who's on iran we disagree on the j.c. but i believe we can come up with something that can deal with the fundamental issue of the j.c. which is the nuclear issue but also deal with these other three issues that aren't included. trump again suggested gulf nations need to make a larger financial investment in syria's future stability and security following the defeat of eisel the countries that. are there that you all know very well are immensely wealthy they're going to have to pay for this but the meeting appeared to do little to ease fears of a looming trade war with no sign trump had agreed to exempt the european union from tariffs on steel of aluminum imports set to take effect on may first we have the very first issue on trade which is overcapacity is still in a limb in him it doesn't come from europe and not even from friends can really help it al-jazeera at the white house with the u.s. and france trying to resolve their differences there is no disagreement over iran's next news as we mentioned earlier its foreign m

bank of iran? how does that impact everything that we talked about from -- i'll leave that to you. how does that impact everything we talked about. the adventurism, ballistic missile technology? >> it's a potential game changer. truly. when we look at right before the jcpoa, one of the tragedies of the nuclear deal was the increasing amount of leverage the united states had over iran and it was increasing rapidly. the iranians wanted to talk. they wanted a deal. they wanted sanctions relief fast. the combination of the central bank sanctions which include the oil reductions along with going after insurance and reinsurance and the tankers of iran down th exchange reserves overseas, they were having a balance of payment crisis, and all their banks had been disconnected including the central bank in the swift disconnection in europe, those two together got their attention very fast, very fast, and combined with the existence of a credible military threat, especially at the time from israel, they were

iran lied. big time. after signing the nuclear deal in 2015, iran intensified its efforts to hide its secret nuclear weapons. in 2015, iran moved its nuclear file to a secretly contained area in iran. this is where they kept the atomic archives. right here. few iranians knew where it was, very few. and also a few israelis. now, from the outside, this was an innocent-looking compound. it looks like a didlapidated warehouse. on the inside, it contains nuclear weapons in massive files. they're a little bigger than this. a few weeks ago, in a great intelligence achievement, israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these walls. and here's what we got. 55,000 pages, another 55,000 files on 183 cds. everything you're about to see is an exact copy of the original uranium material. you may want to know where are the originals? well, i can say they're now in a very safe place. here's what the files included. incriminating documents, incriminating charts, incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprint

with respect to iran in syria. we certainly identify and threatened to challenge, not just israel but to the reason as a whole. we have identified those concerns not only an hour dialogue with israel and the israeli security -- >> i apologize, i do not wish to had a fewut i just questions. the first one is, does the united states rely on russia to influence iran and the reason -- region? >> we have made clear to moscow that we have seen no region -- reason, even by action or inaction, what russia is doing in syria is a threat. >> if russia is unable to provide assurance that the syrian regime, or other iranian forces will cease violence in these areas, what is the next option for the united states? what do we do then? >> with respect to russia i will defer to my colleague. athave a variety of means our disposal which are under constant and active consideration to try to bring about the kinds of mitigation of harm and risk that we are all seeking in syria. those decisions lie in many cases with the president himself

iran lied. big time. , i ranigning the deal intensified efforts to hide it see clear -- secret nuclear files. iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location. kept thehere they archives. right here. if you knew where it was. very few. a few israelis. from the outside this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. containedide it archives locked in massive files. ago in a great intelligence achievement israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these vaults. here is what we got. pages. files on 183 cds. seeything you are about to is an exact copy of the iranian material. incriminating presentations. incriminating blueprints. -- criminalize it incriminating photos. incriminating videos, and more. we have shared this with the united states. united states can vouch for its authenticity. we will also share it with other countries and the international .tomic energy we have known for years i ran a secret nuclear weapons program. it was aove compre

iran said to the i.a.e.a. . no work has been conducted with multipoint an issue this is multi-point initiation you've got to forgive this jargon the scientific terminology is something that is necessary to understand the production of nuclear weapons but here's what they say no work has been conducted with m.p.i. technology and hemispherical geometry but again the archives shows that this is a complete fabrication iran conducted extensive work with n.p.r. technology in hemispherical geometry is an example hundreds of more documents prove that iran said. to the agency that it did not conducted metallurgical work specifically designed for a nuclear device but the files again show that this is a lie iran conducted extensive metallurgical work specifically designed for a nuclear device it was an original winning photo plenty more in the in the archive so what i've shown you tonight. is just a fraction of the total material that we have but even from this sample. you can draw four main conclusions first iran lied abo

