relationships with our other arab allies in the region and of course the state of israel. we could spend all day going through the deal and how it doesn t nearly go far enough and i think almost guarantees there will now be an arms race in the middle east. but what would president rubio do if allies didn t agree with it, which is what it sounds like the chinese and russians, the position they were taking, would you impose sanctions on china? or india or not sanctioning iran? well, first of all, i wouldn t call china and russia allies. and second i would not our foreign policy as a nation is not subject over what china wants to do or russia wants to do or the eu wants to do or anybody wants to do. we have our own foreign policy, it needs to be in the national security interests of the united states. i would never have entered this negotiation unless we understood up front that iran was going to stop enrichment activities, was going to stop their ballistic missile capabilities, and
that prince bandar, the longtime former ambassador from saudi arabia said that this deal, quote, will wreak havoc in the middle east. as you know, there are a lot of countries, sunni/arab countries, israel, that are very worried that this is actually a bad deal for peace in the region. well, we disagree with them very, very much. i disagree with him. but i just yesterday met with the foreign minister of saudi arabia, who said on television that if the they want a deal, and if the deal does the things, the list of things the deal does, they would feel very comfortable with it. the fact is that the real fear of that region should be that you don t have the deal. if congress doesn t have pass this, if congress were to kill this, then we have no inspections, we have no sanctions, we have no ability to negotiate because i assure you, the ayatollah, if the united states arbitrarily and unilater unilaterally kills this, you re not going to have another
moment. 2012 candidates rick santorum and rick perry are among those right on the bubble. they may or may not make the cut. perry s super pac buying national ads trying to boost his numbers. governor kasich s super pac heavily advertising now. watch those on the bubble over the next week to ten days as they look for ways to boost their poll numbers a point or three. that s it for inside politics. again thanks for sharing your sunday morning. we ll see you soon, state of the union starts right now. donald trump s explosive new comments. he s not a war hero. angering veterans and his fellow republicans. is this the tipping point some in the republican establishment have been hoping for? we ll ask senator marco rubio in an exclusive interview. plus, defending the deal. you re going to hear a lot of overheated and often dishonest arguments. the president comes out swings as he fights for his
there are pluses and minuses. on the plus side i do believe that the administration will be able to keep the democrats 152 house democrats signed an agreement basically with the framework saying that they like the outlines of a deal. now clearly the administration will have to continue to maintain the strong support not just of the democrats in the house, but also the senate. i was telling dana i ve been a great fan and support and yes i m a fan of the administration, support the president. i ve never been lobbied as much as i ve been lobbied over the last couple of days. the good news is that they re giving us information. credible information not just about the inspections, not just about the lifting of the sanctions, the amount of money, whether or not iran will become a, you know, a good playner the region, they re giving us information and i m sure they re giving it to those of us who are talkers. they re giving it to members of congress and the staff as they go back this summer a
hp helps business move on all the possibilities of today. and stay ready for everything that is still to come. iran s supreme leader ayatollah khamenei called the landmark nuclear deal announced this week a victory for iran. khamenei s endorsement will not soothe critics here in america or u.s. allies such as saudi arabia or israel. as president obama faces a tough battle on capitol hill to defend this deal, it s american ark secretary secretary of state john kerry, secretary of energy, ernest moniz insist there is simply no viable alternative. so it was just a few days ago