Carmel Crimmins

Speaking on board Air Force One, US President Donald Trump says he'll also be involved in the talks, albeit indirectly.

Trump's referring to the two aircraft carriers the U.S.

has sent to the region to pressure Iran into making a deal.

But Tehran has also made its own overtures.

On Monday, it conducted a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz designed to show Iran's power over the vital international waterway and oil export route.

Footage from Iranian media, which couldn't be independently verified by Reuters, shows large explosions on land and speedboats firing at sea.

Iran has indicated that it is ready to dilute its most highly enriched uranium, a program that the US fears could lead to nuclear weapons, in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions that have crippled its population.

Staying in Geneva, and after talking Iran, Kushner and Wyckoff will then pivot to meetings to try and end the war in Ukraine, taking part in trilateral discussions with Kiev and Moscow.

No major shift is expected from Russia or Ukraine, but as Kiev bureau chief Dan Flynn explains, that doesn't mean it's pointless.

U.S.

markets are back open after the President's Day holiday.

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Yet another prominent businessman has stepped down over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Tom Pritzker, the billionaire heir to the Hyatt Hotels empire, has resigned as executive chairman of the company.

In a statement, Pritzker said he deeply regrets his association with Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, saying he exercised terrible judgment in maintaining contact with them and failed to distance himself sooner.

Meanwhile, in New Mexico, lawmakers have voted to launch the first full investigation into what went on at Epstein's Zorro Ranch, a sprawling property south of Santa Fe, where he's accused of trafficking and sexually assaulting girls and women over decades.

A bipartisan Truth Commission will hear testimony from survivors and local residents and try to identify who knew what and when.

A full report is expected by the end of the year.

Authorities in Arizona say family members of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of Today's Show anchor Savannah Guthrie, have been cleared as suspects in her abduction.

The Pima County Sheriff says investigators believe the 84-year-old was taken against her will from her home near Tucson two weeks ago.