law already defined israel as jewish the comets are made at the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas is the arrival in washington israel's communications minister said it put pressure on the wrong side of the defense minister moshe eon said it was a bass as refusal to recognize israel as jewish which was making it impossible to ride any final peace deal. the israelis and palestinians are currently negotiating on a framework for the steel although there have been little signs of progress in recent months last tuesday to meet president obama for talks about the needs are assessed by prime minister netanyahu met with the us president earlier this month. the loom the turkey's intention to join the european union is coming up against another sets of curtains. following a report to assess the country's not making enough political reforms the exception of presets to retain its demands. with the turkish prime minister to tie it at the london times on state television that his government would take steps to fund social media websites kentucky which he did he have said tensions in the country

what mahmoud abbas refused to do. there could be another roadblock for peace. an emotional apology from the c.e.o. of general motors, recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles. >> it was a messy day on monday. across most of the eastern sea board, virginia, maryland, and into delaware. this is what it looked like in washington d.c., where they saw eight inches of snow. it was one of the snow yesterdays in march that they had seen in a while. we'll see better weather as we go into tuesday. wet weather along the southern parts of the coast. we have been watching that. we could see a bit of localized flooding. washington looks like this. 41 degrees. the snow will mement. rain mixed in with that. most of the snow gone by wednesday afternoon. look at the temperature by friday. 64 degrees, and a cloudy day. here towards the north-west down the coast into oregon, and we'll see a little more rain, light rain showers across the western part with seattle seeing 52 degrees, and portland 54. as we go towards the week, it gets cooler, down to 49 degrees. overnight lows in

. >> palestinian residents mahmoud abbas accuses his main rival of being involved in six murders. >>alaysia airlines says the likelihood of finding the missing jetliner in the indian ocean is low. international search efforts are focused in the west of malaysia and the malacca strait. vietnam has scaled back its operations. there are conflicting research surrounding technical data sent from the aircraft hours after the last-known contact on saturday. >> i don't think the families would be satisfied until they find out what happened to the aircraft. i think you have a range of emotions from people that are vocal and angry about the situation and frustrated at the lack of information. and others that may have reached a more equitable or balanced viewpoint. more resignation. that may not be the appropriate word. it is that they come to accept that there's not going to be a good outcome and are waiting for the information to come in. >> scenes of frustration in beijing where distraught relatives are waiting for news. most of the passengers on board the missing plane are chinese, and many

he is speaking with president mahmoud abbas.th him about the framework to reach a peace deal in the middle east. he had comments about their discussion. let's listen in. >> it is something we have been working on for a very long time. obviously, president abbas has been working on for a long time, how do we achieve a comprehensive peace between the palestinians an the israelis. i have to commend president abbas. he has consistently renounced violence and sought a diplomatic and peaceful solution that allows for two states. >> the president had prime minister benjamin netanyahu and now he has prime minister, mahmoud abbas. >>> now, back to the missing malaysian jet. family members clinging to any sign of hope that the passengers, their family members, their loved ones, those people on flight 370, may still be alive somewhere. it is kind of hard for us, impossible to imagine the anguish they are going through. the partner of american passenger, phil wood, said she is not ready to give up. >> the entire u.s. population i reliving t

mahmoud abbas was in washington to meet with obama today. >> the goal is to get palestinians and israelis to agree on a framework for peace. two sides have huge differences, for instance, the status of jerusalem, which the palestinians would like to have as a capital city. in a meeting with mahmoud abbas today, president obama acknowledged that the goal is illusive, but achievable. >> i believe now is the time, not just for the leaders of both sides, but for the peoples of both sides to embrace this opportunity for peace. but we have a lot of details we have to discuss. it's very hard and very challenges. we're going to have to take some tough political decisions and risks if we're able to move it forward. and my hope is that we can continue to see progress in the coming days and weeks. >> when secretary of state john kerry restarted peace talks last summer, he set a deadline of nine months, and that deadline is fast approaching in prel. and even though president obama held his talks with abbas on saint patrick's day, it's going to take a lot more than the luck of the irish to reach a bre

the president just met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the oval office. hopes in see progress on the mideast peace talks in the coming weeks. the president urging abbas to make tough decision and that it will take risks to achieve peace in the middle east. we'll have more on the president's meetings and the developments. also turning to the latest on the investigation into missing malaysia airlines flight 370. malaysia authorities are focusing on the pilot and co-pilot. they removed the pilot's flight simulator from his home and are now reassembling it into to determine if he practiced flying in areas not covered by radar. as it stands some 2600 countries are involved in the search divided into two corridors. one toward central asia. the other toward the central indian ocean and australia. >>> three months after armed libyan rebels captured an oil tanker, navy s.e.a.l.s raided the ship today and took control. president obama approved the mission after the libyan government asked for help. at stake was $36 million worth of crude oil. >>> passengers with a

