secretary of state john kerry is sitting down with his counterpart. the main goal is locking down the outlines of a potentially historic deal by the end of the month. correspondent: iran and the world powers are convening here to try and complete the framework of a nuclear agreement ahead of a self-imposed end of march deadline. they will then have until the end of june to fine-tune details. we know the will is there. there are bilateral meetings happening between the iranian delegation and the u.s. delegation. there are also going to be meetings in brussels hosted by the e.u. foreign affairs had to mediate these negotiations and bring on board the french, who in the past have been responsible for the railing negotiations -- derailing negotiations. it seems their stance is more aligned with the gulf monarchies. we have seen some bridging of gaps. other parties are agreeing to the removal of all sanctions. tehran is also agreeing to extending the deal for one year. we see they are coming together trying to make this work. they're ruling out an extensio

secretary of state john kerry has accused separatists not withdrawing heavy weapons, they say they're acting in line with a deal made in minsk last month. john hedron reports from the rebel-held donetsk. >> the silence is broken daily by small arms fire and mortars. that's ours, he says. in principle the cease-fire is holding but there is regular small arms fire so complete cease-fire cannot exist. before you arrived here several small shells landed on our side. so we fired back. >>> occasional volleys continue, they found that 6,000 people have died so far. separatists say it is ukrainian forces who are violating the cease-fire. >> the cease-fire is from our side. we're not just trying. we're holding it completely. the ukrainian fire again violates the minsk agreement and starts to open fire. a year into the conflict in eastern ukraine the death toll continues to rise on a landscape transformed by the war. with each passing day the front line continues to shift. in weekend fighting three were killed. few here at the ukrainian front line trenches expect the cease-fire to hold. >> we'r

turkey is criticizing john kerry suggestions of ending the war the u.s. secretary of state made his comments while attending an economic summit in egypt on sunday. the turkish foreign minister told state medicine mao that syria's current problems had been caused by the assad regime. >>> in yemen houthi rebels have remained the prime minister and several cab pent members from house arrest. the prime minister had been held for two months, and said he had been released as a gesture of good will. >>> two french police officers are standing trial over the deaths of two teenagers almost a decade ago. they were remembered in demonstrations in this weekend in paris. they were killed in 2005 at an electricity substation. the police admit that they were chasing the teens before their death. jacky rowland telling us what the police officers' defense is, jacky? >> reporter: well, the defense lawyer for the police officers say they will take the stand on friday. we spoke to one a couple of hours ago. he said that in his view and the view of the defense team this is th

john kerry's not here yet. he's on his way. the iranian foreign minister is here and lower level talks negotiations with the chief negotiator of the iranian and u.s. side are back in the last hour underway again. a crunch moment for these talks because the deadline is supposed to be the end of the month. the iranians making it clear it would be almost impossible to extend the deadline again and also crunch because of those comments out of congress, a letter from the 47 senators saying that a new president of the united states could just rip up any deal that is done, particularly if it's a republican senator the iranians say that the u.s. when john kerry comes here, that should make him stronger in his desire to get a deal. they are very, very close closer than they have ever been before on this, but of course, if there are outstanding issues, they are the hardest ones to solve. >> john kerry james, has been making some comments about syria, as well, before his arrival in lausanne. >> absolutely. he is saying that in the end the

they resumed talks on tuesday, and they could well talk up until wednesday that's when john kerry is due to leave to saudi arabia. they are the other nervous ally in the middle east that the americans need to reassure. after talking with iran reach an absolutely essential stage, john kerry said the clock is ticking, and in remarks that were no doubt intended to reassure israel saudi arabia and the people in the united states he stressed that a bad deal would be much worse than no deal at all. >> iraq's army says it has regained territory from the islamic state of iraq and the levant in the battle for tikrit. the operation to recapture the city and surrounding areas was launched on monday. militias and tribal fighters have joined the campaign to try to drive isil out. here is our correspondent from baghdad. >> reporter: the attacks started with shelling. these mortars were aimed at paving the way for soldiers and other fighters to advance towards tikrit. the iraqi military along with shia militias have pushed back isil from small cities and towns. but saddam hussein's hometown an isil

secretary of state john kerry. negotiators have until the end of the moo month to reach a trail work agreements. >>> electrocuted in 2005, while hiding at a power station in the suburbs. >>> in nigerian military says it's recaptured the town of bama from boko haram. bama is the sedge largest city in the borno state. >>> seablght johnsecretary of state john kerry says bashar al-assad should be included in talks. concrete action from warren. >> washington. >> we are still waiting for the actions, we have no choice but to defend our country. we have had no other alternative since day 1 but to do so. any international changes if genuine that come out are something pofer. >> nor on the reaction to john kerry's actions let's cross to rosalyn jordan. did kerry get ahead of hymns here? >> well, lauren, if you were to ask if french or the turks they would say john kerry did get ahead of himself. if you take a very close look at what the secretary of state actually said during that interview on sunday you'll see that he was

