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0 and natanz. it received less than a ringing endorsement from key democrats on the hill and there are some talk by republicans of putting more sanctions in place. iran's leadership hases is just issued a statement if congress imposes new sanctions, the deal is off, jamie. >> already, senator schumer is aing this morning they may consider more sanctions. thanks for following it for us, jen. >> jamie, meanwhile, israel coming out strongly against this nuclear deal with iran. today prime minister benjamin netanyahu harshly condemning the terms of this agreement. mr. netanyahu calls it "an histor...

power. candy? >> christiane, there's so much work to be done. it may not be step one, but certainly not the last step. what is the next question now in egypt that has to be dealt with? >> reporter: you're absolutely right. this is a transformative moment. it is the first ever islamist head of state in the arab world. as egypt goes, the rest of the arab world goes. what is going to happen we don't know because the military is in control of this country still and the elected president has very limited powers at the moment. we're not sure what's going to happen when they get down to the...

muslim brotherhood have gathered here. they watched it on screen, once they heard it, this place erupted in celebration. here in tahrir square, a sense of euphoria. make no mistake, across the country there are a lot of questions, a lot of concerns about what this means. more importantly, egypt has elected its first islamist president. they have for the first too many a leader that will be from the muslim brotherhood. we understood that neighboring countries have begun to call and congratulate morsi, he himself says he will resign as head of the freedom and justice party, the muslim ...

by the elections commission. mohammed morsi, a senior member of the muslim brotherhood. he studied in the united states, his two children are actually u.s. citizens. a well respected figure within the organization. he is considered slightly on the conservative side, but since being nominated, he says he'll work with all political forces. is he by many people's accounts, a very pragmatic individual, but no doubt, many people concerned by some of the ideas he has put forth when it comes to social issues here in the country. but the muslim brotherhood in general, like dr. morsi, demonst...

the announcement came about 90 minutes ago, defeating ahmed shafiq. christian amanpour is the global affairs anchor, also with her is correspondent ben wedeman. let's go back to the moment this was announced by effectively the elections commission in cairo. tell me, ben, wareaction imdiate and joyous? >> reporter: it was incredible. we really heard a rouge roar coming uprom the crowd. the only time i've heard a louder roar was 6:00 p.m. last year when hosni mubarak's resignation was announced. what we saw -- it's a very hot, bright day in cairo. i'd say tahrir square was about a thir...