What exactly is the White House trying to get out of this weekend's talks. >> Well, they're trying to lay the groundwork for and and eventually achieve a longerterm peace deal. Uh, in a nutshell, the right now, of course, there's a twoe ceasefire, which the president announced earlier this week.And what he would like is to have something longer term. So, by sending Vice President Vance, he's sending the second highest official in his government to try and hammer that out. There are a bunch of hurdles uh not ...

Let's see what uh the reality is on the ground in the Middle East right now. I want to kick things off this morning as we're trying to understand where uh the state of the uh Iran war really is and what those talks look like between the US uh and Iran set for this weekend. CNBC's Dan Murphy joins us now from Abu Dhabi.Good morning. What do you think is going on here. >> Hey there, Andrew.>> Well, I think it's fair to say the sentiment around the region is pretty cautious right now. Of course, Vice President ...

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