mahmoud abbas applied to what israel feared. the international criminal court, a change in strategy for negotiations now at a political and legal international pressure. >> he is forcing today, i am the man who brought you recognition of 138 states. i am the man who challenging washington and tel aviv for ending occupation. >> mahmoud abbas's commitment to negotiations has not always been popular among politicians, especially when people didn't see anything change. he enters the year in office with a strategy one proving popular among palestinians. >> earlier i spoke with mustafa, a member of the palestinian parliament and a former palestinian presidential candidate and asked him if mahmoud abbas had been an effective leader. >> he tried his best had some successes in certain ways. unfortunately in the measure, three areas, he had big failures. first of all, his approach to solving the palestinian issue did not work. maybe not because of him, but israel obstructs in every way. his strategy of building hopes did not succeed. he h

it comes as mahmoud abbas marks a decade in office. stephanie dekker looks apt the highs and lows of the past 10 years. >> president mahmoud abbas is elected to office after the death of yasser arafat the popular leader. it was not ease duby but he had a clear strategy. no to armed resistance and achieving a palestinian state through dialogue. >> he believed if we get our side of the commitment the community would put pressure on the israelis to follow suit. >> so he maintained a mission of talking for peace, domestically he faced problems winning elections in 2006, through a democratic vote but there were conflict through the rival factions. happen as taking over the gaza strip. it was seen as a coup. >> he lost gaza. if it was yasser arafat within minutes you could fly together. travel together go together embrace everybody, and pay everybody and appoint everybody and close the gap. they co not do this -- could not do this. this is in the his personality and there's many influence. >> cardless of the divide they continued with a peac

alongside french president and they include the german chancellor, palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas, russian foreign minister and turkey's prime minister all expected to be here. so are israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and jordan's king abdullah. security, of course, will be very, very tight. a french police source tells cnn that terror sleeper cells have been activated in the last 24 hours in france. obviously, something, some information of grave, grave concern. french officials are planning to use what they're calling exceptional measures to protect everyone. thousands of police officers have formed, plain clothed, detectives, all being deployed across the french capital. french snipers, anti-terrorism officers stationed along the route. law enforcement enforcement officers are ordered to erase all their social media presence. they also must keep their weapons at hand at all times. that is not standard operating procedure here in france to have weapons on you at all times. the french police woman killed on thursday did not have a gun with her is my understanding. let's b

i think we should understand that palestinian president mahmoud abbas has taken this path because the other avenues through which he was seeking to advance palestinian goals, namely the peace process and the peace negotiations with israel are all but dead. the current israeli government is clearly uninterested in the creation of a palestinian state. so that path has been blocked. so we need to under this is an expression of frustration by mahmoud abbas going the international route. >> are you suggesting if i'm understanding you correctly, that the lack of effective action and influence from the u.s. partly drove the palestinians to take this path towards the i.c.c. . >> yes, absolutely. i think there's blame for all parties, but i think the united states shoulders a good deal of the blame given that the united states would serve as an effective broker mediator between the palestinians and israelis. i don't think there's a question that the u.s. failed to do that. it's a situation of close power disparity. the palestinians suffer under an occupies and the israelis hold all the card in

. >> benjamin netanyahu, and mahmoud abbas. marching together arm in around. >> there have been a lot of symbols the west has had to digest the past 6 months 9 months, year from isis a lot of horrible images. that i think, of course it was

palestinian president mahmoud abbas moves to join the international criminal court. saving lives... > convince a big oil company to use this? techknow only on al jazeera america ♪ ♪ >>> our main story here at al jazerra is the court of cassation in egypt has accepted an appeal from the lawyers representing three jailed al jazerra journalists. mohamed fahmy peter guester guester guester and bahar mohamed will now be retried. al jazerra maintains the original trial was flawed and continues to demands their immediate release. well, the lawyers for our journalists have been speaking about the proceedings in the court of cassation. >> we have delivered our defense to the court. and the -- even the prosecute and all the defense asked to review the judgment, our main point that it's illegal to compliment the special court a special case. and this is against the justice against the rules of justice and against prosecution and against the previous judgment for the court of cassation itself. >> the court decided that the appeal is accepted and therefore there will be a retrial. >> reporter: wha

