religious leader in iran said iran will never talk to america ahead of those u.n. general assembly meetings. there had been some back and forth about some sort of diplomatic meeting do you think that's posturing, or do you think it's possible to get back to the table? >> i think it is possible to get back to the table. the supreme leader, in my experience, has repeatedly made rhetorical comments only to then turn around and authorize his negotiators to go to the table but that requires the united states to actually get serious about nuclear diplomacy. instead of that, what we have is an administration that decided to take a deal that was working, tear it up, walk away, abandon our allies and until the united states recommits in a serious way to a diplomatic effort to resolve this nuclear issue, i don't think there will be diplomacy. i think this lies much more at this moment at the feet of policy in washington than it does at any decisions that are being taken in the region. >> all right jake sullivan, as always, great to have you. thanks for making time. >> thanks for having me. next, did we learn anything