congress has. and in the confidential safeguards agreement that was negotiated between the iaea and iran, we don't have those documents because they are safeguards confidential, the same protocol that would be used between the iaea, the united states and every other country in the world that cooperates with the iaea. we know the details of it, and those details have all been shared in classified sessions with the congress. so there are no secrets here, there are no side deals, there's the joint comprehensive plan of action which will ensure forever that iran will not be able to get a nuclear weapon, and if they take steps to be in noncompliance. we have plenty of tools at our disposal to snap back sanctions and use every other tool that we have in our complete arsenal of diplomacy and other toolboxes. this was really a day for diplomacy and an effort to try to do this peacefully. >> i was picking up on your comment about every other tool in our toolboxes. military action if the scenario you just laid out were to take place. military action is not off the table? >> no, i think military ac

19,000 centrifuges. this agreement will bring them down to 5,000 centrifuges. all of them under iaea supervision and i think this is a good outcome. other thing i noticed is they had a stockpile of something in the neighborhood of 12,000 kilograms of uranium. this deal will bring it down to 300 kilograms. i mean, kilograms. >> right. >> and it's a remarkable reduction and i'm amazed that they would do this, but they have done it, and with respect to their plutonium effort, plutonium reactor at iraq, which is now starting to operate, it's going to be shut down, except for minor parts of it, and concrete will be poured into the reactor core vessel, and so these are remarkable changes, and so we have stopped this highway race that they were going down, and i think that's very, very important. now, will they comply with if? will they -- will they actually do all of this? well, they get nothing until they show compliance and that's the important part of the -- of the arrangement. >> well, the other criticism of this deal has to do with behavior changes. why didn't we ask for -- it wasn't

deals with the iaea. one, whether or not you approve of the deal and the other one saying you want to get any sanctions relief from iran. >> i want to play what john boehner said. the speaker saying the fight is just beginning. let's listen to that. >> all options are on the table. >> one of those options, you said the president broke the law. is one of those options legal action against the administration? >> that is an action that is very possible. >> what might be an option that might bring them together that you've heard of? is there one? >> so the speaker there mentioned in the clip you just played a legal option. from conversations i've had with aides on both sides of the aisle, it is under clear as to what that legal action could be. the legal standing of the house gop says they will have is that they didn't live up to the deal, the iran nuclear deal review act, saying because of the side agreements between iaea and the krif iran, which is the normal procedure to have the agreements between iaea and the countries, because they were not disclosed, that the clock process never sh

what has led us to where we are today. that's standoff. with this agreement, the iaea can go wherever the evidence leads. no facility, declared or undeclared, will be off limits and there is a time certain for assuring access. there is no other in which it applies. in addition, the iaea will have more inspectors moving around using modern tech norlg, and cameras that are always watching 24/7. 365. further, iran has agreed to never pursue chief. so the agreement deems not only with the production of fissile manically. because of these limit tagz and guarantees, we can without this agreement, the iranians would have several potential path ways to a bomb. with it they won't have any. the plutonium pathway will be blocked because it won't have a reactor producing plutonium for a weapon and it won't build any more avenue i water react orz for at least 16 years, we have the ability to watch them and know precisely what they're doing p. >> the country would not enrich uranium to a level higher than 3.67%. let me be clear. no one can build a bottom from a skok pile of 300 kill grams of your n

between the iaea and iran regarding inspection of the nuclear facilities. they also want to be adamant that they are not approving of the sanctions relief that the obama administration is going to give iran, saying that funds terrorism, and they don't want a vote on a resolution of disapproval. they want to switch it around and make it an approval resolution because their idea is if you have to make democrats vote for the deal, more will vote against it and it will be symbolically better for them in terms of a numbers tally. interestingly enough, the real story is you're seeing these divergent paths taken by senate republicans and house republicans and it will be a real split as we have an upcoming budget fight at the end of september. on the snalt side, mitch mcconnell and bob mcconnell are sticking to the playbook. look, a simple vote, a resolution of disapproval. democrats are going to filibuster it and that's it. that wasn't enough for house conservatives. they wanted to be on the house more forcefully. you're going to have three separate votes now in the house, saying thas essenti

authority or could recommend or use military force. finally, that's overblown on this. the iaea has its own protocols with every country with whom it works. those are always between the country and the iaea. no legal authority to undercut the obligations iran has greed to in the terms of this agreement. >> i know it's a busy day of votes down there. peter welsh, thanks for your time. >>> still ahead, new developments in those string of shootings along the arizona interstate. why police now think there may actually be more than one sniper. >>> days after two high school football players tackle and hit this referee during a game. the whole team now under scrutiny. >>> how millions of dollars in fines against the banks might help solve thousands of crimes against women. to clean the oceans, to start a movement, or lead a country. it may not be obvious yet, but one of these kids is going to change the world. we just need to make sure she has what she needs. welcome to windows 10. the future starts now for all of us. everyone is looking for ways while to cut expenses.s unique, and that's

cheer led us into a war in march of 2003 saying don't trust the iaea, iraq has nuclear weapons. we went to war and they didn't. we've got to have these inspections so we know with accuracy what iran is doing. they're brutal now but it would be much worse if they have nuclear weapons. that's why i'm a realistic supporter of this deal. >> since you've teed up dick cheney, this is cheney this week speaking against this deal and hillary clinton's response today. >> arming and funding iran while simultaneously providing them a pathway to a nuclear arsenal is not an act of peace. it's not, as president obama claims, the only alternative to war. it is madness. >> vice president cheney may hope that the american people will simply forget, but the truth is by the time president obama took office and i became secretary of state, iran was racing toward a nuclear capability. >> but the fact is you've got donald trump outside, you've got all the republicans lined up against it. and by almost 2-1 americans in some polls are against this deal now. >> well, look, it is always hard to do diplomacy,

regime has been put in place. the iaea and other organizations and especially listening to secretary of energy moniz. he knows this stuff. he's a nuclear physicist and he and the intelligence community are confident they can verify what is happening inside of iran. >> joining us now is energy secretary ernest moniz, also professor of physics emeritus at m.i.t. when you hear former secretary of state colin powell and others citing you and he's not the first to do it but citing you and your expertise as one of the key elements they are relying on in supporting the decision, do you find it in conversations with people like that and one on ones with senators that there is a point that you need to get them over, one hurdle that usually closes the deal? >> well, first of all, i think lawrence, the important part is the deal is very much founded on science. we feel the more we have a chance to explain what the deal has, it is pretty complex. that we are gratified frankly that senior people like general powell and many others are supporting the deal. i think in response to the key point is that

