the delegates include iran's foreign minister mohammed zarif and his counterparts from the five permanent members of the u.n. security council plus germany. they're trying to come to an agreement on how long restrictions on iran's nuclear program will remain in effect. they're also discussing the process for lifting sanctions against iran. iranian leaders want the sanctions to end as quickly as possible. british foreign secretary philip hammond says delegates still need to tackle key issues. u.s. and other leaders are trying to prevent iran from developing nuclear weapons. all sides have been aiming to reach a final agreement by the end of june. now gene otani from our business desk is here to tell us about what japan's business sentiment is like at the moment. gene? >> james, thank you very much. cheaper oil prices have failed to lift the spirits of managers and japan's major manufacturers. the closely watched tankan survey on business sentiment was flat for that sector for the quarter ending in february. people at the bank of japan asked managers at thousands of companies how they're fe

mohamed zarif says all sanctions must be terminated when it confirms tehran accepted its nuclear commitmentsework announced by iran and six other countries on thursday. a deal is not final yet. a final agreement needs to be in place by the end of june. >>> police investigating a deadly officer involved shooting. friday police were called to a home in regeneral sooep see lakes. the fredricks county sheriff's department says the man inside the house was shot by the deputy and died. wet ear working to find out what led to the shooting. >>> a group of kids face charges after setting up a party in a vacant house. fairfax county police say nearly 40 people were partying at the home on friday night and trashed the place. they have been charged with destruction of property. >>> a hospital in texas denying allegations of poor training by a nurse who contracted ebola. nina pham contracted the disease after caring for a patient at presbyterian hospital in dallas. the hospital says they followed all federal guidelines and acted responsibly to protect workers. pham filed the lawsuit in march. hospital of

representative and mohammed zarif. they met, and stopped only before 6:00a.m. for a little sleep and rest. and the meetings are under way in lausanne. the p5+1 the five permanent members of the u.n. security council and germany have been meeting. foreign minister zarif said there has been some splits no word from the p5+1. everyone says there has been progress, but no deal. what is not clear, if we get an announcement, whether it will be what was originally promised which was a framework deal something the u.s. can take back and sell to congress to stave off the prospect of fresh sanctions. >> so you know the delay that we have been seeing over the past two days does that have an effect on the bigger picture, the main deal that is supposed to be announced by june? >> i don't think it does in some ways because that is still the deadline and the joint plan of action which was from november 2013 runs all the way to june. so things are not going to collapse because of that. but, i think this delay, i think, will have an effect on congress or watching all this and w

mohamed zarif says, a framework was announced by iran and six other countries on thursday.not final yet. a final agreement needs to be in place by a june 30th deadline. >>> we'll find out why a sheriff's deputy shot a man in frederick county. the sheriff's office says the call resulted in a shooting. >>> a group of kids facing charges after setting up a party in a vacant home in fairfax county. the house is on norham drive from the kings town area of alexandria. fairfax county police say nearly 40 people were partying at the home on friday night and they trashed the place. they were charged with destruction of property. >>> a hospital in texas is denying allegations of poor training by a nurse who contracted ebola. nina pham contracted the disease while caring for a patient at presbyterian hospital in dallas. the hospital wants pham's lawsuit dismissed. pham filed the lawsuit back in march. hospital officials say she should have filed for worker's compensation. >>> a woman is alive this morning thanks to the quick thinking of a d.c. firefighters. news 4's darcy spencer has

john kerry and mohammed javad zarif are among those that stayed on. the plan is to get them out of deflation and back on the right track. and we are here with gene on the latest survey on how their feeling. >>> they're not feeling too much. many japanese firms are reporting that prices will rise at a slower pace than the bank's inflation target of 2%. about 11,000 businesses gave their outlook on infligs in the b.o.j.'s latest projection. the price increase is 1.4% a year from now. one-third of the respond don'ts say prices will rise about 1%. 1/5 expects inflation around 2%. officials at the industry ministry say they expect steel production to drop to the lowest level in two-and-a-half years. they announce their estimates for the april to june period and that the demand for crude steel will be 25.5 million tons. down nearly 8%. the lowest level since the last quarter of 2012. officials partly blame the weak sales of automobiles. consumers are buys less cars after a consumption tax. they say the main reason is surplus inventory and they don't think t

