mr. john kerry said, hey, the british prime minister said everyone seems to be very hopeful, as far as ian remember, during the past ten years, it is for the first time that every side is happy. there were leaderss that realized that the sanctions is not aiming to a strategic objective and preventing iran from developing its nuclear program and sanctions make the people to suffer and that is the only result sanctions had after ten years and iran, the new iran president promised during his campaign he will definitely do something about the economy. and he knows he can't do anything about the economy unless he does something about the sanctions. >> reporter: and there has been a breakthrough on syria at the u.n., security council could vote later on friday after agreeing on a draft resolution on syria's chemical weapons. it will help a plan to destroy syria's chemical weapons stockpile. >> russia and the united states have just introduced to the security council a draft resolution on the elimination of chemical weapons in syria. it is fully in line with a framework agreement which was reac

secretary of state john kerry. mr. president, as -- [inaudible] sent to investigate the allegations confirmed, chemical weapons were used in syria. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice. in this way, the mission under -- [inaudible] returned to syria to complete its investigations including of the incident. i expect the team to complete its fact-finding activities by next week. i will promptly transmit its final report to you and all member states. at the same time, the international community has a responsibility to insure that these weapons of mass destruction never reemerge as an instrument of war or terror. at the depository of the chemical weapons -- [inaudible] its declarations to implement it on a provisional basis. today's vital decision by the executive council of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons establishes ambitious but realistic deadlines for the verified elimination of the syrian program. given the scope of this task and the continuing conflict in syria, the unit

mr. john kerry said and william hague, everyone seems to be very hopeful, as far as i can remember, during past ten years, it is for the first time that every side is happy. leaders realized that the sanctions is not aiming to a strategic objective which is preventing iran from developing its nuclear program and sanctions make iran people to suffer, that is the only result sanctions has had after ten years. iranian, the new iranian president mr. rohani promised during his campaign he will definitely do something about the economy. and mr. rohani knows he cannot do anything about the economy unless he does something about the sanctions. >> reporter: well, to syria and the united nations security council may vote on friday on a new join resolution. i think that is today to ensure the destruction of syria's chemical weapons and helen force a u.s. russia plan and we are at the u.n. >> it has taken days as they worked on the exact language of a resolution but now the permanent five members of the security council have come up with this draft, they have shown it to the other ten members of the s

secretary of state john kerry. mr president, those that sent to investigate confirmed chemical weapons were used in syria. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice. permission to return to syria to complete the investigation, including of the incident in question. i expect the team to complete the fact-finding activities by next week. >> the secretary-general of the united nations, ban ki-moon announcing the unanimous vote, an historic resolution by the u.n. security council, which requires the government of syria to name all of its chemical weapons and the specific type of munitions used to deliver those weapons. the location of all the chemical weapons and the complete elimination of the chemical weapons as well as, including full communication of theiations of the united nations. >> the one thing this resolution doesn't have it teeth, is that correct. >> that is true. i want to remind the viewers of why this is so historic. it's historic because of the topic, because it's taken so long to get to th

together with john kerry and with mr brahimi.we have a common understanding with france we have no disagreements with france on the. calling for this conference more over. back in june. when it was discussed when we were discussing the syrian issues president suggested that aid would. specific date for the conference and to put pressure on the potential participants so that they would. divert from this event the president put in a supportive suggestion but some other members of the g eight. believed it was not reasonable where willing to set the date even immediately because. we are convinced that the government has. that there brady to send the delegation the delegation is already announced the key point for us now is for the opposition to do exactly the same thing. we appreciate the efforts undertaken by our american partners and by our other colleagues in europe and in their region. have the decisive influence on the national coalition which they believe is the main opposition if not the only opposition movement but for now so

