other republicans but he does with christie. i agree with governor christie who sidestepped the issue of health care saying the clock was running out. again, demonstrating the republicans have no solid ideas of how to fix our health care system. but the president has tried, he s put issues on the table, he s put the grand bargain back on the table. he can continue to reach out, put initiatives on the table but as long as the republicans are intent on just saying no to everything that president obama said hold on. hold that thought. saying no to his budget, there s something wrong. don t minimize his ability to do his work. don t shove him out the door. because that s where he s going. nobody is shoving him out the door. stand by, guys. we will continue this conversation. also, syria s civil war brings carnage to the doorstep of iran s embassy in beirut, lebanon. as the u.s. tries to close a controversial nuclear deal with iran, a spat with israel goes public. i will s
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make the kind of accommodations they haven t to date. this deal, if it were agreed, would halt all the progress in iran s nuclear program and roll it back in key respects over a six-month initial period. at the same time, the international community would have unprecedented access to iran s nuclear facilities and full transparency into what they re doing. so they wouldn t have the ability to sneak out or break out. everything they do would be monitored, as it would be rolled back at the same time. this would be an initial step for six months, designed to buy time and space for a comprehensive negotiation towards a final deal, and that final deal would ensure that iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. during this interim agreement phase, the key sensitive issue, the one that obviously the israeli government and other friends of the u.s. in the region, whether the saudis or the united arab emirates, they don t like the fact the u.s. and other international partners
new norm. reporter: the president met with the senate leaders for about two hours and the administration argument is essentially that this is a fair tradeoff, that iran will freeze and even roll back some aspects of its nuclear program while the west is giving only mild and reversible sanctions relief. just a short time ago, the president spoke and said i don t know if we ll be able to close a deal this week or next. some expectations management there, but the iranian foreign minister spoke earlier today. he said he s optimistic. we ll be there and we ll be watching. jim sciutto, thank you. let s bring in the president s national security advisor, ambassador susan rice. she is joining us live from the white house. ambassador, thanks very much for coming in. thanks for having me, wolf. i know your voice is a little weak, you re coming off a little cold. just explaining that to the viewers. let s talk about this deal with iran. deal or no deal, do you expect in the coming days in
reporter: has been upgraded to fair. i can also tell you that he has been alert after stumbling down that hill to the main road and getting picked up, then getting airlifted to the hospital, police say he has been talking to them, both when they first made contact with him and then later at the hospital itself. chris, thank you. chris lawrence reporting. sad story. just ahead, syria s civil war brings carnage to the do doorstep of iran s embassy in beirut. as the u.s. tries to close a controversial nuclear deal with iran, there s a spat that s developed between washington and jerusalem. all of this going on. the situation room is going to be a busy place today. i ll speak with the national security advisor to the president, ambassador susan rice. tweet us some of your suggested questions. use the hash tag sitroom. that s coming up this hour in the situation room. can the president move beyond his obama care troubles by pointing to other things that