sergey lavrov just mentioned digital of a communique i reiterate the geneva communique and the genevaunique can only be implemented through the concerted efforts of everybody in this room millions of people are relying on the international community's ability to help find a solution that can save their lives and their country and we see only one option a negotiated transition government formed by mutual consent now we need to deal with reality here we really need to deal with reality mutual consent which is what has brought us here for a transition government means that that government cannot be formed with someone that is objected to by one side or the other. that means that bashar assad will not be part of that transition government there is no way no way possible in the imagination that the man who has led the brutal response to his own people could regain the legitimacy to govern one man and those who have supported him can no longer hold an entire nation and the region hostage the right to lead the country does not come from torture nor barrel bombs nor scud missiles it comes fro

and the government has to calm and negotiate around that communiquÉ.ce rush is one of the primary benefactors of the assad regime, we believe the russians have a high stake in helping to make certain that assad understands exactly what the parameters of this negotiation are. >> you mentioned that you discussed how improved transit of goods to people here in north america. many people here in the u.s. have been asking the three governments update nafta taking into account the reality for example of the recently energy reform in mexico. so i would ask the three of you are you willing to update nafta or reopen it and secretary kerry to reopen nafta formally and secretary kerry especially for you, how do you respond to those who believe that at some point a u.s. should include canada and mexico in negotiations if only to avoid future problems with the nafta and whether not you agree with the europeans. >> i invite her guests to address this also, over the last 20 years as i mentioned we have developed this incredible network of. agreements in the western h

it is a quote from the geneva communiquÉ.he rest of it is not something said in the geneva communiquÉ about bashar al-assad. that issue was not addressed by the geneva communiquÉ. there was difference between the two parties on that matter. in order to have a realistic chance to move forward, we believe we need to tackle matters first where conceivably agreement can be reached between the government and the opposition. >> president assad said the purpose should be to discuss ways to fight terrorism and that it is totally unrealistic to think he would share power with the exiled opposition. >> both of the government and opposition groups made some pretty tough opening shots going into the conference. the opposition was saying the first thing is to make sure assad will go. the government responded, including president assad, with very strong statements to the contrary. this is something i suppose which could have been anticipated. now the challenge is to try to make sure that they will find things to talk about and agree on. wi

we have come here to implement the geneva communique. sergei lavrov mentioned the geneva communique. i reiterate. the geneva communique can only be implemented through the concerted effort of everyone in the room. millions of people rely on a solution to save lives and country. we see only one option, a negotiated transition government formed by mutual consent. now, we need to deal with reality here. we really need to deal with reality. mutual consent, which is what has brought us here, for a transition government means that that government cannot be formed with someone that is objected to by one side or the other. that means that bashar al-assad will not be part of that transition government. there's no way, no way possible in the imagination that the man who has led the brutal response to his own people could regain the legitimacy to govern. one man and those who have supported him can no longer hold an entire nation and a region hostage. the right to lead the country does not come from torture, nor barrel bombs, nor scud mice ills. it

every entity here today with one exception talked about that, and embraced the geneva 1 communique.is significant that all of the other countries, but that one, came here to endorse the geneva 1 communique, understanding from the outset that the invitation sent by secretary general ban ki-moon made it clear that was the purpose of gathering here today, and that is the purpose of the negotiations that will begin a day after tomorrow in geneva. now, i believe that this gathering today, which we all know is only a beginning, and we have said so from the start, actually created a moment of special focus on the nature of this tragic conflict. today people can more clearly understand how alone assad is in standing up for himself. not for syria. and the resolution to this crisis cannot be about one man's insistence or one family's insistence about clinging power. this needs to be about empowering all of the syrian people. the international community expressed a united vision for syria that respects its citizens and protects the rights of every group, every sect, every faith, mr mrurallism

they say it's the accord, the communique agreed to june 2012, but both sides have interpretations of what that accord meant. it will be very difficult communications, but between the syrian foreign minister and his russian counterpart, i would have to say the close allies really do very confident to head to geneva two. >> those two, those parties who are brokering these talks, russia and the u.s. have they been able to agree on iran's role in geneva two. oh do we know if it's going to attend geneva two yet. >> reporter: the invitations have not officially been extended. it is up to u.s. official ban ki-moon to extend the invitation. they would like to see iran invited. russia very keen to see iran at the table because from russia's point of view they believe that iran and saudi arabia's involvement is vital to provide a regional stability to the conflict. they believe it's far wider than syrian borders. the problem is america wants to see far more from iran that they will abide by what i mentioned before, the geneva communique issued in 2012. the problem is iran were adamant that the

