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To the Point

Nuclear Negotiations Resume with Iran

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2014

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The US and 5 other countries have resumed talks with Iran about lifting sanctions in exchange for curbs on nuclear development. Does Iran's transparency justify optimism?

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0:00.0

From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.

0:08.2

Nuclear negotiations. Can both sides win?

0:14.5

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.

0:18.4

A daily look at the issues, Americans care about most.

0:40.8

As Iran sits down again today with the U.S. and five other countries, there's a lot at stake for two leaders who've risked their legacies on the outcome. Iran's President Rouhani could see crippling economic sanctions lifted at last. President Obama could head off the possible threat of more nuclear weapons. But failure is likely to discredit both leaders with friends and foes in the Middle East,

0:42.8

not to mention hardliners at home.

0:46.8

We'll hear that Iran's increased transparency is caused for optimism,

0:50.7

while intractable differences could make the world more dangerous than ever.

0:55.1

Today's talking point, Elizabeth Warren, may be a U.S. senator, but she says she's not an insider. First, here's the news.

1:00.2

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1:08.6

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1:15.0

Support for To The Point comes from the members of KCRW and from the Public Radio International Program Fund.

1:21.7

Hello again, Mormon, I'll only back with To the Point. In Vienna today, the U.S. and five other countries are resuming talks with Iran about lifting economic sanctions in exchange for curbs on nuclear development.

1:32.6

Does Iran's recent transparency justify optimism? Can each side make the concessions necessary to the other without intensifying opposition at home?

1:42.0

Today's talking point, Senator Elizabeth Warren's new book reads like a campaign biography,

1:46.7

but the Democrat from Massachusetts insists she is not running for president.

1:50.5

We'll talk with her in our studio.

1:52.5

First is news update.

1:53.7

Do links about personal information have to stay on the Internet forever,

1:57.8

even when they're out of date and might be embarrassing?

2:00.7

The European Union's Court of Justice said today, no. In a case against Google, the court

2:07.7

ruled there is a right to be forgotten. Eiffa White is based in Brussels for Bloomberg News.

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