congress in a classified setting about the so called side deals, nofrn none of them arise to the ability the other thing that kerry took a lot of heat from the gop side was this sort of hole idea that they were fleeced. that they essentially gave iran everything they wanted. the clip you showed was illustrative of what kerry was trying to do. we were not out to stop iran from ever possess willing nuclear capability in any capacity. we were trying to stop them from getting a weapon. he had to keep on making that point. he took very tough question from marco rubio, 2016 contender rand paul another contender noticeably a little bit easier on kerry, i think some of us expected. overall this is the beginning of the beginning, what democrats, especially in the administration can expect for the next 60 or so days. they re ready to go back to their districts in about a week i spoke to a lot of democrats
the senate foreign relations committee this morning, and it was rough sledding by any standards with republican critics of this deal telling secretary of state john kerry that he got, quote, fleeced and bamboozled by the iranians over the course of the 20 months of these nuclear negotiations and carriy and the other two cabinet officers arguing that not only did they get the best deal possible they got a deal that shuts down iran s ability to attain a nuclear weapons capability at least for the next 10 to 15 years. and i believe that you have crossed a new threshold in u.s. foreign policy where now it is the policy of the united states to enable a state sponsor of terror to obtain sophisticated industrial nuclear development program. we set out to dismantle their ability to be able to build a nuclear weapon and we ve achieved that. nobody has ever talked about actually dismantleing their
selling the deal, that s the effort now on capitol hill. for u.s. secretary of state john kerry, alongside the treasury. they all spent time taking questions. they told kerry he had been fleeced and bam booze elled. secretary kerry flamed the high stakes like this. president obama has made it crystal clear that we will never accept the nuclear arms iran now has we don t like it whether we like it or not, iran has developed experience with a nuclear fuel cycle. they have developed the ability to produce the material for
members of a far left group applauded secretary of state john kerry but members of the senate foreign relations committee on both sides of the aisle had more pointed commentary on the iran nuclear deal. i believe you ve been fleeced. you guys have been bamboozled. the equivalent of the fox guarding the chicken coop. kerry noted that the french, brits and germans all approved the deal, too. they re not dumb. responding to reports that inspectors from the international environmental agency will be inspecting in parchin. argued the iranians to get sanction relief will respect the chain of custody for critical nuclear evidence. they know that they must have and be able to articulate a process with integrity. kerry, however made some
60-day review window kerry insisting there s no realistic alternative, and many are trying to do the best to if cnn s global affairs correspondent elice labott joins me with the testy testimony. it sounds rough. it was rough. the public was screaming, thank you, john kerry. once the questioning got started, it was pretty clear that lawmakers were not buying what john kerry was selling. i believe you ve been fleeced. with all due respect, you guys have been bamboozled and the american people are going to pay for that. reporter: in a ferocious if counter attack the secretary of state warned rejecting it would give iran a, quote, great big green light to build a weapon. let me underscore the