bashar assad was here on monday. at this stage especially after victories against terrorism we are of course interested in advancing the political process then mr putin had a long phone conversation with donald trump. putin gave donald trump a full update on the talks with syrian president bashar assad mr putin also told mr trump about the upcoming summit with the presidents of iran and turkey. it was these three countries that were behind the so-called astronaut talks in the first place and with the terrorists now almost gone this format could prove to be more crucial than ever. large scale military actions against terrorist groups in syria are coming to an end i'd like to note that thanks to the efforts of russia iran and turkey we have managed to prevent the dissolution of syria stop it from being captured by international terrorists and avoid a humanitarian catastrophe we heard the leaders confirm their assessment the syrian conflict has entered a new stage the era of active fighting is over and time has come for a new settlement opportunities the trilateral meeting today has not most important is the final stage in putting an end to the bloodshe

told you vladimir putin gave donald trump a full update on the talks with syrian president bashar assad mr putin also told mr trump about the upcoming summit with the presidents of iran and turkey mr air dawn and mr ron e. as we remember in vietnam mr putin and mr trump produced a joint statement on syria so it's this kind of communication somehow involving different sides like washington moscow damascus ankara and to iran that is giving us a reason to say that things may be looking promising here. the u.s. intelligence community has struck a deal with armisen for the companies who provide data storage the on line giants developed a special project tailored exactly to the government's means jacqueline vica explains. the line between political business and commercial business is getting thinner by the day especially when it comes to internet and tech giants let's start with amazon which has just announced a new deal to provide a tailored cloud service to the u.s. intelligence community this secret region yes that's really its name comes on top of amazon's existing six hundred million dollar contr

told you vladimir putin gave donald trump a full update on the talks with syrian president bashar assad mr putin also told mr trump about the upcoming summit with the presidents of iran and turkey mr air dawn and mr ron e as we remember in vietnam mr putin and mr trump produced a joint statement on syria so it's this kind of communication somehow involving different sides like washington moscow damascus ankara and to iran that is giving us a reason to say that things may be looking promising here. are saying now to our top stories the fresh revelations that the lebanese prime. minister has announced he's now putting his resignation on hold we can bring in our guest now dr take a sociology sociology professor from the american university in cairo this is not a doctor thank you for joining us on the program now do you think that temporary remains a credible prime ministerial figure after he put his resignation on hold. as you know you've been on can live without a. prime minister for a long time and they did that many times in the history what is victory now is considered a temporary victory there

president vladimir putin gave a full update to donald trump on his talks with president bashar al assad lot of our putin also told his u.s. counterpart about the upcoming visit of mr aired on and mr rouhani were a member of that and vietnam the presidents of russia and the u.s. agreed on a joint statement on syria so it's this kind of communication somehow involving washington damascus moscow ankara and to iran that is giving us a reason to say that things may be looking promising here and saw as well we will be checking in with you throughout the day live in sochi thank you. the german president so far failed to unite three parties that were supposed to form a coalition government aside from the refugee influx a major stumbling block was said to have been that of climate change policy and now title as the climate chancellor is being brought into question the environmental policy has long depended on reducing coal burning emissions which brought out the support of the green party but as time has gone by merkel's stance has been shifting. we don't as a country and we think we can become pioneers on the way to creating the age of renewable energy we need deep cuts i

mr. putin is meeting with bashar al assad. it's the second time assad traveled to russia to meet with putin during syria's civil war. >>> chris, thank you. now at 5:47, a big -- for months the president has said he will take away funding for sanctuary cities. >> now a judge blocked that executive order permanently. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill to explain what that means for the cities you live in. >> good morning. it means the cities will keep millions, sometimes billions of dollars in federal funds that have been threatened if they refuse to cooperate on immigration with the federal government. the judge said it's unconstitution unconstitutional. the president tweeted it's a ridiculous order. ridiculous ruling. he plants to see this through to the u.s. supreme court. it's a permanent block. but that doesn't mean it won't move through the court system. plus, there are other cases still pending. >> all right. tracie potts. live on the trial of six people accused of rioting on president trump's inauguration day.

