israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he said in his phone call with the president this deal will threaten his country's survival. suzanne. >> thanks jim. the white house working the phones and trying to sell this deal partly because of a looming fight with congress. republican lawmakers are undaunted in their plans to introduce legislation giving congress a final vote on agreement. house majority leader john boehner stating the nuclear program poses a threat to israel which he visited earlier this week. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing firm against the deal saying it would not block iran's path to the bomb but it would pave it. the emergency meeting of netanyahu's cabinet is under way at this hour. i want to bring in cnn's oren liebermann live from jerusalem. >> reporter: in the short-term, we expect a statement after the cabinet meeting which is going on right now. netanyahu has been perhaps the most vocal critic internationally of the deal.