iran lied. big time. after signing the nuclear deal in 2015, iran intensified its efforts to hide the secret nuclear files. in 2017, iran moved its nuclear weapon's filed to a highly secret district in southern teheran. this is where they kept the atomic archives right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also few israelis. now from the outside, this was an innocent lookingly compound and looks like a dilapidated warehouse. but from the inside it contained the iranian atomic archives and look bigger than this. and in a great intelligence achievement a few weeks ago, israel obtained half a ton of the material inside of these vault and this is what we got. 55000 pages, another 55000 files on 183 cd's. everything you are about to see, is an exact copy of the original iranian material. you may want to know where are the originals? they are now in a very safe place. this is what the files included. incriminating documents, incriminating charts. incriminating presentation and blue printing. incri

they say that iran can't be trusted because in the 1990s and two thousands iran lied about the nuclear program. and it is a estimate that iran is cataloging the past nuclear program. >> even after the deal, iran continued to preserve and expand the nuclear weapons for future use. why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously cat log its secret nuclear files if not to use them at a later date. >> reporter: while netanyahu implied it. he did not lay out a case of iran starting the nuclear program. the secretary praised the overall deal. >> it is written with the assumption that iran would try to cheat. so the verification much what is in there is pretty robust. >> reporter: iran's foreign minister mocked netanyahu for the speech writing on twitter. the boy who can't stop crying wolf is at it again. undeterred by the cartoon fiasco. you can only fool some of the people some of the times. >> the debate over the nuclear agreement comes as tensions are heating up between syria and israel and iran. israeli jets struck at iranian targets inside of syria. >> bret: thank you. president trum

those backers are iran and russia. the administration has said on multiple occasions that russia and iran are complicit in assad's chemical weapons attacks. so i just ask another question here. does the administration support imposing costs on the russians and the iranians for their role in the assad regime's war crimes against its own people? >> mr. chairman, the administration has taken steps with respect to both iran, iranian supported proxy forces, notably hezbollah, and with respect to russia for engagement variously in the kind of proliferation, criminal behaviors, and actions both in syria and outside syria that you reference. and we will continue to act aggressively to use the authorities available to us to that end. >> one area that i think is, if i could just close here, i hope that the senate, with a lot of pressure from the administration and us, will move quickly on the seizure civilian protection act, the seizure syrian civilian protection act, in order to put this into law. and i think that that will hel

that the iran deal was to be preserved. now you are talking about a new deal with iran. why did you change your mind? did you join the stronger approach suggested by president trump? is it because he could not convince him and in addition, to think those that signed the agreement deal will follow you? [speaking french] >> i say there's no plan b, regarding iran, i've always been coherent. you can go back to what i say, the u.n. in september, always saying we needed to add until 2025, the ballistic deal in the region. i do not know what president trump will be but with his responsibility, the pillar of the framework, i'm not sayinm one deal to another, i am saying it's one aspect of the problem. i've never been critical of the deal that president trump has because i believe we can usefully add to it but no matter the decision that president trump will take, i would like to work on the duty, including what is already covered by the deal. ongoing -- the current nuclear activities, the long-term activities, ballistic activitie activities. over the past few weeks and for exam

iran quibbled with that. what iran's nuke deal is looking at an assessment.

and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran who are commanded to cut and we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions for its violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles. iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of their being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost interchangeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought that iran's aggression would be moderated as a result of signing to do the opposite has happened and iran is trying to gobble up one country after the other both men welcome the u.s. embassy move from tel aviv to jerusalem for the fourteenth of may the day the israeli state was declared seventy years ago on maintained that final boundaries within jerusalem were up for n

first topic is iran. you said once again in front of the press with your position was during the campaign and as well as president of the united states. it's not a mystery, we did not have the same starting positions stances, and neither you nor i have a habit of changing our stances or going with the wind. that being said i can say that we have had very frank discussions, discussion on, just the two of us. you considered the iranian deal the jcpoa, the one negotiated in 2015 with iran is a bad deal. for a number of months i say it is not a sufficient deal but it enables at least until 2025, to have some control over their nuclear activities. we therefore wish from now on to work on a new deals with what we need and i believe that on that, our discussions allowed us to shed light on our convergence is that we need to cover four topics. the first one is to block any nuclear activity of iran until 2025. this was feasible thanks to the jcpoa. the second is to make sure in the long run there is nuclear irania

