a news conference with the israeli premier benjamin netanyahu kerry repeated requests to support the jewish state security. he also met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas the palestinians have threatened to break off face to face talks with israel the building of jewish style that is the settlements in the west bank are the biggest stumbling block in a conflict of the moment. i really don't want to feed the kids and not to keep on giving them that i'm too tired to use it until i was used as means to make occupation in the coming week station. palestinians are not opposed to building something like settlements of their own look now at the new plant community called for a walk on a hill north of in the west bank and new town is rising from the dust. to the naked eye it looks like just another jewish settlements on occupied palestinian land. this is a town being killed four palestinians called come on the heels kitchen welcome its first inhabitants in twenty fourteen. still hopes to share among street who conceived the project emotional the idea behind the project is to inject some m

biden will head to seoul later today. >>> john kerry meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahussing the deal that six world powers reached with iran. kerry will also try to push the mideast peace progress forward by offering ideas for a west bank security plan. >>> new revelations this morning about the nsa surveillance operations, "the washington post" reporting the agency is gathering close to 5 billion records every day. on the whereabouts of cell phones worldwide. that means the nsa can track the movements of individuals and map their relationships. the agency's data base can reportedly store information on hundreds of millions of devices. >>> walkouts are planned at fast food restaurants across the nation today. showing you a live picture outside a protest outside a mcdonald's in new york city. workers in 100 cities across the nation are expected to participate. they're demanding greater freedom to unionize and also demanding higher wages. cnn's alison kosik is with striking workers in brooklyn. alison? >> reporter: good morning, michaela. striking workers yet to show up h

secretary of state john kerry meeting israeli prime minister net-net benjamin netanyahu in jersey. kerry is on the ninth trip of the year to the region. >>> snowstorm crippling the ancient city of jerusalem making travel difficult for secretary kerry. the snow bringing heavy know snow and bitter cold to the area. jenna: for years a year-long fight, more than that. the fight began in 2006 over a war memorial cross may be over. a federal judge upholding a 2011 ruling that the 43-foot cross in san diego must be removed because it violates the separation of church and state. will carr is in los angeles with more on this latest ruling from the judge. will? >> reporter: good morning, jenna. and what this boils down to as the judge says, the cross is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of church and state. now this is a cross that can be seen for miles around in san diego. it actually sits on top of a hill at the mount soledad national veterans memorial. back in 2006 the jewish war veterans of the united states came together with some neighbors in the area. they got some he

. >>> secretary of state john kerry in jerusalem with talks with benjamin netanyahu. kerry attempting to convince netanyahu the nuclear deal struck with iran is in israeli's best interest. so nice to see you, elise. this is a tall order, right? benjamin netanyahu has said repeatedly, has been very vocal about how opposed he is to this deal. >> reporter: that's right. it's the first time secretary kerry has been meeting with the prime minister since that deal was reached in geneva last month. they have been meeting about three hours and about to come out in the next couple of minutes. you have a pretty oprift betwee this. president obama and secretary kerry felt an interim agreement was the only thing to get from the iranians at this point so they went over the prime minister's objections and they hope to convince the prime minister to move past the deal and let's work to go on a comprehensive agreement and address the concerns about the nuclear program. >> are they going to work together in order to deal with the concerns that israeli has? they are going to have a voi

benjamin, reporting there sa'naa. john kerr a in israel, doing all he can to insist israel's security will not be jeopardized with the new nuclear deal with iran. kerry reassured prime minister benjamin netanyahu that core sanctions again iran would remain in place. >> we believe that in a final deal, unlike the interim deal that's crucial to bring about final agreement about determination of iran's military nuclear capability, i have expressed my concern that the factions would begin to unravel, and i think steps must be taken to prevent further erosions of sanctions. i can't emphasize enough that israel's security in this negotiation is at the top of our agenda, and the united states will do everything in our power to make certain that iran's nuclear program, a program of weaponization possibilities is terminated. a peaceful program should not be that hard to prove. >> next to strat african republic, where a gunfight broke out for several hours early this morning. around 20 have been reported dead so far. we have some pictures of film by our correspondent as the fighting went on. the central african republic has been described as a lawless country filled with fighting between muslim and chri

