there's really skepticism about the leadership of mahmoud abbas, particularly because of the failed peace process. my thought is this is likely to last, it is been ambassadorsed by abbas, all the obstacles have been overcome. this is i think a giant step for be the be palestinians. >> still regard hamas as a terrorist group. where does this leave attempts to try restart the peace process? >> i think peace process is dead. and the united states has been very careful to say it won't cut off aid. while it condemns the reconciliation agreement i think the secretary of state or failed seacts john kerry has to -- secretary of state john kerry has to admit that the failed process went nowhere, is this, this is the payment you get for failing. all of the arab states support it, where most of the european countries very quietly support it and that it strengthens the palestinian side of the l terrible. what can we do to the palestinians to punish them? i don't think so it will happen. >> already talked about punitive measures, what measures could they take, do you think? >> well obviously the one c

>> well, first of all, ever since mahmoud abbas forged this alliance with hamas, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been very clear we will not do business with a palestinian government backed by hamas. you have to wonder why we take this position. hamas is an international terrorist organization. we feel that perhaps it was a reason -- for reasons of political convenience, abbas made this arrangement but as a result he sent a signal to palestinian street. it was open season on israelis and the first three to suffer are these israeli teenagers. >> i apologize. i'm tight on time, but let's talk about those three teenagers. i mean, there's going to have to be some way to get this out. do you know specifically about the teen that holds an american citizenship? is it a dual citizenship? >> i have to details on his citizenship, but if someone wanted to communicate with us and say, look, we have these teenagers, we would address that, but we don't have any signals. we have to find them ourselves. we're using our contacts with regional players to find these teenagers and to rescue them. >> g

pope francis invited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to pray. al jazeera's nick spicer has this report from the vatican. >>> you can no longer say peace in the holy land hasn't a prayer. pope francis welcomed the israeli and palestinian presidents for a prayer. prayer is powerful, as the pope tweeted. [ singing ] >> reporter:. >> reporter: jewish, christian and muslim religious leaders read passages from the sacred text. pope francis meant the ceremony to show there was hope. peace making called for courage. it calls for the courage to say yes to encounter and no to conflict. yes to dialogue, and no to violence. yes to negotiation, and no to hostilities. all of this takes courage, strength and tenacity. oh, lord, bring comprehension and just peace to our country, our people and those of the middle east will number the peace, stability and coexistence. >> never will i forget the bereaved families who paid the cost of war. all my life i should never stop to act for peace, for generations to come. >> the israeli prime minister is not here. binyamin

pope francis incited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to -- ib vited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to pray. nick spicer has this report. >> reporter: you can no longer say peace in the holy land hasn't a prayer. pope francis welcomed israeli and palestinian presidents in a meeting to put politics aside and to prove their prayer is powerful. >> translation: jewish, christian and muslim leaders head pass ims from the sacred text. reading the ceremony to show there is always reason to hope. face making calls for courage. it says yes to encounter, no to conflict. yes to dialogue, no to violence. yes to negotiations, no to hostilities, all of this takes courage, strength and tenacity. >> oh, lord bring comprehensive and just peace. and the region to the people and the middle east will enjoy the fruit of peace, stability and coe existence. never would i forget the bereaveded families. all my life i shall never stop for peace, for generations to come. >> reporter: the israeli prime minister is not here. binyamin netanyahu is the real israeli decision-maker but refuses to rz the new unit -- r

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there, greg, because you're talking about israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbase there and each having private meetings with the pope, but as the pope calls for prayers for peace, peres and abbas, i understand they are expected to discuss political developments when they will meet in private after the prayer so what do you think the two leaders hope to walk away with, greg? >> reporter: well, i think they hope to walk away with goodwill. i mean, it's basically they will have to speak for themselves, but at least from the franciscan prayer, this is a prayer break what, we hope is a start for hope, okay. nobody thinks that peace is going to break out because of one day of prayer, but this will get people praying. it will perhaps instill, give some sense of home. we certainly get that idea from the pope, you know, that we need -- we need to do something different from just what we've done up until now because it hasn't worked. >> yeah. you can't get to peace in the middle east without hope to start with, and hope starts with prayer so let's hope that when the jewish

