ross jordan has more. >> reporter: u.s. secretary of state john kerry was one of three obama administration officials to brief members of congress behind closed doors on wednesday. he and the energy secretary and treasury secretary talked to legislators about the deal to make iran give up its nuclear weapons ambitions. however, some members of congress who came out in between the sessions said that they had real scepticism that the plan could work or they were hoping that the president and his team would make a stronger argument for trying to make this deal go through, not just through congress but on the international stage as well. >>> even as john kerry was holding those secret talks thousands of people were gathering in new york's times square for a stop iran rally. the crowd demanded that congress veto the deal. >> reporter: the crowd was large, the speakers were many and the message was clear. >> we are here as americans to speak with one voice to say stop iran now reject this deal and let's speak loud enough that the

ross cylinder jordan has this report. >> guantguantanamo, a place that has become a center for human rights abuses. they have held up to 780 detainees, prisoners of the so-called global war on terror. but guantguantanamo is also the u.s.'s only permanent overseas base in the americas. sailors and marines stationed here respond to natural disasters and go after drug dealers and human trafficers. havana wants the land back. the obama administration opposes the idea. >> no anticipation and no plan with respect to the guantguantanamo naval station in cuba. >> the u.s. has troops deployed all around the world, but there is only one country where u.s. forces are permanently deployed against the wishes of the host government, cuba. the americans have controlled the deep water bay and square files on southeastern end since 1903, a gain from the spanish-american war. the u.s. started paying rent. kufrnth, about $4,000 a year. but in the 1960s, fidel castro stopped cashing the checks and called on the americans to leave. in most respects guantanamo looks like any other military base, sand colo

ross dined jordan there at the state department in washington, d.c.or washington, d.c.hank you. >> the president bush said that attacks like the one on somalia on sunday where nine people are killed are a reminder that the fight is not over. u.s. president is speaking along ethiopia's prime minister on the first day of his visit. praising ethiopia's economic record saying that the country needed to do more of human rights. >> there is still more work to do. i think the prime minister is the first to acknowledge that there is more work to do. the way we think about these issues is we want to engage with governance on areas of mutual concern and interest. the same way we deal with china and deal with a range of other countries where the democratic practices or issues around freedom of the press assembly are not ones thatry line with how we're thinking about it, but we continually bring it up. and we indicate that this is part of our core interest and concern in our foreign policy. that's true here as well. >> well, ethiopia's prime minister defending his country's commitm

ross lynn jordan reports. >> reporter: a very public act of diplomacy. the u.s.'ive presents a letter to the interim foreign minister, with that diplomatic ties can cuba are restored off more than 50 years. on state television a preceptser reads a letter from the president raul castro to u.s. president barack obama and that on july 20th it's embassy in washington will be open for business. workers recently installed a new flagpole outside what's currently the cuba interest section. obama said all of this was long overdue. >> this is a historic step forward in our effort to his normalize relations with the cuban government and people. and begin a new chapter with our neighbors in the americas. >> reporter: in the short-term there will be increased business can travel between the two countries, but the process of normalization will take much longer. the u.s. says cuba still has a poor human rights record. and its trade embargo can't be lifted without an act of congress. something the president will find very difficult to achieve. the move to resteer ties has been ye

jordan. tonight brian ross has learned what fbi agents have begun to discover on his phone, in his diary, is it a possible motive. after four lives were taken over the weekend we learned a fifth victim a sailor dying from his wounds. abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross tonight on what they have found in the phone. >> reporter: u.s. officials tonight tell abc news they believe mohammad abdulazeez carried out his attacks in the apparent hope allah would forgive his sins on earth, including drug abuse and financial failure. it is the first indication that abdulazeez's deadly attacks on two u.s. military sites last week were motivated by an extremist islamic sense of jihad. officials say an examination of abdulazeez's smartphone turned up no links to isis, but did reveal he searched a number of jihadist websites prior to his deadly rampage, hoping to get religious justification, to "wipe the slate clean" of his personal failures. and there were many. his family has told the fbi that abdulazeez, seen in these new photos provided to abc news, was mentally ill, abusing drugs, unable

