billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving a way for a nuclear iran and we re going to do everything we can to get to the details and if in fact it s as bad of a deal as i think it is at this moment we ll do everything we can to stop it. according to a washington post account of the senate there are 24 senators ready to vote yes or are leaning in favor of voting for the iran deal. 48 senators are leaning no or ready to vote no and 28 positions are completely unknown. half of them are democrats. joining us now, austin goosley, he s currently a professor of economics at the university of chicago and back with us phyllis bennis and james. if this comes to a vote in congress where they would have to block it they would have to overcome a presidential veto and this looks like the president is