U.S., Iran Talks Delayed as Clock Ticks on Final Deal Within 60 Days

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 20 June 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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New diplomatic fallout from the president's longstanding habit of claiming people begged him for something. He told a TV outlet that Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni begged him for a picture with her at the G7 summit. The Prime Minister said that's "completely fabricated." Plus, a new report from the New York Times on just how far Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth is going in his campaign against diversity in the military. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:36.0	Good evening from the newsroom, topping our CNN global war coverage. One of the two top
0:40.4	American negotiators is heading to Geneva, Switzerland for peace talks with Iran. Steve Whitkoff is on
0:46.3	his way tonight. Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, is also expected shortly, according to a U.S.
0:50.9	official. The talks were derailed last night over Israeli operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon,
0:56.4	grounding Vice President Vance, who canceled his own flight to Geneva at the last moment.
1:00.8	Today, after what Lebanese officials say was the second deadliest day of the fighting there,
1:05.2	Israel and Hezbollah agreed to renew their truce. The president praised Israel's prime minister for doing that. And in a conversation
1:11.7	with Axios recorded yesterday, but released today, he said Israel would follow his guidance.
1:18.1	Are you going to be able to control Israel from attacking Lebanon? Yeah, I will be.
1:25.1	I mean, I wonder. They have a lot of respect for me, and they do as I say.
1:33.9	Well, that was recorded yesterday before Israel strikes today in Lebanon, meaning Israel does not seem always do as he says.
1:40.6	The president also underscored where he thought Israel would be without him.
1:45.3	If it weren't for Donald Trump and BB Netanya who worked well with me,
1:50.3	but he will tell you, we're the ones with the guns, we're the ones with the whole deal,
1:54.9	we're the ones with the B2 bombers, et cetera.
1:57.5	If it weren't for Donald Trump, Israel would have been eviscerated.
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