Hope you are having a great day, i'm Nicole Lapin at the CNN Center in Atlanta. Thanks much for checking in with us today. here is a look at what's happening Now on the new.

Preparing for nuclear talks with Iran in a big shiftin White house policy, Washington will now send under secretary state William Burns to Swizerland this weekend to sit on a previously scheduled meeting between European Union and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator.

Official say that Burns will listening in and reiteriate the us positon that Iran must suspend its Uranium-enrichment progarm before talks can even proceed.

Meanwhile, another Iraqi province has been handed over to local security contral. coalition forces transfered a  authority to the largely Shiite Qadisiye province to Irqis today. the moves comes in calls from Iraqis for the United states  to comes up with a troop withdrawal time table.

and speculation is growing about whom , Senator and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama will pick as his running mate. Former senator Sma Nunn of Georgia, Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana both join Senator Obama today at Purdue university to talk about national secutiry issues . Numm and Bayh widely believe are Obama's vice president short list.

well on the republick side, *'s vice presidential stock may be rising . Senator John Mccan seems to suggest that an add fun rising in New Mexico this week that his former rival would may a good runing mate. Mccan says quote"i'm appreciative every time i see Mitt on  television on my behalf. "

this is coming at the same time as people are losing money and jobs are being shed. American air lines is now laying off 200 pilots as part of ongoing plan to trim company payroll by 8% or 68000 positions. American also cut , it's also planning  flights and ground older gas guzzing planes. its  parent company by the way AMR lost more than 1.4 billion with Bdollars. in the second quater of this year. but the performance is actually better than Wall street ahd expected.

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