have constant exchanges with president trump. i share his goals, sometimes we say we don't agree on methods. but i want to get there. i want to have an agreement. and i think there's been a true change. this morning president rouhani showed himself to be open to this meeting happening and president trump has been saying for weeks that he's been demanding, he's been tough, he's put sanctions, but i'm ready to have a meeting to make a deal. i think we're making progress. i want this meeting to happen and i want there to be an agreement between the united states and iran and france will play the role together with united kingdom and germany and all the other signatory powers and the permanent members of the security council. >> iran is a country that is not the same country that it was two and a half years ago when i came into office. iran was the number one state of terror throughout the world. there were 18 sites of confliction in my first week when i spoke with the folks at the pentagon, including lots of