towards the right side mahmoud abbas and in the middle francois hollande arm in arm with german chancellorela merkel. >> this is a unique sight. we have seen this many world leaders circling in france linking arms walking in solidarity and in unity to say no to the bar barity that struck this nation and to join what is at least a million so far and they expect millions more. in the center of your picture, the president of france the chancellor of germany. perhaps the president of mali just next door. the foreign ministers and leaders of western europe. the king and queen of jordan. and as jake pointed out the prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu and in the same row the president of the palestinian authority mahmoud abbas. as the french prime minister said today, we are not just all charlie. we are all police. we are all jews. we are all french today. as the french foreign minister said there is no democracy without freedom and there is no freedom without freedom of the press. this is personal for our community. it was journalists doing an honest day's work who were slaughtered in co

president mahmoud abbas of the palestinians will be there a whole host of people joining in with thisl show of unity is how it's being billed. >> yes a national show of unity, it's interesting the that president mahmoud abbas and benjamin yet an yahoo after netanyahu will be there. and the european leaders trying to display these values that people have moved way from, maybe staying at home it's time to vote, maybe staying at home when it was time to show the idea of freedom quality brotherhood is sensual. >> you have kind of inferred, you ever kind of alluded to the political apathy, if you like that is swing a lot of western europe. without wanting to be too cynical, this is something that then could positively rebound for the like says of ho hollande bombing in the opinion polls and other leaders suffering note just because austerity measures but they are low in the polls and this could rebound positively for them. >> yes it's a possible silver lining but there are large threats also. first of all very sad events that happened this week, in addition to that, potentially try to -- f

that was israel prime minister netanyahu and then just four people to his left mahmoud abbas, the head of the screen right there, david cameron, the british prime minister is there as is eric holder. a little bit of news to tell you about with eric holder. u.s. attorney general eric holder saying this morning that the united states is "at war with terrorists who commit violent acts." that is the attorney general saying that this morning. again, eric holder representing the united states at this rally today. you can see the french president back to the camera greeting some of the other dignitaries and also just yesterday that the prime minister of france not the president of france but the prime minister of france declaring that his country is at war with radical islam. ronan farrow if i can bring you back into this. we don't see him, at least i don't think we see him in the shot right now. tell us about his role over there today. >> it's critical that he's here. earlier one of your guests asked, what concrete measures are on the table on the policy side to try to fix some of those deep

alongside mahmoud abbas we have benjamin netanyahu. a pretty powerful image with these two leaders obviously a very checkered into trouble past. they are now side-by-side in paris. we are seeing a lot of other political leaders as well. the head of the european commission. the prime minister's of spain and italy. we are going to continue looking at these pictures and i am going to turn to my colleague are international affairs editor here with us in the studio. this has a european angle to it. i want to start with you, and ette. we have interior ministers from around the european union meeting sunday. >> i think it is important is that the u.s. attorney general eric holder, turned up with a very important message from president obama. that was that there will be a summit in washington with all allies, all american allies, to discuss how one can strengthen security and coordination in the wake of his attack. as we heard earlier, the big problem has been -- and this has been said as a result of what we witnessed -- a failure to share key

even palestinian president mahmoud abbas was there. notably absent was president obama.previous commitment in india is going to france later this week. he did respond to the criticism. the relationship with france is not about one day or one particular moment. it is an ongoing long time relationship. >> the administration will point outer rick holder did visit paris over the weekend but he too, decided against attending the rally. last time i checked we were at war. i wouldn't send my president where there are international terrorists. this is a global war. >> two lower level officials were at the rally including the u.s. ambassador to france. the white house says the president's security needs can be a distraction at big events like these. >> doug luzader in washington. thank you. days after the deadly terror attack isis is renewing the call to followers to launch the attack in the united states. kelly wright is here with the breaking details. >> heather, good morning to you. america is on high alert because while you were sleeping isis posted a srivideo targeting the u

palestinian president mahmoud abbas has signed a palestinian request to join the international criminalourt7 . >> this comes after the u.n. rejected a resolution calling for a end to the israeli occupation of territories. abbas slammed the resolution -- rejection. israel welcome to the resolution by the un security council. >> we're joined more -- by our middle east correspondent, tania kramer. what can we expect as a response from the netanyahu government? >> mr. netanyahu -- there is a lot of anger in israel about this. israel has tried repeatedly to prevent palestinian leadership, the palestinians from becoming a member of the international criminal court. the israeli prime minister has said that the palestinians as well would have to see consequences, since israel could press war crime charges as much as palestine could. joining the international kernel court is a long procedure, and we could see other things happening with israel and the palestinian authority. >> the palestinians must already be extremely frustrated by the latest dramatic setback yesterday at the u.n. security coun

