john kerry has to seem strong, the u.s. has to seem strong, and has to be willing to put a military might or say they will behind an invasion in the east. n.a.t.o. says they don't see the russian troops diminishing this crisis. everything that the u.s. said about crimea or ukraine, russia ignored. the ball is in russia's court. on israel and the palestinians. very important line from john kerry, trying to save the process. he said yes, mahmoud abbas has gone to the international organizations even though mahmoud abbas when the process started said "we will not go to the international organizations so long as the process contin s continues", the implication that it was dead. kerry says the international organization do not include the u.n. that is important. they can use the international criminal court to sue or accuse israelis of war crimes. that's really a red line for his rail. what kerry is trying to do, perhaps convince americans and the world or, in fact, prime minister binyamin netanyahu, who is no doubt watching tha

the concerns that israel is raising over comments by the secretary of state john kerry. investigators continue to scour the indian ocean as officials offer hope that the missing malaysian plane could be found. pushing for equal pay for men and women, proving to be a difficult task. the major roadblock to close of gap in congress. >> welcome back. investigators say they could be close to solving the mystery of the missing malaysia airlines plane. the australian navy has picked up two more signals that could be from the flight recorders. they were in the same section of the ocean as pings detected on saturday. they were weaker and shorter. crews are racing to find the devices before the batteries run out. >> in syria at least 25 were killed after two car bombs exploded in the government-held district of homs. they were set off half hour apart, in a busy part of the day. they have a large population of allo whites. state tv -- alawites. state tv said 100 were injured. >> a war of words between palestine and israel leaders are not helping the peace talks. >> secretary of sta

secretary of state john kerry is expected to meet with officials from russia, ukraine and the e.u. meanwhile in eastern ukraine the standoff continues. pro-russian protesters seized government buildings in three cities. ukraine says dozens are held hostage. we have this report from the city of donetsk. >> three days since seizing the government administration building, pro-russian protesters are enforcing barricades. with negotiations between politicians and police, they are hoping a deal can be reached. it could be difficult with different leaders speaking for different factions. >> there are private talks and private negotiations between influential people. but no one is negotiating with the people of the republic. >> science of the activists continued calls to join russia are plastered to the walls. after police moved in on their allies, they are here prepared for a showdown. >> despite the take of negotiation, molotov cocktails are at the ready. if authorities move in with special police forces, that they are prepared to use them. >> they say donetsk is now an independent repub

many wondered why john kerry used so much of his own and the administration's prest eeg. >> john kerry doesn't do anything without barack obama's approval. it would be a question that the administration made a decision to devote time to the peace talk. it's easy to say john kerry is a fool. but it was the administration. >> david rowe suggests perhaps this attempt at peace is at an pd. >> if the ernst do do much they are blamed, if the americans do too little they are blamed. >> for an administration in the second term, time may be running out. >> negotiating teams met today trying to save the crumbling talks. they met the same people on thursday, and they over turned before the april 29th deadline. he faces a difficult pass of convincing the talks of collapsing. each blamed each other. the core issue is settlement in the west bank. israel continues to build. if that were solved, many of the problems remained, notably who should control jerusalem. joibing us is a professor, and an associate professor at mary mount college. thank you both for being was. the blame - i mean, they are fall

this is what john kerry believes.believes that the time is now to do this and israel faces exist ent shal threats if he doesn't make peace. he hasn't used the word apartheid before. he said in his nonapology apology he grets regrets using that word. he said he doesn't believe it is or intends to be an apartheid state. he is generally worried about this. in fairness to him, he has been working very hard to make a deal between the two parties. he claims he's a strong supporter of israel. i take him at his word. most israelis believe he has done a fairly good job in the private negotiations. but he made these comments and to some degree he's sticking by them and that has provoked outrage as you noted. >> it's democratic people -- democratic politicians as well, steve israel on the democratic side, barbara boxer, others who have criticized this. susan page, how much of a problem does this create? >> nobody doubts that israel does risk becoming increasingly isolated in the world. but there are certain words that public off