getting in eliminating an enemy of iran and then getting out and leave iran actually we are not going to do this in syria so after defeat the defeat we are not going to allow iran to take control in this part of the world so it was clear to me from that time that the united states will be doing something in order to do to reach that containing iran so by striking now at the installations might by having this and at least like i think that was somehow. a message also sent to iran that we will not accept any sort of iranian military presence in syria there is an easy read. dyess air base last week was also another message that will not allow any sort of iranian military presence in syria so iran is the key objective right now just some was dropping from iran's revolutionary guard let's just use events will certainly not be in america's interest that's from the fars news agency and of course iran has an influence in that it's keeping its american involvement both in syria and in iraq there's involvement in the northeast of syria and also advisors in iraq you know this has to be a concern

rather than climate iran. now regarding iran. i've always been coherent and you can go back to what i said at the u.n. general assembly in september. i always say that there was the jcpoa but we needed to add three pillars. through 2025, the ballistic and the regional influence. i do not know what president trump will decide regarding the jcpoa. it's his responsibility. the jcpoa is the first pillar of this framework i described. so i'm not saying that we're moving from one deal to another. i'm saying it is one aspect of the problem. i've never been critical of the jcpoa as president trump has because i believe we can usefully add to it. but no matter the decision that president trump will take, i would like us to work on a new deal with four pillars, including what is already covered by the jcpoa, that is the ongoing -- i mean, the current nuclear activity, the other activities, the ballistic activities and the regional influence. so this is constant. but over the past few weeks and today, we've been attempting to very much talk

and seventeen iran moved its nuclear weapons files to a highly secret location into iran this is the shore about district in southern turkey on. this is where they kept the atomic archives right here few radians knew where it was very few and also a few israelis now from the outside this was an innocent looking compound it looks like a dilapidated warehouse but from the inside it contained iran secret atomic archives locked in massive files actually the little bigger than this. a few weeks ago in a great intelligence achievement israel obtained half a ton of the material inside these vaults and here's what we got. to five thousand pages. another fifty five thousand files and one hundred eighty three c.d.'s everything you're about to see is an exact copy of the original iranian material you may want to know where the originals well i can say they're now in a very safe place here's what the files included incriminating documents incriminating charts incriminating presentations incriminating blueprints incriminating photos incriminating videos and more we've shared this material with th

i've ask you if the president is talking tough on iran he doesn't appear to be acting tough on iran and syria. in the very real and dangerous they threatened to seriously destabilize and specifically i will try to make this as clear as possible. are they reliant on russia to influence iran. let's start with that question. speemac let me affirm our efforts and support in all of the americans who have been detained and held hostage missing in iran it will continue. we take these concerns very seriously we are in touch with all of the families and we will do all that we can to deal with is very difficult and very painful issue. with respect to iran and syria we identify the threat and the challenge not just israel but the region as a whole. and we've identified those concerns not only in our exceptional dialogue with israel and the and the have a few questions the first one is do they rely on russia in the region. we've certainly made clear that we see no reason in them and ably what iran is doing in syria or elsewhere in the region. if they are unwilling to provide us syrian regime. we wi

is that iran just simply can't be trusted. and he used information intelligence information that while new, in terms of what we're seeing on the screen today was publicly known. iran has denied in the past its nuclear program. that's not news to anyone. we've heard that for decades now. but the fact that they have complied so far with this agreement is sort of the central question right now. but prime minister netanyahu laid out the argument that iran can't be trusted, that they lied in the past and they are continuing to lie. have a listen. >> even after, iran continued to sprefrb and expand its nuclear weapons for future use. why would a terrorist regime hide and meticulously catalog its secret nuclear files if not to use them in a later date? >> reporter: so one of the important things here is to keep in mind that he didn't actually say that iran has reconstituted its nuclear program. essentially he said that the program has been put on the shelf that the files have been saved, that they've been lying about this program for

