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David Smith: Iran-US ceasefire talks seem to be 'more optimistic than normal' · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So even Iran apparently says progress has been made on
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  Speaker 1: a peace deal or an extension of a ceasefire. At
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  Speaker 1: least Rubio sees that, don't worry, the Americans aren't selling out,
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  Speaker 1: and the.
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  Speaker 2: Idea that somehow, as president, given everything he's already proved
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  Speaker 2: he's willing to do, it's going to somehow agree to
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  Speaker 2: a deal that ultimately winds up putting Iran in the
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  Speaker 2: stronger position when it comes to nuclear ambitions, as.
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  Speaker 1: Observed David Smith, Washington bureau chief for The Guardian, with
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  Speaker 1: Me Live this morning. David, nice to have you on
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  Speaker 1: the program. Is there a bit of a I feel
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  Speaker 1: like there's a bit of a boy who cried wolf,
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  Speaker 1: We're nearly got a deal. We've got a deal. Where
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  Speaker 1: are we at?
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  Speaker 3: Yes, that's right. We've been here so many times before,
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  Speaker 3: haven't we? This one seems to be more optimistic than normal,
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  Speaker 3: although Donald Trump has been staying on social media. Both
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  Speaker 3: sides must take their time and get it right. There
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  Speaker 3: can be no mistakes, and he's urging his representatives not
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  Speaker 3: to rush into a deal right now. The situation appears
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  Speaker 3: to be the US and Iran have some sort of
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  Speaker 3: a means in principle to end this war, it would
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  Speaker 3: mean reopening the Strait of horn Moves, which of course
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  Speaker 3: has been that choke point that Iran has used as
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  Speaker 3: leverage for so long. In the turn, Iran would commit
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  Speaker 3: to dispose of its highly enriched Uranian because, of course,
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  Speaker 3: the US says this is really all about curbing Iran's
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  Speaker 3: nuclear program. And what I just said has been briefed
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  Speaker 3: by a US official talking to reporters. We seem to
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  Speaker 3: have rather less detail on, you know, Iran support for
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  Speaker 3: proxies in the region, some of the other ongoing issues here.
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  Speaker 3: And it's again we're in a kind of wait and
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  Speaker 3: see posture. Certainly, when news started to emerge yesterday, lots
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  Speaker 3: of commentators and politicians were we're jumping on this, and
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  Speaker 3: you know, either Donald Trump was a great hero or
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  Speaker 3: according to Iran hawks, this was a sort of terrible
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  Speaker 3: sellout and Israel will be horrified as well. But it
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  Speaker 3: does seem a little early to jump to any conclusions.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, as it always is. What about this guy that
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  Speaker 1: was shot by Secret Service? They knew who he was,
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  Speaker 1: Does that mean he was a bit of a troublemaker
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  Speaker 1: or they haven't seen much about him yet?
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  Speaker 3: Well, yes, this incident happened outside the White House yesterday.
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  Speaker 3: A man approached the security checkpoint a place I know
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  Speaker 3: well going to the White House and opened fire and
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  Speaker 3: then he was shot by federal agents. And he was
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  Speaker 3: already known to the Secret Service. According to court records.
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  Speaker 3: He's twenty one years old. He had been involved in
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  Speaker 3: a previous incident near the White House, and in that exchange,
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  Speaker 3: a bystander was also struck. It's unclear whether they were
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  Speaker 3: struck by the suspect or shot by the officers. Trump
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  Speaker 3: at the time was in the White House but in
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  Speaker 3: no imminent danger. He's claimed that the gunman had a
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  Speaker 3: violent history and a possible obsession with the White House,
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  Speaker 3: but we await to other details.
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  Speaker 1: On that, Okay, David, appreciate the update. David Smith, Washington
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  Speaker 1: bureau chief for The Guardian. For more from early edition
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