state secretary after he meets the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov the talks between u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the russian leadership has been going on for hours now we're expecting a media conference by john kerry in the foreign minister sergei lavrov any moment now. contributor afshin rattansi gave me his opinion on why the two sides are finding it so hard to find common ground. kerry is saying the united states every state is saying. that they have common interests they both promote regional stability prevent the spread of extremism is difficult and what russian president vladimir putin can possibly say to the u.s. secretary of state because we all know most of the world knows that the major powers have been doing exactly the opposite not promoting regional stability and helping the spread of extremism how have they managed to talk through these hours and less presumably mr putin is explaining to john kerry that the only way to prevent seasons to stop late to backing the rebels in syria what would john kerry be saying about the latest news concerning those

sergey lavrov and sergey lavrov underscored their commitment to the communique signed in june last year which calls for a transitional government to be established in syria that includes both sides but how can the international community get to that point if european union members with the support of the us are now considering to actually fled syria with even more arms experts believe that our being the syrian rebels will ignite an arms freeze in that country and so far according to the un the conflict there has claimed the lives of more than eighty thousand people and if more weapons flow into the country to arm the syrian rebels. crisis because of it would of course be exacerbated even further fears of an upsurge in killings in syria if french arms supplies reach the rebels are based on what's been happening in the conflict zone over the past two years well syrian activists have been monitoring the surges in violence which appear to be correlated to an influx of arms from abroad according to figures casualties rose sharply after the first shipment arrived from qatar reportedly in twen

i had to make my own because sergey brin, the cofounder of google, didn't send me a pair. no big deal. these work just as well. google glasses. what's four plus four? ( cheers and applause ). i can't see the answer because i don't have my glasses on. serious design flaw. you see, sergey brin hails from the subject of the 69th installment of my 343-part series better know a district. tonight maryland fourth, the fightin' fourth. ( cheers and applause ). the fourth is the first black sub urban district in the country making it is the jackie robinson of never returning your neighbor's we'dwacker. it is also the first suburb ever to be pulled over by the cops. maryland's fourth also houses andrews air force base, home to the president's jum be jet air force one although after sequester cuts it's been downgraded to honda civic force once. maryland's fourth also includes fed-ex field home of the washington redskins, the most offensive tame in professional sports other than the arizona asian kids are good at maths. ( cheers and applause ). now, some celebrities... some arizona fa

chief ban ki-moon and the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov have met in the black sea resort of sochi to try to find a way to end the violence in syria. this is the latest in a series of the top-level talks. both men say a peace conference needs to be held but then russia has been defending its sale of weapons to syria. ban ki-moon meanwhile tackled the issue of alleged chemical weapon use inside syria. he called on damascus to let u.n. experts to check the claims. >> our team is ready at any time within 24 to 48 hours notice they can immediately conduct an investigation. i urge syrian authorities to be flexible and allow our teams to have on-site investigation. >> ban ki-moon is also due to meet with the russian president. why russia could hold the key to ending conflict in syria. if you want to join in sincere yeah, you have to come to russia. president vladimir putin has been playing host to an increasingly long queue of statesman trying to stop the bloodshed. theat arrive is the un secretary-general ban ki-moon. so far, the russian leader has shown no sign of abandoning bash

you know sergei i'm happy how many of these parades have you seen in your life. i was in the army for for twenty one years and. these how do you how do you feel when you see this participated in one in the city myself and what does what what does it feel like to be able to take part in such precision and a procession like this such an important historical day of course it is. a great honor and pride for those officers and soldiers who are participating in that and it takes a lot of training maybe three months of every day training and actually we had some of these small pieces of steel attached to the high boots and everything we'll have to replace them on the sole of your feet of course yeah what does this mean to russian families when they watch this parade explain to them. this is a great victory day of course but it's also a great sorrow because of those. losses we our nation suffered more than twenty seven million people died in this battle so it is joy and tears in the eyes at the same time you know you know in the west we saw it on may eighth ok right it w

had it in front of every building, and so i marched myself into larry and sergei's office -- >> and sergei way, was doing yoga. [laughter] >> correct. i completely interrupted him and said, sergei, we need pregnancy parking, and he looked up at all of me, and he said, we sure do. [laughter] but then what he said was i never thought of it before. let's do it immediately. >> yeah. >> and -- >> boom, just like that. >> and i had never thought about it before. i left google, as you said, but the pregnancy parking is still there. and so my point is if we get more women into these jobs, we will make those institutional reforms. >> and in the book you actually say that you have to ask, and it's okay to ask. and you use this as your example. >> but i think i felt more comfortable because i was senior at google, i was running a big chunk of the company. i'm sure a lot of other pregnant women at google wanted pregnancy parking, but they weren't in a position to march into sergei's office and interrupt his yoga. [laughter] actually, sergei's so nice, he would have probably said the same thing. but i

