mr. kerry did everything he could to dispel the concerns.e said he understood them shared some of them, but the first step to dealing with them would be to prevent iran from getting a nuclear weapon. he said there was no grand bargain under discussion, only focused on the nuclear program. it did not mean the americans would take their eye off the other issues but keep focused on what they call iran's destabilizing activities in the region. ♪ >> tonight, there are reports the top military al qaeda-affiliated group are fighting against assad regime but were killed in an airstrike in the syrian city of aleppo. they apparently brought -- dropped a barrel balm. more than 20 were killed including children. the u.n. envoy to syria is restating his commitment to a plan that would temporarily stop the violence in aleppo. we spoke about that proposal and the many who have already died in this country. >> these are the reasons why we are so intensely proud. i know it's difficult. i know it's going to be very difficult. these are 100,000 names of men, w

before he left switzerland however, mr. kerry insisted that there was no division among the members. >> this remains a p-5 plus one negotiation with iran, i emphasize we are united in our goal our approach our resolve and our determination to ensure that iran's program is entirety peaceful. the european union has continue to play a pivotal role in facilitating the talks. >> reporter: in iran it's the biggest holiday of the year to mark naruz the iranian new year. president hasan rouhani said the deal was within reach. >> translator: god willing we'll reach an agreement that will benefit all regions iran, the european union and the world. >> raising the biggest sticking points in the negotiations. >> translator: negotiations with the u.s. are on the nuclear level and nothing else. we do not negotiate with the united states on regional issues. the objectives of u.s. are on opposite directions than iran. >> framework agreement at the end of the month. one senior are femp diplomat no says that deadline is counterproductive and danger

what mr. kerry and the president will have to do is basically say the limits on iran's capabilities are real but the inspections are significant. what could be the most difficult point to defend is the idea that any idea might have a limited duration. sanctions would be off after seven years and then what constraints are what pressures what the u.s. have on iran? the israelis are likely to be more influential if they do not stake out an extreme position. he might stick out what you call a demanding position. >> what would you say are the implications for the relationship based on the assassination over the weekend between the u.s. and russia? >> it is not much of a relationship to begin with. it has been strained by previous problems domestically. obviously by ukraine. differences over syria. this relationship has been reset button in the wrong direction. what we see is a lawless russia externally and internally. we are lucky to have a minimum relationship. it is a non-relationship where russia has

>> i would say mr. kerryit not rich that you should be criticizing 47 senators who are writing about an agreement that they believe is harmful to the country? and you are calling them acting unconstitutionally and contrary to the interest of the their country when you yourself spoke openly and to the world declaring your own country guilty of war crimes while we were in the middle of a war, in fact, deposit prix accommodations were the and these are your words. again ging icon in that fake accent of yours and you are here condemning others of speaking about their country. that's the add homonym. as to the substance of, this i would say this was not a letter about the content of the agreement and disagreement with its -- with what is in it. this was a letter saying you cannot do this without the congress, mr. president, and expect the united states as a country and the congress, the entire government as an institution to be bound by it. >> does kerry have legal footing when he says you can't undo the deal once

before he left switzerland though mr. kerry was stressing there was no division mock among the international negotiators. >> this is and remains a p5+1 we're united in our goal, our approach. our resolvering and our determination to insure that iran's program is entirely peaceful. european union has continued to play a pivotal role and facilitate the talks. >> in iran it's the biggest holiday of the year. on national television president are you rouhani said that a deal will be reached. >> there will be a deal of understanding to benefit all nations. >> in the city the country's supreme leader spoke to the crowd raising one of the sticking points. >> the discussions are about the nuclear issues and nothing else. the american objectives on regionalare different than regional objectives. >> they know that the clock is ticking ahead of the deadline for framework agreement before the end of the month. one certain french diplomat said that itself is counter productive and dangerous adding that a deal has to have concrete guarantees

mr. kerri trying to turn down the heat on the tensions between the white house and israel. >> we don't want to see this turned into a great political football. obviously it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the house and that the administration was not included in this process but the administration is not seeking to politicize this. so what will the prime minister say? >> will congress and the american heed his imperative warnings? the former u.s. ambassador to the un and fox news kriblt or the joins us now. what would you say to the people who say the prime minister's speech does a disservice to his cause? >> i think that's simply a reflection of the obama administration's petulance that they've demonstrated these last weeks from the time they heard of the talk. this is not about who called what person on what day or what fork they used for dessert. this is not about protocol and process. this is about substance and the substance is nuclear weapons in the hands

