so rain wants bashar al-assad to remain in charge. we saw the secretary of state dropping his guard and conceding that the united states recognises that bashar al-assad is in power in syria, even as it prosecutes the war against i.s.i.l. the french foreign minister said over the weekend that that was a big mistake. conceding that bashar al-assad remains in power is absolutely necessary for bringing peace to the region. >> we spoke with the department of state over the weekend. as you mentioned, it issued a statement clarifying the statement of secretary kerry, we do not believe that secretary kerrry meant exactly what he said - that syrian opposition is committed to transition talks with members of the bashar al-assad regime. they went to geneva in 2014 to negotiate a solution and try to hasten the end of the conflict engulfing syria, and the regime did not engage in geneva in good faith. so secretary kerrry called it a magnet of terror. we do recognise that there needs to be a transition. we recognise that there needs to be... >> you

in a sense adopting bashar al-assad as a strat onlyingic ally -- strat eeging alley. do not want him to fall because they believe i.s.i.s. and al nusra will go in and take the capital. which would be a disaster. >> it's a strategic move to build a stronger alliance with bashar al-assad. >> what is interesting is that we say that there were efforts. i would say there weren't really any significant efforts from the united states to build up a moderate position that could be a force of the future for a syrian country. i would say that had the opportunities, high level effect from the bashar al-assad regimes, leading a career of military service because they were ordering to do unthinkable things. in your report you see it. this is a country divided. >> absolutely. tell me more about what you experienced in the past 7 years. >> i would say what is striking is i'm covering a war of my peers. most of the country under 30, and most of the country i would say is under 20. when we are in the i.d. p camps, internally displaced camps, refugee camps, you would be shocked to see h

everyone else is willing to remove bashar al-assad - see that bashar al-assad leaves but the regime to stay. >> for now. thank you very much indeed for talking to us here at al jazeera. twin bomb blasts targeted churns in the pakistani city. 14 people have been killed. pakistani claimed responsibility, victorian gatenby reports. the pakistani taliban timed its attacks to cause maximum devastation. the two churches in lahore were parked with catholics and protest ants. there was chaos in the moment after the bombs exploded within minutes of each other. the attack was the worst on the community since the double suicide bombing in the north-western city of peshawar in 2013 killed more than 80 people. this time the bombings were in the neighbourhood home to 100,000 christians. lahore is home to pakistan's wealthiest province. it is considered peaceful. attacks have been increasing after the government's attempts to hold peace talks with the taliban last year. christian community leaders say the government is not doing enough to ensure safety and attacks like this show that they are targets

was clear, bashar al-assad must go if there's to be peace. the secretary of state john kerry appears to be changing the president obama's position. >> to get the - bashar al-assad regime to negotiate. we'll have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change the calculation about negotiating. that is under way. john kerry was not calling for direct talks, a man whoment the u.s. says is no longer a legitimate ruler. he was using bashar al-assad was a short hand. representatives of the regime. that is why people ask questions. we venture to make sleer that there's not a change in policy or a process ongoing. with i.s.i.l. in control of large areas of syria, and rebel groups in disarray some say washington has no choice but to make some accommodation with the regime. experts suggest john kerry got ahead of the administration and may have harmed the chances of negotiating a peace deal. the optics to the opposition were horrible. to thor the words of negotiation. not to make the distinct

has to net with bashar al-assad of -- negotiate with bashar al-assad. >> we are working with others to reignite a diplomatic out come. why? everyone agrees there's no military solution only a political solution. to get the bashar al-assad regime to negotiate we are going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change the calculation about negotiating. that is under way now. and i am convinced that with the efforts of our allies and others, there'll be increased pressure on bashar al-assad. >> hundreds of people demonstrated outside the white house, protesting against i.s.i.l. bashar al-assad and u.s. policy. the united states and 14 other u.n. security council nations are sponsoring a photo exhibit at the u.n. the display featuring photos of those killed by the bashar al-assad regime. we'll warn you, some images in the report are graphic. >> the exhibit begins with a warning. the following images are disturbing. some turn away. others move in closer. >> everyone should see it. carol works at the u.n. in the budget of

secretary of state says his country is willing to negotiate with bashar al-assad to bring about a transition. a far cry from in the past where it was said that bashar al-assad should go before a deal be nayed. nayed. -- mead. made. secretary of state john kerry arrives for talks. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry calling for answered to four years of bloodshed. he spoke with c.b.s. >> we are working hard with other interested parties to see if we can reignite a diplomatic out come. why - because everywhere agrees there's no military solution only a political solution. to get the bashar al-assad to negotiate we'll have to make is clear there's a determination by everyone to seek the outcome and change the negotiating. that's underway right now. i'm convinced with the efforts of allies and others there'll be increased pressure on bashar al-assad. >> and you'd be willing to negotiate with him. >> we have to negotiate in the end. >> the u.s. had a role in peace talks when former u.n. negotiator brought the syrian government and members of the opposition for talks at the u.n. headquarter

