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Open letter to iran's leaders by 47 republican senators who warn that that deal could be scrapped by congress. joining me now for an exclusive interview is senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. thank you very much for coming in. let's talk first about the timing of this. there's a lot of discussion about the fact that this was done in a rushed way, signed quickly before senators wanted to get out of up to before the snowstorm. when did senator cotton come to you with the process? >> dana, let me see i think this is a good case of selective outrage. i remember reading about senator robert b...

Unprecedented. so the main point is the president is about to make what we believe is a very bad deal. he clearly doesn't want congress involved it at all, and we're worried about it. we don't think he ought to make a bad deal with one of the worst regimes in the world. >> can you tell me though having said all that the process? because -- >> sure. i signed the letter. i don't think it was a mistake. it's no more unusual than robert bird going to moscow or john kerry going to ma nag wa. >> did you go over it look at it? >> i read it. i thought it was entirely appropriate to explain that the pr...

Keith ellison, another racist organization. >> kkk bird. >> al sharpton, look at this, the president says al sharpton, a known racist -- >> robert bird was the majority leader in the senate for the democratic party. he's a member of the clan. and said so. this guy spoke as he was speaking to the whole state. so i would be willing -- what bothers me more is he's kind of trying to say, oh, i didn't know. and i don't believe that. >> here's the problem with politicians, they are risk averse, sean. they don't want -- let's apologize and move on. and steve scalise made a mistake playing the risk av...

To the story. >> you say he had to work with the guy. >> i don't know whether he had to work with him or not. i don't kpusz it on either side. i'm with you on the distraction though, jason, especially that the democrats are now saying you've got to confirm loretta lynch or you're racist. they're using it as a mass of distraction. we have a multi-trillion-dollar problem for the new congress and here we are talking about this. >> i will say this, and you can bring up bill ayers -- >> yeah, double standard. keith ellison, another racist organization. >> kkk bird. >> al sharpton, look at this, the...

Fact, almost every day, i did a telephone hook-up. by the way, we have to make something really clear here. they say former klan leader or whatever. this was 37 years ago in my life. okay. and -- >> but true. admittedly over a long time period but true. >> it's also true that robert bird was in the klan but a lot of people were friends of robert berg, democrats and republicans. it's really a biased situation. because i denounce -- first i was never violent but i denounce even then violence. i left it because i didn't want to be associated with that kind of taint. i have never supported white s...