incident have simply been impossible to make sense of i mean we heard before that he says this is mahmoud abbas's responsibility the responsibility of the p.a. well it happened an area see where the p.a. is not allowed any presence no security control and no civil administration they are simply not there it's no more the responsibility of the p.a. than any other government in the world. so in terms of the things netanyahu is saying i'm not necessarily the one to make sense of them for you my apologies thanks for your thoughts so thanks for the program and good to get new people of the show here thinking about your character in the literal and. now the gap between yes no vote some scottish independence is closing a recent survey shows nearly half of all scottish families are divided on the question one of the key issues in the debate pensions many claim the elderly would be worse off for the post yes scotland independence come pain around just millett gave us his view on the bat. protection that's pensions and welfare payments actually take up a proportion of our national wealth at the moment then

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas, are palestinian security forces are helping for the search for three missing teens. that has drawn some criticism from hamas who says anybody who criticizes what they call the resistance is harming palestine and harming the palestinians. the two groups are not necessarily name-calling at this point but tensions are clear. all the while the israelis maintain they believe hamas took the three teenagers. the blow back across the palestinian territories across the west bank is focusing on hamas. >> jane ferguson reporting for us from the west bank. we'll continue to watch that. >>> on violence in this country, crime and punishment when it involves young killers. on this week's episode of the system by joe berlinger, life sentences without parole for miles an hour. >> flint, michigan consistently ranks as one of the most violent are areas. during the ensuing trials, there was conflicting testimony as to which of the juvenile offenders actually shot and killed mr. nettles as he tried escape. but one of the juveniles joe ann was convicted of the murder. >> wh

direct blame by the israeli government towards up in himself towards mahmoud abbas the president of the palestinian authority which to me sounds strange because if you blame the head of the forces that assist in this effort i'm not sure it's going to be helpful to the rescue efforts with the palestinian side denying it yet you know you still keep keeping up with accusations at the same time we're just talking about this so offshoot of isis they say they've got something to do with it is that claim being taken seriously in israel tonight i can't say it's been taken seriously at least not by the israeli government and look hamas has a record of kidnapping of attacking israeli civilians it's only a fair assumption by many israelis that hamas might be behind that particular kidnapping as well unless proven otherwise but having said that they deny it but more so to say that there is no difference between mars and hamas and to say that isn't is responsible again when forces are aiding israeli forces in the. effort to locate the kidnapped teenagers i'm not sure that's very helpful do you have

three missing israeli settlers that went missing 2.5 weeks ago in the west bank, he is holding mahmoud abbas responsible for that. >>> jane ferguson in jerusalem. >>> activists have compiled a lift of 7,000 rebels killed in fighting since january. fighters from al nusra front are fighting islamic state of iraq and levant. infighting has been escalating since early this year. >> the egyptian government is cracking down on sermons in the month of ramadan. preaching during the month of fasting will be monitored. they are restricting recruitment by muslim brotherhood, which is designated a terrorist organization. it bans 12,000 religious leaders preaching whether or not they are associated with the muslim brotherhood. it bans friday prayers at thousands of smaller mosques. state-sanctioned religious leaders will be able to preach >>> it's been a year since protesters took the streets in egypt against mohamed mursi. it triggered a coup. three days later that ocurt. >> reporter: unprecedented in sides and scope. this was how the opponents of president mohamed mursi described mass protests staged t

in the same comment binyamin netanyahu said he held responsible for the rocket fire, mahmoud abbas, because he formed a unity government with hamas earlier this year. that is something that insensed the israelis. it's very much in keeping with the rhetoric coming from binyamin netanyahu at the moment. he wants to keep up the pressure on that unity government, and is saying so, that anything that is happening now, the rocket fires as well as the three missing israeli settlers that wept missing 2. -- went missing 2.5 weeks ago, he's holding mahmoud abbas responsible for that. >> jane ferguson in jerusalem. in syria there has been ipp fighting between factions. activists say they compiled a list of rebels. fighters from al nusra front in northern syria are fighting islamic state of iraq and levant. ipp fighting lass been -- ipp fighting has been escalating. ukraine's president is trying to keep a peace plan on track. the e.u. warns that it's ready to impose sanctions on russia. three ukrainian soldiers were killed in fighting with separatists in the east. residents find themselves caught in th

