assad is doing in syria. what we've got to do is to rebalance the battle field a little bit. bashar al-assad is too dominant on the battle feed to want a negotiated solution. the way to do that is either to strengthen the opposition forces by increasing the training and equipment that go to them or by damaging bashar al-assad's forces and in particular, stopping him from using artillery and missiles and aircraft to attack libertied lid areas in syria. i think that kind of rebalancing would have a big type of dploavmentidiplomatic impact. >> heather, the rest of the world has been risk-averse doing what daniel has suggested. >> well, the rest of the world hasn't been risk-averse enough. more closely linked to folks with ultimately terrorist aims than we'd like. things we could do, one sandy burger suggested this week, people who are living in these areas actually start to see some benefit from having thrown off the assad regime. another by the way, if you don't like arming option, consider a blockade. one that doesn't allow assad to be resupplied. why are you arming this guy? you hav

namely bashar al-assad are terrorist. the assad regime blacklisted the delegates who attended the peace talks as terrorists and froze the assets of their family members. this does not seem like a guy who wants to compromise. and if at any point they assail their own ally and toldim to tap it down a bit, i don't see any evidence of that. i see them doubling down on the line that is coming out of damascus, which is this is a terrorist threat and nothing more. >> daniel, quick response? >> well, i think its true that up until now russia has not seen the threat from extremists in syria, but i think there is a threat. so whatever the line is, it doesn't matte really matter. there will be a threat from terrorists. those who have been trained and experienced there. somebody in russia will realize that at some point we have to accelerate that process and get them to realize it more quickly. >> we're going to take a short break. when we come back we'll talk about american options in the region. the menu doesn't look that great. th

while bashar assad slow walks the removal of the chemical weapons. he's played us for fools. the russians, our buddy vladimir and sergey as we call them are flying in plane loads of russian weapons which are killing people. and by the way, if you haven't seen on my web site and on twitter the pictures that came out of syria that are documented to be accurate, the horrific pictures of these people who were slaughtered by bashar assad, and this president does not do anything of any effect. and it's shameful. >> i want to move what has been a big contentious story this week, which is ted nugent who normally wouldn't i guess be that relevant politically but has made himself relevant by attaching himself to a political situation. when he called president obama -- you've had your issues with the president himself -- when he called him a sub human mongrel, what was your reaction to that? >> it's a free country, but that kind of language really doesn't have any place in out political dialogue. it harms the republican party. i'm sure that it harmed that candidate there. and it should

while bashar assad slow walks the removal of the chemical weapons. he's played us for fools. the russians, our buddy vladimir and sergey as we call them are flying in plane loads of russian weapons which are killing people. and by the way, if you haven't seen on my web site and on twitter the pictures that came out of syria that are documented to be accurate, the horrific pictures of these people who were slaughtered by bashar assad, and this president does not do anything of any effect. and it's shameful. >> i want to move what has been a big contentious story this week, which is ted nugent who normally wouldn't i guess be that relevant politically but has made himself relevant by attaching himself to a political situation. when he called president obama -- you've had your issues with the president himself -- when he called him a sub human mongrel, what was your reaction to that? >> it's a free country, but that kind of language really doesn't have any place in out political dialogue. it harms the republican party. i'm sure that it harmed that candidate there. and it should

he said this in indonesia, blamed bashar al-assad for the peace talks in geneva. we'll read you a quote. >> it drops barrel bombs. i regret to say they are doing so with increased support. russia needs to be part of the sol use, and so many more weapons. so if they enabled it to double down. how do you think it will be received. it's not a new position, but where are the russians at. >> well, the senior member of the syrian opposition says that he welcomed the remarks made by secretary kerry, however, he said that the americans or the u.s. in particular needs to turn their words into action, but they have heard statements way before - we are about to enter the third year of the syrian revolution, and everyone is accusing the russians of backing president bashar al-assad. remember the chemical attacks last year, and then it was followed by a threat of military site. the americans and the russians prevented the regime from a u.s. strike. now everybody was hoping that the geneva talks succeeded. i don't think any of the remarks or statements made by the americans, no

he called for bashar al assad's ouster, then abandoned that. he called for military intervention and abandoned that, too. abandoning our imperatives is about the only thing that's been consistent. now al qaeda has splintered and radicalized the rebels. the power vacuum left by our confused inaction threatens our security both at home and abroad. >> wow. okay. so you tell us how you really feel. look -- >> this is serious stuff, van. and two years in the making now. >> i disagree with you on just about everything. first of all, i know people like you would love for the president to have just rushed us into another big war. if he had done that he would have been going against the u.n., the uk and the republicans. i'm glad we got a lot of help. we've got tommy vietor, a former spokesperson for the obama council and danielle pletka from the american enterprise institute. welcome to the show. now listen, everybody says we should be dropping bombs over there, arming the rebels, getting ourselves embroiled over there. are you in favor of passing out w

