secretary of state john kerry well live now to daniel mcadams he's executive director at the ron paul institute so why would the likes of john kerry and indeed top diplomats from the interest in talking to the opposition there in munich what's in it for them why is ukraine of such importance. well what's interesting is after the meeting between opposition leader vitelli klitschko and john kerry the ukrainian opposition leader said that kerry told them that we are with the opposition we give them our full support kerry also said that the president has not done enough in his reforms and has us even called for a change in the constitution of ukraine but then at the same time he says he warned against meddling by outside powers in ukraine's internal affairs so there's an absolute disconnect in in us foreign policy and i think anyone who's paying attention notices it is a disconnect among the opposition and ukraine too isn't there because john kerry is talking about talking with an opposition does he know who they are and by what rights to see have any authority to to to undermine a legiti

john kerry is in jordan. it's his latest in a series of trips to the middle east aimed at brokering a deal between the two sides. earlier john kerry was in ramallah hammering out a framework with nouri al-maliki and benyamin netanyahu. talks continued after a 3-year break. leading republican senators visited the rangeon. john mccain, lindsey graham and john barasso met with shimon peres on saturday. mccain expressed optimism for an agreement. >> we have room for guarded optimism, from what we have seen. i know there's a difficult process, but i do - we appreciate john kerry's great efforts. we are appreciative of that. we see a willingness that perhaps has not been there in abundance in the past. >> in a few moments we'll have more indepth conversation on the israeli-palestine conflict and what it may mean for sectarian violence in the region. >> former israel prime minister ariel sharon is fighting for his life. doctors treating him said they managed to stablilize the circumstance u lottery system over the w

the secretary of state, john kerry, engaging in a second session of diplomacy, advancing middle east s. including prime minister benjamin netanyahu. this includes john mccain and john grasso who were also there. including skepticism about the largely secret deals in the peace agreement. >> support a legitimate peace process. we are also very concerned about some aspects are presented to us about the agreement as to whether or not they are truly enforceable where does not put the state of israel in jeopardy. lou: blasting the palestinian counterpart, accusing him have embracing them as heroes. and violence surging over the past year and launched a series of attacks and joining us now is a political analyst former clinton adviser doug schon. pulitzer prize winner and fox news contributor michael goodwin. and i have to say that as i am watching senator mccain, thinking of senator graham being there to help along secretary john kerry's position is somewhat ambiguous. it doesn't get much more more difficult to take than that. >> first he is burdened -- that is not clear in terms of allowin

secretary of state john kerry said there is progress towards peace in the middle east. at least to talk about it. kerry said he's optimistic that talks can happen, and is now trying to encourage talks between israelis and the palestinians. he's in jerusalem now after spending the day with the palestinians' president. also in jerusalem is our nick schifrin, who was at the talks in ramalah today where he joins us live. nick, we understand that kerry came out this morning and said's making progress. but what exactly is on the table this time around? >> reporter: all kerry is trying to do in his words to create a framework for the guidelines of talks. he's not trying to solve mideast peace this weekend but he wants to get them to gray on what they're going talk about in the future. he has met with them 40 times in the last year and still that's all he can say today. nonetheless, he continues to diplomacy and continues to get baby steps towards some kind of an agreement. what has been interesting in the last week or so is a sticking point in particular has come up. the israel

is dropping to 12, and not coming up until we get to the end of the week. >> secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. will not send troops to iraq to help with the growing violence. kerry's assertion comes as the iraqi government says it has retaken the city of ramadi from al qaeda fighters. iraq's army is on the edge of iraq and fallujah. >> after a standoff lasting days the iraqi army is ready to go into the city of fallujah, fighting the i.s.i.l. the agreement to do so was hard-fought. >> sunni tribes insisted they be part of the operation. others disagreed saying i.s.i.l. fighters were protecting fallujah. the standoff is an indication of the sunni tribes and the shia led province. nouri al-maliki has his agreement and is poised to act >> translation: there's increased coordination with the army and tribesman. the army supplies the tribes with weapons. it will be resolved within one or two days. >> that may well be optimistic. the iraqi army sent out a video, they are limited to the cities. other strongholds are in the desert in the boarder with syria, getting rid of the fighters wi