zarif said mr. kerry said tough negotiations but we're making progress. look at the two key main players in this they still say they are moving forward. some of the more negative comments are coming from some of the other international players. one french negotiator saying they think the deadline may need to be extended. i think they are concerned about research and development by iran for fresh nuclear research going forward, and they are also worried about the time line of this deal what we believe the u.s. and iranians are talking about is a ten-year deal under which iran will be under a great deal of scrutiny. france wants 15 some say 25 years for iran to be under the microscope in the terms of this deal. so there seem to be differences among the international community. >> every angle, every side. james bayes there. good to see you have james. >>> libya's tripoli-based government says an air strike has targeted the matiga airport, delaying a group from taking off for morocco. different groups have claimed responsibility for the explosions over the la

the first and maybe the simplest is between mr. kerry and mr. zarif. then there's got to be one between president obama and the congress and as you suggest given the letter that you saw two weeks ago, this could be an extremely difficult prop situation particularly once the details are out there. prime minister netanyahu was out arguing about a vague concept but it's going to be a lot easier to argue once the opponents say you're leaving them with 3,000 centrifuges? and then there's a third agreement between president rahani and the mullahs. we think that's pretty well wired. it could come unstuck as well because there are a lot of forces in iran that dislike this as much as the republicans in the senate dislike it. >> what's the b.b. factor? will it be more of the same or will he be emboldened to speak against the deal and does that make the nut harder for the president to crack? >> i think it's going to make it harder because he's got a lot of influence in congress still. >> ok. we'll be watching that. it's an amazing story. you'll be there next week

mr john kerry sat and said we must negotiate with bashar al-assad. what is said in the bast is we may have to come to a transitional arrangements before he goes. how does it differ to that. >> it's foreign policy. john kerry did not mention that. the americans have no strategy for syria, the priority is iran and the fight against i.s.i.s. and syria is a secondary thing. he says we have to increase pressure on bashar al-assad, for him to come to the table. what kind of pressure, have the gaps between the rhetoric and the actions. the syrians, iranians russians none will take... >> he inside that interview that back channels are going bashar al-assad. people are talking to him. realistically, what can he do? >> let's say i'm bashar al-assad, and come to me and say i want to talk to you. i want you to deliver power on a silver platter, to a new transitional authority. that's what the americans have been telling us. and what has he done. more bombings. more fighting. and as you said now, a minute ago. 250,000, 250,000 - that has killed. 1.5 million injur

. >> he's meeting with mr. kerry and said the minsk agreement was having a positive impact. >> the cease fire is taking hold. heavy weapons are being pulled back. >>reporter: but john kerry said the minsk agreement was being selectively implemented. >> if there continue to be these broad swaths of noncompliance or there continues to be a cherry picking as to where heavy equipment will be moved back from without knowing where it's been moved to then there would be inevitably further consequences that will place added strain on russia's already troubled economy. >>reporter: it's one of several places where fighting continued after the minsk agreement. john kerry was critical of what he called a lack of clarity in the agreement. the u.n.'s latest report on eastern ukraine released here paints a bleak picture of the humanitarian situation. it speaks of a merciless destruction of life and infrastructure. and that fighters and weapons are continuing to flow into eastern ukraine from russia. i asked the report's author abou

number, the two of them have hoped to broke ear deal by next week, it is though tough and intense as mr. kerry a european negotiator, not wishing to be named has told the news agencies the discussions may well have to be extended. let's bring in our diplomatic editor joining us now live where those talks are taking place. and if it comes to the end of march and no decisions have been made, no frame work, what happens then? >> well, i think they have no choice but to do another extension. but no one david, wants to do that. i think they believe that the window to actually get this deal is closing remember, the interim deal november 2013 and ever since then, they have been extended rolling over this interim deal, trying to get a final deal, but they know the forces are out there opposed to all of this, are gathering strength. they know that congress is there, and november that letter from the 47 senator ises, they have the address to congress, by the israeli prime minister. he is now back in power, they have the opposition from the gulf states. they know their time is running out, and they need