joining us now to discuss the president's stunning turn-around on syria, is secretary of state john kerry. mr. secretary, welcome back to fox news sunday. >> thank you. great to be with you, chris. >> mr. secretary, you made the case for military action in the strongest possible terms on friday. if the situation is so dire, if bashar al-assad is such a thug, why is the president waiting until congress comes back? nine days from now, to debate this? why not call them into session tomorrow and begin this debate and get an approval to act? >> well, chris, the case has not changed and the case doesn't change at all. the rationale for the military response the president has requested is as powerful today and will be as powerful if not more powerful each day. the fact is that yesterday, we have now learned that hair and blood samples that have come to us from east damascus, from individuals who were engaged as first responders in east damascus, i can report to you today they have tested positive for signatures of sarin. so this case is going to build stronger and stronger, and the president believe

earlier today, i spoke with secretary of state john kerry. mr. secretary, thank you so much for being with us this morning. i have to say that it was a surprise yesterday when the president announced that he was going to seek congressional approval for military action in syria. you can tell us whether this administration is prepared to act even if congress votes no? >> we don't contemplate that the congress is going to strovote n gloria. i believe this case is powerful and grows more you powerful by the day. i can share with you today that blood and hair samples that have come to usyou powerful by the day. i can share with you today that blood and hair samples that have come to usou powerful by the day. i can share with you today that blood and hair samples that have come to usu powerful by the day. i can share with you today that blood and hair samples that have come to us powerful by the day. i can share with you today that blood and hair samples that have come to us through an appropriate chain of custody from east dwee maamascus, from respond

mr. obama says he has directed secretary of state john kerry to pursue an agreement to resolve concerns over iran's nuclear program. it has been 36 years since u.s. and iranian leaders met. believe that if we can resolve the issue of iran's nuclear program, that can serve as a major step down a long road towards a different relationship. >> as for the crisis in syria, president obama warned united nations would appear incapable of enforcing international laws if it fails to take action. >> moving back closer to home, the shooting at the navy yard is leading to security changes. the september 16 rampage left 13 people, including the gunman, data. we now know that the shooter lied about his arrest record. is requiringchange background checks to include all police documents, not just arrest records. a navy has already given senior officers more responsibly for security and personnel evaluations. >> i'm sure that there will be a cost involved. i don't know what the cost would course, with the tragedy last week, i think it would be a good thing. for safety. a today, we learned that second d.c. po

i'm joined by the secretary of state, john kerry. mr. secretary, welcome back to "meet the press." >> glad to be with you, david. >> let me get right to it. it's been a jarring 48 hours in the run-up to a potential conflict with syria. on friday, the president dispatched you, the secretary of state, to make the case to the country and the world that the assad regime used chemical weapons and you spoke with passion and great strength. this is what you said. >> it matters because if we choose to live in a world where a thug and a murderer like bashar al assad can gas thousands of his own people with impunity, even after the united states and our allies said no, and then the world does nothing about it, there will be no end to the test of our resolve and the dangers that will flow from those others who believe that they can do as they will. >> that was friday. saturday morning the the president decides in an abrupt change to delay and seek congressional authority. you were making the case for a military strike. why the abrupt change? >> wel

secretary of state john kerry has arrived in paris to talk with the french president francis hollande. mr kerry will hold meetings with the british frectry mallory hagan -- foreign secretary william hague. he's seeking adherence. >> translation: we must be clear that the military option must remain, otherwise there won't be pressure. >> seven have been killed in bomb aattacks in iraq. 10 were killed in a town called hilla. it follows a series of bombings on sunday were 40 died. salvage cruise off the coast of the italy are working to pull the "costa cordia" off the rocks in giglio. 32 people died in january last year when the cruise liner hit a reef. charlie angela is at giglio island. has work started lifting a 115,000 tonne ship off the rocks - how is it going? >> well, they have entered the control room. we have been delayed by three hours because there were electrical storms last night, forcing divers out the water. they were putting in place this barge, which you can see behind me, where they are doing the remote control operation from. they'll use underwater cameras put on the back