of nine months. >> what about john kerry's meeting with mahmoud abbas? >> from what we understand, mr. kerry was headed to ramallah this afternoon to meet the palestinian president. before that, he talked twice with prime minister netanyahu. we understand that they will meet again on saturday morning, and there are some unconfirmed reports that maybe some declarations might be released after the meeting. of course, these meetings are held behind closed doors, but there were a lot of speculations. i have to say, this visit looks very much anticipated because it is understood that the american or an secretary is trying to lay down the outline for a ring work and bridge those gaps in order to create a basis for further talks -- lay down the outline for a framework and bridge those gaps in order to create a basis for further talks. >> the former israeli prime minister ariel sharon's spokesperson says he has taken a turn for the worse. >> a director for tel aviv said sharon is suffering from a blood infection. his condition deteriorated this week after severa

let me sum up quickly what we heard from john kerry before we bring in the next guest and john kerrythe process in switzerland to end the process in syria had to start right away and would be a difficult process but should begin right away. he also said during his discussions with the foreign minister to discuss the possibility of trying to encourage a cease fire between the syria opposition and the syrian government notably in aleppo where there has been intense fighting in the last couple weeks and kerry agrees to a cease fire if the government also accepted it and also they discussed the possibility of exchanging prisoners. so both leaders and both lavroff at the beginning and john kerry said this was a positive meeting, a constructive meeting in paris. what we have not heard so far is whether iran would be invited to participate in the switzerland talks which are due to begin at the end of this month. let's go back briefly to the russian foreign minister before we bring in our guest. let's take a listen. >> translator: the need to at least, local agreements of cease fire on the n

john kerry says he'll be back here next weekend. ill be the 11th trip in 12 months. >> nick schifrin in jerusalem. leading republican senators are in the region. john mccain, lindsey graham, and john barasso met with shimon peres. they expressed optimism for a peace agreement. >> we have room for guarded optimism from what we have seen. it's a difficult process, but we appreciate secretary of state john kerry's great efforts that he is making. we are appreciative of that. we also see a willingness that perhaps has not been there in abundance in the past. >> israeli palestine peace talks resumed last july. >> tonight millions of americans are bracing for the coldest weather in decades. forecasters call it an historic e. it is so cold it is truly dangerous across the midsection. illinois, missouri, wisconsin will see temperatures they haven't felt in at least 15 years. in the dakotas, it could be as low as 60 below zero. minnesota ordered schools to close on monday, the first time that happened in 17 years. st. louis district cancelled

not a huge move forward, but deftly a step forward. >> ultimately it will be up to john kerry and theresident to decide whether or not this is in the interest of the nation to have the keystone pipeline go for. let's talk about pros and cons. opponents were saying the pipeline was going to cement u.s. dependence on fossil feels. and do a lot of internal damage, we have had a lot of voices against the pipeline, including -- walk me through some of the arguments against the pipeline. >> tom is the money and the loudest voice. why theg issue, i think advocates against this are so upset and have been so upset about the state department review is that it is not addressing the concerns they have. firmdon't feel like the that is contracted out to do this review has all the information. there are major concerns about what this will do from a tarzan's perspective. they do not feel like that is being factored in. the hope is that white house officials will come to their aid as this moves further along. cannot stress enough that white house officials are wary of weighing in. they do not want to

. >> mending fences, john kerry trying to mend fences in germany still broken after edward snowden's leaks about tapping angela merkel's cell phone. >> we are partners above and beyond bumps in the road. we will find our way to be able to move forward resolving any kinds of differences in a appropriate way that respects our relationship but also understanding that we have a lot of work to do together in 2014. >> kickoff countdown, we'll preview sunday's big game, the ads and yes, even the puppy predictions. looks like a clear win. the denver broncos going to win the super bowl. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington, where president obama is trying to get momentum going from the state of the union. hiring the long term unemployed and pay more than the minimum wage. two issues he's been taking to the road, maryland governor martin o'malley joins me now. thank you very much and welcome. >> thank you, andrea. >> let's talk about the economic agenda coming out of the state of the union that the president has been pushing hard. now we have 14 states who have raised the minimum wag

