diplomatic meeting this week with chancellor merkel. the president signaling he is open to a new bigger deal on iran. urging his veterans affairs nominee to fight on. senior advisor for white house strategic communications mercedes schlapp joins us now. we have a lot of topics to cover tonight to. thank you. shannon: let start with iran and the new deal. obviously first president macron here encouraging the president and the other allies to stay engaged in the process. we have the threats from iran saying they can walk away from the deal. they can fire up the uranium enrichment within days. a lot of people thought that was part of the deal, you are supposed to get rid of those capabilities. the president has not made a final decision on iran on the jcpoa. he s having an open dialogue with its allies, white was so important for the president to h president macron, german chancellor merkel coming at the end of the week. these are the discussions we are having right now.