mr. kerry before he left switzerland insisted there was no division. >> we are united in our goal, our approach, our resolve and our determination to ensure that iran's program is entirely peaceful. over the past months the p5+1 have made substantial progress towards that fundamental goal. though important gaps remain. >> so they there they're saying complete immunity, and that's not what diplomats were telling us. that might be why there was a late-night phone call between president obama and president hollande about. >> france does not believe that the deal being done or talked about is tough enough. they're talking about how there needs to be concrete guarantees that iran would not be able to get a nuclear weapon. they also don't like the deadline of the end of the month. they say that's an art fish artificial deadline and a dangerous deadline pushing people towards a people that is not good enough. it will take place in london's heathrow airport and it will be very interesting. >> james bay

before leaving switzerland, mr kerry was suppressing there was no division among the international negotiators. >> this is and remains a p5+1 negotiation with iran. we are united in our goal our approach. our resolve and our determination. to ensure that iran's programme is peaceful. the european union continued to play a pivotal role in facilitating the talks. >> in iran it's the biggest hall day of the your. on national television president hassan rouhani said a deal was within reach. >> translation: good willing, at the end of the negotiations we'll reach a deal and understanding benefitting all nations - iran the region and the world. >> in the city, the sprooup reem leader -- supreme leader spoke to a crowd, raising a sticking point. >> negotiations with the united states are on nuclear issues and nothing else. everybody should be aware of this. we do not negotiate with the united states on regional issues. u.s. objectives are the opposite to ours. john kerry and his counter part are expected back in lasane next week. they know the clock is ticking for a framework agreement. one senior fr

mr. kerry noted yesterday that important if issues still remain. critics say the administration is giving up way too much for the sake of a deal. >>> a longtime business leader and fox news political analyst is here with us. squludi miller is a pull hitser prizewinning author and contributor. >> jon hilsenrath is here, good to see everybody. let's talk about first the negotiations with iran. do you sense a different tone from john kerry? ed? >> he's basically arguing that nothing technically involved that would diminish it. it's about politics at this point. and the question i raise, this is a country that basically is -- producing -- six in the production line of oil, number four on the long-teem reserves. why does it need nuclear energy? >> i don't know if we know this deal is stopping the enriching of uranium? >> i don't think it does. i think at the end of the day they've cheated every deal they've made. to a certainly extent we shouldn't reward them. >> i think you have to go back to the basics and say what is the alternative to a deal if this

mr. kerry wrapped up a third straight day of talks with iranian officials in switzerland.d back against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's assertion that a developing nuclear deal should be scrapped. he made that claim in a speech before congress. kerry challenged netanyahu and other critics to come up with a better alternative. the u.s. and iran have until the end of the month to work out a deal. >>> the republican controlled senate failed to override president obama's veto of a bill approving the keystone xl oil pipeline. the vote was the latest chapter in a fight between the gop led congress and the energy policy. the $8 billion pipeline would transfer to the link in gulf coast refineries. the bill circumvented the process for approving cross border pipelines which must be determined in the national interest. >>> a possible republican presidential candidate is being criticized for comments that he made on cnn. ben carson told new day host chris cuomo that being gay is "absolutely a choice." >> do you think being gay is a choice? >> absolutely. >> why do you say

mr. kerryt peace talks another chance. in many ways it's dashed the hopes. in other ways it's also put everybody in a position where they are clear about what the obstacles are. you've heard it from the palestinians, they say well there was the preitancetense that mr. netanyahu wanted a two state solution. his statements before the day of the elections about where he really stood makes clear that there is simply no hope here. we've heard mr. noounge walk back those statements. and the white house rebutting him saying we don't take him at his word. >> the relationship between the president and the prime minister came up in the interview that andrea did with prime minister netanyahu. let's take a listen to that part of the interview. >> there is an unbreakable bond between the israel and the united states. the president said that i have said that. >> what about between you and barack obama? >> i think that was reflected in the relationship between the president of the united states and the prime