. >> we are waiting for a news conference by secretary of state john kerry. when that happens, we'll bring it to you live. he's been engaged in a shuttle of diplomacy for middle east peace talks. nick schifrin is live in jerusalem. i understand that's a palestine response to a possible deal. >> yes, this is an unwelcome development from the united states point of view. and a dramatic speech by mahmoud abbas, palestine president. he said that israel is procrastinating, that they have promised to release the batch of prisoners that were supposed to be released this weekend. that's why john kerry came to save the process, because the prisoners were not released. abbas says "we are sick and tired of waiting, we will not wait any more", he said they'll go to international organizations to seek state hood or representation. and at that point basically he has done what he promised not to do so long as the talks were going on. now, he has not left the talks, but he has done what israel says he must do in order not to leave the talks. at this point abbas perhaps has k

that's what secretary of state john kerry is saying about the mideast peace process. kerry warning now that the u.s. will not sit by forever. mike viqueira is at the house with. and why after working so long is kerry's patience just now starting to wear thin. >> well, the frustration visible there's no question about that. he has been at this for 14 months. he has pursued this quest that a lot of people thought was a complete waste of time. secretary kerry saying as you reported it's time for a reality check, heading back from the redevelop, back to washington for consultations with president obama. what has happened over the course of the last couple of days to offer these discouraging signs? well, first it was the release of prisoners by the israelis to the palestinians. this was part of the framework of agreement to keep the negotiations moving. three releases had taken place, the fourth, the israelis balked. that lead to the palestinian leader signing papers to apply for acknowledgment from the united nations. and then john kerry appeared with a moroccan leader and

to our national security interests and to our critical alliance with the nation of israel that john kerry should offer president obama his resignation. >> tonight, secretary of state kerry apologized for the comment after defending his support of israel, kerry said, if i could rewind the tape, i would have chosen a different word. it is a word best left out of the debate here at home. >> a former consult sulat general in the united states joins us here in new york. ambassador, welcome? >> thank you, jon. >> what is your reaction to this? >> to his retraction? >> both? >> his original remark wasn't that bad. i mean i resent the fact that we are even being mentioned in the same sentence with the word, is it despicable word "apartihei"apartheid" is n something that hasn't been said in the past that we did not disassociate from the palestinians and in the event that there is no separation into two states and in the event that this becomes one state or unitary political unit and israel risks becoming an apartheid-like state. it is -- it is horrible to think in those terms as an israel. but sec

have played their part and john kerry's heaton. all strong can be these really low b. how powerful can need to be the united states has it's also its own interest and many times those interests are supposed to be contradictory to these really interests and still you see it again and again and again and again any american politician who just did this to say the troops who just does to criticize israel even in a very cautious way immediately is to apologize immediately he has to retreat for what he say that for sure it doesn't make any sense the u.s. state department spokesperson jen absolutely actually stumbled while being grilled how this question let's now take a listen together. you do accept that there are people who live under israeli administration move under israeli authority right now who do not. equal rights for. i don't think them and analyze this for their us appears to phrase strongly criticizing israel does that make it harder to make any progress in the peace process john kerry say the truce and these or should confront the truce and the truce is that with

okay, when we come back, i don't know if you've heard what happened with john kerry.id, you know what, secretary, you are fired. okay. after this. neil: all right, it started with the secretary of state, john kerry, making what he called an innocent remark over fears that israel could go the way of south africa. he didn't say that at people immediately made the connection. he felt that they, the israeli government, was racist and their treatment of palestinians. so they said you should resign. we thought that we would bring joe lieberman and to raise more hell and controversy so there's no good response that wouldn't get him in trouble. good to have you, senator. >> good to be here. neil: what you make of this? john kerry just can't dial this back. i can remember a time when jimmy carter was saying that. but he was a number president, this is the present secretary of state. >> is john kerry himself said, he used the wrong word. it's a word that is too loaded. apartheid. and if you look at what he said, it is consistent with what he has been saying all along about why

