tonight in washington. james? >> shep, good evening, white house officials said president obama and prime minister of turkey did indeed discuss iran last month but they declined to offer any more specifics beyond that this reported comes from veteran roast columnist david ignatius who last made headlines when he reported exclusive details about what the navy seals found inside usama bin laden's compound in pakistan. the turkish prime minister was in tehran last week and did meet with the ayatollah khamenei. if this report about president obama's secret message was true it does raise questions because the last two white houses have basically said the same thing publicly multiple times. >> they are entitled to peaceful, civilian nuclear power. they are not entitled to nuclear weapons. there is two different processes. >> we have promised to support a peaceful civilian nuclear program. america will not allow iran to develop a nuclear weapon. >> the u.n. security council