to apply sanctions and even strengthen them. >> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu who met with secretary of state john kerryhis week said the sanctions were working and should be strengthened, not weakened. netanyahu who will speak to the same forum tomorrow says the nuclear deal with iran is a, quote, historic mistake. >>> it is a territorial dispute between several asian countries. now the u.s. is caught right in the middle and starting to pay more attention to this. new today, our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. china, the country's parliament declaring japan has no right to criticize the creation of an air defense zone over a vast portion of the east china sea. the area includes the senkaku islands which japan stakes claim to. the u.s. wants to protect the air space. we have told our commercial airlines not to fly in that area. the pentagon recently ordered unarmed b-52 bombers to fly through there to send a message. >> the philippines. signs of recovery hard to come by in areas hardest hit by a super typhoon. families building shacks out of the ruins of their homes. the storm killed

. >>> secretary of state john kerry reassured benjamin netanyahu that sanctions against iran will staydespite a temporary nuclear deal. kerry emphasized that israel's security is key to any negotiation with iran. the two leaders talked for more than three hours this morning. they also talked mideast peace. kerry then met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. the secretary of state says progress is being made in peace talks. >>> super bowl ads soaring to a new record high. cnbc's michelle caruso cabrera is here with what's moving your money. good morning. they're sold out already? >> you and i, chris are out of luck and we topped the team up for one as soon as we got the $4 million that they cost this year and that's for 30 seconds. that's 5% higher than last year, it was $3.8 million last year and no surprise, the biggest buyer, anhaeuser busch, $248 million is what they'll spend on their ads and as always, and as make sense during the super bowl. >> cnbc's michelle caruso cabrera. thank you. >> see you later. >>> the holiday season is officially here at rockefeller center in new york

kerry. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling it a step towards, quote, resuming the diplomatic process and kerry travels to jerusalem and rumaylah tomorrow. >>> drone flights and heavily traveled u.s. air space are one step closer to becoming a reality this morning. the faa selecting six search scientists to test and map out the best way to bring these unmanned aircraft into the existing system. these sites are located in alaska, nevada, new york, north dakota, texas a&m university, as well as virginia tech. >>> a newly relieved pugh survey shows a gap between democrats and republicans when it comes to their view of evolution. according to the survey, a majority of republicans now do not believe in the theory of evolution. the survey found that 43% of republicans now think humans evolved over time and compares with 54% who thought that in 2009. in that same period of time, democrats who think humans evolved increased from 64 to 67%. overall, 6 in 10 americans believe humans have evolved over time. 33%, though, reject the idea of evolution. >>> doctors now say race car driver michael sc

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other speakers include secretary of state john kerry, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. to extend unemployment benefits set to expire on december 28th. >>. >> the nonpartisan congressional budget office predicted allowing them to expire will be a drag on economic growth next year. a report by the department of labor and my council of economic advisors estimated could cost businesses 240,000 jobs. and without the ability to feed their families or pay the bills, many people currently looking for work cog stop looking for good. >> republicans remain focused on obama care in their weekly address. here's north carolina congress woman renee elmers. >> for our part, republicans will continue to listen, focus on jobs, and give in this law the scrutiny it deserves. we're also going to keep pressing the president to do the right thing. if the president won't scrap this law, isn't it time for him to delay it for all americans before it does further harm? >> quoin aring me now staff writer for the hill newspaper elise viebeck and ed 0 he keefe from the "washington post." good to see

