Lets get more on this expected nuclear deal with iran. Theres still some problems. Negotiators extended the deadline twice last week as they tried to hammer out final details of the last sticking points. Lets get to to Christiane Amanpour joining us from vn. Christiane i understand thatienna. Christiane, i understand that it looks like that its unlikely a deal for today . At least through the iranian side. Weve heard that the diplomacy where the principals come out for a breath of fresh air, we saw javad zarif basically not his head back in the iranian way of saying no when asked if there was going to be a deal. So thats the situation from their point of view but diplomats who have been meeting in many many sessions all day. It does seem to be according to the diplomats ive spoken to very key players today on the european side, the u. S. Side, the iranian side that the nuclear part of the deal is done in their words. Now they are hammering out the formalities of what will be a u. N. Re
President Hasan Rouhani delivered his speech he sat down with our own Christiane Amanpour and spoke to the American People in english. I would like to say to American People, i bring peace and friendship from iranians to americans. More of christiane interview just ahead tonight. His interview came on the heels of a Charm Offensive that many found head spinning. His recent diplomatic overtures to the United States suspect by some. A look at how we got to this point. 1979, riots sweeped the streets of take han following nearly two years of protests. Iranians are fed up with the western influenced rule of the shah. Its the beginning of the islamic revolution. And its also the end of relations between iran and the United States. The shah came into power after an americanbacked coups in 1953, enduring his quartercentury rule he enjoyed support and good relations with the west. Hes the last iranian lead for meet facetoface with a u. S. President. The revolution sends the shah into exile and
Arriving at this funeral home in el paso. We have a report as well on his funeral arrangements. In washington flags flying halfstaff at the Supreme Court where Justice Scalia served nearly 30 years also halfstaff at the white house. Political tributes to the conservative justice came in with highly political pledges. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell immediately arguing president obama should simply leave the seat vacant saying quote the American People should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court justice, therefore this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. Now that would be highly unusual. The president immediately rebuffed the senate leader, saying he will fulfill his duty to appoint a replacement, and that congress should fulfill its duty. I plan to fulfill my Constitutional Responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. There will be plenty of time for me to do so, and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that p
Will it be another campaignlike stump speech and the fate of wikileaks founder Julian Assange, could he one day end up in a u. S. Prison . Ill speak to one of his attorneys in an exclusive ent interview right here on msnbc is live in london. We begin with a live picture of the white house where later today president and the first lady will host the governors ball while here in london and around the world, an anxious wait to see the Trump Administrations revised executive order on immigration to the u. S. The white house pushing back on an a. A p. Report which appears to challenge the president s theory behind the traveled ban. Analysts at the department of Homeland Security found that citizenship is an unlikely indicator of terrorism threats to the u. S. And that few people from the countries mr. Trump listed in his travel ban have carried out attention. All involved in terrorism related activities in the u. S. Sincere i cants civil war started in 2011. White house oicials tell nbc the
Jeff zeleny and michael isikoff. President trump held his first News Conference since the avalanche of breaking stories this week and he was asked about the comey memo. Lets take a look. At any time urge former fbi director james comey to back down or close the investigation into Michael Flynn . And also as you no, no. Next question. An emphatic no. What else did the president say . Don, you get the sense that the president did not want to talk about that. There had a pushback on this. It was an opportunity for him to give his side of the story, his rebuttal to all of the information that weve been learning in the memorandums that the fbi director was holding and really keeping in realtime here. But the president made clear that hes angry by this idea of an independent investigation into this. Its the last thing he wanted. Of course its a distraction, he called it a witchhunt. He i didnt mince words as he talked about what he really thinks about this investigation. Lets watch. Well, i