obama made a very sincere effor? to begin a process of engagement and begin some kind of talk,?? some kind of talk even without? even if we don't approve or??? don't like or don't agree with? many things that the islamic?? republic.? he made the effort starting at? the? very beginning of his??? ministry shouldn't ministration, spoke about it during his campaign?? in 2008, took a lo? criticism from mac, including from the current secretary of state, clinton. but it hasn't gone anywhere.?? and we seem to be just about where we've always been.???? i compare us to choose sides on the opposite side of mms, glaring at each other across this abyss, calling each other names, insulting each other, threatening each other. and this has been a very difficult pattern to break.? and what i see today, what i hear today is that both sides have fallen into patterns that are familiar to. people in tehran know how to bash us. we know how to bash the islamic republic and were good at it. both sides have gotten good at it over 30 years. what we do

online, we have a follow-up to last night's story about cost- cutting effor at a seattle hospital. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: health correspondent betty ann bowser continues her reporting with the story about one doctor's "ah-ha" moment, that his hospital could eliminate its waiting room and become more efficient. that's on our "health page." and another thing to thank your grandma for: human longevity. that's our "science thursday" story. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. jeff? >> brown: and that's the newshour for tonight. i'm jeffrey brown. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening with mark shields and david brooks, among others. thank yoo and gd night.nd major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. and the alfred p. sloand foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations

it's his third tim rescue effor daring and too risky to believe. >> i got an idea. >> they are a canadian film crew or science fiction movie. i fly in tehran. we all fly august as a film crew. >> ben affleck captures it all in his new film "argo," a little known shaye operation to rescue six in tehran. >> these people died and died badly. >> was's your passport? >> the plan masks the agents as canadian film crew shooting a saigon movie. >> you don't have a better idea than this? >> this is the best bad idea. >> affleck plays antonio mendes, the cia operative who masterminded the escape. >> i said let's do something flamboyant. >> i need you to help me make a fake movie. >> wouldn't imagine someone would use that idea as a cover because it was so outrageous. >> miraculously it paid off. >> the six americans slipped out of iran. >> and now this real film about the fake film has everyone talking. >> "argo" is definitely one of those movies that will live up to all of the hype surrounding it. it's the kind of movie that will hold on very well throughout the weeks and months ahead. >> the film

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