process in which the groups within syria decide what kind of syria they want i mean it is their country they have the right to make that decision on their own they really have not been given the chance to make that decision and arguing incessantly about whether the rebels are terrorists and whether the. there should be a transitional regime and what the transitional regime should list look like right now it seems to me sabotage as those the possibility of consultation that's what it certainly looks like sabotage i'd daniel if you think the united states now will attack assad assad regime and for speciated states to consider i think the united states will consider a broad range of diplomatic and military option to minute tarion options and try to decide. what will push the situation in a direction of very political lives and that's so the situation in this situation is more violence needs more war right. no i'm not saying it needs more war i think war will be one of the options that the president will want to consider of course moscow has already decided for war and that's important to u

is there hope for the people of syria? joining us now is daniel senior research professor of conflict management at johns hopkins schools of advance international studies. also a scholar at the middle east institute. from new york city michael weiss fellow from the institute of modern russia and columnist. he has covered the story from inside syria including the siege of aleppo in 2012. and heather, her work focuses on the civilian and conflict resolution. and let me start with you. in conflict resolution, we have a leader who is willing to do anything to stay in power, and at the same time knows his opponents are not willing to do anything to make him leave. >> we have two basic problems. that's one. the other one is the neighbors' neighbors who want different things and each want different things more than to have the violence to stop. if you had agreement amongst syria's neighbors you might have more on the first one you mentioned. but it's very hard to see how the violence stops. >> during the peace talks that just end

syria is the new afghanistan. if you are not persuaded by the human rights, the moral and human catastrophe that syria has become, massive state sanctioned war crimes against humanity, if that is not enough to persuade you then there are very strong and compelling national security arguments that should persuade you. don't take my word for it. listen to what james clapper is saying to listen to what the secretary of homeland security is saying. syria is becoming a crisis for the world. >> definitely implicated in terms of the impact, the spillover on the regional friends and allies of the u.s. it has also been determined by president obama early on that helping the transition toward democracy is in the u.s. national interest. it is not just the right thing to do. so that also is there, but then when people say, hey, it does not reach u.s. shores in any way, is that correct jack when we talk about the region and friends and allies, that is in direct. and we talk about democracy, that is debatable. but is it true th

the problem is that the area is under siege in syria.e have the refugees and again, we are there and i think that people are trying to figure out ways to pure the water and sanitation the conditions at the camps and trying to fix the issue,but the problem is we can't get medicines to a loot of the people in these areas. during the geneva talks there was talks of letting in the aid and the regime only allowed the people out and making them refugees. we have 800,000 people in the southern parts. these people have no water and no food and no medicines. whether treatable disease like high blood pressure and so on, so there are creative syrians of tunnelling and getting so some of the aid in. you know, what i have seen syrian american groups and americans going there to help, their bravery to cross the border, for example, and going into the area, and trying to get the people help and at any point they could drop a bomb or ran don ways of harming people. these are the people making a difference but at the end of the day the heroes are the peo

however, on the subject of syria and its civil war, this is what president obama had to say. >> syria must meet its commitments and russia has a responsibility to ensure that syria complies. as talks continue in geneva, we'll continue to tren then the moderate opposition and call on the international community to stem the flow of foreign fighters into syria. >> steve clemens writes on foreign policy for "the atlantic." we heard the president there, negotiations in geneva are going slowly and that's probably being generous today. james clapper called syria, an apocalyptic disaster and france was the only country willing to go along with america if strikes -- if we decided to take the strike route last fall. at what point does president obama have to revisit his syria policy this year? >> well, i think it's probably likely that they are doing that right now because it's very clear that the geneva process is not yielding much. there are bits and glimpses of possibilities that are so low on the totem pole i manage secretary kerry has been sending signals and his comments that we're revisi