legacy is what john is alluding to, for the president and for john kerry.y in the world should the american people even give a hoot about that? >> well, they shouldn't and they should be terrified by it. you know john kerry is either the most disingenuous person or the worst fantasy artist other than the president himself. you know, this is unbelievable to me. he says israel has never been more secure? susan rice went out the other day and talked about destructive, how destructiveeer6p the relationship is being. susan rice and samantha power, i think most people who follow these issues believe they are probably the least two least sympathetic people to israel in the administration. went to apac to reassure them of the president. look, iran -- getting in bed with iran -- and remember the reason we're doing this. obama has this incredibly dangerous and naive view that iran will be ourx!0k ally against isis. it is like getting in bed with a cobra. i mean iran is the leading sponsor of state terrorism in the world, and they are surrounding the sunni -- our sunn

also on sunday john kerry indicated that the u.s.willing to negotiate with bashar al-assad for a resolution to the conflict in syria. our diplomatic editor james bays reports now lousanne. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry in egypt where he called for a fresh start to peace efforts to end four years of bloodshed in syria. he spoke in an interview with the u.s. tv network cbs. >> we are working very hard to other interested parties to see if we can reignite a diplomatic outcome. why? because everybody agrees there is no military solution. only a political solution. but to get the assad practice jim to negotiate. we have to make it clear to him that there is a determination by everybody to to seek that political kuyt come. that's underway right now. and i am convinced with the efforts of our allies and others, there will be increased pressure on assad. >> and you would be willing to negotiate with him? >> well, we have to negotiate in the end. >> reporter: the u.s. had a role in previous peace talks with former u.n. negotiator

this is john kerry speaking in egypt. we'll look more at what he has to say as the day goes on >>> moving on in northern iraq 13 kurdish peshmerga fighters have been killed in shelling. the incident took place in kirkuk. they been in that area for several months. i.s.i.l. fighters in the city of tikrit will be defeated in three address. a volunteer unit fighting along side the army and tribal forces have been battling. but the chief says the remaining 60 or 70 rebels will be out in the next 72 hours. >>> john brennan assess the cia has been revamped to combat the islamic state of iraq and levant, as well as other threats to the security. the head of the agency predicted what he termed a long-term struggle. >>> still to come - an porp battle in brazil. >>> will 100 million of new equipment evise the hospitals. only on al jazeera america >> tuesday on "the stream". >> the annual south by southwest festival has been a breeding ground for some of the biggest tech innovations in the world. we'll take you there, giving you a gl

john kerry assured him that the u.s. position is unchanged. any solution keeping bashar al-assad in charge is wrong. >> translation: any other solution that would bring bashar al-assad back to the stage would be absolutely scandalous and a gianting gift to the islamic state. if we establish that bashar al-assad is put back in the saddle millions millions of syrians that have been persecuted would support d.a.e.s.h., which needs to be avoided >>> rescue workers in the south pacific are d desperately trying to reach the south islands. they have arrived with food water and other vital supplies. cyclone pam wiped out all developed. up to 24 people are believed dead, and 3,000 others have been displaced. we have this report from the capital port villa. from the air you get glimpses of the destruction, but it's up close that you see the full impact that cyclone pam had on port villa. 90% of the buildings in vanuatu's capital have been damaged. trees are down etch. rain and floodwaters made what the wind did worse. few people die in port vela and inj

john kerry has talked about how coonfied the goals are.here is some central disagreement here john kerry said the time to make tough decisions is now and the longer this goes on, the harder it will get. clearly, there is pressure for this meeting going on right now for john kerry to try to come to some sort of resolution before he heads back to washington, d.c. and then those talks resume against in switzerland in the middle of next week. >> despite the cracks on the side of that group how much is taking place in the talks? >>ty mean those talks renew houhani is saying a deal is close. clearly that's not the case at the moment. as part of iran's new year's celebrations, he was saying america is attempting to bully him. there is a long way to go. it's extremely complex process. >> deadline is fast approaching. it's the inland of this month. there is some suggestion the french might want to push iran until the end of june. with days before that deadline is approaching, there is as deadline to go before any settlement, any agreement is made.

