Nsa surveillance continue. The Senate Intelligence hearing, top spies were grilled over overreach of americansdata. The sights and sounds of that hearing later in the show. It is friday, september 20 seven, 5 00 p. M. In washington, d. C. And youre watching rt. We start with a historic conversation between president obama and the iranian president. The white house confirmed the two men spoke with each other over the phone about the nuclear deal. This marks the first time a u. S. President and an iranian leader have spoken in more than 30 years. The president addressed the significance of this call. The very fact that this was the first to medication between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deep mistrust between our countries but it indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history. At the u. N. In new york city, it has been a busy week for the General Assembly. The diplomats labors are starting to bear fruit. Thursday evening we learned the five
Lori a very good afternoon. I am lori rothman. Melissa i am melissa francis. We need a deal before christmas. Neither side has talked with the other in nearly two days. Towns are bracing for the fallout. Tampa mayor tells us what the fiscal cliff means for his city. Lori all talking and no advancement towards a deal. Frustrating. On and on and on those politicians go. We will bring you an update. Tom corbett saying going over that cliff would be absolutely frightening for the keystone state. He will join us later. Melissa president obama has been named person of the year. Go figure. [talking over each other] lori was i on the list for rock. Melissa on top. Lori lets get you updated on the markets. Lauren simonetti is covering stocks for us today. We go break a twoday winning streak. For the s p, it has been the best two days in more than a month. We are still a little bit more positive. Traders kind of sitting on their hands digesting what we have recently had. If you look at, i say ri
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