president bashar al-assad is being ripped off the building. ar al-assad insists the war is not about land but winning hearts and minds, and says many syrian support him, or he wouldn't have been able to hold on to power this long. >> we can not win the heart of minds killing syrians, or sustain four years in that position as a government and he as president while the rest of the world, most of the world, the great and regional powers are against me and my people against me. >> reporter: after four violent years many in syria and abroad will find it difficult to know who to believe. especially when videos like this are posted online. an opposition organization accuses soldiers of carrying out revenge attacks in idlib, using chlorine gas. these are said to be the victims. >> oft people. >> bashar al-assad says it's all a lie, part of a smear campaign. >> in the media, when it bleeds it bleeds. they go for something that bleeds. >> he is defiant as usual. even though losing idlib to the rebels puts the side at a disadvantage. it's the biggest blow

to take more direct action against president bashar al-assad. let's go to the white house where mike viqueira is there for us. so far the president has been reluctant to take more direct action. >> well, it's certainly true, and of all the foreign policy problems nat president has faced, syria is the most vexing and gained the most critics towards president obama and his policies. in the most violent year yet in a conflict of four years. >> millions forced from their homes, 220,000 dead. what can the president do to stop it. so far many experts agree what he's trying isn't working. >> mr. obama's approach to stay out of the area with troops on the ground, that far he's succeed something far. >> six months into the civil war the president said assad must go. three and a half years later the carnage conditions continues and assad is still there. >> what are i see are enormous gaps between what the the obama administration claims they're trying to do there. >> in 2013 the president's hands from forced. assad was accused of attacking his own people

during that interview on sunday you'll see that he was talking about the assad regime not about bashar al-assad himself except in a very colloquial sense. at any rate, aids here at the time state department in washington insist that bashar al-assad is still not the legitimate leader of syria, that he ought to leave and that any political settlement to resolve the four-year-old civil war in syria did -- cannot have him on the table. >> and on that point how likely will there be any negotiations to end the civil war? >> probably not any time soon lauren. that is because even though there have been russian attempts to bring parts of the issue onto the table to resolve the civil war, those closely aligned with the u.s. government say they don't think moscow is brokering in good faith because moscow is an ally of damascus. however, the u.s. says it's open to get the talks back on track but they don't see that happening right now. >> all right rosalyn jordan, thank you very much indeed. >> the italian diplomat fernandoo rosilini tony blair will resign from thinks current role of middle east quartet.

. >>> four years after the start of hostilities towards president bashar al-assad, we look at how the war in syria led to the rise of i.s.i.l. >>> healing relations narendra modi visits jaffna to meet the displaced from sri lanka's long civil war. first, iraqi forces battling i.s.i.l. say the city of tikrit will be freed within 72 hours. control of tikrit which is the home town of former president saddam hussein is seen as crucial in the fight against the armed group. people, at least 13 kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in i.s.i.l.'s shelling. this incident took place south of the oil-rich city of kirkuk. let's talk to our correspondent jane arraf, in the iraqi capital. first of all, tikrit how credible is the optimism from the iraqi forces that they could liberate this important town within three days. >> well liberate is a sweeping word. what they are saying is they believe that they are confident in eradicating the i.s.i.l. preps in tikrit. the major pockets of i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. holds half the city. it's not a huge number of fighters. the reason this is taking so long, a

. >> the syrian president bashar al assad said he is open that to dialogue with the united states. he said there must be no threat to syria's sovereignty. >> in principle, in syria, we can say that every dialogue is a positive thing and we're going to be open to any dialogue with anyone including the united states regarding anything based on mutual respect. >> those comments come just days after u.s. secretary of state john kerry indicated that he wants to reignite negotiations with assad saying assad's comments aren't new. >> the syrian president bashar al assad has been suggesting dialogue or seeking dialogue for quite a while and there's frankly nothing new in that. the real question is whether there's anything new in the american position, and i think that there isn't anything new there, either. john kerry's remarks were taken somewhat out of context. although he he's quoted as having said something about negotiation, what wasn't really reported was that his next sentence placed any negotiations in the framework of the geneva one communique of 2012, which specifically has been

administration to say, the return of the bashar al-assad regime. also, you know with barrel bombings and other brutal policies, it's helped to contribute to that type of environment on which i.s.i.l. can play. >> with more than 1200 u.s.-led coalition air strikes against i.s.i.l. positions, it's reckoned around 8,500 i.s.i.l. fighters killed how would you assess the strength - sorry, i forgot to mention kobane where the kurdish forces for the main part beat back i.s.i.s. how far would you assess their capacity to be now. how strong are they? >> well i.s.i.l. has a well-known slogan, which is ( [ speaking foreign language ] if we are talking about syria, they are not so much if the core of their territory is upchanged, there's no rivals to challenge the administration which, of course poses a risk for the u.s. strategy of trying to insert a rebel force to take on i.s.i.l. and retake territory from them. if i.s.i.l. has brought a sense of order that a lot of the rebel groups in their fragmentation couldn't and if that is d dismissed, rebel forces are

