russia and syria. the agreement increasing u.s. t russia's rapid military buildup in syria and appears to confirm suspicions of cooperation between baghdad and mosc moscow. covering that with correspondents and guests including senator tom cotton member of intelligence and armed services committee. jim sciutto begins our coverage. jim is with me over here at the u.n. first of all, jim, what are you finding out about this meeting that's going on right now between president's putin and obama? >> the meeting underway. syria at the top of the agenda judging by the stiff handshake before the meeting, the less than enthusiastic toast earlier in the day but more importantly, the vastly different rhetoric we heard from the general assembly earlier today, competing speeches by president obama and president putin. you see very different views of the situation on the ground there. the question is can the two sides find common ground? a tense meeting between the u.s. and russian presidents with syria at the top of the agenda. earlier, president

u.s.-russia talks are limited to what it calls deacon friction. translation, the usa wants to know what russia is up to so neither side mistakenly attacks the other. >> you know, we want to see it move in a much more operational level in that space. >> it would seem to validate a pentagon assessment earlier this week, that russian president vladimir putin is more interested in helping bashar al-assad instead of fighting isil. >> i think assad's regime has been under greater threat in the last several months. >> chairman john mccain said it's another example of putin outmaneuvering the u.s. >> this vacuum steps out vladimir putin as he is seen weakness and he's taking advantage. >> the big question is how will russia flex this military muscle? will it conduct airstrikes against anti-assad forces in syria, will it get involved in direct ground combat. and as the u.s. has learned in ukraine when it comes to russia it is more prudent to pay attention to what it does rather than what it says. >> jamie mcintyre, thank you. now to our special coverage of

u.s. providing russia with that level of detail. as you can see today, the russians came to the u.s., said, we're going to begin air strikes, the u.s. carried out air strikes around aleppo and did not inform the russians of that in advance. >> okay, thank you all. stay with us. we're looking at the live pictures where president obama will deliver remarks to state legislators. we'll see if he addresses the russian escalation in syria. when we come back, we're turning to hillary clinton firing back after an allegation that the benghazi committee may have been all about taking her down politically. we'll tell you what she had to say and talk to a member of that committee coming up next. >>> also hurricane joaquin has strengthened into a category one, we'll check the path of the storm straight ahead. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time... 2% back at the grocery store... and 3% back on gas... vince of the flying branzinos got a bankamericard cash rewards credit card, because he may earn his living jumping through hoops, but

the state department says the u.s. russia talks are limited to what is called deconfliction. so neither side mistakenly takes the other. >> we want a deconfliction to take place if russia moves forward with some kind of new effort in syria again at a more operational level to deconflict in that space. >> that russia describes its position as defensive, seems more that vladimir putin is concerned with propping up bashar al-assad than battling i.s.i.l. >> i think part of what may be happening, part of putin's calculus is that assad's regime has been under greater threat in the past months. >> chairman john mccain is another example of putin out maneuvering the u.s. >> into this vacuum has now stepped vladimir putin, as in ukraine and elsewhere he perceives the u.s. administration's inaction as weakness and is taking advantage. >> the big question is how will russia flex this muscle? against antisau antiassad force? when it comes to russia it is prudent to pay closer attention to what russia does as opposed to what russia says. >> jamie thank you. michael lyons is back in the stu

u.s. and russia being able to work -- brent: we apologize for that. we are having problems with her signal to washington. that was our correspondent richard walker there, reporting. richard was watching the debate last night. so was i, and now we're talking about the knives that are out for the man donald trump. the republican hopeful debate took place but this time the other 10 candidates seemed determined to rein the trumpet in. reporter: rthe reblican debates and this time there was a dramatic a up ronald reagan's air force one framing the 11 candidates on age. center stage again, donald trump. what was different this time -- more rivals went on the attack. >> we do not need an apprentice in the white house. we have one right now. >> this visceral response to atck people on their appearance -- short, tall, fat, ugly. my goodness. that happened in junior high. are we not worried to have someone like that in charge of the nuclear arsenal? mr. bush: the one guy who tried to get me to change my views on something was donald trump. he wanted casino gamb