looking at how agricultural robotting can be made more roslind jordan bowl. >> most ross boughts just have wheels that are not suitable on land. because we have farms and fields where there are obstacles like rocks and trunks. so they are not going to be able to work in that kind of area. >> other members of the team are looking at human arm muscles to better understand how they work with tendons to control limbs. others are using a robotic finger to mimic the way doctors feel nor lumps beneath the skin, a level of sensitivity not normally associated with machines. these innovations and techniques are still years from being rolled out but the team believes that they'll form the basis of a new generation of softer and more friendly robots. al jazeera london. >> there's much more real news at our website at www.aljazeera.com. that's it from the team in doha. for a few hours david foster and the london crew standing by to update you in the next couple of minutes. thank you for watching. i'll see you again. bye for now. >> turkey targeting u.s.-backed kurdish forces in syria as it continu

. >> reporter: sheronda ross admits she was late picking up her son, jordan, but was stunned when she at the closed day care where her child was crying from a crib inside. >> it never happened to us. i'm apologetic. >> reporter: for now, the parents are too angry for an apology. >> put yourselves in our shoes. at this point, i don't know what i could say to the day care. >> reporter: the sheriff's office now investigating the incident that no criminal charges have been filed. and the employee that left the baby, joanne's day care, says they will not be firing her. >> it was our mistake. i'm not saying it is not. but the main thing is the baby is okay. >> reporter: abc news, new york. >> today a california mother whose two daughters were killed in the crash of a recalled rental car. >> michael finny has been following this store for years. >> yeah. we've all been in danger all this time. no doubt about it. now 11 years later, action in congress finally today. u.s. senate banned the rental of recall cars that have not been fixed. the bill is named for rachel and jacqueline holk of south

jordan, his a appearance very different. at this hour communities holding vigils for the individuals lost. one as young as 21. we begin with brian ross on the search right now of that suspect's computers and cell phone. >> reporter: mohammad abdulazeez grew up on a quiet street in small tennessee town. but tonight, officials are awaiting the readout of computers and cell phones seized at his home here, to determine whether the young man neighbors thought was an all-american kid, a high school sports star, had fallen under the sway of isis. >> my judgment and my experience is that this was an isis-inspired attack. >> reporter: officials tell abc news a seven-month stay in the mideast, in jordan, last year by abdulazeez could have been a turning point. >> we are exploring all possibilities to include any contacts overseas. >> reporter: abdulazeez was born in kuwait, but he and his family have lived in the u.s. since 1992. officials say his father, a city engineer, was briefly put on a terror watch list ten years ago before being cleared. abdulazeez had plenty of american friends growing up, seen here in a youtube video he posted with s

. >> reporter: sharonda ross admits she was late picking up her son jordan but was stunned when she arrivedapologetic. i thank god he was okay. >> reporter: for now jordan's parents say they are too angry to accept the explanation. >> i just want her to know if she could put herself in our shoes, in that moment feel like your life is over. at this point i don't know what i could say to joann's day-care center. >> reporter: the harris county sheriff's office now investigating the incident but no criminal charges have been filed. and the employee that left the baby, joann's day care says they will not be firing her. >> it was our mistake. i'm not saying it's not. the main thing is the baby is okay. >> reporter: for "good morning america," mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. >> so scary. >>> and finally a much, much lighter story involving kids. this is going viral this morning. it's a collection of letters sent from summer camp by children to their parents. this one says, "i'll have to write another letter. no joke. i'm forced to write to you guys. okay, bye." how about this one, "need som

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uncle is being questioned in jordan and investigators offering new insight into a possible motive in connection to extremist views. we get the details from abc's brian rossked, its personnel unarmed, the chattanooga military recruiting office opened its doors again. >> we are open for business. >> reporter: with new recruits including tristan wood eager to sign up because of what happened. >> it just pushed me over the edge, and i'm mad about it. >> reporter: across the country, governors in seven states ordered personnel at national guard recruitment centers to arm themselves something a top general said the pentagon may also order. >> we should seriously consider it. in some cases i think it's appropriate. >> reporter: as the fbi narrowed its focus into the motivation of the shooter, mohammad abdulazeez, officials said they now have evidence he was a follower of the radical american cleric and al qaeda recruiter anwar al awlaki. awlaki was killed in a u.s. air strike in yemen almost four years ago, but his recorded messages in idiosyncratic english -- >> never underestimate the power of fear -- >> reporter: -- continue to lure young muslim men to carry