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This thing could happen behind closed doors? if it doesn't happen on camera, did it really happen? >> it doesn't happen. if it doesn't happen on camera, it doesn't really happen, brooke. i think that everyone is obviously placing a lot of importance on this handshake between the two men, but you've already seen this kind of improved climate between the u.s. and iran. president rouhani has been making a lot of noise in the last couple days. had an interesting op-ed in "the washington post." certainly president obama's speech. they may shake hands. they may not. if they do, it will be on camera....

Whenever prime minister netanyahu visits the u.s. congress, he gets a standing ovation. then finally, you have the nuclear program. what's encouraging many is that iran is sending signals that they're willing to make concessions, perhaps considering capping and suspending uranium enrichment at 20%. that would seemingly make it impossible for them to make a bomb. they say they're also open to possibly expanding inspections to some of their military sites. naturally, they want substantial items in return. they want to be respected. they want some of the sanctions to end. they want the u.s. to re...

Capabilities. so that's the challenge. that's what iran has to prove. then will the united states and the west decide to have some kind of meaningful reciprocity? in other words, would they lift some of the sanctions in exchange for a step-by-step transparency of iran. those two really antagonistic bits you played from the previous president is what has gotten the world so angry about iran and so fearful and mist trustful over the last eight years. much more fearful and mistrustful than they were before. so president rouhani, who's a moderate and said he'd been elected with a mandate to pursue...

Been isolated from one another since the islamic revolution of 1979. this mistrust has deep roots. iranians have long complained of a history of u.s. interference in their affairs and of america's role in overthrowing the iranian government during the cold war. on the other hand, americans see an iranian government that has declared the united states an enemy indirectly or through proxies, taken american hostages, killed u.s. troops and civilians, and threatened our ally israel with destruction. i don't believe this difficult history can be overcome overnight. the suspicions run too deep. but ...

Question, at least as far as today goes, is no. let me know when we have jim acosta ready to roll. in the meantime, i'll tell you this. this is from the domestic travel pool traveling with the president. this is cnn reporting. two senior administration officials have clarified that this iranian meeting question, they reaffirmed the white house signal that the staff level they were open to an informal meeting between obama and rouhani on the margins of the u.n. conference. even though many people watching, waiting for the handshake that could be, is not happening, at least today. am i hearing t...