News 4 midday starts right now. First at the live desk, take a good look, video of president obama addressing World Leaders at the u. N. Moments ago. The president urged diplomacy, particularly defending the Iran Nuclear Deal and lifting the u. S. Embargo on cuba, getting clause from delegates there. He spoke about the danger of returning to old methods of addressing unrest around the world. I stand before you today believing in my core that we, the nations of the world, cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. We cannot look backwards. We live in an integrated world, in company. We all have a stake in each others success. We cannot turn back those forces of integration. Were also closely watching developments out of the meeting scheduled between the president and russias president , Vladimir Putin, who have been at odds over russias involvement in ukraine and the ongoing conflict in syria. Also leaders from poland, china, and jordan are set to speak before putin takes t
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