joining us is the independent senator from maine angus king. senator, thanks very much for joining us. >> glad to be here, wolf. a tough case on all fronts. more questions than answers right now. >> that's certainly true. i know you've been looking into this together with your staff. what can you tell us? what have you learned about muhammad youssouf abdulazeez's plans for example as far as how long he was plotting other related information? >> well there's no -- i haven't had a briefing -- well i did have a briefing an hour ago but not on these kinds of details. there's a lot of focus, as you suggest on this trip to jordan. he was there for seven months. jordan is a relatively peaceful country in the middle east. but there are known isis and al qaeda radicals there. he could have easily fallen under their influence. you know this is the tough case. the fbi has made something like ten arrests in the last two weeks of people involved in these kinds of plots. but the problem is, you know if you did the percentages they were over 90% successful. b

king of maine who has been sitting here from the beginning very conscientiously trying to stay involved in this issue. this is a very important deal one based on verification and sound science. those who areas are what i would like to focus on today. as you know the national labs in tennessee, m francois hollande net income and california have played an important role and i think it's important that we do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this deal meets the scientific rigors for preventing iran from acquiring a bomb. so secretary monese can you tell the people what the half life of uranium and plutonium are. and what that means? >> you are creating the urge for a 50-minute nuclear physics lecture. >> but i don't want that. >> the half life of uranium, is roughly the age of the earth, that's why we still have it in the ground. uranium 235 is maybe a factor of ten less. plutonium is much shorter, 20,000 years, probably which is why we don't have any of it naturally, and we have to make it in reactors. >> iran cannot create a facility or -- or enrich uranium or plu

senator angus king is an independent from maine who serves on the arms services committee and joins us now. senator, good to have you with me. first question, is this a deal you can support? >> well, i haven't read it yet. i've been astounded this morning at the clairvoyance of some of my colleagues who act like they know what's in it. this is -- here it is. it's 150 pages of real pages, issues and resolution of issues, and, you know, i think we ought to take a deep breath here and read it, understand what it says understand what the pros and cons are, and then come up with a position. i start with a position that a nuclear-free iran is a good thing. and that was the purpose of these negotiations. and i want to see whether this deal will achieve that goal. now, i have one quibble with your poll question that you talk about do you trust iran to keep -- i don't think trust enters into this. i don't trust iran. i think one of the most key provisions of this deal is, the unlimited verification and to the extent which with we're going tv verifications and in inspections to enable us to dete

king. i want to begin with nbc's chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell who has been there for all 18 days of the negotiations. andrea, former diplomat anything clause burns told congress this morning this is one of the most koch my indicated deals since the league of nations vote. unpack this for us and what each side won. >> well, i think the united states certainly won and it's world power allies certainly won a level of transparency into iran's program. they know will be able through the iaea inspections and through other verifications processes, new technology that hadn't been available before, will be able to have realtime inspections, eyes on the president called it 24/7. i think what he was referring to and you can ask ben rhodes is that they do have new kinds of monitoring inging inging inging equipment, high-tech equipment. we'll have to ask if they're going to an unusual site. i'm not sure they are going to be able to interview the scientists and all of the others in

i will say we got angus king to join on board. what i will say is people should ask secretary clinton on her views. and i expect that she will be tough on this issue, that she will say to wall street that, you know, we're not going to take the same kind of risk that we took in the past. >> senator maria cantwell as always nice to see you and thanks for joining. >> thank you ari. >> for more on this battle we want to turn to two policy experts with different perspectives. richard farley accomplished wall street lawyer and author of wall street wars. and also dennis ceo of better markets. >> when you hear what senator cantwell said there and her concerns, sounds reasonable. what did she get wrong? >> i was very eager to question she didn't ask which you proposed is what precisely would be prevented under this law and the answer is nothing. you can make a risky loan in the form of a loan or a security. it makes no difference. and if you have too much leverage and not enough diversification and not enough due diligence where you make

