forecast from sunday through much of next week as a high pressure ridge strengthens over the southwestern united states. expect a prolonged period of very warm temperatures inland with mild conditions persisting near the coast. ( marty ) our top story this morning... an oakland man facing terror -related charges. the f-b-i is accusing him of sharing plans to attack the bay area in the name of isis. and now his family talks to kron 4 in his defense. kron4's ella sogomonian has the story. a federal grand jury charged 22-year-old east bay man amer alhaggagi with attempting to support the terror group isis. his uncle met with kron 4 news to defend the character of a young man he calls peaceful. "what has this week been like for your family?" sot: hashem awnallah, uncle// "very difficult to say the least, very difficult."he says the family is distraught by the accusations because they've never seen a sign of radicalization. sot: hashem awnallah, uncle// "if they news something was going on they would have taken measures. i mean the young man is known for being pleasant, friendly, peaceful. totally not viole

they did find common ground together with jordan, the united states, and russia, they will implement a de-escalation zone in southwestern syria, that is a cease-fire to allow cooler heads to prevail, while the united states works two defeats isis, a political solution. there was no agreement on the issue of north korea, and that is mostly because of the approach, which they want them to do, they want kim jong un to freeze his program, where they say that the u.s. position is not just to freeze it, but to rule it back substantially. and rex tillerson saying that we don't have many chances to get this done. >> we have not given up hope. the approach that we are using, and i felt dumb i call it to the campaign, this is a campaign to lead us to a peaceful revolutio revolution, we don't have very many good options now. >> if this fails, not very good options left, that meeting and one so long that at one point his staff said that the first lady melania tried to say okay, the meeting is over, come on, mr. president, but she was unsuccessful and that according to rex tillerson, because the meeting continued for an hour after s

as well, tillerson announcing that a cease-fire reached in the southwestern part of syria, that deal brokered by jordan, the united states and russia. a policy victory on this day that the trump administration can hold up. liz. liz: thank you, blake burman. dick durbin bashing president trump and speaking favorably about vladimir putin before the two leaders met at the g20 summit. take a listen. >> senator, what's the most positive thing you have to say about vladimir putin and the most negative? >> he is gifted in knowledge of history. our president is not. he certainly knows how to meet with foreign leaders and push his agenda. our president has limited experience in that. in terms of his weakness, he too suffers from a form of megalomania. liz: economist ben stein joins me now. good to see you, ben. >> honored to be here. liz: what do you think of senator durbin going after the president and making it seem like vladimir putin is better as a leader? >> i think it's extremely unfortunate. this is a time when the country needs to unified. we face extreme, extreme threats from north korea. in a way like hitler with nuclea

bring that audio to you as soon as we can plus, an unusual overt southwestern syri syria, as the cease-fire welcomed in part by the united statest steps to bring peace to a place where there has been so much violence. whoa! you're not taking these. hey, hey, hey! you're not taking those. whoa, whoa! you're not taking that. come with me. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. you're not taking that. mom, i'm taking the subaru. don't be late. even when we're not there to keep them safe, our subaru outback will be. (vo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. i wanted to know where i did my ancestrydna. the most shocking result was that i'm 26% native american. i had no idea. it's opened up a whole new world for me. ♪ ♪ >> signs and hope and syria. an ongoing for peace talk looking to end the seven year long civil where to report to an end. this comes as a cease fire. it is said to be mostly holding. john huddy is live near israel. john course mark >> hello, mostly holding. that's a key point. that is the case in the province behind me. the lights that you see that. best the u.s. compound on the border crossing. betwee

united states election. it means we need to move forward with things like a cease-fire in syria which is going to save lives which were doing starting today in southwestern syria. we need to move forward with working together with isis. we need to move forward on resolving the conflict in the ukraine. you can walk and chew gum at the same time chris. >> chris: how do you respond to democrats like chuck schumer who are saying it's disgraceful that the president comes out of this meeting basically says will move forward. >> we could solve world peace a world famine and senator schumer would say the same. it's programmatic when it comes to trash in the president. when you look at what president trump did in europe and recommitting ourselves to the nato allies and partners across the world. committing ourselves to the values of the west and delivering a speech in poland which many have set are the best speeches since ronald reagan. look at what he did in hamburg. other than are small disagreements on trade in the paris agreement, we have unification with our allies. >> chris: let's talk about another aspect of the trump putin meeting. in that syria. they did

appears to be holding today in the southwestern part of the country, according to the syrian observatory for human rights and rebel leaders. it was brokered by the united statesssia, and jordan. the sides report no significant fighting in the cease-fire zone. russia says the zone covers three syrian provinces near jordan, but does not include the areas around raqqa in the north, where some of the heaviest fighting is taking place. the deal was announced during the g-20 summit in germany, and in a tweet today, president trump said, "we negotiated a cease-fire in parts of syria which will save lives. now it is time to move forward in working constructively with russia!" the cease-fire represents the first joint peacekeeping effort in syria by the u.s. and russia, which have supported opposing sides in the six-year civil war. secretary of state rex tillerson pressed russia today to stop the violence in eastern ukraine. while visiting ukrainian president petro poroshenko in the country's capital of kiev, tillerson said ukraine must regain control of two provinces from separatists he described as russian "proxies." >> it is necessary for russia to take the first s

