ambassador bolton, great to see you today. >> good to be here. >> are we making progress there? some envoys are saying that iran is bragging that things are going really well. how much time do we have to this before israel may have to step up and do something about it? >> it's very much in iran's interest, i think, to give the appearance that these negotiations could actually lead to something, that they would have a good tone, they would be positive discussions, and the iranians would float compromise proposals, and in fact they would simply try to drag this out as long as they can to achieve two objectives. one to give them more time and cover to continue their nuclear weapons program, and number two to provide the obama administration and europeans with arguments to israel not to use military force because, after all, the negotiations are in process. so the positive attitude that some diplomats, the european union in particular are