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they have given john kerry a 24 hour period. unless the issue is not resolved by the end of tuesday, we'll go to the u.n., a make or break time for the talks. >> a tense time. there is speculation that israel's refusal to release the palestine prisoners may be tide to an israeli spy in custody in the u.s., in gaol, mr pollock. >> i don't think it's because of pollard. i think the way this is seen is the u.s. - it's a trump card. they can pull it at the time. u.s. officials confirmed that he is on the table, he could be released. nothing has been achieved. this is significant. he's a u.s. spy, convicted of spying for his rail. passing classified information, arrested in 1985. israel had, for a long period tried to release him. there's a lot of public opinion against the u.s. there'll be a backlash, senior intelligence officials said they will step down. it shows you how straight and crucial the point is. if the u.s. - this is not confirmed, if jonathan pollard is part of a deal, the israelis will have to make concessions to the p

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john kerry is back peddling on israel becoming an apartheid state. that firestorm coming up next. >>> welcome back, everybody. secretary of state john kerry blew himself up recently with some ridiculous comments on the state of israel. >> the unitary state winds up either being an apartheid state with second class citizens or it ends up being a state that destroys the capacity of israel to be a jewish state. >> the secretary of state just compared israel to the decades of apartheid in south africa. >> secretary kerry has proven himself unsuitable for the position he holds and therefore before any further harm is done to our national security interests and to our critical alliance with the nation of israel, that john kerry should offer president obama his resignation. >> this is a resigning-type statement. this is an injury to an ally that will echo because it will be repeated and people will say i'm not saying this. this is the secretary of state of the united states. it is untrue. it's pernicious and is truly something that demands at the very least

john kerry s about and elements that might have worked out. re there any parts, any pieces of a potential agreement that that we might le be closer to or just give us a ittle bit of a report before they broke down. >> john kerry has all along said a t everybody knows what final deal looks like, that basically there are four main table and maybe the most contentious are borders refuse status of gentlemen retur-- refugee retur. is that you have in this case two leaders who although we wish they would have seemed to not have the political will or capital to make ifficult decisions that were going to make them unpopular at home. quo ately they are status leaders instead of pulling a nixon goes to china which people net why.ng for from >> did secretary kerry invest too much in this process? that is a question a lot of people have been asking. like he was only doing middle east peace t. is true he made a dozen trips back and he was still working on syria and chemical weapons genevan and shuttling to for that deal to be made. he was working on other

and secretary of state john kerry calling for a revival in the middle east peace process. >>> new information is trickling out about the soldier behind the fort hood shooting. the army has idded him as ivan lopez, also releasing his service record. have investigatored learned anything else about the gunman that could have been considered a red flag? >> no red flags, no one saw this coming. the army did indeed release a service record. 34-year-old ivan lopez did say he was deployed in iraq. he was in medication and in the process of being diagnosed for ptsd. and he was upset about only being granted a 24 hour leave to at tend his mother's funeral. but his actions come as a total shot to his neighbors. >> we have very strong evidence that indicated a medical history that indicates an unstable psychiatric condition going through all of the conditions to ensure that is indeed the fact. but there may have been a verbal altercation with another soldier or soldiers, and there's a strong possibility that that in fact immediately preceded the shooting. >> we can also tell you the gun shop where he pur

