Parliament Reopens in United Kingdom; Trump Slams Iran in U.N. Speech
ROMANS: Lawmakers return to work in the United Kingdom today after Britain's Supreme Court declared in an historic ruling that Prime Minister Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament was unlawful. Johnson is flying back to the U.K. early from the U.N. General Assembly. Let's go live to London and bring in Melissa Bell. Hi, Melissa.</s>MELISSA BELL, CNN INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Christine, it's overstated to say what a blow it was to the prime minister, what a blow it was to his Brexit strategy that the Supreme Court would deliver such a stinging rebuke that only cancels his controversial suspension of parliament, but essentially meant that the MPs can get back to work as though nothing had ever happened. This was his response in New York last night.</s>BORIS JOHNSON, BRITISH PRIME MINISTER: We respect the judiciary in our country. We respect the court. I disagree profoundly, with what they had to say.</s>BELL: Now, it was a fairly unrepentant response in its tone, and that's what we expect to hear from the British prime minister after he lands back in London anytime now. The question is whether he's going to face these MPs who just came back from suspension, who get back to work in over an hour's time. They're going to be even more angered than they are before, and even more determined the muzzle the British prime minister, to tie his hands so he can't achieve his ambition of heading towards that October 31st deadline with the possibility of a no deal Brexit still on the table. He has fought tooth and nail to keep that on the table. It was partly why he decided to suspend parliament for such a long time. He can no longer do that. What you can expect to see are very angry M.P.s coming back to try and ensure that he does not take the United Kingdom crashing out of the E.U. This is a weakened British prime minister that gets back to London and back to work today, Christine and Dave.</s>ROMANS: Yes, a weakened Boris Johnson. Thank you so much for that, Melissa Bell in London.</s>BRIGGS: Meanwhile, in just a few hours, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will address the U.N. General Assembly. This comes after President Trump tore into Iran during his speech Tuesday.</s>TRUMP: No responsible government should subsidize Iran's bloodlust. As long as Iran's menacing behavior continues, sanctions will not be lifted. They will be tightened.</s>BRIGGS: All right. Let's go live to Tehran and bring in Fred Pleitgen this morning. Fred, one would imagine, these are not playing so well in Tehran this morning.</s>FREDERIK PLEITGEN, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: You're absolutely right. They certainly aren't playing well at all. And if you look at some of the reaction that we've seen from the Iranians, they certainly are saying that under these circumstances, they're not going to be willing to speak with the United States and certainly not with President Trump himself. It was quite interesting to see in President Trump's speech for the first -- the largest part of that segment on Iran, that he absolutely ripped into Iran saying he was definitely going to tighten sanctions and not loosen the sanctions. But in the end, there seems to be maybe sort of an olive branch to Iran and said the U.S. does not seek further adversaries and instead wants to embrace other countries. So, we're waiting to see whether or not that might mean that there may be some chances from sort of sideline meeting at UNGA or some talks. The Iranians for their part are saying it's absolutely not going to happen. The president of the country, Hassan Rouhani, he gave an interview last night where he said he doesn't any see reason why he would bump at President Trump on the sidelines. He believes that right now, President Trump has taken away any sort of possibility of direct talks between these two countries. Whereas the Iranians for their part in the past few days say there might be circumstances where they would be willing to speak to the United States, but they say they want sanctions relief first. It's quite interesting to see because, especially, the French right now making an effort to get the two sides together. President Emmanuel Macron says if President Trump and President Hassan Rouhani don't talk, it will be a missed opportunity, Dave.</s>BRIGGS: Can't help but wonder if Rouhani gave a preview where he told Chris Wallace wherever America has gone, terrorism has expanded in the wake. We shall see. It will be interesting to see at UNGA. Fred, thanks so much. All right. Ahead, we'll shift gears and talk a little sports. The Washington Nationals punching their ticket to the postseason with an old friend Bryce Harper and the opposing dugout. Carolyn Manno here with the "Bleacher Report" this morning. That's next.</s>ROMANS: : Good morning.