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BIANNA GOLODRYGA, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: Hello, everyone. Live from New York, I'm Bianna Golodryga.
ZAIN ASHER, CNN HOST, ONE WORLD: And I'm Zain Asher. You are watching "One world".
GOLODRYGA: Soon, we're expecting to hear from President Trump before he departs for Paris on the final day of the G7 Summit.
ASHER: Yeah, we're hoping to get a little bit more clarity on the 14-point draft agreement between the U.S. and Iran, obtained by CNN, aimed at ending
the war. The final language could shift, but let's just walk through what you know so far about what is in this memorandum of understanding.
It calls for an end to the war on all fronts, that includes Lebanon as well. It includes at least $300 billion for a fund Iran may be able to use
if it meets commitments, and calls for the full lifting of sanctions and the release of frozen Iranian assets as part of any final agreement.
GOLODRYGA: It also states the regional ship traffic will return to pre-war levels without explicitly mentioning the Strait of Hormuz. And it
reiterates that Iran will never have a nuclear weapon, but the language is vague and doesn't address what Tehran will do with its enriched uranium or
its ballistic missiles.
CNN's Jeremy Diamond is in Tel Aviv. But first, let's go to Melissa Bell, who joins us live from the scene of the Summit in Evian, France. Melissa,
yesterday and earlier this week, we heard some words of relief from a number of the G7 country members there that this MOU had been reached. I'm
just wondering now that we are getting some of the details in terms of these 14-points that make up this MOU. What is the reaction now?
MELISSA BELL, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Well, we started to get some of that yesterday from the G7 Leaders who had had eyes on this
text already. The President of the European Commissioner, Ursula Von Der Leyen, and Mark Carney, also the Canadian Prime Minister, all of them
speaking to the fact that, or hinting at the fact that this is what diplomacy does, it fixes things, it allows us to move on. A game changer
called it Mark Carney.
Now that we have eyes on it, I think we can better understand its language is deliberately vague on a number of points. It leaves so many questions in
suspense, and yet there is kind of clarity on a lot of things. The fact that this ceasefire involves Lebanon. The fact that this investment fund,
this $300 billion investment fund, will help Iran to reconstruct itself.
The fact also of the immediate waiving on any sanctions on its soil, and that all this should happen even as the negotiations on the tougher
questions of, for instance, Iran's nuclear, the question of whether there will be levies in the Strait of Hormuz, all of these things that are left
in sort of suspension question marks around them.
There is a lot that is in it that suggests that from Friday and the signature that we now expect across the border in Switzerland, Lucerne,
that will change immediately, money going into the coffers of the Iranian state, for instance, ships again able to navigate. In fact, the document
calls for the traffic in the Strait of Hormuz to be back at pre-blockage levels within 30 days.
So, it is quite specific on a lot of things, and you can see why so many of the leaders here in Evian who had had eyes on it were seemed as reassured
as they did as enthusiastic. We've just been hearing from the French President for his closing press conference, speaking to that as well,
suggesting that this was not a war, this was not a blockade that anyone could have wanted.
But the fact that it looks like we may be nearing some kind of resolution is great news for the whole world. And I think the fact that President
Trump was able to arrive with it as he met with the leaders really allowed so many of the other discussions here to go well.
I think there is a great deal of relief here amongst G7 Leaders that there is now more constructive dialog with the United States, that progress has
been made on a number of issues, including Ukraine.
And that this period of several months that had seen such fraught relations really hamper their efforts to do anything in the world appear now to have
been unblocked, at least by this memorandum of understanding whatever happens next with regard to the negotiations.
ASHER: All right, Melissa stand by. Jeremy, let me bring you in, because I am curious about the Israeli reaction to this memorandum of understanding.
Now that we've got details, and obviously I'm sure a lot of Israelis would be somewhat infuriated by some of the points in this deal.
Just especially this idea of sort of front loading the potential of Iran getting access to so much cash, billions of dollars without any concrete
commitments from them on the nuclear side, also putting pressure on Netanyahu to pause fighting in Lebanon.
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Just walk us through what sort of a tight spot is Benjamin Netanyahu in, especially now that this memorandum of understanding has been revealed
publicly. You think about the pressure from right-wing coalition party members, you think about the domestic politics, the elections this year in
Israel?
And just also this idea that he sort of came into power as the security guy, the person designed to keep and promising sort of to keep Israel safe,
and now he's got pressure as well from President Trump to stop fighting in Lebanon. Just talk to us about the pressures that he's facing at home.