in order to solve it we have to have a base for it which is geneva communique, and that commitment for establishing the transition and governing body. >> so without a concession from the assad government that the leader is going to leave office, there is no possibility for ending this war? >> the war, and this is an evolution, and it's not a war. it's an evolution of the people of syria seeking to regain their constitutional rights and their human rights, and dictatorship of assad regime. there is no solution to the crisis if he remains in power. he is the subject of differences, and he is the cause of all of these crisis. >> stay with us. we're going to take a break. when we come back we'll talk with new panelists about the situation today in syria and what the world can do going forward. this is inside stir. "inside story." i say clearly it's productivity. we need to produce more, better. so we -- we are talking about the offer. it does -- it is think -- it is -- this pact covers five subjects. the first is the per sued of the lightning of the [ inaudible ]. we have started, which i

that make it impossible to make progress, in particular, demanding that the regime recognized the communiquÉof , according to their interpretation of it, which means bashar al-assad has to go. that is where we are stumbling at the moment. the regime has had a meeting with the envoy this morning. this afternoon, there is due to be a meeting with the opposition with the envoy. at the moment, it appears that things are not going well at all. >> clearly, a rocky start to this conference. is anything filtering out? to you know what is being discussed? know what is being discussed? >> at the moment, it does not seem anything is being discussed. they have not even gotten the little steps that everyone had hoped would lead to more serious talks down the road. the idea would be that they would establish humanitarian core doors, local cease-fires, and prisoners releases -- humanitarian core doors, local cease-fires, and prisoners released. the opposition itself is not a particularly good terms with the fighters on the ground in syria. said they had been negotiating before the geneva conference started

should be support of the geneva one communique it is hard to see how the regime the terror. it does not have within it and see the ability to improve the situation on the ground improve the climate. that could give. participate in this sense with. with so the good faith that people are looking for in this situation. there should be no further delay in our judgment in ending the aerial bombardment of troops and civilians in the use of starvation as a weapon of war we believe that the basic disregard for human rights human dignity that we are witnessing in the area. nice to come to an end. i discussed with mr lover of the ways that we can work together to try to ensure by the way. there are on both sides. abuse is known to be clear this is not one sided we are reading accounts of some of the extremists of the opposition side engaging against each other. and engaging in atrocities against each other. and it is that widespread gone that is motivating wallace here. to believe in the urgency of trying to bring this to oppose there is no question but that the ultimate path in order

and country after country after country have signed up to geneva 1 communique. so you need to ask yourself why iran won't sign up to it. not why they are not here? why would they not agree as every other nation has, that this is the method that even in the russian federation signed up to it and was here. so i believe with russia and other efforts -- saudi arabia was here. they weren't going to be here, but they decided it was important and they came. so i think they we have a critical mass building, and iran has the ability to help make a difference. we hoped that they would decide to be constructive and make a decision to operate in a way going forward that can allow them to do so. there are plenty of ways that that door can be open in the next weeks and months, and my hope is that they will want to join. >> president obama has never taken any option off the table in dealing with syria. he made that very clear when he made a decision to must military force, he made the decision in the context of the chemical weapons. the chemical weapons problem got solved, but

secretary of state john kerry, he says iran is only welcome if it agrees to the geneva i communiquÉ thatstipulates the need for a transitional government that suits both sides. for the u.s., that means without bashar al-assad. for russia, that shouldn't be a precondition. >> but iran has yet to state whether or not it supports implementing the geneva i communiquÉ, which calls for nothing more than the mutual consent of the parties through a transitional governing process to make peace. iran, we would welcome iran's participation if iran is coming to participate for the purposes of the conference. >> he also called it wrong a in -- ct oh -- a major the militant wing of the lebanese shiite group is fighting against opposition forces in syria. >> 50 million egypt and will be invited to vote on the amended constitution. will bellion egyptians invited to vote on the amended constitution. this vote will mark a huge turning point for post- revolution egypt. on the streets, there has been very little in the way of campaigning. we find out why. >> a political rally in a rural town on the outskirt

he continues to urge iran to join the global consensus behind the geneva communique. given that it has chosen to remain outside that basic understanding he has decided that the one day montreux gathering will proceed without iran's participation. >> the main western backed syrian opposition says it will now attend. the meeting is set for wednesday in switzerland. >>> aamerican missionary being held in north korea. kenneth bae spoke to journalists, asked the u.s. to help him get released. craig gleason has the details. >> kenneth bae was brought before journalists in a a gray cap. he spoke briefly with journalists, during that time he made this statement: i believe my problem can be solved by close cooperation between my government and the government of this country. that appeared to be north korea reaching out to washington and south korea for ongoing or renewed talks with the country. kenneth bae was jailed in november 2012 for what was stated as crimes against the state, sentenced for 15 years hard labor. he has visited hospital at that time. he recently became a ce

