television, during ahmadinejad s period that would have been unthinkable if somebody took a picture of themselves with president bush and put it on social media, they would have probably ended up in jail. there s a changing of attitudes amongst the government here and amongst the people and they are hoping this will be the turning point for their country and for their livelihood here. it s been a very tough time for the iranian people. frozen out of the banking section and because of the sanctions that have been imposed on the country, it s been difficult for people to get medicine just the basic things that you need to survive in life have been very difficult for them and they are hoping that will all change. another big thing people are hoping here for a big boost in business. when president rouhani came out to give his speech he promised to extend his hands to all businesses in iran and the government is going to give them a boost. that s what people really wanted to hear here. they
yesterday. having said that, officially you are hearing them say they don t want to get into the verbal back and forth. the confrontations are ongoing at the most senior levels about how to respond to north korea. they include as we heard from president obama over the weekend, the possibility of adding north korea to the terms. if that were to happen, that would mean increased economic and trade sanctions against the country. republicans are calling for a really strong response to this. many of them. of course president obama saying the response will be proporti proportional and a lot of them say they want to see a robust response including republican ed royce, chairman of the committee who is introducing legislation that would hit north korea s banking section and that s the way to get at the country. it s not enough to do a counter cyber attack, for example. that is the debate going on.