u.s. secretary of state john kerry says the dlieg is dialogue is p forward. today russia deployed an additional four fighter jets and attack helicopters, an estimated 500 naval forces are already at a syrian air field. one big concern is that the u.s. and russia now run the risk of accidentally attacking each other's forces. reports also indicate that russian soldiers have filed complaints with russia's human rights council fearing deployment to syria. jamie mcintire has the report, jamie. >> for quite some time, russia and syria are long time military allies and moscow has been aiding the syrian regime since the cold war. but this is quantitativelily beyond what they havquantitativ. the question is where is this all headed? >> doubling the number of attack helicopters on the ground in syria the u.s. had little choice but to open high level military to military talks with moscow. in london, secretary of state john kerry tried oput the best face on it. >> helping to define the next steps in syria. >> ash carter hasn't talked to his counterpart since he took office. so-call

u.s. and russia have the largest number combined. the u.s. and russia currently have about 1600 nuclear warheads each that can be delivered intercontinental distances. next is china and france. they have around 300 each. then there is the u.k. they have around 100. then there are the countries that never joined the non-proliferation treaty but our states with nuclear weapons. those countries are india, pakistan, and israel, and as i said before, north korea withdrew from the nonproliferation treaty in 1993 because they were violating it. pakistan is a country that has pursued nuclear weapons outside nuclear proliferation system. they did so in response to india, which india conducted its first test in 1974. a slow moving arms race has been taking place there. there is a great deal of danger in involving pakistan's nuclear weapon, both in terms of the security of those weapons in pakistan, which has terrorist organizations operating on their soil. and there is a risk that could be conflict between india and pakistan that escalates into a nuclea

u.s. and russia on this. so i do think the u.s. will be getting some answers, and i don't think we're going to be seeing any russian ground troops on the ground any time soon. i think it is more about russian air strikes or russians supporting the syrian forces. >> but no doubt, it makes a complex situation even more serious. >> reporter: certainly. >> thank you, elise labott, very much. >>> moments ago, hillary clinton addressed the e-mail controversy that continues to dog on the campaign trail -- dog her, that is. let's bring in now cnn national correspondent sunlen serfaty in new hampshire. you know, was that the only -- i heard one question. we had it on the air. has there been a lot of questions regarding this issue? >> reporter: well, at the press event that just wrapped up, there were two questions on it. but clinton really responded saying the facts are the facts. here, this new wrinkle in this story, as of today, as you say continues to dog her campaign repeatedly. the new wrinkle is that bill and hillary clinton, they pai

u.s. and russia all taking to the podium. among the key topics was with what to do about the situation in syria and that's a major issue of discussion at the meeting between presidents obama and putin tonight. laura is there in new york following it all and picks up our coverage. laura: jane, quite the day of diplomatic activity here at the united nations in new york. first off the bat early this morning president obama arrived and told world leaders he was ready to work with any nation, including iran and russia to bring peace to syria. then he was very clear. he said that the syrian president bashar al-assad was a tyrant. quite the competing view then from syria's ally, russia's perspective vladimir putin saying it would be an enormous mistake not to work with the syrian leader. so should be an interesting meeting between those two men. our north american editor john is in new york at the united nations and that's -- has this report. >> a the u.s. president's motorcade is an exercise in the projection of power but barack ob

u.s. of state between russia and the u.s. about the war in syria. john kerry has told his russian counterparts that moscow's support for syria's president risk exacerbating the conflict. they say that the meeting is now being prepared. well, we're live now from washington, d.c. and what more do we know about this possible meeting? >> well, we don't know much more about the possible meeting, but the next session of the u.n. general assembly is coming up in the next week, and it's ostensibly possible that such a meeting between the secretary of state and the foreign minister could happen on the sidelines of the start of unga, but as far whether or not the military-to-military contacts between the u.s. and russia could resume, well, ultimately that's going to be up to the white house. those contacts were suspended in march 2014 in light of russia's actions inside ukraine. even so, even though sergei lavrov raised the possibility that the secretary of state speaking on wednesday didn't dismiss the idea out of hand. >> words will not answer all of their

instead, what we had was russia's annexation of crimea, the u.s. state department verification compliance report where the first official alleviations of russian violations of the treaty and we had sanctions as well know and implementation was moving along. maybe a little bit more slowly. and so because of this, because of these increased tensions, what we decided to do in october was, okay, let's focus on confidence-building measures. what can we do in terms of political and technical confidence building members. in october we met in vienna. we had two europeans in june but if we move forward in this process, we'll include several more. and so in the october. the details are there in the report. i'm going to give you some examples. -- but in october, the themes were -- we sort of rallies around a few themes. arms control is never he'sy and in times of chris is it is not easy but it is still an important venue if you can use it to build transparency and trust. [ technical difficulties ] in october, all of the participants said official limits on no

