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A historic opportunity to resolve this issue peacefully an opportunity we should not miss. >> reporter: in a video message to the iranian people the president urged leaders in tehran to come to an agreement and leased a statement calling for the release of americans imprisoned or missing in the country. secretary of state john kerry, who spent the week working on a nuclear agreement, sounded optimistic as he left the talks. >> we'll be back next week. we made a lot of progress yes. >> reporter: the white house had said before netanyahu's victory that the president would not meet with the prime...

Parties are fighting about in congress. they are holding her nomination hostage. even though they admit they have nothing against her, when you read these story there's is always a mention of ed meest. loretta lynch has waited the longest for a vote of any attorney general nomination in history except for ed meest. here is the thing about him. a special court appointed attorney general had to investigate him for internal interest free loaned.

Loretta lynch, he has not even had a vote in the senate. she is still waiting. and now senate republicans say they're not going to vote on her nomination until dcs give in on a totally unrelated piece of legislation that has nothing to do with her and that both parties are fighting about in congress. they are holding her nomination hostage. even though they admit they have nothing against her, when you read these story there's is always a mention of ed meest. loretta lynch has waited the longest for a vote of any attorney general nomination in history except for ed meest.

Secretary of state nomination is being filibustered by the senate. of course they don't want to use the word filibuster, but calling for a supermajority of 60 votes pretty much boils down to the same thing. harry reed is moving ahead with a scheduled yes or no vote anyway, that's scheduled for next hour. if he can get his democratic ducks in a row, he only needs five democrats to vote with him. republican rand paul is putting a stop on his -- while democrat dianne fienstein is delaying calling the vote another two weeks, she's opting to hole the nomination hostage until the white house forks o...