well this is a bad deal. it's a very bad deal. we're better off without it. hours later, president obama responded to prime minister's netanyahu's criticism. here he is. >> on the core issue, which is how do we prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon which would make it far more dangerous and would give it scope for even greater action in the region the prime minister didn't offer any viable alternatives. the alternative that the prime minister offers is no deal in which case iran will immediately begin once again pursuing its nuclear programs. his essential argument is if we just double down on sanctions, iran won't want to do that. well, we have evidence from the past decade that sanctions alone are not sufficient to prevent iran from pursuing its nuclear