mahmoud abbas swore in ministers as part of a deal signed by hamas and the plo.enior lawmakers are reluctant to send aid. israel refuses to hold peace talks we have this report from ramallah. >> it's the first palestinian national unity deposit to be formed since the one mahmoud abbas dissolved seven years ago. the political risk between fatah and hamas started when they took over the gaza strip, and became so wide it took this long to form another unity government. >> this government, as with previous governments, will commit to the observations of the palestine observations. the agreement signed and approved. >> selecting ministers acceptable to both groups was complicated. concessions ensured a government of techno accurates were selected. >> i'm standing down from my role. i'm not abandoning the responsibility. it will remain serving the people wherever we are, within the government, outside the government. we'll continue to serve the people of pap stin. national -- palestine. national reconciliation is demanded by all palestinians. they have been choked unde

the missing israeli settlers that wept missing 2.5 weeks ago, he's holding palestinian president mahmoud abbas responsible for that. >>> jane ferguson reporting. today in tel aviv a rally in support of the teens that have been missing for two weeks. israel named two hamas leaders in the kidnapping. israeli troops have arrested hundreds of palestinianians, and says it's a necessary part of the search. palestinians call it collective punishment. the egyptian government is cracking down on services. they passed a statue mop forking preaching during the months of fasting. recruitment by the muslim brotherhood, designated a terrorist organization. it banned 12,000 religious leaders preaching whether or not it was asserted with the brotherhood. praurs at smaller -- praurs at smaller mosques, and praeching through the holy months. al jazeera demand the release of our jourptists in e -- journalists in egypt. they have been in prison for 183 das. peter greste, and mohamed fadel fahmy were given seven years. baher mohamed 10 years. they were accused of helping the oud load muslim brotherhood. al jazeera

mahmoud abbas. instead of political speeches, there was music. prayers were read by religious leaders from all three main religions. pope francis has said in the past that he believes in the power of prayer to change everything, including the situation in the middle east. invitation to religious leaders to join him in prayer at the vatican came as a surprise during his visit to the region two weeks ago. that trip was full of symbolism. francis pradip western wall in jerusalem. at the western wall in jerusalem and at the barrier between territories. many believers in rome say they hope the popes concern to heal the wounds on both sides and his believe in reconciliation despite the problems of the past will give a boost to the stalled peace process. >> there is so much hate but i believe francis can find a new approach. >> francis is not the first pope to get involved in the middle east conflict. but his simple, humble style might help him gain success. is due to hold talks with both the israeli and palestinian leaders after the joint prayer sessio

. >> in an phone call israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling palestinian president mahmoud abbas that he expect his him to help in return of the three kidna kidnapped teenagers. >> they are going historica hysterical. they came to the house and threw three stun grenades towards the house while people were sleeping inside. >> the teenagers were last seen hitchhiking near the settlement where they live. >>> russia cutting off all gas supplies to ukraine after kiev failed to settle it's debt. russia says now ukraine has to pay up front. >> they have effectively said if you want gas you have to pay for it now, and you have to pay for it up front. it's the result really of fruitless negotiations in have been going on for weeks. we had talks in berlin, brussels. russia even though it was willing to extend the deadline to pay was not willing to lower the price below $338 per cubic meters, and now russia has run out of patience and told ukraine it will only receive gas it has paid for up front and warned europe about its supplies as this lumbers on. now there is one mitigating factor whi

he's also asking palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas to quote "do everything to help bring them back in peace." ryan chamberlain. once the focus of an intense f-b-i manhunt. is set to be arrained tomorrow on bomb and gun charges. he was indicted last week on allegations he was trying to build a remote-controlled bomb. additionally. chamberlain was also charged with possessing a handgun without serial numbers. authorities arrested him earlier this month at crissy field. after bomb making materials were discovered at his apartment. chamberlain faces up to ten years in prison if he's convicted. san francisco police are warning the public about a new i-r-s scam. police say people who are pretending to be i-r-s agents. are telling victims they owe large amounts of money in back taxes. additionally. the scammers say the victims will be arrested if money is not paid. one recent victim sent 800- dollars on a pre-loaded debit card to a scammer. anyone who may have been a victim of this scam should contact the south san francisco police department. it's a more dangerous time to be a