JEREMY DIAMOND, CNN JERUSALEM CORRESPONDENT: Yeah Zain, well, if yesterday you know Israelis were busy trying to fill in the blanks of this memorandum
of understanding, but already concerned about what appear to be in it now that those blanks have been filled in by the leaks of this draft memorandum
of understanding.
Many of those fears have been confirmed and perhaps even compounded, because this memorandum of understanding, the text as we have obtained it,
does not explicitly reference many of Israel's top priorities when it comes to any potential deal between the United States and Iran.
While Iran does, in this agreement, commit to never producing a nuclear weapon in the future, that is a vague commitment that they have made in the
past, and there are no detailed, additional detailed commitments to back up that commitment.
There's no discussion about the quantities of enriched uranium that Iran still has, which the United States says it's obtained kind of back-room
commitments that Iran will indeed allow for that those -- that enriched uranium to be taken out of the country and ultimately to be destroyed.
There's no specifics about Iranian centrifuges or their ability to enrich uranium in the future. There's no mention of Iran's ballistic missile
program, no mention of Iran's support for regional proxies, and all of that. The combination of all of those things means that Israeli officials,
both inside and outside of the government, are very concerned by what they are seeing.
Now interestingly, the Israeli Prime Minister himself has been silent. We have not heard from him yet today since the draft text of this memorandum
of understanding leaked to CNN and to a number of other outlets. What we have heard from Israeli officials in recent days is a commitment to not
withdraw Israeli troops from Southern Lebanon, which the Iranians have said would be a violation of this deal.
The Americans have said would not be. And what we have seen in the last couple of days have been continued Israeli drone strikes inside of Southern
Lebanon. Yesterday, four people were killed by Israeli drone strikes. Today, we've seen a number of other strikes, but no fatalities have been
confirmed.
Hezbollah has also kept up its attacks on Israeli troops in Southern Lebanon, and that militant group has vowed that it will continue its quote
unquote resistance, so long as Israeli troops remain inside of Southern Lebanon.
And so, this is going to be a major question for both the Iranians and the Americans about what the ultimate impact will be if this conflict in
Lebanon continues, albeit at a kind of lower temperature, as long as the back-and-forth attacks continue. Is that ultimately going to undermine this
memorandum of understanding?
How bright is Iran's red line when it comes to Lebanon, and to what extent will they ultimately put their money where their mouth is, and either with
pull out of this agreement if Israel continues to attack Southern Lebanon or even carry out their own strikes against Israel as we've seen them do in
the past?
So, a number of questions here, but certainly in Israel the concerns about this deal have only been amplified by the text that we have seen so far in
the last 24 hours.
GOLODRYGA: Yeah, and the fact that it had been, or at least the reports that Israel had not been privy to seeing this MOU before it had been
signed, despite reports that they had asked to do as much. Jeremy Diamond, thank you. Let's bring in CNN Global Affairs Analyst Kim Dozier for more on
this.
So, Kim, just looking at these 14-points, about a page and a half here in this MOU, this looks like something that both Republicans and Democrats in
Congress would have extreme issue with if they knew that these were the terms that the United States was willing to settle with Iran on the lifting
of the sanctions.
No discussion about what happens to the highly enriched uranium that has put off some $300 billion in economic development funding, and the only
thing that President Trump and Vice President Vance are saying on that front is that no American dollars would be contributing to this.
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I can't imagine that that is leaving many resting assured now, both Republicans and Democrats, and national security experts like yourself.
KIMBERLY DOZIER, CNN GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT: Yeah, according to the draft that CNN has obtained, that the White House Spokesman, Steven Cheung,
has already slammed this, would give Iran a lot of money up front, billions in economic relief from the frozen funds without any strings attached, in
return for demining and opening the Strait of Hormuz.
But in the rest of the deal each side has left a number of traps that could allow them to walk away. For Iran's side, it's put in the provisions about
Lebanon, which means that the White House would have to get Israel to stop firing at Hezbollah, even if Hezbollah fires back, and also to withdraw
from Southern Lebanon, which of course Israeli officials have said they're not going to do.
And let's remember that the Hezbollah leadership is largely run right now by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. After Israel took out Hassan
Nasrallah, their leadership is weakened, so Iran essentially can get Hezbollah to attack the south at any time and trigger some sort of fallout.
For the U.S. part the trap that they've left in there is that Iran has to agree to all of these various nuclear issues, many of which it's never
agreed to before, or the U.S. can walk away. This is really about paying Iran off to open the Strait of Hormuz.