immediately clear who fired the rockets but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu blamed hezbollah for that strike. >>> john kerryo go middle east the middle east region to push for peace. he is expected to travel to jerusalem and ramallah on new year's day. on his agenda including discussions with israeli prime minister benefiting anyone netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >>> senator ted cruz says he doesn't want to be from canada any more. he has hired a lawyer to renounce his canadian sit sinship. he didn't royal he had dual citizenship until a dallas paper raised the issue. >>> a voluemergency shelters we up for the people who lived within two miles of that volucao but no reports of any injury. >>> a shocking scene in mexico. a coastal highway collapsed. a driver in a cement truck was able to escape as the ground started to shift. the truck ended up tumbling into the ocean. it the 40 feet deep and no one knows what caused the collapse and officials say it could take up to a year to repair the damage. >>> a teenager is safe at home this morning with his family after getting lost. alex was separ

secretary of state john kerry has been meeting with the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to try to break the deadlock and peace talks -- the deadlock in peace talks restarted in july. well, a child murder committed more than two decades ago is putting the spotlight on the death penalty in america and how it is applied, especially in the state of arizona. >> the woman was convicted of involvement in her son's that, and she has been on death row ever since, that is until this september, when she was released pending a possible retrial. >> this cross marks the spot where police found the body of christopher. a private detective knows the place well, and he thinks he knows the real reason why the four-year-old child was murdered. >> when tender age children are murdered, it is usually related to sex acts. covering up the crime of child molestation, and i have always really believed that is what happened here. >> public prosecutors saw it differently. they claim christopher was killed because of a $5,000 life insurance policy. they accused his mother of paying two men to murder h

campaign with israel over the nuclear deal cut with iran, secretary of state john kerry meeting face to face with benjamin netanyahunvince him that the deal is a good one. the prime minister calling the agreement an historic mistake. the sale is over what and can he close that deal or convince netanyahu ss a good one? >> no, he can try, but he's not going to succeed in changing the calculus for this israeli government for what they've been watching very closely for 34 years, the iranian regime has not been shy about putting out its agenda and what it wants to do with israel and now, not only is john kerry doing a poor job of selling this bad deal, at the same time, he's there alienating further by going to the west bank, getting close to abbas, the palestinian leader. giving him his almost sympathy for why a deal has not worked out, blaming the israelis, so this tour is not really working. >> you could also argue that he wasn't going to sell netanyahu on this in the first place, but how do they keep him solid at the moment? >> well, what john kerry is doing is a great political move. he's focusing on israel because

benjamin netanyahu when he says that this is a mistake? >> i think that you tell him, and i gather that secretary kerry has been working on this and other levels, people are saying -- first of all, this is an interim agreement. the final agreement would be something that would be very good in terms of making clear that iran was not a nuclear threat. one of the kind of things you say about agreements, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. that is an important proviso of it. one has to keep telling the israelis and prime minister netanyahu that the u.s. is an ally and cares about the security of israel. getting an agreement and getting some kind of understanding and control, and a rollback of the iranian nuclear potential something that is ultimately in the security interest of israel. >> will we get an agreement by next summer? >> i think they will work very hard on it. i think that this is a very important aspect. it is not just the u.s. it makes it even more clear that the interim agreement is a good idea because what it has done is halted some production and has rolled back aspects and provided an whole kind of series of potential in

benjamin netanyahu when he says that this is a mistake? >> i think that you tell him, and i gather that secretary kerry has been working on this and other levels, people are saying -- first of all, this is an interim agreement. the final agreement would be something that would be very good in terms of making clear that iran was not a nuclear threat. one of the kind of things you say about agreements, nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. that is an important proviso of it. one has to keep telling the israelis and prime minister netanyahu that the u.s. is an ally and cares about the security of israel. getting an agreement and getting some kind of understanding and control, and a rollback of the iranian nuclear potential something that is ultimately in the security interest of israel. >> will we get an agreement by next summer? >> i think they will work very hard on it. i think that this is a very important aspect. it is not just the u.s. it makes it even more clear that the interim agreement is a good idea because what it has done is halted some production and has rolled back aspects and provided an whole kind of series of potential in