after the meeting in moscow less than two weeks ago when john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian president vladimir putin agreed to hold an intern. conference by the end of this month to have both the syrian government and the syrian opposition at the same negotiation table and back then sergey lavrov told john kerry that he saw clear signs coming from the syrian government that they were willing to take part in this negotiation while nothing like that nothing of the same sort was coming from the opposition this stance was reached rated again by the russian foreign minister during his meeting with the deputy foreign minister of syria today in a moscow we are waiting for a reaction from the russian foreign ministry on the latest statement by john kerry and we know that the russian foreign minister and the u.s. states actually had a conversation over the phone today about the peace conference which is due to be held by the end of this month but the biggest question in the light of the statement by john kerry in amman is whether this peace conference would be

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov as well as the secretary of state john kerry met in paris to discuss. the implementation of the peace process in the geneva conference on peace what was the concept in syria which is to take place next month bowles to carry a lover off have agreed that it is very important to work together in order to bring the the opposition the syrian opposition as well as the syrian government to to the table and have them figure out a way to bring about a the ended to the bloody two two year long conflict that's going on in syria at the moment. the u.k. aid agency oxfam has warned of devastating consequences if more arms are sent into syria britain however believes arming the rebels would complement rather than work against the peace process claiming it would strengthen the opposition's hand in negotiations with assad and to war activists rishon backers says of the arms embargo never stop the western supporters of the opposition. the arms embargo is a bit of a fiction anyway they aren't supporting into the opposition in syria they're for coming from qatar a

what john kerry and sergey lavrov said in paris they expressed their concerns with it and. by then john kerry's that that that hasn't been hasn't been obviously determined that that's an issue that needs to be told to leave it dealt with accordingly and the evidence of these. parties really fun to talk to the. world you know bringing to the. house and to be able to eat up all. minister expressed his concern that with these so-called third parties those who are not directly involved in the conflict and get are making it very obvious where their interest lies he was talking about states like qatar and saudi arabia he said that they too if they decide that it is important for them what's going on in syria that they also need to go to the geneva conference and have their say over all of course both russia and the united states i believe that it's up to the syrian people to decide on the interim government to sit down at the table and stop the bloodshed that has been going on in syria for two years now and will carry the for me to be studies with the ball going to tell us more a

right something was really achieved here and now the meeting between russian foreign ministry sergei lavrov and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry really struck a positive tone now russia and the united states agreed to bring the sides obvious syrian conflict to a negotiation table as an international conference which will take place shortly as the end of this may now this conference is really a follow up to these you need a communique that was so it is really the syrian peace plan and it was signed back in two thousand and twelve however after that no real of no real steps were taken so now the russian foreign ministry says that these negotiations are really important in bringing peace to this conflict torn country. thank you. we've also are for an argument after the geneva communique was adopted last june to damascus express their willingness to work according to this plan solution afterwards the government established a committee which is responsible for dialogue with all syrians and yesterday the foreign minister of syria confirmed that they are committed to dialogue on the b

up to the syrians themselves to solve the syrian crisis they how it does seem like john kerry and sergei lavrov have agreed that they will exert pressure on different sides of the conflict that is moscow will work with the syrian government whereas the u.s. will try and make sure that the syrian opposition also attends the geneva peace conference which is due to take place sometime. next month most go also wants to see so-called third parties participating in the peace talks and by the third parties they're talking about countries like qatar and iran who are not directly involved in any sort of diplomatic resolution of the crossing but are strongly expressing their side in this syrian it crisis of course even though these conference efforts are continuing we have to understand that. lifting up the ban on arms embargo to syria is opening an entirely new phase in the syrian conflict it could be spelling out a potential disaster which will only intensify further bloodshed in syria now there are growing concerns where the shipment of arms to the syrian rebels will lead to talk to natalia fro