ASHER: I think what's also interesting is the lesson that Iran would have learned from the past few months, because on February 27th the Iranians
were negotiating with the United States through mediators, and they essentially thought they would be back on Monday to continue negotiations.
And the following day the Ayatollah was dead, and they were then engulfed in a war, a several month war with the United States. And so, I think what
is worrying for a lot of people is that the irony is that after this is all over, the lesson that Iran would have learned is that they need to invest
more in protecting themselves, more in missiles, probably more in nuclear development.
How concerned are you about that? The fact that they have this money up front, a lot of Israelis are concerned that it's simply going to go towards
arming proxies, Hezbollah, Houthis, rebels going towards sort of missile development, nuclear development. Just walk us through that side of it,
because there is concern that Iran would have learned the wrong lesson from the past few months.
DOZIER: Absolutely, essentially the U.S. has given them both the will and the way. In the initial Israeli strikes, many of the so-called moderates in
the Iranian regime were taken out, and that includes the Ayatollah who had worried about triggering some sort of U.S. attack by building a nuclear
weapon, so he had always nixed proposals by the IRGC to move ahead with the nuclear bomb, according to U.S. intelligence.
Now you've got the hardline survivors in charge, and they can see that, for instance, only by seizing the Strait of Hormuz did they beat off U.S.
attacks. How much stronger a position would they be in if they had nuclear weapons? And as for the money, they're about to get, they're getting access
to their frozen funds, according to this deal.
And that's about 24 billion, as reported, but previously the U.S. has put strings attached, saying you can access this money, but it can only go to
non-sanctioned entities. There's no such language in this MOU. That means they could spend it on rebuilding a drone plant, rebuilding ballistic
missile launchers, we don't know, and that's the problem with not having experts looking over every line of the draft.
GOLODRYGA: So, Kim, the president says that he can rip this up, walk away whenever he chooses if they don't comply. And we've heard from the vice
president repeatedly saying that they won't have access to any of this funding if they don't comply with the terms that they've agreed to as well
and change their ways.
This is also vague. This is what many view as an even harder line, hard line regime at this point. What is the likelihood that they will now change
their ways?
DOZIER: You know, Iran would have to all but blow up a nuclear weapon, you know, conduct a test, I think, to get Trump back in the position where he
wants to fire at Iran. It is costly to keep all those naval vessels, all those aircraft in the region on war footing, billions of dollars a week.
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Trump also has other military targets in mind. His own officials have talked about stepping up and possibly conducting some sort of military
action against Cuba, in addition to the ongoing blockade, so he has other things that he might see as things he could accomplish ahead of the
midterms, things that would make him look good for his legacy.
This MOU, and how vague it is? And how much it's given Iran? It signals to us that basically he wants to wash his hands of this and walk away.
ASHER: But Kim, I mean, that's going to be easier said than done, a lot, because of the issue with Lebanon. That's going to be a thorny issue
between these two sides, especially as Netanyahu remains in a very, very tight position domestically on that front.
Also, another lesson that the Iranians would have learned, I imagine, is that don't assume negotiations mean safety. There's been a few times over
the past few months that we've seen negotiations ongoing, while the United States perhaps would have bombed Iran, for example.
And just so, given the atmosphere of distrust in all of this, and given what is happening with Lebanon right now, what is your anticipation that
this war actually does end up coming to an end?
DOZIER: Yeah, Israel is the real hot point in this. The Israeli Prime Minister gave a press conference yesterday in Hebrew, where he was very
defensive. He angrily responded to a question about, you know, are you taking orders from Donald Trump, saying, you know, in Israel everyone
thinks Trump is controlling me.
In the U.S., everything everyone thinks I'm controlling Trump. That's not true, but he reiterated over and over that he would not leave challenges
unanswered. And you know, if you're an Israeli sitting in Northern Israel and Hezbollah is sending rockets in your direction. You want your prime
minister to fight back.
So, that is a reality that you know Trump, that Bibi, especially Bibi Netanyahu, as he's facing an election this year, he is more likely to step
up attacks, not decrease them. Iran knows that, that's why, that's just one of many reasons I doubt we'll ever see an actual Iran nuclear deal signed
by the Trump Administration with Tehran.
GOLODRYGA: All right, Kim Dozier, thank you. And coming up for us, a highly consequential special election is just around the corner in the UK. We'll
explain why the race to be MP for Makerfield has become so divisive.
ASHER: Plus, presidential endorsements getting mixed results as Georgia voters cast their ballots. Details of Tuesday night's key election is just
ahead.