mr. kerry has been speaking in the last hour urging the u.n.s in eastern ukraine. >> and here i urge the council, look at the facts. do not allow yourselves to be misled. in crimea in the separatist-controlled areas of eastern ukraine, men, women, and children are being killed. they're being tortured. they're being raped and sexually assaulted. detained arbitrarily, abducted for ransom forced into labor, prosecuted and persecuted because of who they are and where they worship. and that is what is happening. and it's up to the hrc to shed light on it. and to help to hold accountable those who violate those human rights. >> well, in kiev the very shaky state of the ukraine economy is under the spotlight today, with parliament discussing financial reforms that could cut benefits and push up energy prices. david stern is in kiev for us. >> reporter: outside ukraine's national bank a small but desperate group gathers. because of the collapse of the local currency they say they cannot pay their mortgages. they're demanding the government do something

mr. kerryliving in a dream world if he he thinks isis and the other folks are close being defeated. the president only has iran as a possible victory. the deadline for the latest nuclear weapons negotiation is next week. mr. obama wants the framework of a deal. no question about it. but the iranians understand they have the stronger bargaining position. but the wharton terror raging almost out of control in the middle east the president obama doesn't get a deal with the mullahs, he will look like a total failure. to be fair the president inherited a very messy situation from president bush. but there is no question. mr. obama made the situation worse. by a series of tactical blunders including moving all u.s. troops from iraq. how on earth isis could gain incredible power without president obama doing anything about it at all is almost impossible to believe. the jay vee comment will haunt the president forever. so now it's time for the obama administration to admit what's happening. and to fina

obama and mr. kerry will achieve that and present it to congress.the meantime, bo bergdahl is a man in crisis and the obama administration totally botched the whole thing. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight, inside story on bergdahl. joining us from washington lt. colonel tony shaffer point man bergdahl case for the factor. you predicted medicine march for a decision, just a few days off. what happened behind the scenes? >> behind the scenes we talked about it a little bit last week, bill. there was horse trading attempts. the horses didn't get traded and i think you would have probably heard this last week had the prosecution side, the army side decided that the deal had been taken. it wasn't. and i think the army had no choice but to do the right thing. let me say that i'm very proud of the army for basically not buckling to the presidential pressure to make this quietly go away. so i think what you have seen here, bill, is this situation play out albeit glacially, wanted to go through this linear foot of documentation. god bless h

secretary of state kerry: mr. chairman, thank you. the point of these no geographic limitations is not that there are any plans. i think the president has been so clear on this. but what a mistake it would be to send a message to isil that there are safe havens. that there are somehow just a two country limitation, so they go off and put their base, and then we go through months and months of deliberation again. that is why there are no limitations. mr. chairman, we know that there are groups in the world, affiliated terrorist groups, who aspire to harm the net is dates, our allies, our partners. isil is, however, very distinctive in that. because it holds territory. and it will continue if not stopped to seize more. because it has financial resources. because of the debilitating impact of the activities in the broader middle east. and i don't need to preview for this committee the full impact of the outrages that are committed by isil. but among them, scratching the surface, are atrocities against syrian christians and religious comm

after in netanyahu leaves if mr. kerryave a monumental fight with the administration over whether it has a say in the approval of the agreement and/or whether it will use lifting of sanctions as a way of tactically killing it. >> i should point out the pictures here are file pictures mr. netanyahu isn't due actually to appear in public in congress for another 25 minutes or so. the center of what's going on appears to be this question of whether iran sir, should be allowed limited uranium enrichment technologies and there was a provisional agreement among the community that should be allowed. netanyahu stands foursquare behind the idea it should not. is it possible to go back on that, do you think? in that's the problem here. the train has left the station, as far as mr. netanyahu's concerned. the -- he wants to see iran with no nuclear enrichment capability. there's no way to roll the clock back on that anymore. there's deep concern, understandably, what type of enrichment capability iranians will have. indeed what toop of

