i'm norah o'donnell, nbc's chief washington correspondent. >> i'm john harwood of cnbc and the "new york times." this is the "new york times" special edition. >>> and on the front page this hour, norah, chicago has lost their bid for the 2016 olympics. >> stunning. >> what a blow for president obama. >> what did you think when you saw that headline? >> well, i expected rio to win in the end, but nobody thought chicago was gonna be eliminated so quickly and it is certainly an embarrassment for the president having said he was too busy to go over there, then changing his mind going, thinking they could tip the last few votes. not a good day for them. >> absolutely, a lot of chatter about whether it was worth it for the president. david axelrod, one of the president's senior advisers was on cnbc earlier and said it wasn't a waste of time. listen to what he said. >> this president can go anywhere he can to promote this country to try to bring good things back to this country. the fact is that he left at 7:00 last night and he will be back in an hour or two. so it isn't exactly like he was go

i'm norah o'donnell in washington, d.c. and welcome back to msnbc. just about an hour from now, we are going to hear from president obama and he is going to given a update on the six-way talks being held today on iran's nuclear program. and for the first time in years, a senior u.s. official met face-to-face with iran's top nuclear negotiator. just a short time ago, we heard from the secretary of state hillary clinton, who spoke about how things are going. >> i think it was a productive day but the proof of that has not yet come to fruition. we want to see reaction and positive results and i think today's meeting opened the door, but let's see what happens. >> nbc's savannah guthrie joins me now live from the white house. savannah, you heard the secretary of state there, obviously, they believe the talks have been productive but not ready to declare success yet, right? >> yeah, i think it is too early for that. and i think the secretary of state's tone says a lot there. pleased, to some extent with the progress made but certainly not doing a jig. the

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