and laurie dundon, former state department official.efore the break, we heard our correspondent mentioning how there were lots of conditions in the speech barack obama made when it came to iran. there is going to be a meeting on thursday at the u.n. where you will have a beast name room the iranian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state. swiss diplomats say more meetings will take place in geneva. obama calling for actions that are transparent and verifiable on the part of tehran. is that possible? >> they have a long way to go, but at least they will start to get to the table and speak constructively. they have been coming to the table over the years. this will not be the first meeting or even the first recently, but the question is whether they will be constructive negotiations, constructive discussions with the parties. one thing i wanted to comment on, picking up on all the back and forth and handshake diplomacy and whether or not the discussion of greeting warmly the iranian leader indicates we suddenly would be giving away t