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ASHER: All right, we are just one day out from special election to the UK Parliament. The Makerfield by-election could prove to be a turning point
for the ruling Labour Party. Former Labour MP Andy Burnham, currently Mayor of Greater Manchester, is standing in an attempt to return to Parliament.
He's one of 14 candidates in Thursday's ballot.
GOLODRYGA: His opponents range from far-right populist to the Green Party, and a man in a fox costume campaigning for animal rights. CNN's Clare
Sebastian has more on a local election that has significance for a whole nation.
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CLARE SEBASTIAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: So, look, we've got Andy Burnham voters there. We've got Reform voters over there, and we've even got Restore
voters over there. What does this tell us about the mood here in this constituency?
CLARE HANNAH, JOURNALIST, "WHAT'S HAPPENING IN WIGAN": This is one of the most divisive by-elections I've ever seen, but visibly divisive. It's
become quite aggressive to be honest.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): Two days before one of the most consequential by- elections the UK has ever seen, this area that has voted Labour for generations is seeing neighbors at odds.
SEBASTIAN: At lunchtime, customers at the Muffin Man Bakery split over who should get the biggest slice of the electoral pie. Do you mind telling us
who you voted for?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Andy Burnham.
SEBASTIAN: Yeah, OK. Why is that?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It goes back to leader. I actually think he has time is doing a good job, but I think Nigel Farage is the most untrustworthy
politician since Boris Johnson.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Reform.
SEBASTIAN: You did. Why is that?
UNIDENTFIED MALE: Got a voted for him last time.
SEBASTIAN: You did why?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Immigration reasons.
SEBASTIAN: Immigration reasons.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): In this small collection of former coal mining towns in the northwest of England, around 75,000 registered voters may now
decide the political future for almost 70 million British citizens. And yet the sudden spotlight on this area has highlighted divisions that could
shape national politics in the UK for years to come.
PAUL SPARKS, SCHOOL TEACHER: Ladies, who are you voting for?
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): An impromptu straw poll on the high street showing what's at stake.
SPARKS: So far, this is what seems to be happening. We seem to be finding that Andy Burnham winning narrowly and Reform and Restore, splitting the
vote, the right-wing votes.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): Robert Kenyon, representing Nigel Farages, far- right Reform UK, has been a close second in polls here. Restore Britain's Candidate, Rebecca Shepard, even further to the right, is also gathering
steam. No sign on the high street poll of the Conservative Party, the official opposition in parliament.
SEBASTIAN: Why are people not even voting Conservative? Why are they edging towards these far-right parties? What has happened to suddenly create this
splintering in terms of the public opinion?
HANNAH: A massive issue on this is immigration. That's a massive issue that, and people believe what you know, what they're told by -- you know
people look at what's happening in the world, and immigration has become the biggest issue I would say. I think some parties campaign on issues that
make people angry. You know they will campaign on things that make people angry. And you know this is what happens. You know, we get all this
division.
SEBASTIAN: But what is it about reform that makes sense to you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, they're going to get rid of stopping the balls coming in, because it's ridiculous.
SEBASTIAN: Well, net migration has actually been coming down over the last couple of years under this government?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: That's a lot of rubbish.
SEBASTIAN: What makes you say that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Because it's proven that they're everywhere.
SEBASTIAN: Why do you think Burnham won't be the one to --?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Don't believe me.
SEBASTIAN: Almost everyone here agrees on one thing: after a month in the political spotlight, they've had enough.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: All right, almost everyone.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I've enjoyed it, really, in the focus for tension.
SEBASTIAN (voice-over): Clare Sebastian, CNN in Greater Manchester, England.
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GOLODRYGA: She is persistent.
ASHER: Leave it.
GOLODRYGA: All right.
ASHER: I think she tried.
GOLODRYGA: She did her job. Another consequential election we're closely watching. The Georgia Senate Race. On Tuesday U.S. President Donald Trump
scored a key victory. CNN projects that Mike Collins secured the Republican Senate nomination over Derek Dooley. The Congressman received a last-minute
endorsement from Trump. Collins will be going up against Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff.
ASHER: Yeah, and in the battle to replace Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp Billionaire Businessman Rick Jackson has won the Republican nomination. He
beat Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones, who was endorsed by both Trump and Kemp (ph). By the way, something Jackson was proud to say he didn't need.
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RICK JACKSON, GEORGIA REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE: I'm the only candidate who doesn't owe a thing to the political establishment. I don't
care what special interests want, how much they beg, how much they give me, I can't be bought, and I won't back down.
