a.m. here just the other night dealing specifically with that issue of sanctions. meanwhile, the technical teams working on the nuclear issues also continue to be working around the clock. so, there is a lot of work happening. we don t have a sense of just how close they are to a deal yet, but in general, most officials say there has been progress george. progress certainly. but atika, to get back to the issue of the deadline on july 7th. if they don t hit that deadline is that a hard deadline or do they have a, you know a scenario in place where they could take another couple of days? reporter: i think the fact is this is very much a self-imposed deadline and it s really to meet the political demands of the parties back home particularly congress. congress needs to have this agreement, if it comes forward, by july 9th. and then it needs to kind of go through all the details, drill them down and approve it within 30 days. that s key before anything moves forward. so that deadline i