dropping all pretense of diplomacy, calling secretary of state john kerry a liar after kerry denied al qaeda was fighting alongside syrian rebels. mr. obama pressed on the issue of syrian use of chemical weapons today during a meeting with japan's prime minister. >> i also look forward to having an extensive conversation about the situation in syria and i think our joint recognition that the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy but also a violation of international law that must be addressed. >> reporter: but during the first official meeting of the g-20 representatives, putin suggested that any discussion of syria be postponed until the working dinner. >> mr. president, any progress on syria today in the talks? >> we were talking about the economy. >> reporter: walking alone into the dinner in an or naet palace of the russian czar, the president hoped he wouldn't be alone on syria. he conferred with european allies, all of whom he hopes help make his case that a military strike is necessary. but far away from the opulent dinner on the gutted streets of damasc damascus, the fighting continued unabated as described

we do know that john kerry is meeting with his iranian soreness mr. -- foreign minister later this week. it is an indication of the relationship warming up and they are sitting down for the negotiations. with signs we have been seeing from obama earlier today when he was speaking about iran, saying that a diplomatic tour remains open if iran decides to walk. the a better relationship might ensue. taken this an -- take a listen and we should be able to achieve a resolution that respects the rights of the iranian people while giving world confidence that the iranian resolution is peaceful. to succeed, conciliatory words must be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable. after all, it's the iranian government's choice that have led to the conference of sanctions that are currently in place. course the u.s. is obviously went to iran to not just talk the talk but walk the walk. we will see in basic him exactly what iran has to say about the possibility about -- possibility of making this relationship work out. >> what do we expect tonight. >> he is adjusting the united nations a

a reaction by the syrian government by a press conference yesterday by secretary of state john kerry in which mr sails the military option with regard to syria is still on the table. the syrians are saying this proves the americans have wanted to go in militarily all along no matter what any lie doing that happens in syria with the result of that will be that the americans will still want to intervene militarily. the syrians are really being watched closely because of this plan pa that was put into effect by mr. kerry and his russian counterpart saying they have this week to put their weapons under the control of the international community and by the middle of next year, all chemical weapons materials in syria must be destroyed. so all eyes now on syria as to whether they will impcomply if there can be a diplomatic solution to the situation in saer. >> let's say they don't meet that first time line. >> reporter: that is the question. i mean, we have had time and time again, we have seen so many efforts trying to solve the crisis diplomatically, they have stalled. there have been delays and dela

>> john kerry said that he and his russian counterpart, mr. sergei lavrov, will meet on or about the 28th of this month for a possible date for a geneva peace conference. this depends on progress on the chemical front. even though if there is progress on the chemical front, you still have the basic iceberg problem. if the program of mass terror continues, and it looks like it is resuming after a brief hiatus since the 21st of august when the chemical attack took place, if that continues, the prospect of a geneva peace conference is zero. absolutely zero, because you cannot get the opposition to show up and negotiate while these outrages continue. their credibility would not last 30 seconds with people inside syria under these circumstances. workussians have a lot of to do with their clients beyond chemicals. >> thank you for joining us. has seen new graphic evidence of atrocities being carried out in the syrian civil war, this time by rebels. i should warn you, this contains strong images. oldthe family of the 65-year- -- 64-year-old grieve ov

>> john kerry said that he and his russian counterpart, mr. sergei lavrov, will meet on or about the 28th of this month for a possible date for a geneva peace conference. this depends on progress on the chemical front. even though if there is progress on the chemical front, you still have the basic iceberg problem. if the program of mass terror continues, and it looks like it is resuming after a brief hiatus since the 21st of august when the chemical attack took place, if that continues, the prospect of a geneva peace conference is zero. absolutely zero, because you cannot get the opposition to show up and negotiate while these outrages continue. their credibility would not last 30 seconds with people inside syria under these circumstances. workussians have a lot of to do with their clients beyond chemicals. >> thank you for joining us. has seen new graphic evidence of atrocities being carried out in the syrian civil war, this time by rebels. i should warn you, this contains strong images. oldthe family of the 65-year- -- 64-year-old grieve ov