. >> a palestinian many government was swosh in today, mahmoud abbas, are israel's prime minister quickly rejectnegotiations with the new deposit and set essential against the palestinians. >> the phrase out with the old and in with the new isn't so great for everyone. coming up why street fighters in hong kong are fighting to keep the tradition alive. the performance review. that corporate trial by fire when every slacker gets his due. and yet, there's someone around the office who hasn't had a performance review in a while. someone whose poor performance is slowing down the entire organization. i'm looking at you phone company dsl. check your speed. see how fast your internet can be. switch now and add voice and tv for $34.90. comcast business built for business. >> welcome back totion al jazeerto al jazeeraamerica. i'm stephanie sy. questions surrounding a u.s. army sergeant after he spent years in afghanistan. bowe bergdahl was the only prisoner of war known. to get him back the united states exchanged five be al qaeda prisoners held in guantanamo. >>> president obama will be in polan

. >>> also just in to nbc 10 news, palestinian president mahmoud abbas has condemned the kidnapping ofe israeli teenagers and condemning the subsequent arrest of palestinians by israeli forces. the three teens went missing thursday night, apparently while hitchhiki hitchhiking. they were near a israeli settlement on their way home from school. there have been around 80 arrests of palestinians so far, including sean yore figures in hamas. >> israel willct and always under its province and always under our control. to bring home the three kidnapped teenagers. >> hamas denies kidnapping the teens. the crisis escalated tensions between israel and the new palestinian government which is headed by president abbas but backed by hamas. >>> vice president joe biden will visit the u.s./mexican border this week, it comes after hundreds of children have been trying to cross the border without parents. officials say the vice president will meet with leaders from guatemala, el salvador and honduras on friday. those countries are where the most children have been coming from. >>> crews rescued a 70-y

this will be one of the greatest challenges to the unity government, yet president mahmoud abbas gave a statement yesterday when in saudi arabia, and clearly felt under enough pressure to defend his position and fatah's position on this, which was that their cooperation with the israelis to find the missing teenagers was what was needed. he criticised in condemned the missing teenager situation, saying that those that took them. anyone that took them were damaging the palestinians, and called for them to be released and said they are, afterual, human being. that will not go down with hamas, who said anyone that approaches resistance, they are arming the palestinians. no major fall out, but detentions are clear. jane ferguson reporting from ramallah. >>> still to come on al jazeera da dash... >> i'm kath turner, five years ago the venezuelan mining sector was booming. today they say the government abandoned them. the industry is dying. the industry is dying. >> challenges faced by india's the performance review. the industry is dying. >> challenges faced by india's that corporate trial

he's asking mahmoud abbas to, quote, do everything to help bring them back in peace. >>> we're learningrning about the investigation into the disappearance of american soldier bowe bergdahl who you know was held captive by the taliban for nearly five years. a two-star army general has been tapped to lead the probe. since his release last night, soldiers accused bergdahl of being a deserter. earlier this morning, cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr shared new details about the investigation. >> reporter: that two-star general will begin working on that fact-finding investigation. it raises the question is bergdahl himself about to face those questions in a legal framework? what we are told that is that will happen. whether it happens this week or in the coming days, nobody is setting the date for it yet. now we have that legal process put into place, and when he does undergo that questioning, we are told he will be advised of his rights and will be offered counsel. >> bergdahl is currently being treated at a medical facility in san antonio. >>> do you remember the controversy last y

pope francis invited mahmoud abbas and shimon peres to pray in a bid to revive hopes for peace in the middle east. >>> up to 125,000 people died from snake bites around the world each year. many more are saved by an injection of antivenom. that is available in hospitals. researchers in calvia are working to -- california are working to change that. jacob ward reports. >> the west enjoys privileges, none so extreme as its insulation from the danger of death by snake bite. >> we don't have a lot of venomous snakes that we are concerned about. the most potent example is my son has a pet snake. this is our pet copying snake. if you saw the snake in india you would be scared, or anywhere in south-east asia or anywhere in the world. >> in northern california, the worst snake i will encounter is the only indigenous ven mouse species. i'm within moments of hospitals, any one of which could deal with the situation. there are only a couple of fatalities from snake bites in a couple of years. in the rest of the world it's a death sentence. the world health organisation statements 2 billion snake