because the iran deal -- again, one has to remind people, iran has no nuclear weapons. this is a deal which freezes their program 20 years before north korea is, in a sense. >> i disagree with my friend elliot. look, i think the president has tweeted himself into a corner. first, if he tears up the iran deal on may 12th, as everyone expects, it does send a terrible message to kim jong-un, we are not worth the agreements we sign. and that's going to make it more difficult to negotiate something with kim. second, in calling it repeatedly a terrible deal, the worst deal in history, trump has set the bar very high for himself in any negotiation with north korea. is he going to be able to get the north koreans like he did with iran to actually dismantle the bulk of their program? is he going to be able to get the most intrusive inspections regime in the history of any arms control agreement? that's the bar he set for himself. we should be dreaming about getting an iran-like deal with north korea. that would make us infinitely more secure than we are now. i think that's a ver

another guarantor is iran. they have a serious implication in the chemical attack and yes we should homed russia accountable. how do we go about doing that. we need to build a coalition. turkey, israel and other countries in the area, iraq and all of those countries have a stake of what happens in syria. we need a strategy buildum. and we need alliance with europe and nato. and one other thing, the people that were talking here. walid was going in laying out part of the problem that exists. clearly the obama administration fame would in its attempt to deal with the syrian situation. they did have a strategy and it did not work. they were unable to identify an organization or subsets of the resistance to work with. and turned out most of them were bad actors and so yes, that was a serious problem and a failure of the obama administration. we don't need another failure here. it is it pretty clear going forward we'll have to deal with assad sometime in the future. how can we do that? >> all right. thank you. >> th

iran is also fueling the humanitarian disaster in yemen with its houtis.of thei the iran nuclear deal has serious falls -- serious flaws. this committee has closely examined them. the administration is rightly working to address iran's ballistic missiles, to strengthen inspections and to fix the deal's sunset problem. the british, the french and the germans need to stand with us. the list of the region's other challenges is long. our relationship with turkey's strained as never before. it's military offensive against the kurds in syria has benefited isis. the kurdish syrian democratic forces we back now have to dever at -- now have to diverge their attention from the offenses they against isis to defense of action, defending from turkish military attack. turkey's increasing engagement with russia and iran is very concerning. in libya, radical jihadists remain strong. egypt is a critical partner in the fight against isis and should be supported, but its suppression of civil society risks backfiring. and hamas terrorists are inciting violence in gaza. as tempting as it is to say, enough

and that is the iran deal. isn't it fair to say that if what you're trying to get north korea to sign is something probably not even close to the iran deal, because the iran deal doesn't allow iran to have any nuclear energy program that could lead to a nuclear weapons program. it would seem bizarre when you're trying to get north korea to do some watered down version of the iran deal, to tear up the iran deal. >> i don't think so, i think if trump stays in the iran deal which he won't do. then kim jong-un says i can get a deal like that that does not cause me to abandon anything, it just means i pause for a while. and i think like the president does, it's a very bad deal. if the president gets out of the deal, the message to kim jong-un is, i'm not going to do what the president views as a weak deal like that, you are truly going to have to denuclearize, which means abandon nuclear weapons forever. remember that the iran deal, the jcpoa, is just a ten-year deal, parts of it are a 5-year deal. and two of those

is very disturbed about iran. talked about that they got we got countries in the middle east i think maybe the difference with this investigation is they feel more comfortable with regional allies such as israel if you delete it. in terms of the long term strategy that israel would have on this situation can they continue to keep attacking syria while syria is so fractured or as i've sort of suggested before can we expect a response from the syrian regime. syrian regime i have a hard time responding how it could be very difficult i think we have to watch and see if iran responds in what way. now israel has room to maneuver inside of syrian territory for them and we'll leave it there andrew tabler thanks so much for your insight joining us from washington d.c. thank you x. well earlier syrian state media also reported a deal between the syrian government and opposition fighters now under the proposed deal rebels will evacuate the area south of the capital damascus the syrian government had lost an offensive in the

will remain in the iran nuke deal. here's the operate that. >> president trump: we will be talking about a lot of different subjects. but the iran deal will be one of them. people know my views on the iran deal, it was a terrible deal. should never, ever have been made. we could have made a good deal but that is a herible deal. we paid $150 billion, $1.8 mill billion in cash, actual cash, barrels of cash. insane, ridiculous, never should have been made. but we will be talking about it. >> white house correspondent john roberts is live at the white house where more is about to get under way with the two orlando leaders. >> good afternoon. they're running substantially behind. we thought we man midway through the press conference at this point scheduled for 11:45 eastern time, it's been delayed, some 45 minutes to an hour because the meetings the president is having with president macron are going long. when the president opened up that pool spray as we call it in the cabinet room, he said they talked at length in the ov