. >>> secretary of state john kerry met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this morning butbefore meeting to admire a rare sight, a very snowy jerusalem. >> well, i've heard of making your guests welcome and feeling at home. this is about as far as i've ever seen anybody go, giving me a nice new england snowstorm. >> in his ninth trip of the year to the mideast, senator kerry issiis trying to lay out a framework for peace. a deadline is may but u.s. officials are concerned that may not happen. >>> this friday the 13th could be really lucky for someone. today's mega millions drawing is $400 million, the fifth largest jackpot ever. to pump up its jack pots to compete with powerball, mega millions recently lowered the odds of winning and increased the number of states where tickets are sold. >>> and we just got this video in moments ago of prince harry and the wounded warrior teams. yes, they arrived at the south pole. this started out as a charity race pitting the u.k. against the u.s. and the commonwealth, but harsh weather conditions forced organizers to cancel the race but

. >> the secretary of state john kerry has been meeting with the prime minister benjamin netanyahu inthat any son mandela should be sort of an indicator to the israelis, to the palestinians, in coming to an agreement, maybe he could influence you. are you any closer at all right now base on secretary kerry's involvement in trying to get an israeli, palestinian agreement? do you feel there is any progress happening? >> i think that penetrating the media with your permission, it's not easy for leaders from both sides to move forward because the moment they start to move forward, they risk their power base behind because the media penetrates and pushing everything to the surface long before they have an agreement or even know whether they will have one. so it makes it complicated for them. so i think that the determination of kerry to an extent what is called an obsession is something positive. both sides should hear from the world a clear signal that the world is interested in finding a way without giving up our security issues, without giving up their hopes, the palestinian hopes to fi

john kerry will travel to jerusalem and meet with benjamin netanyahu and palestinian macmum makmud abbas. >> the plans for more jewish settlement in the west bank announced this week have angered p palestinians. they say that could derail talks. >>> 20 penal were killed in a syrian air strict in aleppo today. a bomb hit a crowded vegetable market. two children are said to be among the victims. the past two weeks, president musharif's army has zeroed in on aleppo. 400 people have been killed following days of attacks. a messages to pope francis. according to state media, assad said he is protecting syrians of all religions. >>> the u.n. reports some refugees are starving to death. act visits say five people in one camp in damascus have died of malnutrition. al jazeera stephanie decker reports, but we must first warn you that the images in this are graphic >> reporter: ultimately starved to death. this is what happens to the human body when it doesn't get enough food. these images have been filmed by an activist inside the palestinian refugee camp. we used his voice and not his face for se

kerry will be holding talks with both the palestinian president mahmud abbas and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the secretary of state and u s president dropped the bomb i have said washington is pursuing up for a more peace agreement with obama saying an outline could be reached in the next few months this the pressure is mounting on ukrainian president viktor get comments. protests against him and his rejection of that key trade pact with the eu are now in their fourth week. there have been victories for the protesters they've managed to keep riot police away from the can actually sit on reports they now have backing from both the eu and the us. he has protesters forced riot police and other independent square camp thousands standing unite reinforcing barricades with snow hoping to keep the mount on wednesday they received strong support from brussels and washington. the us sent a warning to the kiev authorities. all policy options including sanctions are on the table. i have you but i did say that still is being evaluated. pressure is mounting and now the ukrainian government is beginning to

kerry in friday of this in israel this friday. this has meets with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this mysterious piece of shuttle diplomacy in a foster cats gallagher panic is in jerusalem he can cross to him and now for the latest counter what exactly is the us is proposal walk through the details. well they could do what the us that the cricket they don't care you put on the table and keep doing it. with the cardinal john allen over gentle and kind of dirty coal creek might be on the issue of the cherokee. and that they could be looking at fifteen. apparently the moment remember that we have actually been the kooky scale of one being that the haul included stuart because the verve pipe. a media blackout imposed by the un but they would fuel to propel it maintaining them to leave military presence in the jordan valley down at the western part of the way they play the palate the wine i can't. and like to be. who would think of like a complete report. jordan that would completely rejected by the pallet in the milk of the palate the improvement of law without bought the book a week