mahmoud abbas submitted -- to join the international criminal court. we spoke about the reasons behind the summoning. >> this isn't just about the latest -- in favor of the palestine-u.n. draft resolution. it is also about the vote of the french parliament last year, which urged the government to support, to recognize the palestinian state. the discussions will go about the role of the french government at the u.n. it is not just about the latest french -- >> let's turn to the palestinian bid. what can we expect moving forward? >> the palestinians appear adamant in joining the organization. the palestinian authorities will deliver a letter informing the u.s. they will recognize the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. they will apply for the -- to join the international criminal court. benjamin netanyahu said not to accept the palestinian application. he said the palestinian authority is not a state. the reference is to hamas which has joined in a national unity government with the palestinian authority. >> reporting from jerusalem. the high court of cando

the group included palestinian mahmoud abbas and binyamin netanyahu. as paris marched in mourning the investigation continued to unfold. a video surfaced appearing to show one of the gunmen pledging allegiance to i.s.i.l. the shooting of a jogger on wednesday appears to be linked. there's no sign of the suspect hayat boumeddiene. jacky rowland has more from paris. >> reporter: a president and a people. united in their loss. words of comfort for the families who lost loved ones and gestures of support for those who survived. the victims were journalists, police officers and customers of a jewish supermarket. unconnected before now linked by the violent actions of three men. leaders from more than 40 countries stood shoulder to shoulder from the french president. on this day paris is the capital of the world, said francis hollande. people gathered for marches. men and women, young and old united in a wish to reaffirm freedom, equality and fraternity. >> they think it's important to show our support to the people who died during those attacks. and to show

general assembly the state of palestinian - similar punishment in april 2014 after pa president mahmoud abbas fought to join the series -- applied to join a series of conventions. without the money, the palestinians cannot pay the 165 thouds public sec for -- 165,000 public sector please that they employ - police nurses and teachers. the economy's government is dependent. the employees and the money they spend form the economic backbone of the territory. >> a senior palestinian official says israel is afraid. >> the national meeting of this occupation has become the longest in modern history, more than 47 years of occupation is enough. the system of appetite is worse. that is the problem. israel has been impugnive to international law, to the fact that the collective punishment. for the first time they'll be held accountable in front of the international community. if they are sure they are in the courts because they did not commit crime. why be afraid. in 51 days, killing, 2, 070 people, injuring many of whom - so what we are doing is an act - in northern iraq peshmerga forces have been figh

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, mahmoud abbas were among those standing arm and arm with fron tsai hollande. the obama administration is facing strong criticism for not sending a top-level official. attorney general eric holder was in paris for an anteterrorism summit but did not attend the rally. daily news cover, "you let the world down." in a show of solidarity he says he'll travel to paris later this week. >>> and france is mobilizing 10,000 security forces amidst the all-out manhunt for who could be the most wanted woman in the world. hayat boumeddiene. she crossed into syria from turkey on january 8th. new video has also emerged of a gunman who killed four hostages before he was killed by police. video posted to an official isis website, shows ameddy kuhlcoulibaly. officials are also investigating if he and the brothers who carried out the charlie hebdo attack meanwhile attorney general eric holder al qaeda affiliates remain one of he's concerned about small-scale attacks. ron allen joins us live from paris. two things the mood there this morning, especially after this e

you remember on the last day of last year, president mahmoud abbas signed the rome statute the statute that governs the international criminal court but also this declaration palestine asking for the court to be retroactive going back to june the 14th, 2014, that means it would cover the whole period of the gaza war. if you look at the guidelines, this is the policy paper of the chief prosecutor. it says she is obliged to launch initial examination if she gets such a declaration. that is not a formal war crimes investigation, she needs to ask certain questions whether she believes certain war crimes have been committed whether this is serious enough for the international criminal court to get involved or whether national courts are already investigating those crimes. legal experts we've spoken to believe the chief prosecutor will have to start some sort of investigation like that in the coming days unless she changes her own policy. >> mexican families are burying their dead after a heavy shootout in the southern city of apaxingan. after being caught between military forces and a self