active role in getting the warg sides i--war in syria. those talks ended in failure over the weekend, with the syrian guaranteed that the fighting and dying would continue back home. the obama administration was particularly tough on russia faulting the putin government for providing cover for assad government while the assad regime unleeched ever crueler weapons on their opponents. opponents in the civil war, what happens now? the syrian conflict has made the area dangerously unstable. the last session of the second round of talks in geneva lasted just 27 minutes, and ended with an apology from united nations mediator, lakhdar brahimi. >> i'm very, very sorry and i apologize to the syrian people that their hopes which were very, very high, that something will happen here. i think that what has been -- the little that has been achieved, in homs, gave them even more hope that maybe, this is the beginning of the coming-out of this horrible crisis they are in. i apologize to them. but on these two rounds we haven't helped them very much. >>

now it is time for obama to reset on syria. al assad is starving millions of his own people on purpose as part of his strategy and the russians are helping him to do it. the president actually needs to step up and start helping kids like this one who wandered into a syrian refugee camp looking for some help today. but the president's got to be smart. don't bomb assad and turn a dictator into a victim that russia has to rescue. here's the way uout of this. lead the world community, pour in enough aid and dare the russians to block us. you start with bread, not bombs. we have tommy vietor, he worked for president obama. we also have danielle pletka who worked for the senate foreign relations committee. you just love seeing this president doing everything right. i just listed off a bunch of stuff he is doing right. can you give him some credit tonight for that before we move on? >> i think you're a very sweet man. i cannot believe the list of accomplishments that you touted out for president obama. oh, my god, iraq is blowing up b

>> absolutely. >> syria came at the sort of inconvenient revolution.t came at a time when the other ref lugss didn't benefit each other. when we work on the ground, we work with these local civilian governing structures, not opposition. they are simply trying to go back to reach a state in syria that they are hoping for by beginning this revolution. it is not ruled by police that take bribes. it's not run by religious fan at theics or war lords. so we try to get resources directly to the syrian civilians and as they grow bigger they integrate into each other and it is trying to work from the ground up, which is what they want. and what is so inspiring is the fact when you go in there you see the work they do under the most miserable conditions to where they are trying to get the country to the vision they see, a place with freedom, dignity and everybody invested in this their country. >> so opposition to the average syrian means peace and democracy? the >> when americans think about the opposition, think look at the political opposition, or the armed o

they are proposing in syria. >> they have been following that in syria. they used scud missiles, barrel bombs and a range of weaponry. >> i want to read a quote. it's two years old but is applicable today. it's from the secretary-general when he told the new york times. he said: >> you hit on that, and i want to hit further, particularly when it comes to iran. the importance of trying to get iran on board here with the talks in syria, since they've been pushed to the side. you mentioned russia, but what about the iranians. >> well, our approach with the iranians was to keep the the focus on the nuclear weapons issue and not let other issues intrude. i think both we and the iranians are capable of handling more than one issue at a time and to start to consider them possibly cooperative manner in handling the syrian situation, the hezbollah relationship. they responded very well in earlier years, in the run up to iraq, and the run up to the invasion in afghanistan. i hope we can get to that, but the mood in washington is dead-set against it. >> makes me won

and this includes syria, syria is a large concern for policy makers, most fellows fighting in syria today don't want to blow up times square tomorrow. this is our obligation as americans and we have to meet it. >> how is al qaeda in syria being used by these regional players, like the shia iran block versus gulf states? >> they are receiving support from a number of gulf states like qatar and kuwait. i was doing field research in qatar earlier and while qatari aid is reaching the area, it is doing as a secondary is consequence. to reach the why syrian opposition like the syrian islamic front or a secondary effect. >> brian is the territory that al qaeda occupies in syria completely under al qaeda's control? >> no, i think in control has to be put in quotes here. the fact is that the syrian army was obliged to withdraw from portions of the country, simply because a large portion of the syrian forces are comprised of sunni conscripts. and therefore, their reliability could not be guaranteed. it was more important to protect the capitol and to protect the ethnic and sectarian enclaves that a

