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Thinks, is that this man who was arrested, may have used his computer to search out links to possibly build an espionage case against him. he is an iranian american, businessman, expert in the energy sector. he had been very mach proponent of the nuclear deal to get sanction with iran -- from iran and that might not have appealed to the hard liners. >> they want to show they're they great satan and they need that for domestic consumption. >> and maybe the number deal they feel their capitulating too much. don't want the nuke program delayed. after all, just again, as a signal that we remain ad...

I close tonight by talking about the cost of war. today president obama spoke to veterans in pittsburgh thanking them for their service and defending his historic deal on iran's nuke program. >> the debate over this deal we're hearing the echoes of some of the same policies and mind-sets that failed us in the past. some of the famed politicians and pundits that are so quick to reject the possibility of a diplomatic solution to iran's nuclear program are the same folks who were so quick to go to war in iraq and said it would take a few months. instead of chest beating, that rejects even the ide...

Congress and do you see a battle with the white house? do you see the president being successful in order to keep folks on board this deal? or are they going to buck it? >> effort in congress to say let's impose sanctions if deal doesn't go through. let's put a timer on this thing. if six months the iranians don't take the next step. i got your money, that's great, i'm going back to the nuke program, then we will impose other sanctions the at end of the day mike hayden is right. the iranians gotten what they want, better economy, better economic conditions because of the sanctions and accepted...

Iranians for a while, he's been sentenced to eight years in prison for questionable charges. there's a picture of this pastor and his family. they would like him out. here's the question a lot of people are asking right now who have been familiar with this case. why didn't you and maybe you did, but you'll tell me if you did, ask the iranians to do a gesture, release this christian pastor to show good faith, some good will? >> we did exactly that. we raised two issues with the iranians in our discussions with them. one is the nuke program, the other is americans detained in iran. president oba...

Find a way to do it. to be always blaming someone else doesn't show leadership and i don't think it inspires the rest of the world if they see a president running away so shamelessly from responsibility. >> shannon: we hope you can force some sort of partnership together to tackle what you have ahead. congressman king thank you so much for your time today. >> shannon, thank you. >> shannon: responding to comments by vice president joe biden iran's foreign minister says his country is open to talks with the u.s. but insists washington must show "fair and real intentions before iran commits to a...