secretary of state john kerry's attempts to.go shades a successful middle east peace plan poorness korea r t tel aviv. else take a look at some other stories from around the world then at least eleven police officers have been injured and up to forty people arrested in protest spreading across northern spain riders attacked police cars smashing windows and bill barricades demanding the release of those detained in previous demonstrations what started on friday as a peaceful rally against a road redesigning plan escalated into violent clashes when rive forces were brought in. and crowds of protesters are descending on central bank cog in an attempt to shut down the thai capital hughes the prime minister of being a proxy for her brother a former leader who now lives in exile and are demanding her resignation officials have sent eighteen thousand police and soldiers into the city to prevent and government demonstrators from blocking off major highways. and hundreds of people are campaigning in berlin to save a historic airfield whi

john kerry just gave a press conference at the u.s. embassy in paris alongside the russian foreign minister. >> we talked today about the possibility of trying to encourage a cease-fire, maybe a localized cease-fire beginning with aleppo. both of us have agreed to try to work to see if that could be achieved. has alreadyon agreed that if the assad regime were willing to declare that, they would live up to that. they are prepared to do that. we also discussed the possibility of prisoner exchanges. we have discussed that with the opposition. the opposition has declared that they are prepared to put together lists, they are prepared to entertain such an exchange. begins,e the conference we are going to try to send signals to all sides in syria on the need of establishing localized cease-fires, on the need to consider lists of prisoners of war and civilian prisoners. we are also trying to expand the opportunities for providing humanitarian access to those areas, which are now blocked by the government or by the opposition. set ising me now

but we've just heard from john kerry the u.s.etary of state he's made a couple of potentially wiring comments as it's understood at this peace conference that the main condition for talks was that there would be no have create conditions and there was the u.s. secretary there are the u.s. secretary of state john kerry saying there is no future for syria if it stays in power mr kerry saying that assad cannot be any part of a new government that assad has no credibility and there could be no place for the perpetrator of the violence in syria in fact it's been it's been reported countless times from our analysts and reporters around the world that indeed the violence that's been ongoing in syria is the result of both sides of both sides of this continued war of both committed atrocities it is a two way street the focus is supposed to be peace and not about a transitional government in fact john kerry referring to the syrian leader assad saying that in till the transition takes place that can be no end to the terrorism in syria and t

talking about fighting terrorism in syria, instead of focussing on the regime. >> secretary of state john kerry is on his way to jordan and saudi arabia, the second leg of a mid east tour aimed at brokering a peace deal between the israelis and palestinians. kerry wrapped up a 4-day visit to ramadi. kerry said that progress on any resulting peace plan would be fair and balanced. al jazeera's nick schifrin has more from jerusalem. >> john kerry met with israeli and palestine officials 40 times in the last year, and said he is making a little bit of progress. >> it is slow work, subtle diplomacy between people fighting for the last six decades. he's determined to do it. all he is trying to do is create the framework for the guideline of peace. he's not trying to solve middle east peace. he's trying to get about the two sides to agree on what will happen in the future. what has emerged in the talks is a real sticking point. israel is demanding that the palestinians accept it as a jewish state. that's new. israel and jordon were not asked to do that. israel says palestinians, in order for them to k

meanwhile john kerry says he is killing confidence that the rebel council will attend the peace talks despite its apparent reluctance but journalist john why believes this have little impact on the conflict. it seems clear that they're saying see very little credibility on the ground they can deliver nothing on the ground all the rebel factions are what are so shitty but they're saying see or most of them and we have the fake teeth to other groups so all the us administration is increasingly desperate to try and cobble together some kind of syrian opposition that they can do business with but the syrian opposition itself the city national council no really only exists say of syria and it only exists. u.s. patronage so this is increasingly it seems like a feel process that is about to hit the ball forced now the opposition government in exile is now warning that northern syria which is largely held by rebel groups is in a state of honor king the syrian national council has little authority over fighters there and is seeing why influenza does have passo or to islamist gen-y. it also tol

comments aimed at john kerry labelled offensive. >> governor chris christie admitting mistakes had been made. a series of scandals overshadowing the state of state address. >> up, up and away. colour files the sky as a massive kite festival takes place. >> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm thomas drayton, good to have you with us. >> we begin with a school shooting. police in ros wall say a seventh grader walked into a gym and opened fire. hundreds attended a vigil in roswell. an 11-year-old boy and 13-year-old girl were surrounded at the bereneder middle school. the victims were airlifted to hospital. the 11-year-old boy is in critical condition. the 13-year-old girl is stable. the suspect, a 12-year-old boy, is under arrest. his identity has not been released because of his age. a stupid who witnessed the shooting said the suspect snuck the shotgun into school in a musical instrument case. we'll have more on that shooting throughout the morning. >> the obama administration is responding to critical comments from a top israeli official aimed at secretary of state john kerry. it began

