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

Iran, Egypt, and the UN General Assembly.

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

A daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Yesterday, President Obama surprised 120 fellow world leaders with a tough defense of free speech

and a challenge to Egypt's new president, Mohamed Morsi. Today, Morsi's international debut gave him a chance to

respond and stake a claim for new leadership of the Arab world. Iran's Mahmoud Ahmad Ahmadinejad was also on the agenda for the eighth and last time,

with familiar themes but rhetoric less inflammatory than he's famous for.

We'll hear how the world body is coping or not coping with various crises around the globe.

On reporter's notebook later on, California gets ready for

driverless cars. First, here's the news. Support for To the Point comes from the members of KCRW and from

the Public Radio International Program Fund. Hello again, Warman Alney, back with To the Point.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has set a somber tone for this year's meeting of the UN General Assembly on day two.

We'll look at the prospects for diplomacy in the Middle East and elsewhere around the world.

On reporter's notebook, Governor Jerry Brown of California picked the right place to sign a bill legalizing driverless cars.

Where else but at Google. First, this news update in Athens

today. Tens of thousands of people filled the streets for a general strike. To protest the latest

plan for more austerity measures, they would amount to something like 6% of Greece's GDP. Nick Malkutuzis

is deputy editor at Katametani, the English Language Daily.

Nick, as always, welcome to our program.

Hi, Warren.

This is the first event of this kind since February.

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