john kerry dismissed this on capitol hill while question is the prime minister's ability to make sound judgment. >> the prime minister, as you recall, was profoundly forward leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading iraq under george w. bush. and we all know what happened with that decision. he may have a judgment that just may not be correct here. >> joining the panel this week, wall street journal columnist and deputy editor and global view columnist brett stephens. so dan let's start with netanyahu. why would the administration want to elevate this speech. i know they pose his appearance where they made that clear. but why make it such a personal and highly political criticism like they have the last week. >> well i think there's a couple of reasons, paul. it is obviously a public relations offensive to marginalize and diminish the israeli prime minister in advance of this speech. >> elevating its prominence. this is going to be the speech of the year. >> i completely agree. i don't see how this works for the administration. prime minister netanyahu will stand before co

john kerry has just given a press conference. what did he have to say? >> no press conference, but we he do ever french information. john kerry actually is currently meeting the iranian foreign minister for the second of a series of meetings taking place here on iran's nuclear program. we do ever information of other things john kerry has been doing while he's in lausanne. both the iranians and the u.s. of saying that nuclear negotiations are not going to have discussion of yemen but certainly on the sidelines both the iranians and the u.s. of making phone calls about yemen and we've learned in the last few minutes that john kerry has made a phone call to all the foreign ministers in the gulf, the gcc the gulf corporation council, the reinennal body. he's spoken to all their foreign ministers, including iman. he commended the work of the coalition taking action against the houthis and noted the u.s.'s support for those coalition efforts. then, as we were just discuss patty, he said that the u.s. was providing support intelligence sharing, targeting assis

secretary of state john kerry meeting his european counterparts. there has been reports that the french foreign minister will take a role with iran and it's been reported that during intense negotiations he called the team urging them not to allow any further concessions. before leaving switzerland, mr kerry was suppressing there was no division among the international negotiators. >> this is and remains a p5+1 negotiation with iran. we are united in our goal our approach. our resolve and our determination. to ensure that iran's programme is peaceful. the european union continued to play a pivotal role in facilitating the talks. >> in iran it's the biggest hall day of the your. on national television president hassan rouhani said a deal was within reach. >> translation: good willing, at the end of the negotiations we'll reach a deal and understanding benefitting all nations - iran the region and the world. >> in the city, the sprooup reem leader -- supreme leader spoke to a crowd, raising a sticking point. >> negotiations with the united states are

secretary of state john kerry and the u.k. foreign secretary philip hammond took a walk presumably discussing the remaining sticking points. >> in negotiations of such complexity and high stakes it's not nrl for brinksmanship to go on until the last minute. it is hoped they'll budge at the last minute. i think the negotiators understand clearly that they are running out of time and the process is no longer sustainable. >> talks continue on the main problem areas, the future of iran's nuclear research and development, and the lifting of international sanctions, but time ahead of the deadline is fast running out >>> the talks in lausanne follow a decade of tense negotiations about iran's nuclear programme. look at the time line. in 2003, the international atomic energy agency calls on iran to suspend iranian enrichment and suspend activity talks with iran france and germany led to the 2004 agreement under which iran suspended enrichment. the talks were broken off after iran began to produce iranian hexafluoride. they were referr

secretary of state john kerry continues to hold talks in switzerland with iran counterparts trying todeal and set to address the u.s. congress in a few hours detailing his case with a popular deal with iran. african leaders meeting officials around the world to discuss the ebola crisis and it's more than a year since the outbreak of disease and the spread is slowing but far more needs to be done to wipe it out and life for us in brussels is jackie and we have had several ebola talks in the past what is the difference with this one? >> well this conference is looking forward, not just looking at how to continue tackling the virus with the goal of having zero new cases but also looking forward ahead, how to prevent, how to guard against future epidemics and also to look in a wider way at the impact that the virus has had on those key effected countries looking at the way in which it devastated the economy looking in ways in which it disrupted things like the education system, the fact that farmers have not been able to plant seeds, the fact that markets and cross border trade have all b

james bays is there. ♪. >> secretary of state john kerry in shamal sheik in egypt where he called for fresh start. he spoke with cbs. >> we are working very hard with other interested parties to see if we can reignite a glom outcome. why? because everybody agrees there is no military solution. there is only a political solution. but to get the assad regime to negotiate, we are going to have to make it clear hoto him that there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. >> that's underway right now and i am convinced that with the efforts of our allies and others there will be increased pressure on assad. >> you would be willing to negotiate with him? >> well we have to negotiate. >> the u.s. had a role in previous peace talks when former u.n. negotiator brought the syrian government and members of the opposition for talks at the u.n.'s headquarters in geneva last year. the u.s. and russia acted as guarantors of the process but the u.s. has not had direct negotiations with the syrian government before. why is it being pr