both countries are apposed to any negotiations with bashar al-assad. but if you take a close look at what the secretary of state actually said during that interview on sunday, you'll see he was talking about the assad regime, not about bashar al-assad himself except in a very colloquial sense. they insist that bashar al-assad is still not the leader of syria. and any settlement to resolve the four-year-old war in syria cannot have him at the table. >> refugees have been pushed into exile again. we have reports from the largest refugee carp on the daily struggle to survive. >> too old to care for her disabled and mentally challenge ed daughters, but she has no other choice. they are palestinian refugees who came to lebanon when their neighborhood in damascus became a battleground. they said they're barely coping with the little help they get. but they were alone when the youngest daughter died from lung infection. >> no one was next to me to help her. she died in my arms. no one came in time to bring her a doctor. >> they live in the largest palestinian

. >> for a lot of these groups, target number one is bashar al assad. want to continue. >> syria's gone. it's not coming back together. that's my prediction. >> we have to take a break. >>> up next, isis recruitment. you heard a lot about it. what is the appeal? can it be stopped? we'll talk to a parent working to stop her own son going over to fight for isis. [rob] so we've had a tempur-pedic for awhile, but now that we have the adjustable base, it's even better. [evie] i go up...heeeeyyy... [alex] when i put my feet up on this bed, my stress just goes away. [announcer] visit your local retailer and discover how tempur-pedic can move you. whethbefore the big race... or a healthy start before the big meeting, there's a choice hotel that's waiting for you. this spring, choose choice twice, get a night at no price at 1,500 hotels. book now at choicehotels.com i am an electric crew foreman out of the cupertino service center. i was born and raised in the cupertino area. it's a fantastic area to work. the new technology that we are installing out in the fie

both countries are opposed to any negotiations that would involve bashar al assad. you take a close look to what the secretary of state actually said during that interview on sunday, you will see that he was talking about at a time assad regime, not about bashar al al assad himself but in a colloqual sense. in the state aid department here t insist assad is not the legitimate leader of syria, that he ought to leave and any political settlement to resolve the four-year-old civil war in syria cannot have him at the table. >> the u.s. has hit it's debt limit and can't borrow more money until the depressed acts. congress has to authorize increased borrowing, a deal that expired on monday. the treasury department says it can continue to fund the government for months just by moving money around. the u.s. senate's republican leader says that his chamber will act and the country will not threaten to default on the debt again. >> the latest twist in brazil's corruption scandal, people arrested six people in connection with kickbacks and political payoffs at the state oil gi

if you want to bet on what's going to happen afterwards. >> so you're saying isis helps bashar al assadves the pop racial of syria a stark choice. to give the population of syria a stark choice between a good liberal democratic opposition and assad. >> it also verifies the message assad was giving from the beginning, which is these are terrorists. >> look what you got. his dad in 1982 said look, these people are all crazy, pull the artillery round, knock it down. it's either me or this islamic chaos. >> it's also important to point out, they also make money from european countries which are paying for kidnapping ransoms. >> eu countries have paid in the hundreds of millions, which means that we are negotiating with terrorists. maybe not the united states, but european countries have. >> the french especially. >> the french. >> and that's what we've heard from a lot of the families of americans, they see their fellow captives being ransomed back to european countries. >> terrain is an integral component. the more territory they take over, the more people they lord it over, the more they

interview he did not say specifically that the world should be negotiating specifically with bashar al-assad. when you take a look at what he said, he did talk about the need to negotiate with the assad regime. and that might be where some of the confusion, at least as far as the state department is concerned, is coming from. the state department's position has been and continues to be, according to aids here, that bashar al-assad is not the legitimate leader of syria and needs to leave. and that the only way to achieve that is going to be through some sort of political settlement. but they stress that does not mean that bashar al-assad would be sitting at the table for that negotiation. >> and roz since i.s.i.l. pushed into iraq over the summer most of the international discretion has been focusing on iraq rather than syria because syria seems such a heck and so impossible to resolve. are there any fresh efforts within the state department to try to stop the killing in syria? >> those questions were raised at monday's daily press briefing here at the state department barbara, but the state

on what is going to be coming afterwards you can bet it on it. >> so you're saying isis helps bashar al assadof -- population of syria a stark choice. to give the population of syria a stark choice between a good liberal democratic opposition and assad. >> it also verifies the message assad was giving from the beginning, which is these are terrorists. >> look what you got. his dad in 1982 said look, these people are all crazy, pull the artillery round, knock it down. it's either me or this islamic chaos. >> it's also important to point out, they also make money from european countries which are paying for kidnapping ransoms. >> eu countries have paid in the hundreds of millions, which is to get aide workers and journalists back. which mean ss that we are negotiating with terrorists, maybe not the united states but european countries have. >> the french especially. >> the french. >> and that's what we've heard from a lot of the families of americans, they see their fellow captives being ransomed back to european countries. >> terrain is an integral component. the more territory they take over,