the palestinian narrative, the narrative of mahmoud abbas' palestinian organization going back to its founding yasser arafat is that israel is a foreign implant, a colonial enterprise. you can't be a colonial enterprise if you're returning home. so for the palestinians to come out -- the palestinian leader to come out and say, yeah, the jews are actually from here and, so, this is their country, that's a huge deal, and what it does -- what it signals, also, to the 4 million or 5 million palestinians who are refugees or mostly in this case defendants of refugees, it basically tells them you may have dreams of going back, going to the villages where your grandfather or grandparents are from, but that's not happening because we're actually acknowledging the juice are also from there and you're going to have to find your peace and your citizenship and your feeling of wholeness in this new state of palestine which is the west bank in gaza. >> charlie: where are the differences on iran between what the president said to you and what the prime minister says to the world? >> i guess i would d

. >> palestinian residents mahmoud abbas accuses his main

we heard from mahmoud abbas, saying he is calling on the israeli military. there are strong statements coming out, but now it seems an active situation. >> thank you very much, we will, of course, go back to kimberley as the situation develops. >> some developing news from egypt now, and the army accusing the muslim brotherhood organising an attack. masked gunmen killed one soldier. the muslim brotherhood is banned now in egypt. >> a lot of egypt's prominent politicians accused military chief of planning to fix upcoming elections. the comments of the former prime minister were leaked by a pro-muslim brotherhood website. >> he has said in a news conference that he's not going to run in the election unless the people and army nominate him. that is strange. what he said is wrong, it's ignorance. he said i will do so if the army nominates him. and then we see him nominating him. it shows a lock of experience. it's a disaster and the military council reiterate the same things. i have taken myself out of the loop because the election will be a farce. of course, wh

. >> president obama meets with the palestine president mahmoud abbas later this month. the u.s. is hoping for a framework deal by may. >> parts of the east coast are recovering from a powerful winter storm. the latest in a series of storms dumped rain and snow from the great plains of the mid-atlantic. the weather shut down federal offices and schools on monday. the house and senate cancelled votes that were scheduled. more than 3,000 flights were cancelled. washington d.c.'s regan airport was one of the pors -- worst hit. more than 1 million flights have been delayed or cancelled costing airlines billions of dollars. >> areas of freezing rain expected again in parts of texas this morning. otherwise the story will be all the cold air in place in the midwest, in the northern plains states, stretching across the north-east. finally getting rid of the snow and ice falling on the east coast. as we get rid of that we are not going to warm up very fast. with the thaw not happening for a couple of days, expect icy roads to be in mace. the morning is starting out -- in place. the mornin

. >>> mahmoud abbas will talk a with president barack obama about middle east piece talks. they -- peace talks. they have made it clear that he objects to some of the provisions including recognizes israel as a dash extend. >>> they are trying to figure out if some of this is widespread and two much the hardest hit and wind and rain also and in the meantime they had to come to the rescue of some campers after the flooding caused flooding. rain caused the area to flood quickly like in that scene there however all of them made it 0. and sacramento county sheriff's deputies say a man was shot to death while loading items into his car when somebody speeding through the parking lot opened fire and now it is still and so far no arrests have been made. >>> city of sap fran and the mayor is double willing the amount of money and it is up to and they are worth as much as $700,000 and the money does not have to be paid back until the homeowner sells that plop tri-- property. they have found a way to explode them and put theme into contacts and this will contain the sugar in the fat i

palestinians the celtics made it to seek a compromise in negotiations with palestinian president mahmoud abbas of us will visit washington later this month. officials with the international chemical arms once don say more than one third of the serious chemical agents who have left the country by the weekend the mobile process started in january. the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. as in the sixth batch of chemical agents will be shipped later this week. the original plan called for the shipment. and by early february but the governments the syrian government missed the deadline. leaders in damascus say they can finish permitting all the agents by the end of april. obc down the officials are urging them to scrap all the chemical weapons by the end of june this saudi arabian government called for a retrial of all foreign fighters from syria saudi citizens who refuse to re trial will be punished last month that saudi king andy lau made it a crime was saudi nationals to fight alongside the syrian rebels began that appears on the militants in syria could turn their weapons on