u.s. in the interim i guess trust that russia is not going to conflict with u.s. military operations?> well, i think the russians have made clear that they're not interested in provoking a conflict. that's something that they have said and their actions thus far indicate that that is what -- that that's what they believe. but ultimately the more effective way and more efficient way for these activities to be properly deconflicted is for these talks to take place between military officials at a tactical operational level and we think that will take place soon. april. >> i want to ask you a couple questions on a couple of different subjects. the relationship with the u.s. and russia is complicated at the very best. and i want to find out -- you're taking the high ground and talking about the situation that happened with russia and syria. but i want to go to reality. what's the level of tension here at the white house with rush that s russia's actions especially as you try to deconflict and prepare for talks? >> i was asked earlier whether this would prompt a comprehensive evaluation of

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then came news today that russia launched its first air strike in syria. both the u.s. d russia view isil as a common enemy. but russia supports syrian president and the u.s. wants him out. there is also growing concern in recent weeks over isil's destruction of ancient ruins in palmyra. with unesco calling their actions a crime against civilization. we're pleased to have join us the director general of unesco. tell us please, how extensive is the damage to antiques that has been caused in recent months by isil? >> the damage inflicted on the world heritage on many sites of historic importance for the whole of humanity is huge. it's immense. it's an enormous tragedy for the whole of humanity. we are seeing images of destruction in palmyra, we have seen destruction of bulldozing, and sites being looted, and the dark side of all of this, of course is the illicit archaeological excavations. we see [ inaudible ] of some of these objects, and i think within the overall debate here at the united nations of how to counter violent extremism, there is a lot of political commitmen

u.s. and coalition have not invited russia to take part in the fight against i.s.i.l. ecause the u.s. believes that russia would do so only in an attempt to prop up bashar al-assad which the u.s. opposes. that said the u.s. does not want to go into how it knows the russians are apparently making attempts to build what it's callina forward operating air base but it says that it is watching these developments with concern. >> malcolm has been sworn in as australia's new prime minister and the liberal party voted out the leader tony abbot in a surprise revolt after resigning from the cabinet and went on to win the party vote and andrew thomas has this report from sidney. >> reporter: things happen fast in australian politics and 24 hours after he said he would challenge tony abbot for the top job malcolm was sworn this as australian prime minister having beat him in an internal party election and tony abbot got too distracted by silly things and wasn't able to present a positive vision of where the country is going and here is a little of what malcolm had to say. >> austra

u.s. is saying that russia started air strikes in syria already. >> reporter: yes, that's right. rubber stamping, really, of president putins decision to authorize strikes against isil which was taken at the u.n. was a mere formality. but ironically the news of the first air strikes came not from moscow, but washington. washington had been given an hour's advance notice by moscow that it was going to attack, and that news was released by -- by the americans saying that russian planes had struck near and around homs. now we heard from the russian defense ministry about half an hour ago. it said that its attack aircraft, su-24s, and s-34s, have targeted military equipment, fuel dumps, ammunitions and arms caches and arms dumps. president putin said the only way to fight terrorism was to act pre-emptively, and he has stressed again that the help that russia gives will only be coming from the air and directed at isil. and he didn't note -- it's the first time he has publicly said this about president assad, he urged him to engage in meaningful dialogue with the opposition, so it has

>> u.s. russia. >> u.s. ssia, russia, nato or whatever how to pull the coalition together and make sure we don't go bump in the night. that to me is imperative here if we're going to have a coordinated effort in syria. >> you were shaking your head, julia. >> it's been confirmed now that the targets that russia hit today were actually cia-backed, u.s.-backed anti-assad rebels. when russia said it would help assad, it meant helping assad and doing what assad is doing, not hitting isis because, you know, isis' existence legitimate his power. there is collateral damage, 0 some -- 30 some civilians were killed today. >> the regime of bashar al assad had a close relationship for a long time so you can't blame them for wanting to bolster their guy in damascus. >> so syria has a force in their country that can thwart u.s. or nato operations if they want to -- >> apparently, they haven't been doing much because the u.s. and nato planes, turkish planes have been going in. >> there is coordination. that's troublesome b