, no preconditions but the united states has said look they haven't publicly signed up with the communique of geneva 1 that these talks will create a icial traditional national governmen government -- transitional interim government. here is the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. samantha power. >> as of this morning, iran has still to demonstrate its willingness to explicitly and publiclpubliclypublicly subscrie communique. that is a minimum are are prerequisite to the process. >> he speaks for the the russian administration and he puts the other view. he says teheran and indeed anybody should be invited to the talks. >> translator: we support the principled approach of the u.n. secretary-general, sending invitation of participation to all those who could directly have an influence to the situation on syria. including iran. not soliciting the participation of these key players would be an unforegivable error. >> are ban ki-moon didn't appear to being consult the security council. today it's gone badly wrong for him. he has egg on his face. again we are told by a spokesperson that he's

we are fighting for a dialogue based on a geneva communique on june 2012.t's up to the syrians to define the future of their country. >> the syrian regime is being accused of committing war crimes. the report funded by qatar is based on the testimony of a former military policemen who captured 50,000 images of it 11,000 detainees. the lawyer says there's evidence of prisoners being strangled, electrocuted. forensic experts showed many were initiated. the fighting rages inside syria. >> more than a dozen people died at the crossing between syria and turkey on monday. two explosions kill six fighters. the rest of the dead were civilians. in aleppo two car bombs exploded at the headquarters of an opposition group. the attack was launched by a rival rebel group. infighting among rebels killed more than 1,000 fighters in the past two weeks. in other world news the united states and the e.u. started easing economic sanctions on iran as part of an international deal on the tehran nuclear program. iran plugle centrifuges. a 6-month nuclear deal was reached with wor

if there is a negotiated process here where members of the current government as the geneva communique says and members of the opposition come together as part of this transition governing body, going forward, then there is a chance in the end without assad that you could put it all back together. but again this is the beginning of a process and one that will be very long. >> can that happen without iran at the table? >> no, it can't. even with iran it's one likely to happen. assad runs the syrian regime. anybody who stands up and says you should really step aside ends up dead or in prison. and that is what has happened for 40 years. and why people expect to today that his generals will stand up and ask him to leave is beyond me. he's to the going to do it. he's fought, he's killed many people in order not to do it. unless somebody is willing to force him to do it which they haven't so far, he's to the going to. and what we've seen, two years of stalemate. and how that balance of power is going to change is a mystery to everybody today. now the opposition has asked that he go. and kerr

but we heard him stress that both sides agree to the geneva 1 communique.he opposition earlier said they are demanding written guarantees before any direct talks with the government. they believe the government hasn't expressed its readiness to implement this communique. it calls for the formation of a transitional body with full transitional powers. so he made it clear that both sides respect geneva 1, but also calling on countries that support the warring factions in syria to play a constructive and positive war, because he knows this is not just two delegations from syria, discussing the future, there are regional rivals. so he is going to need their support as well in order for this process to succeed. >> yes, he was stressing that what is important is to save syria. and all parties know that a lot is at stake here. a huge task in in front of them. any idea how long these talks are scheduled to go on for? >> what we have been hearing from syrian government sources that it will last until thursday, and on friday they are going to issue a communique. it's

secretary-general must rescind his invitation if iran does not fully accept a 2012 communique detailing syria's political transition process. state department spokesperson jen psaki said that the u.s. views iran's support for the establishment of a transitional governing body in syria as a condition for the invitation. she said the u.s. government has long made it clear that support for the full implementation of the communique is required. she said that iran has never expressed this publicly. some of syria's opposition groups are not taking part in the peace conference. one anti-government islamic group has told nhk it will not participate in a cease-fire. >> translator: we think the talks will prolong the rule of the assad regime. the regime just wants to pull their army off the battlefield in aleppo to launch attacks in other places. >> infighting is also reported in the anti-assad camp between islamic groups and al qaeda linked forces. more than 120,000 people have been killed in syria's civil war. >>> iranian leaders are hoping this will be the day when their economy starts to turn