arranged for meetings between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to discuss a compromise. she also addressed the iranian in the room that america's ultimate diplomacy working for weeks now. so we won again states. for diplomacy to work if it does not. there has to be a time table set and enforced. if it does not then. we can always and we will put on additional sanctions. and we will have the international support necessary to ensure enforcement hand guess we will explore every other option and let's be clear every other options does remain on the table. did not amount to presidential run at the gala as many hope is that the huge crowd applauded her conviction to continue fighting on their behalf. in greece beats hillary clinton made a promise to the jewish community gathered here tonight. she said america's commitment to israel's security will not waver and her message of peace was graciously receipts the trees how word for j and one new york. and when. i the moonstone. they will perform intelligent onto the flight despite the recent council recei

president obama will welcome the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas to the white house.ers will discuss the latest progress in israeli palestinian negotiations. >>> on this day in 1992, a referendum to end apartheid in south africa was passed as reported by "nbc nightly news." >> a yes vote in the referendum will clear the way for talks on a new constitution which will give blacks the vote. but today 26 million blacks stood on the sidelines as 3.3 million whites decided their future. >>> and a day we say happy birthday to reality tv's rob kardashian who turns 27. rob lowe turns 50. and actor curt russell is 63. i'm sure you put up the picture of rob lowe now and rob lowe in st. elmo's fire era, looks exactly the same. >>> thanks for watching "early today." have a great st. patrick's day. >>> a house in the south bay goes up in flames overnight and firefighters make a startling discovery inside the burned out home. >> new details on the massive fire that reduced a san francisco construction site to rubble. >> and a man is recovering this morning after he was hit by a tour

now president obama met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas ago at the white house today the deadline is quickly coming out for the latest round of diplomatic talks between palestinians and israelis. so little progress has been made art piece arabic was pondering the bubble. hyundai reports i tend to ensure that the negotiations with the palestinians and israelis are on track. president barack obama met with the palestinian president to adopt us at the white house if any which comes weeks before the it rolled out lying to complete the so called framework for peace between the two parties on the wind and the road ahead would be challenging but it's time for both parties to face the difficult decision but we made shirts that this topic nobody understands the yellow ones. what a peace deal would look like. all that. territorial compromise on both sides based on sixty seven lines with mutually agreed upon swaps. that would ensure that his role was to work but would also work. it helps to have a sovereign state in which. they can achieve. the aspirations of the old stone wall. making the c

president obama meets later this month with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. >>> first lady michelle obama makes her first visit to china later this month. the trip will include meetings with china's first lady and high school and university students. mrs. obama's daughters and mother will also make the journey. >>> all right, well, today is fat tuesday, mardi gras, and in new orleans, the party already started. the streets of the french quarter have been packed, and revelers don't want to waste a minute of carnival's last day. >> yeah, the first of more than a dozen parades set off at 8:00 a.m. the temperature looks to be in the chilly 40s, and there could be some showers, but chances are people won't mind too much. >> i got a feeling there's some blood marys and hangovers coming on real soon. >> absolutely. >>> well, "forbes" magazine is out with its new list of billionaires, and for the first time in four years, an american tops the list. >>> and cause for concern. the fastest growing crime in the country, it's getting more violent, and lawmakers say they have an easy fix. >>> plu

a major obstacle to securing a screamin deal by the end of the targets palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to the light house on the seventeenth of march to his cod piece resisting a good mind to recognize israel as the nation state of the jewish people in the meantime my notes on the ground continues. t palestinians were killed in a mystery and strike in gaza on monday. also today in the us the highest ranking al qaeda official ever is in the courts. so the man at the gate is the son in law got qaeda founder osama bin laden's. he's on trial for conspiracy to terrorism he was out there the spokesman he's accused of giving material support to terrorists. as our calvin and explains his lawyers say the us has got the wrong just a stone's throw away from with the world trade center twin palace once do it sulaiman al borges is on trial for conspiring to kill americans support to terrorists as a spokesman for al qaeda. the forty eight year old kuwaiti kerry is osama bin laden and some sink into them that the al qaeda found. i rested in jordan intensely to the united states last year prose

abbas has told housing authority mahmoud abbas he must take brings peace to men. washington the us is pushing back his family's summer house needed to prove i framework. this exhibit is to be on next month's deadline for final appeal in july. ahmed told reporters the set for tuesday mind you this is the cutest old huntly. it was a kid china has started stitching kits here trace the missing malaysia airlines plane as the international search continues. if it's too funny now focusing on two thousand period a year carter was rather north and south of the plane's last night vacation. meantime this for now that it's the chinese passengers on board the flyers have threatened to go on hunger strike as they did not get more information from authorities for the families and friends of those missing the plane's disappearance is a living tuesday stating please relay team in the semis officials whose tenants. explanations all wrong for the night spots and the soup was going on this woman. it remains just as i said oh she wanted the truth. in an intimate and said i want to kno