. >>> mohamed javad zarif says,. >> we will prove to the world we're kitted to our promises and others are seeking pretext against us. if at any time our national interests are harmed we'll decide how to acts. any time a deal is finalized we'll definitely act. if the other side violates the agreement we'll return to our current level of nuclear activities. >>> supposed arson attack on a building that was supposed to be turned into an asylum center,ing dominic kane reports. >> this building should have been housing asylum seekers in the near future. instead on saturday it was the emergency services that came. the damaged roof shows the voyages of the flames, the damaging started deliberately. >> this crime was a threat to the community of the worst crime. >> the plan to house asigh legal seekers was proposed by the mayor. the far right staged a protest against his plans outside hi house. he spoke of his shock outside the fire. >> we are here for a difficult horrible and sad reason which is unfortunately brought trogli beingstz into the spotlight.litz back into the spotlight. >> growing

you don't get usually get mohammed zarif, penning an op-ed. what was he doing this week speaking to america about yemen and beyond? >> i think what zarif was trying to say the iranian government is interested in a nuclear agreement with the united states point one, point two, that he wanted to in effect show it's not just president obama can reach out to the iranian people. the iranian leadership which by the way doesn't have the support of the iranian people can reach out to the american people as well. but let's also understand here ari, that what zarif is say saying that he resents the role congress is playing in the implementation of a framework agreement that had been negotiated and by the way, he's also sending a signal to the american people that the obama administration is misinterpreting the deal that was struck in switzerland a few weeks ago. >> now you make me wonder what impact all of this will have on the nuclear framework we're trying to work out. >> let's put it this way, i don't even call it a framework agreement. i call it a m

mohamed javad zarif. >> we will hold u.s. government the u.s. president accountable. for the agreements that he will make. but we will look into what the senate adopted to see whether it impinges upon or hin the hib hinders the ability of the president to carry out. >> and hasan rouhani said his country was dealing with war powers and not american lawmakers. >> translator: what the u.s. senate says what the u.s. house of representatives wants what the extremists in the u.s. are pursuing or what america's% mercenaries have nothing to do with our government our our people. our partner is not the u.s. senate, it is not the u.s. howchthowcht house ofhouseof representatives our partner is p-5 plus one. >> west africa nation he struggling with the ebola virus he met with the representatives from sierra leone liberia and guinea. today there are fewer than 43 cases in the region. president obama says the goal now is to fully eradicate the virus. >> now we're focused on a shared goal and that's going getting to zero. we can't be complacent. this virus is unpredictable we have

mohamed javad zarif. >> we need to work together in order to put an end to the crisis in yemen. people of yemen should not suffer from aerial bombardment. we need to find a political solution in yemen a comprehensive political solution leading to an inclusive government. >> zarif also said he supports a ceasefire to get humanitarian aid into yemen. more than 540 people have died since the coalition air strikes began two weeks ago many of them civilians. >>> a u.s. soldier was shot in afghanistan today. as jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon, this is the first u.s. death in afghanistan in nearly four months. >> antonio i have to say pentagon officials have been holding their breath as there hasn't been a single u.s. casualty this year. first days went by then weeks then months then today word came that a u.s. soldier was killed, part of a security detail that was protecting a u.s. diplomat who was meeting with a local afghan provincial governor in jalalabad. a truck pulled up with a man in an afghan uranium who opened fire killing the american soldier and wounding several ot

. >> reporter: arriving back to a hero's welcome mohamed javad zarif returned back to home, the beginning of the end of iran's isolation. >> translator: some think we have to fight the world or surrender to the superpowers. we believe neither of these is the case. there is a third path. we can cooperate with the world. >> reporter: but there are powerful conservative critics of the framework nuclear deal and rouhani reassured them that iran reserves its rights. >> translator: it will be balanced. if the other parties reach their balance iran will too. if they wish to go a different path our nation will have its options open for it. >> opposition to israeli government both see it as a dangerous step in the wrong direction. >> the deal would legitimize iran's illegal nuclear program. it would leave iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure. a vast nuclear infrastructure remains in place. >> but for the negotiators themselves including the foreign ministers who personally spent countless hours in marathon negotiations over the past 18 months, the elusive agreement over iran's nuclear program i