. >> with momentum for the independence is growing, mahmoud abbas assigned the application and more than a dozen treaties on wednesday. a day after a stinging defeat in the security council. neither the u.s. or israel are members of the icc but they have reacted angrily to the application. benjamin netanyahu urging the hague-based court to reject the are request. the icc's members decided last month to allow the palestinians to participate as an observer state. if the roadblocks are raise their membership to go through in the next 60 days. >> rescue teams have been towering -- scouring the java sea for wreckage. 20 bodies were recovered. there were 162 passengers. it went down on sunday. there is still no sign of the blackbox. >> coffins marked only by numbers, the bodies inside have yet to be identified. relatives of the victims are giving dna samples. local volunteers tried to comfort them. >> we have been here since the first day. taking care of the family. two cv if we can offer any help. we are trying to comfort them and we accompany them all year long so they will not feel alone. >

mahmoud abbas hopes to bring war crimes against israel. under u.s. law it means the elimination of 400 million in aids to the palestinian authority. president obama hosts the leader of mexico at the white house. the trip coming as the mexican president peno nieto tiles with a number of issues unsolved murders of college students. and a strategy that is not paying off - david mercer reports. >> reporter: it's early saturday and this man opensities tortilla shop. his business is located in one of mexico city's wealthiest areas, he rarely earns $300 a month. he struggles to support his family, and with customers buying fewer tortillas than ever life is harder. >> translation: the minimum wage is about $4.50 per day. it's not enough. we have to pay rent transportation, food school supplies, shoes, clothes, everything we need. the minimum wage is not enough. >> with sluggish growth and a weakened pay load. they need an economic boost. >> it's a message that the mexican president will bring to washington when he meets with the u.s. president obama. economi

we also know the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas will be taking 35r89. and also the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and many, many others. of course, police not taking any chances, covering all angles, and they've been told to keep their weapons on them at all times, rosy, and to stay away from social media. as you and i know, you have g.p.s. enabled on your twitter and facebook, they can track you. so that's a huge concern. but the french police and french interior sounding confident they have a grip on this. >> cnn will be covering this step by step. we'll check back in with you just in a little while this hour, reporting there live from paris. many thanks, as always. >>> the family of the policeman killed during the "charlie hebdo" massacre paid tribute to a man they described as the pillar of their family. he was the first police officer at the scene of the attack. he was shot as he tried to stop the suspects from fleeing. he was a muslim, and on saturday, ahmed's brother called for calm, warning people not to confuse islam with extremists

even mahmoud abbas from the palestinian was there., no secretary of state john kerry, no attorney eric holder even though he was in paris at the time and did have time for appearances on four tv network talk shows, sunday talk shows yesterday. writing in foxnews.com, democratic operative and fox news contributor doug schoen aid i'm quoting sunday president obama morally abdicated his place in the free world. decision to stay at home indead of side by side with president holland, a clear message to the world that obama just doesn't care. a senior official said u.s. security requirement was have be intrusive for the president to show up. ambassador jane hartley, a obama campaign bundler was there and president obama has been unequivocal in his support of solidarity with the french making that unscheduled stop at the french embassy as you will recall on thursday where he signed the book of condolences. emotional remarks in the book and ended the remarks with viva la france. the u.s. has been working 24/7 with french authorities to counte

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from the u.s., british expect david cameron, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as well as mahmoud abbas. we're learning new information this morning about amedy coulibaly, the terrorist suspect who police say gunned down four hostages, four innocent people at a jewish market on friday as well as having killed a french policewoman on thursday. let's get more on this from cnn senior international correspondent jim bitterman, located at the plac place de-la-national, where the unity rally where i'm standing will end later today. welcome. first of all we're learning that coulibaly, this terrorist pledged allegiance to al baghdadi, the leader of isis. tell us more about that. >> well, this is a video apparently that has come out on some of the islamic websites this morning, and in fact, it shows a picture of coulibaly, actually three different scenes of coulibaly posing with his weapons but also pledging allegiance to al baghdadi, the self-proclaimed head of isis, in syria and iraq, and as a consequence, it adds a little bit of confusion to the story in the sense that we have been told up un