word that john kerry will be heading back to the middle east for peace talks between palestinian and israeli officials. they will have to deal with benjamin net netanyahu's plans. and if you sign up for the new health care plan under obamacare you are days away from it going into effect. at the top of the hour, an interview with dr. tom price and concerns whether obamacare may look like medicaid. all of that for former attorney general alberto gonzalez weighing in on the recent ruling. is it a vindication for the nsa? stay tuned. >>> we asked, you decided. folks on social media getting a shot at becoming the fifth panelist of "cashing in" by telling us what the hottest topics of the year were. here is what barbara on facebook said. there are so many, but number one obamacare and 2, benghazi and number 3 the power grab of the executive branch. the rest of facebook voted this way, number one, obamacare. number 2 benghazi and number 3 a tie between the nsa scandal and irs scandal. on twitter, captain awesome said obamacare was so corrupt it takes the top three spots and here is how the rest of twitter voted number one, obamacare and number 2 snowden and nsa

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says that the idea is to resume the diplomatic process. secretary of state john kerry is headed back to the region later this week to help keep the peace talks moving. >>> now, somebody asked you what memories see as the nation's most unpopular war, you're likely going to answer vietnam. with but only 17% of operates of this new poll said that they support the war in afghanistan. 82% oppose it. back in the vietnam war era, opposition was never above 60% in gallup polls. the new poll also shows more than half of americans want u.s. troops to come home from afghanistan before the deadline. the obama administration's plan is to have most of them out by december 62014. >>> and french government wants the rich to help pay more to help the sagging economy. so it is now passed a millionaire tax. while the france president france's president introduced this idea plans to sign it into law. zain asher is joining us to talk about the latest version of this because this came about first became popular when you had the actor, the french actor gerard day poor due says i don't want t

kerry arrived late last night. he has met with benjamin netanyahu and his meeting with my mother boss -- with mahmoud abbas in ramallahformer commander of nato in afghanistan , a retired general. he is due to present not concrete plans but ideas about security arrangements that would assuage any concerns that israelis have about what a post- independent telecine and stable look like. israelis want troops on the west bank-jordan border. palestinians say that is a dealbreaker. may be there to talk about the palestinian problem. netanyahu likes to talk about iran, as well,. . a biggerm, iran is priority than the palestinian issue. he has described the deal as a historic mistake. interestingly enough, the expiration of that deal six months down the road and the self-imposed deadline for peace negotiations between israel and the palestinians imposed by john kerry 10 to coincide. if you're an optimist, you could see in six months' time, two of these issues being resolved. if you are a realist, many say they will not be. known middle east is well for bringing optimists. elliott gotkine five-hour middle east editor, joining u

kerry is coming to the region much he's talking with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as well the palestinian president. but the peace talks seem to be in trouble. one the two palestinian negotiators effectively resigned complaining that process isn't moving forward. and that the united states hasn't been a fair arbitor. israel on the other hand has been fairly tight lipped about what's been going on behind the scenes but with such pessimism from the palestinian side, kerry will have his work cut out for him to keep a peace process alive whether he meets with the two leaders. >> again, as christie said, leaving on new year's day to try to revamp these peace talks and we'll see what gets done. thank you. >> also this morning, folks for peace in south sudan. but the world's newest nation is facing the reality of war if the government and opposition forces don't lay down their weapons. >> yeah, that situation is escalating to the point that a lot of civilians are crowding into in u.n. compounds and terrified to leave. what are you seeing there? >> this is one of the compounds tha

