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question, at least as far as today goes, is no. let me know when we have jim acosta ready to roll. in the meantime, i'll tell you this. this is from the domestic travel pool traveling with the president. this is cnn reporting. two senior administration officials have clarified that this iranian meeting question, they reaffirmed the white house signal that the staff level they were open to an informal meeting between obama and rouhani on the margins of the u.n. conference. even though many people watching, waiting for the handshake that could be, is not happening, at least today. am i hearing that correctly? >> reporter: there will be no handshake today. there will be no face-to-face encounter between president obama and president rouhani. we're just getting word from senior administration officials -- as a matter of fact, i have just heard from a white house official who has confirmed this independently to cnn that this is not going to happen because, quote, this was just too complicated for the

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