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you work here, right? yes... ok let's get to the point. we're going to take the deal. get a $1000 volkswagen reward card on select 2015 jetta models or lease a 2015 jetta s for $139 a month after $1000 volkswagen bonus. we're having a big talk here. joining us now, president and founder of eurasia group and editor at large for "time" magazine ian bremer. he has a very muted opinion about mike huckabee's comments. and paris bureau chief for the daily beat christopher dickie on the set. he is out with the latest book "our man in charleston," britain's secret agent in the civil war south. we'll get to that in a bit. thank you very much for being on. look forward to talking about the book. joe, take it away. >> christopher, can you report back to us what the french's attitude is about the iran deal? they seem to have been sort of
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states and other countries see as being the same one. they have maybe different interpretations of what they agree to. chris jansing, thank you for being with me. always a pleasure. >> let's bring in christopher dickey and author of "our man in charleston." let's talk about this. there are reports last night and this morning that iran's foreign minister zarif said on iranian state radio that if sanctions are reimposed iran would reconsider cooperating with nuclear inspectors and as a matter of fact the reviews of these inspectors don't necessarily matter that they may not agree to letting their plants and areas be inspected. >> they are going to sign onto the additional protocol to the nuclear proliferation treaty. clearly their line is if the west goes back on its deal if the united states goes back on the deal by reimposing sanctions, they are going to say we're going to throw that out the window.
for them and they're a very dangerous group. >> want to get your perspective on the iran nuclear talks, the negotiators on both sides saying it's possible an agreement could be reached today, there are still major issues to be resolved. what are you hearing? >> well i hear that there's a very large document, somewhere between 60 and 100 pages, that is essentially the agreement they've been looking for. there are some sticking points there are some difficulties but they could probably present it in the next 24 to 36 hours. it's not going to be the final document, however. it's got to go back to the various governments, and at the end of the day what they're going to say is we've initialled this text but the deal is not done. >> all right. i've been waiting for a couple of weeks to talk about this the book, "our man in charleston," a fascinating character who until now has been unknown. who was he? >> well he was a young british diplomat. he was appointed to be the
split up into three groups those who want to continue the fight, those who want peace talks, and those who pledged allegiance to isis. joining me now, foreign editor of "the daily beast" and author of the new book "our man in charleston." we're going to get to that christopher. welcome to you. should we look at these isis groups in afghanistan as the caliphate spreading its tentacles, or just the same old militants with a new banner? >> no no it's definitely the caliphate spreading its tentacles. it's driving the taliban crazy. they're not sure what to do about it. they present themselves as the great islamic hope in afghanistan. yet here's this group recruiting their -- some of their top leadership and are saying no we pledge allegiance to baghdadi in syria. we're establishing a new state called corazon that dates back to the days of muhammad. it's really complicating things
vienna if not by the seventh, the new date they've chosen then maybe a few days or a couple of weeks further down the line. but then the iranian supreme leader has to stop off on it. and the u.s. congress has to sign off on it. and none of those are givens. >> absolutely. you make a good point. christopher dickey thank you so much and happy fourth to you over there. we are going to talk to you in more detail "our man in charleston" britain's secret agent in the civil war south. we'll look forward to that. greece bracing for a critical vote over a bailout referendum that could determine the nation's financial future. this was the scene in central athens yesterday, police clashing with a group of demonstrators ahead of a "no" rally. let's go to nbc's keir simmons in athens with the latest from there. keir how tense is it there ahead of tomorrow's vote? >> lreally tense.