with the united states. the head of iran s military force said this morning that the u.s. intentions in these talks are not to curb iran s nuclear program, but as to have a foothold in iran so they can meddle in affairs. that s what s really worries the clerical establishment here. that s what they are mulling over and how to make a deal with the states that s not going to affect them and will keep them in power in iran. jose? ali, thank you very much. someone with me now who knows plenty about these kinds of negotiations former ambassador to nato nicholas burns. he now teaches at harvard s school of government. pleasure to see you. thank you. what we know from andrea mitchell is there seems to be some agreement on principle. if these are the principles that they have agreed on it looks as though iran is pretty happy with what they may get out of this. well we ll see. it s not over until it s over.
will put them back where they belong. the announcement comes after the head of iran s military force met with iraqi officials over the weekend to help the government coordinate a response. s they said they had any interference in iraq and the statement to be directed specifically at iran. the big question tonight, though, concerned how much and what kind of american military involvement, if any at all. the only thing the white house ruled out is sending come basketball for combat forces back to iraq. we re joined my our two guests. jim, let me start off with you, this phone call we learned about between joseph biden the president and maliki, what details do we know? you spoke with maliki but the