powerful force in the country. that will be gone. and they are worried they will lose some negotiating leverage. i want to follow-up on that. you talk about the residual force. we re learning it might be as fall as 3,000. what are you hearing about that? that s the very low end of the range one hears. that would really very much sir couple describe what the force is able to do. it s described as a train and desift mission with counter terror capabilities and force of 3,000 wouldn t be able to spread itself thin across the country to do any part of the mission. not what the military is recommending to the president? no. ann gearan, thank you so much. take a look at this. record cold temperatures this winter have set the great lakes into a deep freeze. now a new image illustrates the remarkable expans of ice as seen
disagree with that, that want to push the sanctions and you ve been a supporter of more sanctions to come. why would you want that now because the president is very clear if any sanctions get to his desk he have will veto them? jenna, i think the view on the hill is that congress is actually passed the toughest sanctions over of the past few years. that the administration objected to them. congress overrode the objections. it was the tough sanctions that worked getting the iranians to the negotiating table and the administration embraced the top sanctions and thanked congress for the help giving u.s. negotiators increased leverage. the fact of the matter congress feels vindicated. they feel the administration was wrong opposing sanctions over the past two years. they believe it is only sanctions and increased negotiating leverage that have any chance resolving this problem peacefully and preventing iranian nuclear weapon or israeli military strikes to forestall the possibility. jenna
struggling because it gives them negotiating leverage. put the fear of god in them. right. so they won t have to julie, do you agree? i do, actually. both parties gave away the unions in the 90s like drunken sailers in their right to get political support. it went too far. they have a commitment that s a legal contract. even in bankruptcy the unions may get screwed on this. didn t the judge take that into we ll see. charlie is right that this is not a good precedent to set. the bond holders got screwed before you deal with the unions. this isn t good for them. that is exactly my point. we re not sure who is going to get screwed. the unions or the bond holders. it s going to be for the court to figure out. ben stein? detroit is an incredibly sad commentary on the collapse of
the birth here to slap fresh sanctions on iran because they think that it would improve our negotiating leverage. the obama administration and to be our foreign allies in these talks with the iranians oppose new sanctions right about now because they think it will poison the atmosphere. the reality here is that number one, there isn t fooch left for the united states to sanction where iran is concerned. it s not the united states that is the number one trading partner of the iranians since 19 9 as you can imagine. the other reality here, bill, is that it may just be the case that iran, which has made a national project and a source of national pride in its nuclear program may be undeterrable in its parch towards a nuclear weapons capability. could be. real quick i only have. so much money and so much capital over 25 years in this. absolutely. i mean, you know, they might just say you we are going to do what we want and then there would be military action according to president o
the birth here to slap fresh sanctions on iran because they think that it would improve our negotiating leverage. the obama administration and to be our foreign allies in these talks with the iranians oppose new sanctions right about now because they think it will poison the atmosphere. the reality here is that number one, there isn t fooch left for the united states to sanction where iran is concerned. it s not the united states that is the number one trading partner of the iranians since 19 9 as you can imagine. the other reality here, bill, is that it may just be the case that iran, which has made a national project and a source of national pride in its nuclear program may be undeterrable in its parch towards a nuclear weapons capability. could be. real quick i only have. so much money and so much capital over 25 years in this. absolutely. i mean, you know, they might just say you we are going to do what we want and then there would be military action according to president o