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Congress, a different administration. i think it has some really big problems. the good part of this deal, and the critics aren't given the president credit for this. is that 95% stock while of uranium. it could be purified on make ten bombs, has to be shift out of the country. two-thirds of the centrifuges need to be moth balled. the bad part of the initial phase of this agreement is that iran will get its hands on $120 billion or so of its own money. they will use this to help their own people to some degree. they've built expectations. >> let me stop you there for one seconds. the president...

The controversial interim agreement with tehran. will it really stop an iranian nuclear bomb or can congress make it tougher? jonathan chancer joins us now vice president of research at the foundation for the defense of democracy. always good to see you. first of all, right now it is believed that iran has enough uranium, enriched uranium, to make a bomb or the elements of a bomb within two to three months. this new deal we are told pushes that so-called breakout period to one year but man, oh, man, wasn't it supposed to prevent that and stop that capability in the first place? >> well, that's...

You're looking at a united states nuclear attack submarine going up in smoke. more than a year after that fire, the "uss miami" is being moth balled because the navy cannot pay the $400 million to repair the ship. a top admiral is blaming the federal government's forced budget cuts. our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr, is joining us now. barbara, tell us what's going on here. >> well, wolf, this is not the way the u.s. navy would want to lose any ship. that ship went up in -- that submarine went up in flames in may 2012 in port. a disgruntled worker set a fire on the submarine, causing $...

Tuesday morning. >> and i'm john berman. zoraida is off this week. as christine said, it is tuesday, april 2nd, 5:00 a.m. in the east, and we start with major news overnight. an aggressive move in the nuclear standoff with north korea. while you were sleeping, north korea announcing plans to restart a nuclear power plant that had been idle for six years. the yongbyon nuclear complex is said to contain the uranium enrichment facility and a nuclear reactor. it was moth balled in 2007 as part of an agreement with the united states and four other countries. meantime, pyongyang has a propaganda v...

Years ago. secretary of state john kerry responded this afternoon saying the united states will not accept north korea as a nuclear power. >> let me be perfectly clear here today. the united states will defend and protect ourselves and our treaty ally the republic of korea. >> kung law is live in seoul tonight. what do you know about this? when they say we'll start it up again, when does that mean it would be up and running? >> reporter: well, just going back briefly in to the very short history of the reactor, this is something moth balled in 2008 and 2007 and in 2008, erin, it was blown up p...