a huge week for president obama. he s here in new york city for the u.n. general assembly. looming over all of this at least right now, the bloody events still playing out in kenya, where dozens of people are dead in an attack on a shopping mall. joining us now, jen saki. thank you. a lovely place here at the united nations. it is. i did a lot of work here. let s talk about kenya. first of all, does the united states government know for sure that american citizens were among the terrorists who committed we ve seen the reports just like you have, and we ric looking into them, but we have no quinn tiff information about the nationalities. it s ongoing and we ll continue
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got some really encouraging signs out of the iranians. you don t want to i would be hesitant about a presidential meeting. that s a prize that the iranians probably want and it s probably worth delaying that until there are some actual achievements on the ground. but what is coming out of iran right now, it s just all quite encouraging. there has been a consistent pattern, it has come out of the mouth of the president, the foreign minister and the supreme leader. perhaps the most encouraging thing was last week, the supreme leader talked about the importance of flexibility in negotiations. he talked about how iran had no intention of ever having a nuclear weapon, that this was not something it was doing to please the americans, that it was un-islamic. he also said crucially to the revolutionary guard, the hard line elements of iran, he said your job is to defend the republic, not to be involved in public policy and foreign policy. that was a way of telling them let the president take
debates earlier. reporter: since leaving office, the former diplomat has weighed in on controversial topics on very few occasions, voicing support to the voting rights act, the president s position on syria and gay marriage. gay rights are human rights. reporter: she s signaling she s not all in. she tells new york magazine she s pragmatic and realistic about the possibility of running for president and, quote, will just continue to weigh the factors. in the meantime, she says she s enjoying ordinary, everyday pleasures lives in new york with former president clinton. we laugh at the dogs, watch stupid movies, take long walks, go for a swim. apparently talking about 2016 is not on the list of favorite things. there s no such thing as a done deal by anybody, but i don t know what she s going to do. a report from cnn s jessica yellin. that s it for me.
there should be low level or medium-level dialogue before you reward the iranians with a meeting with the president. there s no meeting scheduled, so that s a hypothetical at this point. however, we all believe there s an opportunity to engage with iran, and we re open to it, but the ball is in their court to do what is necessary for that engagement to continue. so for president obama to meet with iran, do they have to do something? do we have to see how the meeting with the foreign minister and secretary i have state go first? as we ve long said we need a credible and serious response from the iranians. meeting with them is just a step in that process. actions speak far louder than words, so we don t expect to resolve anything this week, with or without the meeting, but of course, engagement is always an opportunity. so no final word whether president obama will meeting there s no meeting scheduled. syrian, another important issue, are you satisfied with this initial rep