Fashion. They have now been negotiating over the last year and during that period iran has, in fact frozen its program, rolled back some of its most dangerous highly enriched uranium and subjected itself to the kinds of verification and inspections we had not previously seen. Keep in mind that when we shaped that interim deal, Prime Minister netanyahu made almost the precise same speech about how dangerous that deal was going to be. And yet, over a year later, even Israeli Intelligence officers and in some cases members of the Israeli Government have to acknowledge that in fact it has kept iran from further pursuing its nuclear program. Now, the deal that we are trying to negotiate that is not yet completed would cut off the different pathways for iran to advance its nuclear capabilities. It would roll back some elements of its program. It would ensure that it did not have what we call a breakout capacity that was shorter than a years time. And it would subject iran to the most vigorous inspections and verifications that have ever been put in place. The alternative that the Prime Minister offers is no deal in which case iran will immediately begin once again pursuing its nuclear program, accelerate its nuclear program, without us having any insight into what theyre doing. And without constraint. And his essential argument is if we just double down on sanctions, iran wont want to do that. Well we have evidence from the past decade that those sanctions are not sufficient to prevent iran from pursuing its nuclear ambitions. And if it does not have some sense that sanctions will not be removed, it will not have an interest in avoiding the path that its currently on. So the bottom line is this. We dont yet have a deal. It may be that iran cannot say yes to a good deal. I have repeatedly said that i would rather have no deal than a bad deal. But if were successful in negotiating, then in fact this will be the best deal possible to prevent iran from obtaining a Nuclear Weapon. Nothing else comes close. Sanctions wont do it. Even military action would not be as successful as the deal that we have put forward. And i think it is very important not to be distracted by the nape of the Iranian Regimes ambitions when it comes to territory or terrorism. All issues which we share a concern with israel about and are working consistently with israel on. Because we know that if in fact, they obtained a Nuclear Weapon, all those problems would be worse. So were staying focused on the central issue here. How do we prevent iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon . The path that we proposed if successful, by far is the best way to do that. Thats demonstrable. And Prime Minister netanyahu has not given a plan that would achieve the same verifiable mechanisms that would prevent iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon. So i would urge the members of congress who were there to continue to express their strong support for israels security to continue to express their strong interest in providing the assistance israel needs to repel attacks. I think its important for members of congress on a bipartisan basis to be unified in pushing back against terrorism in the region and destabilizeing efforts that iran may have engaged with with our partners. Those are all things on which this administration and israel agree. But when it comes to this nuclear deal lets wait until theres a deal on the table that iran has agreed to at which point everyone can evaluate it. We dont have to speculate. And what i can guarantee is that if its a deal ive signed off on i will be able to prove that it is the best way for us to prevent iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon. And for us to pass up on that potential opportunity would be a grave mistake. Its not one that i intend to make and i will take that case to every member of congress once we actually have a deal. All right . Hold on hold on. Ill take one question. Go ahead. Do you feel like the speech he gave was appropriate considering his upcoming e lx election and upcoming deadline . You also talked to other foreign leaders today. Did iran come up at all . All the folks on the call today share my position that we should see if we can get this deal done. It was not a topic of conversation. With respect to the decision of the speaker to offer Prime Minister netanyahu to make his case i think that question should be directed to mr. Boehner. As i said, its very important for us not to politicize the relationship between israel and the United States. Other channels. And i think its important for us to stay focused on the problem at hand and the specific problem that is being debated right now is not whether we trust the Iranian Regime or not. We dont trust them. Its not whether iran engages in destabilizing activities. Everybody agrees with that. The central question is how can we stop them from getting a Nuclear Weapon . And what we mow isknow is that if were able to get a deal not only do we cut off all the various pathways for iran getting a Nuclear Weapon but we also know that well have a Verification Mechanism and an inspection mechanism where if they cheat and engage in a Covert Program, were far more likely to see it in time to do something about it. What i also know is if we dont have a deal as Prime Minister netanyahu suggested, if, in fact, hes right that theyre not trustworthy, they intend to pursue a Covert Program and they cheat, well be far less aware of it until it is potentially too late. What i also know is that he made the same argument before this Current Interim deal and even as officials in his own government had to acknowledge that iran has, in fact maintained their end of the bargain. So what im focused on right now is solving this problem. Im not focused on the politics of it. Im not focused on the theater of it. And my strong suggestion would be that members of congress as they evaluate it stay similarly focused. All right . Thank you, guys. Appreciate it. There he is the president of the United States. 11 minutes making his case why he believes hes right, the Prime Minister of israel is wrong as far as this ongoing negotiation for a possible nuclear deal with iran. Very strong back and forth between the president of the United States the Prime Minister of israel. Not every day you hear that. In fact i dont think weve ever heard that kind of back and forth between a president of the United States and a Prime Minister of israel at least in public. John king is here. Gloria borger is here. Theyre pretty angry at each other. Its presumably going to get worse. You kind of feel like youre eavesdropping on a private conversation. The that two leaders two disagree about a large issue, except the whole world is watching and the whole world is hearing this. The president made it very clear he was frustrated. He said why dont we wait until weve actually got something to talk about before we talk about it. He just made the point that if iran cheats were far more likely to find out about it if the we have some kind of a deal than if we dont and it would be too late. But then he went on to say, im not focused on the politics of it. Just wow. Forget the details for a minute. This is the president of the United States and the Prime Minister of israel within an hour or two of each other. The president said he didnt see the speech he just read it. Imagine if he had seen it because its pretty clear the Prime Minister is under his skin and under his skin pretty good. He takes 11 minutes. He didnt just say, nothing new, move on no questions. He took 11 minutes to rebut the arguments. Prime minister netanyahu stood up there and said, you know the president cant be trusted on this, hes too naive, he doesnt get it. You have the president of the United States a couple hours later saying hes been saying this forever, the Prime Minister forget him, dont believe him, im doing the right thing. Publicly to your point, allies are supposed to do this in private. This is spilling out so publicly, the two leaders themselves with the whole world watching with secretary kerry in switzerland at the table with iran at this very