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, so there is no place for asaad in the thinking of the gulf. they would like to marry sure that as it crumbles suddenly there must be a road map, a plan there ready to implement in syria toy void total chaos. like what we saw in libya and early on in afghanistan and other countries. and this is an indication, perhaps or affliction of a feeling in some other countries that asaad regime might be -- the days of asaad regime may be counted and limited gauze of the momentum that the groups in syria have dwayneed they have been able to unify iraq to push on several fronts against the regime of syrian president with the hailest there from that summit, thank you. the u.n. humanitarian agency has called on the saudi led coalition to stop targeting sannal airport. the agency estimates that about 646 million have been killed and another 1,364 injured. since the air campaign started. the coalition has targeted the airport so that thend laking strips are inoperable, and no planes can come in. this is one of the only entry points few hoar plantain aid to com

security council would pin the blame on this squarely on the shoulders of asaad and his government. that is whether the u.s. is pushing for and we hope to get more information, i will say we did briefly speak to the british ambassador, to the u.n. who did confirm to us just a few minutes ago that they will be taking up this issue. thank you. >> just under two hours from now, we should have the first exit polls in the u.k. general election it appears to be one of the tight ohs run in a nation al jazeera lawrence lee reports. >> the cold weather on polling day and voters turned out by the millions to exercise their choice. the polling stations over at breakfast time, pubs, even a care home came for the day places where people could put a cross in the box. >> this is the party leaders turned out early for their votes. the prime minister in his country side constituency. the labor leader for the north. in the town, and as well the scottish national party leader. the u.k. independent party leader by the seaside the leader of the greens in london. and many others too. so here are the numb

asaad for some time, and washington has come here, john kerry has come here, hoping there may be some kind of flexibility, that the grounds are shifted enough, that maybe russia's backing of asaad might be softening a little bit. and maybe they can persuade them to come to the negotiating table. washington says that russia and it's rebels in the east of ukraine have methodically broken the cease fire, and russia says that the cease fire has been broken continue ousley by the ukrainian army, a lot of problems and differences between these two sides. >> as we are waiting for that to start we have had some other statements this one saying russia will not bend to pressure to ditch it's national interests. it is interesting not that we expected anything else, but we are hearing a very strong stance. well, it is interesting if you listen to those comments and also listen to the comments that have been coming out of russia over the last couple of days to do with this visit. they are interpreting john kerry's trip here as a sign of american flexibility. that america is coming here maybe with

. >> how do you get rid of asaad? >> working with our local partners. there's not a syrian thomas jefferson, and so all the folks that have had some credibility in the regions have been killed by asaad in this fighting. we have to make sure we have good on the ground intelligence that understand these groups and the people trying to lead this country and that we're supporting them. we need to be a lot more aggressive. the attack is a perfect example of how aggressive intelligence can work and we need to be doing more of that. >> talk about tamping down the social media prowess of isis. what do you do? >> we got to the issue and how isis is hitting tens and millions of people at a time noochlt we have to address that what they're doing. they're enticing young men to go to syria for adventure in the fight. you've been playing video games, do the real thing. we need to let people know it's not an adventure. showing real stories about what's happening. talking to mothers and fathers about understanding what their kids are doing. this is hard to do. this is

washington believes that the ground in syria has changed somewhat, and that now we have asaad looking weaker than he has been for some time, maybe washington thinks there is now some flexibility in moscow's thinking, maybe moscow can be persuaded to get asaad to come to the negotiating table and try to find a political solution there. but clearly there is much that separates these two. although there is this one area of agreement to do with iran, they are a bigger bigger issues that separate them. >> rory with the latest, rory, thank you. and now let's go to rosalyn jordan, she is at the state department ever the us, rosalyn, these are the highest level talks between russians and the americans in russia itself. so what is the u.s. looking for out of this meeting? why did john kerry travel all the way to sochi. >> what is the u.s. is looking for cooperation on those issues. syria the iran nuclear talks and to share the u.s.' view that the russians are still destabilizing eastern ukraine again that's the u.s. view one which the russians strongly dispute but this is a very transaction gn