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Tonight you made your voice heard loud and clear. Tonight we did more than win a runoff. Tonight we proved the people of Georgia are in charge.
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ASHER: Jackson will take on Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms as the Former Mayor of Atlanta. CNN's Dianne Gallagher has more on what those races mean
for Trump's influence in a battleground state.
DIANNE GALLAGHER, CNN U.S. NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: President Trump wins and losses in Georgia runoff races Tuesday, a marquee matchup for a key
southern state senate seat is set, as CNN projects Republican Congressman Mike Collins will win that runoff race. He will now try to unseat the
incumbent Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff.
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REP. MIKE COLLINS (R-GA): You know, we're Republicans now we stand united around one mission that's right, and y'all know what the mission is. It's
to put a Republican in that seat and get rid of that Jon Ossoff in November, return this seat to the people of Georgia. And I look forward to
helping and getting the help and working to do just that.
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GALLAGHER: Collins received an 11th hour endorsement from Trump on Sunday over his opponent, Former University of Tennessee Head Football Coach Derek
Dooley, who was endorsed by Georgia's popular Governor Brian Kemp. Collins (ph) owns a trucking company, and he's the son of a Former Congressman. He
has represented Georgia's 10th district since 2023 and has been a long-time staunch supporter of President Trump, including his false claims that he
won the 2020 election.
After the GOP race was called Ossoff released a blistering statement calling Collins quote a notorious bigot, anti-Semite, and extremist. Now,
in the GOP governor's runoff race, Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones boasted a double endorsement from Trump and Kemp, but it was not enough, as CNN
projects that health care billionaire Rick Jackson will win the GOP nomination in that race.
Jackson dumped more than $100 million of his own fortune into the race, casting himself as a conservative outsider. He will face the Democratic
nominee in that race, who locked her nomination up about a month ago in the original primary, and that is Former Atlanta Mayor and Biden Administration
Official Keisha Lance Bottoms. Diane Gallagher, CNN. Back to you.
GOLODRYGA: Our thanks to Dianne Gallagher. Well, one person was killed, and five were taken to the hospital after a small plane crashed on a highway in
Texas. Bystanders jumped in to help emergency services free passengers from the wreck of the plane, which came down in the City of Laredo, hitting a
moving vehicle.
ASHER: Yeah, Cessna Business Jet was en route from Mexico to Austin, but diverted reporting mechanical issues. Five police officers at the scene
were also taken to hospital for injuries sustained in the rescue operation.
GOLODRYGA: All right, still ahead for us. President Trump says the U.S. would have to start the process again if Iran does not agree to a final
deal regarding nuclear weapons. We'll have more on the U.S.-Iran agreement ahead.
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ASHER: Welcome back to "One World". I'm Zain Asher. President Donald Trump is set to speak before he departs the G7 Summit and heads to Paris. A short
time ago, during a news conference with the Indian Prime Minister, Trump claimed that the U.S. had beaten Iran militarily in the first week, and he
didn't say whether he would be at the signing in Switzerland of the U.S.- Iran draft agreement.
CNN obtained the text of the draft agreement between the U.S. and Iran. The 14-points are brief, sometimes vague, among the key points: regional ship
traffic to resume within 30 days to pre-war levels, the war to end on all fronts, including in Lebanon. Iran reiterates its pledge to never produce a
nuclear weapon, a final deal to be negotiated within 60 days, extendable by mutual consent.
Many investors are closely watching to see what direction the Federal Reserve will take under new Chairman Kevin Warsh. Jerome Powell's successor
is set to introduce himself this afternoon after the Fed's two-day policy meeting, his first as chair. Wall Street is eager to learn how he views the
outlook for interest rates.
And a Russian warship fired warning shots near a UK flagged yacht in the English Channel Tuesday, saying it appeared to be on a collision course
with the ship. Russia's Defense Ministry says the crew first tried to radio the vessel and launch signal flares. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
called the Russian ships' actions reckless. Nobody was hurt, though, in the incident.
All right, back to our top story. We are still waiting to hear from the U.S. President before he departs for Paris on the final day of the G7
Summit. Donald Trump has been holding bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, including with the Indian Prime Minister, speaking about the
U.S.-Iran draft agreement, known as the Memorandum of Understanding.
President Donald Trump says that it's not final. CNN has obtained the draft of the text of the MOU, and as we've been telling you, the final language
could indeed change. The draft includes at least $300 billion for a fund Iran may be able to use if it meets commitments.
Let's take a closer look at all these developments with International Diplomatic Editor Nic Robertson. So, obviously, waiting, Nic, for Donald
Trump to speak at G7. I think a lot of people are going to want to know how he defends what is in this 14-point draft agreement, this memorandum of
understanding?
