been isolated from one another since the islamic revolution of 1979. this mistrust has deep roots. iranians have long complained of a history of u.s. interference in their affairs and of america s role in overthrowing the iranian government during the cold war. on the other hand, americans see an iranian government that has declared the united states an enemy indirectly or through proxies, taken american hostages, killed u.s. troops and civilians, and threatened our ally israel with destruction. i don t believe this difficult history can be overcome overnight. the suspicions run too deep. but i do believe that if we can resolve the issue of iran s nuclear program, that can serve as a major step down a long road towards a different
question, at least as far as today goes, is no. let me know when we have jim acosta ready to roll. in the meantime, i ll tell you this. this is from the domestic travel pool traveling with the president. this is cnn reporting. two senior administration officials have clarified that this iranian meeting question, they reaffirmed the white house signal that the staff level they were open to an informal meeting between obama and rouhani on the margins of the u.n. conference. even though many people watching, waiting for the handshake that could be, is not happening, at least today. am i hearing that correctly? reporter: there will be no handshake today. there will be no face-to-face encounter between president obama and president rouhani. we re just getting word from senior administration officials as a matter of fact, i have just heard from a white house official who has confirmed this independently to cnn that this is not going to happen because, quote, this was just too complicated
could produce plutonium. we re not going to hear anything close to that from mr. rouhani. yeah, reza, my question to you there in tehran, what do you see is the barrier to what barack obama is calling a long road toward a different relationship between iran and the u.s.? reporter: one of the major barriers, brooke, is going to be the country where our colleague jim clancy is reporting from, israel. this is washington s top ally in it the region. the leadership there, including prime minister netanyahu, view iran as a threat. they don t want improved relations between the u.s. and iran. then you have the u.s. congress, another barrier. this is a congress that s dominated by anti-iran hawks who also view iran as a threat. congress doesn t want better relations between the u.s. and iran either. the congress and the israeli leadership are in lock step when it comes to iran. that s one of the reasons why
after the case was dropped against david liken, they thought he was responsible for their deaths. now, depending on what they find in the car, that may all be thrown into upheaval. as they are very carefully getting this car out and will be going through it and looking for forensics and hopefully this can bring these families just a little bit of peace 42 years later. john hult, we ll stay in touch. thank you for calling in. still ahead, backlash against the makers of red bull. have you seen this? the company released this ad linking the energy drink to the doomed titanic. hear the point red bull was trying to make. and history in the making. the united nations in the spotlight. will president obama and the new president of iran give diplomacy a chance? i m talk live with someone who s about to interview the iranian president. the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement.
signs of iranian interest in better relations with washington. more than a generation has passed since the two sides have been on speaking terms. just look at these pictures. this is then president jimmy carter shaking hands with the shah, leader of pre-revolution iran. nothing but bitterness since. iran has held americans hostage. it calls the u.s. the great seau t satan, and supported terrorists. the previous president had a pension for sparking outrage, whether it s denying the holocaust or saying the united states was behind 9/11. translator: some segments within the u.s. government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining american economy and its grips on the middle east. today the zionist regime is on a definite collapse and there s no