kerry and the testimony of our other distinguished witnesses. >> thank you, mr. engel. this afternoon we're pleased to be joined by our secretary of state, john kerry, and shortly we will be joined by the secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. prior to his appointment, john kerry served as a united states senator for massachusetts for 28 years and chaired the senate foreign relations committee for the last four years. without objection, the witnesses' statements, senator kerry and those of secretary hagel and general dempsey will be made part of the record. members here will have five days to submit statements and questions and extraneous material for the record. i'd like to note, members, we have a nearly full committee with us here today, and therefore, we need to work within the time constraints that we have. we're going to ask all members to be mindful of that timer as you ask questions. so we will begin now with secretary kerry's testimony. mr. secretary. >> thank you very much, ranking member engel. as the chairman said, an early congressional leader on syria and to all the members of the committee, let me j

on the sidelines of last week's summit of the group of twenty nations and mr lavrov discussed it with secretary of state john kerry the president himself told when i felt this during an interview with p.b.s. as news hour last night. and now we're hearing news that russia has a plan a solution perhaps which would allow syria to take all of its weapons and put it under international control is that something that you've had any conversations at all with president putin about when you were in st petersburg last week i did have those conversations and to this is a continuation of conversations i've had with president putin for quite some time. so it now appears that the russian plan to get syria to handle hand over its chemical weapons has been in the works for a while and wasn't just a random proposal following john kerry's london speech and comment to a question areas president obama told reporters at a white house press conference last summer that any use of chemical weapons in syria's civil war would be a red line essentially backed himself into a corner and he told the rebels here's all you have to do to get my a

vladimir putin called secretary of state john kerry a liar. >> i have watched the dates in congress. a congressman asked mrkerry is there al qaeda, people say they have got stronger, they say no, i say elnusra is a part of al qaeda. he knows that he lies, this is sad. >> and that attack on john kerry came hours before president obama arrives in russia for the g-20 submit. he hopes to gain support from others. >> while leaders arrive in st. petersburg for a summit that may highlight the glaring differences between them on the critical issue of the day. the g-20 host vladimir putin is not talking like a man who is ready to compromise with the united states over syria. >> i have watched the debates in congress and when they asked secretary kerry is there al qaeda in syria no, i say official they are not there, but the rebel under el nusra a part of al qaeda, they are there. he lies openly and he knows that he lies. >> but is the american president stopping on route to the russian summit spoke as if conflict was inevitable. >> my credibility is not on the line. the international community's credibility is on t

secretary of state john kerry. mr.president, sent to investigate the allegations confirmed chemical weapons were used in syria. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice. this week the mission on the -- returned to syria to complete his investigations including the instance -- i expect the team's findings by next week. i will transmit a final report you and all member states. at the same time the international community has a responsibility to ensure that these weapons of mass destruction never remain as an instrument of terror. i welcomes syria's declaration to implement -- today's decision by the effective counsel for the prohibition of chemical weapons establishes ambitious but realistic deadlines for the verified elimination of the syrian program. given this task in the continuing conflict in syria the united nations and the opcw have a preliminary agreement that will be fully developed based on this resolution and will be the basis for my proposal to the council. i think director general for his co

secretary of state john kerry joins us from the state department. mr. secretary, good morning. >> good morning, major. >> major: mr. secretaryish know you believe the president's decision to seek congressional authorization is courageous, but isn't it bowing to a political arrangement that was communicated to the president late this tweak that there would be significant congressional backlash in he didn't give congress a exproal that back lash, in part, reflectedly the inability of the administration to make its case this past week? >> major, i disagree with that premise on all accounts. the fact is the president clearly had sufficient case presented to the american people that assad had engaged in an outrageous crime against humanity. and that it was vital to take steps. i think the president realized in consultations with the congress that people wanted to weigh in, and he believed after thinking. it, that the united states of america is much stronger when we act in concert. rather than have the debate after an tack be all about our constitutional pro