bashar al-assad's government must respect its commitments. >> syria's number one ally, russia, blames the delay on security issues but insists they will get rid of the stockpile by march. all of itsys chemical weapons have been destroyed, 10 years after muammar gaddafi sign the chemical weapons convention. it was completed with help from western countries to make sure it was kept out of the hands of militants. there is still much left to do. officials from the organization for the propagation of chemical weapons went to southern libya to see for themselves. they confirmed a large stockpile from the muammar gaddafi era had been destroyed, including mustard gas and bombs. western countries feared it could fall into the hands of militants. libya's prime minister hailed a success. >> we are happy the operation has been carried out successfully. it was finished without anything that could harm the environment or the area that stored the weapons. >> while acknowledging the milestone, more needs to be done. all declarations by libya have been destroyed. there are some residuals that weapons,

assad leaves but it's a matter of when? >> right. and that now seems not to be happening. i think the point here is bashar al assad is as strong as he's been since the civil war started. he's strengthened his positions. he's trying to roust out the rebels in the cities they have captured. all these people running around with weaponry. yes, there are legitimate groups but there's no legitimate way to tell if they will prevail. so you mentioned all the countries around affected by the humanitarian crisis, among them jordan, saudi arabia, lebanon. what about them? why can't they arm the people that they find to being legitimate? i think, you know, you're seen the polls, senator. you know that people are really reluctant to put the u.s. even at the edge of a war in the middle east. the middle east has not been a great place for the u.s. to try to help other countries. >> if the president of the united states went on national television and showed those pictures that are on my website that have been released which are documented of the horrific things that are being done, the american people at least i think w

meanwhile in syria there are reports the bashar al-assad government is buying oil from groups allied with al qaeda. up until now they were considered bashar al-assad's deadly enemies. i'm joined by mark ginsberg, former ambassador to morocco, he moderated a panel for senate staffers on whether iran could deal in good faith. how far is iran willing to go. we heard foreign ministers say iran will not dismantle heavy sentry fumes for the water reactor that could be used to make plutonium. is give on these issues solution. >> sure there is. there has to be horse trading, but the parameters of agreement should objective. there shouldn't be trarption for subjective wiggle room. after all, we can count the number of centrifuges the i.a.e.a. can count whether or not a nuclear reactor is iraq is being moth balled or under construction. certainly everybody can counselled to what extent iran is continuing to enrich uranium or, in effect, isolate and neutralize uranium and plutonium. there's a lot of spin going on, troubling. >> every time there's a conversation, first the initial deal, then the

at a news conference, he said assad's team has refused to talk about a transitional government that would replace the regime. >> it is very clear that bashar al-assad is continuing to try to win this in the battle field rather than to come to the negotiating table. >> kerry continues his trip through asia. he'll fly next to the united arab 'e emirates. >>> ayatollah khomeini, says, the u.s. and other countries some iran.seeking to develop nucialtion weapons. iran says it's strictly for civilian purposes. >>> an ethiopian co-pilot hijacked his plane to geneva, flight carrying 202 people was headed to rome with a co-pilot diverting the plane. al jazeera's tim friend reports. >> the drama started over italy and two fighters jets were scrambled to accompany the plain plane. the fear was it was a full scale hijacking. the plane eventually touched down in geneva at 6:00 in the morning local time. the co-pilot said he'd sought asylum for fear of% accuse in ethiopia. he waited for the pilot to go to the toilet before locking himself in the cockpit. he gave himself up. >> at 6:10 the co-pilot came out with a rope, he then announced that he was the

. >>> and new this morning, secretary of state john kerry is accusing syrian president bashar assad ofolding up peace talks to end his country's civil war. >> and it is very clear that bashar al assad is continuing to try to win this in the battlefield rather than come to the negotiating table in good faith. >> peace talks between syria's government and opposition leaders just ended with no progress toward peace. syria's foreign minister blamed the u.s. for creating what he calls a negative climate of dialogue. >>> president obama's publicly praising the university of missouri's football player who recently announced that he's gay. the president made those comments during an interview with former nba star charles barkley during last night's all-star game. he said michael sam is courageous for coming out before the nfl draft. president obama compared the debate over openly gay players in sports to the fight to include african-americans. >> you think about what jackie robinson ended up meaning, not just to baseball, but to the entire society. i wouldn't be sitting here if it weren't for

he said assad's team has refused to talk about a transition government that would replace the regime. >> bashar al-assad is not engaged in the discussions along the promised and required standard that russia both spoke up for and the regime spoke up for, that they would come to geneva and accept the agenda of negotiations. >> the supreme leader of iran is not optimistic about nuclear talks in yemen tomorrow. last november tehran agreed to suspend parts of its nuclear enrichment operations for six months. many suspect iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons and iran said its nuclear program is entirely for civilian purposes. >>> an ethiopian pilot hijacked a plane to geneva where he said he wanted asylum. they were headed to rome but the pilot diverted the plane. >> the drama started over italy, and two fighter jets were scrambled to accompany the plane. the fear was that this was a full-scale armed hijacking. at this stage the passengers were unaware of the unfolding events. the plane touched down at 6:00 in the morning local time. the pilot sought asylum for fear of persecution in ethiopia.

