reporter for "the washington pos post", aaron blake, and chief investigative reporter for politico, vogel. aaron, what did the president reveal? what struck you the most? >> i thought it was most interesting when he said that the deal that they're working on right now has no better chance than 50/50 right now. you know, i think any time you're doing something like this, it's very important to set expectations. the white house has said for a long time that this is a very difficult thing to do. diplomacy has not succeeded so far. the idea it will suddenly work and the u.s. will get everything it wants is far fetched, is the case they've been making. the fact he put a number on it, i thought was really interesting. they really want to set expectations and make sure that people understand that if this falls apart, it's not necessarily because they did anything wrong. it's just a very difficult situation. >> yeah, you know, ken, we broadcast this live yesterday on