president obama meets at the white house today with palestinian president mahmoud abbas.the meeting marks a return by obama into a diplomatic minefield that he's mostly left up to secretary of state john kerry. there are just weeks left before a u.s.-imposed april deadline expires for completing a framework for peace talks. obama held a similar oval office meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in which the president urged israel to make the "tough decisions" needed to move forward. honda is recalling nearly nine-hundred -thousand minivans for a defect that could increase fire risks. the recall includes some honda odysseys from 2005 to twenty-ten. the automaker said it expects replacement parts won't be available until the summer. however, it can provide customers a temporary repair in the meantime. a safety organization says, honda said it knows of no fires or injuries from the honda plans to notify customers in the coming weeks. powerful storms moved through atmore, alabama over the weekend. strong winds cause extensive damages to stores and restaurants

happening now president obama meeting at the white house today with palestinian residents--president' mahmoud abbas meeting marks a return by the president into a diplomatic minefield that he is mostly left up to secretary of state john kerry. the mean there are just weeks left before a u.s. imposed april deadline expires for completing a framework for peace talks. president obama held a similar oval office meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and which the president urged israel to make tough decisions needed to move forward. >>: comments--crimeans overwhelmingly voted to rejoin russia by nearly 97%. the head of the crimean election commission didn't say if all the ballots have been counted but did " the committee's work is done. " more than 1 million eligible voters went to the polls yesterday. that's an 83 percent turnout. the election commission plans to deliver the results to parliament. moscow strongly backs of the referendum. . ukraine, the honesty to the european union consider its illegal and invalid. welcome back and live with care. snow is coming down on st. patrick's d

lou: palestinian president mahmoud abbas scheduled to visit white house in two weeks. >> on wall street stocks finished lower, dow sold off down 153, s&p down 14, and nazdaq fell 31. all over tension and anxiety over the ukrainian crisis, crude oil up more than $2, gold up $29. dollar gaining again most currencies, yield on 10 year dropping to 2.61%. carl icahn, publishing his fifth letter to ebay shareholders, demanding to inspect the company's books and records but he said please, was it please or pretty please? some republican redemptiotion matters of foreign policy in 2008, sarah palin said that russia may invade ukraine if then senator obama, contribute tiesed him as indecisive elected him to be president, and remember mitt romney said russia was our number one yeeo political foe, president obama wish he never uttered ttese words. >> when you are asked what is biggest geo mittal threat facing america you said russia, not al-qaeda, you said russia, in 1980s are now calls asking for their foreign policy back, quoalg war has beecoal we're has been over for 20 years. >> >> more obama t

. >>> president mahmoud abbas has already stated, message delivered directly to u.s. president barack obama at that time white house. the two disclosed a framework of negotiations at,. >> their message stand firm and don't yield to any more israeli or white house demands. >> we tell him, don't be intimidated, don't let the arab, american or israeli pressure scare you. all the people are with you. >> welcome president abbas to the white house. >> as abbas sits down for a critical meeting with president obama, who will deliver a draft framework that the u.n. hopes for a deal. >>> territory occupied by israel since 1967, through land swaps, israel could keep most settlements, palestinians would be compensated with with equal land elsewhere. after 20 years of talking they have given all they can and in that time, they say israel has continued illegal settlement building. they would rather see talks collapse than yield to any more demands. including the latest condition by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. he does want a recognized can palestinian state. jerusalem

. >>> happening today, president obama continues middle eastern peace talks with mahmoud abbas. the u.s. set a deadline for a peace agreement between line and your. experts say the countries couldn't be further apart on key issues. they disagree on the status of jerusalem and border security. president obama held a similar meeting earlier in the month with israeli prime minister benjamin met andia huh. >>> still no sign of that missing jetliner. >> as wendy gillette authorities are now certain the plane disappearance was a deliberate act. but they're no closer to figuring out where it is. >> reporter: the search of land and water for the missing jetliner is beginning to take shape this morning. usa's prime minister says he send a request from ma laboria to take charge of searching the southern indian ocean where the plane may have disappeared. >> all of our agencies that could possibly help in this area are scouring their data to see if there's anything they can add to the understanding of this mystery. >> reporter: the southern area is one of two potential routes officials beli

president obama peet meet with h palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. >> good to have you with us. >> thank you for having me. >> discussion about peace in the middle east. what was the prime minister, what was the main message he was trying to convey today? >> i think there's an anticlimax, ukraine was dealing with the anticlimax. mr. abbas scheduled trip in the next week or ten days, it was supposed to draw the president into this process. now what is this process? the process is a framework that john kerry has been working on, asking both sides to subscribe, if not ambassadors -- endorse at least subscribe. what mr. bowm is going to do, each is going to say that the other is being recalcitrant and intransigent and reluctant and stubborn. and this was showmanship. this trip, this visit, i mean mr. netanyahu came for the apac annual policy conference. it was not just a drop-by at the president's. i think both sides are going to have to sign at some point the -- or at least subscribe to the kerry framework, that piece of paper that none of us have seen until now. but to tell yo

. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas is facing some tough choices today.hite house with president obama. the u.s. is pushing for the palestinian leader to accept a framework for continuing negotiations with israel. but reportedly a key sticking point is palestinian recognition of the jewish state. the u.s. has set a deadline for the end of april. >>> this thursday marks the first day of spring but you wouldn't know it if you lived around the washington, d.c. metro area. by the time they head out for work they could see 3 to 6 inches on ground. several districtses have already canceled school for today. scores of snowplows are armed and ready for clean-up. >>> a possible tornado touched down in southern alabama, virtually leveling a strip mall north of mobile. the nasty weather hit early sunday morning, so the stores were empty and nobody was hurt. the heavy wind and rain extended down into the florida panhandle past tampa, knocking down trees and power lines and leaving a huge mess. >>> further north outside of montgomery a rain-swollen creek overflowed an

. >>> president obama urged palestinian president mahmoud abbas to end the steal mate in the middle east peace talks. they met at the white house today before a u.s.-imposed deadline for completing a framework for peace talks. so far, neither the palestinians or israelis seem willing to pudge on talking points. president obama had a similar meeting with benjamin netanyahu. earlier this morning, u.s. forces took control of a tanker seized earlier. >> good evening, bret. about 30 u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s launched the mission from the uss roosevelt, a navy destroyer operating in the mediterranean. the s.e.a.l.s quietly boarded the oil tanker from ridged inflatable boats by sea, surprising the three-man libyan crew a little after 4:00 a.m. local time under a full moon. they did not fire a shot, we're told. it took about two hours from start to finish. the libyans took control of the oil tanker a week ago in the libyan port of sid raw. parked at 18 miles off the coast of cypress, and were trying to sell its 234,000 barrels of oil on the open market. pentagon press secretary rear admiral john kirby

later this week president obama moves with mahmoud abbas. >>> first lady will meet with china's firstuniversity students. first daughters, malia and sasha and mrs. obama's mother, will also make the journey. >>> bill gates is top dog again. "forbes" says he is the richest of the rich. worth $76 billion, to be exact. he is back in first place after four-year slump. a spot he occupied of 15 of the last 20 years. gates' net worth rose $9 billion in just the past year. wow. among the other americans make "forbes'" top list, warren buffett with a net worth of $58 billion. sheldon adelson is on the top ten this time with a worth about $28 billion. >>> pizza hut may soon go high tech and put it right at your fingertips. the pizza chain is working on an interactive tabletop. it would allow customers to create their own pizza, select the size, crust, toppings and pay for it without talking to anyone. then they can play games on the touchscreen while they wait for their customized pie. the plan is to test it out at a few shops before rolling it out nationwide. >> i kind of like it already. >> l

at a white house meeting, he pressed palestinian president mahmoud abbas to make tough decisions. abbas, in turn, made no public concessions, but he agreed on the need for a settlement. >> ( translated ): we don't have any time to waste. time is not on our side, especially given the very difficult situation that the middle east is experiencing and the entire region is facing, and we hope that we would be able to seize this opportunity to achieve a lasting peace. >> woodruff: the president met two weeks ago with the israeli prime minister. secretary of state john kerry is trying to get a framework for peace talks by late april. >> woodruff: wall street vaulted ahead, due partly to relief that things remained calm in crimea today, and partly to strong factory output last month. the dow jones industrial average gained 181 points to close at 16,247. the nasdaq rose 34 points to close near 4,280. the standard and poor's 500 was up 17, to finish over 1,858. more international investigators have arrived in malaysia, to help search for a missing jetliner. the search area now stretches fro

> with the diplomatic deadline approaching, the president will meet with palestinian president mahmoud abbasfice just about an hour from now. u.s. officials once hoped for an israeli-palestinian peace deal by the end of april but have scaled back their ambitions and are now urging the two sides to sign on to a framework for a final round of negotiations by the end of next month. joining me now, david sanger, chief washington correspondent for "the new york times." thanks for being here. so what are we expecting will come out of this meeting if anything? there's still a lot of major sticking points. >> there are, and, of course, the president, you just saw prime minister netanyahu visit two weeks ago. i think he wants to show he is directly engaged in trying to move both sides on this. now this is a risky strategy that they are trying, which is to have the u.s. put a framework out and, of course, the initial reaction from both the israelis and palestinians will say there's too much to give in here. but if they don't put a framework out, then you're stuck where we've been for the past five yea

