patty culhane explains. >> the reception could not have been more different. jubilant celebrations in iran as these people ultimately hope for a final agreement. for u.s. secretary of state john kerry a more subdued welcome. he didn't find people celebrating in streets but instead hundreds of angry members of congress. >> only alist of very dangerous concessions that's going to put u.s. on the path -- are iran on the path to a nuclear weapon. >> proved a big selling point for iran's president hassan rouhani. >> according to the framework all sanctions including financial, banking and economic sanctions will be lifted on the same day the final agreement is is implemented. >> what we did was achieve our objective which is to ensure that iran will not ensure pursue a nuclear weapon. >> can't make this deal on his own and they are promising to pass a bill that will give the house and senate are their own authority. now there will be plenty of behind the scenes lobbying and public speeches. the president is going to argue if they kill this deal it will be much more

patty culhane, al jazeera. >> i.s.i.l. now controls 70% of the area, video posted online has said to show members of the palestinian armed group battling i.s.i.l. but the footage can't be independently verified. >>> in iran, the head of tikrit's governing council says hundreds of homes have been burnt there in the past few days. shia militia are also looting in the country. took control earlier this week, iraq answer prime minister has ordered his forces to arrest and prosecute any abusers. >>> when tikrit was retain cialgfaisil al abadi. >> begin to sphet the impression that with the defeat of i.s.i.l. also comes some measure and perhaps a large measure of ethnic cleansing that will obviously complicate the issue to use perhaps an insolicitous phrase from the vietnam war we'll hardly win the hearts and minds of the locals and they will absolutely be needed to be on the right side in the fight against a barbaric and common enemy. >> the death toll in the al shabaab attack in the university in kenya have govern up to 148 it

patty culhane has more from washington. >> hillary clinton has spent most of her adult life in the public eye. first as the wife of the president, then as senator from new york state then secretary of state. >> although we weren't fast enough to shatter that glass ceiling, thanks to you it's got about 18 million cracks in it. >> she also can't distance is herself too much from president obama. >> she needs to communicate to a lot of constituencies that are very close to president barack obama, she can't distance herself too much from the president, she uses progressivism and ethnic voters but she needs to have independence. >> she could have another issue her name. there are enough complaints about team dynasties. >> the presidency of the united states is not some crown to be passed between two families. it is an awesome and sacred trust to be earned. >> she heads into the campaign already facing a controversy she used a private e-mail account as secretary of state and admits she deleted tens of thousands of e-mails. republicans claim she is covering something up but she is by far the str

patty culhane reports. >> these people hope for a successful final agreement. secretary of state john kerry found no one celebrating in streets but instead hundreds of angry members of congress. >> there is no deal of deal on our agreement with iran. >> they think the u.s. agreed to too much sanction relief. that appeared accepting to hassan rouhani. >> all sanctions including financial banking and economic sanctions will be lifted on the final day the agreement is lifted. >> this is the best deal they could get and that it will be effective. >> what we did with this deal is to achieve our objective which is to make sure iran cannot pursue a nuclear weapon and they will not be able to do that under this deal because it places very strict are specifications on the type of there activity that can take place in iran. >> the white house is going to have to work hard to keep enough members of the president's own party turning against him and stripping his finalization of the deal. >>> the president is going to argue if they kill this deal it will be much more likely

patty culhane al jazeera washington. >> in syria i.s.i.l. fighters have taken over more of the yarmouk refusing camp. i.s.i.l. now controls 70% of the area the video posted online is set to show members of the group battling i.s.i.l. but the footage can't be independently verified. in iraq, the head of tikrit's government council says hundreds of houses have been burned there in the last two days. ahmed al kahim says, took control from i.s.i.l. informs earlier this week. iraq's prime minister has ordered his forces to arrest and prosecute any raiders. >>> faisil al abadi says that could have an impact on the broader fight against i.s.i.l. >> if the local populations in the mosul area begin to get the impression that with the defeat of i.s.i.l. also comes some measure and perhaps a large measure of ethnic cleansing that will obviously complicate the issue. to use perhaps an insolicitous phrase from the vietnam war it will hardly win the hearts and minds of the locals. and they will absolutely be needed to be on the right side in the fight aga

patty culhane reports. >> reporter: the prime minister is getting the kind of attention reserved forw visitors. including for the versus first time a japanese prime minister will address a joint session of congress but before the speech a state dinner only the eighth one of obama's presidency. on the menu beef. it's also on the agenda because president obama wants to export more excultural products to japan. >> i have been clear that tpp is good for american businesses and american workers. >> reporter: top white house officials believe the key-to-getting the agreement done with all 12 nations is that the u.s. and japan have to settle their disagreements first, based on u.s. exports of agricultural goods and cars. they are down playing any expectation here at the white house that they have been able to come to any sort of an agreement on that. >> translator: on the bilateral outstanding issues we welcome the fact that significant progress was made. we will continue to cooperate to lead the tpp talks through its last phase. >> reporter: some analysts say the dae -- delays are pretty t