associated press came out that said that the united states and syria -- the united states and russia, rather, have agreed to a ceasefire in the southwesternstart over the weekend. i point out that the report came out as the president and the russian president were in the room, because we now await -- david: blake, i'm sorry to stop you in mid sentence there -- [inaudible] the president of the united states as he arrives at this concert hall. there is going to be a concert there, but main reason they're all there so to get together for one of these obligatory photo shoots that they have. they're all going to get together as we see the president's security detail kind of hovering around, waiting for the okay to open the door. those vehicles, by the way, are brought in by another 747 besides the air force one that comes right before air force one, loaded to the hilt with all kinds of security details, all kinds of -- but this is really the pride and joy of that collection of goods. and there comes the president of the united states out of his secure car for this meeting. two-and-a-half hour meeting, as blake was just telling us, it was only

ceasefire negotiated between the united states and russia in syria and a path forward to permanent peace meanwhile russia said it is willing to deploy monitors to southwestern syria according to a senior u.s. official president trump touted the success of the syrian cease fire while at a press conference with french president on thursday in paris. u.s. troops have entered the former capital of the so-called isis caliphate of raka the spokesman for the u.s. led coalition claimed that forces there are more exposed to the enemy than those during the battle for mosul in iraq according to the statement the troops are in syria on and advising assisting and accompanying mission but what does that actually mean our genes jacqueline vogel takes a closer look at the history of train and assist operations it by its brain those are all the tags you always get when the pentagon tries to explain what american soldiers are doing in iraq in fear and using the system training aspect advise and assist in training mission. training equipping. a company that is in assist train equip and assist in the company or partners on the ground so let's break down those terms that often

a save the united states, russia, and jordan have agreed to foster a cease-fire and a limited area of southwesternria that will begin at noon on sunday, rex tillerson said on friday after the first face-to-face meeting between president trump and president vladimir putin. the agreement came after months of negotiations among three countries, a senior state department who was involved in the talks said important pieces of the deal remain to be hammered out in the coming days, including who would monitor and policy.the our first indication of a u.s. and russia working together in syria, this is our first indication that russia and the u.s. can work together in syria, mr. tillerson told reporters on friday night after more than two hour meeting between mr. trump and mr. putin. arnett calling in from birmingham, alabama on the independent line. what did you think about the meeting? caller: i was appalled that for historical references it will not be recorded. there will be nothing said about it. only the he say, he say. an appalling way for the nation to be led that we would do diplomacy with no one k

southwestern florida. >> if that agreement was actually reached and if the details of that agreement prove to be something that could be enforced, the idea that russia and the united statesmmon commitment to assad leaving power in syria is an important step forward. but the devil really is going to be in the details here. putin and putin's russia do not share our values or our priorities with regard to syria and assad, with regard to the middle east, ukraine or western europe. so, frankly, i'm going to wait to see the details of this agreement to see if they really will make a difference. >> senator, stick around. so much more to discuss. >>> espionage u.s. intelligences say russia is increasing its covert issues right here in the united states. what are they doing right under our noses? that's next. (burke) at farmers, we've seen almost everything so we know how to cover almost anything. even a swing set standoff. and we covered it, july first, twenty-fifteen. talk to farmers. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ finding the best hotel price is now a safe bet. because tripadvisor searches over 200 book

united states and russian are on opposite sides of syria's war. make no mistake. putin has supported bashar al-assad. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. this southwestern, that's not where everything was going on anyway, was it? >> there was certain fighting doing on there. certainly where the civil war began. today, the u.n. special envoy for syrian peace talks spoke this morning from geneva less than a day after the cease fire took hold in the southwest corner of syria. he said the cease fire is broadly holding despite some teething problems. >> we can still say and we believe that he has fairly good chances of working out. >> u.s. and russian military officers met for weeks and months to hammer out the cease fire. this is where the uprising began. the area had become a vacuum for al-quaida linked groups and iranian back eed fighters. >> has al-quaida and the iranians agree to the cease fire? >> no. they didn't. this is a cease fire for the u.s. and russia. there's no u.s. backed troops there and there's no flying by the russians. there's other examples that iranian led forces have not listened to the russians. when the iranians got close to u.s. pos

southwestern part of syria. this is a deal reached by the u.s., russia and help the jordan. rex tillerson says this is a sign that the two countries, russia and the united states can work together but similar cease-fire deals like this one have not lasted very long and this country remains to be seen whether this might be different. >> thank you very much for your reporting, cecilia. trying to find a little bit of common ground there. and as world leaders hold their high stakes meetings at the g20 summit, thousands of angry protesters have been hitting the streets of hamburg, germany. >> there was more chaos overnight, this morning more protests in the works. abc's james longman has been right out there in the thick of it. james, good morning to you. >> reporter: dan, paula, good morning. another huge night of unrest. today is meant to be the main day of protest. people bused in for what they're calling solidarity without borders. parts of this city are looking like a war zone. overnight utter chaos on the streets of hamburg as they prepare for another round of meetings. protesters setting up blockades, looting and attacking police. nighttime and things have g

united states. they have been working on this for a few months behind closed doors, gosh dwrapgss to reach a deescalation zone agreement whereby they create this deescalation zone in southwestern syria. and the first key part of this agreement will be a ceasefire that has just begun at noon local time that will set this -- create this environment where they can go forward and create the deescalation zone. now, there are a few critical issues that they still need to iron out, that is the enforcement mechanism and the monitoring of this cease fire and how that is going to happen perhaps according to u.s. official that we will be see something sort seeing some sort of a monitoring force on the ground. agreeing on that force of course still a lot of work ahead for those involved in these negotiations. and this is a part of the country where it is not just regime forces and rebels. you have different parties, different groups. and while the united states, jordan and russia have a great amount of influence when it comes to key players in that part of the conflict, there are still others that are not signatories to this deal including extremist groups like an isis affiliate that oper