representative jeff duncan had with secretary of state john kerry. >> mr.ted for anything other than caution. the same is true for the president and the vice president. is the power of the executive branch so intoxicating you would abandon past caution in favor for pulling the trigger on a military response so quickly? >> when i was in the united states senate, i supported military action in any number of occasions, including grenada, panama. i can run a list. and i am not going to sit here and be told by you that i don't have a sense of what the judgment is with respect to this. we're talking about people being killed by gas, and you want to go talk about benghazi and fast and furious. >> absolutely i want to talk about benghazi. i have sympathy for the people in syria, and i do think there should be a worldwide response, but we should act cautiously. >> we are acting cautiously. >> that was just a flavor. really it went on. there were other testy exchanges as well. how much of a problem does the president have in getting this authorization to the house? >

. >> steve: i don't think given what john kerry said yesterday in front of congress, he's going to be talking to mro john kerry as a liar. the senate yesterday, the final vote, and it was bipartisan, 10-7, i believe, plus marky of massachusetts decided just to vote present. >> brian: which is ridiculous. >> steve: of course. >> brian: get a spine. >> steve: crazy. anyway, they voted to okay the president's request to strike syria. what's interesting is that john mccain got them to change the text of the resolution and now the goal will be to change the momentum on the battlefield. keep in mind in the past, it has been not to tip in favor of one side or another. just to discipline them. now we're going to try to go ahead and change the momentum. >> gretchen: what does that mean? that's so vague. >> brian: it goes on to say, to create favorable conditions for a negotiated settlement that ends the conflict and leads to a democratic government. >> gretchen: so to change the momentum. i mean, you really can look at that and think, what does that mean about america's involvement moving forward? if the ul

we know that john kerry, the secretary of state after his weekend with mr. being serger lavrov, turning into a security council resolution and there's talk about tha that happening or the course of the next two weeks. al jazeera is being told by the united nations that actually behind the scenes they are working to get this resolution tied down much swifter than that. next week is the general assembly where leaders from all over the world come to this place. they want to get it sorted out before then. already the russians are saying they're unhappy about what the british and french and americans are keen to see in that resolution wording that still refers to the use of force. so even though we're at this point with the report just published we're already hearing words of warning from the russians who have a veto on the security council that they would not support quite possibly words that suggest the use of force is still on the table. del. >> john, one criticism of the report even before it was released was that it would say that chemical weapons were used

agreement that has come quite far, that was complete in geneva and we thank and congratulate john kerry for his work with mrlavarof and all of this must be translated through the resolution of the security council. we will be working on it and this evening there will be a report from the u.n. inspectors that will give a lot of details on the massacre on the 21st of august and the coming days, the three of us and then with regards to our other colleagues we will propose a resolution. this resolution will restate points agreed in geneva to places in the context of international law and of course as has been stated in geneva, this resolution will foresee what will happen if the serians were not to respect their commitments for any resolution that must be sanctions and it is with this in mind that we are working. minister, are you going to mention in this resolution that is not written -- would you state this resolution chapter seven the use of force in the event of the damascus regime not respecting its commitment and mr. kerry and mr. hague and mr. fabious, do you trust vladimir putin with the agreement that

mr. obama is set to address the american public on tuesday night primetime. >>> secretary of state john kerry is trying to rally support from allies in europe. in a speech he said that bashar al-assad has crossed a red line this with the use of chemical weapons. >>> voters are deciding on a president, a meyer, and two prime ministers. >>> the head of the nation's oldest civil rights group is stepping down. sunday ben jealous told the naacp that he will leave his job as ceo and president at the end of the year. there is no word yet on his successor. >>> jobs in the medical field are growing but not in hospitals. now the top three jobs in healthcare services are at home. registered nurses, personal care aids and home health aids. those are the headlines. you can always get the latest news online at www.aljazeera.com. >> jose antonio elena rodriguez was 16 when he was killed with a bullet through the head by the united states border patrol. nine more shots went into body, as he lay on the ground in his hometown, nogales mexico. the bullets fired from the top of this cliff in arizona traveled thr

