12:17 p.m. there in tehran. fred, thank you. all right. there have been calls to break up big tech companies like amazon, facebook and google. during that debate last night, senator cory booker said there is a problem with corporate consolidation. this is actually an economy that is hurting small businesses and not allowing them to compete. i feel very strongly on the need to check the corporate consolidation and let the free market work. he also said this again, i will single out companies like haliburton or amazon that pay nothing in taxes. right. amazon and haliburton s tax rates are low but not necessarily zero. the wall street journal reported amazon s tax right from 2012 to 2018 was 8%. before the debate, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg rehash his position on government regulation. he said facebook is self-regulating but wants more governments to step in as it grows around the world. here s what he said about
conduct foreign policy your time is up. in our bath rob e at 5:00 in the morning. lester holt stepped on her signature line there. in case you missed it, new jersey senator cory booker was the only candidate who said he would not get back in the iran nuclear deal, be he also says he would not have pulled out in the first place. how is all of this playing in iran? let s ask fred pleitgen live in tehran tonight. fred, good morning to you. is iran even interested in rejoining that iran deal? the jcpoa. at this point. reporter: that s a very tough question. i think it also depends on who you ask here in iran, whether it s the moderates or the hardliners. it was quite interesting because just yesterday iran s president hassan rouhani said the u.s. should rejoin the nuclear agreement. it would be in the interest of the u.s. and the international community as well. on the other hand we canned underestimate how much bad blood there is in iran toward the trump administration especiall