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now, the palestinianian prime minister mahmoud abbas came out strongly saying several times in the last 24 hours in statements that he condemns any kidnapping, if that's what happened. that they don't think this is a good thing for the palestinians, and that the palestinian security forces are cooperating with the israelis to bring back the teenagers to find out what happened to them. hamas have not come out and criticised fatah for that. they have made statements saying that anybody who opposes what they call the resistance are arming palestinians themselves. so far the mud slinging has not been intensified. they are not falling out or name calling one another between fatah and hamas. clearly there'll be tensions. >> jane ferguson reporting from ramallah. >>> 31 bodies have been removed from a mass grave in a mexican state of vela cruz. investigators made the discovery on a ranch. the state has been at the center of years of a drug cartel and violence and attacks on migrants. adam raney reports. >> reporter: the scene where dozens of bodies were upearthed, several graves found on this

. >> when mahmoud abbas loses a son, then he will understand my pain. and then he will also finally do something. nothing can bring back my son. >> nearby, recent days have been dominated by arrests of israeli soldiers, but they have not dug up any trace of the missing israeli teenagers. night after night, israeli troops have scoured the city unopposed by palestinian officers. >> our government cannot protect its own people. every night, the israelis come and arrest people. the situation here is bad. there's no work. the factories are closed. many people have lost trust in the authorities. >> political leaders candidly call israel's actions a targeted campaign. >> this israeli military action has the aim of creating chaos, provoking infighting, and putting the palestinian leadership under pressure. >> the crisis is indeed putting pressure on the unity pact between hamas and abbas' fatah. abducting the three teenagers but has not come forward with proof. hamas has neither confirmed nor denied the accusations. >> they have signed a clear political reconci

palestinian president mahmoud abbas administered the oath of office to the ministers of his new cabinet. he says they will bring col darety to a people split by seven years of friction. the cabinet brings together members of a faction fatah and islamist group hamas. abbas says the groups' past differences have greatly damaged the cause of the palestinian people. he pledged that his government will try to realize the dream of an independent palestinian state. forces loyal to hamas seized the gaza strip from fatah in 2007. the leaders from the two factions administered separate governments ever since. but in april they reached an agreement to form a unity government. israeli leaders opposed the move. they consider hamas to be a terrorist organization. palestinian leaders' ability to work in unison will be put to the test. one of their first challenges will be organizing presidential and parliamentary elections. >>> a u.s. state department spokesperson says the u.s. plans to work with the new unity government. jen psaki pointed out that none of the cabinet ministers seem to be affiliated w

. >>> pope francis is leading an historic prayer at the vatican where he'll be joined by mahmoud abbaswell as israeli president shimon peres. it follows a middle east tour where he invited the lead erts to the vatican, and he found nick spicer. >> good morning, and thank you for being with us. vatican officials insist there's no political agenda. what is it expected to accomplish. >> you're rite to the extent that the prime minister of the rail binyamin netanyahu, who is really the decision-maker on the israeli side when it comes to peace process is not prement. there's not a lot of politics taking place here. there's a lot of symbolism that the pope hopes will be useful. he tweeted before the meeting that prayer is powerful. and the vatican spokesperson said that the idea is to give people hope in the idea of peace once again. so the bringing together of the palestine and israeli presidents is really something that the pope decided to do six to bring the pope back to the holy land, including a lot of christians. there'll be some christian holy text read today. obviously the pope will

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas says he wants to talk but hasn't found a way to dominate palestinianolitics enough to give him real authority with the israelis. the vatican characterizes the prayer service as an attempt to open a door that's been closed for some time. pope francis may not be intervening in the political process but often holds the key. cbs news, rome. >> all right, justin another picture perfect day fort us. liking these weekends. >> something about the weekends lately, yeah, no complaints. pleasant, humidity not quite there yet. and warm. warmer forest of the weekend. a good place to be is at the shore. temperatures starting to warm up a bit. water temperatures starting to reach the mid and up are 60's so starting to allow the air temperatures to move up. 70s this evening, ocean city, nice looking evening throughout the jersey shore or even down delaware beaches through the rest of the weekend. look at the temperature change over the past 24 hours. we are warmer now, good five to 10 degrees for the inland spots so that warmer air mass is beginning to build in today