and we'll have to see how that plays out but i think that sergey and i are both convinced that sinceva is there and agreed on. the opposition went to istanbul a week ago two weeks ago and in istanbul they issued a set of declarations which they signed on to number one support for the geneva communiqué support for a transitional government they signed on to a set of standards which would prohibit any use of chemical weapons they are greed to be inclusive and democratic and protect all minorities inside syria and so i think there's the basis here for the people of syria to have confidence that if we can achieve a transitional government and ultimately end the violence the people of syria will decide the future of syria i think that's what sergey wants that's what i want that's what president putin and president obama won and that's what we're trying to put it to was so there's a new zone of the bodies that i would like so and and a couple of birds started to question it was a phrase why the syrian people. has what was it in the us have saw them be more positive about what's been talkin

some states oppose the me saying you would only fuel the conflict this as russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry met in paris to organize syrian peace talks archies green school has the details. you can say that it was a win for france and the u.k. have been pushing for a lifting of the arms embargo on syria all along you have to know that at the same time all the other sanctions particularly the economic ones remain in place and that means that every individual european state will have to decide whether or not they want to proceed with this shipment of arms to syria will have the hague already said the lifting of the arms embargo is the only way to end the crisis which has been ripping syria apart for more than two years at this point having said that we have to remember that even the most of the e.u. countries there's a strong disagreement on whether or not it is actually a good idea to lift the arms embargo of countries like sweden netherlands in the czech republic believe that allowing weapons shipments to syria to the syrian rebels will only int

will work closely with russia and the bloodshed in syria kerry and foreign minister sergei lavrov and sergey lavrov underscored their commitment to the communique signed in june last year which calls for a transitional government to be established in syria that includes both sides but how can the international community get to the point if european union members with the support of the us are now considering to actually flood syria with even more arms experts believe that our being the syrian rebels will ignite an arms race in that country and so far according to the un the conflict there has claimed the lives of more than eighty thousand people and if more weapons flow into the country to arm the syrian rebels. crisis because of it could of course be exacerbated even further meanwhile the syrian opposition has let along a fresh line leading rebel factions inside a conference don't have slammed the exiled umbrella group told the syrian national coalition for failing to represent the revolution and the aston see itself meeting in turkey has still not the sign of whether it will go to g

members apollo's and which expires on friday this as russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry also meet in paris to prepare a peace conference on syria. has the details. it's not a united front in fact differences seem to be at the center of this entire meeting happening today in brussels centering on syria we have the u.k. and france who are aggressively pushing for a partial lifting of the go on syria in order to send arms to the rebels the u.k. a foreign secretary william hague is trying to get the other e.u. members to agree with him that arming the a moderate arm of the so-called moderate rebels in syria also france's leaders have been particularly aggressive in trying to lobby the other leaders to be on board in fact today. leading newspaper also published a report saying that serious forces loyal to bashar al assad had used chemical weapons because one of the reporters had experience effects of it critics would certainly point out that the timing of the publication especially since leaders are to make a decision today now on the other

will work closely with russia and the bloodshed in syria kerry and foreign minister sergey lavrov and sergey lavrov underscored their commitment to the communique signed in june last year which calls for a transitional government to be established in syria that includes both sides but how can the international community get to the point. if european union members with the support of the u.s. are now considering to actually flood syria with even more arms experts believe that our being the syrian rebels will ignite an arms race in that country and so far according to the un the conflict there has claimed the lives of more than eighty thousand people and if more weapons flow into the country to arm the syrian rebels this crisis because of it could of course be exacerbated even further. and thanks very much indeed for that. live in new york. where we've got the latest updates from syria both on air and online on our web site has more stories and now this is all the conflict including how another journalist has been killed while reporting from the front lines a prominent correspondent was

states oppose the move are saying it would only fuel the conflict this is russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry met in paris to organize syrian peace talks right live now to our teams in reno who is in a paris it may not take us through the developments all over the e.u. ben being lifted. well of course you can say that it was a win for france and the u.k. have been pushing for a lifting of the arms embargo on syria all along you have to know that at the same time all other sanctions particularly the economic ones remain in place and that means that every individual european state will have to decide whether or not they want to proceed with this shipment of arms to syria and whether or not they want to do it at all i would have a hague over it he said that it's they only way that the u.k. sees that they are the lifting of the arms embargo is the only way that he believes good is the possibility to lift to end the crisis which has been ripping syria apart for more than two years at this point has that we have to remember that even the most of the e.u