we therefore shall, together with the regional powers and iran, and in the context ofa powers and iran, and in the context of a demanding dialogue with iran, we shall cover all issues. first of all, the post 2025 situation of iran in the nuclear sector. second, dealing with the ballistic activities of iran in the region. next, containing the influence of iran in the region, in yemen, lebanon, iraq and syria. and these three subjects would add to the existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press c0 nfe re nce , existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you have existing jcpla. and yesterday at the press conference, as you have seen, press conference, as you have seen, no matter the decision to be taken by the united states on 12 may, we shall act jointly by the united states on 12 may, we shall actjointly in the region in order to find a broader agreement and ajoint order to find a broader agreement and a joint strategic framework to talk to iran, to coverfour topics. the three i just talk to iran, to coverfour t

iran. we will talk about the latest. then we look at the increasing number of women who have suffered a miscarriage and are then forced by their catholic health care provider to bury the fetal remains. >> i want you to know that my daughter was re-traumatized. she was already devastated by the miscarriage, in that had to be re-traumatized by this coercion of how the provider shows, not how my daughter shows, but how the provider chose to dispose of the fetal remains. amy: plus, we will go to tucson to speak with immigrant rights and reproductive justice activist alejandra pablos who has just been released from 40 days in ice detention. >> we're goingng to ask the governor to do the rigight thing and to pardon me and let me stay here without f fear. i'm tired of feeling scared. i'm tired of being persecuted for just defending my life. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. a fefederal judge hahas ruled te trum

he was talking about iran there. that's pretty good because we know his mission while macron was here was to keep the united states staying in the iran deal. those prospects seemed very dim in the last hour, but there the president seemed very open to that suggestion. they said they wanted a better deal. just yesterday sarah sanders was saying she believes the president is the best negotiator to have at a table for something like that. but the question is where they're going to end up where they leave. now they're at the business part, kate. >> i feel like i just need to end this by saying, but wait, there's more. we're looking inside the white house where the president and president macron will be holding a joint press conference any minute now. stay tuned. we'll be back with more after this. have laser drilled holes. they release medicine fast, for fast pain relief. tylenol® almost $800 when we switched our auto and home insurance. with liberty, we could afford a real babysitter instead of your brother. hey! oh, t

and we heard some very tough language on iran from the new u.s. secretary of state when he was in riyadh this must be music to the ears of the israeli prime minister. very much so i mean this is not just preaching to the choir it's preaching to the priest if you will benjamin netanyahu has been talking about iran in these terms for many years now and especially since the signing three years ago of the j.c. the iran nuclear deal has been wildly critical of it saying that it totally underestimates the future threat from iran and that morning is to be done to combat as you heard both men say the current situation of what netanyahu says is a spreading of missiles or any missiles into syrian territory into lebanon and thereby being a potential existential threat to israel something that he would not allow happen so when he hears the u.s. secretary of state and not just a u.s. secretary of state but a very different one from his predecessor rex tillerson who was in a state of semi detachment at best from the white house for most of his tenure as someone

iran is trying to gobble up one country after another. iran must be stopped. its quest for nuclear bombs must be stopped. it's aggression must be stopped. we are committed to stopping it together. i was very much encouraged once again by the steadfast support of the united states for our israel.- four our bond is special, it is based on shared values of democracy, freedom and the quest for security and peace. i can say that today, america and israel are closer than ever before and i have no doubt that we will glow -- will grow even closer in the years ahead. i want to welcome you back to israel, mr. secretary. it is a pleasure to see you and i wish you the best of luck in your important mission. >> thank you. good afternoon. it is a great honor to be here on my first trip as secretary of state. i have not been to my office yet. this relationship has never been stronger. i think we should both be proud of that. we had fantastic conversations today on difficult issues facing each of us. we are incredibly proud to be aening the new in the city on may 14. way ahea