patty culhane, al jazerra washington. >>> israelii prime minister benjamin netanyahu has condemned thent. he says a deal base on the framework threatened the survival of israel. following the latest developments from west jerusalem. >> reporter: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has wents fiercest critic about these negotiations between western powers and iran trying to make this agreement that they have now reached to move forward. mr. netanyahu has consistency said that any kind of deal or agreement needs to involve a major, as he put it, roll back of iran's nuclear ambition. and it's quite telling that when president obama made his statement after the agreement was announced that he spoke at length about israel and israel's concern. mr. obama said that while he and mr. netanyahu don't see eye to eye on this issue that he reaffirmed the u.s.' commitment to israel's security. whatever the case, mr. netanyahu again as we have been saying has been a very fierce critic of any kind of nuclear deal with iran. he says a deal with iran, not only threatens israel, but the middle east.

patty culhane in washington explains how the events unfolded. >> reporter: the u.s.ent rarely even acknowledges drone strikes in pakistan and afghanistan. >> i want to express our grief and condolences. >> reporter: but now the u.s. president is apologizing for two. because two hostages were inadvertently killed. american warren weinstein and italian giovanni los angeles porto both aid workers held hostage for years by al qaeda. >> as president and commander-in-chief, i take full responsibility all of our counter terrorism operations including the one that inning ahead very tenterly took the lives of waren and giovanni think i profoundly regret what happened. on behalf of the united states government, i offer our deepest apologies to the families. nine. >> reporter: the wine step family had been publically asking for president to do more after they traded prison force soldiers. >> he needed to be with his family, did he is he served to come home. >> reporter: after hearing the news of his death the family released a statement saying al qaeda is a responsible but also

patty culhane has more from washington. >> reporter: the u.s. government rarely acknowledges drone strikes in pakistan and afghanistan. >> i want to express grieve and condolences. >> reporter: now the u.s. president is apologising for two, because two were killed. warren weinstein and giovanni lo porto, aid workers held hostage by al qaeda for years. >> as president and commander and chief i take full responsibility for all counterterrorism operations including the one that inadvertently took the lives of warren and giovani. i regret what happened. on behalf of the united states government i offer deepest apologies to the pamfamilies. the warren weinstein pushed the president to do more to gain his release, saying this. >> no soldiers left behind what about a citizens. he needs to be with his family he deserves to come home. >> after hearing the news of his death, the family released a statement saying al qaeda what is responsible but wept on to criticize the u.s. government saying: in making the announcement the president didn't speak about th

patty culhane has the story. >> the reception home could not have been more jubilant. loapg forhoping for a successful conclusion and agreement. secretary of state john kerry dpreatedgreeted angry members of congress. >> going to put iran on the path to a nuclear weapon. >> many politicians say they don't like that iran will be able to do research and development or that all of iran's facilities will stay open and that they think u.s. agreed to too much sanction relief. that proved to be a big selling point for hasan rouhani. >> all sanctions including financial banking and economic sanctions will be lifted the final day that the agreement is implemented. >> the white house is on the offensive insisting that this is the best deal they could get and that it will be effective. >> we achieved our objective which is to make sure iran could not pursue a nuclear weapon and they will not be able to do so under this deal because it imposes very strict limitations on the type of nuclear activity that can be conducted on iranian soil. >> reporter: many in congress say that the u

patty culhane has more from washington. >> reporter: the u.s. hardly acknowledges drone strikes. >> as president and commander in chief i take responsibility for counterterrorism operation, including the one that took the lives of warren and giovani, i regret what happened. i offer our deeper apologies to the family. >> the wine stephen family pushed the government to do more saying that after the taliban exchanged prisoners. >> no soldiers left behind. what about no citizen. the family criticized the u.s. government saying: in making the announcement. the president didn't mention the other two killed. they had been indicted in the u.s. for treason after posting videos like this online. >> we should look for targeted that epitomize western decadence. the two al qaeda separatist were not targeted and they isn't it know about the. >> it called in question the standards in reliability of the intelligence that is used to carry out the lethal force programme. >> it's a programme that independent experts say killed thousands. imcloud -- including hund

