persian gulf where all or so much of the world s oil supplies pass by boat a choke point, if you will on that waterway and we re told saudi special forces have gone in there as well to take care of that houthi threat. fredricka? nic robertson, thank you so much along the border with yemen in saudi arabia appreciate it. the white house is going on the offensive today and trying to sell the nuclear deal with iran to members of congress. everyone from president obama to officials at the state department are calling lawmakers this weekend, trying to make their case as to why this current deal the framework for this deal may be the best option for preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. i m joined now by ali reza nar author of iran after the bomb and in boston jim walsh, international security analyst and christopher dickey at the
daily beast joins us from paris. the president says this is i m quoting him now our best option by far. ali, is it? i agree. i think that we re getting a good deal. if you look at the plan of action the framework, the fact sheet that was released iran is making a lot of concessions, giving up a lot of its century funlgz accepting intrusive inspections, and i think right now things look good for the united states and the p5 plus 1. there s outstanding issues between the two sides that have to be resolved but there may be obstacles. this is a breakthrough. christopher who could happen in the two or three months to undermine or strengthen this framework? a the love things. you have to listen to what people were saying. they said again and again all the parties to this agreement kept saying that nothing is agreed until everything is
ever had in terms of our own proliferation agreement so it will be hard i think for democratic senators to walk away from democratic house members. there may be a bill in congress that causes problems, but i don t know if those sorts of bills will be able to sustain a veto and i think that s what would happen. and ali, as it pertains to congress really it s the issue of sanctions, less about all the other details in the framework, but how could that potentially be a road block for that framework, in your view? and that s i think one of the unclear elements of the sanctions relief. iran is very concerned that it should get sanctions relief up front. iranian officials stated that s the case but that s in reality is going to take a while for iran to get sanctions relief. it has to demonstrate compliance with the agreement, and that might take a few months but i think iranian officials have been support tif of this deal conservatives in iran have come out and supported it and the