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We have to. >> reporter: at the pentagon and federal agencies across washington, senior managers have been consumed with preparing their departments. >> probably thousands of hours of employee time better spent on supporting national security. >> reporter: furloughed workers might have to come to work tuesday and have four hours to close up their office. >> shut down blackberrys, shut down equipment, and turn around and go home. >> reporter: a radio station popular with federal workers has been ...

Im wolf blitzer, youre in "the situation room." he has broken important new ground with a dangerous adversary. he told the world about his phone call to irans president during remarks that were expected to focus almost entirely on the potential government shutdown threat here in washington. were following both breaking stories this hour. first, the historic phone call. just a little while ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations, susan rice, spoke with our fareed zakaria, on how the phone...

Threat meals informally, have a handshake, a photo opportunities, if you will, didnt happen. the president of the united states wanted it to happen. the iranians said it was too complicated, they needed more time to prepared. theres a lot of spec thags that 9 hard liners didnt want the iranian president to meet with the leader of the evil empire. how will these rez susan rice just said it was hassan rowhanis idea for this phone call today? is it. >> reporter: obviously there are still a lot of a...

Bomb. others have speculated that maybe theyre prepared to open up for broader inspections, maybe some military facilities, but theyve made it clear that theyre not going to back down to washington. they dont want to be viewed as appeasing to washingtons demands, backing down to their demands, and thats why they say they want substantial gains in return. first and foremost, they want to be recognized as washingtons equal. they want washington and western powers to recognize their right to have a...

Isolation, political isolation, the economic sanctions that iranians have suffered through for years. if this path continues, if washington and tehran improve relations, it could very well be ordinary iranians who benefit the most. many in america are not aware of this, but the iranian population is one of the most educated, cultured, sophisticated populations in the region. recent statistics showed that 60% of women in iran are educated. thats a sign of an advanced society, a society with lots ...

Washington or backing down to demands. whatever they do, they want something substantial in return. they want to be treated as equals. they want their nuclear program to be recognized, maybe most importantly for iranians, they want some of those tough economic sanctions to be eased. >> reza sayah, thanks very much. up next in our "the situation room" special report is irans president realy serious about better relations with the united states? ill talk to a man who spend hours with president r...

Went back and looked at the s t stat -- statistics. i remember them. we had 38 people convicted of homicide who tried to buy a gun and we stopped them. how can anybody argue with the universal background checks. >> you did have a couple of state lawmakers get recalled over their vote on this. >> i remember. >> and it was not an easy part for your re-election. so what does the democratic party do here? you see this connor lamb and -- this is a democrat trying to win in trump country and guns -- i...

A bid to tone down the trade war rhetoric beijing has poured cold water all over the heated tariff dispute with the united states sending global stocks surging today for weeks and weeks both sides have been threatening each other with steep judis on imports but the trade war could just start winding down with the chinese the first to flinch president xi jinping today repeating his vow to open the economy and actually cut tariffs. cars are a major sticking point in the trade conflict between the ...

Tuesday but few think hell turn words into action. cars are a major sticking point in the trade conflict between the worlds two biggest economies the us pays a twenty five percent tariff on cars it brings to china while china only pays two point five percent in judys on cars it exports to the u.s. thats not the complete picture the u.s. sells six times more cars in china than the other way around but appeasing washington was the thrust of chinese president xi jinping speech to an audience of int...

Man manna -- manafort which means this deal has not been reached yet. they were first indicted in october including conspiracy and none of those charges involve into the trump campaign itself. were going to dive in more this hour but we begin with the larger story in american politics these days. with poison pills, trump tweets the nra and base politics. folks, yesterdays emotional white house meeting on gun reform may have been a sign that something might happen but the last 24 hours have been ...