>>> hello there. you're watching the news hour live from london. coming up deal done. iran and world powers agree an outline nuclear agreement in switzerland. >>> more than 70 dead and hundreds still unaccounted more after al shabaab gunmen attack a college in northeast kenya. >>> we begin this news hour by listening to the iranian foreign minister zarif who is now answering questions at that press conference. today you have achieved a lot. it was a huge achievement. we witnessed it was a very long process. if it's possible to -- have you thought about the future of it is the translation available. >> today, what we have found solutions after reaching a come prehencive agreement in reality, it was based on a vision based on -- situation in international politics. based on all sanctions against islamic republic of iran will be lift lifted and meanwhile, the iranian nuclear program will continue but we will take actions and measures for the satisfaction of the international community. the framework which activities -- that will continue. including the research and development in

advances we will bethere will be no threat from the republic of iran. our program has not been a danger to anybody that one will in fact be a gain for all parties concerned. and i hope that at to the end of this process we will all show that through dialogue and engagement with dignity, we can in fact resolve problems, open new horizons and move forward. thank you very much. now i guess i get two questions in english and i hope i will answer the questions in farsi in my other bless conference. >> [ speaking in native language ] >> do we have interpretation from farsi to english? if i may, because the question has been asked by one of my comepatecome friends and members of media to respond in farsi. >> welcome everyone to the real story, i'm gretchen carlson, breaking news on many fronts this afternoon. we're start gt right now with the iranian foreign minister sharif, talking about the preliminary deal between the united states and iran and other western nations including france germany the uk et cetera. let's get right to james rosen at the white house because the president's going to

a nice day. >> coming up on c-span, a conversation on the iran nuclear framework agreement. then, and interview with congressman will hurt. then a look at entrepreneurship programs with convicted felons. >> the national press club will hold a discussion looking at the policy implications regarding hillary clinton's use of personal e-mail regarding -- during per tenure as secretary of state. on c-span 2 senator rand paul will give a foreign-policy speech near the uss yorktown. watch live coverage from mount pleasant, south carolina. next, a look at the iran nuclear framework agreement. this panel which -- the specifics of the agreement and the possible implications. the national council on u.s. arab relations hosted this event. >> good morning and welcome to another of the series of briefings of the national council on u.s.-arab relations on issues of vital importance to the united states and the nations in the middle east. thank you for coming this morning on such short notice. we have such a distinguished group of panelists will follow these matters. this morning i am honored to

you'll find it at aljazeera.com. aljazeera.com. >>> reaching an agreement on containing iran's nuclear programme leaves iranian military forces resources and influence in conflicts from the persian gulf to the mediterranean. the art goes like this - the comprehensive joint plan of action with iran isn't comprehensive enough. it doesn't do anything to address tehran's influence. his critics say president obama's compart thealized strategy misses the big picture and misses a chance to undermine regional ambitions. it's "inside story". >>> iranian know how and resources helped to push back the islamic state of iraq and levant, i.s.i.l., in iraq. as american air strikes were working to the same end. tehran is propping up the government of bashar al-assad in damascus, while many regional powers and the u.s. try to pull bashar al-assad down. saudi arabia's worried about growing iranian influence across the middle east, not least among the shia minority. iran provides support for hamas, which fought big destructive rallies against israel, and supports hezbollah, which wreaked havoc against ta

deadline for nuclear talks for iran came and went, and they're still talking. the u.s. delegation said there has been enough progress to keep on talking even if they could not get to an agreement by tonight. with skeptics doubting iran can be trusted to keep it's and of the deal we'll talk to a weapons inspector about the fine art of looking over nuclear scientists shoulders. and the then the tough part. iran wants nuclear program and outers don't want iran to be able to develop a bomb. what does the compromise look like? that's "inside story." >> welcome to inside story. i'm ray suarez. the white house said documents being hammered out light on specifics spell out what sides still have to work on. john kerry who had planned to leave switzerland today is staying. and the iranian delegation is willing to stay as long as it takes. americans who say they're skeptical to the obama administration's commitment to iran they don't trust iran to keep a deal it makes with world powers. but that doesn't change the conversation much. do inspections work? can they fake compliance? can they car

understanding with iran, which it fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. amy: in what president obama described as a historic agreement, iran has agreed to a curb its nuclear program and accept new international inspections in exchange for a lifting of economic sanctions. a final deal must now be reached by june. we will speak with a former iranian nuclear negotiator. then the governors of indiana and arkansas sign revisions to two so-called religious freedom measures which would have allowed businesses to discriminate against lgbt people. the laws were rewritten after a national outcry and moves to boycott the states. we will speak to the legendary "star trek" actor and gay rights activist george takei. >> the lgbt buying power, as well as our allies, as well as -- you know, i maintain the majority of americans are good, decent people. and they will not tolerate this kind of abuse of the legal process. amy: and we will get the latest from kenya, where 147 university people, mainly university students were killed when , militants stormed their campus on thursday.