u.s. and russia held discussions at the u.n. general assembly in new york over how to best solvent the conflict in syria. president obama and vladimir putin had their first formal meeting in two years, agreeing that a coordinated strategy was needed. president obama said although the u.s. is prepared to work with russia and iran, there can be no long-term future for bashar al-assad. vladimir putin said it would be a huge mistake not o work with bashar al-assad's forces and risk the collapse of the syrian state. james bays has this now from new york. >> russia's president normally avoids this annual gathering of world leaders at the u.n., but he came on a whigsle stop trip, planning not to spend a night in new york. the centre piece of his speech, the idea of a grand coalition against i.s.i.l. >> we propose discussing whether it's possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinate ght the actions of all the forces that confront i.s.i.l. and other terrorist organizations. once again this should be based on the principles of the

u.s. and coalition have not invited russia to take part in the fight against isil mainly because the u.s. believes that russia would do so only in an attempt to prop up assad which the u.s. opposes. the u.s. does not want to go into how it knows that the russians are apparently making attempts to build what it's calling a forward operating air base, but it says that it is watching these developments with concern. >>> a talented musician who escaped from a refugee camp in syria is trying to make it to europe. he plans to risk his life crossing the mediterranean in hopes of making it to greece from turkey. >> reporter: this is in the refugee camp singing songs of resist dance against president assad's regime. throughout the war in syria, the talented pianist held concerts in the bombed streets where 18,000 of syria's palestinians are trapped. since escaping, he and his family have been trying to get to europe. they traveled to turkey and on monday he posted on picture of himself on facebook wearing a life jacket. he wrote there is mediterranean. i would like to ride your waves. people just w

u.s./russia and negotiation. if washington and moscow cut their total nuclear arsenals and have it would still be six to seven times larger than the nearest third world country but so far what the russians are saying publicly is the next negotiation has to bring in those countries. there might be a half step you could do because i don't believe they will be prepared to say we will make a commitment not to go above 300 and still at 3,000, but could you ask the chinese, the british and the french for example to undertake a unilateral permit and where they say as a matter of policy we will not increase the number of nuclear weapons as long as the united states and russia reduce? >> a great question. my discussion with russians over the years, no question russians are concerned about what china is doing and could possibly do it in modernization, expansion of nuclear weapons capability. over the years they have been frustrated at least in discussions with me about what they see as lack of transparency. indochinese pro

u.s.-russia negotiation. if washington and moscow agreed to cut their arsenals in half they would still be 67 times larger to the nearest third country. so far publicly the next negotiation has to bring an air countries. there might be a half step you could do because i don't believe they will be fair to say we are going to make a commitment in the treaty. could you ask the chinese to position the french to undertake unilateral commitment as a matter of our policy will not increase nuclear weapons as long as the united states and russia are reducing. >> it's a great question. there's no question the russians were concerned about what china is doing and could possibly do in modernization and possibly expansion of nuclear weapons capability. over the years they've been frustrated at least in discussions with me about a lack of transparency in chinese programs. the china russia relationship is some of the listed but box for us. you can answer the questions with any certainty appeared it was significant in 2006 o

u.s.-russia is doing well. that is something that could even be more good look at the cooperation in space. that is something going relatively well and i think all these going on between the two countries is something we should be pushing for. if you remember for the american soviet cooperation was very much scientific. you can also try to maintain the line of dialogue which we would be missing the confidence building element dramatically. >> out with the admiral papp who state department convoy i saw a couple weeks ago and asked him about the conference. the most interesting thing he said is the real goal of the conference as well as the president's visit is to raise awareness of the art taken out for the other nations who will be there who obviously don't need to be told of the importance in the art tick before the american public. there is a broad feeling among people i talked to that the united states doesn't think of it tells us at arctic nation particularly compared to the way russia does as we talked abo