mr. john kerry the 68th secretary of state and mr. secretary, welcome again here to the committee.ithout objection the witness's full prepared statement will be made part of the record and the members here each of you will have five calendar days to submit any statements or questions or extraneous material for the record you may wish to submit. so mr. secretary, if you open for five minutes and then we'll go to the members for their questions. >> well, thank you very much, mr. chairman. congressman engel, ranking member and all of the members of this committee. for respect of your time i will try to summarize my comments and mr. chairman, i hope i can do it in five minutes. there is a lot to talk about and your questions will, needless to say, elicit an enormous amount of dialogue which i really welcome welcome. i can't think of a moment where more is happening and more challenges exist and there's more transformation taking place some of it with great turmoil and a lot of it with enormous opportunity that doesn't get daily discussion. but all of it with big choices for you, for us

mr. kerry and netanyahu spoke on a telephone call on saturday. on sunday kerry says the u.s. has a closer relationship with israel right now in terms of the security than at any other time in history." benjamin netanyahu's speech to congress is the subject of several ads in today's major papers. here is one that was in "the new york times," a full-page ad from a group of liberal and progressive jewish and non-jewish allies. the headline of their advertisement, "no, mr. netanyahu, you do not speak for american jews. the american people do not want a war with iran or." another front page -- another full-page ad, this one from eli e wiesel, "will you join me in the case for keeping weapons from those who preach death to israel and america?" we are talking about the upcoming deadline. in five days, another deadline for the department of homeland security. the shutdown would happen if the funding deal is reached by midnight on friday. gail in south dakota, republican people would be your message to speaker boehner on this standoff? caller: i think the whole government has become c

working very hard with other interested parties to see if we can reignite a diplomatic outcome," mr. kerryaid. that from "then your times -- the new york times" this morning. coming up, william kristol will be here to take your calls on various issues. later, we will take a look at some recent numbers from the congressional budget office showing cost related to the affordable care act. first, cia director on brennan on the cancel for -- council for foreign relations from last week. here's a little bit. [video clip] director brennan: we have been working with our allies across sectors. we have analyzed the threads in the cyber realm. just as we have improved our knowledge and capabilities, so to have our adversaries. they are skilled agile, and determined. watching them will require imagination and determination. in addition to counterterrorism and cyber security, across the globe, -- countries like iraq syria yemen, libya, pakistan, north korea and venezuela. in addition to monitoring development in these hotspots, stability. findings for 2014 confirmed the sense that we get from monitorin

mrs. clinton is being cooperative. secretary kerry the state department sent a letter to former representatives of state requesting they submit records in their possession for proper preservation. in response, secretary clinton provided e-mails that spanned her time at the state department. betty: mrs. clinton gave the state department 55,000 pages of e-mails. and overseas, a palestinian man rammed his car into a crowd today near a police station. the suspect then try to staff a guard before he was shot and arrested. five people were hurt, four of them officers. the fed says the nation's biggest banks could survive a financial crisis. the federal reserve giving them passing grades after its first stress test. the 31 banks have more than $50 billion in assets, but one had barely enough capital, goldman sachs. that means goldman will not be able to match last year's dividends and share buybacks. after that rough landing at laguardia in new york both landing strips are close. six people were hurt. meanwhile in california harrison ford is

secretary kerry let me just -- >> thank you mr. chairman. secretary kerry you have the right to vote any day. >> secretary carter, secretary kerry, general dempsey, i want to thank you all for testifying today. this issue of authorizing military force is one of the most serious issues that congress can consider. look forward to our committee's thoughts about the draft of the aumf. i concerned about perhaps mixed am messages from the administration regarding the isil threat. on march 3, general austin stated that isis is losing its fight against us, yet a week earlier, the director of national intelligence clapper said the organization remains a formidable and brutal threat and is increasing its influence. the threat from isil acquires a carefully coordinated strategy to ensure its complete destruction. i look forward to hearing how we ensure the breath and scope of the mission and hearing how we can ensure its bipartisan success. i want to understand the details and fully know that we're not unnecessarily restraining or restricting our abilit

john kerry's warning mr. netanyahu not to spill any sensitive information. >> we are concerned boy reports that suggest selective details of the join going negotiations will be public in the coming days. i want to say publicly there doing so will make it more difficult to reach the goal this israel and others say they share. >> what's interesting is that on the political side mr. netanyahu's facing both criticism and support for his upcoming speech to the u.s. congress. what do the people of israel think? cnn's kate bolduan met with people in the heart of jerusalem. >> reporter: as diverse as the landscape, the culture, and the israeli poem themselves so are the opinions here on their prime minister's decision to speak before congress. a marine poll suggests the public is split down the mid. i saw that firsthand at this dinner party in the heart of - jerusalem. thank you very much for having us. this woman thinks it's wrong and all about re-election. what do you make of it? >> i think this is a classic move o