to "the ed show". live from detroit lakes, minnesota, let's get to work! >> iran will never be permitted to develop a nuclear weapon. >> tonight, the iran deal. >> we have negotiated as a team. >> we have made achievements. >> good to have you with us tonight, folks. thanks for watching. there's no bigger story around the world. historic news out of switzerland this evening. after decades of strained relationships between the united states and iran. we are one step closer to a nuclear agreement. iran and six world powers have reached an understanding on the framework which aims to pave the way towards a financial deal. the news comes after eight days of marathon talks, two deadline extensions and a lot of speculation on the details. president obama delivered a statement earlier today where he laid out some specifics. >> this framework would cut off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. iran will face strict limitations on its program and iran has also agreed to the most robust and intrusive inspections and transparency regime ever negotiated for any nu

end, but may be the end of the beginning. from lausanne news went out that iran the p5+1, and germany have a deal in principle and are drafting a document representing the deal begins. there are tough months ahead. but the parties are talking like they have cleared an enormous hurdle. it's "inside story". >>> open doors to inspectors iran's shipping much of its enriched radio active material out of the country. iran continuing to have a nuclear enrichment programme. phased time lines of 10-20 years, and there's more we don't know about the fine detail of the agreement. sounds like every nation got enough of what it wanted so it could be called a break through. secretary of state john kerry said it's a standard iran can meet and one they greed to meet. now the drafting of a document locking in requirements from all the parties. how does that get down. the united states senate - is it waiting to slap sanctions on iran even as america's representatives to the talks are detailing the sanctions that may be taken off. this time on the programme we break down what we do know. the parties sta

administration's reaction to the agreement that was reached on the outline for a nuclear deal with iran. peter, good afternoon. peter: good afternoon. we will hear from the president in about 15 minutes and get his reaction to this landmark agreement between united eggs the european union, the p5 plus one -- the united states, the european union the p5 plus one nations. this deal will allow negotiators to fill in the details between now and july 1. it will be in exchange for an easing of sanctions on iran. what we heard is the negotiations went into extra time in switzerland. some of the details that have emerged -- iran will have to reduce the number of centrifuges it has down to about 2/3 of the existing total, about 6000 centrifuges. that will be controversial on capitol hill. other aspects -- they will be allowed to do some nuclear research going forward at some of their facilities, but it will be monitored to some extent. there are questions about what will happen to the enriched uranium in iran, concerns that could be used to make a nuclear weapon. some of that will be diluted but remain

-- in the external category of what other countries are doing. iran on one hand and then the united states and newly formal declared arab joint command to be based in egypt and along with their 10 countries. these are in the external realm. one that wasn't tasked was will the oral surplus or the decline in oil prices, how that will affect yemen which depends on oil and gas for its limited revenue, as does your country and most of your g.c.c. neighbors. so those would be on the external side with one addition and that is several questions, maybe half a dozen were asked about sunni, shi'ia, and iran saudi arabia tension conflict, etc. on the internal side, questions about will saudi arabia give serious and favorable consideration to a ground offensive if it comes to that? what has been the price saudi arabia has paid economically human resources, geopolitically, humanitarially and people killed in the air strikes and other questions having to do with the internal dynamics of yemen and ali abdullah saleh's role and your government supported him and had relationship with him for decades