, may be washington, i'm sorry, maybe moscow can is a bit more flexible about whether it will back asaadybe it may try to persuade asaad to come to the negotiating table, and then of course, there's ukraine. washington says that the ukrainian rebels at the pro russian rebels have been breaking the cease fire, russia says that it is the ukrainian army that has been breaking the cease fire. so a lot of ground separating the two sides there. rory, you mentioned iran, syria, the fact these are even being discussed is this a time that the tension between the two sides is thawing. >> well, if you listen to what the russians are been musing on the t.v., and state media, over the last couple of days, it would seem that the russians believe that hey, if john kerry is coming all the way over to talk with vladimir putin then maybe the u.s. position on these things is shifting. and that maybe it is softening it's stance towards russia. that's not the impression that is given by the state department. the state department says that it is coming other here mainly to keep the channels of communication o

we know that they have within challenged out, and the fact that asaad has been pointed at as the main enemy. so there has been kind of an on going disagreement between russians concern canning political army national committee should target. right now the only commitment they have on is turkey's boarder with syria however this is idea of secure zones in other tomorrows but that hasn't been discussed with nato, and that's led many to wonder exactly what role turkey will play in any of conflict resolution, and whether it has the appetite for concrete action. 14 people have been killed in a taliban attack in afghanistan's capitol, nine of those were foreigners and five were afghan. where some people were having dinner, and others were attended a concert. a stand off follows lasting several hours. 54 people manages to escape. >> there was a party at the hotel, i saw the attackers sitting at the first table i got worried because i had not seen this guest before, he then pulled out his gun and fires on foreign ghosts, he shot everyone. >> rescuers in the philippines say they found result th

the region is a strategic supply rout, supporting president asaad's forces. >> the u.n.s it has received only $22.4 million of the $415 million requests in nepal's earthquake appeal. it estimated the 8 million people effected need food, water and medicine. they are working to top the spread of disease. they have already disinfected 68,000 square meters of the capitol. conservations from the u.n. cultural heritage agency, has begun assessing the ruins. an estimated the earthquake has damaged nearly 200 historic sights. the construction and restoration is expected to take years that will take about 12 months just to complete the drawings for the rebuilding plans. >> we are working to assess the damages of the earthquake. and question are making mapes of the images within the different sites. and this is the first step of our work. we also make photographic campaign and then every single building for reconstruction campaign to come. >> millions of people across britain are casting their ballots in the general election, the leaders of the main parties are among the early vot

they have asaad, they have the rebel movements, who are against them, but not concentrating on them, wholly. they have not got anybody on the ground that is coordinating a fight against them. >> that issue of troops on the ground, obama clearly doesn't want to get dragged down that rout, but he says what needs to happen is there had to be ml1 c^ training on the ground, so far that doesn't appear to have been effect i, beyond that, do you think there is a case for sending in troops and how would that work? >> well, theres a case. because clearly the iraqi army has failed, they fail add year ago and it's failed now after so much training. and all the while the longer you take this thing the greater they take this. so there is a case for intervention, he is absolutely right we don't want another invasion of iraq. but that us cann't prevent you from intervening with air mobile forces they can go and take territory and hand it over so the iraqi army to hold. becauses the easier to hold territory than take it. and that doesn't prevent the many air mobile forces there in the region. jordan,

they want to make sure that after asaad if the regime goes those factions will not turn against each other and create total chaos, there are no details now as steve about who will ray tend that conference and what are the specifics of the road map that we are going to put on paper. >> we wait to hear more details about this proposed conference, thank you very much indeed. >> well, a leading human rights groups says war crimes are being committed on a daily baseness syria's second city aleppo. it says the devices killed more than 3,000. they have also been criticized for using weapons such as mortars that reportedly killed more than 600 civilians. u.n. back talks have been taking place in geneva, the u.n. envoy has been meeting rebel representatives as well as regional players including iran. two of the biggest fronts have not been asked to take part we must redouble efforts in search of a political process this view is shared be i the wider international community russia, hopefully refocuses the attention on the political track earlier this year through moscow one and moscow two ther

they also wanted to bomb asaad. they created these people. everything that they have talked about in foreign policy they've been wrong about for 20 years and they have the gull to keep pointing fingers otherwise. >> other republicans in the 2016 field wasted no time in objecting. jindal said this is a perfect example of why paul is unsuited to be commander and chief. it's one thing to take an outlandish position as a senator. one commander and chief is a different job. it's time for the rest of us to say it. former senator, rick santorum had this to say. >> i would expect to hear that from maybe bernie sanders. >> bernie sanders and rand paul interesting. changing gears, the six baltimore police officers charged have requested their case be moved elsewhere. they say it's impossible to select an impartial jury in baltimore due to the overwhelming criticism of the officers and of the widespread effects on the city. this creates an insurmountable prejudice to their client's rights for a fair trial. this city has seen 36 homicides this month. and

