so that is breaking news. joining me now is michael gordon, the top diplomatic correspondent with "the new york times." up until now they have been saying until midnight maybe a few hours now it's a completely different story. they are really stuck on this statement, even a boiled down statement of principles. >> well i think what secretary kerry is trying to accomplish is to come back with something tangible. we were led to believe that before this round that they would have some concrete numbers, something they could show congress to make the case against imposing additional sanctions. i think senior official called it a quantifiable dimension. iran has been playing a different game and reluctant to make commitments up front at this stage of the game. i think this is a struggle to come up with something that kerry can come back to come back with in washington and not have a lot of trouble selling. >> they are having trouble coming up with this agreement and the fact is that -- the fact