israeli president shimon peres and mahmoud abbas were seen joking. >>> hundreds of children are crossed into the country illegally hasn't spent the weekend sleeping on plastic boards, mostly from honduras were flown in from south texas sleeping under foil blankets while waiting for medical checkups. the influx overwhelmed border patrol. they will be transferred to other states eventually. >>> hillary clinton's new book comes out tomorrow called "hard choices" a prelude to a possible run for the white house and comes as an abc news poll reveals strong support for clinton as a candidate. seven in sen testimonies say they'd back clinton if she runs for president in 2016 and 67% of americans polled see her as a strong leader. diane diasawyer sat down with h to ask when is she going to make a decision about running? >> i just want to kind of get through this year, sign book, help in the midtemperature election in the fall and take a deep breath and go through my pluses and minuses about what i will and will not be thinking about as a make the decision. i will be on the way to making a decisi

mahmoud abbas condemned kidnapping and says today there's no evidence to support the claim of hamas's involvement. as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said in a tv interview today a recent unity dole undermined hamas's credibility. >> you can't have it both ways. you can't talk about peace with israel and being unity government with hamas who kidnaps teenagers. you can have one or the other not both. >> in egypt today secretary of state john kerry met with newly elected egyptian president al sisi and egyptian foreign minister. united states has been urging egypt to moderate its policies. yesterday a court condemned to death leader of muslim brotherhood and 182 of its members. earlier this month the united states agreed to send an additional $572 million in military aid to egypt. this is on top of the $200 million in economic aid already delivered this year. the united states suspended military aid egypt. in his first interview since house majority leader kevin mccarthy told fox news today he has no plans to push for any immediate immigration reform. >> i'm on record saying no

began during his recent visit to the middle east, as he hosts palestinian authority president mahmoud abbassraeli president shimon peres for a special vatican prayer meeting. francis says he believes prayer is a key element in the peace process. earlier in the week, he renewed calls for peace in syria and criticized what he called a "globalization of indifference" which has numbed people to the ongoing violence and humanitarian devastation caused by that conflict. >>> meanwhile, francis raised eyebrows with some comments about families. he blamed a "culture of well-being and comfort" for convincing some married people not to have children. he lamented that some people think it's easier "to have a puppy or two cats" rather than children. instead, francis said, "fruitfulness" should be a pillar of christian marriage. >>> prayers and remembrances were held around the world this week to mark the 70th anniversary of d-day in world war ii. on june 6, 1944, allied forces invaded the french coast of normandy, an event that ultimately led to the defeat of nazi germany. thousands of allied troops die

it began with a warm embrace between israeli president shimon peres and mahmoud abbas, the presidentf the palestinian authority. then with the pope and the leader of the orthodox christian church bartholomew, they went to a carefully choreographed service in the garden where they heard prayers from the jewish, muslim and christian faiths. each leader spoke, the pope saying peace calls for more courage than war. peres told the group even when peace seems distant, we must choose to bring it closer. and abbas parade for safety and stability in the region. then they all exchanged a sign of peace. this was broadcast live all around the world because the pope hopes it is these pictures that will push the people of the holy land to ask their leaders to end this conflict. lester? >> anne thompson in rome for us tonight, thank you. >>> when "nbc nightly news" continues on this sunday, inside the courtroom of a tough-talking judge whose hard-nosed approach often keeps people out of prison. >>> and later, tom brokaw's one-on-one with one american's return to normandy for the first time in 70 ye

the leader of the roman catholic church extended an invitation to shimon peres and mahmoud abbas. he hopes it will create a desire to restart the middle east peace process. the latest with nick speicer from the vatican cementbolic, incredibly symbolic to see leaders coming together in prayer. we see israeli president shimon peres has arrived at the vatican city. he is meeting the pope right now. >> i think he is the first leader slated to arrive and the schedule says 15 minutes later, the mac mood abbas will be arriving and be received by the pope. it's symbolic as you are saying and just symbolic. the pope believes prayer is powerful as he tweeted in the run-up to this meeting. it all began when he was visiting the holy land, went to bethlehem, touched the separation barrier and apparently on the spur of the moment just decided to invite leaders from israel and from palestine to come and pray with him he recognizes the peace process as it's called is broken. spokesmen say this is not a series of negotiations. they are not going to get into the political nitty gritty. this is just