it refuses to sit down until it enforces the geneva one communiquÉ.now meeting with delegates and expected to meet the opposition this afternoon. for more on today's meeting, let's go to france 24's chief editor. rob, face to face talks are not taking place this friday. what is happening there and said? collects what exactly is happening is a little difficult to say. ofare operating on a vacuum information today, but it is clear that things are not going according to plan. it had planned to be a joint meeting with the two sides together and a yuan envoy. that did not happen. the parallel talks that were meant to happen during the day foiled and it had been hoped that there would be a joint meeting at the end of the day. that is clearly not going to happen. thatyria regime is saying they are putting forward demands that make it impossible to make progress, in particular, demanding that the regime recognized the communiquÉ of geneva

this entire diplomatic situation and of course that is why the united states pushes the geneva communiquébecause it's the only way that they're going to be able to control the flow the diplomatic relations to control the negotiating process because they understand that if it were left up to a true democratic election assad would win. the rebel side of it he is still just a week to go we still don't know who is going to take one group or said they definitely wote still so many question marks about the others why at this late stage if they really mean business. was precisely for what you're alluding to they don't mean business the idea is to subvert the peace process not to participate in it to put whatever obstacles they can in its way so that the war can continue the saudis and the qataris and those who have been pushing the the jihadi elements they still believe that they can win this war they still believe that if they can finance if they can funnel the weapons and if they can use the cia which is of course related by the washington post in the new york times has been funneling weapons

that communique.since russia is one of the primary benefactors of the regime, russians have a high stake in making sure that assad understands what the parameters of this negotiation are. >> second question. thank you. >> you discussed how to improve the transit of goods here in north america. many people in the u.s. have been asking to update nafta, to take advantage of recent reforms in mexico. would your government be willing to update nafta or be willing to open it up formally? and also to include an issue -- secretary kerry, for you, how do you respond to those who believe that at some point the u.s. should include canada and mexico in the negotiations if only to avoid future conflicts between the nafta rules and whatever you end up agreeing to with europeans? >> i would like each of my guests to address this also. over the last 20 years, as i mentioned, we have developed this incredible network of trade agreements in the western hemisphere. we have long wanted to open up these benefits. i think

we negotiated the so-called -- geneva communiquÉ.now it is regarded as the basis of the negotiations. it is a complex document. the maindea the document is that the two parties should get together and discuss a transition to a future syria where everyone would be comfortable to live under all groups in the country. this is where we are coming from. this particular matter of the future of president assad is certainly complex and delicate. it is a thorny issue. the government is adamant that he should go -- the position is that he should go. >> the u.n. >> talks have started today in geneva to try to find common ground on some issues first. maybe those of the humanitarian issues or exchange of prisoners or access to certain areas where humanitarian assistance has not come for a while. after they find common ground on those issues, they will keep disk issue -- keep discussing other issues. then hopefully they will have a clearer understanding of where things can go. >> here is what secretary kerry said. "we sealed one option transitioni

the key phrase in the geneva communique starts that the parties by mutual concept are to discuss the setting up of a transitional authority, which means there'll never be mutual consent because bashar al-assad has not come to geneva to plot his on demise from power. >> did the disinvitation of the iranians, do you think it's a bigger stumbling block, besides being an embarrassment for ban ki-moon. >> iran's interests are being represented by the assad regime. i don't think that, in any way, will substantively change the prospects for peace, which i think are to be located in the nature of the structural flaws or the one key party that is responsible for the conflict has veto power over anything moving forward. >> what about the pictures. these are horrific, the indications of widespread torture and abuse. how serious a problem is that for the syrians as they enter the negotiations. >> it's serious for the syrian opposition because they have to sit across the table from the side that is responsible for the pictures. it's difficult for the syrian opposition to come to the table for tha

around that communique.since russia is one of the primary benefactors of the assad regime, russians have a high stake in making sure that assad understands what the parameters of this negotiation are. >> that was a portion from secretary kerry's comments from earlier today. you can see this anytime online at www.c-span.org. yes internet service providers are gatekeepers, and two-sidedare gatekeepers to my somebody on one side and somebody on the other side. the situation is similar to the credit card industry. the all have credit cards and then there's the credit card company, and on the other side of that there is the restaurant. it is very useful for restaurants at we all have credit cards and it is useful for us that all the restaurants will take them, but it is not so useful if the gatekeeper says i'm at now, some of these restaurants, we are not going to allow them to participate in the system. then slating that to the present, if the internet service writer were to say not all the people putting the co