people raising their voices against bashar al-assad four years ago. when we took to the streets, each felt a resolution simmering inside of us waiting for the right moment, and we can feel free. the fear barrier collapse the. we all are mother brother and family. we used to chants. the yelling came from the bottom of the heart. smee is an activist living in beirut. she cried looking at the videos of the earlier demonstration, it's hard to contemplate now home are starving. four years after the revolution they insist on hiding identity. she is afraid of the government which still controls parts of government where her family live. we were there for this rare moment four years ago, when people's hopes were high. they believed they would be able to overthrow the syrian government. many hope the army should turn within the community and it would come to the rescue. that is not how events unfolded. the revolution turned into a civil war, and syria a battle ground or international forces to fight for their own agenda. more than 2,000 syrians have been kille

past 24 hours, secretary of state john kerry saying that the rust is willing to negotiate with bashar al assadback kerry, including from the french government saying they're not ready to negotiate with bashar al assad. he must go. >> the gaffe in washington is telling the truth. i think this is a fact. the country, syria is controlled by three entities. if you're seesh yous about a solution unfortunately you're going to have to deal with ie said assad assad. >> he's got the blood of 200,000 fellow syrians on his hands. >> we dealt with stalin who had the blood of millions of people. i'm not defending this. we've dealt with bloody people in the past when it suited our interest. >> the u.s. is dealing with iran right now, saying that iran is a country that supports terrorism. it's on the state department's list as a terrorist nation. >> we're engage in a long term negotiation about their nuclear weapons. >> negotiations in switzerland right now. we see john kerry shaking hands with the foreign minister of iran almost every day now as they try to meet the end of march deadline. even though the u.

bashar al-assad made the comments in a television interview view with cb s. he said there must we no questioning of syria's sovereignty. every day is a positive thing. we'll be open to any dialogue regarding anything mute although respect >>> the united nations doubled syrians living in besieged areas. the new number has 440,000 people. the earlier estimate of 212,000 was too low. syrian government forces bombed areas in idlib. some were injured in a clar een gas attack. opposition fighters have been advancing in recent days. >> to iraq where the battle for tikrit is intensifying. militias are targetting i.s.i.l. in the city. the u.s. conducted air tricks op locations in tikrit at iraq's request >>> voters in nigeria have been urged not to engage in violence. the main candidates jonathan goodluck and muhammadu bahari urged that votes be free and fair. security has been a major factor. >> many nigerians have been demanding that the government supply free schooling across the country. we have a report from the southern city. >> reporter: meet this 10-year-old,

maybe rethinking its approach to bashar al-assad and iran? >> if there is a u.s.y at all on syria then it is one of nonintervention while at the same time maintaining the policy of not recognizing the assad government or dealing with it. some people regard that as a non-policy, in other words, something that allows continuing drift but sit a clear position that has been taken by the obama administration all along. now, the training of the syrian rebel groups or opposition groups which up to a year ago was billed as being something intended to acquire leverage against assad agreement to force it to negotiate seriously, now these training efforts are being framed entirely as targeting the islamic state in the current conflict and specifically excluded from that or at least not mentioned in that is anything about confronting the syrian regime. so i think that the statements by u.s. military commanders basically reveal the sort of ambivalence of u.s. policy and the fact that the training frankly is pretty modest it's going to take place over a long period of time with

on sunday, the foreign office insisted bashar al-assad had no place in serious future. british officials were pointing to a spokeswoman who denied john kerry's comments represented a shift on syria. thousands are expected to turn out for a rally in support of the 71-year-old nun who was gang raped after trying to prevent -- protect her convent. that is the latest in a series of high-profile assaults in india that have intensified outraged over high levels of violence against women. many students took to the streets to protest. the rally today is being led by priests near where the attack took place. asked everyone in the parishes to participate. thousands of brazilians took to the streets sunday to demand the president step down. they are angry about a major government scandal that has implicated dozens of politicians around the country. some protesters are even calling for the military to step in. correspondent: copacabana swarming with protesters who say they have enough of the president and corruption. >> there's no point in complaining only on social media. we have

is clear, bashar al-assad has to go if there is to be peace. but now secretary of state john kerry appears to be changing the obama administration's position. >> to get bashar al-assad to negotiate we're going to have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. that's underway right now. >> aids say kerry was not called for direct talks with assad. >> he was using assad as a shorthand, representatives of the regime. we've made it clear that was not a policy or a process that's ongoing. >> with i.s.i.l. in control of large areas of syria and rebels in disarray, some say washington has really no choice to make some accommodations of the regime. kerry got ahead of the administration. >> to utter those words of negotiating with assad not to make the distinction between assad and the regime was taken as a real slap in the face and it's really hard i think to get the opposition which is unfortunately divided to the negotiating table in the first place.

