of state and government of france, germany an the you cuni kingdom. the leaders of france, germany and the united kingdom take note of president trump s decision not to recertify the compliance with a plan of action the jcpoa. the congress and are concerned by the possible implications. theresa may was on the phone with president trump as late as a couple days ago imploring him not to not do this. to say that it is important that they stick by this deal in order to retain stability in the middle east, in order to retain some sort of influence over iran. ali arouzi is in tehran. i imagine that the iranians are deeply unhappy about this. reporter: that s right, katie. that would be an understatement. they are very, very upset about this. they were anticipating it. there were anxious apprehension amongst ordinary iranians who
against the agreement in iran. they re going to go full steam ahead. let s build our nuclear weapons. look how hostile america is. i hope that doesn t happen. you know, this art of a deal of the president, i don t see what we re getting in return. we re getting nothing in return. we re becoming more isolationists. we re rejecting our friends. we re being national is particular. yeah, that helps the president s political base of 35%. where is that in the interest of the national security of the united states? i don t see it. the washington post, david ignatius and former new mexico governor, u.n. ambassador, bill richardson, je, thank you very much. dismantling day doesn t stop with the iran deem. the president is taking a sledgehammer to some parts of obamacare. states are already planning to sue, including california. the state s attorney general joins me for his first tv interview since announcing plans to sue the administration. i ll speak exclusively to a
shared national security interest. the nuclear deal was the culmination of 13 years of diplomacy and was a major step ensuring that iran s nuclear program is not diverted from military purposes. the jcpoa was unanimously endorsed by the u.n. security council in resolution 2231. the international atomic energy agency has repeatedly con firmds iran s compliance with the jcpoa through the long-term verification and monitoring program. therefore, we encourage the u.s. administration and congress to consider the implications to the security of the u.s. and its allies before taking any steps that might undermine the jcpoa, such as reimposing sanctioning on iran lifted under the agreement. bill richardson, what do you think? well, i think this is very bad national security policy. the practical effect is that
one iranian official directly that, if the europeans announce they would continue adhering to the agreement, to the jcpoa as it s called, that iran would probably also continue to adhere to it. interesting. that s one significant aspect of this statement. david, what would that mean for the united states if iran stays in with the uk, france and germany? i think to be honest, we re entering a periods of limbo. it s the sort of situation donald trump loves. he ll issue lots of comments like watch out or we may do this. all sorts of these destabilizing statements. congress will be working on language that will seek to incorporate as goals essentially permanent duration for the agreement, will seek to get better inspection rules, but we ll be in this limbo periods for a while. in the end, it may blow up the
leaders in europe. emanuel meaning macron, renault, the french automaker. of course, the european leaders want the united states to remain the part of an agreement where they are signatories. again, using that phrase we often hear from the president x we ll see what happens, leaving things open endsed. this is a more nuanced approach than what you heard on the campaign trail where the president is saying that it s still possible to rip up the deal. but this is an interim series of steps to try to compel iran to do things differently. to try to put in place some other kinds of nonnuclear constraints on iran, dealing with financial support through terrorism, different sorts of things. would not in and of themselves erode the deal but would, from the trump administration s point of view be a tougher deal. european leaders were not looking for this. of course, israel, a close partner who has really been against the iran deal, fearful of the iran deal, they have been