to be fooled by this process the foreign minister has stated, they are supporting the geneva 1 communiqueand the government has toment a negotiate around that communique, and since russia is one of the primary benefactors of the assad regime, we believe the russians have a high stake in helping make certain that assad understands what the parameters of this negotiation are. >> second question is for [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: you mentioned that you disclosed how to prove the transit of goods and people here in north america. many people here in the u.s. have been asking the three governments to update [ inaudible ] recently passed energy reform in mexico -- >> okay. we have been listening to the u.s. secretary of state john kerry speaking about syria. he says he is not surprised at the comments coming from the syrian government. he says the assad government is trying to divert attention, and bashar al-assad is trying to seem like the protector of syria against terrorists. he says no one is going to be fooled. this comes after a letter leaked from the syrian foreign minister to the unders

points out we are all here and great on one thing, the geneva 1 communique. something that everyone signed and agreed to before they came here. in that communique it says that all the governments here, all the delegations agree to move forward to create a transitional government. it will not include current president bashar al-assad. the u.s., the u.n., the russians that back syria that are on the same page is the syrian government that used its stance, suggesting that bashar al-assad will not go anywhere, that he might run for president again. the u.s. say thats because they sign that, if the rhetoric is negative, the us hopes the syrians will stick to the pledge and consider creating a traditional governor. >> ban-ki moon said his hope for dialogue had been stopped by the syrian foreign minister, who went into a diatribe accusing nations of supporting the insurgence, supporting women to engage in sex business and incest. and a defender against terrorism is what bashar al-assad is portraying himself. >> this is what they believe. there's no sense that presid

we get to this place where both sides are in a room looking at a communique from geneva 1 and both sides are saying that this is going nowhere. and now we are talking about beach steps and confidence-boosting moves. don't you do those kinds of things before you get to geneva? >> that's exactly the point tony that lakhdar brahimi said, he wished they had talked at all before getting here. the fate of syria will be decided but he said look, we didn't get to that point before we got here. we need to get to that point now. and u.n. officials, russian officials even the analysts you speak to, tony, on set say, they have to get some kind of humanitarian resolution to the suffering. brahimi says no one can rush me, i've done this for decades and decades and decades. we have to take half steps, do something which announce women and children can leave from homs, even though one side didn't want that. they are talking in geneva tony, that's a good sign in his opinion. >> well and nick if we are talking about this attempt to get these sort of regional regie fires, that is fraught with danger. we kn

the syrian government is saying that the basis for these talks, the geneva communique was june, 2012. they want to look at that line by line and in the end talk about the idea of forming a transitional government. the opposition is saying you need to form the transitional government first before you deal with the other things in the communique, like ceasefires, dealing with extremist groups and other things that are in this commune can i. they disagree on the way forward with all of this. the meetings have ended here today. we will get the prospective in about an hour's time of the mediator giving his daily no, sir conference. >> many thanks for that. we'll be carrying that live, of course. >> now to iraq where 20 were killed after armed men attacked the government building northeast baghdad. police forces have taken a number of people hostage inside the building. security forces managed to oh get most of the employees out. also in iraq, another 19 people have been killed in a series of car bombs in baghdad, mainly sny i can't districts targeted. no group has claimed responsibility fo

iran has not agreed to the steps outline in the geneva communique from 2012. the governing body must be established with full executive powers and enter armed violence and allow essential humanitarian aid to be delivered to affected areas. >> it is a sensitive issue and as we continue for three years some insist on a military solution. but iran's stance on this is clear. i feel that a common agreement is forming, but the main problem is extremism and sectarianism. >> those comments were made a week after a trip to jordan. >> they support not only the syrian conflict but political conflict in iraq and lebanon, and saudi arabia is nervous about iran's growing ambitions including its nuclear ones. >> reporter: iran has agreed to suspend its most sensitive nuclear work in return for limited sanctions relief. iran and the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany will implement the agreement over the next six months. it took ten years of diplomacy to make the deal happen, but just six months and a new government to start what many see as iran