moment. Remember the remarkable part for me is remember where Prime Minister netanyahu was speaking standing in that spot in the house of representatives where just six weeks ago the president gave his state of the Union Address and said trust me im on top of these negotiations this will be a good deal if we can get it. Prime minister netanyahu coming in saying no. Even if they say that this isnt political, the point is its gotten incredibly personal between these two men. The larger question is how does this personal problem that these two men clearly have spill over into the larger geopolitical debate. I think thats a question were going to be discussing particularly after we see what happens in the elections coming up. The president basically said the Prime Minister he didnt say anything new. He didnt watch the speech but he said he read the transcript. There was nothing new there. The Prime Minister of israel he minced no words. He basically suggested and said in no Uncertain Terms the president is wrong, this is a horrible deal a bad deal, not only will it endanger israels security but potentially israels survival. Hes betting the security of the world. Thats what Prime Minister netanyahu said of president obama. So you have the president look if the president didnt think the Prime Ministers speech was effective, he would not have just taken 11 minutes to try to rebut it. If the president didnt think even though he disagrees with everything the Prime Minister said that the Prime Minister didnt just make his job harder didnt just complicate the negotiations for secretary kerry and then didnt complyicate his sales pitch to the congress if he gets the deal which is a big if. If the president didnt think the Prime Minister was quite effective standing up there today, you would not have seen that. The question is what happens now, whats the fallout, a, with regards to these negotiations, but b, with relationships. What leeway does the president give him when israel wants a new Weapons Program or objected to some arms sale to jordan or someone in the region. This is going to domino effect. Or israel needs protection. The United States has been there to help israel to avoid its isolation. Hold on one second. Were told the White House Press secretary is answering more questions on this. What i can tell you is very specific guidance has been given to agencies all across the government which is specifically that employees o of the Obama Administration should use their official email accounts when theyre conducting official government business. However, when there are situations where personal email accounts are used it is important for those records to be preserved consistent with the federal records act. In fact the president signed into law a bill at the end of last year that clarified the guidelines for how those personal emails can be properly stored and maintained. This is part of why the state department has asked all of the previous secretaries of state who have used any email as they were conducting official u. S. Business to send their emails to the state department so they could be properly preserved and maintained. Secretary clintons team in response to that request, reviewed her emails and complied with that request by sending all of the emails on her personal account that pertain to her official responsibilities as secretary of state. They did that even though many of the records were already maintained on the state system because those records were emails between the secretary of state and state Department Employees using their official government email address. So are you saying that her use of her personal email solely was appropriate, or was it a violation of this policy . Well what you should do is you should check with the state department who is responsible for administering this policy. But the policy as a general matter allows individuals to use their personal email address as long as those emails are maintained and sent to the state department which if you ask secretary clintons team thats what they completed in the last month or two. Given that shes not the first person to use personal email does there need to be some sort of system for archiving personal emails of highranking government officials like this . Well that is part of this law that i referred to that the president signed into law at the end of last year. It does establish clear guidelines for how individuals, if they are using their personal email to conduct official business can ensure that those records are properly maintained. Now, the official guidance that we offer to administration employees, and its certainly the guidance i followed here when ive been at the white house, is that i use my official government email address when im conducting official government business. It saves me the additional step of having to take a personal email and forward is to my government email so it can be properly maintained. Now, its not incredibly uncommon for one of you or one of your colleagues to send an email to my personal address. A few of you have it. But when i do that i will answer the emails, which i try to be pretty good about doing, but then i will take that response and forward the email to my official account so that the record of that email exchange can be properly preserved. Can you respond to the announcement from the house that theyll vote on a Homeland Security bill without restrictions . Well as you heard me say yesterday, the white house has been urging the congress for months now to do the right thing and that is pass a fullyear funding bill for the department of Homeland Security that does not include any politically motivated riders. The benefit of that is that is will allow the department of Homeland Security to plan and take the necessary steps to protect the American People. At the end of last year democrats and republicans on capitol hill got together and worked to hammer out an agreement about the appropriate funding levels for that agency. That agreement was reached at the end of last year but for several months now, Congressional Republicans have prevented votes on that compromise because they were trying to figure out a way they could capitalize on a political opportunity. The fact is trying to politicize something as fundamental to our National Security as funding for the department of Homeland Security is completely inappropriate, and we are pleased that congressional leaders in the house have apparently relented abandoned the search for political advantage, and are instead trying to move forward to do the right thing, which is to fully fund the department of Homeland Security. Roberta . When secretary clinton was using her private email address to do her work as secretary, was the White House Councils office aware of that . Did it sanction that . Well the responsibility for ensuring that Agency Records are properly preserved and maintained is the responsibility of Agency Officials in coordination with the National Archives and records administration. This is a fairly bureaucratic function but yet an important one. These records need to be maintained for a variety of reasons. One is its not hard to imagine that historians in the future will want to review these records to conduct their academic analysis about things that occurred in the administration. They also need to the records also need to be preserved and maintained so that legitimate requests either from private citizens or from congress to review that information can be fulfilled. So its the responsibility of the agencies to maintain their own Record Management plan if you will. But they certainly do that in close coordination with the experts at the National Archives and records administration. So white house officials that she may have been emailing with they didnt raise this at any point in time as you might want to use your official government or why arent you using your official government account . Was it just okay with everybody . Well as i pointed out, roberta n response to nedras question it is the responsibility of agencies to preserve those records even when those records exist on a personal email accou