northeastern part of the country, a major snow storm headed your way. ♪ >>> secretary of state john kerry'sisit to the middle east topping our newscast at this hour. kerry is in the region setting up the framework for peace talks which he hopes will come later. nick, what does kerry hope to accomplish this time? >> little baby steps, dell, that's all u.s. officials are saying he is here to today, get a framework that will allow the two sides to talk in the future. and he is really pushing for concessions on both sides. he says it is time that both sides make a lot of hard choices, but he is getting a lot of resistance from prime minister benjamin netenyahu. >> i know you are committed to peace, i know i am committed to peace, but unfortunately given the actions and words of palestinian leaders, there is growing doubt in israel that the palestinians are committed to peace. >> the time is soon arising where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. we are close to that time, if not at it. >> and one of those main concessions that kerry is going to push netenyahu to make and in in

john kerry spent the day meeting with the palestinian president. he said there is progress, but they are far from a deal. like many who came before him kerry is trying to encourage a peace agreement between israelis and the palestinians. >>> meanwhile, boeing and it's workers have inked a long-south deal after a deal late friday. the deal insures that boeing's new aircraft will be a manufactured in washington state. in turn pensions and healthcare will be cut. >>> now millions of americans are bracing for bitter cold. the next few days could bring some of the coldest temperatures in two decades in some states it's expected to reach below 50 degrees. 17 people have died in the past few days due to the frees condition. >>> the next time you're having trouble falling asleep. count lottery numbers instead of sheep. that's what one man did when he realized he forget to check his lottery stick. now he's $225 million richer. one of the first things he did was call his office and leave this message. i'm sorry, boss, i hit the jackpot, i don't think i'm goin

john kerry is committed to bringing the israelis and palestinians together. as israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu was not optimistic, doubting the commitment to peace. kerry travels to the west bank for talks. we have more from jerusalem. >> one of the main concessions that kerrie asks the israelis to make - stop building settlements on the heart of their future state. for many it is fundamental to the identity. for palestinians, the settlement makes a two-state solution impossible. >> before this man had a chance to move into his home it was destroyed. this village, last month the israeli military bulldozed this man's house. >> this is the epitome of degradation. they must think we are animals, or they wouldn't treat us like this. >> israel is building. these foundations are homes for a settlement. this home was built four months ago. the israeli government subsidises houses so they are cheap. she moved because the streets are quiet. >> and their neighbours, the village. >> as you can see, we are a few hundred feet from the house demolished three days

. >> secretary of state john kerry to begin another round of talks with the israelis and palestinians. >> welcome to al jazeera america. i'm stephanie sy. >> you are looking at a live picture of the empire state building here in new york city. it's clear skies at the moment. that is quite literally the calm before the storm. a severe winter storm is headed towards the north-east, and is expected to impact a wide stretch from washington d.c. to new england. the storm system walloped the great labellings wreejon. chick -- lakes region. chicago was hit with 9 inches of snow and more today. 400 flights were cancelled at chicago's o'hare airport. the east-west is bracing for a storm, expected to pack a blizzard like temperatures, flirting with 0 degrees. the governor of new york said the state may close major highway as a caution. >> in boston city schools closed for the week, declaring a snow emergency for the region. let's go to kevin corriveau for more on the storm's project path. >> well, we are seeing our weather deteriorate across north-east because of two weather systems that are me

they are denouncing a visit by secretary of state john kerry. is there pushing peace talks with israel. kerry in the west bank to meet with the palestinian president. nick there. what exactly is he saying in this meeting? is >> well, the palestinian president wants some indication that israel is willing to make some concessions, because kerry is asking the palestinians to make some concessions. both sides need to make hard choices in the next few weeks if there is any chance at all for even a semblance of peace talks in the future. what kerry is asking the israelis to consider is the 1967 borders, that means no west bank, no gaza, the palestinians are being asked that israel be recognized as a jewish state. they say we recognize your right to exist already, why do we need to say you are a jewish state. if we do that, we negate our right to return. and negating the 20% of arabs who live in israel. so he wants a compromise on both sides. but right now neither side really says that -- publicly they are willing to compromise, and both sides are posi