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and they are hanging by a thread and i think the portrait that we have gotten is john kerry, you know, really wants them to succeed and he is trying to convince these two leaders that this is the best, last opportunity. but he can't want it more than they do. >> there's another reason why these talks may not survive. he may be dead. okay. >> the u.s. government believes the path to peace with israel and statehood for palestine lies in negotiations. the "new york times" describes as a quote, unquote, defiant step. washington was rattled this week when palestinian authority, presidenta base, abas, including the geneva convention. he signed the applications requesting to join these conventions. a meeting between mr. abas and secretary of state, john kerry, was subsequently shut. >> question, what is the significance of this move by mahmoud? >> they are frustrated with the state of the negotiations and they are moving ahead and i think that it is left the talks, really in shambles right now. >> the isrealis backed away. >> he wants to gain statehood without having to make the necessary co

john kerry's attack the network for it. our coverage of the crisis in ukraine calling us a propaganda bullhorn check this out. in fact a propaganda bullhorn. that is the state sponsored russia today programme has been delayed deployed to promote actually russia today network has deployed to promote president putin's fantasy about what is playing out on the ground. they almost been full time devoted to this effort to propaganda eyes and to distort what is happening or not happening in ukraine well first off it or carry things for watching our kids and arranging our greatest among them responded by saying we are planning to write an official request is a departmental concrete examples of when archie has the story asks if i'm fortunate that the head of the city parking know so little about what's going on in ukraine at the moment discuss this i was joined earlier by prime backer for the answer coalition at first asked him why he thinks john kerry decided to attack our tea and why now. when the us government is annoyed with our

satisfies john kerry under fire.nt on foreign policy. >> my hero, teddy roosevelt used to say talk softly but carry a big stick. what you are doing is talking strongly and carry a very small stick, in fact, a twig. here we are with ukraine being destabilized. part of it dismembered and we won't give them defensive weapons. >> now, during that back and forth, john kerry answered mccain on the question of middle east peace talks. >> your friend, teddy roosevelt also said that the credited belongs to the people who are in the arena who are trying to get things done. and we're trying to get something done. that's a teddy roosevelt maxism. >> all right. joining us from washington, ace reporters carl cameron and james rosen. so how much fire is kerry under anyway and how is is he handling it, rosen? >> well, he came under fire at that hearing, not just from republicans but even from some of his democratic allies, bill. secretary kerry obviously would not ascribe to the notion that he is presently engaged in the business of

john kerry lashed out and said he would read -- seek further u.n.upport unless a prisoner release by israel went ahead. -- abbas lashed out and said he would seek further you in support unless a prisoner release by israel went ahead. jonathan pollard is an american who was accused of spying for israel three decades ago. the obama administration has floated a proposal to release him in exchange for israel's continued participation in the ongoing peace process. this is scheduled to end on april 29. this, according to the daily beast, is a character to make sure that israel stays in the negotiation, but this article has an exclusive, this proposal is facing a bipartisan backlash from congress, that both the democratic and republican heads of the senate intelligence committee are staunchly opposed to this going through. >> the israeli press is also reacting to all of this. >> there is a very pessimistic opinion piece that says that the israeli-palestinian negotiations on a diplomatic version of the malaysian airplane affair, they have disappeared from t

top diplomat had to backtrack after basically saying the same thing john kerry issued a strong statement saying he wished he'd chosen different words to describe israel he also insisted his commitment to the jewish state should not be questioned kerry's remarks were only an expression of his firm belief that a two state resolution is the only viable way to end the long running conflict only i'm not sure israel is on the same page here's gideon again. that israel is building even one more building in the occupied territories that's the indication that israel has no intention whatsoever to retreat and to make peace. and here is how the state department spokesperson jen psaki replied to some questions concerning the israel policy. you do accept that there are people who live under israeli administration move under israeli authority right now who do not have equal rights for i don't think they're going to analyze this further. seems like she got the same memo her boss did well joining me in the now to discuss these latest comments from john kerry and the peace process as former palestinian n