mr. secretary. reclaiming my time. >> secretary of state john kerry sparring with republican john miller of floridase armed services here. back and forth there going on. our big question for you today was do you trust the president's judgment on a strike on syria. if so, why? if not, why? we've got jeff weighing in saying, yes, i do. i also think he may not have to strike to get the same results. it looks like the end result will ab great out come. from tom we get, hell, no. anyone who thinks we should invade another middle east country needs their judgment checked. john wrote in, yes, as he's not given me reasons to doubt him like previous presidents. the conversation continues, keep comments coming in on twitter and facebook. that's going to wrap things up for me. a quick reminder, tune in to msnbc 8:00 p.m. eastern for the president's speech. we'll carry that speech when it against, slated at 9:00 p.m. don't go anywhere. alex wagner next. [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told

mr. assad may have used them, the fact remains there is very little appetite for conflict in the middle east. that's the quandary facing john kerrys he returns to the u.s. >> hadley, mr. kerry said he was confident that congress will listen carefully. this is what he said just a few minutes ago. we know that half of congress essentially is still undecided. will they have been swayed by what mr. kerry said this morning? >> i think that what secretary kerry was really trying to do is, once again, lay out the evidence that he is open to -- >> unfortunately, hadley's line is far from perfect so we'll just leave it there for the moment. let's move on. friday's weaker than expected job numbers has done little to temper the worry that they'll scale back the bond buying. there were 169,000 jobs in the month of august. unemployment fell to 7.3%. a report in the "financial times" says that they could broaden their guidance by officially using inflation as well as employment data as a peg to keep rates low. >>> the impact of fed tapering on emerging market economies caused a great deal of friction at the g-20 summit. speaking to cnbc at the

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mr. kerry and a sound bite from the iranian foreign minister. extroerd -- extraordinary week. >> thank you very much, john. >>> thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in egypt day. it came days after a court ban of the activities of the muslim brotherhood. they held up banners and chanted slow gansz. al jazeera correspondents in egypt they the protests have been peaceful. >>> now robert ray has more on the report on the climate sos. >> reporter: nearly a year into president obama's second term his energy policy goes like this, ramp up natural gas, and ramp down coal. and develop an energy plan to reduce pollution from vehicles and power plants. one that obama says will spur the economy and help the world's climate. but his opponents say his energy ideas are too expensive and job destroyers, that obama is uncompromising especially with his unwillingness to commit to the keystone pipeline. and then there is this -- >> many republicans don't believe that climate change is real. >> reporter: he says politics has derailed much of the president's proposals. according to the administration by 2025 the

we caught up with secretary of state john kerry as he was preparing to testify before congress. >> mr. secretary do you have an opportunity to answer questions about this report? >> not right now. >> are you concerned about diplomatic facilities in places like beirut currently don't meet security standards? lives are being put at risk. >> the report highlights systematic security failures within department of state. waivers have become commonplace. every facility had an immediate need for an intelligence analyst and previous security recommendations had been largely irg in order. a five member panel recommends the department create a new position to oversee diplomatic security. >> i just don't think that is needed. >> but that recommendation has been met with criticism by a former ambassador who served in libya and was personal friends with chris stevens who was killed in the benghazi attacks. >> how many decisions have to be made at the undersecretary level, i think the state department has are more than enough undersecretaries now. >>> high threat areas like beirut are still not up

john kerry. thank you for joining us, mr. secretary. did you have an inkling when you gave that forceful speech friday afternoon that the president was about to hit the pause button on a military strike? >> the president hadn't made any decision on the military strike. i was asked to make the case for why we needed to take action, but the president always maintained the prerogative as to what he decided to do. i think the president's made a very courageous and right, correct decision with respect to asking the congress to weigh in. because the united states is much stronger when we act in unity. >> and are you comfortable with congress waiting until next week for a vote and confident the war resolution will pass? >> well, george, in a sense, we're not really waiting. we have been briefing as of yesterday, the day before, there's a briefing today. there'll be classified briefings monday, tuesday, wednesday. as you know, the jewish holidays begin wednesday evening. and we think that that helps us build the case, answer the questions of a

