet again. >> you have to wonder how this debate might impact the debate happening on a much larger scale over the washington redskins. there's a direct parallel there. >> there is. there are other schools, other universities, other colleges right now that are taking a l...

Reproachment with iran. that's why secretary kerry has been spending so much time reassuring prime minister been been and the other states in the region assuring them any benefit won't be at their expense. that's why the deal is set to go in phases. steps, two, three, and four will increase the caps, increase the controls and lead to starting to roll back that agreement in exchange for eventually lifting the sanctions. but all of this will take six or nine months. this is just phase one. >> you certainly sound very positive right now, but the title of your booking is "nuclear nightmare." what'...