u.s. russia's military moves are seen as provocative and potentially destabilizing. >> we have seen that russia is investing more in their defense in general, but new capabilities in particular. >> but this could stretch russia's budgets thin, the kremlin is making clear it won't cut corners on defense. roxana saberi, al jazeera. >> joining us now to take a deeper look, retired army major and al jazeera's national military contributor. we need both of you tonight. mike, what could vladimir putin's motivation be? >> it's keeping a toehold in the middle east. something that the united states has tried to keep them out of since the second world war. now syria has been a long-time russian ally. that has not changed. they always bought military equipment from them. but this is a way for him to get legitimacy there and insert himself in this peace process, but it's likely masquerading to keep assad in power. >> anna, what do you see as his motivation? what value does the assad regime have for vladimir putin? >> well, i certainly agree with mike's earlier comments. this is about increasing russia's in

u.s. and russia have held face-to-face talks at the u.n. assembly in new york over thousand best solve the conflict inner is ye. they had their first formal meeting in two years they agreed that a coordinated strategy was needed to fight the threat pose booed isil. obama says the u.s. is prepared to work with russia and iran there ha can be had no long-term solution for bazar al-assad. piewt i can said it's a mistake not to work with a sued's forces and risk the collapse of the syrian state. james bays our diplomatic editor has this from new york. >> reporter: russia's president normally avoids this annual gathering of world leaders at the u.n. being but he came here planning not even to spend a night in new york. the center piece of his speech the grind coalition against isil. >> translator: we propose discussing whether it's possible to agree on a resolution aimed at coordinating the actions of all the forces that confront isil and other terrorist organizations. once again, this coordination should be babshould should be be principle of t

u.s. says russia's involvement will only worsen the situation.t has also been sending two cargo flights a day over the past week. peter sharp has more now from moscow. >> reporter: president putin has confirmed that he'll continue to offer military support to president assad, the flights have been stepped up now and this is -- this is for military equipment that he says will be used solely in the fight against isil. talk to analysts of the kremlin and they say there is no intention for an invasion of syria, but they also say putin has no intention of turning his back on president assad. he has real support in the assad government, and his country has several bases there that they would lose if -- if assad was toppled from power. in the meantime, putin is trying to put together a diplomatic offensive, that could encourage the west to support a joint bracing by syrian opposition groups and the syrian military against a common enemy. obviously that common enemy is isil, and at the upcoming u.n. talks later this month, this will be a -- hopefully for

u.s. war planes will not comply with the russia request. u.s. war planes continued carrying out missions today. >> what we should say to vladimir putin, you fly, but we fly anywhere we want to, when and who we want to and you better stay out of the way. >> the russian general, brett, was from that military cell that we first reported russia established with syria and iran last week in baghdad. another surprise for the u.s. embassy and the pentagon. >> we'll head back for any breaking details. jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. >>> now to the politics and the policy of the russian moves. the things was caught by surprise, despite the fact that president obama's -- presidents obama and putin spoke face to face at the united nations just monday. correspondent kevin cork has that from the white house. >> i believe there's an opportunity to be able to do, to go down that political track. because president putin accepted the idea of a dual track effort. >> it may be a novel idea, but in practice, the russians appear to have a one-track mind

u.s. and the coalition have not invited russia to take part in the fight against isil. mainly because the u.s. believes that russia would do so only in an attempt to prop up al assad which is u.s. opposes. that said, the u.s. does not want to go into how it knows that the russians are apparently making attempts to build what it's calling a forward operating air base but says that it is watching these developments with concern. >> the afghan taliban says it's freed more than 430 prisoners. although the afghan interior ministry puts the figure at 450. four police officers were killed and several others were wounded in the raid. >> jennifer glass is in kabul. >>reporter: a coordinated taliban attack in that prison started at 2:00 o'clock in the morning when the taliban detonated a car bomb and then at least ten taliban attackers assaulted the prison freeing hundreds of prisoners among them a taliban commander's fail suicide fighters. security was already bad before this incident. those freed taliban dozens of them will not improve the situation at all and it highlights how

u.s. and russia on how to drive isis out of syria. want syria's president out calling assad a tyrant who bombs his own people. russia insists helping assad is the only way to help isis. >> translator: we think it is an enormous mistake to refuse to co cooperate with the syrian government and its armeds. >> he thinks we are an out of control arrogant super power. he likes to take us down a peg. dozen mean he won't cooperate on certain issues. >> something that they did agree on, continuing conversations between the u.s. and russia and how to de-escalate that conflict in syria. >>> coming up right now at 6:00, combing for clues. two men shot to death while sitting in a car and now east bay police searching for the gunman. >>> plus, another inmate found dead inside one of the south bay's largest jails. >>> and killer bees swarming parts of the bay area. what you need to know to stay safe. "today in the bay" starts right now. >>> a very good tuesday morning to you, thank you for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm sam brock. ready