secretary of state john kerry arriving in london for meetings with our european allies. this follows a week of continued intense negotiations in switzerland on this. with a deadline now just ten days away, the secretary of state says the u.s. will not rush into a deal but that quote, substantial progress he claims has been made. meanwhile, iran's president sounds much more optimistic, saying a deal is within reach despite what iran's supreme leader supposedly said about the good old usa during a speech. peter doocy live in washington with that and the latest on the talks. >> reporter: this afternoon, the highest ranking official in iran, the ayatollah khomeini, blasted the united states and accused americans of trying to destabilize the middle east, saying quote, they insist on putting pressure on our dear people's economy. what's their goal? their goal is to put the people against the system. that harsh monologue was somewhat surprising since it came shortly after a cheery update from secretary of state john kerry who says that there has been significant progress. >> we

john kerry said flatly no.'s really impossible for people in the administration and in the military to delink all of these things. iran is active in iraq and syria and they can say all they want that these negotiations are just about the nuclear issue but everyone is connected and that's what the senator was trying to draw and carry out on but kerry didn't bite. >> joe, do you agree? >> i absolutely agree with that. it's an interesting dynamic there as you see marco rubio questioning the former senator as well as secretary of state john kerry about the u.s. posture in the region including with iran. a number of other questions this morning about the limitations the administration is putting on itself with this proposed force authorization. three-year sunset provision. there was a question about whether this resolution would also cover the nigerian terror group boko haram which recently swore allegiance to isis. answer from administration officials that the resolution would only cover boko haram if it's a threat

more than 6,000 people have died since fighting in eastern ukraine began in april. >>> john kerry has accused pro-russian separatists of withdrawing heavy weapons from the front line in selective areas only. acting in line with a deal made in minsk last month. john hendren reports from the rebel held town of donetsk. >> reporter: the machinery of war keeps rolling through a fragile ceasefire. the silence is broken daily by small arms fire and mortars. that's hours he says. -- that's ours he says. in so complete ceasefire can't exist. before you arrived here several small shells landed on our side. before we fired back there were grenade launchers fired on us. >> reporter: as occasional volleys continual violate the ceasefire, a report from the united nations says 6,000 have died so far. >> translator: the ceasefire from our side, we are not just trying, we are holding it completely. the firing in peske yesterday was because the separatists started to open fiber. fire. >> a landscape transformed with the war and with each passing day the front line continues to shift. in weekend fighti

and even al gore. >> i just saw john kerry riding his bike there and that flashed me back to john kerryn his surfboard, saying -- no, no, no,. >> more people like surfing. >> going more mainstream so maybe that a clue. i think it's true, everybody is saying lizly -- elizabeth warren is the one to watch but she keeps saying no but a lot of politicians say no no, no, yes, yes, yes. >> i think it will be someone substantial but i could be wrong. we'll see. thank you very much. >> thank you. talk to you soon. >>> senator tom cotton says he would too it again the letter and warning because it puts congress on record no deal is done until congress has a say. to national security expert on whether cotton is right and attacks on the war hero's patriotism from john kerry prove democrats will look desperate. what do you think? >> in to be here. well, the administration is saying that this letter was an act of treachery or traitorous. that's silly. there's a long history of members of congress, so-called interfering in presidential prerogatives with foreign policies. the democrats and republicans

secretary of state john kerry meeting european counterparts. he wants to take a much harsher line with iran. it's ben reported with negotiations of switzerland, he called his team urging them not to allow further concessions. kerry was stressing there was no division. >> this is and remains a p5 plus 1 negotiation with iran. i emphasize, we are united in both our approach our resolve, and our determination to ensure that iran's program is entirely peaceful. the european union has continued to play a pistol role in facilitating the talks. >> in iran, it's the biggest holiday of the year. now, on national matters president houhani said a deal was within reach. >> at the ends of the negotiations, we will reach a deal and understanding that would benefit all nations: iran, the region and the world. >> in the city of masha the country's supreme leader spoke to a large crowd raising one of the main sticking points in the negotiations. >> negotiations with the united states and nations, everybody should be aware of this. we do not negotiate with the un

secretary of state john kerry has made. he's saying that the united states will in the end have to negotiate with syria's assad. he's made these comments recently to american media. is this a shift in the u.s. strategy when it comes to the war? is there now a new approach that's going to be taken to solve this conflict? >> clearly, it is. i don't know if it's a shift in the strategy, because i don't know if there ever was a clear american strategy. there was an american de facto respondents to the events in the region trying to pursue certain policies to help the opposition in mostly non-lethal ways, but a clear strategy was not to be had -- >> obama has said that assad's days were numbered and it was non-negotiable to negotiate with assad, so this is something new. >> it is new. they did say very early on that he had lost legitimacy. that's not really a strategy, that's a reaction, a position. a strategy would be to help get rid of the leadership or opposition and neither thing happened. i think clearly the u.s. and many o

