in this current climate. there would be very little upside for the iranians if they were to do that. is there any hope for window that president trump will get iran back to the negotiating table? what has sparked this, it seems, frustration, desperation, tied to the economic sanctions. that s right, stephanie. that doesn t seem to be any signs in tehran right now that they re willing to talk to president trump. it would be a gift from tehran right now, if they spoke to president trump. from the very top leaders in iran, the supreme leader ayatollah khomeini to more moderate figures like the foreign minister sharif who negotiated the deal saying we re not going to talk to trump. their strategy in tehran right now seems to be wait and exist. they want to weather the storm. they re willing to take a battering on the economy and see
bill neely talk about is maybe he ll have this meeting face to face with vladimir putin. rex tillerson knows vladimir putin. last time he interacted he was getting a friendship award. how has that relationship changes. vladimir putin comes face to face with him now. i think if he comes face to face with him. what happens in private may be slightly different from what happens in public. if public he ll maintain a tough line. if he sees him in private, glad to see you again, know you re in a different role, we ve got tough times ahead. there are reports out there morning in the iranian press that foreign minister sharif is head edded to moscow over the weekend with syria, russia and iran. i don t know if that s true or just an iranian press report. but i think we have a lot of steps to play out before we see a coherent policy and see what the administration is really ready to do. if you were advising president trump right now, where would you tell him to go on syria in light of this
with everybody. we are not yet where we need to be on several of the most difficult issues. the truth is that while i completely agree with foreign minister sharif that we have never been closer at this point this negotiation could go either way. if hard choices get made in the next couple of days and made quickly, we could get an agreement this week. but if they are not made we will not. our teams remain very hard at work in the coming hours and days. we re going to go as hard as we can. we re not going to be negotiating in the press. we ll be negotiating privately and quietly. and when the time is right, we ll all have more to say. secretary kerry, how long are
do we have interpretation from farsi to english? if i may, because the question has been asked by one of my comepatecome friends and members of media to respond in farsi. welcome everyone to the real story, i m gretchen carlson, breaking news on many fronts this afternoon. we re start gt right now with the iranian foreign minister sharif, talking about the preliminary deal between the united states and iran and other western nations including france germany the uk et cetera. let s get right to james rosen at the white house because the president s going to be coming