they re going to talk about. they could very well avoid the iran deal and not get into the controversy and the politics of that. if they say something about the deal, it could give an indication whether benjamin netanyahu has swayed them against the deal. and president obama is now defending controversial remarks he made about the iran deal. his comments outraged both democrats and republicans when he spoke earlier this week at american university, linking republicans to hardliners in iran. fareed zacaria sat down with president obama. in your speech at american university, you made a comparison. you said hardliners were making common cause with republicans. what i said is absolutely true factually. the truth of the matter is
likely to vote against the deal than other swing votes. this group is a group of freshmen congressman brought over every two years by apec. thank you so much. as congress meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu about the deal, president obama is defending his remarking earlier this week at american university when he made his case for the iran deal. his remarks outraged both democrats and republicans. fareed zacaria sat down with president obama. in your speech at american university, you said iran s hard liners were making common cause with republicans. it s come under criticism. mitch mcconnell says even democrats who opposed the deal should be insulted. what i said is absolutely true factually. the people inside of iran, the
inside of iran the people most opposed to the deal are the revolutionary guard, the quds force, hardliners who are opposed to any cooperation with the international community. the reason that mitch mcconnell and the rest of the folks in his caucus who opposed this jumped out and opposed it before they even read it, before it was even posted is reflective of an idealogical commitment not to get a deal done. in that sense, they do have a lot in common with hardliners who are much more satisfied with the status quo. you can see all of fareed s exclusive interview today at 10:00 a.m. right here on cnn. it has been one year since the shooting death of michael brown. the protests and marchs go on. but what real changes have been