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abe met mahmoud abbas in ramallah in the west bank after he released the video of the two japanese hostages. hostage taking should be denounced in light of islamic values. palestinians are united with the japanese people. abe expressed gratitude to abbas and said the japanese government hopes to work closely with the palestinians and middle eastern countries. he also called for jordan's help to ensure the release of the hostages. he told king abdallah over the phone, that japan has pledged to provide $200 million in nonmilitary aid including support for people displaced by islamic state. he add the the militant group shows its cruel nature by criticizing the aid. the country is ready to gather as much information as possible and provide other support. abe made the same request in phone talks with turkish president and egyptian president assisi assisi. they expressed their willingness to help. a spokesperson -- nhk exchanged messages with the spokesperson on tuesday. the islamic state is not motivated by money alone. he said the group is spending a much larger amount every day. he explained

. >>> palestinian president mahmoud abbas is in discussion to call for end of israeli occupation of palestinian territories. the u.n. rejected an earlier draft last week. >> we will go against again to the u.n. security council in maybe a week. the only arab member in the security council we may go again and again and again. we will never be bored in going to the security council until they recognize us. >> myanmar has marked the 60th anniversary, the first time since 1962 that such an event has been held. as erica wood now explains. ♪ ♪ >> just before day break the ceremony marking myanmar's independence from british rule is watched by government officials and members of the public. it's the first time the day has been celebrated in this day since the military took power in a coup 52 years ago. a statement from the president was read out calling for public cooperation, so the government can transition smoothly into democracy. but away from the military parade a skeptical crowd geared gathered and protested for the release of political prisoners the place where myanmar's rulers officially sever

. >> mahmoud abbas turned to the icc after a resolution ending what he called israeli occupation in the west bank which failed to pass. if the resolution have been voted, the u.s. would have had the possibility of locking it as a last resort. it'd not have to do so. it lacked one vote as five countries abstained. >> relations between cuba and the u.s. means cubans wishing to travel to america will be able to apply for visas at an official embassy. for now many go to havana where washington keeps its united states interest section. this report -- >> it is the scene that plays out every day, cubans waiting for hours from a well guarded building. it handles these are requests for those wishing to travel to the united states. >> we are all waiting. >> today everyone has been refused. almost everyone. >> for two years, cubans have not needed government position -- permission to travel. >> we cubans could not travel before. that is not the case. now we are free to come and go. >> the right of every human being to travel and see other countries. >> to spend your holidays somewhere nice. >> the

we haven't seen mahmoud abbas and his cohorts put a fraction of the effort into ending the siege of gazahat continues to kill people there -- children dying in house fires because there's only electricity three hours a day now in gaza in many parts of gaza. instead, they put all of their efforts into this barrage of a u.n. resolution that only shows their weakness domestically and internationally. what palestinians are saying is that, you know, after all of these years of struggle and suffering, they're not prepared to give up their most basic rights for nothing more than a sandwich. if i may, i want to respond to the clip of the was official. i did not catch his name that you played. about how joining the icc doesn't help the atmosphere. i will tell you what doesn't help the atmosphere. was during the summer massacre in gaza when dozens of people were being killed every day by israeli bombs, when entire neighborhoods were being destroyed by israeli shelling. when during that time, the obama administration, president obama decided to resupply the israeli military with bombs that continue

but the french prime minister, mahmoud abbas, has made it clear that france without jews wouldn't be france he said. so he has -- actually to reinforce this idea of a secular republic france where all religions, all nationalities are welcome. and i think that was the overriding message of defiance that we saw in that incredible rally here in paris and around france yesterday. 1.5 million people on the streets of paris here and then 3.7 million, it's estimated, around france as a whole, taking to the streets. saying they wouldn't be cowed by extremism. that we are one people. there was a lot of singing, a lot of french things being flown and there were flags from all around the world. and it really was this sense that france was confronting extremism, saying look we are strong we can cope with something like this. our society is better than these random barbarians, as they describe here, taking to the streets, and causing such carnage. one other interesting thing, lucy, is we were halfway down the boulevard and the french police who have a tricky relationship sometimes, with the frenc