you. [applause] imad harb: i was asked to speak about iran and lebanon and syria where iran has a lot of influence. the negotiations themselves, as far as we know did not discuss anything outside the negotiations of the nuclear program. so there are supposedly no specific connection between iran's other issues in this foreign policy and the region, or the world for that matter. everybody knows the nuclear program is only a part of iranian foreign policy, it is also the negotiations of a nuclear program, but no matter how much we denied, there is a connection to iranian influence in other places and that specific negotiation had its impact on other things. basically, two perspectives, that iran actually used its role in lebanon and syria to try to get a better deal on the nuclear program. the other one is that it didn't. the way it is seen in these two countries with a influence in both countries through the support of the syrian regime and the support of hezbollah in lebanon, everybody there thinks that has to be some sort of an outcome that may reflect on political positions or p

brought to you by iran primmer usip's comprehensive website with resources on every iran-related ed subject you can think of and animal us from any angle, and i would urge you to take a look at the site. we'll have provided a copy of the iran primmer home page on every seat here so -- if you don't have one you can get one in the back. we're delighted to host this original former involving american and iranian officials who understand firsthand the challenges of foreign policy and particularly u.s. iranian relations. on april 2 the world's sixth major powers in iran announced the frame work for what could be a historic nuclear deal. the terms remain controversial and somewhat disputed in both capitals. our goal today is to explore the challenges ahead. let me quickly introduce our panelists. you should have the full boy oweios at your seats but i'll introduce them briefly starting from my right. ali, former member of the iranianiran ian parliament from 2000 to 2004. he was arrested while demonstrating to support equal rights between men and women in june of 2006 and was released 130

passes the bill and then they're able to scuttle it. what that does is leaves iran with access to all of the other international banking and other countries to do business with and that it would isolate iran in the end. another thing they're considering is a sanctions bill which would go in place if the talks fell apart. so they were trying to get that passed but on both of these bills, the president has said this is my prerogative to make the bill. i will veto anything that you try. it looked like the democrats -- the republicans had enough democratic support to override any presidential veto. that has since changed. what we saw after prime minister ben netanyahu of israel came and made a speech to congress much to the chagrin to the white house, that democratic support fell apart. >>> polls have shown repeatedly that they want the congress to have some final say over the deal but they also want congress and the u.s. to make a deal with iran. that really is what the president is going for him. he's said if congress does this overrides my veto i'm going to make the case to the ame

documentary on facebook and tw itter. >> president obama talked about the agreement on iran's nuclear program by calling it a deal that makes the world safer. his comments in the rose garden are just under 20 minutes. president obama: today, the u.s. with its allies and partners, have reached an understanding with iran, that will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon. as president and commander in chief, i have no better responsibility than the security of the american people. i am convinced that if this framework leads to a final, copy hence of deal, it will make our country, our allies, and our world safer. this has been a long time coming. the islamic republic of iran has been advancing its nuclear program for decades. by the time i took office iran was operating thousands of centrifuges, which can produce materials for a nuclear bomb. and iran was concealing a covert nuclear facility. i made clear that we were prepared to resolve this issue diplomatically, but only if iran came to the table in a serious way. when it back to happen, we rallied the world to impose the t

switzerland with iran and the countries ha to do with iran's nuclear capacity. and we start with ben rhodes he is the professional assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for communications. first of all charlie we do not believe there was any deal that could have been agreed to in which iran got rid of its erin much capacity. days mantelled its enrichment capability and no other country would have supported us taking that position. what we tried to do though charlie is assign practical needs to iran's nuclear program. so for instance the centrifuges that they're operating, some of those will be converted to the purpose of medical research. so they are essentially producing medical isotopes for research. so we have tried to again draw a line between what what their capacity is and what peaceful purpose that nuclear capacity feeds into. and then of cose close off through the inspections and the limitations on the program, any ability to transfer that capacity towards a weapons program. >> rose: we continue looking at the iranian deal with ray takeyh and gary si

because economics works. the economy drove iran into its revolution many 1979. we seem to be in a dream world here. what is the meaning of the term in the deal significant amount of time? in the banning of technologies that might be used for producing nuclear weapons. you'll have to excuse me. i worked in a law office for some years and i learned from the lawyers how to parse words how to tear them apart, how to try to figure out the real meaning as stated here. and if there's enough vagueness, change it. who controls the inspection decisions? the security council? the russians? who does that? that's a little bit vague. also some of you may not know about nuclear technologies. every nuclear power plant that uses uranium in the world produces plutonium. produces enriched uranium and lots of other stuff in it. it was the nature of the process of producing electricity t in a nuclear a plant. one minute. okay. in one minute what can i tell you? i am concerned about how this is worded. i am concerned once the door is opened and the horses are out of the barn how difficult it will be to get t

