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and then yesterday denis mcdonagh sent a note to congress saying please stop meddling and this is the crunch time and only a couple of more weeks until the deadline for the framework agreement and we should only have the negotiators in the room negotiating and you all are not the negotiators and they are clearly worried about it. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell had this to say about the letter and which he signed. i think it is outrage. all of this is a distractionion away from the point here. president said we are either going to reach a deal or not reach a deal with one of the worst regimens in the world. some of the gop have been hedging on that letter now. do you think there is a sense of some regret? well, you could hear a bit of regret between the lines in what john mccain said this week. he said i sign a lot of letters. he didn t quite say this was a
it s high noon in the east. 9:00 a.m. out in the west. today in iraq a standoff in tikrit. for the moment, the iraqi army and militias are trading shots with isis in saddam hussein s hometown in erbil, iraq. what is the actual status of the offensive for the iraqis? reporter: yes good afternoon, alex. we heard a lot of those big claims. remember, the prime minister said a few days ago tikrit would fall in two days. it still hasn t fallen. then they said isis has lot tikrit. that is well and good. the problem is the iraqis haven t yet retaken it. so for the moment, the offensive has stalled. that is official. an iraqi defense source telling nbc news because isis has planned hundreds of ieds and behind those are snipers that prepare to die if they do not surrender so they decided to stall the offensive. however, it is clear that isis is being squeezed not just in ta created tikrit but by the kurds on the front line and we saw the kurds are being helped by some american volunt
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and i recommended that we force the syrian administration to the table, give them one more shot at this to call a ceasefire, and then work out a transition. i m for doing it at the last moment if at all possible. i m not going to give up on any of these situations, luke, until i make my decision. well, your decision will come next week and it will be a fascinating one to see. congressman big pascrell, from new jersey, thanks for joining us. a pleasure to be with you. a programming note as president obama prepares to address the nation on tuesday, this sunday on meet the press david gregory will interview white house chief of staff denis mcdonagh. coming up on andrea mitchell reports a region edge. we ll have a live report from beirut where the state department issued a new warning for americans abroad. lebanon has also been flooded with more than, get this, 700,000 syrian refugees. take a look at these pictures provided by nbc s aymen mohedin.