regional and international players. and the other idea was coming up with something from the u.n. charter, a dormant body of military staff committee. that perhaps, he says could be the coordinating body, shiulie. ♪ the security council is meeting to discuss the fight against isil. a major storm drenches the region, as an even bigger tropical threat looms. joaquin is now a hurricane. and for the first time in 70 years, the state of georgia has executed a woman. a man is scheduled to die later

today in oklahoma. ♪ this is al jazeera america. diplomats are struggling to agree on a way to end the crisis in syria. as russia beefs up aid to assad's regime. russia confirmed it is flying russian aircraft over syria, and there are reports moscow has already carried out air strikes there. all of this as a united nations security council counter terrorism summit plays out on the sidelines. we're watching live pictures there as china's u.n. delegate to the security council is speaks. sergei lavrov is hosting meeting. he says it is a mistake for the u.s. and others not to work with

syria's leader assad to fight extremists. >> translator: isil practically creating extremist state which possesses a large oppressive potential. isil cells are fush flourishing in other countries, and they claim they plan on capturing other cities and spreading their evil. >> our john terrett has been covering all of the meetings at the united nations general assembly. john, what strikes me is yesterday president obama was focused on terrorism and isil. today we have the acting president or leader of the security council, russia -- it's a rotating leadership, doing the same thing. >> this is day three of leaders week at the u.n. general

assembly, and going on in that great big hall, the general assembly is continuing with speakers coming up from a wide range of countries, including latvia, serbia, djibouti, we're going to hear from the president of the palestinians of course. >> in the assembly. >> in the assembly, but what you're looking at now is the chinese representative in the security council, and there was a meeting called today -- it was always on the agenda -- called by the russians to discuss counter terrorism issues, and you are right. there is very little that can be achieved in today's meeting that wasn't achieved in yesterday's meeting that was hosted by president obama when they looked at how to defeat isil. and the russian ambassador to the united nations, he is not the person who just spoke, that was sergei lavrov, the foreign

minister, but his permanent representative has let it be known that he is not happy about the fact that the president and other world leaders discussed the issue yesterday, he feels they should have come into today's meeting, in the security council. because that is the organization in the world that referees issues when it comes to war and peace. he said look, you had that meeting yesterday, very good, but really, you are undermined the security council a little bit. so that's what you are looking at the moment, however, the issue of counter terrorism is not what we're talking about this morning, is it? no. the answer is we have a complete change in the dynamics of what is going on in the air over syria. >> you know, let's just point this out. the huge divide between the u.s. and russia. >> totally. >> -- over what to do about syria. and therein lies the rub, right?

>> cast your mind back to monday when the president spoke and vladimir putin spoke at the general assembly. at the end of that, we had very, very clear blue water between the two arguably most important leaders in the world. president putin came here and said, look, what i want to get together is a grand coalition, involving all of the countries in the world to fight isil. because everybody wants to fight isil, don't they? and of course they do. but what includes bashar al-assad regime in syria, because at the united nations charter dictates that the seat in the chamber of the general assembly and the security council if you ever get a seat on a rotating basis goes to the government of the kay in the capitol, and that is bashar al-assad's administration, and putin's line is, you know, you are best to stick with him, because he's the best way.

if he's there and involved in these negotiations, this is the best way to resolve this terrible long-running civil war. president obama is saying, no, no, no, no. that is not right. this man created the condition for the rise of isil. >> and the killing of more than 200,000 -- >> and that's the thing. the u.s. says kills more than isil he has got to go. we're moving on now to abbas who is calling for an end to the direct negotiations with israel. he wrote an op-ed for the "huffington post" saying:

abbas says similar negotiations worked with the iran deal. >> reporter: a symbolic day for palestinians, for the first time the united nations will be raising the palestinian flag alongside 193 member-state flags. palestine remains an observer state, but the palestinian president says this gesture is a sign of the future. >> translator: when we go to the general assembly, the flag will be raised, and god willing we will raise this flag above jerusalem too. >> reporter: the u.s. and israel say the measures are meaningless without a negotiated two-state solution. >> raising the palestinian flag is not an alternative to negotiations and will not bring the parties closer to peace. >> reporter: time and time again, peace talks have started and failed. most recently in early 2014 when the united nations tried to broker a deal. >> but in the end, my friends, as all of you know, you can