let's listen to what john kerry had to say.e are working hards with other interested parties stosew if we can because everybody >> there will be increased pressure on assad. >> kerry of course right now, james, on his way to where you are in lusanne. how close are they to some sort of deal? because time is running out. i would say we are at a crunch moment. we have had crunch moments before. but when they got to the end and haven't come to a deal they have extended. now, the iranians are certainly saying they think it's virtually bossible they will get an extension beyond the current series of talks. they are talking about no way beyond the deadline of the end of june what we have coming up at the ends of march is a deadline for the political framework to be done the main part of the deal. there will still be some technical work after that. it's fair to say they are extremely close close earn they have been before. when you are in a negotiation like this, you leave the hardest parts to the end. there are still significant gaps.

secretary of state john kerry set to resume nuclear talks with iran. the white house warns congress to back off. more and more lawmakers including now democrats appear ready to have their say on any nuclear deal anyway. really? it didn't make the democrats back off. remember we love it when you tune in and chime in at the same time. we are coming right back. here's something we bet you didn't know. nearly half of all cancers can be prevented. that's right -- half. nearly fifty percent. mostly by making small everyday changes in your diet and controlling your weight. walking more, eating less. and eating foods that help you and your family to seriously reduce the risk of cancer. and of course, by not smoking. visit the cancer prevention, together we can website and get a free 30 day planner filled with tips, recipes, stats and more about protecting your family. go to prevent 50 dot org. test >>> the white house is warning congress to back off as nuclear negotiations resume with iran. secretary of state john kerry arrived in switzerland today for the lat

the secretary of state john kerry is there.retary ashton carter and also general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint ch

secretary of state john kerry is expected to address the conference. we'll take his speech live when it begins. it's due to start pretty soon. the summit in the red sea is hoped to attract billions in foreign investment. but there has been a fairly mixed reaction from some of egypt's people. >> translator: i think it will be very successful. it's the first real chance for egypt to attract investors to the country. >> translator: the conference is a great move for the country. >> translator: there is no money. there's nothing. people are losing their lives for nothing. there's no production. money has been stolen and the people are poor. >> there was a protest against the economic summit in cairo suburb demonstrators carried placards saying egypt is not for sale. they called on the army to stay out of political life. the stakes are high for egypt's president sisi. the future of his leadership depends in part on whether he can secure proper investment for his people. hashem ahelbarra explains why egypt's economic conference is about more than just money.

secretary of state john kerry has been holding talks with foreign minister in geneva and world powers a march 24 deadline to reach framework agreement on iran nuclear program and consistently denied it wants to build a bomb but countries say it wants the capacity to make one and conservative politicians are trying to scuttle the deal and republicans in u.s. congress are pushing for more sanctions against tehran and iaea says iran has been slow to cooperate with an investigation into its nuclear program and tie -- tehran is talking more about research and barnabie joins me and any developments there? >> any developments jane we can give you is telling you talks resume this morning about an hour and a half or hour and 45 minutes ago and you heard in tom ackerman's report john kerry talking about the necessity of these negotiations which of course are now at a crucial stage taking place behind closed doors and he has been good to his word and have not been leaks whatsoever. we know that john kerry and his iranian counterpart ners met twice yesterday evening and will carry on in the hotel

-israel relationship. >> john kerry has defended israel in geneva previously live images of kerry speaking at the council. he accused the council of focusing disproportionately on allegations of abuse by israel. kerry is in the city for the latest round of nuclear negotiations. earlier, he met with his russian counterpart. the pair discussed iranian negotiations as well as the ongoing conflict in syria as well as in ukraine. the meeting came less than a week after kerr accused moscowy of lying about its involvement in the ukrainian conflict. united nations now says more than 6000 people have died in the less than a year. christine joins us from kiev. the united nations says the death toll in the ukrainian conflict has passed 6000 in less than a year for the violence continues despite a cease-fire agreement. >> the u.n. is saying that 6000 number, it could be much higher than that. that is only what they could keep track of. much of the violence in the report was due to the violence in january and february around the donetsk airport when the rebels took control of it as well as the importan

