Tonight, iran go inside the deal good evening, im antonio mora this is al jazeera. We begin the hour with an Historic Nuclear Agreement between iran and six world powers. The deal curbs Nuclear Capabilities for more than a decade. In return western powers will lift Oil Sanctions against iran. The news sparked celebrations across the capital. Thousands took to the streets. People danced waved victory signs and honged horns in their cars. A rehabilitation in the u. S. Has been different. Jamie mcintyre joins us from washington. The fight is beginning on capitol hill. Thats right. President obama wasted no time trying to make the sale beginning with remarks at 7 oclock this morning washington time. And described the deal as not just a significant effort to teen iran from getting Nuclear Weapons, but a turning point in u. S. Iranian relations. Reporter president obama hailed the agreement as a trim um of in negotiations. Tough talk from washington does not solve problems. Hard nose diploma
Thanks for joining us. President obama begins his hard sell to a very Skeptical Congress over the nuclear deal with iran. That agreement cannot be implemented until congress has 60 days to review it and during that time, the president cant lift economic sanctions. Lease stark is live on capitol hill with the latest. How deep is the opposition to this deal . It is a very Skeptical Congress, a lot of criticism before law maker had a chance to pour through the details. Many say the president simply abandoned his goals for this agreement he was soilier to get a deal. Heres speaker of the house john boehner. Hes going to hand a dangerous regime billions of dollars in sanctions relief while paving the way for a nuclear iran. Boehner said i will do everything he can to stop the deal. Some democratics are also very worried and concerned about the agreement. On the senate side, harry reid urged patience. Documents of 100 pages long. I havent read it. I talked to the president last night. I thin
To secure a bailout deal. This is al Jazeera America, good morning. Im Randall Pinkston in for stephanie sy. President obama today is beginning his hard sell of a nuclear deal with iran. The agreement cant be implemented until Congress Gets 60 days to review it. During that time the president cannot lift economic sanctions that iran desperately wants eased. Lisa stark is live for us on capitol hill this morning. Vice President Joe Biden was standing with president obama yesterday when the announcement was made obviously a big deal for the Obama Administration. Now hes going to be meeting with democrats, some of whom are skeptical. How is biden going to convince them. Reporter he is meeting with them even as we speak. One member said the meeting is packed. Virtually every member of the caucus 207 strong there to at ten this meeting. He said it is highly technical, they are talking about the very specifics of the deal. He also said that biden told them he was skeptical when these negotia
Austerity in exchange for a becameout. Unsettling. A california judge orders the release of dash cam Video Showing Police shooting an unarmed man. A Nuclear Fallout 70 years after the first big blast. Al jazeera goes inside a Rural Community when where people say the Nuclear History is killing them. Former president george h. W. Bush is in the hospital tonight. The elder bush fell and broke a vertebra in his neck in kennebunkport maine. A family Spokesman Says mr. Bush is doing good but will have to wear a neck brace. The 94yearold was hospital idessed in houston after suffering shortness of breath. The ink is rather dry and the rhetoric in washington is well under way. President obama urged lawmakers to evaluate the deal based on facts and not on politics and posturing. As Jamie Mcintire reports the agreement faces strong bipartisan resistance in capitol hill. I made notes on the arguments. Like the law professor president obama used to be, he offered point by point defense of the iss
Good morning. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city. Im jonathan martin. Greece is asking for urgent Financial Relief after agreeing to harsh spending cuts to pave the way for a new bailout. U. S. Treasury secretary arrived in germany to scurs the on going crise. European leaders are considering a request for emergency cash. Germanys finance minister said an outright debt cut for greece is out of the question. The reforms are wildly unpopular among many greeks. In athens, demonstrations turned violent outside parliament. Cars and trucks were torched banks and a. T. M. s were vandalized as lawmakers voted to approve the plan. We are live in athens. Parliament passed the measure but seems no one is really happy about it. It was a landslide vote, but nobody is happy. Lawmakers here faced a stark choice, either adopt reform measures, more punishing austerity measures, heap more pain on a population thats all right pushed to the financial edge, or risk the total collapse of the