outline of the deal. first of all there is that breakout time, the time it would take for iran to build a nuclear weapon, that is over a year, according to the administration. that is even more than critics of the deal might have wanted. inside the potential deal there is also that mention of the iaea inspectors. they are the ones who will be verifying whether sanctions will be lifted and when they will be lifted. that is a big bone of contention here in the united date. many in congress and large parts of the american public want the sanctions to be put in place and not lifted straight away. they will be lifted as soon as vector see that iran is doing what it promises to do in this deal. probably the most important in terms of how the obama administration cells the deal to the public and to the american congress, iran will receive sanctions relief if it verifiably abide by its commitment, the administration going on say that the protector of u.s. nuclear sanctions on iran will be read a for the time being. this is essentially what critic were hoping would be in the deal , and the defen

bahrain's needs and concerns. saudi arabians have become open in accusing iran of being behind the inspiration of the attacks on the towers in 1996, in which large numbers of americans were killed. this is a brief overview to begin the discussion, by showing there is no unanimity of all of iran's neighbors. it differs from one to the next. now we have the pleasure of listening to ambassador seyed hossein mousavian. thank you. seyed hossein mousavian: good morning, everyone. iran -- they both consider the deals agreed in switzerland as a win-win deal. to my understanding there is five reasons why iranians would consider a win for iran. number one is that the deal contains respect for iranian nuclear technology including enrichment. number two is ultimately the sanctions would be lifted, even graduate. number three is that ultimately the iranian nuclear would be normalized. and number four is that ultimately the nuclear would be removed from chapter seven united nations security council and all resolutions would be terminated. and number four is that iran after a period would be able

joking, but -- so now i'm just comparing the current two systems political system in iran. the current parliament don't have problems. they are already agreement and the supreme leader if the supreme leader decides something, especially this current government -- the parliament would approve it definitely and right now, they approve. the supreme leader has created a new term which was very very new for us at least in here also for you. the term is called -- so-called flexibility. so, that is finished. and all in the same page. but in here we don't have such a system. more democratic system. we have here within here, and between administration and the congress, we have lots lots of difficulties. so let me ask you, please accept from the panel, accept this idea that about the comprehensive deal. we have much more problem in here than iran. but the secondly, i don't agree -- let me express my idea about your idea that we can extent six months or 12 months again to negotiate and negotiate and negotiate. because two important elections is coming and there's going to be escalated in here, th

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oil, really squeezing that economy. that's been the key, many believe to bringing iran to the table. you'll see in coming weeks and months the dismantling of that entire structure. that's enormous reward. i've been to iran ten times. iranian people -- if the stock market was open tomorrow they would be shooting through the roof. the iranian people the economy, has been waiting with baited breath for the chance to open up to the world. sell cars open businesses its. this has enormous economic rewards for iran and quickly. a couple other details. more details here than expected particularly with hiccups in recent days. you're looking at sensitive issues in iran's nuclear program. this is where it's believed iran had been experimenting with possible weaponization. access there is major. keeping the facility this is a once secret underground facileity discovered by the u.s. the iranians didn't announce it. that's going to stay open. it's not going to be building sentra fuses, but it's going to stay open. the key here going forward the verification how much access inspectors are going to

>> rose: welcome to the program. tonight we talk about iran and the ongoing nuclear negotiations taking place in switzerland. joining me is krejci -- karim sadjadpour and steve coll. >> they think let's normalize. our alliance with the shaw was a lynchpin of our strategy in the middle east, the iranian civilization and population are potential players in a more stable world after the revolutionary fervor dies. let's move towards it's and take a risk even though it will upset our sunni allies. there are people who think small. there's a sectarian war going on that's getting deeper and darker by the day. shi'a iran is a party to that conflict. >> we conclude this evening with bernard-henri levy, the french writer talking about the middle east and what's happening on the ground in iraq. >> we have a unique country in europe where there's such a support for big parting but she's on the decline already. a lot of people again predicted she did not get that. because the french borders begin to understand not only that she's a woman but also that this party which pretends to be the clean

nuclear deal with iran and likely soon the decision to remove cuba from the list of state sponsors of terror. recent remarks by supreme layered in iran cast doubt whether that can occur. sheen tore schuler wants congress to have the right to vote on removal of sanctions. presidential politics are likely to play a part in this cuba decision issue evidentably so i'm wondering if it would take a lot of political capital to get one done, let alone two. have you bitten off more than you can chew? >> no. [ laughter ] >> you may be surprised by that response jim. let me take them in turn. first with respect to cuba, there is majority support of our policy in the united states and there's overwhelming support for our policies in cuba. i think people recognize that if you keep on doing something for 50 years and it doesn't work, you should try something new so the american people don't need to be persuaded that this is in fact the right thing to do. i recognize that there's still concerns and questions that congress may have. we've got concerns and questions about specific activities that a

