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The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

'Unreliable information': Trump sends mixed messages ahead of second Iran talks

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

Washington, Policy, Politics, President, News, Versant Media, Ms Now, Msnbc, Congress, Versant, Senate, Government

4.43.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The U.S. and Iran prepare for a second round of in-person peace talks led by Vice President Vance. Then, the CFTC is reportedly investigating a series of suspiciously timed trades made minutes before key announcements on the Iran War. Plus, Tim Cook steps down as Apple’s CEO. Luke Broadwater, Mark Hertling, Gautam Mukunda, Ron Insana, Dan Nathan, Josh Rogin, and Josh Tyrangiel join The 11th Hour this Monday night.

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0:00.0

Tonight, the U.S. and Iran gets set for a second round of face-to-face peace talks led by Vice President J.D. Vance

0:08.0

amid mixed messages from the White House and Tehran.

0:11.0

Then the feds investigate suspiciously timed trades, made minutes before key announcements on the Iran war.

0:18.0

Could it be a case of insider trading? And Apple CEO Tim Cook steps down

0:23.6

why this move will have an impact far beyond the tech world as the 11th hour gets underway on

0:28.9

this Monday night. Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Wendl, and we are now in week eight of Trump's war in Iran.

0:43.4

Tehran and Washington are now preparing for another round of peace talks in Pakistan.

0:48.2

Vice President J.D. Vance will again lead the delegation, Jared Kushner, Steve Whitkoff,

0:52.8

and officials from the Pentagon,

0:54.6

the National Security Council, and the State Department will also be with him.

0:58.7

Noteworthy, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will not.

1:02.1

One foreign diplomat in Iran who is in contact with its leaders told MS Now that they would

1:07.4

only attend the talks if the vice president was there.

1:10.8

Vance also led, if you recall, the unsuccessful meeting that took place earlier this month.

1:15.4

And earlier this evening, the president spoke about what he expects from the upcoming negotiations.

1:21.7

They're going to negotiate.

1:23.2

And if they don't, they're going to see problems like they've never seen before.

1:26.2

And they're going to negotiate.

1:27.3

And hopefully, they'll make a fair deal, and they'll build their country back up.

1:32.3

But they will not have, when they do it, they will not have a nuclear weapon.

1:35.1

They will have no access to, no chance of having a nuclear weapon.

1:40.3

Okay.

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