i'd also like to recognize our colleague senator angus king who has been sitting here from the beginning. back in their office or here to stay involved in this designation. this is a very important deal, one based on verification and sound science. those two areas are what i'd like to focus on today. the national labs in tennessee new mexico and california have played an important role, and i think it's important we do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this meets the scientific rigors for preventing iran from developing a bomb. secretary moniz, can you say what the half life of uranium and plutonium are and what this means about how long we can detect its signature in nature and why that's important. >> you are creating the need for a 50-minute lecture. the half life of uranium is roughly the age of the earth 5 billion years. and that's why we still have it in the ground,ranium 235 is a factor of maybe ten less which is why it's a major isotope now. plutonium is much shorter. 20,000 years probably. which is why we don't have any of it naturally and have to make it

i'd also like to recognize our colleague senator angus king who has been sitting here from the beginning. back in their office or here to stay involved in this designation. this is a very important deal, one based on verification and sound science. those two areas are what i'd like to focus on today. the national labs in tennessee new mexico and california have played an important role, and i think it's important we do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this meets the scientific rigors for preventing iran from developing a bomb. secretary moniz, can you say what the half life of uranium and plutonium are and what this means about how long we can detect its signature in nature and why that's important. >> you are creating the need for a 50-minute lecture. the half life of uranium is roughly the age of the earth 5 billion years. and that's why we still have it in the ground,ranium 235 is a factor of maybe ten less which is why it's a major isotope now. plutonium is much shorter. 20,000 years probably. which is why we don't have any of it naturally and have to make it

earlier today on the senate floor, senator roy blunt of missouri and angus king discussed yesterday's nuclear deal with iran and where congressional approval goes from here. >> mr. president, needless to say yesterday's announcement about our ongoing stature and status with iran in my view is a dangerous step forward in ad advancing not only the elicit program they had until now but the clear nuclear weapons capability they would have under this agreement. i think the agreement confirms that the president was too willing to get a deal with iran at any price. the concessions made by the administration based on the starting point i believe to be stunning and all we have to do is go back and review recent history to see that today iran's in in instability of terrorism and violence in the world is not hampered by the agreement announced. in the not too distant tomorrow we see those things continue unabated and much better positioned and advanced and funded than they are right now. supported by iran assad in syria has been masquerading his own people resulting in the death of 191,000 peopl

eastern today and rejoin his college today will be angus king returning from cancer surgery over the july 4 break. he is tweeting glad to be back at work in the senate today. feeling good and looking forward to tackling the important issues facing our country. and now to the floor of the u.s. senate live you on c-span2. -- live here on c-span2. the president pro tempore: the senate will come to order. the chaplain, dr. barry black, will lead the senate in prayer. the chaplain: let us pray. eternal spirit, may our lawmakers delight today in your guidance, finding joy in their daily fellowship with you. strengthened by this fellowship, enable them to be as productive as trees planted by streams of water. lord give our senators the wisdom to live for your glory in each of life's seasons. protect our nation from the forces that seek to destroy it both foreign and domestic. lord don't permit the weapons formed against america to prosper, for you remain our refuge and fortress. continue to be the strength of our lives, as we refuse to forget the many times you have protected and preserved

i would also like to recognize that don't think it's been recognize that our colleague senator angus king maine has been sitting here since the beginning like many senators are either back in their offices are here in the audience to stay involved in this issue. secretary kerry and secretary lew and secretary monies this is a very important deal one based on verification and sound science. those two areas are what i would like to focus on today. as you know the national labs in tennessee new mexico and california have played an important role and i think it's important to do the best job we can to explain to the american people why this deal meets the scientific rigors for preventing iran from acquiring a bomb so secretary moniz just as a baseline can you tell the committee what the half-life of uranium and plutonium are and what this means regarding how long we can detect its signature in nature and why that's important? >> you are creating the -- the half-life of uranium which is the dominant isotope is roughly the age of the earth 5 billion years and that's why we still have it in