but we return to our top story where russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry will meet in paris later on to prepare a conference on syria which is planned for next month we can talk more about this with artie's tom. the u.s. and russia have had very cliched differences haven't they on the issue in the past with in particular washington in the past expressing vocal support for the syrian opposition do you think that in any way will hamper today's talks and any hope for progress. hi there andy yes the two foreign minister sergei lavrov and john kerry meeting in private today in paris the chief discussion. that we know about will be syria all about syria this discussion however u.s. officials who wanted to remain anonymous said that this discussion would continue discussion held by kerry and lover of when kerry visited moscow on may the seventh that point there were many issues on the table at this point the real headline issue for them for them is syria and focusing a lot on this conference in geneva planned in june international co

to be held by the end of this month and back then john kerry heard from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov that there were clear signs that the syrian government was ready to take part in this in this conference to have to sit at the same negotiation table with the syrian opposition and it was the syrian opposition which created problems and uncertainty whether they would be actually willing to take part in this press conference moreover in moscow john kerry said that the use the possible the possible arming of syrian rebels by washington would only be considered a substantial proof of the chemical weapons used by the syrian governmental troops would be found now two weeks on the rhetoric has changed and it's likely to create a feeling in moscow that the u.s. top diplomat and top diplomat is playing somewhat of mind games we are waiting for some reaction coming from the foreign ministry from the russian foreign ministry but we do know that the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov had a conversation with john kerry over the phone today discussing the possibilities of this conferenc

some states opposed to move saying it would only fuel the conflict this as russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry met in paris to organize syrian peace talks are designed to go have the details. to hey go over it he said that it's the only way that the u.k. sees the lifting of the arms embargo is the only way to end the crisis which has been ripping syria apart for more than two years that this point having said that we have to remember that even the most of the e.u. countries there's a strong disagreement on whether or not it is actually a good idea to lift the arms embargo of countries like sweden netherlands and the czech republic belief that allowing weapons shipments to syria to the syrian rebels will only intensify the bloodshed in the country of course russia has been opposed to this idea all along is truly concerned about where exactly those arms are going to end up then are they actually going to be in the arms of the so-called moderate opposition or will those weapons end up in the hands of some of the rebel groups who are being supported by

sergey lavrov underscored their commitment to the communique signed in june. which calls for a transitional government to be established in syria that includes both sides but how can the international community get to the point if european union members with the support of the u.s. are now considering to actually flood syria with even more arms experts believe that our being the syrian rebels will ignite an arms race in that country and so far according to the u.n. the conflict there has claimed the lives of more than eighty thousand people and if more weapons flow into the country to arm the syrian rebels the crisis because of it could of course be exacerbated even further. meanwhile new fractures are appearing within the syrian opposition leading rebel factions of slam the syrian national coalition an exiled umbrella group accusing it of failing to represent the revolution and civil wars also in cross border repercussions to the hezbollah members reportedly sent more reinforcements into syria to fight alongside government forces there the armed opposition th

founders along with sergey brin. he and sergei were running the company.in eric schmidt, a grown. eric stepped up to just chairman and these guys came back. in fact larry page had a little bit of a rocky start. what do you grade him now? he looks very strong as a leader, does he not? >> that is the name of the game here. leadershipwise he ranks really well. that is kind of one of the sentiment things around apple that causes me to be a bit negative and a lot of traders i know rebounded from 385 a couple weeks ago. liz: what do you grade larry, what do you grade tim cook at apple? >> i probably give, tim cook's probably a c plus or b-minus. i don't want to be too critical. he has huge shoes to fill. selling a cheap iphone, lowering the price point and reducing margins even more, that ain't going to cut it. i think google has its arms around where it needs to be. if youtube is skating near where the puck is and never puts it through the goal --. liz: thank you for using hockey analogy and not soccer. >> go rangers. liz: rangers, kings. east coast, west coast

secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov are among those trying to set the limits. they want to protect the marine environment from being polluted. ministers granted status on the council for six countries, including japan, china and south korea. leaders from those countries want a say in how resources are used. global warming has made much of the arctic ice cover disappear creating a new shipping route nnecng eope and asia. energy developers from around the world are looking down those sea lanes. they believe a wealth of resources lies at the bottom of the ocean. >> reporter: hammerfest the northern most town in norway. its strategic location has captured interest from a number of countries. six years ago, a major norwegian resource developer chose this town to build the world's northern most natural gas plant. the project ignited the race to explore arctic resources. >> i think record high interest from international gas and oil companies and also norwegian companies.so i think we will se swift and strong effort to find new resources. >> reporter: an i