we will talk about more of iran ina progress. we will talk about more of iran in a moment. michael? we talk about the north korea pictures. thursday we would have been talking about the dandruff picture. things change, move very quickly. the meeting is as much about economic issues as anything. i do not think anyone is under any illusion as to whose voice donald trump listened to on iran. they are domestic political things happening, whispering in his earandi things happening, whispering in his earand i think things happening, whispering in his ear and i think an emotional inclination to distrust the irani regime. what they are worried about are the tariffs as actions against russia and this morning, for example, one of the things that is critical to germany is the price of aluminium. russia provides a tremendous amount of the aluminium that goes into holding at bus planes and this morning the oligarch who is under sanction by the us and made importing and purchasing the stuff more difficult has stepped aside. he is leaving the company. these sorts of things, when you read them afte

in iran were critical of it they were saying that iran has given too many confession but ultimately when the iranians decided to sign those critics and those who supported the agreement they all agreed that you're on must abide by its commitments over the last couple of years more than two years the iranians have been abiding by their side of the border bargain and the americans haven't. a leg conversation has revealed the u.s. democratic party's leadership pressured a candidate for a house seat in colorado to drop out of the race he would like to get. i know your fund raising. you guys are selling money. i'm. someone and then i read primary. you report that. the vitamin had been focusing his campaign on clean elections skull that in climate change and improving the health care system in the u.s. he was endorsed by the state senator last night that was later asked to drop out of the race the house minority leader has defended the move. i don't see anything inappropriate let. mr hoyer was engaged in a conversation about the realities of life in a race as to who can win the general electio

first is iran. you said once again in front of the press what your position was during the campaign as well as the president of the united states. it is not a mystery -- [inaudible] and neither you nor i have a habit of tending our expenses are going with the wind. that being said, i can say that we had a very different discussion on not just the two of us. you consider that the iranian deal, the one negotiated in 2015 is a bad deal. for a number of months, i've been saying that this was not the best deal, but at least until 2025 to have some control over the activities. we therefore reach to work on a new deal with iran. [speaking in french] >> translator: what we need, and i believe the discussions allowed to shed light and we need to govern for topics. the first one is to block any nuclear activity of iran until 2025. the second is to make sure in the long run there's no nuclear or her brain and neck cavity. the third topic is to be able to put an end to the ballistic activities of iran in the re

iran lied. after signing the nuclear deal in 2015, iran intensified its efforts to hide its secret files. moved the weapons to a highly secret location. this is where they kept the atomic bombs. right here. few iranians knew where it was. very few. and also few israelis. outside, this was an innocent looking compound. it looks like a dilapidated warehouse. from the inside, it contains iran's secret archives, locked in massive files. they are a little bigger than this. a greateks ago, in intelligence achievement, israel obtained half a ton of the materials inside these halls. here is what we got. pages. files and 183 cds. seeything you are about to is an exact copy of the original material. you may want to know where are the originals? i can say they are now in a very safe place. these are what the files included. charts,s, incriminating incriminating presentations, incriminating blueprints, incriminating videos, and more. we share this material with the united states. the united states can vouch

the iran deal is not sufficient to see that iran's ambitions are curbed and contained it is most important to recognize that you run through its ballistic missile program is trying to exert your political influence in syria and lebanon. the solid or blockbuster verifiable agreement that guarantees that iran will not acquire nuclear weapons to denounce it without proposing anything else would be a serious mistake not respecting it would be irresponsible longly france thank you . but we should acknowledge the current agreement doesn't allow us to address all of the issues among the things not covered by the iran nuclear deal is iran's activity in the region and. we discussed the flip flop on iran's nuclear deal by the french and german leaders with politics professor from the university of tehran side mohammad marandi who believes that such a move will diminish the credibility of the matter on in the eyes of iran. he did more damage to themselves then twenty one else because iranians are looking at the actions and the statements of these european leaders and when they see that they flip flop

if we are going to counter iran's abuses, iran's terrorism, iran's threats to our troops and our national security interests, we must work with our partners around the globe. we will stand together against repression and the violation of human rights. we will stand together against religious persecution. we will stand together for the rule of law and democratic values, and taking hostages and violating the most fundamental values that cut to the core of our dignity as human beings is unacceptable to this congress and to members of the international community. i urge all of my colleagues to stand up to iran's rogue regime, to stand up for human rights and for the people of iran, to stand with the levinsons and the other families whose loved ones are missing from their lives, and to fight for their return home by supporting this bill. please support h.r. 4744, and together we will stand for basic human rights. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new york reserves. the gentleman from california. mr. royce: i yield three minutes to the gentlelady from florida, ileana ros