secretary of state john kerry. he said he told the russian foreign minister there would be consequences for russia if the minsk accord isn't fully implemented. >> i reiterated the urgency of russia's leaders and separatists that they back the implementing the full measure of the commitments under the minsk agreements everywhere, including debaltseve outside mariupol and other key strategic areas. i underscored this morning that if that does not happen, if there continue to be these broad swaths of non-compliance or there continues to be a cherry picking as to where heavy equipment will be moved back from without knowing where it's been moved to, or if the o oh sce is not adequately able to gain the access necessary, then there would be inevitably further consequences that will place added strain on russia's already troubled economy. >> barnaby phillips joins us live from geneva. the relationship between sergey lavrov and john kerry has been strained because of the crisis in ukraine and both continue to interpret th

secretary of state john kerry sat down with the foreign minister at 3:00 a.m. eastern to discuss the nuclear program. surely being discussed, the letter signed last week by 47 republican senators and spearheaded by senator tom cotton. secretary kerry says the letter was quote absolutely calculated to interfere with his negotiations. he told cbs he was not about to apologize for it. >> i will not apologize for the unconstitutional unthought out action by somebody in senate for 67 days. that is inn an appropriate. >> we have nic robertson following the developments for us. nic. >> reporter: secretary kerry before the meeting today over the weekend said he believes that the situation with the talk was iranians is like this that there are some technical issues to discuss with iranian foreign minister but it is a matter of political judgments. two weeks now is the deadline to get that framework agreement and final agreement by the end of june this year. however, when you listen to what the iranian foreign minister said, he feels this is still a lot of technical issu

you know where john kerry is tonight? geneva. meeting with the iranian foreign minister. >> let me take the first issue squarely and sensely. there is islamic terror. there is no reason no way that we should ignore that, forget it or try to minimize it. and second shawn would you have ever thought that the prime minister of israel would have a better relationship with the president of egypt and the moderate arab states than the united states of america? >> listen, ari, i said this on radio today. i'll say it here. president i see that actively dislikes the jewish state. he's been more anti-israel than any president i can think of. >> yeah. i think that's right because the president came in thinking if only he could make israel act differently we could get peace in the middle east. instead of if we could make the arabs and radicals and islamic terrorists act differently we could make peace. that's the problem. his words themselves are not objectionable, it's his actions in accompaniment and distance from israel. but the real probl

secretary of state john kerry meeting european counterparts. there has been reports that the french foreign minister wants to take a harsher line with iran. it's been reported at one point during negotiations in switzerland, he called the team urging them not to allow concessions. before he left switzerland, john kerry was stressing there was no division amongst the international negotiators. >> this is and remains a p 5 plus 1 negotiation with iran. i emphasise we are united in our goal, our approach our resolve and our determination to ensure that rain's program is entirely peaceful. the european union continued to play a pivotal role in facilitating the talks. >> it's the biggest holiday of the year to mark nauru is remaining new year. on television president hassan rouhani said a deal was within reach. >> god willing at the end of the negotiations we'll reach a deal and understanding that would benefit all nations - iran the region and the world. >> the country's supreme leader spoke to a crowd raising sticking points in negotiations. >> ne

he had a five-hour meeting in switzerland with secretary of state john kerry. both sides recognize they only have two weeks to get the deal done. if you listen to what they said going into the talks when they arrived in switzerland, slightly different narrative. there are technical issues to accomplish heerp. you have from secretary kerry say yes there where technical issues but this is a time for political judgment on the iranian side. secretary kerry expected along with others from the state department to be in switzerland for talks. both sides recognizing the clock is ticking on this 31st of march deadline wolf. >> and another related matter the secretary of state john kerry spoke about a willingness to sit down with syria's president, bashar al assad. i want to play a clip from the interview. >> everybody agrees there is no military solution. this tl is only a political solution. i'm convinced with the efforts of our allies and others there will be increased pressure on assad. >> and you'd be willing to negotiate with him? >> we have to negotiate. >> report

james bays reports. >> after almost six days of nonto the negotiations secretary of state john kerry is being positive. >> secretary kerry how is it going? >> we're make some plog progress. >> after lunch news that the talks were being adjourned for now. >> we're recessing the talks. >> and when will you rejoin? >> we'll be here next week. >> here in lausanne? >> we made lots of progress. yes. >> on what's become a daily morning walk by lake geneva, he said he was ready to work behind the weekend although it is start of the iranian hold of naruz, joining zarif and kerry in lausanne. talks were joining the approaching the final leg. kerry had to return to the states for a meeting will afghan president ashraf ghani. and giving p-5 plus one to make sure their position is unified before they return. it is emerged in recent days that france is taking a much more hawkish line than others. james bays, al jazeera lausanne. >> talks have resumed in morocco to try resolve libya's political crisis. u.n. envoy coordinating the talks says the pressure is on to find a solution. >> this should be a

