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Is that there are a lot of people in this country, you know, centrist people who are quite disappointed with the past couple of years of the rouhani administration, who do feel that rouhani didn't see through a lot of the promises that he'd made. of course all of them understand the backdrop of the crushing u.s. sanctions and the maximum pressure campaign put in place by the trump administration. i think there is also a good deal of disappointment in the rouhani administration, and as we can see, very little mobilization on the part of the moderate voters. >> good to have you there on the spot...

Call from president trump. and by the way, president rouhani didn't come on the phone at the u.n. i think that was a missed opportunity. i don't think it was all trump's fault. i think rouhani is worried about his support back home. i think others will worry about what transcript and where. but i worry even more about our intelligence capacity when intelligence agencies abroad won't share intel with us because they're afraid it will be leaked or in some way misused. i mean, there was just a missile test just the other day, alisyn. did we notice? it was briefly on cnn. i'm not blaming cnn. the ...

By the clerics when president obama and rouhani didn't get a chance to at least shake hands, have a little bit of body language. i think that was a little bit of a setback. i think in diplomacy, that personal contact is very important. >> that was a real sort of snub at the united states. here the president of the united states made it clear to the iranians he would like to have this encounter even if it was brief, even if it was only a handshake and exchange of a few words. they were both at the united nations general assembly on the same day. he wanted to i guess break the ice if you will, a...

A nuclear bomb? >> it remains to be seen. the atmospherics are good. he is on a charm offensive, rouhani. he seems to be skillful at setting a better tone, but i didn't hear him say that they're ready to negotiate on eliminating enriched uranium. i didn't hear him be very clear about the holocaust in israel. he seems to be backing off. the question is, are they doing this because they're sincere or because, one, their oil production is really down, inflation is really up, sanctions are working, but at the same time, you've got to look at a potential break through in the future, the fact that t...