russia sending those arms, and tanks into syria, not to mention there could be an accident between the u.sand russia. but putin has made many times that bashar al-assad should stay. and meanwhile, president obama talked about the attitude towards the middle east on the part of many in the west. let's listen. >> part of our job, together, is to work to reject such extremism that infects too many of our young people. start of that effort must be a continued rejection by muslims of those who distort islam to preach intolerance and violence. >> reporter: and it has really been an extraordinary day. openly calling each other out before this world body. >> and the antagonism we're not done talking about that. let's talk about ukraine. president obama said in his 45-minute speech, he said that russian policy is what is driving ukraine closer to europe and in an interview last night on 60 minutes, vladimir putin said that meddling from the u.s. and the west is what is making ukraine unstable. these men clearly are talking at each other when it comes to ukraine as well. >> as has been the case for

general assembly right across town, and all eyes were on world's political all-stars -- the u.s.! russia! iran! uganda. i'm just kidding about uganda. (laughter) that's when the media went in the hall to charge their phones. they don't care about you guys. hi, uganda. but the focus was on presidents obama and putin because they were set to meet for the first time in nearly a year, after disagreeing about ukraine. putin was, like, dibs on ukraine! obama was, like, nuh-uh. it was highly awkward yesterday. >> that handshake, followed by the toast. >> trevor: those are or two men who are probably sure there is cyanide in their drinks. you go first! no. i feel bad for anyone who has to sit with them. >> both presidents sat side by side with ban ki-moon sitting with them, one of the roles of the secretary general. >> trevor: but not one of the perks of the job. (obama) "mr. secretary, would you ask salad to leave some onion rolls for the rest of us?" (putin) "please to tell barack i have an annexed these breads and they are now russian breads." (laughter) there is clearly a lot of tension to u

u.s. and russia are reducing. >> meg, it's a great question. there's no question the russians are concerned about what china is doing and could possibly do in modernization and expansion of their nuclear weapons capability. over the years, they've been frustrated, i think, at least in discussions with me about what they see as a lack of transparency in chinese programs. now, the china-russia relationship at some level is a black box for us, so you can't answer the question with any certainty, but i think it was significant back in 2006 or 2007 the russians approached the bush administration with the notion of trying to multilateralize the inf treaty. i think the bush administration's response was, well, sure, try, good luck. that would be great, but was not really met with certainly any interest. i think it was the concerns principally about china that was motivating the russians at the time. >> that raises an interesting question, which is that sometimes, especially when you're at nato, you forget the rest of the world also has issues and inte

u.s. position is, if russia wants to shoot isis, that's fantastic. need all the help we can get but the u.s. is not sure what russia's intentions are and they know one of their priorities or their only priority may be to protect bashar al assad. that's really what they're focused on. the question becomes, who are those air strikes against? and who crucially -- this was brought up by the supreme commander in europe, why has russia brought in air defenses in syria? syrians are on the russian side, so what does that mean about coalition warplanes? no one thinks they'll be shooting down coalition war plans but a lot is about projecting power. this is -- >> and that major military buildup that is happening as we speak, russians building up in america. a lot going on. great to see you. >> great to see you. thank you so much. >>> also new this morning, the u.s. is launching air strikes against taliban fighters in afghanistan. this comes one day after the taliban captured the northern city of kunduz in the biggest taliban victory, really, since the 9/11 atta

russia. you've made clear that the u.s.'s top agenda item is ukraine, but the kremlin wants to talk about syria and if there is time, they will also get to ukraine. >> there will be time. there will be time. >> does that portend a tense meeting? >> it might. look, i wouldn't -- the president has described his previous discussions with president putin as blunt and businesslike. i wouldn't anticipate significant overt hostility. but i do think that there is some serious issues that the united states and russia have to discuss. and the president won't shy away from raising our significant concerns with russia's behavior in ukraine and other places around the world. >> over the course of the past few months, even take, u.s./russian relations have been described as tense, as strained. chilly, cool. does president putin bear sole responsibility on where u.s./russian relations are right now? >> well, i guess i will say this way. my guess is that president putin is not particularly concerned about the use of those adjectives describ