, no injuries there in dallas. stuart: well, a framework for a nuclear deal with iran now a reality. before the ink is dry, the deal faces obstacles not here at home but iran as well. good morning on this good friday. i'm jon scott. jenna: maybe a crane is met for for this story some of the big stories teetering on the edge. jon: toppled unfortunately. jenna: i'm jenna lee. certainly a lot of analysis taking place over the last 24 hours about this deal. key players in congress are skeptical of the deal. they want to see the fine print which we do not have yet. many details including when sanctions would be lifted and what type of nuclear research iran could still conduct. all of that is still unknown at the time. president obama already lobbying law makers to lie low until june deadline for a full deal to really see what this is all about. many of our allies are also skeptical. israeli prime minister bejnamin netanyahu warning this morning that agreement only would, quote, pave iran's path to the bomb. kevin corke live from the white house with more. kevin? >> reporter: jenna, good

the iran nuclear framework agreement. they talked about the specifics of the agreement, and the chances it will be finalized i the end of june. speakers include a former nuclear negotiator for iran. this is just over two hours. >> good morning and welcome to another of the series of briefings of the national council on u.s.-arab relations on issues of vital importance to the united states and the nations in the middle east. thank you for coming this morning on such short notice. we have such a distinguished group of panelists who follow these matters. this morning i am honored to be your moderator. my name is john. i joined the national council on u.s.-arab relations after spending 35 years in the arabian gulf in the energy field. i am well aware of the impact, implications and importance of the iran nuclear deals for the people of the regions. i would like to thank c-span for covering this event live today and for covering our briefing last thursday on yemen, held in this room. the ambassador spoke at the conclusion of that session. c-span coverage of last week's briefing is av

said the goal was to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. now we're content to maintain a balance of power with the nuclear iran or delay their nuclear status. he said iran doesn't need a four to five underground bunker for the program. we're willing to give them a bunker. he said they don't need stockpile stockpiles, which we're allowing them to keep them. i'm focused on stopping iran from getting nuclear arms today, tomorrow and a year from now, but also 10 and 13 years from now. >> how would you do that, considering that sanctions so far have not stopped progress? >> we shouldn't have started down the path where we granted sanctions relief in exchange for iran doing little more than coming to the table. almost two years ago i voted with 400 members of the house of representatives, including most democrats, to impose new and tougher sanctions on iran to give us a better negotiating position. and i were to keep the credible threat of force on the table the way obama has not. not just in the dealings with iran but all countries around the world. >> -- sell missiles to iran? >> rus

: without objection. mr. flake: madam president, i come to the floor today to talk about s. 615, the iran nuclear agreement review act. this bill establishes a process to guarantee congressional review of any agreement reached between the p-5 plus 1 and iran and unlike everybody else here, my goal is to ensure iran does not acquire nuclear weapons. with this goal in mind, i've avoided supporting measures over the past 18 months that would impact the administration's ongoing negotiations. i believe that it's incumbent upon us to explore every avenue of diplomacy to stop iran from getting a nuclear weapon. now, there have been suggestions that this legislation we're considering today will negatively impact the negotiations for a final agreement. to the contrary, i think this legislation will improve the chances of reaching a final accord. most importantly, it will improve the chances that this accord will stand the test of time. if approved, the president will have to negotiate knowing that congress will ultimately review this agreement. that is only proper given that the terms of the agree