they want to do something about this so whether or not john kerry or the us administration or anyone else gets involved in this. or does something about it is too high the problem will grow unless the child inside is overthrown and doors they were getting word of a double suicide attack in a border crossing with turkey in the province at least sixteen killed according to syrian observatory of fresh human rights on and is he is attributed to up another dimension of this which is a site between is and more moderate rebels. where is now.t to some extent on. the rebels are smartly trying to rebrand themselves as the ones that are on the leading a good hedge against al qaeda of soul trying to undermine the sharp eyed side's argument that it's either me or the he's on the devils are saying we are fighting against. the ag heidi's on january's third they launched a multi faceted that assaults on the most extreme of jihadi group the islamic state of iraq and the love and is known as ice is very very much so in the popular they are and their continuing this fights of odd but it's not just for

east and israel is trying to do whatever it can to stop that. >> meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry says there is progress in the push for peace, but that there is still lots of work to be done. kerry is now in jordan where he met king ab dulla, ii. it's his latest in the series of trips to the region aimed at brokering a deal between the israelis and palestinians. earlier, he was hammering out a framework with palestinian mahmoud abas and benjamin netanyahu. direct talks resumed last july after a three-year break. thousands of families are fleeing their homes in bor headed north to the awail. >> that's where most of the country's displaced people are located. the fighting began when south sudan's president accused the vice president of trying to overthrow him. it triggered fighting along ethnic lines. earlier, secretary kerry clarified the u.s. position saying the negotiations have to be serious. there they cannot be a delay gimmick to continue the fighting and try to find advantage on the ground of the expense of the people of south sudan. we will work to apply international press

tonight secretary of state john kerry talks to me about america's foreign policy and the president. >> sooner, rather than later, the united states will pay a heavy price for our noninvolvement. >> missile launch scandal - dozens in charge of nuclear war heads are under scrutiny. >> west virginia violations - the government report after the chemical leak raises questions about the company behind the accident and the facility holding the toxic material. >> plus flight formation - why do birds travel in v patterns. tonight the surprising answer. >> we begin with what can only be described as hope, hope that an american soldier held against his will since 2009 is alive. he is army sergeant bo bergdahl, who vanished from his base in afghanistan more than four years ago. he's believed to be held by fighters linked to taliban. >> today word of proof of life, the military says it has video showing him. when and where it was taken is unknown. in a statement the military said this: >> reacting to the video the bergdahl family released this statement: def conversation susanna gomezservando >> j

apologies if we have to interrupt this to take john kerry. hope you will have the patience to stay with us, and perhaps comment on what he has to say. but for those who don't understand the legal terminology here, because we are talking about something that is a juicishal phrase, what is an extra judicial killing? >> it's a killing that takes place in a [ inaudible ] the united nations is not in favor of the death penalty, period, but it is necessary in certain situations, but only as the result of a proper legal procedure, and obviously that's not happening at all in syria, least of all with extremist armed opposition groups. >> so you are simply talking about people who are taken away and shot or hanged or whatever? >> that's correct. people who basically are summ y summary -- executed. >> so why has there been such an increase in this part of syria? >> it seems to be linked to fighting between opposition groups and especially in the islamic state of iraq in syria, and it has a different name according to others, and the most extreme group.

>>> the northeast is bracing getting ready for another major snowstorm. >>> secretary of state john kerry's visit to the middle east topping our newscast at this hour. he's in that region setting up the framework for peace talks that he hopes will come later. kerry landing in israel earlier today. al jazeera has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: palestinians and israelis have been meeting for six months and had 20 meetings as part of these peace talks, but they're nowhere closer ton agreement when they started in july. secretary of state john kerry arrives here with a very simple, direct message to both sides. now is the time to decide whether you will make any compromises for peace. >> as i said not so many months ago at the airport as i left, the time is soon arriving where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. we are close to that time, if not at it. >> reporter: on the israeli side netanyahu is expected to agree to base the negotiations on israel's borders before the 1967 war. that means without gaza and without the west bank and without the golan heights. that is not s