secretary of state john kerry who said that the syrian approximately bashar al assad should be includedn any negotiations to the conflict in syria. assad acknowledged kerry's comments but said he is wooing waiting for concrete action. >> we are listening and have to wait for the actions and then we will decide. we have no choice but to defend our country. we have had no other alternatives since day 1 but to do so. any international change is genuine that come out are positive. >> rosalind jordan has more from washington, d.c. . >> if you were to ask the french or the turks, they would certainly say that john kerry did get ahead of himself. both countries are opposed to any negotiations that would involve bashar al assad. if you take a close look to what the secretary of state actually said during that interview on sunday, you will see that he was talking about at a time assad regime, not about bashar al al assad himself but in a colloqual sense. in the state aid department here t insist assad is not the legitimate leader of syria, that he ought to leave and any political settlement to r

barnabie phillips live from geneva and on the sidelines of the human rights council meeting that john kerry spoke to his russian counterpart sergei fedorov and the relationship between sergei fedorov and kerry has been strained because of the crisis in ukraine but both continue to interpret the conflict very differently. >> reporter: yes, they do. they absolutely see things 180 degrees differently. if you were listening in to sergei fedorov he spoke about an hour ago, he spoke really about how events in ukraine had been set off by a coup in kiev and how neo nazi groups were carrying out ethnic cleansing in the eastern part of the country and heard john carry later talking about torture, people being persecuted for religious beliefs and so on in the east of the country and in crimea and he is pointing the finger quite firmly at the separatist authorities in you like in eastern ukraine which of course the united states maintained consistently backed by the russian government. so there is very little area for common ground. we do know the two men did meet separately on the sidelines earlier th

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secretary of state john kerry has taken to the podium in geneva at the u.n.s council, let's listen in to what he has to say. >> for convening this session and i particularly appreciate the opportunity to be here at such an extraordinarily important time. not only for the future of this body but for human rights around the globe. president obama believes deeply in the mission of the human rights council and he recognizes the importance of engagement, u.s. engagement and other engagement and leadership within the organization. he made the decision to reengage. >> nasa steps in to help protect . >> driving worldwide and what is driving us is universal values and aspirations and we in america know in our journey there is still more work to be done. we also know it's because of the courage and commitment of citizens in each generation that the united states has come closer and still works to always live up to its founding ideals. our journey has not been without great difficulty or at times contradiction. but i think we can fairly say that we have dared to discuss

"outfront" tonight, the breaking news a stern warning for john kerry. the secretary of state warning that israel could divulge classified information with the nuclear negotiations with iran. >> i want to say clearly that doing so would make it more difficult to reach the goal that israel and others say they share. in order to get a good deal. >> president obama is also speaking out tonight, calling the proposed deal with iran the best hope of keeping that nation of getting a nuclear bomb. >> and we've got a way of verifying that. there is no other steps we can take that would give us such assurance that they don't have a nuclear weapon. >> now, in a warmup to his speech before congress tomorrow the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu, said a nuclear deal with iran would threaten the very survival of israel. >> iran enveloped the entire world with its tenicles of terror. this is what iran is doing now without nuclear weapons. imagine what iran would do with nuclear weapons. and this same iran vows to annihilate israel. >> many will not attend net

john kerry did not mention that. the americans have no strategy for syria, the priority is iran and the fight against i.s.i.s. and syria is a secondary thing. he says we have to increase pressure on bashar al-assad, for him to come to the table. what kind of pressure, have the gaps between the rhetoric and the actions. the syrians, iranians russians none will take... >> he inside that interview that back channels are going bashar al-assad. people are talking to him. realistically, what can he do? >> let's say i'm bashar al-assad, and come to me and say i want to talk to you. i want you to deliver power on a silver platter, to a new transitional authority. that's what the americans have been telling us. and what has he done. more bombings. more fighting. and as you said now, a minute ago. 250,000, 250,000 - that has killed. 1.5 million injured. we are talking about 7 million displaced not only is it a broken country, the greatest humanitarian capacity. >> let me ask you this: if bashar al-assad bombs his own people ke