this monday with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. abbas has said israel can show it's called seriousness going forth with prisoner releases is get the latest now from jerusalem correspond theorists montclair prisoner releases but of course that's not the only sticking point that even in those negotiations it seems. this month he went after that and it was most enthusiastic about. easily convert her and not on the high seas. it reads that time period has been pushing almost nine months now scientists tend to agree to a friend. granted he's pretty foliage and has his plan today the sower and the palestinian president meeting with american president barack obama praised his consistent denouncing violence. his commitment to the political crisis. but as a motif to the israeli prime minister it's time for the tough choices. i'm not sure from what we hear from the countries namely israel in may but as it was really nice twists moved here years mom of many thanks for that update from jerusalem pollution and parents is the support weren't on

later this month president obama plans to meet with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. >>orning, dozens of college students in the south bay will ditch the classroom and board buses for sacramento. students from both san jose city and evergreen valley college headed to the state capital. they want community colleges to offer students four-year degrees. the trip is part of the annual march in march event where thousands of students from across the state head to the capital to call for more support for public education. >>> if you are headed to the beach, they own a popular bay area seashore is closed off this morning all to protect baby seals. point reyes will be closed until june. it does include a popular kayaking spot. the national park service says that the closures are to protect harbor seals who rest in the area to give birth to their pups. >> sounds wonderful. how is the wonderful for pupping? we'll check with christina. >> i don't know what they prefer. but hey, it is going to be nice out there because we do need this rainfall very badly. as we head throughout the n

an important meeting at the white house today between president obama and palestinian president mahmoud abbaso talk about the middle east peace process, now seemingly stalled again. the u.s. wants israel and the palestinians to agree to a framework for new talks. abbas has made clear he objects to some of the provisions, including recognizing israel as a jewish state. >>> at ft. bragg today, a former top army general expected to admit to some charges in his sexual assault court-martial. defense lawyers say that brigadier general jeffrey sinclair has agreed to a plea deal with the army dropping the most serious counts against him and will not require him to register as a sex offender. sinclair had been accused by a female captain of forcing her to commit sex acts, but there were questions over whether there was enough evidence to prosecute. >>> pakista's military may be the beneficiary of u.s. troops leaving afghanistan at the end of the year. the "washington post" says military planners are considering giving pakistan some $7 billion of armored vehicles and other equipment, giving pakistan ad

kerry currently meeting with mahmoud abbas the palestinian president now the first time in fifty days. gaza's border with egypt is to be reopened on saturday so says the ruling hamas meanwhile israeli navy ships opening fire on two palestinians smugglers is smuggling vessels off the gaza coast military says the boats responded coming from egyptian waters. this is now official the head of egypt's military expected to resign from the cabinet so he can run for president state media reporting. field marshal of delphi to lcc the meeting with military leaders to announce that he's stepping down as defense minister. one of the money on it. more objects cited in a remote corner of the indian ocean malaysian and australian authorities hoping its debris from that malaysian airlines flight which went missing eighteen days ago. and. the french operate its excellent i dislike the film someday one hundred and twenty two potential all text and forty square kilometers on. and why wouldn't it be. the objects matchup between one and twenty three inches in length and line it's all exams already sponsore

palestinian president mahmoud abbas gets his turn two weeks from now. the goal -- lock in a two-state solution to the centuries-old struggle, and do it by the end of april. if that sounds like a tall order, that's because it is. the president has said the window is closing for a viable two-state solution and even puts the odds of success at less than 50%. but secretary of state john kerry is digging in, saying failure is not an option. kerry speaks tonight at the annual policy conference of the american/israel public affairs committee, apac, which is going on all day. now, you may remember, apac recently took on the white house and lost, bidding against a diplomatic pact toward a long-term nuclear agreement with iran. senator john mccain addressed the group, weaving together a narrative of an m.i.a. administration when it comes to exercising force in russia, syria, and in iran. >> i believe the iranian people can have access to peaceful civilian nuclear energy, but that doesn't require an industrial unit uranium enrichment program, a heavy water reactor

president obama meanwhile hosted palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas sunday in a bid to convince them to accept israel's partial annexation of the occupied west bank. obama and secretary of state john kerry are trying to obtain a framework agreement between israel and the ta before a deadline of next month. it is widely believed john kerry's plan endorses israeli goals of holding onto a israeli settlement blocs and other valuable land. obama said both sides will have to compromise on the path to peace. >> as i said to prime minister netanyahu when he was here a couple of weeks ago, i believe now is the time for not just the leaders of both sides, but also the peoples of the site to embrace this opportunity for peace. we will have a lot of details we will have to discuss stop it is very hard and challenging and we are going to have to take some tough lyrical decisions and risks -- political decisions and risks if we are going to move it forward. my hope is we can continue to see progress in the coming days and weeks. >> president abbas is also ming has to recognize israel as a jew