-- to the inspectors at the iaea, they gave me with absolute surety, that they can get this job done. the whole rumor you're hearing about the 24 days that you're not going to be able to detect something and undeclared areas they tell me, every scientist i've spoke with, you can go six months and two years and still will be able to determine whether this was nuclear involvement in a particular area. all of the scientist facts point to the fact that this is a good deal. this is the right thing to do. all of our allies are just about -- >> but congressman, when you do hear that they are going to have a 24-day advance warning, it certainly causes you to think, maybe that gives them the time they need to hide or move or shift things around. the ones they really need to not show the world. as a matter of fact, congressman, a new poll out today finds an overwhelming majority of americans, 70%, don't think iran will comply with a nuclear deal. the support for the deal is slipping too. nearly half, 49% disapprove of the deal. how do you convince the american people that what you're saying is

presenting the deal saying there was a lot of side deals between the iaea in iran, hence the clock that would have allowed for that september 17th deadline for this to be approved was all for naught. it didn't exist. so that is number one. number two, they also had a heavy vote against giving sanctions relief to iran and three, they also put a straight approval vote on the floor today. 25 democrats backed it. only 162 -- sorry went against it. only 162 democrats supported it. so they were able to showcase the large difference in number there. as far as what they could do from this specifically. there is the possibility of the lawsuit later on but everything else is pretty much a show right now. >> so what are the next steps here? what do you expect to see go forward? more votes or what? >> well the senate is going to have a vote next week on the same exact legislation. that is also pretty much to show and put it around the neck of democrats that they were in fact the ones that allowed for the iranian deal to move forward. and the possibility of a lawsuit is definitely something the

about forcing iran to satisfy the iaea in their inspection needs on a very short time frame, by october 15th. that is unpreunprecedented. apartments condition of the agreement going forward. as you said, andrea, fundamentally then, of course, the agency works out in a confidential way with the country, standard practice, exactly what steps it will take and what are the protocols for that. but certainly the congress has everything we have. secondly, even beyond the documents, and i know very well they have been briefed in great detail about what is going to happen. so they have all the information that we have and, of course, we expect that we will be going for ward to implement the agreement and that's a case where hopefully we are all going to work together in terms of making sure we implement very vigorously this agreement. >> but just to clarify, if john boehner and this group that is pressuring him from inside the republican caucus, if they have their way, they're going to try to push it beyond september 17th. what happens if the united states stands alone in not having let

has not been forthcoming between the quote unquote side deals between iran and the iaea. and then neld have to either vote to approve or disapprove by september 17th. this is something the leadership is having to contend with today. they have a meeting about it at 4:00 today but it presents an interesting scenario buzz the leadership is going to be tasked with having to deal with rabid conservative members that think they can kill this deal procedurely when in fact they don't necessarily e believe that because they don't know when the clock started. ted cruz fanned the flames. i asked trump if boehner and mcconnell have been doing enough to stop the deal. he said no they could be doing more. i asked to sarah palin and she echoed the sentiments. so you are seeing trump align with the ted cruzs and the sarah pailan palins. >> we're going to have to wait and see what happens in the next week or so and see if republicans can pull anything off. >>> and today's action on the iran deal wasn't limited to the steps outside the capitol. across town hillary clinton dlir delivered a major spe

to the iaea and do that on their own without any third party intervention, the fact they continue to enrich uranium, all of which the obama administration said will not be allowed and now they are allowed. that and many other thing make it an alarmingly bad deal. i think it will be a bad legacy item for the president and for our friend israel, the region and the world. >> phyllis bennis, last word on this. >> it puts more restrictions on iran than any other country, including 24/7 immediate inspections of any nuclear facilities. it's not true the claims they are going to be able to do their own inspections. it's schismly not bourn out by the facts. >> phyllis, reza, thank you for joining us tonight. coming up next, breaking news about hillary clinton's e-mails. you can't always see them. but it's our job to find them. the answers. the solutions. the innovations. all waiting to help us build something better. something more amazing. a safer, cleaner, brighter future. at boeing, that's what building something better is all about. ♪ at boeing, that's what building something better is

trust our intelligence community. i trust the iaea, i trust our ability and the technological capacities we have to actually find out and track what the iranians are doing. no, no, the 100,000 members of vote vets, plow share, folks we're working with, we're behind this 100% because it is verifiable. >> and what about the president? do you have any reservations about how the president has handled the negotiating the deal or making sure that the deal actually passes congress? >> little known fact, soldiers love diplomats. and we have absolute faith in the diplomatic community that has structured this deal. secretary moniz, secretary kerry, we are behind these men. they have done a beautiful job. their team has done a great job. working very hard to work this. >> we saw and we showed clips of secretary clinton speaking about the iran deal. what is your reaction to what she had to say today. >> the secretary is spot on. she has -- she sided wh ecited we did with president reagan and the star treaties in the past. trust but verify. verify we will. we will see if anything happens t