this point on monday vladimir putin welcomed the syrian president bashar al assad here and sought she it was a surprise trip he doesn't leave the country that often and mr putin and mr assad agreed that the anti-terrorist mission in the middle east country was nearing the end after all indeed islamic state only controls a few villages in the country they've almost been completely thrown out but it still leaves damascus and the opposition at war the civil war in syria is still ongoing as sad though told putin that he is ready for reforms and compromises and mr putin must have tried to send this message across and make it more convincing during that phone call also mr putin and mr trump have previously said many times that they want the deescalation zones in syria to work so the two presidents could have talked about further. steps in that anyway as you can see there was loads go on and there was a chance that we will find out more very very soon saw that she is hosting the russia iran turkey summit on wednesday the three countries as you may remember are behind the syria peace starts an astronaut and we are expecting vladimir putin just speak here in soc

syria's president bashar al assad has held talks with russia's leader vladimir putin in sochi the allies met in the black sea city on monday according to the kremlin mr putin told president assad the fight against armed groups in syria is close to ending he said once that's over finding a peaceful political settlement will be the key issue meanwhile the head of the largest saudi backed syrian opposition group has resigned after nearly two years riyadh he had led the hine against the asians committees since december twenty fifth teen he's among a number of other officials who stepped down ahead of an opposition conference in saudi arabia and a new round of u.n. sponsored talks in geneva zimbabwe's parliament is set to launch impeachment proceedings against the president robert mugabe ignored an ultimatum from the ruling party to step down or be forced out the new p.f. accuses him of giving his wife too much power mr mugabe has begun talks with former vice president and his imminent gaga whom you fired two weeks ago. donald trump has designated north korea a state sponsor of terrorism both japan and south korea have welcomed the move saying it will hel

point on monday a lot of our putin welcome to the syrian president bashar al assad here and saw it she it was a surprise trip he doesn't leave the country that often and mr putin and mr assad agreed that the anti-terrorist mission in the middle east country was nearing the end after all indeed islamic state only controls a few villages and the country they've almost been completely thrown out but it still leaves damascus and the opposition at war the civil war in syria is still ongoing as sad though told putin that he is ready for reforms and compromises and middle and wednesday the three countries as you may remember are behind the syria peace talks and asked enough and we are expecting vladimir putin to speak here and saw that she just after the talks conclude and wind has his own an official statement on the president stressed the importance. of ensuring a stable and unified syria free of terrorism. the executive chairman of google's parent company alphabet has vowed to deal rank on the news agencies put nick in order to make it harder for the outlets to reach wider audiences his comments came at a security forum in canada when asked about artie's use

monday we heard the president of syria bashar assad telling vladimir putin that he is ready for new rounds of dialogue reforms and the new elections that i mentioned mr putin tried to convey this message to the leaders of iran and turkey and when it comes to the syrian opposition they are always in close contact with anchor up so the hope is there we discussed the importance of these talks with science mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he believes the syrian national congress would be a positive step forward though there are many questions regarding how it might work given that so many scientists are involved. the very fact that for the first time. this process is being moved forward largely without the united states and its allies i think is one reason why it has achieved so much faster than the talks as well as the current talks from sochi have. pushed the part of the process a great deal for the force things have shifted in change of enormously on the ground and hopefully these talks will help pave the way for. the conflict to come to an end but i think that it looks good on paper but it i'm sure it's going to be very complicated in t