bashar al-assad says it's all a lie. when it bleeds it bleeds. they look for something that bleeds. >> reporter: they are defiant as usual. even though losing idlib to the rebels puts the side at a screening. it's the biggest blow to the forces in two years. >>> activists say 10 have been killed in syria after an is car bomb exploded to the east. it happened in front of a restaurant in a popular market. rebels accused militia said loyal to the government behind the attack. five have been killed in the iraqi capital baghdad. two police officers are among the dead. near the entrance gait of the shia neighbourhood of hussainia. 13 others were wound the >>> prosecutors in the trial of boston marathon bomber dzhokhar tsarnaev wrapped up monday. it's not clear if he will testify, he faces life in prison or the death penalty. >> ehud olmert israel's former president is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of corruption in a retrial. imtiaz tyab has the details from west jerusalem. >> despite being acquitted in 2012 spared a 19,000 fine, and a su

bashar al-assad made the comment in a television interview with a u.s. broadcaster c.b.s. there must be no pressuring of syria's sovereignty. >> as principle, in syria we could say every dialogue is positive and we'll be open with dialogue to anyone including the other, based op mutual respect. >> the united nations doubled the estimate of syrians in besieged areas. the new number is close to 440,000 people >>> a 3-day locked down aimed at stopping the thread of ebola has come into force in sierra leone. the president ordered everyone to stay indoors from friday morning to sunday night. volunteers will go door to door to educate people about ebola. sierra leone has been battling the virus that killed more than 10,000 in west africa. >> more to come on the programme. demanding answers, thousands of protesters in mexico say take to the streets over the case of 43 missing students. >> and why shoppers have more choice in sudan. you know his music but what about the man? >> i was given a gift. >> up close and personal. behind the scenes of the biggest hits... >> she was a trou

. >> it's been four years since the uprising against bashar al-assad in syria. one year since malaysia airlines 370 mysteriously vanished and we're getting troubling news about the aircraft data recorder. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the stop top stories we're following now. thousands gathered in selma alabama to commemorate the signing of the voting rights act in 1965. >>> 50 years ago police assaulted 600 civil rights protesters, as they tried to walk from selma to montgomery.about. >>> ground troops from niger and chad fourth suicide bombers killed 50 people and injured more than 100. >>> countries around the world spent the day honoring women's history day. demanding the close of of gender gaps. >>> it is sun night and our look at the week ahead. four years from the fighting in syria killing 200,000 people and displaced more than 9 million syrians. ing are courtney kealy has more. >> they may never fully recover >> i think the trauma and what this is done to syria's children may never be repaid. >> are middle eastern countries president ba

it's believed a missile was lunched from syria in an area controlled by the about bashar al-assad regime. we'll bring you more on that as son as we get it. >> rebel fighters in the north-west of syria joined forces in a bid to take control of city. the al qaeda group took on western backed opposition fighters and the syrian regime in the region. kim vinnell reports. >> reporter: on the outskirts of idlib several fighters take control of the area. several fighters say they have int forces to take ove the city in the north-west. activists video purports to show rebel fighters getting ready for battle. regime forces closed off the city. stopping residents getting in or out while transferring command. rebels trying to cut off supply lines. to the east government forces are targetting i.s.i.l.-controlled areas. i.s.i.l. fighters control large parts of syria and iraq and after meeting with syrian president bashar al-assad iraq's foreign minister says more will be done. >> there is cooperation, but we are looking forward to having a high level of cooperation. what we have in common needs more c

to end what kind of country would be left and this whole point of civil war was to get rid of bashar al-assad. will he now survive? >> that is another million dollar question. it is very difficult to imagine a future syria with bashar al-assad there. although a lot of people say it is also difficult to move forward without the current government institutions in place. and without the current regime in place. so maybe one solution that keeps being discussed is to keep the government, keep the regime as-is but get rid of the head of the regime and that's the bashar al-assad. >> rasha, thank you for joining us tonight. >> millions of women around the world are forced into marriage against their will and it happens in the united states as well. >> coming up next we will hear stories of women trying to break the customs that bind them. >> also victories in court for some muslim teachers in germany. >> in tonight's in contact segments we look at forced marriage with women. >> risking the threat of violence even death. 24-year-old nash yah el said is as tough mentally as she is physically. she lives

said it will have to negotiate with president bashar al assad. iran's foreign minister arrived in switzerland for talks over its nuclear prom with the u.s. the framework for an agreement is set for the end of march. an extension past that date is said by john kerry to be unlikely. >> the high cost of living and increasingly important issue for many voter in israel. in a country where security typically dominates elections political parties are struggling to address the latest concerns. >> they put together gift packs for family and friends, the treats handed out during the jewish holiday. the carefully chosen sweets are more expensive this year. >> everything costs so much now. you go to the market to buy something and you have to stop yourself, because if you buy this item or that, you'll be short of money the following week. >> he isn't only struggling with the rising cost of food, but also his rent. >> according to a recent government survey, four out of 10 israelis struggle to make ends meet every month. part of the problem is a shortage of a