-led strikes on syria. and then in october, you had the nsa revelations and a french newspaper publishing that when the course of a month, more than 70 million phone records of french phone calls had been seized. tremendous outrage. the u.s. ambassador to france summoned to explain this. president obama having to call president hollande to try to explain this. and some of the assurances that were given last month in president obama's speech about nsa reforms went very much to the heart of the concerns of french citizens. so following that, this invitation went out. so even though there certainly is, as you heard gloria say, a solid relationship between the u.s. and france and so much emphasis here in france being the oldest ally to the u.s. this is coming at a time that's privatal for the president, his approval ratings below 20% at home. and certainly this is something that is playing out i think with a lot more attention in the french press than the u.s. press. >> let me play a little clip, a clip of the

syria. >> president obama called the peace talks frustrating. >> syria must meet commitments, russia has a responsibility to ensure syria complies. progress. >> the group wants to establish an islamic state, fighting the regime and rebels. ruthless. >> federal bureau of investigation teaming up with cops in italy. arrests. >> they brought down accused mob leaders o atlantic. >> people are gathering for demonstrations against president hosni mubarak. >> this defies anything. >> we begin with a cry for help for the syrian people and some remarkable pictures from the heart of a conflict between syria's moderate opposition and one of the country's radical groups. meetings on tuesday at geneva went no war. an opinion peace was published called "use force to find peace." and this: >> for more i'm joined from gen ver by the author of that opinion peace in the times, and he's the director of the center more middle east studies at the university of denver. great to have you on the show. you write 800,000 people are under siege in syria. another article quotes a dutch priest saying people are

remind us, and seat from control in syria? >> the united states policy is that and position is that serious future cannot include russia are autozone because the syrian people have so clearly shown that he cannot be a part of the future or transitional government in syria. that is not a decision that we make here in the united states. that is a decision that the syrian people have made and suffered in the past several years. at the hands of the brewing regime. there is no possibility in our view, and this is simply a reflection of the view of the syrian people and certainly of the opposition that a transitional government or governing authority could include the leader as part of it. but the purpose of the talks that have started, albeit without significant progress is to find a path toward and a transitional governing authority that can be agreed upon. the only way that can be agreed upon is that it not include the leader as far as the opposition is concerned and we certainly support that. our goal is to bring an end to the c

the specter of the terrorist using chemical weapons possibly those smuggled from the rebels in syria but in order to suggest such a scenario you have to first contemplate the possibility of the syrian rebels actually having access to chemical weapons which is something that the u.s. government and some other western governments flatly rule out how do you reconcile the two well fact of the matter is there have been some there was a journalistic report by a well known american investigative journalist in which he interviewed several people from the cia who claim that they reported to the obama administration last spring that the rebels could possibly have acquired some chemical agents so it is conceivable and i don't think we know everything that's going on on the ground in syria and given given the fog of war it's certainly possible that these groups would have gotten hold of chemical agents also there have been several reports of the turkish authorities detaining people coming from syria into turkey with one case one group told having sovereign so it's possible i don't know if they c

. >> syria has become a huge magnet for extremists.n here for these extremists who are attracted to syria, engage in combat, get training, and we're seeing now the appearance of training complexes in syria to train people to go back to their countries and, of course, conduct more terrorist acts, so this is a huge concern to all of us. >> we should point out they have done a great job of stopping and thwarting what threats there have been. steve, about syria, this appears to be a viper pit that is devolving and not getting better. >> no, not getting better. and the real risk, i think, to the homeland is that you have exactly as director clapper mentioned, you have these terrorists who have received training, who have come through the fighting there, who have trained in the new safe havens and turn their attention towards the united states and europe. it was talking to general jack keene and he says strategically, the safe havens in syria are so much more significant and serious than even the safe havens that al qaeda had in pre-9/11 afg

groups there's the islamic state in iraq and syria that you mention and there's also a job and both of them have units of foreign mujahideen and in both cases the units of foreign which you had seen are led by. ethnic chechens actually from georgia from the punky sea valley in georgia so called ethnic chechen kists but there are many dogs danis from russia and from the north caucuses in many chechens and even some. of our genes involved cars so and we're talking about you know hundreds we don't know exactly how many probably at least four hundred five hundred i would like to pick up on what you just said the instability in the north caucasus has long had at least one external player and you just mentioned it georgia putin has a lot several times that georgia under mikhail saakashvili provided a sanctuary to some of the armed groups operating in the north caucasus possibly logistical and even material support now since then georgia has had a change of leadership the georgian team is taking part in del lympics but i wonder if georgia still place a part in base a regional security puzz