. >>> secretary of state john kerry meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu before returningthe united states. he was pledged to support the jewish state security throughout separate negotiations with iran and the palestinians. kerry's comments served as a peace offering to netanyahu called the deal between iran and world pou pers and his torque mistake. >>> the engineer behind the controls of the commuter train that derailed in the bronx is now suspended without pay and the ntsb says drug and alcohol testing for william rockefeller have all come back negative. his attorney and union representative said he was in a days when the train took a sharp turn at 82 miles an hour four people died when the train jumped the tracks sunday. >>> fast food workers across the country went on strike sunday, demanding $15 an hour. organizers say they there were rallies in 100 cities. workers are seeking the right to unionize as well. the growing movement began about a year ago and is being bank rolled by the service employees international union. those are our headlines at this hour, guy. >>

. >> secretary of state john kerry arrived in jerusalem this morning where he met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. on the table, mideast relations and the easing sanctions on iran. what do we hear about today's talks between kerry and naten netanyahu? >> israeli wants to talk about iran, and what it wants to talk about is its continuing concerns about the initial deal that the u.s. and world powers pushed through about iran's nuclear program. israel feels that that deal doesn't actually stop iran's capacity to make a nuclear weapon. u.s. officials agree. we're not taking away iran's capacity to make a nuclear weapon. all we're doing is trying to freeze the program so the plutonium capacity doesn't increase so in six months, we can make a final deal. he was here to reassure the israelis that the u.s. is here listening to them. he knows that the iran deal is to be talked about. >> the bond between the united states and israel is unbreakable. while occasionally, we might have a difference of a tactical measure, we do not have a difference about the fundamental strategy we both seek be with the secur

. >>> secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east and talking about security with the israelis and the palestinians. he met morning with benjamin netanyahu after talking with palestinian president mahmoud abbas on thursday. he wants both sides to accept a security deal leave some israeli groups inside the palestinian state but neither seem happy with that particular arrangement. next half hour we will talk with karl penhall about secretary kerry's visit. he's in jerusalem. >>> kathleen sebelius goes to connecticut this morning. she is set to take part in a discussion about the affordable care act and encourage people to sign up on healthcare.gov. >>> it's a dubious honor for the white house. remember this phrase uttered early and often by president obama? >> if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >> well, that is now being called the lie of the year by the fact checking group politico onfa onfact. it writes the following. >> no response from the white house yet. >> it isn't one of those awards you want to win so don't expect a big victory speech there. >>> not so fast is the reaction to the fcc recommendat

that we're seeing on the palestinian side, john kerry is going to have his work cut out for him when he meets with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahund the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >> hopefully we'll get some statement maybe from the lebanese government to try to determine if the firing of rockets into northern israel has something to do either with these upcoming peace talks, an effort to crush those before they start, or with the additional 26 prisoners released. ian lee for us in jerusalem. thank you. >> thanks, ian. >>> still to come this morning, with her title on the line, ufc champion ronda rousey went into unknown territory last night. >> want to know about the epic battle? we'll let you know what happened next. we're aig. and we're here. to help secure retirements and protect financial futures. to help communities recover and rebuild. for companies going from garage to global. on the ground, in the air, even into space. we repaid every dollar america lent us. and gave america back a profit. we're here to keep our promises. to help you realize a better tomorrow. from the families of aig, happy holidays. ♪ it's a

. >>> secretary of state john kerry has left israel following a series of meetings with benjamin netanyahueaders insist the u.s. and israel remain close friends despite disagreeing on tactics. >>> how big is the ice storm hitting the midst of united states right now? try this, 120,000 square miles are covered by ice. in the dallas-ft. worth area alone, there are more than a quarter million power outages. more than 1200 flights have been canceled. cnn's indra petersen is following the storm from memphis. and chad just told us you're right in the bull's-eye now. >> yeah. he knows exactly what's going on. it's switching over from rain to freezing rain. the temperature here in memphis has just dropped. and we're on the verge of it impacting this big city. many places have already seen the system. you can see from southern indiana all the way through texas, we've seen the impact of the ice storm already on its way. >>> a potentially catastrophic ice storm blanketed the nation's midsection over night. treacherous roadways and large scale power outages forced oklahoma, arkansas, and tennessee to