expected here today, including israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas, but this moment really belongs to the people. spontaneous memorials sprouting up in front of "charlie hebdo" offices, in windows. and colleagues and friends still haunted by those moments of terror. mathieu madenian was supposed to be at those offices on wednesday but he had to wait for a repairman. >> when i watch the television and i heard the shot and every bam, bam and every bam i think is one of my friends died. >> reporter: but the magazine will rise again, publishing 1 million copies next week. editor-in-chief gerard biard in london when his colleagues were slaughtered vows to continue. [ speaking a foreign language ] "what do you want us to do besides laugh," he says. "that's the only thing we know how to do, laugh and make ourselves laugh," and chloe verlhac whose husband, the famous cartoonist tignus was killed wednesday and now will raise their four children without him, she told us they would talk about the threats. they knew the danger. "i always supported him in all tha

french president francois hollande locking arms with angela merkel benjamin netanyahu and milwaukee mahmoud abbas, all this as the hunt for the final suspect continues. the empire state building lit in french colors. simpson ended with the show of sailed darety. tracy, what's the u.s. reaction to these terrorist attacks. >> reporter: we're seeing rallies here in the united states. what we didn't see any high-level official the president or the secretary of state, the attorney general who was in france at the time, brand new this hour we're getting reaction from secretary john kerry at a different location saying that this was quibbling that there were others from the united states there from the embassy, our ambassador his assistant secretary of state, fighting back the criticism this morning. also, we're learning what the u.s. will be doing going forward. secretary of state kerry will be in france on thursday for talks about how the u.s. and france can be coordinate tracking suspected terrorists. over the weekend, we learned that the white house is planning a global terrorism summit other countr

there's the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas. we'll cross over now to speak to our reporter. we'll keep an eye on paris. the rally expected to kick off any moment now tell us what's going on in marseille. >> well, like you mentioned a show of unity show of solidarity people here, as well are gathering next to marseille port as a show of defiance to show the world we are a strong, united country. people have telling us a lot of condemnation of the recent killings in paris but clearly behind the slogans we felt and underlying feeling of distrust and fear. the people are starting to question whether communities can actually live together. some people are holding signs saying i am charlie, i am the police and i am jew and we asked them why. they said that as france as jews we feel targeted. we have been in the past. we feel the attack on the grocery store on friday, that's just a sign of what is to come approximate then you speak to a french muslim, and he he says that it is sad that yes there were difficulties in france in the past,

you have mahmoud abbas and benjamin netanyahu in the same line of people and what is the isis video? some idiot with a gun standing in some pathetic apartment by himself. he did so the incredibly vicious people but that image can't compete with what the people of france indeed the people of the world are communicating "todaytoday". >> this march is about unitity. it's about trying to get all aspects of french society aboard. the nicolas sarkozy, the conservative opponent of francois holland. marie le pen. far right groups have flourished and are doing very very well. even though this has been a unity rally, marine lepen was not specifically invited. she was told she could come if she wants. she is not here. she and her national fund colleagues are marching in other parts of france they say, but this is also a very very sensitive moment in french domestic poll ticks. in germany they have been having weekly anti-islamic demonstrations demonstrations. >> one other symbol is i think appropriate. i was discussing this with a leader of the jewish community here earlier today. two of the he

angela merkel, there's david cameron israeli's prime benjamin netanyahu palestinian president mahmoud abbas. they are marching from place de la republique, uniting articles, showing a percentage of solidarity not only to france, it seems but to the whole of the international community. tim, talking about the placards, there have been so many that have been held up, but we've seen a lot of them from we are charlie to others. talk to us about what all that means. >> they all mention liberty freedom, they all repeat the slogan that i might not agree with what you say but i defend your right to say it absolutely. of course, this is the reminder that they want to send to the world, that that right that is here in france to express one several freely, within the law of course, is a hard-won freedom. it was interesting, i was chatting earlier when we were on air to a young philosophy student, who said i hadn't realized until this week how important that was. it's brought it home to me so graphicically. of course i've read about it in textbooks, but now it was being played out this political theory

