producing weapons grade uranium, are dismantling some of their capabilities with their centrifuges and unprecedented transparency. this is happening all under the spotlight of international inspectors. so i don t understand how you can t call that progress. but we re going to get to that. we re going to get to that. you re not going answer right now. in the crossfire tonight, former democratic congressman tom periello and former presidential candidate rick santorum. senator santorum, i want to start with you. you ve had some very smart advice about iran back in 2012. i want you to take a look at this. i would be saying to the iranians, you open up those facilities, begin to dismantle them and make them available to inspectors or we will degrade those facilities through air strikes. how is that different from what president obama right
we re back with tom and rick santorum. now, it s time for the final question. you get it go first. senator, i want to switch gears a little bit. a. a little bit. back to domestic issues. this was former and presidential candidate, former presidential candidate mike huckabee today at the rnc meeting. the democrats want to insult the women of america by making them believe that they are helpless without uncle sugar coming in and providing for them a prescription each month for birth control because they cannot control their libido without the help of the government, so be it. there is a lot there to deconstruct. i was going to ask who uncle sugar is. do you agree with that sentiment that an insult to women, especially women who can t afford contraception for the government to come in and say
construction continues. and that s all part of a potential comprehensive deal. what we ve done is give them what they need, which is access to economic growth, which is harmful for the long term for our chances of getting any permanent deal. tom, you just came back from a very impressive trip to the syrian camps in turkey, along the turkish border. you ve been in the region and understand the people often talk differently than we do, but i want to come back to the president of iran talking about the notion of death to america. here s what he actually said in the campaign. remember this is the moderate wing of the dictatorship. he said saying death to america is easy. we need to express death to america with action. now, i just want to ask you to sort of interpret for us americans how should we interpret somebody who says we re going to express death to
in the crossfire tonight, tom perriello and rick santorum. iran s president had some tough talk today. he told cnn his country won t under any circumstances destroy centrifuges that could be used to make a nuclear bomb. well, that s up for negotiation. what iran has agreed to is a temporary halt of its nuclear weapons program. this lets the u.s. negotiate without the left of a nuclear bomb launching towards israel or the united states. and guess what, iran is living up to its side of the agreement, at least so far. they re ending their enrichment program and opening it up for international inspectors. remember the old ronald reagan adage, trust but verify. that s what the obama administration is doing and the rest of the world is doing. despite all the bluster, iran has backed down. so senator santorum, i want to come back to you for a second. over a decade ago, president bush declared this in defining
your part today, thanks very much for joining us. thank you for inviting me. and thanks to jeffrey toobin as well. that s it for me. thanks very much for watching. crossfire starts right now. tonight on crossfire, is the u.s. keeping iran from building a nuclear bomb or getting fooled? president obama says key parts of the program will be rolled back. but iran s president just told cnn we will not accept any limitations. who s correct? on the left, stephanie cutter, on the right, newt gingrich. in the crossfire, tom periello and ran sick santorum, a former senator and presidential candidate. is iran fooling itself or the u.s.? tonight on crossfire. welcome to crossfire.