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Signs of iranian interest in better relations with washington. more than a generation has passed since the two sides have been on speaking terms. just look at these pictures. this is then president jimmy carter shaking hands with the shah, leader of pre-revolution iran. nothing but bitterness since. iran has held americans hostage. it calls the u.s. the great seau t -- satan, and supported terrorists. the previous president had a pension for sparking outrage, whether its denying the holocaust or...

Bottom of the hour, im brooke baldwin. youre watching cnn. big, big story coming out of the united nations today. the u.s. and iran will hold their highest level contact since the iranian revolution of 1979. that is to happen on thursday when secretary of state john kerry is scheduled to be in a meeting with the iranian foreign minister. president obama said today that diplomacy must be tested in the effort to keep iran from developing nuclear weapons. at this very hour, we are awaiting the new ...

Weird photo ops. so finding that moment where you can thread that needle. then you have problems like alcohol being served at the lunch. it becomes almost insurmountable. that was not going to be the substantive thing that would happen. it will happen when john kerry sits down with the nuclear negotiators and iranian foreign minister. thats when they can really talk some turkey. a simple handshake would have been purely symbolic today. >> so the needle will be threaded, as you point out. that do...

Able to persuade the supreme leader in iran to suspend irans uranium enrichment. that went on for a few years and collapsed around the time of the election of ahmadinejad. so he has got that background. further more, he says that he has the authority from the supreme leader now to negotiate on a diplomatic resolution to this situation. again, iran has said it doesnt intend to give up its right to enrich but well see whether theres any possibility of some kind of meaningful negotiations. the prev...

Way to get out of the cess pool it created. >> whether he and barack obama shake hands today is still to be seen. joining me now from new york, cnns christiane eamon poa aman. why the change in heart? how bad is iran hurting now? >> reporter: well, obviously the sanctions really do hurt. but we havent heard about a change of heart from iran about the nuclear program. in fact, iran insists it should still have the right to a civil nuclear program. the issue is, are they prepared to have real nego...

United nations meeting and wishing jews this month a blessed rosh hashanah. experts say look at his background. he lived in exile in paris with ayatollah, the force behind irans revolution. hes viewed as completely loyal to irans current supreme leader. there is caution about moving too fast. >> i think a more normalization relations between the united states and iran is unrealistic. >> reporter: for both obama and rouhani, it may take time for the same reason. each has the challenge of politics...

Brought to fruition in the iranian islamic republican coming, i think, to pass and unfortunately probably being used. >> michael frank is not alone in his deep skepticism. you hear from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu saying, listen, rouhani is a wolf in sheeps clothing. is there anything we know about rouhani that might suggest otherwise, that he is being genuine, that barack obama will not end up flat on his back, to go with the metaphor? >> its very difficult to say what his true in...

Relationship. one based on mutual interests and mutual respect. >> president obama telling his secretary of state john kerry to work with irans government and this new leader hasan rouhani, specifically on irans nuclear program. another big headline, a message for israelis and palestinians. the president saying all parties must be willing to take risks in order to achieve middle east peace. we have correspondents all throughout the world for you covering every angle of this, including our foreig...

Present, put it away. thank you both so much. mahmoud ahmadinejad became well known to americans because of his numerous clashes with the united states. but what do you know about this man? this is irans new president. depending on who you ask, hes extending an olive branch to the u.s. or just setting up a big trap. more on our breaking news. we have now learned in the last few minutes he will not be meeting with president obama this week in new york. thats next. ♪ man: [ laughs ] those look l...