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the john kerry and hillary clinton is like that one in that building. it's only a wake up and you don't wanna tell them that who has moved on tonight five percent of the less american. they have like move on they got over it enough that they're not as keen to act as they once worked as a habit i call the cnn turk. which is now the new ion. well this information for people living behind the cnn turk the route to it slowly losing their touch with reality and out of america to cover the years. post a photo of the attention. you can't afford. well it did the last repeat the same old job. of course you know. ex girlfriend. stupid tear jerking poetry the job ignore it. we post on what we know this. or tea. you speak the new. baucus is rt international in iraq seat bomb blasts and technology a mosque in north east of baghdad has killed at least seventeen people. it was off to a wave of explosions on monday targeted police stations and fifty date the comment comes as of the country contains events in its first general election says suite eleven pullout of us sh

planet and it just now is reaching us and we can hear the words but there are twenty five a day john kerry i like reason i'm saying there's something out there called r t the program or it's a network it's a floor wax it's a dessert topping you know you know what is it john you have a need for it and i did i mean a better hotel room with you know television ever watched television and then clinton famously said america is losing the information and words are two you know it is there are tripping or yeah no kidding because you live on the scene to encourage friction shimada i think also you see this real estate for the cold war the one to the return of the cold war and if you look at the wealth and income gap in america and if you look at the wage and wealth charts going back to the one nine hundred seventy. these you'll see that it was from nine hundred eighty and the end of the cold war that the top of america took off the top ten percent and but especially the top zero point one percent just took off from one nine hundred eighty three eighty four they just like left behind the rest of am

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john kerry's efforts is spurp. we met 39 times. >> the document is: >> the treaties signed are irreversible. they cannot and will not be reversed. it's a serious mart. we are consolidating palestine a sovereign and independent state, if under occupation. >> the crisis was created when israel refused to release a fourth group of prisoner. the decision is israels, is it willing to continue talks after abbas's announcement. it's up to the u.s. to convince them. there has to be a decisive intervention by the u.s. international community, spelling out an american policy attractive to both sides. >> to launch the process, secretary of state john kerry made it his personal mission. he met with israeli and palestine leaders, and to keep the talks going he was considered releasing american jonathan pollard for spying on america with israel. despite the crisis, john kerry asked israel to keep talking because abbas could have gone further. >> none of the agencies that abbas signed tonight involved the u.n. none of them. and p

john kerry said: >>> the u.s. department told al jazeera that kerry was echoing statements previously made by former israeli prime ministers, and its spokeswoman said: >> you're with al jazeera. still ahead macedonia's opposition cries foul after a snap election. and... >> we are in columbia. farmers are gearing up for a new strike that promises to bring the country to a halt once again. . >> hello again. you're with al jazeera. >> a court in egypt sentenced 683 people to death in a mass trial. including the leader of the muslim brotherhood. the same court reversed 492 death sentences out of 529 it passed in march, with most of them sentenced to life in prison instead. south sudan government is expected to resume peace talks with rebels. they are due to be held in the capital of neighbouring ethiopia. negotiations failed to advance since the psych of a -- signing of a ceasefire in january that never took hold. >>> u.s. president barack obama is meeting president aquino in the philippines. they finalised a defense

at the time, the german foreign minister took up the matter with his american counterpart, john kerry, who told him america was not doing anything illegal, but did not give any details. even if the government were to take up this matter again and be hard that the government intends to address this matter with washington, there are unlikely to be any concrete details coming out. >> what did the german government know about this? >> when germany joined nato in 1955, it had to adopt the protocol with the nato statute. that meant a kind of surrendering a certain aspects of sovereignty in germany. the german government has virtually no leverage to find out exactly what is going on at the american basis. -- bases. there is widespread condemnation of drone warfare among the german population. we know from polls that among germans it is considered to be thoroughly unethical. perhaps that region, the americans decided not to inform the german government, as it would put them in an embarrassing situation. >> the situation between russia and ukraine remains very dangerous. it remains very tense.