threat to pull out of the iran nuclear deal iran destabilizes this entire region that supports proxy militias and terrorist groups. it is an arms dealer to the who the rebels. and iran conducts cyber hacking campaigns. that supports the murderous assad regime as well as arrival in riyadh followed a barrage of eight ballistic missiles fired into saudi territory by hooty fighters in yemen the u.s. and saudi arabia say such missiles come from iran. we also think that iran should be dealt with by imposing further sanctions for its violations of international laws relating to ballistic missiles iranian missiles are a chief concern of israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu his focus on the risk of being fired from iranian bases in syria and by hezbollah from lebanon with his talk of a u.s. pullout from the iran deal and new sanctions against tehran pompei as language was almost into changeable with netanyahu we remain deeply concerned about iran's dangerous escalation of threats to israel in the region and iran's ambition to dominate the middle east the remains of people thought the yu

it doesn't have a border with iran. it does not have a border thatis with iran. it does not have a border that is separated speakership is commission bomb in a limited fashion, but that is not fighting a war. that is not invasion. that is not really caring countries apart, as has happened in syria. it is not happen to stop the anxiety. these conversations — unless iran rival to sendin conversations — unless iran rival to send ina conversations — unless iran rival to send in a couple of divisions across iraq into syria... 80,000 is not a small, not a small... taken together, tens of thousands of troops in market is not a small manoeuvre. these conversations we are having our related. people don't wa nt are having our related. people don't want the iran in regime to become the next north korea with the power to stop... donald trump hang out with donald trump tweeted that iran would not be a nuclear power in two yea rs, would not be a nuclear power in two years, five years, never. these are tough lines being taken, but they are informed by the desire not to ge

iran won't like that. i'll threaten the deal because they need this deal to be relieved from sanctions and international pressure so they will work with us on the other things? >> yeah. that's not the way iranian politics are working. that's not the way things are working in eye rap. there are very hard line hard liners, even worse than the government itself, that said from the beginning it doesn't want this deal. if it gets an excuse, the pressure to get out and to push forward will be intense. instead of actually calming down their activities around the region it is likely to exacerbate it. all of that pushes us towards conflict. the only thing we got right is the nuclear agreement. so why tear that up? >> who is watching this process? north korea, if there is an expectation that the trump administration can go where others have gone before but fail and get some kind of deal with them, how they respect the united states and allies on iran deal matters. here's what the president said about kim jong-un yes

iran quibbled with that. what iran's nuke deal is looking at an assessment. welcome. i'm neil cavuto. we're all over these developments here. a fast-moving world that is united now on confusion about who you trust and when. john roberts to the white house. the president is responding. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon on what the israelis found out and if there's anything new here. we begin with john. >> the president has said that iran is cheating on the jcpoa. critics say where is the evidence. rex tillerson said that he thought iran was in compliance with the jcpoa. now we get this treasure trove of evidence highlighted by the israeli prime minister that suggested all during this time iran has had a secret nuclear weapons and and stored all of the facts and figures in a bunker which israel discovered and confiscated materials from. so the president not going into a great amount of detail and what netanyahu said but in his words speaks for himself. israel is of the same mind as the prime minister. let's see what the president did say about it this afternoon. >> th

iran's role has grown. the price -- the higher the price they pay, the greater the pressure to have something to show for it. and particularly because the price that the islamic republic is paying is growing. cover wars all of my life and make a point of going to the cemetery to count the number of dead, and i've done that in both tehran and at the hezbollah cemeteries in lebanon. and there are over eight generals who died within the first come of years of iran's deployment. they provided the ground forces in a way the russians have provided the air power. the cost became so high the revenueser in guard, they brought in the conventional -- the revolutionary badder and -- guard and the brought in conventional forces. in lebanon, at least 2,000 and some now say closer to 3,000 hezbollah have died. over 10,000 injured. that's large for a population that small. and give given the protests in iran over the price it's important for the regime say we have secured our place in the region. now, i don't think at the

