New york, this is nbc nightly news. Reporting tonight, lester holt. Good evening. Few things have rattled the world quite like the prospect of iran developing a nuclear weapon, which is why all eyes this week have been glued on a small city in switzerland where today nearly roundtheclock negotiations with iran and how to curb its Nuclear Program finally produced the framework of a deal. One that president obama quickly proclaimed would ensure iran will never be able to develop the bomb. But then theres the issue of what iran gets in return and whether any deal will hold. Our team has it covered. We begin with Andrea Mitchell in lausanne. Andrea. Reporter good evening, lester. Its been 18 months of tough negotiations ending with an allnighter that still left several key issues unresolved. But tonight the United States could be entering a new era in its relationship with iran. And president obama is telling critics this will make our world safer. After marathon talks that almost broke do
Militants have taken responsibility. Witnesses say there were more than ten of them wearing outfits resembling military fatigues. At last check, the gunmen were in a firefight with police and troops. Cnns soni methu is live for us in kenya. Whats the latest . Reporter the details are still very sketchy. The area is cordoned off. Difficult for anyone to access the place. A lot of people coming out of the situation, victims, most are in shock and some rushed to hospital. The information is still quite sketchy. It has been over five hours now. There are hostages and police are claiming attackers are in a corner of a dormitory. This is still an active situation there at the university correct . Reporter yes, it is indeed. From 5 30 in the morning, we have been hearing sporadic gunshots. There was a moment where it died down and a few people were saying the situation could come to a close. However, the situation is still ongoing and unfolding. We dont know how many confirmed dead other than
President , Hassan Rouhani, about to deliver a National Address. Its on a breakthrough in the u. S. Led iranian talks. Its scheduled to happen at the top of the hour. Were going to carry it for you live. Moments ago we heard from israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, condemning that framework of a deal and says the cabinet is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal. This deal with pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threaten the very survival of the state of really. Phil what do you think were going to learhear . Don, it will be interesting. It would seem if we were going to make a guess of it words of support, language that indicate that the iranian president supports this Framework Agreement, which has been flashed out. And it would seem likely to believe that that is going to be the case because you would have to think that the countrys foreign minister would not have signed up though he hasnt signed it officially walked away saying this Framework
Police say that even though the gunmen wore body armor and carried assault rifles. A local Police Officer was able to bring them down with his Service Business service pistol. They drove from phoenix, arizona. Before the attack, one gunmen posted a tweet linking himself to isis. Cnns kyung lah has more. Reporter nadir soofi is a pakistani source. He has a pakistani father and a mother as a white american. When they divorced he and his brother moved to pakistan. He went to a school in islamabad. He and his brother decided to leave the country. We know that soofi had a pizza shop here and a son. We know more about Elton Simpson. The other gunmen. He has a criminal record. In 2011, he was convicted of lying to authorities. At the time, they tried to stick him with an International Terrorism charge. That did not come to fruition. His family is not muslim. We hear from his mosque that he converted around high school age. Although he did have that conviction in 2011 the president of his mosq
Welcome to early start. Im suzanne malveaux. It is 5 00 a. M. In the east. This morning, negotiations for the Iran Nuclear Program are taking a rest before diving back in to work. That is because the landmark agreement reached thursday at the end of marathon talks in switzerland is only the framework for a final agreement. Even this outline, more detailed than expected marks a significant step toward the goal of blocking iran from developing nuclear weapons. Secretary of state john kerry telling cnn negotiations were tough at times and emotional and confrontational confrontational, but with a seriousness of purpose. We are not basing this on a naivte or trust or good faith. This is based on real steps and real accountability and measures that have to be implemented. For more on the deal i want to bring in phil black live in london. Good morning, phil. What is the sense of the details . Reporter good morning, suzanne. Just a framework, but the important detail in it. Iran still gets to