I want you to understand and everyone should know that Iran poses a very great threat to the United States and has for a very long time.

They are in possession first and foremost after their nuclear program was obliterated.

They were told not to try to restart it. And here they are. You can see them always trying to rebuild elements of it.

They're not enriching right now, but they're trying to get to the point where they ultimately can.

That was Secretary of State Marco Rubio yesterday, claiming Iran is working to rebuild its nuclear

program. Meanwhile, in Geneva, talks are happening right now between U.S. and Iranian officials.

The question is, can we expect any progress to come out of today's meeting?

Plus, the Clintons will sit for depositions behind closed doors today and tomorrow for a

house investigation into the Epstein files.

The question is, what will they say to that committee?

Also ahead, we'll go through the latest on a deadly gunfight between people on a speedboat

registered in Florida and troops in Cuba.

The question is, what were they doing down there?

It's way too early for this.

Good morning and welcome to way too early,

the show that traded its DC digs for our New York City studios this morning.

I missed our friends up here, and most of our team is here too, so this is a treat.

I'm Ali Vitale on this Thursday, February 26th.

And we will start with the news that also brought me here, which is the Epstein Files.

There's growing fallout over revelations of missing documents from the Jeffrey Epstein Files,

including interviews with a woman who leveled accusations against Donald Trump.

The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal have both confirmed reporting by NPR and MS now

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