Especially the fact that yes, Iran has given a verbal commitment not to ever produce a nuclear weapon, but the fact that the U.S. is giving them so
much money up front, access to potentially to $300 billion has certainly raised a lot of eyebrows, especially given that the nuclear side of Iran's
bargain is not yet watertight.
NIC ROBERTSON, CNN INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMATIC EDITOR: Yeah, and I think a lot of people will be looking to try, particularly in Tehran, at the moment to
try to understand when President Trump says this, not -- this isn't the final deal, is he speaking about the text that CNN and others have
obtained, or is he talking about what may finally be the outcome of all the talks after that?
If he's talking about the text of this agreement, they'll watch it very intently in Tehran, because the sense has been that this deal was locked,
this agreement was locked. The words of the Memorandum of Understanding may be a few couple of words different through translation, but locked in
place.
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And that's what the electronic signatures were for over the weekend. And the coming to the signing ceremony on Friday, as had been planned, as is
planned, as far as we know, is contingent on that. And of course, Iran has long complained that at the last minute in negotiations, or even when they
think the points have already been agreed, and we've seen this through the whole last two months of negotiations.
The Iranians have multiple times complained that the U.S. moves the goal post and tries to change things around. So, I think the Iranians will be
looking to see, is that what President Trump means? Is there something in this that he now is uncomfortable about when they've agreed to it, and it's
in its completeness and complexity, but you're absolutely right.
This deal is front-loaded for Iran to make money from the get-go through the waivers that will allow it to sell its oil and energy products on
international markets and make money and make huge amounts of potential investment capital, that $300 billion fund.
Not quite clear where all that money comes from, whether it will come from Gulf States that want to invest in the redevelopment and rebuilding in
Iran, or who Iran would trust to have be putting in the money and have influence over where and maybe how it's spent inside of Iran?
All of those are very, very sort of complex issues that there aren't answers for, but 100 percent Iran gets money, access to money at the get-
go, and partly we can look at that and understand that Iran was never didn't want to get into this deal because they didn't trust the United
States.
We heard President Trump today say that he could return to war, so for Iran there's a -- if there is a resumption of violence with both sides of
agreeing not to do, but if there was, they have money here.
And you're absolutely right on the nuclear deal agreement, they're adequately addressed is the language on them that is agreed to for the most
contentious issues on the highly enriched uranium and other parts of Iran's nuclear civil nuclear program, and their highly uranium, which is out with
that program, that's just adequately addressed.
So, there's ambiguity, there's almost catch 22s in some of how the funding would be, some of how the release of Iran's funds would be reached? But it
leaves a lot open for interpretation. The language was ambiguous to get both sides to the table, but it does really inform you that the 60 days is
not really adequate to complete this. I think people are expecting extensions, and Iran absolutely makes some quick benefits.
ASHER: And one of the things in all of this that draws Donald Trump's anger is anyone who compares it to the Obama era deal, the JCPOA. He's adamant
that both the U.S. and, I assume, Israel is better off with his version of the deal as opposed to what we saw a decade ago.
Nic, how do the two deals actually compare? And obviously, the language in this 14-point draft is very vague. There's so much that we don't know, but
on the surface, how does it compare to what Obama signed a decade ago?
ROBERTSON: In some ways, there are similarities, in that, you know, Iran gets some financial recompense for signing up to an agreement about its
nuclear activities, although at the moment none of the detail that was in the JCPOA, the sort of inspections regime.
The removing of the medium enriched uranium back in 2015 I think that went to Russia, the sort of close monitoring of Iran's centrifuges, what type of
centrifuges they could use? How many centrifuges they could use? There was a huge amount of detail, from the sort of uranium ore mining, the yellow
cake, all the way through its transport, production, refinement, storage, enrichment, all of that was to be carefully monitored.
We have none of that. But in terms of what Iran potentially gets out of it, this memorandum of understanding does appear to give Iran much greater
economic breakout if it goes along and reaches the final agreement, as it's called here, in terms of this deal, and that's how -- that's how Vice
President J.D. Vance framed it.
He said, you know, if Iran behaves like a normal country, get treated like a normal country. There are economic benefits if they do the right thing.
So, the structure is, if you will, even more sort of in favor of an understanding that Iran gets money if it agrees to certain things with the
JCPOA. That was less obvious.
I mean, the similarity between the two is that the JCPOA, the 2015 Obama Iran deal, did not address proxies. Did not address ballistic missiles.