begun when israel killed three members of islamic in an airstrike on tuesday palestinian president mahmoud abbas criticized israel's actions but equally condemn islamic its response. one of whom are due to on weekends and the aggression in the military escalation in all its forms including the rockets. we stress that we will continue efforts to find a practical and political solution. that achieves peace and stability in our region will grow up to us. for its cars have maths which rules the gaza strip puts the blame for the escalation squarely on israel. the israeli occupation is fully responsible for the escalation taking place but it started with the execution of three members of the islamic unleash your urine that the palestinian resistance is defending itself by confronting these crimes. in the garden. the latest flare up comes as a delicate touring with difficult us and israeli palestinian peace talks are ongoing a new search area may be opened in the indian ocean that missing malaysian airlines jet. he announced in a short while ago from the white house after yet another lead when cole did

now president obama met with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas in tow at the white house today the deadline is quickly coming up for the latest round of diplomatic talks between palestinians and israelis so little progress has been made artie's arabic correspondent rima hyundai reports. in another time to ensure that the negotiations between the palestinians and israelis are on track president barack obama met with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas at the white house and the meeting which comes weeks before the april deadline to complete a so-called framework for peace between the two parties obama warned that the road ahead would be challenging but it's time for both parties to face the difficult decision but we will make it that there is an opportunity and i think everybody understands the at once what a peace deal would look like. a. territorial compromise both sides based on sixty seven lines with mutually agreed upon swaps. that would ensure that israel was working with those who were. a sovereign state in which. they could achieve the aspirations that they still want i bet it wa

after president obama hosted palestinian president mahmoud abbas. live coverage and center at 8:30 a.m. east turn. the chair of the democratic national committee debbie wasserman schultz will be holding a news conference marking one year since the republican party's plan to rebuild the party. we will have that live at 10 a.m. eastern. >> c-span to providing live coverage of the u.s. senate floor proceedings and key public policy events, and of the weekend booktv. now for 15 years the only television network devoted to nonfiction books and authors. c-span to created by the cable tv industry and funded by local cable or satellite provider. watch us in hd, like us on facebook and follow was on twitter. >> now the senate banking committee holds a confirmation hearing for the nomination for federal reserve vice chairman, and the nominees for the housing department and the national credit union administration. this is 90 minutes. >> [inaudible conversations] >> i call this hearing to order. before we begin this morning, ig want to say a few words about ho

today, palestinian president mahmoud abbas will meet with president obama to talk about what's happening east peace process. there is there's just a couple of weeks left before a deadline expires to complete a framework for peace talks. >>> 8:16. fire investigators in mountain view were searching for the cause of a large house fire. flames were first spotted at 2:30 yesterday morning on fortham way. it took crews about an hour to get the fire under control and keep it from spreading to nearby holes. one man saw the flames, called 911 and then began knocking on neighbors' doors to warn them. >> the flames are small in the beginning and really picked up the pace after five minutes. huge fire. huge fire. >> firefighters say the fire appears to have started in a bedroom and part of the roof caved in. they say no one was home at the time. >>> 8:16. well, joe's cable car restaurant in san francisco may have cooked its last burger but it may open its burger one more time for customers to come in and pick up suva nears -- sue va is souvenirs. today, the owner will let long- time customers come i

. >>> president obama welcomed palestinian president mahmoud abbas to the white house on monday. ks last summer with the aim of reaching a deal by the end of april. but little progress appears to have been made. >>> the city of paris is declaring its one-day war on toxic smog a success. after more than a week of air pollution worse than in beijing, the city made a drastic move on monday. it banned all cars and trucks with even numbered license plates from driving and after 24 hours, pollution levels were deemed to be safe enough for that ban to be lifted. >>> seismologists say aftershocks from monday's earthquake could rattle southern california for days to come. even though early morning trembles took many people by surprised, scientist say a new warning system signals it was coming. here is abc's nick watts. >> reporter: bottles and cans fell off store shelves. pictures fell from walls. glass shattered. local anchors took cover. >> earthquake. we're having an earthquake. >> we did have an earthquake, fairly large one. >> i think the epicenter was under my bedroom. >> reporter: a