a major deal john kerry cut last month that allows iran to develop center fuges as long as they are not brought into operation for six months. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been a critic of the deal that would he's sanctions on iran in exchange for them ending their nugt program. today in washington there was a statement issues, flatly declaring, installing additional centrifuges would be further indication iran plans to develop a nuclear bomb and to speed up the process of achieving it. and when congress returns to work next month, there could be new urgency for legislation pushed by mendendez and republican mark kirk that has 47 co-sponsors from both parties, allowing the talks to continue, but would also ready a new round of sanctions in case iran backs out. kirk telling fox today, quote, if we want dim lomasy to succeed and a world without iran nuclear weapons, we need to make clear to iran leaders that bad faith in negotiation will be met with tough sanctions. republicans have push that legislation over the viament protest from the president and who insisted the deal with iran has teeth. >> we'll know if they are violating the terms of the agree

benjamin netanyahu is blaming hezbollah for today's attack. israeli police say there were no injuries, though, in today's reported incident and it comes a day ahead of secretary of state john kerry's visit. to the middle east. >>> back here at home, a 15-year-old wisconsin teenager and her boyfriend were arrested in new mexico after a nationwide crime spree allegedly, and the search for the couple. police said they chased the couple and two friends who were with them. when they were inside a stolen van. after ditching the van, we understand that they tried to escape on foot but than were arrested by police. police had issued a search for the girl after her diabetes medicine was found in another stolen and abandoned car. >>> and in mexico, a large section of a highway collapsed just south of the border city of tijuana, it happened after a series of small earthquakes in that area. the unsteady roadway dropped 100 feet. luckily, no reports of any injuries there. >>> and a 9-year-old boy from california sets a new record climbing argentina's tallest mountain in the western and southern hemispheres. tyler armstrong, the youngest climber to get to the summit. which is over 22,000 feet.

this week as he visits the region, john kerry is expected to unveil a peace plan for the middle east. will meet with benjamin netanyahu and mock mood abbas toock mood address several issues in the conflict. peace talks resumed in july with both sides already making concessions. last month the university of akron hosted its seventh state of the parties conference. they focused on national party polarizations and the changing american electorate. it is two hours. >> my job really is to keep time. we have four papers to be presented, which means we will give about the team minutes to each. we hope you will see a weaving together of the topics. we hope you will have great interest in the things they present and what have great questions. we have three authors on this paper. i will let you take it from there. >> good morning. we are delighted to be here. such a great meeting and such a great panel and we thank janet to help us get back and home. audience, ic-span plan to have a 24-hour filibuster and talk until the meeting is over. everyone has interesting things to say with excellent papers. projectr is part of a that we

save her estate of john kerry back in the middle east today beginning a two-day round of peace talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahupalestinian leader. this is his ninth trip to the region this year alone. some new reaction from south africa on the sign language interpreter at nelson mandela's memorial service or. he gestures made no sense. a cabinet member said he made a mistake in hiring the man. meanwhile the interpreter claiming he suffers from schizophrenia and says he saw angels at the event. those are your headlines. some unbelievable. back to dagen and connell. dagen: we could not make story up if we tried. connell: none in the least. let's make some money with charles payne who is with us as usual. dagen: las vegas stansted do like them for vegas is the question. charles: no. i wish it was a vegas story. last year the vegas business is off like 3%. but their casinos, four seasons up 47%. singapore i like also to a lesser extent. this year they cracked down, china cracks down because of a big corruption scandal, still october the sales were up 31%. ironically last time las vegas answered, revenue was up 31%