secretary of state john kerry is calling it a critical moment for middle east peace talks. israel cancelled the fourth release of palestine prisoners. as nick schifrin reports, both sides accused each other of violating an agreement to keep the process going. >> for 247 days america's top diplomat made middle east peace his top priority. john kerry met 39 times the palestine officials, more than 40 times the israeli officials. press conference after press conference after press conference. thursday, alone, separated from sides john kerry made a last-minute plea to keep talking. >> the leaders have to lead and they have to see a moment when it's there. there's a saying - you can lead a horse to water, you can't make it drink. now is the time to drink, and the leaders need to know that. neither side seems thirsty. after releasing three groups of prisoners, the israelis refused to release a fourth, even though they promised to. men mahmoud abbas signed 15 international agreements, even though he promised not to during the talks. >> in response, the israelis cancelled the priso

secretary john kerry proclaiming that the united states is not in the cold war with russia but he's accusinginer couldn't of uprising in eastern ukraine. an effort that secretary kerry this is being used to justify future russian military engagement. threatening that he will be held accountable. here is the secretary of state testifying before the senate foreign relations committee today. >> quite simply what we see from russia is a legal and illegitimate efforts to destabilize a sovereign state and create a contrived crisis with paid operatives across international boundaries engaged in this initiative. these efforts are his ham-handed as they are transparent. rush is clear and unmistakable involvement in engaging in separatist activities in the ukraine is more than deeply disturbing. lou: and here we have senator john kerry, clarifying that it is just not something the administration or the european allies would prefer. >> the united states and our allies will not hesitate to use 21st century tools to old russia accountable for 19th century behavior. we have stated again and again that her

republican senator ted cruz called for kerry's oster. >> john kerry should offer president obama his e president should accept it. >> kerry meantime seems to indicate he has learned a lesson from this saying apartheid in his words is a word best left out of the debate. >> here's a question, can police search your cell phone records without a warrant? that is a question before the supreme court in it two separate cases. both involve police arresting someone and taking data from their phone after the arrest but before getting a search warrant. the justices will have to decide how to apply the 4th amendment which was written in the 18th century long before cell phones existed. >> guns in schools for trained officials. it is to stop deadly shootings by having officials more equipped to p handle the situation. they must have law enforcement or military background and must pass a background check. it would be up to each school. >> there is going to be a new live tv musical on the block. ♪ >> fox is announcing grease is the one. that network will air a live three-hour broadcast of the musica

john kerry said the word apartheid was ill-chosen. but he defended his warning of the risks if they do not fight a deal. mahmoud abbas has said there will be no peace deal with israel without confining borders as even asked that -- even the deadline comes and goes today, it seems the two sides are as divided as ever they were. washington to jerusalem and ramallah and back again, for more than nine months, john kerry has made a dozen trips to the middle east, hoping to push israeli and palestinian leaders to make concessions for peace. during the process, the u.s. secretary of state believed the two parties and no choice but to negotiate. to gettingrnative back to the talks is the potential of chaos. want this?s israel >> after years of failed initiatives, israelis and palestinians seem unable or unwilling to make any progress. throughout the latest round of negotiations, they cannot agree on borders or discuss the future of yours alone, which they both want as capital. >> we will continue talks to reach peaceful solutions and negotiat

but we are awaiting secretary of state john kerry at this hour. he is set to appear before the senate foreign relations committee. it is app -- anticipated he will update them on a wide range of issues. both sides backing away from prior commitments that were made when the talks began. israel is refusing to release a group of palestinian prisoners as long as palestine pursues statehood. >> if israel they want continuation of the talks, we say one single thing. release the prisoners. if israelis want serious talks we have time between today and the 29th of april. israel should as i say release the prisoners, and second important issue, freeze all of the settlement activities. >> april 29th was when the u.s. hoped to reach a peace deal. and now that deadline appears to be in jeopardy. and there is unrest and uncertainty brewing at this hour along the border. tempers flaring today in parliament prompting a brawl between opposing factions. pro-russian activists have now taken over several buildings. >> reporter: adding fuel to the fire. activists call