mr. netanyahu is here the american secretary of state, john kerry is interested in speaking to his iraniant to push forward with that deal. mr. netanyahu's speech caused controversy. democrats are boycotting but a lot of people will be attending. to get more of what we expect from the speech and the politicalization of the speech i'm joined by republican congressman tom cole. thank you for joining uls. i read one of your pieces that president obama's reaction to the speech of mr. netanyahu on congress was petulant. he's not very happy. is he right to be unhappy about what is going on and how you extended an invitation of benjamin netanyahu? >> no. we have the right to invite anybody to come and speak to us. inviting one of america's closest friends and allies at a critical point, there's nothing inappropriate about that. >> reporter: mr. netanyahu could be making a case about a nuclear deal anywhere in private meetings and interviews with the big american networks. why a joint session in congress? >> frankly, we think the issue is that serious. to your point, i think the president trying t

mr. lavrov met to try work out a deal. kerry and hamed took a walk. hammond took a walk. >> it is not unusual for brinksmanship to continue. i think the negotiators understand very clearly that they are running out of time and this process is no longer sustainable. >> reporter: talks are continuing on the main problem areas, the future of iran's nuclear research and development and the lifting of international sanctions but time ahead of that deadline is fast running out. james bays. al jazeera lausanne. >> nigerians are waiting result of the weekend's election. the apology polling passed rather uneventfully. in a moment we'll be live in the nigerian capital with the latest on the vote count but first here's a report from haru mutasa. >> reporter: grace worries about the next few days. she works at a market in the commercial capital lagos. now that voting in nigeria's presidential and parliament elections is over she hopes for one thing: >> i want peace i don't want fight. i want to initially have peace and no fighting and to stay at our seller market

mr. president, -- >> john kerry will talk about climate change and global energy thursday. we'll have live coverage for his remarks tomorrow. officials from the treasury and justice department will testify about tax scams being used this of filing season. we will have live coverage from the senate finance committee thursday at 10:00 eastern. this sunday, the director of the georgetown university watched our project, pharmaceutical companies lobby congress for what drugs to prescribe. >> the promotion of a drug starts 7-10 years before a drug comes on the market. while it is illegal for a company to market a drug before it has been approved by the fda, it is not illegal to market a disease. so drug companies have sometimes invented or exaggerated the importance of certain conditions, or exaggerated the importance of a particular mechanism of a drug for example, and then blanketed medical journals and medical meetings and other venues with these messages that are meant to prepare the minds to accept a particular drug. it is also to prepare the minds of consumers to accept a p

mr. chairman and ranking member for this. thank you, secretary kerry. you are serving in very challenging times, and you are doing it so well, making us proud whether we agree with or disagree with you. i think a lot of us agree with you sometimes and disagree with you sometimes. and i have to say, you're a great diplomat and those skills are on display today. so i'm very pleased to see you. you know, in light of the threats that you've laid out, i'm not going to ask you about the four days looming shutdown of homeland security because that's not your bailiwick, that is secretary johnson's. but i think i ought to be another message to everybody, that's a ridiculous way to run a country at this difficult time. i also want to say i agree with your overarching comments at the beginning that, you know there's not enough of a priority placed on the work of the state department. and the very brave men and women out there representing our great nation and how important it is. and that's why i so strongly supported what the president did on cuba. because i find

john kerry addressing the economic development conference. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr.dent, in so many ways it is clear that your initiatives are already affirming the pivotal role egypt has played in this region for so long. we have heard a number of the speakers refer to it. and i want to thank you for your partnership, and for your obvious readiness to tackle some very tough issues. there are an extraordinary number of very thoughtful very experienced leaders, particularly of the corporate sector, but also of government here. and they come from all over the world. i'm particularly pleased that some of the biggest companies in america are also here and that all of you together represent billions of dollars of investment. so i come here today, mr. president, with a very simple message. the american people are committed to the security and political and economic well-being of the egyptian people, and we will work with you -- [ applause ] >> -- we will work with you to absolutely secure the ambitious and important goals, the vision that you have laid out here today. ther