john kerry is not willing to take that up yet. the only way it is going to change is if we start talking about it. report the human rights was not only the syria. other trends you recognize around the world in 2013? >> one thing we did highlight in the report is of this trend we saw over the last year in particular of governments that claim to have an electoral mandate but then use the majority harry -- a majority vote or wish -- we will interpret these demonstrations as if we have a majority behind us. it to repress the minority. that is what the egyptian military is doing by detaining left and right muslim brotherhood leaders and using lethal force against them as traitors. we saw something similar in turkey where prime minister erdogan rejected to the demonstrations because he won an election and therefore has been repressing protests. we see similar things in thailand with the reaction just today of the thai government trying to shut down the protests there. you saw can you with the new president saying, i won an election so t

john kerry is back in the middle east to broker a deal between israel.stinians and he is expected to meet both signs in the best sides in the coming days. also coming up in the show, and analysis on the latest round of fighting in iraq. parts of commodity and falluja are controlled by al qaeda. and mission complete in antarctica. researchers were stranded on a russian boat if they have all been safely airlifted onto an australian vessel. we will get you the details. let's start with our top stories today. officials are looking for a political solution to the crisis that has left thousands of people dead over the last few weeks. president and rebel leader in ethiopia have sent representatives. rebels say they control the town. tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes. aaron is covering the talks for us. can you confirm that the talks have not yet begun? >> yes, they have not begun yet. mediators are still waiting for remaining members of the south sudanese government. have made their way here in the past few days. i have been told by officials here,nce all members are they

senator john kerry. >> and a bunch of others. democrats and others made hay about nixon's enemies' list. if that was not a good thing, how is this a good thing? >> it isn't a good thing. i don't think it's - as bill said, i don't think it's a bad thing. the dellination of numbers, hearing john kerry on the list. i wonder where john louis fits in. he was a big clinton supporter. he left, and he supported barack obama. did he get a free pass for the obvious reasons. you know, at the end of the day, if she is the nominee, people will back the nominee. i think these sort of things happen. you never want to be talked about in the same breath as richard nixon. if it sticks it could be harmful. i don't think it's devastating for hillary clinton. >> the big political news before the chris christie was bob gates former defense secretary's memoir. he is not backing off criticism of joe biden and congressman. he is softening things. let's listen to that. >> i think there's a difference when you are in the senate and campaigning for office a

first us secretary of state john kerry is on his way to jordan this after three days of intense shuttle diplomacy between israeli and palestinian leaders. in his attempt a trip to the region kerry has stepped up his efforts to bring about a peace deal as an aggrieved believes april deadline looms but as things stand both sides refused to budge on their demands. what else is less cost to jerusalem where prospect at stella defendant is standing by now gallagher carry a landing there in nom on a short while ago but he's arrived with frustration this over israel's apparent rejection of the jordan valley proposal what more can you tell us. cus signatures state that has indeed been faced with a yet another setback with the israel clearly rejecting any us suggested concessions on management of its secure it in the jordan valley the israeli minister of intelligence a year but started saying that anyone who suggests that israel should relinquish a security in the jordan valley to the palestinian force with a third party such as an international force for technological means does not understand t

talks is that there be no preconditions and yet john kerry the u.s. secretary of state letting out a precondition that assad house to go. well that's right laurie even though the main agreement for this conference was to be for it to be held without any preconditions first the syrian opposition taking port were saying that they're going to push for president assad to step down and now u.s. secretary of state john kerry said that the syrian president has no future in his country once again despite the fact that washington and moscow they've been organizing this conference they both agreed that no preconditions was sort of the main condition for this whole event to be helt and soon enough towards war here as well they were saying that they are not ready to discuss president assad's future for them the main goal right now is try to achieve some sort of a cease fire we've heard from the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov also in his opening statement just a few minutes ago earlier today and he's been saying that he hopes all outside players will keep