Neither does this deal. Neither does this deal.
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It opens the Strait of Hormuz, gets us back to somewhere just before the negotiations broke down, and war began on the 28th of February, but it's
opened the door to so much else, not least Iran's belief that it can withstand a massive U.S. attack, so that sort of threat is gone, and that
it can monetize the Strait of Hormuz by blocking it or threatening to block it at a moment's notice.
And there doesn't seem to be anything built in that would turn that concept from Iran's side around, not least the United States commits, as part of
this agreement, to move its forces away from Iran. We don't know what that means. Does that mean their bases in the Gulf? Does that just mean the
warships have to move, you know, 100 nautical miles or more or less away from, you know, from the Strait of Hormuz? None of that is clear.
ASHER: All right. And we are just to reiterate, standing by for the U.S. President to speak at the G7 shortly before he leaves. We'll wait to see
what he has to say. He's going to be facing a lot of questions about what is in this memorandum of understanding will wait to see what he says about
it. Nic Robertson, live for us there. Thank you so much.
All right, still to come, Lionel Messi shines bright, scoring his first World Cup hat trick just ahead, a report from Kansas City, where it all
happened.
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ASHER: All right, an action-packed day of World Cup football kicks off in just over an hour from now. Portugal goes up against the Democratic
Republic of Congo in Houston with Portuguese legend Cristiano Ronaldo set to make his first appearance of this tournament.
Later on, England take on Croatia in Dallas, and it's Ghana against Panama in Toronto. To round off the day, attention switches back to Mexico City,
where the World Cup debutantes Uzbekistan take on Colombia. It was a star- studded day on the pitch as well yesterday, as eight teams got their World Cup campaigns underway.
Argentina fans had plenty to cheer about in Kansas City, where their team beat Algeria 3-0 with the help of Lionel Messi hat trick, his first ever in
the World Cup. You know he's now the joint leading goal scorer in World Cup history with 16, and is the first person to play at six different World
Cups.
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Tuesday's performance shows that a 38-year-old Messi is still the man to beat. CNN's Elizabeth Perez was there and brings us this report.
ELIZABETH PEREZ, CNN EN ESPANOL SPORTS ANCHOR: I came to Kansas City to cover my second World Cup match, and we ended up witnessing pure history at
the feet of Lionel Messi. The Argentinian superstar scored a hat trick, helping Argentina begin the defense of the title. They won in Qatar 2022
with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Algeria.
With that three goals performance, he simultaneously surpassed Kylian Mbappe, Gerd Muller, and Ronaldo Nazario, and tied the record of the German
Miroslav Klose of more goals in World Cup history with 16. Kansas City had become Buenos Aires since Monday, and on Tuesday night this city stadium
felt like an extension of the monumental in Nunes, thanks to the infectious joy and nonstop chant from the fans.
What's next for Messi and La Vis Celeste in the tournament? We'll continue following Argentina's path through the rest of the World Cup, and we'll see
how the journey unfolds. Reporting from Kansas City, I'm Elizabeth Perez.
ASHER: Now, an update on Vozinha, the 40-year-old goalkeeper who starred in Cape Verde's incredible World Cup draw with Spain after his heroic play in
Monday's game. Vozinha told reporters his mother wasn't there because she couldn't afford thousands of dollars for a U.S. visa.
Now, the State Department says it's reaching out to the family to help her obtain a visa without paying, and that performance for Cape Verde,
including seven saves against the European champions, has catapulted Vozinha to unimagined levels of fame, with nearly 10 million new followers
on social media. Back home, here's what his mother had to say about his success.
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ANA CANDIDA EVORA, VOZINHA'S MOTHER: It was very emotional for me. My heart was almost jumping out of my chest. I was nervous, but very happy for
everything he has achieved in this tournament. His grandfather would often say, let's go to the football field, and would take him there. His father
didn't like him playing football. His grandfather would tell him, one day I will see you at the World Cup, and that's exactly what happened.
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ASHER: Cape Verde's next game is against Uruguay on Sunday. Security will be tight for Thursday's NBA Championship Parade for the New York Knicks. A
law enforcement official says that every spectator will be screened before entering viewing areas. All floats and vehicles will also be inspected as
well.
And a sanitation official says about two dozen garbage trucks will be used to block side streets. We're told the plan mirrors other large-scale events
like the Israel Day Parade, but with far bigger crowds expected for the next celebration.
The gigantic structure built for the USC event on the White House South Lawn, is now coming down. Crews (ph) started dismantling the so-called claw
lightning rig and the octagon soon after the fight ended. The tear down is expected to take more than a week.