. >> rose: but the secretary of state, john kerry and the more than minister of iran, mr. zarif will start a series of conversations. what are you prepared to allow the negotiated on the part of the government of iran? what's on the table? >> you are aware that the first issue that must be discussed is the nuclear file. and the settlement of the nuclear file will certainly pave the way for further discussions on other issues. a meeting that takes place tomorrow is with a foreign ministers of the p five plus one and the agenda for the talks is iran's nuclear file and the subject of that file. >> rose: so before there will be some grand bargain, we need to the nuclear issue. are you prepared to rules the number of sent tra foodges for iran. >> while these are the details that should be examined further through the discussion that take place, what matters is that iran must be able to assert its rights, its legal rights, and i'm speaking under the international maranda law, right, and then on the other hand if there are any concerns specifically in our region about our program

john kerry and iran's foreign minister. ruiny actually scooped the president's announcement of the phone call tweeting news of it just minutes before mr. obama spoke to reporters. rouhani has spent much of his week at the united nations trying to dazzle the west with a new diplomat tone including at today's closing press conference. >> translator: as a first step we can stop further escalations of tensions, then reduce tensions then move to understand each other. >> reporter: it's been more than 30 years since the leaders have spoken. at that time jimmy carter was president and it took place just before the country's islamic revolution. this kind of outreach to an international foe is something candidate obama promise d. >> and i have disagreed with senator clinton for example on meeting with iran. >> reporter: the president never did reach out to rouhani predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad, but it was rouhani's new tone that changed mr. obama's calculus. >> we have a unique opportunity to make progress with the new leadership in tearen. >> reporter: the biggest skeptic is america's number one ally in the middle east, israel. prime minis

mr. putten. >> congressman mcdermott from washington state, thank you for talking with us. >>> putin called secretary john kerry a liar. he made the charge for what kerry had to say about al-qaida's presence in syria. >> i have watched debates in strong. the congressman asked mr. kerry. is there al-qaida? people say they have got an stronger. kerry said no. they know about this. it was not pleasant for me to see this. we communicate with them and assume that they are decent people. he lies openly that he knows that he lies. this is sad. >> well, that attack on john kerry came hours after president obama arrived at the g-20 summit. al jazeera's barnaby phillips has more on the already icy relationship between the two leaders. >> well, leaders arrive in st. petersburg for the summit that might highlight the glaring dinnerses between thedifferencee issues of the day. putin does not look like a man ready to compromise with the united states over syria. >> i have watched the debates in congress, and when they asked secretary kerry if there is al-qaida in syria, i say no, and they are not there. i don't like see itin

on the sidelines of last week's summit of the group of twenty nations and mr lavrov discussed it with secretary of state john kerry the president himself told when i felt this during an interview with p.b.s. as news hour last night. and now we're hearing news that russia has a plan a solution perhaps which would allow syria to take all of its weapons and put it under international control is that something that you've had any conversations at all with president putin about when you were in st petersburg last week i did have those conversations and this is a continuation of conversations i've had with president putin for quite some time. so it now appears that the russian plan to get syria to handle hand over its chemical weapons has been in the works for a while and wasn't just a random proposal following john kerry's london speech and comment to a question areas and president obama told reporters at a white house press conference last summer that any use of chemical weapons in syria's civil war would be a red line essentially backed himself into a corner and he told the rebels here's all you have to do to get my