And for more on today's developments, Margaret joins me from the United Nations now.Margaret, earlier today, the president directed his secretary of state to meet with his counterpart, his Iranian counterpart.Then we expected and thought there might be a little handshake or a sideline meeting at the United Nations between the two leaders.And, as you just reported, that didn't happen. And now tonight Rouhani is saying perhaps conditionally these meetings might occur.What's really happening?Well, what's really happening, Gwen, is that to direct Secretary of State John Kerry to deal directly with the Iranian foreign minister bumps up these talks about Iran's nuclear program to a whole new level.Now, they will take place within the context of what they call the P5+1, which is the permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany.But these have gone for years, the entire Obama first term, without any real results.This moves it to a new level, a commitment from the leadership to have their senior diplomats engaged, and some feel also may open the possibility of a direct sort of bilateral conversation between Kerry and Zarif.The reason is that the Obama administration feels a great sense of urgency to move quickly on this. Rouhani is under big pressure.I mean, he got elected with the promise of pursuing a more moderate course, not out of, you know, a big change of heart on Iran's part, but to get these crippling sanctions eased.And though Khamenei, the supreme leader, supports him, there is a belief here in the U.S. that he doesn't have long to deliver before hard-liners pounce.
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