bashar al assad has only gotten stronger and stronger.to shirk off concerns that the west will come after him again. >> he's not afraid of us? >> no. >> let's switch to sochi really quickly. olympic games and secretary of state john kerry sat for an interview, this one yesterday with ann curry. take a listen. >> if people want to go to the olympics they should go. we're certainly not deterring people from doing that, but we advise people to be vigilant, to just be aware of their surroundings and make certain that they are acting wisely as you would anywhere where this threat may or may not exist. >> steve, how safe is sochi? >> look, i think with the revelations we're hearing about about toothpaste bombs and concerns about printer cart ridges, one of the groups that had been involved with the previous bombing had said that they may go as far as chemical weapons, there's a big magnet drawing in folks, particularly the dagestan network, a very high priority concern for threat watchers and i think it will be a miracle if we get out without a

. >>> secretary of state john kerry accused syrian president bashar al-assad of stalling peace talks. in a press conference in indonesia kerry called on russia to push syria to negotiate with opposition leaders. >> bashar al-assad has not engaged in the discussions along the promised and required standard that both russia spoke up for and the regime spoke up for, that they would come to geneva and except the geneva 1 communique as the basis of negotiations. >> kerry continues his trip through asia. next he'll fly to the united arab emirates. >>> a suspected high ranking al-qaeda leader was expected to face a court today on charge of the 2002 on the uss cole. charged with getting supplies and recruiting suicide-bombers for the attack. the judge has halted the proceedings because al nashiri may want to fire his attorney. >>> the supreme leader of iran is not interested in talks tomorrow. the eythe ayatollah khomeini dot believe talks about go anywhere. iran said its nuclear program is entirely for civilian purposes. >>> an ethiopian airlines co-pilot allegedly hijacks a plane today and

round the frenchwoman a subtle use of blame to fail those talks on the regime of syrian president bashar assad was sick. listen to opera he had to say to the syrian people i'm very very sorry and apologize to the city and people not that hopes. which were very very high that something would happen here i do that. you want to delete a lot has been achieved in homes. give them even more hope maybe this is the beginnings of her the coming out of the explorer because it's daddy. i apologize to them that the only store bounce we hadn't have had to dump it in march. to bring me speaking there in geneva will sing with the assyrian the president of the international red cross says voices along with the chaos surrounding the evacuation of civilians from the city of palms thousands of people being trapped in rebel held areas all city some of them for more than six hundred days of the icrc she described situation in homes is extremely complex and political parties to respect humanitarian role as a guest post was a house a mother and trials free and honest to your home try to insulate homes. they note sho

you have pointed the finger of blame squarely at the russians for obstructing efforts to force bashar assad to step down. do you see the security council under these circumstances as being dysfunctional and what sort of a forum would you like to see? >> we saw it work on chemical weapons. that shows it can be made to work where russia brings the will to bear, the will to put pressure on the assad regime. it has tremendous leverage over it. and the will to put the force of international law behind it. one of the reasons the people of syria are so frustrated as they say -- how come you can get a resolution out of the security council on chemical weapons but you cannot do that to feed innocent people who did nothing more than basically come out and say they want human rights? that frustration is completely understandable. but we are drawing and have been seeking to draw on the chemical weapons precedent to push russia to use the leverage it has with the regime. >> have you seen any shift in the attitude of the russian ambassador to the united nations, presumably you meet with them quite freque

and this farce, this joke, this sad tragedy of the geneva agreements thinking that somehow bashar al assadre when he's winning was just the height of insanity and an insult to the intelligence of all of us who know this. the only thing that bashar will understand will be a shift in the battlefield. and also the russians have got to pay a price for continuing this supply. the iranians have to pay a price. hezbollah has to pay a price. if i'm passionate about this, i am passionate about this. and i want to thank you. i want to thank you personally for all the coverage you have given this issue. >> well, we have a video which is obtained by cnn. it's an execution we understand committed not by forces of the assad regime, which god knows they have committed plenty of atrocities, nor by members of the free syrian army but rather by members of the islamic state of iraq in syria, isis. this is not -- or would you say this is what some in the international community have feared most? you now have a situation where moderate groups are having to fight against these radical groups as opposed to fight