they were intense the latest negotiations led by secretary kerry and the iranian side, zarif, as he left mr. zarif made his most upbeat comments today. cameras had been kept a long awaywayaway finally we're getting something. meetings in brussels with european foreign ministers the diplomacy is underway, at a hectic pace. >> if i'm john kerry my hard work is paying off. u.s. iran bilateral relationships and the nuclear negotiations more generally in aan unprecedented phase. we are in the home stretch in the 11th hour. he more than anyone else with the possible exception of president obama wants to seal the deal. >> secretary kerry is expected to stay in lausanne all week. zarif will return here for more talks in the coming days. but the iranian delegation will leave at the end of the week to get home for its yacial annual holiday. >> what's happening now? >> as james bays spaicted in his report the foreign minister mr. zarif, earlier he had a one on one with fredericka margarini, she was aware there were still gaps between the two sides, but she was hoping the eu could help close the gaps.

mr. chairman and thank you secretary kerry and secretary carter and general dempsey for being here. i was very pleased when the administration sent over language for the aumf. i supported the aumf that passed out of this committee in the last congress because i think as you all said, it is very important for our men and women who might be putting themselves at risk in the fight against isil to know that they have the support of congress. i think it is very important for the american public to know, to hear this debate, and know congress is supporting whatever actions that we take. with respect to that, one of the places where i think i would have issue with the language that was sent over by the administration is with respect to the reporting on the ongoing actions. as you all know the language in the aumf that the administration sent over said the president shall report to congress at least once every six months on specific actions taken pursuant to this operation. in looking at the aumf that passed the committee in december, the reporting requirements are much more robust and much

mr. zarif was whisked by motor kade to meetings with european diplomacy is now underway at a hectic pace. >> i found john kerry feeling like hard work is paying off. the nuclear negotiations more generally in unprecedented phase. so now he is in the home stretch. we are in the 11th hour. he probably more than anyone else with the possible exception of president obama wants to seal the deal. >> secretary kerry is expected to stay in lusanne all week. foreign minister zarif will return here for further talks in the coming days. the iranian delegation is leavedue to leave at the ends of the way. it's iranian new year. with a deadline for a framework agreement set at the end of this month, time to get a deal is tight. james bays al jazeera, lusanne. >>> in isusinusis's election, they have made their final appeal. prime minister benen min netanyahu has vowed to strengthen construction in east jerusalem settlement. his party is trailing the centrist zinist union. a report from west jerusalem. >> when prime minister benjamin netanyahu forced snap elections last year it was all but certain he would keep his job. but a

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secretary of state kerry: mr. chairman, thank you. point of these no geographic limitations is not that there are any plans. i think the president has been so clear on this. but what a mistake it would be to send a message to isil that there are safe havens. that there are somehow just a two country limitation, so they go off and put their base, and then we go through months and months of deliberation again. that is why there are no limitations. mr. chairman, we know that there are groups in the world affiliated terrorist groups, who aspire to harm the net is dates our allies, our partners. isil is, however, very distinctive in that. because it holds territory. and it will continue if not stopped to seize more. because it has financial resources. because of the debilitating impact of the activities in the broader militant -- broader militant -- broader militant -- middle east. and i don't need to preview for this committee the full impact of the outrages that are committed by isil.4 but among them, scratching the surface, are atrociti

delegation led by secretary kerry, and the iranian side lasting almost five hours. he left mr zarif made upbeat comments. cameras had been kept a long way away. we could make out his words. finally we are getting something. mr zarif was whisked by motorcades by a plane to brussels, the diplomacy is under way at a hectic pace. >> i'm happy, my hard work is paying off. putting the u.s. center on bilateral relationship and more generally in an unprecedented face. now he's in the home stretch, we are in the 11th hour and he more than anyone with the exception of president obama wants to seal the deal. >> the foreign minister returns for talks in the coming days. but the iranian delegation is due to meet at the end of the week. it's a deadline at the end of this month, time to get a deal is tight >>> the u.s. government has uncovered dozens of priceless artefacts sold illegally in the united states. they have been handed over to iraqi officials in washington. kimberley halkett reports. >> reporter: more than 60 ancient artefacts thought lost forever are set to return to their origi