john kerry is back in the middle east beginning a two day round of peace talks with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. scientist at trying to fix a problem with the international space station. there the cooling system that is malfunctioning and it cut the cooling ability in half. crews are trying to fix the problem but nasa says it is not life-threatening. there's new reaction on this line language interpreter at nelson mandela's memorial service. sign language groups say his gestures made no sense with a south african cabinet minister admitting he made a mistake in hiring the man. that interpreter claims he suffers schizophrenia and saying he saw angels that the event. no word how he got in. those are your headlines. back to adam and lori. little frightening. adam: time to make money with charles payne looking at the online retailer, good deals, will it be a good deal for your portfolio? you say you like this. charles: i was on the site on the homepage, lord of the rings bluray said, the robot zombie, pretty eclectic mix. this is the company, and lucille. patric

secretary of state john kerry says it's still possible for israel and the palestinians to finalize a peace agreement this spring. he maded that comment friday. he met with benjamin netanyahu mahmoud abbas. >> our goal remains as it always has been for the israelis and palestinians to reach a final status agreement, not an interim agreement, a final status agreement. and both parties remain committed to fulfilling their obligations to stay at the table and negotiate hard during the nine-month period that we set for that. >> kerry says the framework for a peace agreement will include israeli security, the status of jerusalem and the fate of palestinian refugees. >>> and in today's office politics, a man who covered the middle east for 35 years weighs in on the prospects of an israeli-palestinian deal. martin fletcher talks about the one story he's covered that stands out most in all those years. but first he talks whether israel would ever really consider military strikes against iran. >> israel is doing everything to try to make that scenario believable. and the latest stretch is that hey, they could do this together in some way with saudi arabia which has a very strong ai

kerry talked about, that's a delusional statement. first of all, the saudis have said this is bad and they're looking at working with israel. the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahunational security of the gulf states, of israel, and definitely not ours. you think about this, in october of this year, we remembered the 30th anniversary of the beirut bombing attack. we know who was behind that beirut bombing attack. the iranians. as a matter of fact, president rouhani of iran just put in place a defense minister, the person who planned and oversaw the execution of that attack, that's a general degani. why would you be talking to people that are the person that was responsible for the death of 250 marines? and they have three americans still. >> absolutely. and with the pastor that was -- that never even came up. but how many u.n. resolutions are there already out there where iran has got to stop enriching completely and yet, part of the deal we're doing with the iranians is go ahead and enrich. just don't have it cranked up to high. >> yes. we're saying keep it to the low to moderate level. the thing we have to understand, as long as they can continue to enrich tha

benjamin netanyahu is going to address that same forum tomorrow. he will likely have a very different take on the iran deal as he has over the past several weeks. we should also note that secretary john kerrys afternoon. he'll talk about iran but also of course the mideast peace process. he's just returned from the region and says he's made a fair amount of progress on that point. we'll be listening closely to what he has to say as well. >> kristen welker, 1600 pennsylvania avenue, kristen, thank you. >>> topping the saturday headlines, 85-year-old merrill newman is back in california. the korean war veteran was released by the north korean government late last night due to his advanced age and a heart condition. >> i'm very glad to be on my way home. appreciate the tolerance the drpk government has given to me to be on my way. >> ten people are confirmed dead so far as a massive winter storm wreaks havoc across this country. another big storm, as you can see there, right behind it. coming up in just a few moments, we're going to get a live update on the latest weather conditions. >>> right now, though, a live look at south africa where crowds continue to gather to celebrate the life of ne

kerry heads to jerusalem tomorrow to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu.n what we can expect from those talks i'm joined now by former assistant secretary of state for public affairs p.j. crowley. great to have you with me. before i get to this trip for secretary kerry, briefly your reaction to that report there from jim maceda and the revelations that are, are, being thought out now about what it means for russia's security in and around the olympics, and as jim points out, 40,000 security forces will be turning sochi into a fortress but what do you think that that means for what military or any analyst would call a softer target in and around russia and those trying to get to the games? >> well, this is a long-standing problem for russia with its restive republicans dominated by muslim separatists. but now just as putin is trying to take advantage of the international spotlight, to project a modern and vigorous russia, so, too, these separatists with their own agenda are trying to project that we're still here, and so what that will do for anything leadi