. >>> pope francis has joined israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas to pray for peace in the middle east. it's unusual for the pope to invite political leaders from areas of conflict to the vatican. ♪ the pope welcomed peres and abbas to a session of christian, jewish and muslim prayers on sunday. >> translator: peacemaking calls for courage. much more so than warfare. it calls for the courage to say, yes, to encounter, and no to conflict. >> peace seems distant, we must pursue to bring it closer, and if we pursue peace with determinati determination -- >> oh, lord bring comprehensive and just peace to our country and region so that our people and the peoples of the middle east and the whole world will enjoy the fruits of peace, stability, and coexistence. >> a vatican official says the pope is not seeking to get politically involved in the middle east peace process. but he showed concern over the situation during his trip to the region last month. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is refusing to take part in further peace talks. he strongly i

the pope brought together israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas, the first time the two leaders have met in public in more than a year. pope francis urging both men to respond to calls for peace and there may be signs that tensions could be found between them both with both agreeing that peace and stability was needed in the region. the meeting comes despite the recent collapse of u.s. backed middle east peace talks between the two sides. >>> a fourth degree black belt battling her way to the crown at this year's miss usa pageant. >> and miss usa 2014 is miss nevada. >> miss nevada. nia sanchez winning the coveted title of miss usa. she said in the interview portion, women can empower themselves by learning self-defense. she edged out first runner-up miss north dakota. country stars florida georgia line teamed up with nelly to add some southern swagger to the swimsuit competition. the pageant owner donald trump took the show in. sanchez will represent the u.s. at the miss universe contest. bill karins joins us now. >> she's got quite the -- her resume,

israeli president shimon peres and palestinian president mahmoud abbas were even spotted joking and embracing. francis presided over an invocation of jewish, christian and muslim prayers. >>> hundreds of children who crossed into the country illegally spent the weekend sleeping on plastic boards at a holding center in arizona. the minors, mostly from honduras, el salvador and guatemala, were flown in from south texas. some of them were sleeping under foil blankets while waiting for medical checkups. the influx has overwhelmed border patrol. the kids eventually will be transferred to other states. >>> hillary clinton's new book comes out tomorrow. it's called "hard choices," and it's a prelude to a possible run for the white house. it comes as an abc news poll reveals strong support for clinton as a candidate. seven in ten democrats say they'd back clinton if she runs for president in 2016, and 67% of americans polled see her as a strong leader. diane sawyer sat down with clinton to ask point-blank when is she going to make a decision about running? >> i just want to kind of get through this y

israeli president shimon peres and his palestinian counterpart mahmoud abbas hammered out the first real israeli-palestinian peace accord as negotiators 20 years ago. >> with the blessing shalom. >> peres calls himself an old man who had seen war and tasted peace. and said leaders owed their children a better future. >> abbas prayed to god to bring comprehensive and just peace to our country an region. waiting for that has left people tired and disillusioned, israeli foreign policy advisor nadav tamir says. >> we have to do something about the lack of trust and sinmism. we believe that when the three leaders will send this message it can have an affect on public opinion. >> francis publicly issued the invitation to pray together at the his trip to the holy land but set it up in advance using a back channel. spanish speaking journalist henrique cymerman. >> he's very creative. he knows that the bureaucrat, the bureaucracies, the government, the diplomats, he knows it's very heavy, it takes time. >> henrique recorded this personal request to the pope who called in a tax ni rome to set up t

president mahmoud abbas is presents of all the palestinian people and he's the father of all of us.ts all palestinians all over the world, therefore he must solve these problems as soon as possible. >> reporter: what the gaza workers want seems easy enough. they want to be paid. but the new government, says it doesn't have the money. it also wants to vet the workers before paying them. hamas hired them in 2007 when it took control of gaza. but that could take months. and that's angered the strikers who want to be recognized as state employees. just like these men in the west bank. >> translator: this strike is a protest on depriving 50,000 palestinian families from tear daily bread. they sucher a lot as a result. therefore we started this step as a warning. the general strike is paralyzing gaza. we demand the unity government solve our problems and consider us legitimate employees like the west bank ones. >> reporter: the new government is also under pressure over the disappearance of three israeli teenagers in the west bank. israel blames hamas. hamas and the palestinian authoritie

