Broke with a tweet from irans president shortly before president obama announced it, rouhani turned down a face to face meeting when both men were in new york on tuesday, but the call was his idea. Rouhani has been in new york all week, speaking at the u. N. And vowing warmer relations with the United States. The obstacles are huge, for years war with iran has seemed more likely than diplomatic progress. The president says he sees a chance for a big change. Beginning with renewed talks on Irans Nuclear program. I believe we have a responsibility to pursue diplomacy, and a unique opportunity to make progress with the new leadership in tehran. Reporter right after the president touted his historic conversation with the president of iran, he lashed out at a group he hasnt been talking to, republicans in congress, who he blamed for putting the government on a path to shutdown in just three days. Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract politica
Loans, and rental insurance. If youre at home thinking that doesnt sound like much for the millions struggling to survive, youre not alone. Alana presley had this to say on thursday. Our families deserve direct cash, real survival cash. 600 is hardly sufficient. Its an insult. We must act to save lives now. The pandemic has not lifted in its hardship. As a reminder, this is why americans are so desperate for congress to iron out the details of this relief bill. Just this week alone, nearly a million new jobless claims were filed. Nearly 8 million americans are now living in poverty after a dramatic increase over the summer, and according to a Census Bureau report, about onethird of all u. S. Households say theyre at risk of losing their homes within the next two months. Joining me now is senator chris coons of delaware. Senator, thank you so much for joining me. I know you guys are hard at work on the senate. I have to ask you for the millions of people watching right now, when exactly
The people here really coming together brooke. Our thoughts with the people of van and all these areas hardest hit. Jennifer gray thank you so much. You see these homes, people have lost so much. Then others just happened to be passing through, including the next guest im about to bring in. Amy johnson was driving, happened to be driving from georgia to dallas when this awful weather hit. Amy, youre a recent university of georgia grad. Youre heading to dallas. Then tell me what you saw, what you heard. So we were coming about ten minutes ahead of van. We were driving through. The weather was just getting too bad that we knew we had to pull over. Lightning was striking from what i could tell, just basically on the road. It was too hectic. I was with my boyfriend. We pulled over and took shelter in the first place we could find. That happened to be a hardees. We werent alone. There was about 50 other people sitting in the restaurant. The power had gone out. Our phones were dying. We were
The school. Can you see trees up there completely snapped in half. We seen trees uprooted around van as well. We are told that several of the homes are a total loss. More than two dozen people were sent to area hospitals. Of course a shelter has been set up as well. It will be a couple hours before we can get the full scope of the damage here in van. But we are told that the tornado sirens did sound about five minutes before the tornado struck van. Of course van wasnt the only place that suffered damage. We saw damage all across the central u. S. Throughout the weekend. Breaking overnight. Severe weather and a tornado touching down in the town of van. Inside inside the county Emergency Management team is describing the scene as a quote mass casualty incident. Dozens of injuries have been roared. There is significant damage and gas leaks throughout the city of 2600. This weekend. A very pronounced funnel cloud and tornado in progress. Reporter over 70 reported from south dakota to texas
Personal phone conversation with the new president of iran, the first direct contact between leaders since 1979. So the question tonight, is this the best chance for a breakthrough in the middle east in 30 years . Will the new leader of iran really deliver . Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl on the latest developments from the white house. John. Reporter history was made today, diane with that 15 minute phone call. A potential opening to a country the u. S. Has accused of trying to build Nuclear Weapons and supporting terrorism. The storming of the u. S. Embassy in tehran and the 444 day hostage crisis that followed has a u. S. President spoken to an iranian president. The very fact this was the First Communications between an american and iranian president since 1979 underscores the deepness between our countries and indicates the prospect of moving beyond that difficult history. Reporter news of the call broke with a tweet from irans president shortly before presiden