benjamin netanyahu, mahmoud abbas, and david cameron all playing tribute -- all paying tribute. it is the first time that world leaders have joined forces on the streets of paris to observe a minute of silence. some hours earlier, the vip's are transported to the capitals 's 11th district with security high. some even set aside their historic differences for the day with a common rallying message. >> friends -- france has always been a beacon of freedom for the entire world. today we rally together around france. we are one with the french. we all want the same thing -- freedom. >> the sentiments of the greek prime minister were echoed by his british counterparts. >> the importance of today is to show solidarity with the french people and the french government after the appalling attacks in paris. we are here to demonstrate that we all stand for the values of democracy, freedom, freedom of expression, tolerance. >> a day late with emotion, for many, the terrorists want to to bring france to its knees. instead, they brought europe to its feet. >> the common-law wife of the man be

book ends, israeli prime minister and mahmoud abbas. both marching together arm in arm. >> mike there have been a lot of symbols that the west has had to digest over the past year past six months past nine months, past year from isis. a lot of symbols and a lot of horrible images. that, i think, of course it was highly symbolic event this weekend. at the same time, it certainly does send a message. >> to some terrorists that the west is not going to sit back and fracture. >> symbols are important, but as chris dickey alluded to they excluded marie from the march. >> not a smart thing to do. >> not a smart thing to do. i think there is some layer of tension between united states intelligence and french intelligence. i'm hold that united states intelligence operatives have repeatedly over the pastel several months inquired with france about their handling of internal terrorist suspects. there is a huge amount of criticism, i think internally i've been told about the lack of protection afforded the magazine offices when they have been on a

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas set aside their usual hostility to take part in the rally. the interior ministry estimated the turnout may have reached 1.6 million. french media called the demonstration historic. they said the last turnout of this scale was at the liberation of paris from nazi germany in 1944. similar marches took place elsewhere in france, includeing marseille and lyon. the total number of participants nationwide is expected to top 3.7 million. no major incident occurred at the rallies. more than 5,000 police officers and soldiers were on guard. anti-terrorism security remains at the highest level in the country. >>> an online video has shown what appears to be the gunman who took hostages at a grocery in eastern paris. the clip appeared on a video sharing website on sunday. 32-year-old amedy coulibaly killed four hostages at the deli. he was later killed by security forces. the man in the video claims he's a fighter from the islamic state militant group. he says he's coordinating with the two gunmen who attacked the "c

abe met palestinian president mahmoud abbas in ramallah in the west bank after islamic state released the video of the two hostages. abbas said that hostage taking should be denounced in light of religious values. abe stressed gratitude to abbas and said the japanese government hopes to work closely with the palestinians and middle eastern countries. abe called for jordan's help to ensure the release of the hostages. abe told king abdullah over the phone that japan has pledged $200 million in non-military aid. he added that the militant group shows its cruel nature by criticizing the aid. the king said his country is ready to gather as much information as possible and provide other support. abe made the same requests in phone talks with turkish president, recep tayyip erdogan and egypt president, abdel fattah el-sisi. both leaders expressed their willingness to help. >>> a spokesperson for the u.s. state department has condemned the threats to kill two japanese nationals. jen psaki said in a statement the leaders in washington are calling for the immediate release of the two men. she

. >> at the end of last year you and i focussed on palestine and president mahmoud abbas signing the rome statute leading to the international criminal court have jurisdiction over territory of palestine. at the same time he signed this document to the international criminal court, a declaration. now, this declaration means that he wants the court to look retro actively at what happened in palestine from june the 13th 2014. that's a time period taking in all the summer's gaza war. if you look at the court's open internal procedures and in particular this the policy paper of the office of the prosecutor, when someone files a declaration, she then starts a preliminary investigation. it's here in article 76 on the receipt of a referral or declaration, the office will open a preliminary examination of the situation at hand. these are the words that are in this policy paper. unless the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court changes her own policy she'll start the preliminary examination. that is not a formal war crimes investigation. what it is is her open inquiry to see whe

palestinian president mahmoud abbas also there. once had the largest.net has publiinvited jews living in europe to move to israel. his presence to support the jewish community, shocked by that attack on a kosher supermarket supermarket. >> that's where the hostage taker was shot dead. russia'sphon minister sergei lavrov in paris too, russia is out in the cold so to speak due to the situation in ukraine. for example, it wasn't invited to the recent g7 meeting. nevertheless remember russia has its own internal problems attacks in chech chech and -- chechnya and pakistan and putin is often criticized for silence critics in the russian media. turkey prime minister danatably was cliented here there are some reports europe's most wanted could have traveled to istanbul first and on to syria. ironically,tie has been accused of camping down on free speech in recent years. the message here, the people of france are supported internationally. the u.s. representative has used the visit for what's being called a high-level global anti-terrorism meeting washington ne