secretary of state john kerry says washington is willing to negotiate with the syrian president bashar al-assadolitical transition. up until now the u.s. had insisted that the assad had to go before any deal could be made. kerry is in switzerland for talks on iran's nuclear program. our diplomatic editor james bay is his there. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry where he called for a fresh start to peace efforts to end four years of blood she had in syria. he spoke in afternoon interviewed with the u.s. tv network cbs. >> we are working to see if we can find a political solution. there is no military solution, only a political association but to get the assad regime to negotiate, we have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. that's under way right now. i am convictioned with the efforts of our allies and others, there will be inning ceasedinningkeys increased pressure assad. >> and you would be willing to negotiate with him? >> we have to negotiate in the end. >> reporter: the u

to add to the complexity, the islamic state controls parts of syria, many that rose up against bashar al-assad were targeted by i.s.i.l. >> translation: now the problem is not just with bashar al-assad, the foreign powers fighting each other. this changed the course of the revolution. during the address of the revolution, a country was supporter of the opposition. it was an us or them approach. but the conflict today has many players, and dragged on with no clear winners, only losses on both sides. as the majority of syrians, including those that started the uprising are left to watch from the sidelines. >>> c.i.a. money meant for a secret afghan fund wound up going to al qaeda in 2010, according to a "new york times" report. it was used by afghanistan to pay part of a ransom for a diplomat. at the time osama bin laden warned operatives who took the cash that it may be contaminated poisoned or containing a tracking device. it came to light when evidence came forward in the trial of a former al qaeda lieutenant. c.i.a. refused to comment >>> secretary of state john kerry said he hopes whomever

only on al jazeera america. >> to get the bashar al-assad regime to negotiate, we'll have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome, and change his calculation about negotiating >>> secretary of state john kerry says there must be a political solution about the conflict in syria, coming as syria enters the fifth year. kerry is attending a conference. >> reporter: secretary john kerry in shamal sheikh in egypt, calling for a peaceful start to end four years of bloodshed in syria. he spoke in an interviewer with u.s. network c.b.s. >> we are working hard with other parties to see if we can reignite a doi.ic outcome. everywhere agrees it's a political solution. to get the regime to net. we'll have to make it clear that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change the negotiation. that's under way now. but i am convinced with the efforts of the allies and others. there'll be increased pressures. >> you would be willing to negotiate. >> well, we have to. >> reporter: the u.s. had a role in previous

diplomats and diplomats representing the regime of bashar al assad. that would be something new. i think the reason they are talking about all of this now is because they had vested all their hope in the process that was set out by the u.n.'s special envoy. he had a plan for freezes and ceasefire starting in aleppo. i've been speaking to a number of senior diplomats who believe that process is stalled to the point of almost being dead. they are now talking about rather than the bottom up process like that, going back to the idea of a talk down process. you were talking about the regional and international parties involved. if everyone is around the tail, it can be solved. >> where you are in lausanne is where we'll find iran's prime minister there for talks with secretary of state john kerry. those talks are over iran's nuclear program. the deadline for a framework agreement has been set for the end of march. meanwhile, the white house is asking the u.s. congress to stay out of negotiation witness iran. james, can you tell us a little bit about what we expect to see coming out of

the obama administration says it may have to negotiate with bashar al assad. plus, israeli voters heading to the polls this week in a race seen as referendum on prime minister netanyahu. we reported about the effort to possibly keep him from being reelected. a senate committee prepares to investigate funding being provided to an american nonprofit group actively lobbying against the prime minister. remember, we love it when you chime in and tune in at the same time. hit us up on our fox news social pages twitter and facebook. stay with us. >>> you are just joining us if that's the case here is what is happening. after a massive manhunt police announced arrest in the shooting of two police officers in ferguson, missouri. the suspect jeffrey williams faces counts of first degree assault and weapons and criminal action charges. amid protests which happen a lot thursday around midnight the two police men were shot just outside the ferguson police department. attorney general eric holder says the arrest sends a clear message that acts against law enforcement person

in march, 2011, protests against president bashar al-assad have been met with violence. jordan, lebanon, and turkey have almost 4 million refugees in their countries. the conflict also led to the rise of isis. almost half of the country is in the hands of isis or other groups fighting the regime. the war has also become a proxy battlefield for regional actors. john kerry suggested what others have suggested. there has to be a political solution. he included negotiations with syria. i spoke to bashar al-assad last week for 60 minutes. here is the full conversation. thank you for allowing us to come here. we asked for this interview because your country has been at war for four years. it is a humanitarian crisis. perhaps the worst on the crisis. -- planet. 10 million have left their homes. life expectancy is down. 50% of your country is occupied by hostile forces. it has he come a battleground for outside forces. what is next? we have seen, since i last visited, they rise of isis. hezbollah. the united states becoming increasingly concerned about isis so much so that the p