u.s. and russia? we know that's what president obama and president putin were to talk about, and we're going to come back the margaret warner in a minute about that, and is this something the u.s. should do? >> well, on the surface, there's been an effort to deacon flict the two military activities so pilots don't start shooting at each other, which would lead both countries to war over something like syria. that's something nobody really wants. there's some convergence of concern over things like foreign fighters, on the break young of syria and hemorrhaging people and migrants and so on. the big issue, though, is that russia and the united states completely differ on an end state in syria. >> woodruff: on whether assad should remain? >> yeah. well, the u.s. believes that assad should step aside and has for four years. putin and russia now say that president assad must be the basis for a settlement, not that his regime would be the basis for a settlement. that's a big difference. >> woodruff: so nick

russia should claim 460,000 miles, and the u.s. sitting saying that's okay. >> the u.s. has been sleeping, and has been doing so for a couple of years. what the united states needs to do is work with the allies to ensure that there is not a militarization. arctic by russia, and seek for consider cooperation to ensure they can pursue economic opportunities in terms of resource development in cooperate i don't think that a law featuring the mechanism stopping russia. it's working with n.a.t.o. allies to ensure russia is not too militarized. >> all of the countries that have borders, except the united states, have signed the treaty. >> well, the u.s. needs to be a leader. they failed to do so. that is problematic. they can do so without being privy that we have been sleeping at the wheel while other nations developed in the arctic. it speaks to the failure of the obama administration, in terms of recognising importance with a change in climate and russia's aggression. >> you know that russia has 40 ice brakers, the u.s. has two, one the end of a useful life. you can't blame

russia said against isil near humes. the u.s. announced it too had carried out air strikes near aleppo while also casting doubt on russia's word on who and what it struck. the u.s. military announced what's called deconfliction, a process where two forces make sure they don't attack each other. al jazeera has been covering it all from the white house to the state department to the pentagon. is this being viewed as a day of serious escalation in the syrian war? >> i don't think there's any doubt and there's still a question as to exactly what vladimir putin is up to in syria. this is not unexpected but the timing is certainly catching u.s. policymakers flat footed as they have over the course of this military buildup in syria with the aim of backing al assad. three reasons why these officials are upset, why the who, and the when. the why, the essential conflict between the u.s. and its allies and vladimir putin. putin wants to back assad. the president obviously sticking by his policy that assad has to go. there's no future for him

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russia is sending bombers and fighter jets like these on tundra. >> the u.s. and canada are dusting off their own plans. norway moved its military headquarters 600 miles north, inside the arctic circle, to keep better taps on russia. high... >> the reason - control of the high north could become exclusive >>> melting ice caps unlock vast riches of oil and gas. they hope fast shipping routes on top of the world. the arctic is still an untamed wilderness, and the extreme weather - despite sanctions over ukraine, russia and the west rely on each other to keep their people safe. >> i sat with a man in charge of coordinating the search and rescue efforts with russia. >> these days most everyone is complaining. you have one of the better relationships. >> in search or rescue we have good cooperation. >> we need to help each other. the infrastructure is more suitable in the area, we don't have many rescue efforts. we need to assist each other. >> that help will be needed more than ever in coming years. as the ice melts, the arctic conversations cargo ships a faster ro

u.s. and russia. more than 700 people have been killed and 800 injured in a stampede near saudi arabia's holy city of mekkah. it took place in the annual p l pilgrimage or hajj. >> reporter: saudi authorities say the stampede occurred in the western city. people were trampled as crowds gathered to perform a stone throwing ritual. >>e are investigating this incident in order to determine the real cause of such incident. >> reporter: millions of people from around the world visit mecca for th hajj every year. a series of accidents occurred at past pilgrimages and related events. in 1990, more than 1400 people were killed in the stampede. two weeks ago in mecca, more than 100 people were killed when the large ane collapsed i bad weather on to a mosque. iranian government offial blames the latest disaster on poor crowd control. >> reporter: saudi officials must be accountable in this recor regard. >> reporter: at the tokyo mosque, people gather to share their prayers, muslims prayed for the muslims to die