all very inflammatory, and john kerry said that it's time to reevaluate. let's listen. >> in credibly, in the last few days, both sides have taken steps that are not helpful. and that's to everybody. so we're going to reevaluate carefully exactly where this is, and where it might be possibly able to go. >> john kerry announcing that instead of going to the region yet again as previously planned, he's coming back here to washington to confer with president obama and top officials. >> and secretary query calling this a critical moment in the peace process, and what will it mean if the negotiations fall through yet again. >> well, it is a critical moment, because april, the 29th, this was the goal to come up with a framework, just the basics to move this negotiation forward. and they wanted it to keep churning forward. and obviously now this is on the rocks. secretary kerry essentially said, del, the united states government has better things to do. they have a plate full of foreign policy challenges, starting with ukraine, iran, syria, you name it down the l

john kerry said it's time for a reality check. that is an understatement. >> begin all dan talks about, isn't that and agree with all of it, isn't that all the more reason to see if you can pocket one victory? >> i think the victory was making sure you have between israelis and palestinians a stable and manageable situation as possible. this has been a conflict going on 100 years. it's probably going to go on 100 years more. >> that is a comforting note. >> you have to think of it in terms of the right metaphor. is this a disease that can be cured or a problem that simply going to have to be managed? if you think about it as a chronic but manageable disease, what you do, you encourage israelis to provide more economic openings for the palestinians. encourage the palestinians to change their political culture, to cultivate liberal practices. you don't sprint in one nine-month go towards a final solution with a conflict that is more intractable now than 20 years ago. >> what are the consequences of the failure on syria and palestine

secretary of state john kerry strongest comments to date about russia's involvement in ukraine. >> if russia continues in this direction, it will not just be a grave mistake, it will be an expensive mistake. >>> measles outbreak. once thought to be all but eradicated, measles makes a strong return. >>> coffee talk. news about that morning joe that may have you questioning a second cup. >>> plus, the nra gets more aggressive on gun rights and how did michael phelps' big comeback race go? it is friday, april 25th. "early today" starts right now. >>> good morning to all of you. i'm alex witt. moments ago, president obama wrapped up a press conference in seoul with park. let's get right to nbc white house correspondent peter alexander who is traveling with the president. good morning. what is the latest in seoul? >> reporter: alex, good day to you. president obama just wrapped up a wide ranging news conference in seoul alongside the south korean president, president park. president obama said that the palestinian/israeli peace talks are at an impasse and he said he sees no signs of progre

. >> >> the secretary of state john kerry cancels a planned trip to the middle east as the palestine president pushes for international recognition. hello and welcome to al jazeera america, live from our broadcast center in doha. also coming up, a massive earthquake off chile's coast. five people are thought to have died at least. >> violence in venezuela, riot police clash with anti-government protesters. >> on the campaign trail we join a leading contender for the african presidency, days ahead. election. >> the u.s. secretary of state john kerry cancelled a planned trip to the middle east to mediate ongoing talks, before the palestine president signed treaties pushing for international recognition. people in bethlehem welcomed the mood. israel and the united states wanted to delay the signing until after talks happened. mahmoud abbas said he made the decision after israel failed to carry out a promised release of israeli prisoners. stefanie dekker reports. >> the message was simple and unexpected. enough is enough. >> translation: the palestine leadership unanimously agreed to app

secretary of state john kerry yielded zero progress. the hard issues that deal with what a 2-state solution look like have not been touched. >> a court in egypt is due to pass its final judgment in the case of 529 people sentences to death in march. the african commission on human rights asked the court to suspend the sentences. the case has been widely criticised as the judge passed the sentence after two short hearings, many of the defendants were not in court, convicted for their alleged role and violence after the oust are of president mohamed mursi last july. al jazeera calls for the immediate release of its journalists held in egypt. the trial has been adjourned until may the 3rd. they have been in gaol for 121 days peter greste, mohamed fadel fahmy and baher mohamed are accused of providing a platform for the outlawed muslim brotherhood, declared a terrorist organization. abdullah al-shami, the fourth journalist in detention has been held without trial since august and he has been on a hunger strike for 98 days. al jazeera relate

