last week and he said we think we've got the deal we're not quite sure and that's why he sent mr pederson to damascus in recent hours he sat down with the deputy prime minister of syria walid moallem and he had what he said was a positive meeting about his lead to the announcement it is an important breakthrough because this is what the u.s. has been concentrating on on syria but it's worth also stressing this is a small part of the solution to the problems of syria because they're not going to be dealing about with any of the issues on the ground the ongoing war in syria they're dealing with one thing which is a feature constitution for syria and i can tell you skeptics are concerned that once this constitutional committee actually starts work it will take a bit of time to get everyone to geneva it may well go the way of previous peace efforts in geneva which are just got bogged down and have in the end failed and most observers believe in every case in the past that's because the syrian government hasn't really wanted them to succeed and has told paedo those efforts and also james i do

the program is funded through the pederson family foundation and they started hospital music programscsf, stanford and ucla and hospital in london. >> when the music therapist comes in and sings and makes destiny her heart rate goes down and her oxygen levels go up. >> the pederson family is hoping to span the music proam a spal in rome. i love that story. >>> meantime a 5-year-old boy is was thatting in $a rare form of cancer. his family desperate to find a bone marro mass on his lung it' rare in the united states. and even less common in children. savian needs a bone rowe are o transplant and the likelihood of matched is based on ethnicity. it shows african-americans have only 23% chance to find a donor. >> i'm crushed that our community has been so reluctant to share their dna. >> as a parent, how do we accept that these are the facts for our black and brown kids? >> the hamiltons aren't gifting up. marine elementary, his school has proton partner wtd be the match. hosting an event today at noon in hopes of finding a donor. you can find information on the website at abc 7 news.com.

pederson beat it. l.a. took advantage of the extra out.orey seager, a three-run home run off rodriguez. the dodgers win 5-0. giants get shut out for the 14th time this season. >>> great finish at the u.s. open. ended moments ago. rafael nadal taking on daniil medvedev. blew past the four-hour mark. if these two were tired, they sure didn't show it in the final set. >> you cannot be serious. >> nadal won four straight games to take control and then serve for the match. medvedev returned and that's it. rafael nadal, his 19th career major title, now one behind roger federer for most all time. just a great match. >> absolutely. >> are they supposed to finish their matches by laying spread eagle on the court? that's what happened yesterday. >> that's the new thing. because they look and see the camera. >> thanks, dennis. >>> coming up in our next half hour, federal agents swarm the company at the center of that deadly dive boat fire. we will tell you what they were looking for. >>> a search and rescue mission off the u.s. coast after a cargo sh

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special envoy for syria care pederson is addressing the u.n. security council he's expected to announce the details of a meeting share childes at the end of next month in geneva they will include a 159 constitutional committee let's listen in to the united nations in geneva this president i believe this should be a sign of hope for the long suffering syrian people it comes off to the agreement on to government of syrian arab republic and the syrian negotiations commission to a package of the nominees to tickle me on the terms of reference so procedure to guide its work i believe you should stop for a minute and take stock of the significance of this agreement. this is indeed the 1st concrete political agreement between the government and the opposition to begin to implement a key aspect of security council resolution 2254 and to set a schedule and process for a new constitution it implies a clear acceptance of the all there as an interlocutor it commits their nominees to sit together face to face dialogue and negotiation while at the same time

working on this constitutional committee he ended his job at the end of last year and all year gap pederson is norwegian successor has been working trying to get this committee together of the problem was who was going to sit in the committee there are 3 different lists one drawn up by the government one drawn up by the opposition and list of civil society that was drawn up by the united nations and there were arguments over the last names about they've been arguing over just a couple of names for literally months and months a final decision on the names was made last week in turkey when the mead leaders of turkey iran and russia met its the secretary general and was pleased by that but still wasn't entirely certain this was going to go ahead because he was worried that the syrian government would put obstacles in the way that's why he sent his special envoy mr patterson to damascus in the last 48 hours he's been meeting with the deputy prime minister of syria and foreign minister walid moallem and they are now i think happy that they can announce this so what we're going to do is have a nu