everything in his power to bring them back safely he also points the blame at the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying he needs to shoulder responsibility particularly in light of the recent palestinian unity government that was formed this unity government is something that the israeli prime minister has criticized repeatedly saying that it is an opportunity that hamas is trying to use to gain a food a stronghold in the west bank as is always the case of course it is the ordinary palestinians who are feeling the repercussions of this heavy handedness on the israeli response side you have border closures you have an increased israeli military presence now in the palestinian territories and the mood on the ground of course is that no one is certain how long this will continue for. ok thank you paula paula slayer live from tel aviv. football's finest are battling it out in brazil at the moment it seems to get ahead you need to hike plenty of it to the french quarter planes it's training sessions have been watched by a spy drone at r.t. dot com you can find out whether it's down to rivals handywor

everything in his power to bring them back safely he also points the blame at the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying he needs to shoulder responsibility particularly in light of the recent of palestinian unity government that was formed this unity government is something that the israeli prime minister has criticized repeatedly saying that it is an opportunity that hamas is trying to use to gain if through their stronghold in the west bank as is always the case of course it is the ordinary palestinians who are feeling the repercussions of this heavy handedness on the israeli response side you have border closures you have an increased israeli military presence now in the palestinian territories and the mood on the ground of course is that no one is certain how long this will continue for. points and asked all news stories after a break. i think. we're going to go digital the price is the only industry specifically mentioned in the constitution and. that's because a free and open process is critical to our democracy albus. in fact the single biggest threat facing our nation today is the corpor

everything in his power to bring them back safely he also points the blame at the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying he needs to shoulder responsibility particularly in light of the recent palestinian unity government that was formed this unity government is something that the israeli prime minister has criticized repeatedly saying that it is an opportunity that hamas is trying to use to gain a food a stronghold in the west bank as is always the case of course it is the ordinary palestinians who are feeling the repercussions of this heavy handedness on the israeli response side you have border closures you have an increased israeli military presence now in the palestinian territories and the mood on the ground of course is that no one is certain how long this will continue for. stay with us we'll be right back after this break. looks. to go to the. show thirty fold can just bend over billion euros in full keypad says to each one to keep the millions of bees with uncle mike still to sell something peaceful to france the trouble in search of a song. we've got the future covered. there's a mediu

wonder where this is going to go now the israeli prime minister's asked palestinian president mahmoud abbas as needed help if must not know to agree to that it would be one step award towards some sort of repression and wouldn't it i guess i think the future depends a lot on the success or the failure to find those three youngsters once they will be found there will be also life will did then there will be maybe also more light on the organization which stands behind it which until now is not very clear that the end of the organization and i think that once they will be found this operation will come to its end because it's an operation without any realistic goal and i think. he and thanks for your thoughts get in even a newspaper reporter on the line from television thank you. of having us russian gas cut off kept looking for new ways to get energy supplies but more on that and more news to you right after this short break. i think right. now i. want to feel. like. a fusing to pay its energy bills for six months kids natural gas supply was finally turned off this last week now as to how al

everything in his power to bring them back safely he also points the blame at the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying he needs to shoulder responsibility particularly in light of the recent palestinian unity government that was formed this unity government is something that the israeli prime minister has criticized repeatedly saying that it is an opportunity that hamas is trying to use to gain a food a stronghold in the west bank as is always the case of course it is the ordinary palestinians who are feeling the repercussions of this heavy handedness on the israeli response side you have border closures you have an increased israeli military presence now in the palestinian territories and the mood on the ground of course is that no one is certain how long this will continue for. more international news stories after the break. they all told me my language as well but i will only react to situations as i have read the reports so i'm letting the players know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your letter play like a monthly sage's a lizard yell a car is on the docket. there

everything in his power to bring them back safely he also points the blame at the palestinian president mahmoud abbas saying he needs to shoulder responsibility particularly in light of the recent palestinian unity government that was formed this unity government is something that the israeli prime minister has criticized repeatedly saying that it is an opportunity that hamas is trying to use to gain if through their stronghold in the west bank as is always the case of course it is the ordinary palestinians who are feeling the repercussions of this heavy handedness on the israeli response side you have border closures you have an increased israeli military presence now in the palestinian territories and the mood on the ground of course is that no one is certain how long this will continue for. their ride where we all will be back with more news after the shop break. plenty it was terrible they come up very hard to take the plunge again a little longer here is a plot that never had sex with the target their lives let's play. lists lists lists lists lists legislative. lists list. of. welcome back now w