report. >> after six days of almost nonstop negotiations with the iranians, secretary of state john kerry was still being positive. >> secretary kerry how is it going? >> we're make some progress. >> secretary kerry headed into a lake side restaurant where he was joined by energy secretary ernest monez and another official. news the talks were being adjourned for now. >> we are recessing the talks. >> when are you going to be back? interwe'll be back next week. >> here in lausanne? >> yes. >> daily morning walk by lake geneva has said he was willing to work through the weekend even though the start of the important iranian holiday naruz. plans to join kerry in lausanne, during the final crunch leg. there clearly are still gaps between the two sides and secretary kerry had to leave anyway on sunday to go to washington, d.c. for a meeting with the afghan president. but there's another reason, rouhani's mother died and his brother was one of the negotiators. p-5 plus one will make sure their position is unified before they return. it's been known that french president is taking a more hawkis

can john kerry reassure them?it's very hard i think for the united states to assure them for the united states does not have control in iraq or yemen and iran has the upper hand and again it's the same old policy that created this the saudis for example and other gulf countries enabled the iranians but not supporting a unified government in iraq and that created concern for iranians. so to say they are alone in their expansion and aggressive policy is wrong. i think the gulf countries are also guilty of that themselves and americans and israelis as well. so this situation is really more complex than somebody would like. >> reporter: extremely complex, what do you think is the biggest concern for the saudis at this point, is it that growing influence in the region for iran or possiblyility of nuclear capability? >> these go hand in hand but if iran tomorrow says no nuclear weapon or nuclear program even the saudis will not stop there, they will say we don't want iranians even to have any power. we have to clip thei

we also know that john kerry realizes if he cannot get a deal by then, his priority is being here andorking it out, so we will see, but they are very much pushing to get a deal by the end of the weekend if they can. john: thanks so much for joining us, we appreciate it. coming up, totally eclipse of the week in review with all due reflect, that's next. ♪ mark: hey john, what is going on? john: oh, i don't know, just thinking about all of the crazy things happening on the news this week. mark: what about that time that i got regional idiom coaching from rick perry? rick perry: how ya'all doin'? john: the time i spoke to liberty university. mark: the time i spoke with ted cruz. the time i almost killed john. [pinao playing] john: the time we got a cupcake for the affordable care act. mark: the time john kasich named that tune. john kasich: it's that old rolling stones tune, "gimme shelter." john: the time we made a presidential bracket for an alternative universe. mark: and the time that our ice cream cake melted. john: we hope that your campaign last longer than this confection. john:

it comes after the secretary of state john kerry said washington would be willing to talk to assad to broker a political resolution to the crisis. assad acknowledged kerry's comments but said he's still waiting for concrete action from washington. >> we'll wait for the actions then we'll decide. we have no choice with you but to defend our country. we've had no other alternative since day one to do so. any changes that come out are somethings weretive. >> roslind jordan has more on the reaction to john kerry's comments. >> if you were to ask the french or turks, they would say that john kerry did get ahead of himself. both countries are apposed to any negotiations with bashar al-assad. but if you take a close look at what the secretary of state actually said during that interview on sunday, you'll see he was talking about the assad regime, not about bashar al-assad himself except in a very colloquial sense. they insist that bashar al-assad is still not the leader of syria. and any settlement to resolve the four-year-old war in syria cannot have him at the table. >> refugees have been

on sunday, john kerry said the u.s.as intervened on israel's behalf hundreds of times in international arena. >> the prime minister of israel is welcome to speak in the united states. obviously -- and we have a close relationship with israel right now in terms of security than at any time in history. i was reviewing the record the other day. we have intervened on israel's behalf in the last two years more than several hundred -- a couple of hundred times in over 75 different areas in order to protect israel. amy: that was john kerry on abc's "this week." >> one has received a fair amount of publicity because, i suppose, that was february 2011, roughly, that the un security council -- there was a resolution proposed at the security council calling on israel to abide by official u.s. policy. the official u.s. policy is objection to settlement expansion. it is a pretty minor issue incidentally. that is what is talked about. at the issue is the settlements, not the expansion. they are all in legal. criminal activities that

secretary of state john kerry and his iranian counterpart spent four hours in discussions with energy experts from both countries. they'll head to prossels to continue negotiations with european foreign ministers. james bays has been following events lausanne. there are still stumbling blocks to go, but there is an air of optimism according to the iranian nuclear chief. he said i'm very optimistic. what do you make of those comments? >> well, you even have similar comments from the iranian foreign minister zarif as he's leaving. he said finally we're getting to something. confident tones coming from the iranian side. very intense diplomacy because the talks here between the iranian foreign minister, u.s. secretary of state john kerry lasted for nearly five hours and they now move to brussels, but that does not mean that it stops here. because we've got the political directors of the international community, the p5+1 meeting the iranians. the secretary kerry is going nowhere. he's stay hearing in lausanne, and we're expecting the iranian minister back here. they seemed relaxed after wh