the question i think nobody is pressing the administration on is what is our policy on bashar al assad right now? because -- >> are we -- >> is that evolving? what is the policy? because can you bomb the heck out of them or not because now do we need bashar al assad to help us against isis? >> we have the sobering education that tyrants are not as bad as radical islam. is that what it is? you need to have a lion tamer who is as brutal? >> here is the problem. we had saddam hussein. he kept iran destabilized because they were fighting with each other. mubarak was no prize. he was not bad towards israelis and kept the region stable. assad is the same thing, horrible human being. >> 250000 people have been killed by the hands of their leader. >> but that's the problem you wasn't a regime change? >> we have to use him and then -- >> this all goes back to -- >> this is what you do. >> it all goes back to the red line and not enforcing it. the day that i know a former administration official said this is the day that wrecked the world. it's playing out. >> that sticks to hillary which goes t

people in deraa raising their voices against the president bashar al-assad four years ago. when we took to the streets, each one of us felt as if we had a revolution simmering inside of us waiting for the right moment to come out, and we can feel free. the fear barrier just come. we all went out. my mother and family. we chanted and the yelling came from the bottom of our hearts. >> gardenia is not her real name, she's an activist living in beirut. now she cries when she looks at the video of the demonstrations. >> translation: it's hard to concentrate in a demonstration while people are starving looking for something to eat. >> reporter: four years after the revolution she insists on hiding her identity. she is afraid for the government, which controls parts of deraa as well as other parts of the country, including the capital damascus. rare moment four years ago. when people's hopes from heightened. they believed they'd be able to overthrow the government. many syrians hope the army and the international community would come to their rescue. that's not how event unfolded.

getting more involved could mean uncomfortable alliances with bashar al-assad, iran's kurdish militia and nationalists. canadians doubt it will make them safer >>> conciliatory offer - the jordan "times" rites of a peace offering and positive response. it would be one less conflict in the region and serve as a template to end other conflicts >>> a mud slide in central peru left seven dead. neighbourhoods have been damaged, leaving hundreds homeless. it will take days to clear the met. we have more from lima. >> reporter: the powerful mud slide destroyed nearly everything in its path. tonnes of mud and rocks that slipped through the eastern town in peru left dozens of homes and vehicles buried under the rubble. to save their lives, people fled and climbed in trucks. the water levels from the river rose endangering three towns in the area. >> translation: we were dying. everything was breaking and burying us. officials say seven died, among them children. more than 20 have been taken to hospital. rescue teams opening refuges for 250 families. powerlines are town. authorities helped vict

. >>> in a wide-ranging interview with "60 minutes", bashar al-assad says he still has the people's supportthough the obama administration says he must leave office, he says he's open to talking with the u.s. >> we are always open. we never close our doors. they should be ready for the talks. they should be ready for the negotiations. we didn't make an embargo on the united states. we didn't support terrorists who did anything to the united states. >> and what's interesting is that bashar al-assad also said u.s. air strikes are not diminishing the isis threat. listen to this. >> actually, isis has expanded since the beginning of the strikes, not like some american wants to sugar coat the situation as to say that it's getting better. isis being detreated, actually, no. you have more recruits. some estimates that they have 1,000 recruits every month in syria. in iraq, they are expanding in libya. and many other al qaeda affiliate organizations have announced their allegiance to isis. >> al-assad went on to say three believes every contlikts should end with a political solution. >>> forces are

>> how about taking bashar al-assad getting them anywhere they want anything they wants and help millionsople come back home and rebuild their lives. instead of solving the refugee problems by thinking the millions they have to help, why not take down or resettle bashar al-assad and the few people who are helping them to kill tall syrian people? >> but the reality is syria's president shows no sign of leaving and the war shows no sign of ending. state department is pledging to do better, hoping to accept up to 2,000 syrian refugees this year and next, and those referred by the u.n. hcr are women and children and elderly and people with severe medical conditions. john. >> thank you jamie. >>> coming up next, people in filthy conditions in the united states. a raw sewage problem in alabama. why little is being done about it. >>> now ferguson residents are looking to leave. >> with you activist calls it america's dirty secret. a rural alabama county where many people live without county. loundes county alabama where many people live without plumbing. ash-har quraishi has the story. >> this i

the syrian opposition is accusing the regime of president bashar al-assad of severe human rights violations. they say the government frequently uses chlorine gas as a weapon against its own people. can syrian government forces are dropping highly distraught of barrel bombs from helicopters. 115 civilians were killed in attacks in the city last november alone. massive human rights violations are taking place each and every day in syria. u.n. satellite pictures show the extent of the devastation in the residential areas of aleppo. >> damage to schools. hospitals. living in difficult conditions and refugee camps. >> the u.n. says brutal atrocities are being committed not just by assad's troops but by rebel groups and islamic state militants. foreign citizens committing war crimes in syria could be prosecuted in their homelands. the u.n. has compiled a confidential list of alleged war criminals. >> they are preparing cases to be heard before a competent and impartial judiciary. reporter: few people may be brought to justice. a small red dress for the thousands of lives the syrian civil war has