because we are sitting down with iran trying to negotiate a nuclear deal and how it is going to proceed on its nuclear capacity. and at the same time, we are fighting iran and yemen, either directly or indirectly did guest: it does get confusing. and i think that confusion is a big part of why we are seeing more assertiveness on the part of our arab allies. our arab allies, and we should remember we have deeply invested in persian gulf security to defend access to oil, saudi arabia the uae kuwait -- we have military bases there. we have made that investment relations 1979, since the iranian revolution. and from those allies' perspective, this is therefore very confusing. and they see it represents a reversal. because of that, they are acting more assertively because they believe that the united states is backing away from the region more broadly, but especially backing away from them in search of a separate piece with iran. i think it is part of the reason we are seeing greater saudi assertiveness in yemen. but really, you know, the yemen situation is a result of the houthis tak

swirl of activity surrounding iran and the united states. right now, two mores u.s. warships joined others off yemen's coast waiting for iranian ships that may be carrying weapons intended for rebel fighters in yemen. this while negotiators resume talks on iran's nuclear program. iran wants immediate cessation of sanctions an idea the united states may be repeat may be closer to accepting. the obama administration is calling iran's judiciary absurd after they leveled espionage charges against an american journalist held there. last week the iraqi prime minister was here in washington while asking for more money and weapons to fight isis haider al abadi sided with iran saying the saudi-led coalition in yemen was pushing the region closer to a greater war. but that hasn't stopped the united states from taking a larger role in the arab coalition with nine u.s. warships now settled off the coast of yemen. here with me is our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto. set the stage for what i call compartmentalization. negotiations in vienna over the nuclear deal while at the sam

administration on immigration and cuba policy and negotiations with iran. some are wondering whether this is some kind of pay back for the obama administration for that thing. listen to what bob menendez had to say. >> i am outraged that prosecutors at the justice department were tricked into starting this investigation three years ago with false allegations by those who have a political motive to silence me. but i will not be silenced. >> political motives at the justice department, is that possible, chris? >> i find this a reach. he pointed out the allegations in 2012. anonymous tipster sent a message to the fbi that he was involved with underage prostitutes at the home of the florida drchlt the fbi investigated and the charges went away. but in the course of the investigationing the relationship with the doctor. he had received gifts he never revealed and his intervention on behalf of the doctor. in 20/20 there was no -- on when this started in 2012, there was no negotiations going on with iran. and i find it kind of a reach that this is pay back and mend endez is not going anywhere. he w

start" continues now. >>> nuclear break through. iran and world leaders reaching a framework after tense negotiations but not everyone is celebrating the progress. we have live team coverage breaking down the deal and reaction to it this morning. >>> university massacre. dozens murdered by terrorists. kenya in mourning. leaders are figuring out what comes next. >>> breaking overnight. stranded at sea for more than 66 days and now reunited with his family. how this sailor managed to stay alive. >>> good morning. welcome to "early start." i'm suzanne malveaux. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. this morning, negotiations for the iran nuclear program are taking a rest before diving back in to work. that is because the landmark agreement reached thursday at the end of marathon talks in switzerland is only the framework for a final agreement. even this outline, more detailed than expected marks a significant step toward the goal of blocking iran from developing nuclear weapons. secretary of state john kerry telling cnn negotiations were tough at times and emotional and confrontational confron

to remind the viewers we're awaiting the live news conference on the nuclear talks with iran. breakthrough no breakthrough? wolf blitzer is going to pick up the coverage right after this. >>> hello. it's 1:00 p.m. here in washington. 7:00 p.m. in dusseldorf 9:30 p.m. in tehran. thanks very much for joining us. >>> and we start with the breaking news on the nuclear negotiations underway in switzerland. the united states leading those talks over iran's nuclear program. at any minute now, we expect to hear from some of the principals including the foreign minister of iran. the original deadline came earlier this week. but it came on wednesday. the representatives have pushed ahead and now appear close to reporting that enough progress has been made to move forward to what they describe as the next phase with an end of june deadline. cnn's global affairs correspondent elise labott has been following all of the developments in switzerland for us. there's john kerry, the secretary of state of the united states just got into that car. presumably he's going to be heading over to the

president obama talks about the recently announced agreement on iran's nuclear program. the republican response is by senator burr. he talks about the growing threats to cybersecurity. president obama: this week together with our allies and partners, we reached an historic understanding with iran, which if fully implemented, will prevent it from obtaining a nuclear weapon and make our country, our allies, and our world safer. this framework is the result of tough, principled diplomacy. it's a good deal -- a deal that meets our core objectives, including strict limitations on iran's program and cutting off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. this deal denies iran the plutonium necessary to build a bomb. it shuts down iran's path to a bomb using enriched uranium. iran has agreed that it will not stockpile the materials needed to build a weapon. moreover, international inspectors will have unprecedented access to iran's nuclear program because iran will face more inspections than any other country in the world. if iran cheats, the world will know it.