facilitate, you can push, you can nudge, but the parties themselves have to make fundamental decisions and compromises. >> the u.n. secretary general is hoping to start peace negotiations again, but there are still a lot of sticking points. palestinian president abbas is likely to talk to the general assembly about israel's policy, illegal settlements, the on going violence around the al aqsa mosque in jerusalem. but the man in charge of the west bank has also reportedly promised a bomb shell announcement at the u.n. that could include disbanding the palestinian authority which could lead israel responsible for the welfare of all palestinians in the occupied territory. >> the palestinians are unhappy with their leadership for various reasons. this gap between public expectations and what the leaders are able to offer is

something that is hurting abbas, will continue to hurt abbas. we are going to take you now live to the united nations security council where the jordanian foreign minister is speaking. let's listen in. >> translator: the common dee nominate for between [ inaudible ] witness struggles are cumulative effects of this [ inaudible ] be it political, social, economic, and the last of the political prospectus to avoid the politics of discrimination and marginalization, which have given way to approaches that are based on sectarian or tribal, at the expense of the national unity between the social -- the social network of the society, and which provided fertile soil

for terrorist organizations to grow. what we witnessed today, an occupied jerusalem, especially in the al aqsa mosque, and [ inaudible ] sharif, the continuous violations -- israeli violation is what is threatening a global religious war. we call on israel to stop these violation immediately and to respect the sanctity of the holy places in accordance with the fact that his majesty is the custodian of the holy places, and to avoid the crisis on the whole world. no doubt that the [ inaudible ] of deprivation and the deprivation of the people of palestine to realize their

historical rights in establishing independent state on their national territory over decades and which was the beginning of the instability in the region and which was translated into different forms of extremism, inside the region and outside the region throughout the years until this day. therefore, the only solution is the two-state solution, the establishment of the independent palestinian state on the areas of the june 4th borders, june 4, 1967, borders. this is indeed a major interest for jordan, because jordan is [ inaudible ] involved with all of the issues in trying to find a solution through serious

negotiations. the basis for restoring the stability and solving the problems requires a comprehensive political process, which will deal with the root causes of the conflicts in the region. the absence of a political solution to the syrian problem, which is about to enter its sixth year, that will lead to political transition and satisfies the legitimate aspirations of the syrian people and maintains -- guarantees security and unity and response to the aspirations of its people. this absence only serves extremism and terrorism. this absence only aggravates the situation, and as the absence of a political -- of a comprehensive inclusive political process in iraq, the

sectarian marginalization has also granted isis, isil, the chance to develop. defeating this terrorist you cannot realize without strengthening national unity between all of the factions of the iraqi people and libya, and to realize a political solution between the libyan parties. the transition to a modern state with legitimacy help to the expansion of terrorist activities of isil and others. regarding yemen, we have to emphasize that there is no alternative to a political solution. all political parties should go back to the political process as represented by the initiative of the gcc, and the national

dialogue conference, in addition to accepting the -- the constitutional legitimacy as represented by president hadi. had it not been that some parties rejected this process, there -- there wouldn't have been reason for military action in order to strengthen and legit maize the actions of the government. the countries in many nations have taken sectarian actions, and threatened sunni and shia aggression. the fact that these conflicts have become sectarian has strengthened in one way or the other the approaches and the views tabled by some terrorist

organizations. jordan has emphasized several times that it completely rejects the idea that this is a sectarian conflict, sunni and shii shiite, or any form of religious conflicts, and a confrontation of this [ inaudible ] requires that we should go back and deal with them in a completely political context. the humanitarian dimensions of these conflicts are increasing. today we see the syrian refugees flowing to the neighboring states and beyond the neighboring states. the humanitarian consequences are the result of non-political solutions, or the absence of political solution, which cannot be contained. there can be no political

humanitarian solution to the syrian problem. we need the political solution that would put an end to this suffering. jordan, my country hosts today about 1,400,000 syrian citizens, in addition to large numbers of refugees from other countries, and despite our limited capabilities, my country has almost exhausted its ability to host those refugees in the absence of international support to share the building. we today see the painful pictures of these people of ancient civilization and culture. the international community as a whole, should assume its responsibilities. mr. president, it is important,

indeed, to emphasize that we should comply and fully implement the resolution of the security council regarding combatting terrorism. we say that we in jordan are at the forefront of the international efforts that seek to combat terrorism. that, the military level, the security level, or the idealogical field, his majesty has emphasized that this war is our war, a war inside islam. it is the [ inaudible ] of this age who are distorting the image of our religion, the religion of [ inaudible ] the religion that preaches acceptance of others, that preaches peace, that preaches dialogue. his majesty has stressed day