. >> the geneva communique sets out a number of key steps, starting with the establishment of a transitionalerning body, formed by mutual consent. including over the military forces and security and intelligence services. >> reporter: getting there, though, will be hard, just chairing this opening session was a challenge for ban ki-moon. the syrian foreign minister's speech overran and the un secretary general tried to stop him. >> mr. prime minister, i'm sorry to -- can you just wrap up because you have only almost 20 minutes -- >> you live in new york. i live in syria. i have the right to give the syrian version here in this forum. >> reporter: in his speech, he seemed to add new complications to this process. he said if talks go to a second stage, it should be held on syrian soil, and he said any deal done in switzerland should be put to a referendum in syria, a country where no vote has been properly free or fair for more than four decades. as both anti-go and proassad camps chanted at yelled at each other, the syrian opposition leader said he was fully committed to the un-led process, b

come and negotiate around that communique. since russia is one of the primary benefactors of the assad regime we believe they have a high state to help make sure that aside understand exactly the parameters of this negotiation are. continues. "washington joul host: the federal appeals court struck down >> host: a federal appeals court struck down the fcc opened interknit rules net neutrality rules. for the next hour we will talk about those with two former commissioners of the fcc who served on the commission while they were established. robert mcdowell republican senior republican in michael copps a democrat was in the majority he commission for a while. , what exactlyopps is net neutrality? what are we talking about here? guest: i think net neutrality is the effort to keep the internet free and open. terms,ted into practical it means consumers have a right to access the lawful content of their choice, to attach whatever devices they want to attach to run applications that they want to run and have the benefits of transparenc

. >> they have not accepted geneva communique, and how do accept if there's no foundation for negotiations. they're not coming and negotiating with good will. obstacles to just run away from a solution. >> reporter: and so that's both sides trying to position themselves in public, trying to convince everyone that it's their side on the right when it comes to these talks. and nevertheless, nobody has left these talks, and the officials say yes, we may have back and forth and agreements, but fundamentally these talks have not continued. >> and the civil war is continuing as well. another attack in aleppo today. more from geneva. >>> explosions and clashes in egypt have left at least 19 people dead with a fourth blast in front of a movie theater. earlier, a deadly attack in the police headquarters in the capital, cairo. at least five people were killed. and then there was fighting between deposers of mohamed morsy and security opposers, and 13 people died in these clashes. the attacks come a day after the egyptian revolution began. >> explosions in cairo friday morning. this is the largest on

they have signed a geneva one communique. it has publicly pledged it will consider a transitional government that will remove assad. russia is trying to play it both ways right now. what kerry is trying to do very diplomatically with the russians and especially with the russian foreign minister is to ease russia toward that point that we talked about, ease russia to the point that it can't support assad any more. it doesn't have the diplomatic leverage and assad doesn't have the support of russia to show their financial and military support to the government. there was more military weapons going into russia than ever before, that's another challenge for the u.s. and u.n. and for kerry trying to convince russia that assad is truly isolated and needs to be discarded, and we have to move on to a syria that has no future of assad. >> al jazeera's nick schifrin reporting from montreux, switzerland. a quick break now and when we come back we'll have more guests to talk with, including the director of the syrian american government

he does not admit today at all to the geneva communique, which is the platform of this process.is still in the case of denial. so we are counting on international legitimacy and the support of our friends, whether they are in the west, united states, u.k., france and also in the region, turkey, saudi arabia and many, many other countries supporting the political transition in syria. we are counting to push assad out of power and en that nightmare in syria. >> you have seen these gruesome photographs alleging pore tour, brutality, that have just been released, showing war crimes if these photos are, in fact, real. the syrian government says they are fake, and he says -- and they also say these pictures are atrocities committed by your side by the rebel side, including al qaeda elements, who were opposed to bashar al assad's regime. what's your reaction to what they're saying, the government is saying about these gruesome oh, horrible photos. and by the way, we showed these photos first here on cnn, our own christiana amanpour got access to these photos, which are awful, as you kn

before they can talk about the rest of the communique, the opposition says that you have to talk about it first. and both sides are speaking past each other. he pleaded with everybody to be patient. >> first of all, there's sirria this horrible situation, and i'm also certain that a lot of people in the world also want that to happen. and as fa as far as there's no t to make it happen. but the syrian parties,. >> and to continue those efforts, he hopes to bring both sides together. and the opposition, del, is already committed. and the government has to go back to damascus. >> are we hearing anything from president assad in all of this? >> he came out and criticized very heavily the united states and the opposition, saying that the u.s. congress was funding and arming the rebels, and he said that the people who made that decision were "on the moon," and they the united states said that they have only been supplying non-lethal aid to the rebels, but stepping back, the aid to tacome, the food and water and medicine that the city desperately needs, has not gotten there because they have w

