access this money. according to the chairman the obama administration in doing so misled the public. i think they did so because they were desperate to get a deal so on the one hand they were saying the iranians were not going get access to the american financial system. on the other hand, they actually granted iran a specific license to allow them to take some of the funds. reporter: now, iran never actually took advantage of the license according to the report because no u.s. bank would execute the transaction because they didn t like the optics of dealing with iran. bill: what are former obama administration officials saying about the claim? reporter: no one would speak on the record but we were told it was a one-time deal to give access to the funds in the agreement and the license cannot be described as granting access to the u.s. financial system. it did not authorize the
hour. another major concession by the obama administration, a report saying a report shows a violation of u.s. sanctions. we re at the state department for more. iran had a big problem after it signed the nuclear deal. let s start there. what can you tell us about it? reporter: iran had a $6 billion problem. the iran nuclear agreement gave it access to bank accounts around the world. one account was worth about $5.76 billion in an account in oman. the problem for iran in order to use it was in local occurrence. it s not the most marketable currency and need to convert it to dollars or euros. according to the investigation the obama administration granted a license for iran to essentially temporarily convert it to dollars and euros to
transaction in u.s. dollars or all allow correspondent accounts and senator portman said he believes it s the only instance this type of temporary license was granted. bill: thank you. more to come on this perhaps. sandra. sandra: andmue andrew mccabe seeking immunity for testimony and we love when steve hayes is here. he s asking for immunity. what does it tell us? it tells us their nervous and there s been a referral and has not been honest or straightforward and it puts him in jeopardy and his attorney