president will be tested on issues ranging from syria to the future of the iran nuclear deal with iran maintains it's in compliance with the twenty fifteen agreement which the u.s. signed with iran and european allies back favors keeping the deal as does german chancellor angela merkel who also visits the white house this week. was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into but troubles vowed to withdraw by mid may unless european allies fix certain aspects of the agreement including improving inspections of iran's nuclear programs so far that hasn't happened trumps recent appointment of john bolton to national security advisor and his nomination of mike pompei oh to be secretary of state both of whom have criticized the agreement have caused even more concern about the deals future eh. less than a month donald trump must decide whether to allow iran sanctions to be put back in place effectively killing the deal that makes the influence of emanuel mccraw and angle a merkel pivotal in ensuring whether or not the iran agreement remains intact

i think it is against interests of thought iran that we don't have any ambitions to the store iran. what we need is security, time come and possibility to develop our economy, science, technology. israel is a third world nation. with and have ambitions to come back to gaza, syria. please, forget about us. >> let's turn to the situation on the gaza border, which he spoke about earlier in your remarks. we are in the run-up to may 15. we have seen various levels of border conflicts. what do you expect? do you think there will be an entirely new level of conflict? how would you evaluate your own response to dealing with the conflict over the last number of weeks? >> first of all, i hope a new conflict with the people in gaza -- as i mentioned, we don't have any ambitions to come back to the gaza strip. not to establish new settlements, nothing. you have your gaza strip, please concentrate on your efforts to build you society, new entity. it is not our business. but, if they tried to provoke us and to launch missiles, to damage our sovereignty, to penetrate to israel, we will do everythi

it all ties in with iran. at this point, we would be forgiven for knowing that these talks were happening. how worried about you about the current state of affairs? on one level, it is all the same. the new wrinkle is that israel in the last couple of weeks has attacked some iranians bases. there is a lot of speculation about, this may lead to some kind of direct conflict between israel and iran, and the secretary of defence is in israel today. i am slightly sceptical about shooting war between iran and israel coming out of this, although i think the possibility of direct conflict inside syria skirmishing style exists. it is hard to get reporting done. they going in under strict restrictions, it is very hard. iran controls the shi—ite militias of hezbollah, it has its own revolutionary guard that is a force. but the real arbiter in syria is russia. they control whether assad stays in power and interestingly, talking of the nuclear deal, we talk of how will the european governments, who are co—signatories f

iran even under the jcpoa. they have these goals in sight. , with the ballistic missile the program and what they have been able to develop and calibrate and make them walking awayu see from any of that? no, not really. i think it is interesting that you can use the ballistic missile program as one of the tests of iranian intention. you would not spend so much -- on tophis program of the missile. the fact that we were told that make dealing will with this ballistic missile in the context of the deal, we are now seeing that it did not come into fruition and there is nothing easy about negotiating the ballistic missile program because the deal does not change their attentions why they want to have a nuclear weapon. weaponmeans to deliver a is a critical component in the iranian strategy utilizing outlined,missiles as the evidence is well aware of ,he importance of this program and it was one of the conditions that the president wanted to see fixed in the context of congressional law, negotiations with iran, and t

special report on weight lifting muscles and raising the bar on women's rights in iran. what men can do women can do to we've already broken more than half of the women to weightlifting records that's glory and say. oh we begin the day asking how much influence does the french president. really have over us president dogwood truong mccrone is in washington on his first state visit since truck took office and both men have referred to the u.s. france relationship as special but even more so they say their personal relationship is something special although they began with trunk telling reporters that the iran. nuclear deal is insanity tough talk but nothing new there well then trump and went into private talks and when they emerged while the plan b. which macron had said does not exist suddenly appear trump sounded as if he is willing to let the iran deal stand as long as a new deal is negotiated to add on to the existing one now that left a lot of unanswered questions but it did expand on one burning topic in paris washington and even here in berlin that budding bromance

iran was a victim of chemical weapons during the iran iraq war. they have been sensitive about the use of chemical weapons. they have condemned it. but having said that their line on the attack in syria is similar to the one of russia flt they don't believe it. they think it's set up by the west as an excuse to hit syria. and come down hard on iran and russia. they think this is all being manufactured by the west. so they're not buying it. this is a west just to destabilize the region even more. they're saying these attacks -- these strikes were conducted so a proper investigation couldn't be carried out in syria. this is the evidence this was their own doing. and they want to mess up the ground where an alleged attack was placed so no proper research and materials could be taken. they're not buying the line that assad used chemical weapons. and they never have. this is all a western ploy to bring down assad and taint anybody that supports him. >> we know the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons to was set to begin the on the groun