. >> iran has not agreed to the steps outlined in the geneva communique from 2012. the main conditions are that a transitional governing body must by established before executive powers. an end to armed violence, and to allow essential humanitarian aid to be delivered to effected areas. >> the taliban said it was behind a suicide attack in rawalpindi. they died in a blast that happened near the army headquarters. >> six of the dead are soldiers. we go live. the death toll has gone up. effective in the eyes of the taliban attack. >> well, that's how they'll look at it. this attack took place in a civilian area, and there was a lot of innocent people going about their daily chores. schoolchildren were proceeding to school. that's when the suicide bomber struck. apparently he was stopped at a checkpoint on that road. his intended target was perhaps somewhere else, because the ghq, which is the general headquarters and other sensitive institutions are not far from that location. because the suicide bomber was stopped, he detonated his device. there were civilian casualt

people of syria, and also they appealed for the full implementation of the jew minute -- the geneva communiquÉ2012. over the past eight days here in geneva, the top -- the two sides engaged each other through me. it was a very difficult start. but the sides have become used to sitting in the same room. positionspresented and listened to one another. there have been moments where one side has even acknowledged the concerns and difficulties and the point of view of the other side. progress is very slow, indeed. but the sides have engaged in an acceptable manner. ,his is a very modest beginning but it is a beginning on which we can build. to discuss ahere political -- the site came here to discuss the clinical solution. whenever syrian's meet these cannot but discuss the terrible situation on the ground, and they did. i appealed for action to address desperate -- the desperate humanitarian situation in serious. homs was extensively discussed, though unfortunately, there has been no breakthrough yet. discussed access to the ideaces as well as of the countrywide polls -- pause in the fighting to al

has no intention of giving up access to the mediterranean, so yet, russia has signed the geneva 1 communique has pledged that it will consider a transitional government that will remove assad. so they are trying to play both cards right now. so what kerry is trying to do, very diplomatically with the russians, is to ease russia toward that point that we talked about, ease russia towards the notion that it can't support assad anybody. it doesn't have the diplomatic leverage and assad doesn't have the support in order for russia to show their financial and military support to the government. and yet russia still hasn't been convinced of that. one report last week said there were more military weapons going into syria than ever before. so that's not challenge, for kerry to try to convince russia that assad is truly isolated and we have to move on to a syria that has no future with assad. >> a quick break now, and when we come back i'll have more guests to talk with, including the man who works closely with he syrian coalition. stay with us. >>> we're discussing the geneva 2 peace talks in montr

we have all agreed on the geneva 1 communique. >> that's something that everyone signed about a year and a half ago and agreed to, again, before they came here. no communique, it says that all much the governments here, all of the delegations here agree to move forward to create a transitional government in syria. >> transitional government would not include current syrian president bashar al assad. the russians that backed syria are on the same page with that. it's only the syrian government that used its stanchion, the podium today to suggest assad was not going anywhere. assad said he might run for president again in the next election. gauze they agreed to that, even if the rhetoric is net, the u.s. hopes at the end of the day, the syrians will stick to the pledge and consider creating atritional government. >> that will be interesting the u.n. secretary general said his hope for constructive dialogue had been broken by the syrian foreign minister: he went into a diatribe. he accused insurgents of conducting sexual jihad by brainwashing women into becoming sex slaves and engaging

communique. and since russia is one of the primary benefactors of the us side regime. we believe the russians have a high state. been helping to make certain of the sudden understands exactly what the parameters of this negotiation are. on this team to the needs of users are donnie in view of the discussion the gesture here in the studio and what john kerry said. to many americans really want to first house a song or do you think that said this is rhetoric. i think that would be the best solution the most experts and most independent analysts would say that the best possible solution at this point for syria would be a ceasefire and to the fighting. opening up of borders and checkpoints to allow humanitarian relief to get through and some kind of transitional process as described in geneva wine or any other kind of a process that would lead to the removal of the charlton side and his family that has ruled the country for forty years and be toward some kind of pluralistic structure that is the only

it's willingness to explicitly and publicly subscribe to the full implementation of the geneva communique that is a minimum requirement for participation in this peace process. >> so as you were saying it looks as if at this moment these two peace talks are dead in the water before they've even gun. >> when will we learn finally whether the talks will go on wednesday? >> i think we will learn quite soon because the opposition national council in syria said look if iran is not disinvited to geneva two by 19 hours gmt today, that's about 3:00 eastern time, then we're pulling out. so time is not on anyone's side. >> john terret at the u.n. thank you very much. >>> this morning i talked to former u.s. ambassador to the u.n. i asked whether iran's participation in the talks will cause the process to unravel. >> i think what we're seeing here is a poorly prepared process to begin with. we have force on one side that's assad, and that's readialized in opposition which is the conducting influenced by sunni extremists. that means that you have a geneva process where the prospect result is negligib