i think there are some confusion regarding mahmoud abbas. if we have netanyahu, abbas and all the others, definitely it will be considered as a summit against radical islam. this is what the people understand. >> what after this takes place? certainly this is extremely poignant and powerful, but it has been reported for some time now that this perhaps was coming because we know these extremist groups are recruiting the disenfranchised youth. and with so many, 1 in 10 muslims there, what do you think is going to be the temperature, if you can gauge it, of these groups as they try to go on with their lives? >> well, today, let's put it this way. all people are very happy we have this strong show of solidarity, unity. i think they are the key words. but at the same time, the question is, what next? what next? how are we going to fight against this muslim fundamentalist, this radical islamist? we have many in france. don't forget we have a population of six million muslims. it's one-tenth of the population. of course everybody understand we cann

. >> the application was signed by the palestinian president mahmoud abbas on we understand, they wantpursue war crimes charges against israel. they also want to challenge israeli settlement building, netanyahu held an emergency meeting with his senior minister to his discuss the move. >> translator: expect the i.c.c. to reject the hip cat cal hypocritical appeal of the a palestinian authority first of all because it's not a state it's an entity a alliance with amass which commits crimes. we will protect the israeli defense force. >>> approximately starting her second term as president of brazil by promising to pull the economy out of its four-year slump. at her swearing in ceremony in the capital she also pledge today cut government spending and to curb inflation. and she said, she needed the public support more than ever. v.i.p.s at the air money including the u.s. and chinese vice president, she was narrowly reelected in a run off after campaign to go cut poverty and unemployment. >>> now 2014 was a pretty tough year for afghanistan particularly its economy. the world bank says poli

leaders including german chancellor angela merkel benjamin netanyahu and palestinian president mahmoud abbas. >>> announced mobilization of 10,000 army personnel as the manhunt continues. >>> last night empire state building lit in the colors of french flag dimmed at 9:00. the simpsons ended with this show of solidarity. tracie potts live in washington. tracy, what's for the final suspect in the attack does continue. in new york city, though, last night the empire state building tracy. >> allowed some of these people in europe to easily radicalize, go oversees come back in europe and get in the u.s. fly to the u.s. without a visa. people wondering on the hill if the no-fly list needs to be revisited to keep radicals out of the united states. it's one of the reasons the white house is organizing a global terror summit. that will happen next month. also secretary of state john kerry who is responding this morning to criticism that he or president obama or any cabinet member was arm in arm with those world leaders this weekend. he says yes, we had people at the rally but we'll be doing more. he

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, palestinian president mahmoud abbas. we see the ukrainian president, petro poroshenko. the rgs the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. we'll keep our eyes on these events in paris. we'll let you know as things develop there. >>> is the supreme court getting ready to take up the issue of submerge same-sex marriage. many think the justices have no choice now but to weigh in on this issue. friday the court was scheduled to vote behind closed on five pending cases that could ultimately lead to a ruling on same-sex marriage. welcome to you both. as far as we know -- and we don't know because the court does a lot of things in secret. we think they voted on this on friday. we could get an indication tomorrow morning. brian, is there any doubt in your mind that the court will have to weigh in at some point now that we have federal courts that are split on the bottom line question on the merits? >> i think that both sides of this debate, there is a lot of differences, but i don't see a lot of differences on the fact that the

, german chancellor angela merkel israel's benjamin netanyahu, and the palestinian authority's mahmoud abbas attended a march of some 1.6 million parisians. conspicuously absent, any american official higher than the ambassador, an oversight the white house now says was a mistake. >> some have asked whether or not the united states should have sent someone with a higher profile than the ambassador to france, and i think it's fair to say that we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there. >> and the threat continues. now belgium. swat teams there launched a dozen raids arresting 15 suspected jihaddists at one location. two suspects were killed after they fired on police. the government said some of the suspects had recently returned from syria and will planning to kill police officers. they may have been directed by isis. >> europe entering a new age of terror? pat? >> i'm afraid it is. this attack on charlie hebdo, they came out, escaped, captured the attention of the whole world, went out in a blavesglory. it's going to have a copycat effect on islamists in europe who say th