Scott's Miracle Grow, one of the event's sponsors, has committed to $1 million to the National Park Service to support restoration efforts for the
grass that was destroyed in the event. All right, still to come on "One World" despite a $14 million glow up, the famous reflecting pool in
Washington turns future green with algae. How the Trump Administration is defending the renovation next?
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ASHER: In Washington, DC, the renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is over. And just one week on, the algae is back, and the water is as
green as ever. Cleaning up the pool has been a personal crusade for President Trump, but this is very much not what he promised. So, crews have
been dispatched to fix it all over again, even if it means pouring chemicals into the water. CNN's Sunlen Serfaty reports.
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SUNLEN SERFATY, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): President Trump's freshly renovated reflecting pool.
DONALD TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: It will look far more beautiful.
SERFATY (voice-over): It has been hit with a problem that has dogged administrations for decades.
TRUMP: It's called American flag blue.
SERFATY (voice-over): The problem: algae. In just one week, this blue pool has grown into an increasingly murky shade of green, the very color and
muck the president has repeatedly railed against.
TRUMP: The water is disgusting looking. It's not representative of the country.
SERFATY (voice-over): The administration is now dispatching crews to vacuum up the clumps of algae and dumping gallons upon gallons of hydrogen
peroxide in the pool to try to fix the hue. But algae experts say that's an uphill battle.
BARRETT BROOKS, ALGAE RESEARCHER, THE SMITHSONIAN: We're in Washington, DC in the summertime. This is a shallow pool with stagnant water, abundant
sunlight that creates a situation where opportunistic algae can really take advantage of the situation.
SERFATY (voice-over): The renovations, which started in April and finished last week, cost more than $14 million a far cry from the 1.8 million first
expected, and included at least one no-bid contract. There were a series of functional fixes, including repairing leaks and installing a filtration
system for the first time to help clean the water.
SERFATY: And we're going to scoop up a water sample to see if we can get this tested.
SERFATY (voice-over): CNN independently took the sample of water and consulted with a pool store that regularly tests water to help read the
results, it showed phosphate levels far higher than what is recommended to keep algae at bay, based on estimates for a pool that holds 6.5 million
gallons of water.
BROOKS: If there's already some phosphate fertilizer in the water, that's really opportunistic, especially for the blue-green algae that can fix
nitrogen. So, they are having a field day out here probably.
SERFATY (voice-over): The Department of Interior says they believe some of the initial problem was residual algae that had accumulated in pipes, and
insists the filtration system called the ozone nano bubbler is working.
Due to deploying the advanced nano bubbler technology; the algae is dead and being vacuumed up as we speak, a Department of Interior Spokesperson
told CNN that nano bubbler technology has successfully destroyed the algae bloom that has plagued every pool reopening. The hydrogen peroxide, they
say, is being used as a milder treatment for the algae.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It looks exactly the same to me.
SERFATY (voice-over): At the reflecting pool today mixed reactions to the latest look.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I know a lot of money went into this, but I can clearly see algae growing.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I look at it's getting cleaner, yes, in there, because obviously I wouldn't see if it was, if it was still, you know, in not good
shape. You wouldn't see a good reflection.
SERFATY: And the Department of Interior tells us that they believe that the hydrogen peroxide is safe for animals and the environment, and they say
it's much less harsh than chlorine that, say, would be in typical swimming pools. Experts we talked to today said that the hydrogen peroxide, the
intention really is to go in and oxify the water, break up the cells of algae. You know this has certainly been a persistent problem for decades
for many administrations.
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Back in 2012 after the Obama Administration renovated this pool, very soon after they saw algae return, an expert telling me today the ultimate
success of this project will be determined over the next months and weeks and years, potentially not necessarily in the immediate aftermath after
this pool was refilled. Sunlen Serfaty, CNN, Washington.
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ASHER: And finally, before we go, preparations are underway for the grand opening of the Obama Presidential Center Thursday in Chicago. The words
etched into the side of the building are from a speech that President Obama made in 2015 on the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Marches from Selma
to Montgomery.
The Secret Service says security on the day of the ceremony will, of course, be tight, with extra fences, checkpoints, and even drones to be
deployed. The day will feature performances by a host of artists, including Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, and Christina Aguilera. The center opens
to the public on Juneteenth, which is, of course, this Friday.
All right, stay with CNN. We are still waiting to hear from the U.S. President before he departs for Paris on the final day of the G7 Summit.
I'll have much more "One World" after this short break.
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