it has always been her priority to be clear and you can see that in the formal communiquÉs, which havegotten more understandable for those of us that read them. personally as well. we talked about her marriage. how she raised her children. who was doing the diapers. i do not think you would have that conversation with alan greenspan or ben bernanke. >> so given you have an understanding of for priority, ordinary households, real wages, unemployment. how much leverage does she have? doesn't really come down to the speed with which she jots back the stimulus money? ofwell, that is a big part it. her priority is going to be getting the u.s. very carefully out of this unprecedented monetary stimulus. almost $4 trillion since the beginning of the financial crisis. but i think also she will be experimenting with new tools. she is going to use forward guidance, going out to the markets and saying we're going to keep interest rates low until employment is higher and the economy is more robust. will the markets believe her? a few months ago when the fed began to hint about it tapering, you saw

what if they agree on -- >> if they agree on the first communiquÉ, that there should be sung, and --the kind of transition, yes, iran could play a constructive role. can do is avoid the question of a transition and then pretend as if they are not playing a very instrumental role in powerg assad through the use of hezbollah fighters. iran cannot have it both ways. either they need to be part of a solution, which unfortunately they are not yet there, or they will continue to be part of the problem. and iran wants to have it both ways, and they can't. >> the day some reports came out that the israeli air force bombed a syrian base in northern syria. it is still unconformity but there are any reports of targeting of syrian weapons caches. what kind of impact might that have on the situation in syria? there are fears that weapons could -- and weapons could go to hezbollah. ivan fears justified? >> of course, from the israeli perspective they are justified and israel has had over again and acted consistently that if they perceive their interest are threatened through a transfer of weaponry

government said seoul says he is in geneva say isn't this interpretation of the cheney though one communique that agreements that came out of the talks the initial polls here in geneva eighteen months ago that set the saying now that they are working. baby steps as you rightly point out that when towards the big issues the prelude to that is talking about humanitarian aid desperately needed to secure that we will need the local cease fires. and of course then theres the possibility of an exchange of prisoners. all these things on the agenda at least they're still talking part ii and returned even if there was some progress buy a domain humanitarian issue what sorts of problems on the grounds of the aid agencies fights. next problem is the main problem is that this is part of the reason why homes as being singled out as one of the fest areas where they can be negotiated here in geneva and cute and that humanitarian aid convoys send down a cargo and internet to ancient town the hoff a million people trapped by the fighting men women and children. behind the ring of steel was the wall gang on a

it has always been her priority to be clear and you can see that in the formal communiquÉs, which havegotten more understandable for those of us that read them. personally as well. we talked about her marriage. how she raised her children. who was doing the diapers. i do not think you would have that conversation with alan greenspan or ben bernanke. >> so given you have an understanding of for priority, ordinary households, real wages, unemployment. how much leverage does she have? doesn't really come down to the speed with which she jots back the stimulus money? ofwell, that is a big part it. her priority is going to be getting the u.s. very carefully out of this unprecedented monetary stimulus. almost $4 trillion since the beginning of the financial crisis. but i think also she will be experimenting with new tools. she is going to use forward guidance, going out to the markets and saying we're going to keep interest rates low until employment is higher and the economy is more robust. will the markets believe her? a few months ago when the fed began to hint about it tapering, you saw

kerry's position reflects the international consensus of the 2012 geneva communique which calls for the conference to establish a cease fire and interim government for syria. the cease talks convened by the united nations got off to a testy start when syria's foreign minister refuse today give up the microphone after the un secretary general chaid him for exceeding his time. traded charges of terrorism and war crimes over the course of the three-yearlong civil war in which some 130,000 syrians have died. syria has complied with demands that is surrenders its chemical weapons and syria government troops have the upper hand in the fighting. syria's information minister was blunt, "there will be no transfer of power and president bashar assad is staying." further more, the obama administration hopes for assad to turn over power with delta setbacks days before the talks open. when iran refuse today send a delegation to switzerland because of the precondition that it abide by the objective of creating a post assad government. iran is a staunch ally of bashar al-assad. iranian troops are figh