patty culhane has more. >> reporter: the u.s. government rarely acknowledges drone strikes in pakistan and afghanistan. >> i want to express grieve and condolences. >> reporter: now the u.s. president is apologising for two, because two hostages were inadvertently killed. edward weinstock and portland centre aid workers held hostage for years. >> as president and commander in chief, i take full responsibility for all the counter-terrorism operations including the one that took the lives of warren and giovani. i profoundly regret what happened. on behalf of the government i offer our deepest apologise to the families. >> the wine stephen family has been pushing the government to do more for the release. saying this. >> no soldiers left behind. what about no citizens left behind. he needs to be with the family. >> the family released a statement saying that arismendy alcantara was responsible but criticized the the u.s. government saying: the president didn't mention two others who were indicted in the u.s. for treason after postin

patty culhane reports. >> prime minister shinzo abe is getting the kind of attention reserved for few world leaders. a private tour of the lincoln monument welcoming and hand shakes in the afl office. -- oval office. and for the first time a japanese officer addressing the congress. there's a reason beyond the normal relationship. money. on the men ou is -- menu is beef. particularly the trans-pacific partnership is on the agenda. >> i'm clear that t.p.p. is good for american officials and businesses. >> reporter: top white house officials believe the key to getting the agreement with all nationals is they have to settle disagreements first, based on agriculture, cars. they are downplaying speculation that they come to an agreement on that. the prime minister gave only the vaguest of updates. >> translation: on the bilateral outstanding issues we welcome the fact that significant progress was made. we'll continue to cooperate to lead the t.p.p. talks through the last phase. >> reporter: some analysts say the delays are toey. >> president obama came out of the tokyo meetings last year

our white house correspondent patty culhane reports. >> u.s. president obama was supposed to talk about the economy in kentucky but delayed his trip for hours, wanting to make sure that the american people heard the deal first. >> i'm convinced if the framework leads to a deal it will make our country, our allies, and our world safer. >> he believes he can make the deal on his own. many in congress disagree. the republican senator said he'd bring up a bill to force the president to get their approval writing: right now it's not clear that the president has the support. what he's doing is that he's making the case to the american public arguing that if congress kills the deal the only option is war. if congress kills the deal without based on expert analysis and without offering an alternative. the international unity will collapse in the past the conflict will widen. those point out that the president has public opinion on his side. >> americans support the talks, they are not confident that a deal would be affective. the president expressed th

patty culhane is at the white house. since 2004 we have spent about a trillion dollars there.iven that is the u.s. likely to deliver on his requests? >> reporter: not all of them. the prime minister and the president is in the oval office. they have made statements and we are starting to hear news lines that have been coming out. president obama said the u.s. will commit another $200 million in humanitarian aid to iraq last year. in 2014 the total was $208 million. but the prime minister is coming here with an incredibly long list. his country is facing a $22 billion deficit because oil prices have plummeted. he wants the u.s. to give him weapons basically on credit. and the list is pretty long from iraqi officials we're hearing -- oh it looks like possibly the meeting may have wrapped up. that was the prime minister just leaving. he will be meeting with secretary kerry later in the day. the list is pretty long everything from f16s to surveillance drones apache helicopters. basically they want to conducted their own air campaign. but that would be giving away the most leverage

million in humanitarian aid and prays the iraqi people the progress that it made against the group patty culhane reports. >> as haider al-abadi arrived in washington, staff in baghdad made it clear that he was coming for reinforcement for the fight against islamic state of iraq and levant. on the list surveillance drones attack helicopters and fighter jets - needing them to take back mosul and app bar. when asked, this is how president obama responded. >> i think this is why we are having this meeting. to make sure we are improving our coordination why to name sure iraq is in a position to succeed. >> there is no specific request. >> the u.s. is pledging more humanitarian aid, $200 million, a little less than last year. president obama said all foreign assistance has to go to the government of iraq, sending the message that sovereignty is protected and when it comes to accountability, that they'd be responsible for any war crimes committed with the equipment. >> human rights groups complained the u.s. and iraqi officials are not doing enough on that front. >> we have seen no evidence that the u.

let's go live now to patty culhane in washington, d.c.n he outlined there some of the wins as he saw it for iran in this action the racketor in iraq will be activated but more than a thousand centrifuges will be back to work and sanctions, all sanctions are to be lifted i guess in a strange way, it perhaps is some of those points that some of the hardliners in the congress will agree with him on that this is too much of a win for iran. >> definitely seen some strange bed fellows there this is the stage after any negotiation, we see leaders go back to their countries and highlight the points they want to highlight. for example, when the obama administration announced the deal they put out a fact sheet for reporters. the top line was all of the ways iran was going to not be able to enrich. but what president rhouhani just said there is going to strike a tone here in washington. he specially with republicans who are concerned about the deal. one of the things he highlighted is none of the facilities are going to be shut down. none of the cen