palestinian president, the white house putting out a transcript, saying that the president appreciated mahmoud abbas's hospitality on his last trip to the palestinian territory. btw be discussing how to achieve a prince of peace between the -- betweenes palestine and israel. spoke to the media. >> i want to welcome president abbas. thats a year ago this week i visited the palestinian territories. i had a wonderful time meeting with a wonderful range of civil society officials, business leaders, including young people who were inspiring. today, we are going to spend the bulk of our time talking about something that we have been working on for a very long time, and president abbas has been working on a very long time, and that is how do we achieve a comprehensive peace between the palestinians and the israelis? president abbas is someone who has consistently renounced violence, consistently sought a diplomatic and peaceful solution states,ows for two side-by-side, in peace insecurity. a state that preserves the dignity and sovereignty of the palestinian people, a state that allows israel to feel secure

peace talks resume in washington today as president obama sits down with palestinian president mahmoud abbasg a framework for additional talks. president abbas made clear he does object to some of the position. >>> a major concession during the oscar pistorius murder trial. a crime scene photographer being cross-examined now earlier he admitted blood splattered pictures he said he took the day after reeva steenkamp's death were actually taken weeks later. >>> irish brewer guinness pulled its sponsorship of new york city's irish day parade because gay and lesbian groups were excluded. we're always updating the five things you need to know so go cnn.com for the very latest. >>> back now to the disappearance of malaysia flight 370. investigators are focused on malicious intent on the disappearance of the 777. can terror be ruled out? what about our own investigators. what are they being told and what is not being told to them. joining us now is a republican congressman from texas and chairman of the house committee on homeland security. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >>

[inaudible] >> and president obama is meeting with the president of the palestinian authority, mahmoud abbas so talk about the middle east peace process. we'll bring you any updates on the c-span networks. both ukraine and the middle east are likely to be topics at today's white house briefing. you can watch the briefing live on our companion network, c-span. it's scheduled for 1:00 eastern time, that's about an hour and a half away. and you can also share your thoughts during the briefing via facebook and also twitter. >> we're focused on making sure that we can eliminate barriers to getting those networks in place, building out these networks is our priority. so sometimes there are local siting issues, sometimes there are federal rules that might affect how we deploy things or what the lighting might be or the impact on historic sites or the environment. we want to make sure that we are sensitive to those issues. at the same time, we want to make sure that we move forward on deployment because our customers, those who use these devices every day in their lives, depend on having a good, str

those killed in a raid through the streets, they chanted slogans against the palestine president mahmoud abbas. a chief palestinian negotiator is voicing frustration, saying 59 palestinians have been killed by israeli forces in the past six months alone. >> is this a policy of a government that seeks reconciliation and peace. absolutely not. these are deliberate policies to undermine efforts. being excerpted by americans or others. >> that process, back than restarted, with a stalemate and conditioning violence. the resolution that the u.s. was trying to broker was an ever-more elusive goal. >> at least 60 palestinians have been killed since u.s. brokered peace talks began. president obama arrived in europe to attend a nuclear summit. that's not the only thing on his agenda. a commercial jet lands at an airpo airport. >> folk cart or bad taste. >> not a joke. but a newly released radio transmission between air traffic control and a pilot who landed at the wrong airport. the pilot apparently didn't realise his mistake until after the plane touched down in january. the south-west airlines flight

tomorrow he'll meet mahmoud abbas. >> the death of a teenager renewed protests in turkey. >> police in istanbul fired tear gas to disperse 2,000 demonstrators. the protest began after a teenage boy passed away at a hospital. the 14-year-old was critically insured. the boy was in a coma for nine months. two students died in anti-government protests in venezuela, bringing the death toll to 22. president nicolas maduro sent the national guard to san cristobal, where the demons demonstrations began. as paul beban reports, protests have been going on more months, and conditions are growing deeper. >> we are in san cristobal, it has been a flash point for the last five or six weeks. in is where it started, over a sexual assault on a university campus. is it became nation wise about shortages, crime, the right to protest. and now what this has become is a constant battle ground. the street they were on is a residential neighbourhood. there's apartment buildings, low rise buildings and hotels. now it's barricaded on both ends. earlier hen we arrived it was a running street battle. there were t

this is more or less the last hurrah for mahmoud abbas for a peace deal.y if i makes the decision, on the other hand may move the process forward. i don't think it's totally out of the question, but it would be very difficult. >> i was fascinated in the notes for this interview, he's going to be 79. this has been going on since he was 59. in a lot of cases they say time heals all wounds. in the middle east, are you confident that the generation coming up is going to see things differently than the generation leaving? >> i think the issue of old men in the middle east is an important issue, whether it's saudi arabia or egypt or whoever it is, but the next generation is very unpredictable because the way the politics are structured, the next tear of leadership is fairly invisible. i think whoever comes after abbas is going to have a long period in which the israel government will be testing him to see if they have grounds for personal chemistry. abbas has that chemistry to some degree. i think that this puts pressure on both him and the israelis to try and d