u.s. and russia have conflicting views on how each situation should be handled and putin said the meeting was constructive and the white house says it was very business- like. >>> it is 4:41 on this tuesday morning, a plan meant to help those traveling to the city backfiring in a big way, what's being done for the commuters in concord to ease the pain. >> with what is cool about your school? you can e-mail your nomination to us at coolschools@kpix.com. and we may come and feature your school on yo soo,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> any schedules aimed at improving b.a.r.t. service causing angst in the short run. phil matier tells us it's throwing thousands of b.a.r.t. commuters off track. >> i stand all the way almost to -- concord every day. going home. it's ridiculous. >> if you take the montgomery 612, you can get a seat. >> you have to go that early to get a seat? >> yep you do. >> it's taking what's already a rough commute and making it a lot rougher for the folks at concord. >> reporter: they aren't alone, calm up social media and you'll get an eyeful of complaints about the new crowded servic

the countries who negotiated the iranian deal, the u.s., russia, china, france, u.k. and five permanent members of the u.s. secret counsel -- a counsel. is it your contention that all of these countries have made a mistake? the iranians have pulled one over everybody's eyes? representative turner: they have looked to leadership from the nine states. secretary kerry negotiated a they tried to -- assess what iranians would give rather than what we need. it allows iran to continue to enrich, allows iran to continue its ballistic missile programs. areof these nations concerned about every aspect of this but they did defer to the leadership of the net states this united states. -- did defer to the leadership of the united states. mark: given the tension between the united states and russia, are you telling us that russia looked toward the united states for leadership on this issue? everybodytive turner: knows that the united states was the lead negotiator and set the tone for all these negotiations. secretary kerry has made it clear that he believes he was the lead in all a

u.s. and russia are talking about moscow's military buildup in syria. the u.s. wants to make sure russia's military buildup on behalf of the government of assad does not conflict on the campaign against isis. >>> up next as pope francis prepares to depart on his trip to cuba and the u.s., we go into one >>> we, four days away -- we are four days away from pope francis setting foot on american soil for the very first time and today the pope asked pilgrims in st. peter's square to pray for him during his upcoming trip to cuba and the u.s. he called it a mission filled with great hope and it will be a historic one. pope francis will become the first pope to ever address a joint session of congress. >> this is a rock star pope coming to a country that is immensely important for the catholic church. >> i cannot think of another pope that would cause the excitement that this one is. >> pope francis will deliver only four of his 18 speeches in the u.s. in english. one will be to congress, another at the white house, the rest will be in spanish. >>> republican lawmakers

although they said that russia and the u.s.have a common purpose in defeating isil. >> all right. jamie mcintyre live for us on the phone. thank you so much. >>> many of the millions of refugees fleeing syria are professionals, seeking opportunity. andy met a writer who left syria seven years ago and today is a cab driver in chicago. >> reporter: this man may have the least glamorous day job of any famous author. his cheeky short stories, poems and pair -- parabol poke fun at the regime of president assad. >> they spoke fun but there is more sadness in my stories. >> reporter: he is driving a cab here in chicago seven days a week. but even after seven years in the united states, his thoughts are never far from syria where family still lives. >> in downtown damascus, they can hear the fighting. they can hear everything. >> reporter: things have not gotten better in the seven years since the left syria. and the situation a has gotten worse with the rise of isis and the flush of refugees leaving the country. he sees the leaders of

forces, some backed by the u.s., here seen with an advanced tow missile, who are fighting against syria's brutal dictator, and america's enemy, bashar al assad. the other concern? russia only gave the u.s. a one-hour warning of the air strikes, putting u.s. pilots flying strike missions in greater danger. >> putting lots of different airplanes in the same airspace creates the potential for collision. >> wasn't there talk that the u.s. and the russians would be meeting about that air space and just a one-hour warning? >> reporter: exactly, david. once the russians started moving wear planes into syria, the u.s. and russia were set to have talks about keeping the airplanes separated, but the russians didn't wait, though the defense secretary said today the talks are now on track to happen within the next few days. david? >> all right, martha raddatz with us tonight. martha, thank you. >>> now to the race for 2016, and a major new development involving hillary clinton late today. 6,000 new pages, e-mails from her private server released. also new tonight, what was said about the committee investigating benghazi? now investigating longer than the watergate scandal. you're