. >>> coming up, secretary of state john kerry is in the middle east hoping to find a plan for peace.ful will he be? i'll speak with someone who has been inside the negotiating room just ahead. >>> john kerry is focused on bringing peace to the middle east. he's in israel meeting with the israelis, then the palestinians, determined as ever to find a solution that has eluded so many before him. cnn foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty is following his trip. what is the latest? >> john kerry is in israel to clinch a deal that could be a game changer, but being a mediator between israelis and palestinians is one of the toughest jobs in the world. after five months, rounds of negotiations, on his tenth trip to israel as secretary of state, john kerry is trying to prove it's not mission impossible to get a peace agreement between israelis and palestinians. >> i come here with no illusions. i know that there are many who are skeptical of whether or not the two parties can achieve peace. >> reporter: kerry wants what he calls a framework. it's not a final deal, but a guideline for a

secretary of state john kerry condemned that law. >> john kerry's involved in a war of words. israel's defence minister apologises after ridiculing the secretary of state in his peace efforts, calling john kerry obsessive and messionic and the plan for peace was not worth the paper it was written on. the white house condemned the comments. >> a message from new jersey governor chris christie. in a state of the state address he said mistakes were smad and apologised for letting people down, but said the bridge-gate scandal did not define him or the state. >> mexico's drug cartels are brutal and better armed than the police. that makes what is happening south of the border surprising. a ruthless cartel is being challenged for control of the city not by the army or a gang, but vigilante groups armed and determined to win. the battles have been dead will and 12 from both sides have been killed. now the mexican government is stepping in. robert vallerb shia joins us now. it's good to have you on the program. >> thank you for inviting me on your show >> is there a chance that this k

secretary of state john kerry is back in the region for a tense time. he is trying to secure a framework for a final israeli- palestinian peace figure event. the u.s. wants both sides to sign off on a comprehensive peace treaty by april, but skeptic -- but many are skeptical of the likelihood of that. here is the prime minister speaking yesterday. >> i know that i am committed to peace, but unfortunately given the actions and words of the palestinian leaders, there is growing doubt in israel that the palestinians are committed to peace. >> that was benjamin netanyahu speaking yesterday. am joined by the president of the international center for peace in the middle east. thank you for joining us. the focus is this so-called framework, which will touch on all of the tough topics. the u.s. is saying no specifics will be in it. what will it look like? >> first of all, happy new year. specifics will be needed. we have to be specific. israel, palestine, and also --retary state carry secretary of state kerry also saying taking place in april. they are meeting

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hundreds of palestinians are protesting against secretary of state john kerry's arrival in the west bankrry is meeting with the palestinian leadership to help create the framework for a peace deal. but the palestinians say the talks are bias toward's israelis demands. >>> the obama urging the supreme court not to except catholic charities from the affordable care act. >>> syria's largest opposition group meeting in turkey. the syrian national council set to elect a new president. and will decide if it will attend the peace conference in switzerland scheduled later this monthed. >>> each year millions brave sub zero temperatures to graze at a ice sculpture display in china. >> reporter: putting the pin fishing touches to this year's winter collection. for local sculptors, the increasing fame of this festival means competition from overseas is getting tougher. >> translator: the standard has been improving a lot, because people have been using more sophisticated tools. >> reporter: growing steadily the last few years have seen the festival boom with 25% growth in the last year alone. >> tr

topping our news at this hour, secretary of state, john kerry,'s visit to the middle east. kerry is in the region, setting the framework for peace talks. nick shepard is in jerusalem, and what does kerry hope to accomplish on trip number 10? >> reporter: well, del, there have been a lot of trips and a lot of meetings between palestinian and israeli officials in the last months, and both sides are no closer to peace than they were six months ago. there are a lot of sceptics among both sides and officials who are work for john kerry. so as he sat next to benjamin netanyahu, he addressed the critics and said, let's have some optimism as we go forward. >> i know, i come here with no illusions. i know that there are many who are sceptical whether or not the two parties can achieve peace. but i will tell you that i have personally learned something about the power of reconciliation. >> and one of the roadblocks that kerry has run into is the issue of settlement. perhaps no one larger issue separates the two sides than israel building settlements on the land that palestinians feel

john kerry's latest effort to bring stability to the volatile region. that's just one of the foreign policy challenges facing president obama in 2014 from afghanistan to syria to russia. the administration's foreign policy plate is full, but will americans's appetite for intervention keep getting smaller. first a look ahead at the politics planner. 10:00 a.m., marriages are being performed in chicago. the vacation chuck todd circled is the sugar bowl from alabama versus bob stoops' oklahoma. we will being back with more on "the daily rundown" only on msnbc. announcer ] with nearly 7 million investors... oh hey, neill, how are you? [ male announcer ] ...you'd expect us to have a highly skilled call center. kevin, neill holley's on line one. ok, great. [ male announcer ] and we do. it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. [ coughs ] i've got a big date, but my sinuses are acting up. it's time for advil cold and sinus. [ male announcer ] truth is that won't relieve all your symptoms. hmm? [ male announcer ] new alka seltzer plus-d relieves more symp