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no major upsets at the french open today, but a pretty funny and memorable moment involving sergei strokovsky. he takes out his eye phone and tweets a photo. not sure what that is going to do, but pretty originalnyway. the umpire wasn't amused and he lost his match in straight sets. just enough time to tell you duke is the king of college lacrosse. a flag unfurled at lincoln financial field. they take the lead for good on that goal by josh ofett. duke wins 16-10 and it is their second title in the last four years and so the as and the giants will play again at the coliseum and two at at&t park. >> the bay series continues. goodnight everybody. see you tomorrow! [ birds chirping ] [ inhales, exhales ] [ announcer ] cigarettes are not just dangerous when they're smoked. [ rat squeaking ] they're dangerous long after. cigarette butts are toxic. they release chemicals that poison our water... and harm wildlife. and millions... are polluting our environment. [ sniffing ] [ seagulls squawking ] - lemon... what do you think? "kidnapped by danger, colon, "the avery jessup story, comma, "brought to yo

. >> russian foreign minister start a live rock -- surrogate sergey lavrov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry. concern was raised after israeli airstrikes on syrian targets in and around the capital, damascus. ,ince then, syria's ally, iran has stepped forward once again to stand by the syrian president. the russian foreign minister arrived in damascus to make it -- iran's foreign minister arrived in damascus to make it clear that they will do all they can to prevent any attack on syria. >> we discovered and realized that the situation in syria is going well. syria's courageous military has regained much of the territories and syria is now well, thank god, and it will fully regain its strength in the near future. >> on the ground, the syrian government says its soldiers regained control of strategic towns and villages. the conflict also spilled over into the disputed golan heights. four peacekeepers were kidnapped by a group that said it was part of the rebel movement. it is the second time in two month that this group has taken hostages. >> peacekeepers from the

secretary of state john kerry and russian foreign minister sergey lavrov were among those trying to set rules for developing the ocean. they want to protect the marine environment from being polluted. the ministers also granted observer stap stat er status on to japan, china and korea, and three other others. they want a say in how arc tk resores are uses. >>> experts with japan's nuclear regulator to agency have confirmed the ground beneath a power plant is unstable. they say a reactor on the sea of japan coast sits on an active fault and they say it's at risk, should an earthquake strike. nhk world reports. >> reporter: the experts have been examining the ground beneath the number two reactor. the on-site inspectors began in november. the experts knew beforehand that a fault existed below the facility. their job was to determine whether it was active. they decided in their initial report that it was possibly active. but they came up with an unexpected finding -- they found another fault running nearby. >> translator: we can confirm that the newly found fault could be active. >> report

like that cost the cost of a plane of that kind of plane that's not just any place i don't think sergei but it's priceless i. mean man could you not have a smash. if you were going to jets to have here oh there we go that's what this is like synchronize fly military fly see close air i think these are so for these interceptors yes right listen to that. yeah they're flying that high to three hundred meters and their speed now is about five hundred fifty kilometers which is very very small speed for a fighter plane of that kind. need to slow down so we can see it ok it's a special favor it's an excellent place to do the crowd ok. he's he's very. i think it's impressive and it was very impressive you know women love of course i wasn't going to say anything about that but he has. but yes i'm sure the elements of the a force they like were kind of. short range bombers or yeah these are short range bombers. or they were ok they were. we go. now just want to remind our viewers who have just joined us here on out and see that it's a day the russian people will never forget as the country marks

ukrainian sergey stakhovsky taking on richard gasquet. stakhovsky's shot is ruled out - but he thinks it caught the line so on the change-over he whips out his iphone and snaps a photo.which he later tweeted. the umpire wasn't amused and gave him a warning.he then lost the match in straight sets. college tennis. a champion crowned today. the stanford cardinal take home the title in urbana illinois. junior nicole gibbs the individual star capturing her second straight singles title with a straight sets win over nebraska's mary weatherholt. as the celebration drifts off camera i'll tell you that gibbs announced she is going pro. she leaves the farm as one of the most decorated players in cardinal history but when we return a lacrosse champion will be crowned. >> welcome back. gary radnich is off tonight. stanford not the only ncaa champs today in philadelphia the giant american flag unfurled -- 28,000 fans on hand for the men's lacrosse finals. duke trailed syracuse by five goals but takes the lead for good when josh offit finds the back of