before yesterday that we -- all of us must be certain that the most important front in this war is in the intellectual field. he should seek to win over the brains and minds and the hearts as a human society, we should unite all of our efforts to fight this war. we should comply and fully implement the resolutions -- the relevant resolutions of the security council regarding combatting -- including resolution 270, regarding the threat of al-nusra, and daesh, that resolution, that combat, that resolution 278, of facing the foreign fighters who have joined the terrorists organizations in the region from more than 100 countries. this phenomenon which has dire

consequence on the countries of origin, of the countries of destiny. it deposits on neighboring countries, and their perpetuating of terrorist attacks in the neighboring states. you know, which places heavy security burdens on those countries. the success of efforts to combat terrorism, and extremism, needs a political inclusive political approach that would deal with the root causes of the crisis, and which represents a deprivation, or marginalization, or exclusion, which results in weakening the state, and it created a vacuum, which was exploited by the terrorist groups. revitalizing the political

processes to solve these problems, which support the military and the security approaches be that in the region or outside the region, and specifically as it regards the financing and the funding of terrorist fighters by depriving them of any legitimacy for their purpose and motives. we in the security council, which is the organ entrusted with the preservation of international peace and security should rise up to the level of the expectations of people all over the world. we are required to assume our responsibilities in this context. mr. president, we thank you for your kind at tenning. -- attention. >> okay. we have just heard from the representative of jordan, who was addressing the u.n. security council, which is focusing on

terrorism. john terrett, he went through a whole laundry list of concerning for jordan, including the necessity for a two-state solution, talked about iraq, yemen, the big serious problem of refugees who have been flowing into jordan from syria, not to mention the refugees who have been in jordan from other countries in recent years. >> jordan is one of the rotating members of the security council. one of the ten that come around ever year two years, and when they get a chance to speak, they really get every issue in that they can, because it's a global audience, and although people in north america may not be interested in everything he said, back home they will be. jordan, of course, a very important country. it's one of only two arab countries to have signed a peace deal with israel, the other being egypt. and he was a bit rambling there, but he talked -- but remember,

we're talking about a counter terrorism conference, but there are lots of facets to that. >> i did not hear him mention isil in his comments, did you? >> i don't remember hearing it specifically. but he listed a number of things -- i think he referred just to the terrorists. >> yes. >> but he mentioned a number of things that relate directly to it, like the violence we have seen recently at the al aqsa mosque. he talked about the 1.4 million refugees in his country right now, and called on the security council to live up to expectations in keeping with many other world leaders, they have really lambasted the security council for really failing to sort out ukraine and syria, and leading to the refugee crisis. >> and emphasizing that a political solution, ultimately is the way to go. in that military won't work. we'll be back in a moment with more news, but let's take a look

at what else is happening. storms soaking the u.s., nicole mitchell will explain what is in store for the states in the storm's path.

there are two major storm systems in the atlantic, as the east coast is being soaked by heavy rain and flooding. these pictures from the northern part of the state, creekings and sewers overflowing in virginia. in some areas, roads and streets are under 5 to 7 feet of water. let's bring in nicole mitchell.

>> it is the potential over a number of days, the front will stay in place giving us cumulative rain. we had the heavy rain that moved through the south, places like virginia came together with a cold front and then all of that moisture has been squeezing its way now through the northeast. but it is not going to be over in the near future, already a number of flood watchings and warnings, even though the current radar looks like it is clearing out, the front staying in place will give us some possibilities. but then you can see a resurgence along that boundary for the next few days from the mid-atlantic north ward, and especially the mid-atlantic, it looks like chances for heavier rain. the closer you get to the coastline, the higher the amount. today especially some places

seeing possibly 8 inches or more. and adding to that over the next couple of days. same thing for the mid-atlantic area. and then as you get further interior, but heavy amounts of rain for a couple of days, and behind that frontal system, searchtures have been dropping 10 or 15 degrees in some cases, so if you were still breaking out the shorts and t-shirts today, you might want to have the sweater ready tomorrow. the other system is hurricane joaquin, and it is really slowly moving near the bahamas right now. the first line is the next three days, not making a lot of progress. it's the new days after that, later into this weekend it looks like it could steer to the north. so we will keep that monitored. >> complicated weather. i better pull out my map book.

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