. >>> iranians provide direct military assistance to president bashar al-assad while washington remains one of his most ferocious critics. in the swiss lake side resort of lausanne u.s. secretary of state south carolina is negotiating also with iranian foreign minister moasmed javid zarif. after six months of protracted negotiations that have been going on for months and months, both sides have made it clear that their negotiations are involved strictly to the iran nuclear file. but people talking and living in the same hotel other issues are also being discussed in the sidelines. a break in the talks foreign minister zarif went for a walk on the lake frond. he confirmed to me that yemen has been discussed. >> any two diplomats sitting in a place will discuss that issue. doesn't mean we negotiated about it. our negotiations are confined to the nuclear. >> any deal here could have wider implications. so far the only person to state that publicly, is the u.n. policy chief fredericka margarini. >> certainly as far as the western powers are concerned and iran is concerned what it doesn't do

and after meeting with bashar al-assad, more will are done. >> translator: there is cooperation but we are looking forward to having a high level of cooperation. what we have in common needs more coordination and we hope that this visit would be a first step towards more coordination. >> iraq one of syria's main allies, is also a key player for the u.s. in the fight against i.s.i.l. iraqi troops are working with the u.s. led coalition and its bombing campaign. but while baghdad acts as a go- go-between between washington and fight for control over this strategic city is far from over. kim vanel, al jazeera. >> two al jazeera journalists are due to return to court in egypt on wednesday for their retrial. baher mohamed and mohamed fahmy. there wasn't enough evidence to convince the journalists of the charge and they were jailed more than a year and are currently out on bail. their colleague peter greste was deported last month to his native australia. lots more ahead on al jazeera. when we come back, a deadly mudslide blocking the road to the capital. we'll take you to myanmar to one of

secretary kerry is saying now, if enough pressure is brought to bear we can get into talks with bashar al assad'sep aside, but who will bring that pressure to bear? -- there was an expectation to get the russians to put pressure on assad, and that idea even seems less likely to be achievable. >>> nic robertson, thank you so much. >>> we want to bring in jen psaki. good morning, can you hear me? >> i can. >> welcome to "new day." let's talk about what secretary kerry has said yesterday about syria and assad. when did the u.s. policy or strategy at least shift on bashar al assad. >> alisyn it has not shifted for more than two years we've been talking about how there has to be a political process. that's what secretary kerry has been referring to. the process has been on hold for some time but no question to bring an end to the suffering of the syrian people the international committee would need to bring both sides to the table. assad has lost legitimacy. the suns government absolutely continues to believe that. we don't see a future for him in syria. >> you say it has not shifted, however, let me

and charlie rose is on his way back if syria after interviewing president bashar al-assad. limits in this interview. you'll see how assad responds to allegations that he used chemical weapons against his own people. the news is back in the morning. we'll see you right at 7:00. happy friday. >> happy friday. enjoy the weekend. you're coming here though, right? >> i am coming there. has the forecast improved at all? >> ah, no. you'll brighten it up, though, just being here. have a good weekend. >> have a good one, guys. >> thank you. >>> what is going to be the forecast for norah and the rest of us? >> cold, blustery. a few flurries in the low to perhaps mid-40s. 50s on sunday. looks like a better day. >> jackets for little leaguers? >> wear the big puffy coats. we had snow for some of the games early in the seasonnened late in the season, even the major league level. we're looking at a big area of rain and a couple of wet flakes on the west edge of the precip area stretching from boston to new york to philly to d.c., all the way down to ashville, north carolina. this thing i

secretary of state john kerry says syrian president bashar al assad should be included in negotiationseach a political transition there. but the deputy spokeswoman for the state department is clarifying that comment tweeting john kerry repeated longstanding policy that we needed negotiated process with regime at table, did not say we would negotiate directly with assad. but assad seen here with kerry in 2009 says he wants actions, not words. joining us now former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, ambassador john bolton, also a fox news contributor. assad saying we don't care about declarations from the outside. this is for the syrian people to decide. >> john kerry said assad needed to be a part of the negotiation. i think his big mistake was he said what he actually believes and what he has believed from the get-go. in fact, i don't think that the administration will do much of anything in negotiations that will possibly upset either iran or russia. assad's two biggest outside sponsors, because the president cares more than anything else about this nuclear deal with iran and assa

also on the programme syrian president bashar al-assad says he's open for talks with the united states, but continues would ply. >> we look at why the co-pilot of the crashed germanwings plane is now at