monday we heard the president of syria bashar assad telling vladimir putin that he is ready for new rounds of dialogue reforms and the new elections that i mentioned mr putin tried to convey this message to the leaders of iran and turkey and when it comes to the syrian opposition they are always in close contact with anchor up so the hope is definitely there we discussed the importance of these talks the science mohammad marandi from the university of tehran he believes a syrian national klyce process is being moved who is allowed to participate in what is what is very positive is that these countries seem. to be determined obviously all three of them have their own opinions but i think the very fact that they're getting to get they're getting together and they're making the statements public show that there is a strong degree of determination. the lebanese prime minister has announced he's putting his surprise resignation on hold after the country's president asked him to reconsider. i'm still. together and we shall carry on to you. we are a nation of moderation a nation of stability the political crisis began when the lebanese prime minister announ

monday we heard the president of syria bashar assad telling vladimir putin that he is ready for a new rounds of dialogue reforms and the new elections that i mentioned mr putin tried to convey this message to the leaders of iran and turkey and when it comes to the syrian opposition they are always in close contact with ankara rot so the hope is definitely there. well last discussed this with my dad had of the political sciences and how one university welcome to the program and i think i'll start with your opinion on how crucial you think today's trilateral talks are . while in c.v.s. it's like a web of interests. what i can see now is a new site speak who talks what they can see now is a breakthrough of getting that i've to sit together i wouldn't for a second believe that. the. iranians would like to sit with the turkish sides all together. for. conflicting purposes like turkey insists that said has no future role why iran insists that has a sustainable role. now putin has a great political liver which of getting them together this is like to sit together and have this breakthrough it's like very important first step however i believe that the conflic

monday we heard the president of syria bashar assad telling vladimir putin that he is ready for new rounds of dialogue reforms and the new elections that i mentioned mr putin tried to convey this message to the leaders of iran and turkey and when it comes to the syrian opposition they are always in close contact with and corrupt so the hope is definitely their political professor anomalies said mohammed has told us the idea of them of a syrian national congress would be a positive move going forward though many questions over how it actually functions still need to be. the very fact that for the first time. this process is being moved forward largely without the united states and its allies i think is one reason why it has achieved so much. as well as the current process and. push the powers that the process a great deal for the force things have shifted and changed enormously on the ground and hopefully these talks will help pave the way for. the conflict to come to an end but i think that it looks good on paper but it i'm sure it's going to be very complicated in the weeks and months ahead one of the difficulties is what about those groups that ali

monday we heard the president of syria bashar assad telling vladimir putin that he is ready for new rounds of dialogue reforms and the new elections that i mentioned mr putin tried to convey this message to the leaders of iran and turkey and when it comes to the syrian opposition they are always in close contact with anchor up so the hope is definitely there was a prank a reporter mossad elisa middle east analyst and also wolf a says that the three countries hold the keys to peace in syria. it's extremely important because the three main forces which have prepared the ground and pave the way for and then to this dramatic war which has been ongoing for seven years we are hearing about mattis that is the american defense minister saying that the americans have to stay in order they have changed and they shifted the gold coast and this time it's not fighting i sold but simply to stabilize the whole area they're talking about preserving their med military presence shoring it up and building it up in both countries that is in iraq and also in syria under the excuse of stabilization when we can clearly see that it is in their interest to weaken the central

monday we heard the president of syria bashar assad telling vladimir putin that he is ready for new rounds of dialogue reforms and the new elections that i mentioned mr putin tried to convey this message to the leaders of iran and turkey and when it comes to the syrian opposition they are always in close contact with anchor up so the hope is definitely there. ok let's get the thoughts now aside and he said he's a middle east analyst and author too and he joins us good evening to you welcome to our say thanks for coming on just in your opinion then how crucial is this agreement that was reached by russia iran and. well i think it is highly crucial and it's extremely important because the three main forces which have. paved the way for and then to this dramatic war which has been ongoing for seventy as. the front at the forefront of pushing for russia iran and turkey these are the major players who tackled head on and that intervention what was absolutely crucial effective and efficient we've seen the russian force taking part and delivering devastating crucial. crucial support and backing to the syrian army we've seen also that throwing their weight b