programs on iran, north korea, and pakistan onkelsey joined the arms control association in 2011 as a herbet scoville jr. peace fellow. prior to that she worked in a think tank in jerusalem. she may have interesting things to say about the israeli attitude toward these talks. and john limbert. a member of our task force and so much more. he is the class of 1955 professor of middle eastern studies at the u.s. naval academy. he had a 34-year career in the foreign service, mostly in the middle east and islamic africa. in 2009 and 2010 he came out of retirement to be the deputy assistant to the secretary of state for iranian affairs during an earlier effort during the beginning of the obama administration to get this nuclear deal. before joining the foreign service, he taught in iran as a peace corps volunteer. for 444 days from 1979 to 1981 he was a guest of the previous ayatollah in tehran when he was held hostage. john will have a lot to say on what this means for u.s.-iran relations. without further ado, we will start. cliff, i will start with you. i want to get your general impressio

understanding with iran. >> reporter: a nuclear agreement between world powers and iran after more than a decade of talking. ♪ i'm david foster live from london with al jazeera and also coming up, coming up, 147 killed many more injured after al-shabab storms the university campus in kenya. an important gain for houthis in yemen as they seize the presidential palace in aiden. and restrictions across california as the government orders a 25% cut in water use. ♪ well at least iran and six world powers reach what they say is an understanding which they hope will lead to a comprehensive nuclear agreement within three months, as part of the future deal the nuclear enrichment will be to one side only and iran agreed to reduce its low enriched uraniam stockpile from 10,000 kilos to 300 and 95% cut and centrefuge from 19,000 to 6,000 and the u.n. and u.s. will gradually lift nuclear-related sanctions after inspections by the international atomic agency and an aim for a new deal to be concluded by june the 30th and that will include a u.n. security council endorsement. let's hear from james where the

than that if you take a look at the last speech of the supreme leader in iran before yesterday i mean, the last one i think almost 10 days ago he mentioned something that i think it was for the first time, that mention that if we got an agreement with the united states and the western countries and we could implement it, i mean, we got this deal, we might allow the negotiators to negotiate about other problems that we have with international community, especially the united states. so it was for the first time that he mentioned. so right after that i would imagine that come visit deal would lead to negotiators to talk about especially at first regional issues like isis yemen. ihaving, iraq afghanistan, many regional problems that we have right now, and work on that and getting an agreement like now like the agreement that we are close to get about the nuclear issue. and lastly i think it may lead to even broad this conversation and negotiations to normalize the relationship between the united states at iran and after that maybe even it may lead to negotiate about some internal problem

the years and days ahead. obviously we remain deeply concerned about iran's destabilizing -- >> breaking news leads the hour. you've just been listening to secretary of state john kerry detailing the framework of a nuclear deal just reached with iran. i'm abby huntsman. the president also reacted just moments ago. >> today after many months of tough principled diplomacy, we have achieved the framework for that deal. and it is a good deal a deal that meets our core objectives. this framework would cut off every pathway that iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. as president and commander in chief, i have no greater responsibility than the security of the american people. and i'm convinced that if this framework leads to a final comprehensive deal, it will make our country, our allies and our world safer. >> a historic understanding and, quote, good deal but there's of course still much work to be done. the agreement between five major world powers the u.s. and iran will be used as a guide for a comprehensive agreement potentially by the end of june. iran's foreign mi

the deal with iran becalm becomes fodder for the campaign. this is "special report." >>> good evening, welcome to washington. bipartisan howls from congress and strong opposition from israel are greeting president obama's attempt at a legacy building nuclear arms agreement with iran however iran's president says he will keep up his end of the deal if the u.s. does. we have fox team coverage. carlcome rn with a look at how the iran situation may factor in. we begin with chief washington correspondent james rosen at the state department dealing with mixed messages about what was agreed to. >> good evening. secretary of state john kerry convened a seven nation conference call this morning aimed at reassuring gulf allies as he also sought to disspell claims being made about the proposed terms by the leaders of iran. jubilation in the streets over the proposed nuclear terms with iran's foreign minister greeted. took to twitter to challenge what he calls the state department's spin in the fact sheets citing separate documents he tweeted iran five plus one statement u.s. will cease a