patty culhane reports from washington >>> prime minister shinzo abe is getting the attention reserved for few world leaders. a private tour of thelingon monument. before the speech a state dipper. the i think of obama's presidency. . >> on the menu beef. it's also on the agenda because president obama wants to export more agricultural products to japan as part of the trans-pacific partnership agreement, or ttp which he is defending. >> i have been clear that t.p.p. is good for american businesses and workers. >>> top white house officials believe the key to get the entire pacific agreement with all 12 nations is that the u.s. and japan has to settle first. based on u.s. exports. they are downplaying expectations at the white house that they have been able to come to an agreement on that. the prime minister gave the vaguest of updates >>> on the bilateral outstanding issues we welcomed the fact that significant progress was made. we'll continue to cooperate, to lead the ttp talks through the last phase. some analysts say the delays are telling. president obama came out of the tokyo mee

now we're going to go to patty culhane to talk about the iraqi prime minister.is cap in hand asking for more weapons. how likely is he to get what he wants. >> well just to set the scene for you the honor guard has been set up for a good 20 minutes. we expect the iraqi prime minister to be here in a matter of moments. they are not having a press conference, but the media will be allowed in briefly to hear statements in the oval office. the prime minister is coming to president barack obama with a very strong list. he needs money. there is a $22 million shortfall in iraq's budget because of the plunging oil prices. he is going to ask for humanitarian assistance and he wants more military equipment, such as drones but he wants the u.s. to give them to him on credit. from the obama administration's perspective, what they want is guarantees that iraq is not lining up too much with iran that they are not going to become mouthpieces basically for the iranian government. so that's going to be the discussion inside the oval office. we'll get a brief sense of how it went

patty culhane there. >> we'll look at whether nigeria's new president is the right man to tackle the threat posed by boko haram. going home at last after years of being forced to work as fishermen without pay. we'll have all the details still ahead in sport. the final line up for the the miami line up has been confirmed. we'll have those details later. >> now, two kenyans and two foreigners have been arrested after a al-shabab attack killing 147 people. targeting an university, many students were wounded and the government has imposed a curfew in the region. we have reports from the northeast. >> um-- the city woke up to sounds of gunfire. the area had been taken over by gunmen from al-shabab. many students managed to escape. but many more were held hostage inside. many fought with the gunmen for hours. many ran for their lives. >> i heard the sound of gunfire at 5:30 in the morning. but i didn't know what was happening. later i heard that the terrorists had invaded the university. >> the army had been there since since 2011. they had been calling for kenya to withdraw from somalia.

patty culhane has the latest. >> reporter: as iraq prime minister abd-rabbu mansour hadi arrived in washington his staff in baghdad made it clear to reporters he was coming here for reinforcements in the fight against the islamic state of iraq and levant. on his list surveillance drones attack helicopters and fighter jets, saying they needed them to take back mosul and anbar. when asked, this is how president obama responded. >> i think this is why we are having this meeting, to make sure that we are continually improving our coordination making sure that iraqi security forces are in a position to succeed >>> his press secretary went further. >> there were no specific requests made by the iraqi prime minister. >> reporter: the u.s. is pledging humanitarian aid 205 million more than last year. >> president obama was specific on one point. saying all foreign assistance has to go to the government of the iraq saying it sends a message that sovereignty is arrested and when it comes to accountability they would be responsible for war crimes. human rights groups complains the u.s. and iraqi official

let's bring in patty culhane. what is on the agenda?ite house is going all out to pry to impress the japanese prime minister. there are huge flags of japan and the united states all over the property. there is going to be a press conference. and tonight is state dinner. the president doesn't do this very much. this is only his eighth. the driving force the trans-pacific partnership, o tpp. that is the president's top priority in foreign policy right now. top aids have told me they think if the u.s. and japan can settle their differences, that is really going to pave the way for the deal to get done but they are down playing expectations that anything concrete is going to come out of that meeting, because there are still two sticking points. >> the visit being somewhat overshadowed by the events in baltimore. obama is due to speak with the japanese prime minister. will he talk about baltimore? and what is he expected to say >> reporter: white house officials say yes, he will address the issue in baltimore. he usually comes out and he'll

. >> patty culhane is at the white house. the first challenge will not selling this deal to congress. >> sell the deal to congress, but also trying to make sure congress doesn't kill the deal. here's the white house. they believe that if the u.s. in fact backs away from the deal, then the whole thing's going to fall apart. they don't believe the other nations will sign on with iran. basically, we're as you know, congress out of town for the holiday, but we've seen paper statements. some democrats have said we want to see the deal, we want to be briefed before making judgment. the republicans have had the fiercely critical, parodies many comments we hear from israel, saying basically iran cannot be trusted. the president's responded to that concern by saying if it turns out that they are misleading the investigators sanctions can be snapped back immediately, we'll wait and see if that argument it enough to sway concerns about iran's past practices. >> how common is it for congress to have a say in things like this. >> when you