government. humans republican us senator is concerned. i think president trump is focused on the fact that there are critical minerals. and a america first economy, uranium two me is high on that list. one of the most common elements on earth. it fuels nuclear power plants in the us military. they are the leading us producer but that share has been shrinking steadily in part because some countries are flooding the market with cheap nuclear fuel. two companies are awaiting a decision from the us commerce department on their petition to investigate whether this imbalance causes a national security risk. me take a look at these countries as trading partners often times, these have become adversarial relationships. the energy chairman warns if more is not done to protect the domestic fuel cycle, the us power grid will be increasingly dependent on russian presidents, vladimir putin and his cohorts. how much are we going to trust his relationships?
we know the germans, french and the brits have been trying to come up with an adjustment that will extend the duration of the ban on centrifuge development. the fuel cycle is a permanent ban. i know you ll be ushering into the east room. let me give you chance to respond before you go in. reporter: you re right. an announcement saying we re going to gather at about 12:15 to go into the press conference. it gives you a soechense of whae timing will be here. the fact that the french, british have been working on trying to strengthen the terms of the iran fwhnuclear deal as way to keep the united states in. we also know that president macron will make the case. this is the best way the keep
he understands the region very well. he speaks farsi. the idea we d put iran on notice is a good thing. i supported general flynn when he made that statement. and we need to tell iran if you continue to develop ballistic missiles you ll pay a heavy price and get sanctioned again and keep all options on the table. what i d like to see the president is get a better deal. i d suggest the arabs and iranians have the same ability to produce peaceful nuclear power that we help the arabs build nuclear power plants and the iranians build nuclear power plants but we, the russians, the chinese and the united states control the fuel cycle so nobody over there can turn fuel into a bomb. to me, that s a better deal for the whole world. and i hope they ll look at that. senator lindsey graham, we ll put you in the category of, we have a lot of unanswered questions now after the resignation of michael flynn. you ll be asking them. thank you for your time. appreciate it. just in, donald trump, pres
peaceful nuclear power throughout the mid-east. this is a chance for russia, china, the united states, maybe france, to build power plants throughout the entire mid-east for theatio arabs and the irani and we control the fuel cycle so no one can turn it into a bomb. that would be the offer i would make the iranians, we re not going to give you the ability to enrich and reprocess uranium because you ll turn it into a bomb. you ve spoken out about the travel ban and called it a self-inflicted wound in the fight against terrorism. the white house right now doesn t even want to call it a ban anymore, after some awkward back and forth. why not, do you believe? what are they concerned about with regard to it being called a ban? i think the enemy has seized upon this. we re treating people all the same. the interpreter helped us in iraq, and he s a hero in my mind. we ve got a young lady from clemson who is from iran who
if you cross certain red lines your region is at risk. if you done give that clear signal they re going to keep going. with regard to iran, your thought on that? it s a big deal. let i there are 15 nations that have it. he will make a bomb. here what i say, give iraq a chance to the russian chinese and americans should join together and provided nuclear power but control the fuel cycle.