zakaria. ♪ iran comes in from the cove. or does it? inside the deal on the persian nation's nuclear program. i will talk to benjamin rhodes deputy national security advisers about the deal and the next steps with iran and the u.s. congress. also an exclusive interview with one of america's greatest statesmen, former secretary of state james baker on the turmoil in the middle east. the end of a two-state solution. the new cold war with russia and the 2016 gop field. then why was the supreme court justice pleading his case in front of congress? what was he talking about? something he thinks is deeply flawed about america and i agree. i'll explain. finally, something a little lighter and it might make you a little lighter, too. the doctor on what you and the rest of the world should be doing to live long and prosper. but first, here is my take. when making up their minds about the nuclear deal with iran people are probably focussed on its details. but to figure out whether an agreement that limits and inspects iran's nuclear program is acceptable one has to consider in detail the alter

recon missions off the teddy roosevelt, by watching sending a message to iran they are watching. we're keeping an eye on you, are you sending arms in. you will not see the "teddy roosevelt" pull in front of an iranian warship and put sailors on that that would be an extraordinary step but the hope is sending this physical message of the u.s. aircraft carrier is enough to cause the iranians to pull back. >> there seems to be a bit of confusion because the president is a little more blunt in explaining what that aircraft carrier is doing there, as opposed to his spokesman. >> it's interesting. for the last 24 48 hours, you heard from spokesman that phrase protecting shipping lanes. all about commerce and so on. when i was hearing from military officials as you have been they're watching this iranian convoy the president took it a step further yesterday in his conversation with msnbc saying that listen this is in part about sending a message to iran part of the policy there, which is happening in physical terms with u.s. military navy assets and know it's happening privately in bac

libby casey. iran's president is joining the chorus of praise over a deal restricting his country's nuclear program. hasan rouhani spoke a few hours ago saying tehran will honor the framework negotiated in switzerland provided that powers in the west hold up their end of the deal. >> i would like to make it clear that the enrichment of any program is only for the development of iran. this enrichment program will not be used against any country. today the world has realized that iran is a peaceful country. >> but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that's not the case. netanyahu warned that iran will still be able to build a nuclear bomb and threaten israel's very survival? we're in jerusalem with more. >> you'll remember he spoke to a joint session of the congress just last month. warning of a deal with iran. he, of course, will no doubt try to use his leverage, whatever leverages highway with u.s. lawmakers to try to scuttle any chance of this passing through congress. but it's very unlikely that he'll be able to derail this bill. this is an agreement reach not only with

>> o'donnell: today on "face the nation." after years of negotiating a deal emerges to prevent iran from building a nuclear weapon. >> i'm confident that we can show that this deal is good for the security of the united states for air allies for the world. >> that may be easier said than done as critics both home and abroad have already raised significant concerns that it's going to work. in iran, to comply only use nuclear power for peace. we'll talk to one of the men who helped negotiate the deal energy sect earn nest moniz one of the top nuclear scientists. and key critic republican credit lindsey graham. also talk to popular republican presidential candidate rick santorum. in indiana and openings where. plus reaction from the human rights campaign tas to where the next fight will be. and we'll get update on the final four and look forward to tomorrow's big game. that with our all-star panel because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, happy easter and pass over. bob is off today. we begin with the deal struck between the u.s. and iran. easter mass

>> a deal to curb iran's nuclear program. we have details on the frame work and the global reaction. >> and we are live in germany where investigators are finding out more about the co-pilot. welcome to sour viewers here in the united states and arnold the world. >> you're watching cnn newsroom. >> u.s. president barack obama calls it a deal that would cut off every pathway iran could take to develop a nuclear weapon. the frame work agreement was announced thursday after around the clock negotiations and nine years of waiting for this. >> mr. obama spoke with the leaders to discuss that deal but he says it's a good deal that meets u.s. objectives. listen. >> this frame work gives iran the opportunity to verify that its program is in fact peaceful. it demonstrates that if iran come plies then it can fully rejoin the community of nations, there by fulfilling the aspirations of the iranian people. >> we have cease differences with united states. we have built mutual mistrust in the past. what i hope is that through kroujeous limp memt tags with that that some of the mistrust could be r