they were special envoy to syria says the country remains in grave circumstances pederson addressed the u.n. security council on efforts to find a political solution to the conflict he outlined the make up of a proposed constitutional committee and he's also post for a nationwide cease fire. steps on the escalation towards a nationwide ceasefire are absolutely essential because the violence and killings must stop because there is no military solution because the no solution 2254 terms or so a cease fire with a shared international understanding hold to combat terrorism terrorism in a manner that protect civilians or poled international law is vital in its own the rights and would help me made the political process james bays has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york so a moment off some opportunity on syria but it is worth remembering what is going on in the north of syria province which is where many people have fled to as the syrian government and their russian allies have picked off the various what we call deescalation zones it live is the last one the population there swelled

pieces in place in fact i spoke to the 2nd this last week to make sure he sent his special envoy gare pederson to damascus he's been there for the last couple of days making sure there really is buy in from the assad regime and they now feel confident that they can come out and make a statement that the constitutional committee will be formed this will take a bit of time because it's not a small undertaking there are a large number of people that now have to be got to geneva we are. sume for the start of this constitutional committee and exactly what will they discuss while the discussing a new constitution for syria but clearly there are related issues to this for example an election going forward how would an election take place in syria who would be allowed to vote would those that of fled syria the refugees that are in many countries in the middle east but also in europe how would they vote in any election so there are lots of on result issues and i can tell you there are many skeptics who fear that when this process after all this negotiation on the committee and who could be an 8 when it

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can a couple batters later jacques pederson with a couple shown ron shot kwaut orr only goes 2 inningtlight. ranked 15th and trying to go 5-0 for the sec time since 2007. cal taking on arizona state at memorial stadium. down 7-0 in the first quarter. chase gasher is dropping the dime to trafen clark to tie things at 7. bup before the half bad news for the bears. gasher is on the run. lands directly on the right shoulder. oh, man. watch his teammate as he walks by tries to pat him on the shoulder. yeah, he wants to avoid it nothing to do. he did not return. arizona state's ino benjamin with three touchdowns in the game. the third gives asu a 21-17 lead over 4.5 to go. final chance for the bears on fourth down. yeah, that's the way it would end. the bears lose 24-17. sffering the first loss of the season. after the big win at arkansas, brett brennan and san jose state trying to keep it going against air force. the spartans took the opening kickoff and marched down the field. dejan packer with the touchdown. but then air force scored 41 of the next 44 points. and they go on to win it. th

wasn't going to be stymied by the syrian government and that's why he sent his special envoy get pederson to damascus he's been there for the last couple of days speaking to the deputy prime minister walid muallem and there i think they're pretty certain now this can go ahead so the constitutional committee which will deal with a small part of syria's big problem will meet we think in geneva in the coming weeks they will look at a future constitution for syria potentially at the prospect of elections to syria but of course this does nothing to stop the ongoing bombardment and bloodshed on the ground particularly in the live audience now jim said the other issue which has been looming. our joy over the general assembly is of course iran that you met with john it's very far in the air at worki tell us about things that are moving with that regards. yeah the iranian foreign minister had a small breakfast which invited some a small group of journalists to pretty clear from the iranian side that they'll be no meeting between trump and rouhani at this year's general assembly the iranians have c

but he then to make sure that the syrian government were fully on board sent a special envoy get pedersonto damascus he's had meetings in the last few hours with walid moallem who is the foreign minister and deputy foreign minister of syria the u.n. now feels confident this process can go ahead and so they formally announced it the secretary general's announced it but there will be this constitutional committee for syria coming up with a new constitution for syria and potentially then paving the way for elections for syria but then of course are all sorts of questions about that who would be allowed to vote in elections what would you do about all of those syrians which amount to nearly half the population of pre-war syria live outside syria in neighboring countries and in europe how would that work out those questions obviously have got to be addressed cynics will tell you that they fear that this will go to geneva as previous peace initiatives and peace talks have been get bogged down because of the syrian government's intransigence when they actually get to the negotiating table and of