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Negotiations that only bind their administration that pretend to be a long-term deal. i think the administration needs to raise this issue. certainly it should have been part of the negotiation and discussion with the iranians that this is a short-term deal, not a long-term deal with the united states. only binds the obama administration. i also think the administration should be subject to that bipartisan criticism. if they're going to do negotiations with a foreign nation, they should follow the constitution. that means it has to go to the senate. reason they are bypassing senate is they don...

For me the specifics of the deal here or proposed deal that didn't happen are less important than the fundamental mistake of the administration's negotiation strategy. >> the u.n. nuclear agency chief goes to tehran and will have meetings and maybe a little bit of inspection. we'll see what they can actually see. it reminds me of syria where they said we'll turn over all the chemical weapons. all of a sudden, whoops, there were a few we forgot to tell you about. how can we trust iran? >> we can't at all. these negotiations didn't spring up overnight like some new idea, hey, why don't we negoti...

Reid would not allow that to come up for an up or down vote in the senate? >> he has been holding his cards close to the vest. lots of reasons. mostly because things are fluid. he doesn't know where things are going to be with the broader talks. it is conceivable he could hold it while -- in order to force the hand of negotiators to reopen the government. he has said, in fact, you know, many people think he's been a big driver of this whole negotiation strategy. he could slow walk it a little bit. the other issue, by the way, is that you're probably going to need 60 votes on anything and it's ...

Funding levels ostensibly, right? >> also welfare reform and some policies, but what i'm fascinated by is that president obama and harry reid have adopted a policy of scorched earth. reid said flatly according to a story that we wouldn't even come to a meeting if it involved boehner. >> first of all, negotiating with a gun to your head is no way to negotiate. i mean, roll back your signature domestic achievement or we'll shut the government down is not a negotiation strategy that is appropriate. furthermore, the fact is that what we need to do is pass a clean cr then if they want to negotiate,...

To alleviate the concern that underneath it is a nuclear weapons program. there's a lot of ground to cover. but there is hope it can be done with rowhani, he was the one that engineered the suspension of the program. he's willing to take the steps necessary to solve this. we still don't know if he has authority. ultimately the supreme leader is the one who calls the shows. we still don't know if rowhani has the authority but there is a great deal of hope. >> just briefly it's partly because he wrestled negotiation strategy back from the hard-liners and the u.n. ambassador very familiar to lots...