that it is involved with hezbollah, and also in supporting bashar al asaad in syria. he said think of how much broodier it would be if they had a nuclear weapon. so he is portraying this deal for the middle east but also particularly for the g.c.c. it is quite a difficult sell, how will we know if this has proven to be successful for obama. >> well, i think it is already slightly diminished that two heads of the state are here. he is talking to the saudi defense minister, the saudi foreign minister, so they are not insignificant but we will get a clearer indication of how things have gone, not from the statement that will be put out because we will see all the usual things, great cooperation, the trust and respect we have heard that before, what is important is how barack obama appears in the media briefing afterwards. is he there just to get a statement, will he take questions, will he appear with someone with the g.c.c., if he is there on his own we can assume that things are not going well, if he is with someone from the g.c.c. that's putting a face on the discussi

aside is a horrible dictator -- asaad is a horrible dictator. if we would have dislodged him isis would be in damascus. i am somebody who was not eager for intervention. i will intervene when an american interest is at stake. we need to have a strong military to deter that, but we should use it wisely and reluctantly. josh: thank you very much for the question. this one is coming from keenan. keenan: i addressed this a little bit earlier. could you please address your priorities and philosophy when you are confronted with an issue regarding the balance between individual privacy and government provided security, such as law enforcement or national defense? senator paul: benjamin franklin said those who give up their liberty for security will have neither. i believe that. i do not think it is a trade-off. i think we can capture deter and protect our nation from terrorists and use the constitution to do it. the reason i am hesitant to allow blanket surveillance or allow police to go in any house in america to grab people without a warrant, that is

there was absolutely no cooperation with the government of bashar al asaad, but the cia cultivated human intelligence on the ground in syria, human intelligence that resulted in several weeks of surveillance on abu saef. some say he was an irreplaceable asset. other see him as the group's accountant who can be easily replaced. >> thank you. >> well we now know the names of the u.s. marines killed in a military helicopter crash in nepal. nepal. the six marines and two nepalese soldiers were delivering aid in the wake of two earthquakes when the helicopter went down. the cause of the crash is under investigation. >> the republican presidential hopefuls all weighing in on whether george w. bush should have authorized the invasion of iraq in 2003. we have that story from our washington news room. >> hi. after a misstep an an interview with former florida governor jeb bush about the iraq invasion, republican candidates, both official or not, are being pressed on the decision to take the country to war in hindsight. that includes marco rubio. he sat down with our own chris wallace on fox news

they can turn this towards syria the united states is not going to stop them >>> asaad's fighters hold grounds in major cities. more rebel groups are considering joining forces to defeat bashar al-assad. >>> a retired general from the lebanese army joins us now from beirut. we appreciate your time. i'm not sure if you heard, but hassam was reporting that the rebels were changing their strategy and tactics. can you tells more about that? from what to what and why new? >> yes, it's an important question. they did change their tactics and their strategy and in my opinion, it's a new era. before the syrian regime used to fight many sections and many in deraa and everywhere, and when the syrian regime stopped to fight them they used to fight each other. and what happened in the north of syria, i think there's something new, as we said. so i sponsor it by original countries like turkey for example. turkey used to provide, of course intelligence services and turkey used to provide logistics. but this time we can say, and many observers say this that turkey played an important role on the batt

difference and punishing a sod, we are done letting people die a broad for a generation -- punishing asaadone letting people die a broad for a generation. guest: on foreign-policy matters, he is much less constrained by popular opinion. this is a place where the president actually matters. if you ask them to look at the range of folks running today the answer is no. brendan: the story of the day has political implications for our story of the day. will russia or qatar lose their world cups or should they? tom: good morning everyone, this was just handed to me on fifa us press release from switzerland and at the bottom are the sponsors. adidas, coca-cola, gasp from if i am coca-cola do i want to be on this press release? brendan: absolutely not. this morning was a very awkward press conference. he had an adidas ball onset. guest: i think you have one sponsor who has no problem. tom: a terrific interview lined up in 15 minutes from brazil. brendan: from the financial times, a new global order of cities. international pollack talks -- politics beginning to address the -- is beginning to resem