. >> john kerry said israel is at risk of being apartheid state and setting out consequences if peaceail to produce a separate palestinian state and it was published by the daily beast news website and said it had a recording of kerry's remarks made at a private meeting between u.s., europe, russia and japan. kerry is reported to have said that the state winds up being an apartheid state with second class citizens or end up being a state that destroys the capacity of israel to be a jewish state. state department has told al jazeera that kerry was echoing statements previously made by former israeli prime minister. this is what came out of the state department here and has two nations and two people living side by side and peace and security is through a two-state solution. let's bring in a member of the palestine liberation committee and live and if i may say a veteran of the peace process going back several decades. and what kerry is saying is it's an expression of his frustration and how both sides seem to be. >> well, yes, david i don't think it's an issue of both size, it's israel

john kerry -- promised. so kerry knew his plan was in jeopardy. his hosts failed to meet the deadline to release the final batch of palestine prisoners. in response mahmoud abbas from palestine signed international treaties and israel announce the prison deal was off. john kerry warned that the united states was considering whether to continue mediation, saying it's time for a reality check. >> a draft law due to be signed by egypt's president could significantly define the term of terrorism. on friday there were more ain coup demonstrations across egypt. >> a small group of demonstrators turned violence on friday. here we see anti-government protesters fighting those in favour of the capital. a song to remember the people who died in early protests in cairo. this girl is one of many who turned up to protest with families in northern egypt. a large group of women demonstrated in a town north-east, led by a group of men. in port saeed people held up banners of the banded muslim brotherhood. the government banned the group after a string of violent

first, switching gears, today secretary of state john kerry continues to weather political fallout fromproved insend dairy about israel. kerry warned a single state rather than a two-state solution could result in an apartheid state with second class citizens. yesterday he issued a lengthy qual fiction. in the same statement he went on to say i've been around long enough to know the power of words to create misimpression even when unintentional and if i could rewind the tape i would have chosen a different word. the political response has been swift and dramatic on both sides of the aisle. steve israel, tweeted just this morning, john kerry's statement on israel was just plain wrong and republican texas senator ted cruz called on him to leave office. mr. president, sadly it is my belief that secretary kerry has proven himself unsuitable for the position he holds. and therefore before any further harm is done to our national security interest and to our critical alliance with the nation of israel, that john kerry should offer president obama his resignation. >> a measured response. joini

john kerry used the comparison to describe a specific potential future in israel. one in which demographic trends render the jewish population a minority on the totality of land they govern with a palestinian majority thats has no self-determination. if the word apartheid -- the wrong one to describe that state of affairs, what exactly is the right one? >> joining me now, ceo and president of the israel project, an advocacy group. so josh given that they have been warning about this, why is this out of bounds for john kerry to warn of this if a two-state solution isn't reached? >> it's a question of language and a question of what's right to advance the cause of peace and what's accurate in its description. politicians in israel, first of all, they are making an argument inside their own domestic political context. they have often made mistakes. you cited that remark for each of the people once. it's the kind of thing you say once and realize you shouldn't say. seems to be the experience secretary kerry has had. israel is a vibrant democracy. you have a free press,

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john kerry met 39 times the plip officials, 40 times the israeli officials. press conference after press conference after press conference. but thursday, alone and separated from both sides by 1500 miles, kerry made a last-minute plea to keep talking. >> the leaders have to lead and see a moment when it's there. there's an old saying that you can lead a horse to water. now is the time to drink. neither side is thirsty. first, after releasing prisoners, the israelis refused to release a fourth, even though they promised. >> mahmoud abbas signed 15 international agreements, even though he promised not to. and the decision by israelis to delay the release of the fourth tranche of prisoners creates challenges. the question is whether they are insurmountable. >> i think the president and secretary of state john kerry need to be involved and engaged in the process by prodding both sides to avoid yupy lateral moves and take the steps needed and make compromises and demonstrate the flexibility that neither side has been able to do. >> neither side has walked away yet.