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Islamic republic of iran and did not secure the release of four americans is absurd, it is wrong, and look at the message it is sending to the rest of the world. we leave our own behind. congress has the role here to approve the deal or not approve it. it will be an up hill fight if the president vetos. but we are unleashing every resource to defeat this bad deal only made worse by the americans being held hostage. >> they would say this is only about the nuclear program not about the quote side issues and other issues. what about that? >> it is absurd. these are american citizens. an american...

A lot of the country talking about kind of the sifrlcivil war again. in that conversation what have you learned about what we have been teaching and how we might be getting it wrong? >> i think that the conversation that's happening about the confederate flag and confederate statues is really important, but you're doing the right thing by taking a step back and asking the question what are we teaching our kids in public schools about the confederacy. in texas, in 2010 our highly politicized state board of education decided they would list slavery as the third most important cause of the civil ...

Misconduct is. >> certainly the government will never tell you. i guess if the case goes to trial, which i doubt, i imagine a 73-year-old man is going to work this out in some sort of plea. if it went to trial, we would see it in a trial. if there's a plea, the government will never disclose it. i have a lot of confidence in american journalism. i would say within inside 24 hours an aggressive press corps and internet and buzz feed all over this story and they do excellent work, we'll know. >> politics are fascinating. there's no retroactive harm that can come to him but what would have happen...

Happened here. so again, that in and of itself is a side issue. so rather than argue about food service and rather than get into politics of this, what are you going to do now? it's may. they have to have positive train control in by the end of the year. what are you going to do to help get this in place? >> so what we've done is we've passed a bill in the house where we'll urge the senate obviously to take it up that will require the positive train control and we'll urge administration to get fcc out of the way. it's his administration and his bureaucracy that is slowing the implementation of...

If he can take advantage of this moment and take advantage of this situation. this is not going to be a side issue. >> not any more. >> this is going to be at the epicenter. if he can articulate the argument that his experience back in baltimore and maryland better prepare him than anyone else it becomes relevant if not and it's all the other issues that have come along with policing, et cetera, it's going to be difficult. >> it's interesting to watch hillary clinton back track from a bill clinton policy on crime. >> yes. >> frankly martin o'malley back tracking the entire democratic party. i'...