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What did you think? >> the president is very much on edge about this. he really believes in this deal. look he has got to get capitol hill to agree with him but he has a terrible relationship with capitol hill. he had to send vice president biden to the hill today to try to massage the democrats into believing or supporting this deal. so the president has an uphill battle. underlying this very important issue, not just the united states not just israel but also to the world, is the fact that the president is obviously on edge about this and he's prickly with the media, prickly with the prime m...

Citizens languishing in iranian jails -- major, that's nonsense. and you should know better. i've met with the families of some of those folks. nobody is content. our diplomats and our teams are working diligently to try to get them out. now, if the question is why we did not tie the negotiations to their release, think about the logic that that creates. suddenly iran realizes you know what maybe we can get additional concessions out of the americans by holding these individuals. makes it much more difficult for us to walk away if iran somehow thinks that a nuclear deal is dependent in some fa...

Talked about is the rest of the world is a much safer place now. we're more secure based on this agreement. >> that's an open question. while the news conference was happening. republican senator bob corker as announcing he's starting senate foreign relation hearings on this deal. congress will still have a say here. there will be a robust debate. i thought john carl had a good question saying why is assad of syria saying this is great for iran and a majority of elected representatives of the american congress appear to be against this. the president dismissed it. that's just politics. there a...

>> i want to move to this topic. you were the only republican to meet with democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton yesterday. what did you think? >> it was really interesting. i have to say that i was able to ask a question which i really appreciate. i asked her exactly about this iran deal. she claimed she is supportive of it even though it hadn't come out yet, or the details of the deal hadn't come out yet. so i just asked her about how do you trust a nation that wants to see us harmed and do not like americans and are pushing to implement shariah law? >> what did she say? >> she s...