>> john kerry wanted to show the international community is serious about syria. the talks are important for the future of the country. opening up the humanitarian access track between the government and the opposition groups. but there are targets before the groups will meet. some of the problems mentioned today are that they were not put in place or put in place not quickly enough. the national position has not confirmed that they will be at the meeting. >> what about iran? how do they figure in? can they overcome their differences? >> russia has been clear that they want iran to be a part of this. they have softened their approach to the participation, saying that they can move forward if they agree to the geneva one, which calls for political truncation in syria. the prime minister responded by saying that they would reject any preconditions in the talks. iran's participation is still a sticking point. >> one of many, right now, it appears. marcel, thanks very much. >> no let up to the bloodshed in iraq, where 25 people were killed and 76 were wounded as for c

john kerry says no more american troops will be put on the ground. the former al qaeda teen chief said other forms of u.n. support may be available. >> not necessarily in numbers of fighters, but in terms of popular support it is probably growing. there's much more sympathy for the al qaeda fighters who say they are trying to protect the sunni minority against the shia majority in iraq. >> you mentioned taking the stand. secretary of state john kerry said, "we are willing to support iraq, but are not going to put boots on the ground. what will he go to demonstrate the support. >> the iraqis would welcome a lot more intelligence from the united states and surveillance drones and things like that. i think one of their problems is knowing what is going on on the ground. i think that the americans obviously have a great deal of expertise not just in that thing but iraq itself. he'll be looking for the political and practical support. i don't think there's fundamentally much support for al qaeda. they are a bunch of thugs, ruling by intimidation and fear.

>> what do you feel john kerry should do?e should insist on implementing a very broad international, virtually universal consensus, calling for a two state settlement on the internationally recognized border, which, as we said before, the 1949 cease-fire, a line possibly with minor and mutual adjustments which was -- >> we have 5 seconds. >> and this is supported by the entire world. it is been blocked by the united states for 35 years. we should shift that policy and join the world and carry out that which might conceivably bring a semi-decent peace. >> we have to leave it there. thank you, noam chomsky, avi shlaim, and rashid khalidi. [captioning made possible by democracy now!]

secretary of state john kerry will be heading to the west bank today for talks with palestinian thornnt mahmoud abbas. kerry trying to narrow differences on a framework agreement for a final deal with israel's prime minister netanyahu. >> the time is soon arriving where leaders are going to have to make difficult decisions. we are close to that time, if not at it. and i think we understand the circumstances within which we are working. >> for more on this story, stay with us. we'll be going thrive jerusalem later at cnn news room. >>> still no claim of responsibility for thursday's powerful bomb blast in southern beirut. the latest explosion targeted the powerful shi'ite group hezbollah and comes a week after a similar blast killed a prominent sunni politician. mohammed jamjoum has more on the attacks and why the security situation in lebanon is getting worse. >> reporter: a powerful and deadly explosion ripped through a southern beirut suburb on thursday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens. the car bomb targeted a densely populated neighborhood in southern beirut that i

john kerry meeting with palestinian leaders with a bid for peace. and the obama administration with a challenge for the affordable care act. two third of the east coast being crippled by the first major snowstorm of the year. we want to show you right now this. the planes in the air at this hour over the united states. according to flight radar.com, nearly 2,000 flights in the u.s. have already been canceled. another 1,000 delayed today. the vast majority of them being in the northeast. erica is out on the streets of new york, but first we go to john carroll in boston where the windchill is below 0. john, what is the latest from boston is this >> reporter: hey, del, the latest from boston, the sun is starting to peek through the clouds, but it's very very cold. it's only two or three degrees here with the windchill at -15, -18, something like that. so it's very very cold. i think that the feeling in massachusetts, which is really in the eye of the storm here, rather dodged a bullet in the end. we did get two feet of snow in boston, and though the sn