mr. lavrov, are left to reach a deal. secretary kerry and the u.k. foreign minister took a walk presumably discussing the remaining sticking points. >> in the negotiations of such complexity and with such high stakes it is not unnatural for brinksmanship to go on until the last hour. each party is waiting for the other to budge at the last minute. but negotiators understand clearly that they're running out of time, and this process is no longer sustainable. >> talks are continuing, and the future of iran's nuclear research and development and the lifting of international sanctions, but time ahead that have deadline is fast running out. james bays, al jazeera, lausanne lausanne. >> the germanwings co-pilot suspected of deliberately crashing the plane into the french alps has been treated in the past for suicidal tendencies. game's state prosecutor said that investigators are still yet to find any clues as to andreas lubitz's motivation but includes that he was in therapy up to the crash. >> in dÜsseldorf it is confirm that andreas lubitz did suffer su

mr. ambassador, the secretary of state, john kerry, got even more personal going after in a hearing goingtanyahu about his stance on iraq. you were not only a former ambassador a politician and an historian. have you ever seen relations this bad? >> well, as an historian i can point to many ups and downs in the u.s./israel relations back to 1966 and the suez canal. let's not go into ancient history. things have become very personal here. there have been things said about prime minister netanyahu from white house sources that i can't even repeat on national television. and, again, i would recity itsit /*-- reiterate. our fabric is stronger than these remarks, it's stronger than the relationship between a president and prime minister. let's not lose sight of that. we can't ignore what has happened and repair whatever damage has been done and work together whether a deal is signed or not signed. either way, the united states and israel are going to be allied very closely. >> before i let you go i want to tell our viewers that you are now a candidate for the kineset, which is the israeli parl

mr. ambassador did to have you on the program. what do you make of secretary kerry's comments is he leaving an opening that sood that assad was making amaketo remain as president after four years of war? >> i think he was making an opening, that we are ready to talk to assad. that was quickly pulled back by the state department a day or so afterwards and the position hasn't changed we don't think he can survive as president. >> in the meantime, the turkish prime minister saying this in response to kerry's statement he said you are going to have what negotiation with a regime that has killed over 200,000 people and has used chemical weapons unquote. how can these equivocations if we can call them, to making like turkey who wants assad out of power. >> we don't disagree with the turks about the long term prospects of assad. we did try in geneva a couple of years ago there has to be a transitional regime and at the end of the day he isn't going to be there. that wasn't accepted by assad first of all he's not about to commit political suicide. wasn't accepted by the russi

secretary kerry: thank you, mr. chairman. good to be with you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] announcer: the homeland security department is funded until midnight. a continuing resolution passed the senate last friday. there will be a conference to work out the differences between the two versions of the long-term spending bill, which provides funding for dhs through september 30. the house bill has provisions to block the president possibly executive orders on immigration. minority leader nancy pelosi has said that speaker john boehner promise to offer a bill to fund the department through the fiscal year. during a parents today on -- during an appearance today on "face the nation," he was asked about that. >> pelosi said that a bill to fund homeland security would be brought up in the house. did you make that promise? house speaker re boehner: we have asked for a conference with the s

mr. lavrov are left to reach deal with hours to go before the deadline. >> secretary kerry and u.k. secretary phillip hammond took talks. >> there is no undoubted lir the negotiators understand very clearly they are running out of time and this is no longer sustainable. >> we know the sticking points ali, the research and development of nuclear facilities this iran and also the lifting of international sanctions and in particular those u.n. county security council sanctions. time is running out. remember the deadline is midnight here in lausanne on tuesday, that's 7:00 p.m. eastern time. >> less than 24 hours, thank you, james bays in lausanne switzerland. most of the nuclear deal in iran would focus on the number of centrifuges iran is allowed to keep. the estimate is 20,000 sentry centrifuges, 10,000 are operational. the deal would probably bring that number down to 6,000. other issues include the kind of access that inspectors would get to sensitive nuclear sites and allowing enough time for world to react should iran break any agreement and decide to develop a bomb. >>> professo