airstrike the radical shiite group has a strong influence in lebanon and is allied to the regime of bashar assad in syria . egypt's military backed government has announced its resignation the prime minister says the on the expected move is due to the rising number of strikes in the country's workforce thousands of taxol workers have walked out of there it's all this and they were joined by postal workers doctors at a low ranking police officers the government came to power after the ousting of president mohamed morsi and said why is the country's six leaderships have left office as the arab spring began in two thousand and eleven. more news for you in about half an hour up next though have you ever wondered what once was like in the so hard all this is your chance to find out in our special report here on artsy international and a few moments. to see good lumber a jury really was to build on the most sophisticated which really doesn't give a darn about anything mission to teach religion why you should care about humans. this is why you should care only. banks don't want the competition they don

become a hub for finding volunteers willing to fight against forces loyal to syrian president bashar al assad this is a video of july announced to a self proclaimed out to abd al rahman whose real name is nicole and on court for more to join the party will run on was raised in the middle class family in two days in the cells the fronds and he converts to islam three years ago. oh my brothers and friends to be around the whole world and chill out and sharia is mandatory awesome new local government and implement them into the guided me to islam and the noble corrupt. i found all the answers will lead the blind don't want to see the good news of the one below he talks about his inspirations in the moment of the book with a we watched many videos of the mujahideen in afghanistan we have listened a lot more to beijing. i found an ally has given us the love in our hearts for the mujahideen and for the in the mortgagee of bocce. rahman to him self up in the suicide car bomb attack in december the priory school his house rather seen in the video also died in clashes in them that tightness in the wee

controlled by hizbollah lebanon's most influential force which also supports syrian president bashar assad who traveled to the nelson city of tripoli a sunni stronghold the minting opposing hizbullah this is the message calling those who. supported by. his palace military involvement in syria is believed to have given damascus the op a hand in the battle of god and has deeply angered assad's enemies do you think we're going to see more explosions like this what's of the ice is showing. anything i can do for sunni brothers anything i can do for syrian brothers i will do anything i can do for these people suffering from injustice i will do. anything the unkind to affiliated to a new survey from claims responsibility for days recent deadly bombings just days before and men calling herself and i'm going to come under announced today that the group had to be down groups and seven hundred people we've met her on the ground deny belonging to either of these groups but don't hide the fact that they share the news. there is no al qaeda as an organization anymore but al qaeda as an idiology and it d

insists the talk's aim is to agree on a transitional governing body that would replace president bashar assad. the government delegation wants to focus on halting terrorism, a reference to the rebels fighting to topple assad. for "teen kids news," laura ingle, "fox news channel in the classroom." >> i usually just study a lot before, and then after a while i'm not nervous anymore 'cause i know i'm prepared. >> chew a lot of gum. chew on the top of the pens. just try to get through it. >> study with friends, like, have a study group, and just think positive. think the best. >> we're talking with psychologist dr. dena rabinowitz. so, for those of us who may have test anxiety, what are some of the things we can do to overcome it? >> there's a couple things you can do that will really help. the best thing is to be prepared. if you have laid out your time well, have good study skills, and don't procrastinate before the test, you'll be more ready for the test and feel more confident in your ability to do well. a good night's sleep is also really important, as is eating a meal beforehand so that you

village in a three room apartment they share with another family their crime supporting president bashar assad. the terrorists want to kill me they broke into my house to find me they looted everything they kidnapped six members of my family all because they are looking for me a lot has been said about the desperate situation facing refugees who fled across the border to neighboring countries but most of those forced from their homes by the spiraling violence are displaced within syria itself these internally displaced people remain extremely vulnerable and their numbers continue to swell. i've been told many times to stop supporting assad and everything will be fine but i won't change my principles and they'll win will fight his first got hold of too high but she was eight months pregnant they keep her so badly she lost the baby but she refused to change her politics. i ran away with my children my mother is very dear to me it is now the second age faster all that has passed without me being with her my mother has god by her side. he will not abandon her they are kidnapping young people sixte

. >>> new this morning, secretary of state john kerry accusing syrian president bashar assad of holding up peace talks to end his country's civil war. kerry says assad is "trying to win this on the battlefield instead of coming to the negotiating table in good faith." peace talks between syria's government and opposition leaders just ended with no progress toward peace. syria's foreign minister blamed the u.s. for creating what he calls a "negative climate for dialogue." >>> 4:35 the time now. the last full week of olympic competition in sochi is starting off with more weather woes. looking live at olympic park this morning. you see that it is hazy over the black sea. that extends to the mountains where they are dealing with fog. this caused qualifying for the men's snowboard cross competition to be canceled and the start of the men's 15-kilometer biathlon postponed, as well. the two events top a busy day in action with more chances to make history for team usa. meryl davis and charlie white have a good chance of bringing home the first gold in ice dancing in american history. they lead