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Other responsibilities on the senate foreign relations committee obviously as they relate to the iran deal. secretary kerry came before you, testified, obviously asked for every member of the committee's positive endorsement as it related to that deal. it was at times a contentious meeting. and i know now that you've publicly come out and said you are voting no. tell us why you've gone against the secretary? >> three reasons. number one, the side agreements with the international atomic energy agency at the u.n. between the iranians and the agency that we're not allowed to read yet it's a part...

Strength of the united states. and i choose the strength of the united states over appeasement with the iranians. >> i want a comment on the latest point of the side agreement that we've gotten here, and that is the issue that at least in some ways the a.p. is reporting that the iranians are going to be investigating themselves as it relates to the parch nuclear site facility that a lot of people believe was testing of nuclear explosives there in terms of high ordered detonations to come up with the triggers for nuclear weapons. i'm wondering, is there a way that this deal gets any better as w...

Inspections. there's other monitoring capabilities at play all the way from the mines to centrifuge activity. and again, i would just say we're very confident that in the intrusiveness of this regimen that's been established by this deal -- >> just how compliance is defined, however, remains a mystery. as neither the white house nor congressional lawmakers have been able to study final details of all of the so-called side agreements between the iaea and iran. >> i think those who even support the deal have to insist that the administration must come forward and reveal what is the content of th...

Being able to know everything you would want to know. >> here is the corker language in the bill, the iran bill that passed. it's the senate language, the house passed it. this sets up this whole thing of this vote, approving the deal. "the term agreement and all related materials and annexes means the agreement itself and any additional materials related thereto, including annexes, appendices, codicils, side agreements, implementing materials, documents, and guidance technical or other understandings, whether entered into or implemented prior to the agreement or to be entered into or implemen...

Today israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu told a live webcast audience that with more than three weeks to prepare for a visit by international atomic agency inspectors the iranians would have ample time to do away with any evidence of nuclear activity. >> it's like the police giving a drug dealer 3 1/2 weeks' notice before raiding his lab. believe me you can flush a lot of nuclear meth down the toilet in 24 days. >> reporter: hand wringing about the deal wasn't limited to israel. back on capitol hill lawmakers made no secret of their suspicions of the iranians and apparent side deals mad...