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Welcome back. now, time for my favorite part of the show. sports. we will begin with the nba playoffs. in memphis, the jazz pushed the grizzlies to the brink of elimination with last night s 120-113 win in game four. as third as 30 points scored by donovan mitchell helps top-seated ut grab a 3-1 lead in the best of seven first-round series. in the nation s capital, the wizards live to play another game. avoiding a sweep of last night s 122-114 win hosting the 76ers. philadelphia will try again to clinch the series at home in game five. but it may need to do so, without star center, who left last night s contest with a right-knee injury. he is expected to undergo an mri today, and if that injury is serious, that really does change the shape of the eastern conference. last night s matchup in philly, unfortunately, was also the site of yet another instance of nba-fan misbehavior. over the past week, we have seen multiple incidents of this. last night, the game was paused with three minu ....
Up a few hours ago. negotiators went to get rest and they will start again shortly. the british and french foreign minister s who left last night came back overnight. the french foreign minister said they are in the finish line but it is the last final yards that are the most problematic. the iranian foreign minister saying the negotiations are troublesome. sometimes they are not united and they have their own interests and united states has concern was congress. some iranians were putting the onus to get their act together. this is the world powers that are saying iran needs to make the tough decisions. it seems they are close. could be something today. again, it could fall apart. it is a roller coaster. elise labott thank you for bringing that to us. i m sure that will continue. ....