years. it s agreed to reduce its current stockpile. i won t go through all the details of this. but it really has done an awful lot. the key part here that i think is so important, is the inspection system that is set up for iaea. everything has to be verified. and the sanctions, are dependant or the removal of them on that verification and i think that what it has done is in fact increase the breakout time for iran to go forward, if they did feel that they wanted to produce a weapon. so i think it has done what was promised. now we are going to be looking at the details as the framework is not enlarged but followed out in terms of the details of it. now a framework is not a deal itself. everybody should understand that. and there s a big chance that not iran but the u.s. congress may upset this process. how important is it to you, that a deal gets done? how strong a message do you want to send about that?
it will get a lot of economic benefit. but first then the u.n. security council phases sanctions will be lifted out in phases. i sat down with secretary of state john kerry yesterday. because you know the elephant in the room in these talks was really congress. they ve been threatening sanctions. now there s legislation pending in congress which has almost a veto-proof majority which would give them a vote a say on whether the deal could go through. i asked him whether congress could kill this deal. take a listen. that would be very irresponsible to make politics trump facts and science. and the realities of what is possible here. it would be particularly irresponsible to do it when you have six nations, actually iran too, but the p5+1 permanent members of the security council, plus germany. you know china, and russia which don t have always everyday common interests with us in
rescued after 66 days stranded at sea in a disabled boat. crying and sad that dead and i wasn t dead. announcer: this is new day, with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. good morning, and welcome back to your new day. alisyn camerota has the day off. but chris and i are here handling the news for you today on this good friday. the framework for a landmark nuclear deal with iranians is now in place. president obama hailing it as historic but it is only a blueprint. three more months of challenging negotiations lie ahead to finalize it. now comes the big sell right? the president says this is a good deal. there s safe guards in place to catch the iranianes if they cheat. he s warning members of congress not to mess with it there are other ideas afoot in this discussion. we ll cover it from every angle. start with cnn global affairs correspondent elise labott live
he has been speaking out against it in the last few days, weeks and months and his rhetoric has gotten stronger. in a phone call with president obama, netanyahu said this deal increases the potential for a quote horrific war. horrific war. some of the strongest words netanyahu used. he criticized what is in the deal and not in the deal. netanyahu says he wanted to see iran s nuclear infrastructure dismantled. as for what is not in the deal netanyahu wanted to see the removal of sanctions tied to iran pulling back the aggression in the region. netanyahu s government says that hasn t happened. what will netanyahu do? he will side with his allies in congress that would be the republicans. as you mentioned boehner was here this week. mcconnell was here earlier this week. both reassured netanyahu, especially boehner who spoke against the deal. mcconnell promised if there is a
agreement? we re not we ve agreed and we re not going to renegotiate things we ve been very clear about that. now john kerry and energy secretary monese who was also in the negotiations have to make the hard sell to congress now, that they can make this a good deal for the united states for israel for all parties involved. that s going to be a hard sell. congress is looking for a say in this deal. it looks like they have a veto-proof majority to make that happen. chris? all right. it s going to be a question of whether or not did they just agree or did they agree to agree. there s no question president obama is facing an uphill battle to sell this iran framework to a very skeptical and as elise said divided congress. so let s bring in cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty joining us from the white house with that part of the story. the president doesn t have to go to congress to get a deal like