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President Trump took his "America First" foreign policy to the world stage, using his address to the UN General Assembly to defend the war with Iran and issue a stark warning to Iran's leadership. Trump said a deal could come after the midterm elections and that the alternative was to "annihilate the Islamic Republic." Nick Schifrin reports.

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