the bottom line on these pathetic negotiations need only google iranian foreign minister mohammed javad zarif'sews conference today. you don't even need to turn the sound on. javad zarif was so happy. he was ecstatic with this deal because iran gets what it wants, sanctions are going to be lifted. now, i know that there's no formal agreement, there will be no lifting of sanctions until iran demonstrates good faith blah, blah, blah. sanctions are over as of today. the russians and chinese will be in there by saturday. europeans by monday. they will be cheating and obama is going -- listen let me tell you what the deal means to america and the world. this deal means -- it's not a deal. this framework means that for the next three months, iran gets another breathing space and the ayatollah khomeini will probably play bad cop to zarif's good cop. they will work us. they play us wonderfully. but we are not going to do anything to impede iran's aggression throughout the middle east for the next three months. money is going to start flowing back in. if there is a final deal it is going to enrich iran,

mohammed zarif tweeted this found solutions, ready to start drafting immediately. president obama is expected to speak on the developments as well. ayman mohyeldin joins us. let's talk about the fact they missed the deadline by two days. which side does that benefit and the indications that this seems to say that iran drew a harder line in the sand and they want sanctions gone? >> that's going to be one of the questions that you get a different answer from depending on who you ask, we've certainly heard some in the united states on this who say the administration was wrong for i am poedsing the deadline because precisely it would strengthen the iranian negotiating team's position. but the truth of the matter is this is actually a self-imposed deadline. not the actual legally binding deadline they agreed to which will be now at the end of june. i think it was more of a political deadline something to allow u.s. and others to come out of the past several months of talks with framework that they can come back and say we're making progress we've made a deal and here's

. >> rose: mohammed javad zarif is here. he served as his country's ambassador to the united nations. he's in new york this week for the summit. he met with secretary john kerry yesterday to discuss the ongoing nuclear negotiations. secretary kerry stressed the importance of a deal saying the hard work is far from over but if we can get there this entire world will be safer. i am pleased foreign minister zarif to this table. this is his 11th appearance. pleased to have you back. >> good to be back. >> rose: much has happened and i am looking forward to having the full conversation not only the nuclear deal but iran and its place in the world and having to do with other countries as well. give us a status report of your meeting with secretary kerry. >> we have made significant progress. certainly people two years ago could not have imagined we could have come this far. it is when you decide to go for dialogue rather than pressure and intimidation -- that didn't work. it was in place for quite some time, all sorts of sanctions

backed saudi airstrikes rock the capital sanaa, which is held by iranian-backed houthi rebels, mohammed javad zarif writes -- "one cannot confront al qaeda and its ideological siblings such as the so-called islamic state, in iraq, while effectively enabling their growth in yemen and syria." on iranian supreme leader sunday, ayatollah khamenei criticized u.s. foreign policy. cook's the myth of iranian nuclear weapons was created by the americans with europeans and others, with the purpose of showing iran as a threat. no, america itself is the threat. the american regime is the greatest threat to the world today with its irrelevant interference anywhere he pleases in the world, without any control, without any commitment religious, or moral. interference the compromises security. amy: nuclear talks between iran and world powers resume tuesday. in somalia, the militant group al-shabab has killed nine people in a bomb attack on a van carrying workers to a united nations office in the region of puntland. the dead include four staff members from unicef. it was the third deadly attack by al-shabab on fore

olivia: my morning must-read comes from iran's foreign minister, mohammed jafar zarif, writing -- so that the purview of their constructive engagement extends far beyond nuclear negotiation and he is talking about a role in iran and goal security right now, which is fascinating because if you look at the cover of "usa today," you will see uss teddy roosevelt intercepting an iranian ship -- or i should say having been sent to intercept an iranian ship. mohammed thezarif rightly points out that the response has been a sunni gulf arab states have come together to form a military alliance in their launching airstrikes, but he wants iran to be part of the solution. brendan: i was thing back to that amazing "new yorker" piece that point out that i ran thought after such irrelevant there would be a possibility of a preparation with the u.s. and that did not happen. what does that mean -- regard was what he says -- that he is taking out space for an op-ed in the "new york times"? what does it mean that he is calling of "the new york times" and saying -- i need to speak to your leadership? "i