Trump's Iran Negotiations, Entertainment Mergers, NBA finals

A tidy end to the war in Iran has eluded president Trump for months. He continues to both threaten more strikes and promise that peace is imminent. I'm David Folkenflick. And I'm Alyssa Nadworny, and this is Up First from NPR News. The high gas prices that the Iran war kicked up have complicated the administration's attempt to reign in inflation. Now the president says he loves inflation. Paramount and Warner Brothers Discovery have an all clear from Washington to merge. Both of the entertainment powerhouses own movie studios, streaming services, and television news divisions. And the NBA finals tonight might give the New York Knicks their first title in over half a century. Stay with us. We have the news you need to start your weekend. This message is from AT and T with your summer essential, the iPhone 17 Pro. Its center stage front camera auto adjusts the frame to fit everyone into group selfies. Right now at AT and T, ask how you can get iPhone 17 Pro on them with eligible trade in. Requires eligible plan. Terms and restrictions apply subject to change. Visit att.com/iphone for details. This message comes from Capital One with the Capital One Savor card. Earn unlimited 3% cash back on dining and entertainment. Capital One, what's in your wallet? Terms apply. Details at capital1.com. This message comes from MidiHealth, a virtual care platform for women in perimenopause and menopause. Chief medical officer, doctor Kathleen Jordan, shares the wide range of symptoms they work to address for women in midlife. There's dry eyes, dry hair, dry skin, there's dry mouth, trouble sleeping, panic and anxiety attacks. When we ask patients about common symptoms, on average, they report six. MidiHealth, committed to helping women in midlife with perimenopause and menopause care, accessible via telehealth visits at joinmidi.com. The biggest challenge facing the Trump administration right now, a peace deal with Iran. It's become a bit of a will they, won't they Washington story. It's gone like this. The president announces a deal is forthcoming, and we wait. This week as we waited, an Apache helicopter went down off the Gulf Of Oman. The US blamed Iran. The US struck Iran. Iran struck its Gulf neighbors. And the president threatened to again strike Iran, quote, very hard. Then hours later, Trump announced he'd canceled that plan and that a peace deal was forthcoming. Joining us now is NPR senior contributor, Ron Elving. Good morning, Ron. Good to be with you, Alyssa. So this deal is a memorandum of understanding. And yesterday, Iran's foreign minister said it's in the final stages and that his country's leadership had approved it. Do we know exactly what's on the table yet? Not really. We only know what might be. Uh-huh. Right now, the one thing the two sides seem to have agreed on is their interest in having an agreement or what each side can say is an agreement. That would help president Trump celebrate his eightieth birthday …