in other words, syria today is the new afghanistan. the director of national intelligence just the other day sent 7,000 foreign fighters, the head of homeland security has said syria is a national security concern for the united states, so the national security argument have to be invoked. i that i that's what obama has to come to terms win terms of making an argument for why syria matters not only for stability in the middle east but now increasingly for global security. >> it's because the worst refugee crisis in the world. there's anger toward the west from mod receipts who are not happy the west didn't intervene and the more extremist groups could represent it as the u.s. and western nations coming in as crusader nations attacking muslims. >> they certainly with him do that. if obama were to shift policy and intervene in a significant way, to arm the moderate syrian opposition, take out assad's air force, show that after three years of standing on the sidelines we are intervening on behalf of the interests of the syrian people, we

syria then we would probably. that would be have an influence but i don't think that. there's all that much with direct relation i think the bigger question really is the problem that russia faces in having this large per jihadi to a large extent or if you can extend the civil war going on so close to the north caucuses with fighters going back and forth and the great security concerns creates for russia in the long in the short term mid-term and long term so it really would be and i think this is one of the main drivers for putin's intervention in trying to get the chemical weapons out of syria i think the obama administration and the west. should be a little bit more conscious of that there seems to be a change of heart in the administration now in washington about trying to work with the russians to deal with joe hottest so they're essentially two problems as far as the administration in the united states sees it probably in syria and that is first the it's the assad government or regime and the jihad ists at least on one of those i think we can work together and ma

>> narrator: tonight on frontlintwo reports from syria. first, an exclusive from the new battlefront where islamic extremists waving the al qaeda flag are trying to take over the country. >> the scene was horrific. these suicide bombs were going off almost every day. >> narrator: syrian journalist muhammad ali embeds with rebels fighting to drive the extremists out. >> i was the only journalist allowed in. >> narrator: for the first time on television, a rare look at syria's second front. and in our second story tonight, the war has claimed more than 10,000 children. but for kids living with snipers and rubble all around them, this is their own story in their own words. through breathtaking photojournalism, a dramatic portrait of the children of aleppo. (singing) (explosion) these two stories, tonight on frontline. >> frontlineis made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. and by the corporation for public broadcasting. major support for frontline is provided by the john d. and catherine t. macarthu

in syria will support the opposition that rejects the agenda of networks. we will continue to work with the international community to usher in the future of the syrian people deserve. a future free of dictatorship terror and fear. soaring words but what does that really mean gee think that's true that's a sign of view of providing more lethal assistants to rebels and insights into which ones. so that's the big question that's what the policy folks here in washington dc are trying to find out whether this is really an inflection point and president obama policy toward syria turning point that is meaningful or whether in fact it is just some tactical change. my sense is that the broader strategy this administration remains unchanged. um has his best for the president obama is national security adviser susan rice but it late last year when doubt be the president calls for a call for a few of his middle east policy. she said that we are trying to save costs. i hope president obama from being dragged into yet another middle eastern war this administration from

this marks a significant risk and threat to syria's children. >> still in syria, where rebels control most of the border crossings with turkey and infighting among the groups is making it difficult for aid workers to get supplies in to turkey. >> a queue of trucks waiting to cross the border from syria to turkey. the drivers have been here for about three weeks. opening and closing the gait depends on security conditions inside syria. this is a member of the syrian's aid office. he has 22 trucks carrying food baskets, baby formula and blankets. fighting among opposition groups is affecting his work. >> it is so difficult to go inside syrian boarders. the roads are not safe. we are facing difficulties from all sides - the internal fighting and others. >> the infighting is also wor worryingiaworr worrying syrians, who use the crossings on a daily basis. >> all the people are scared. we hope god will solve the issue safely. >> unfortunately security has their own interests. we hope they unit. fighting is affecting people's lives, killing innocent once. >> turkey's officials did not want

mixed signals on syria.kerry told a group of lawmakers about the future of u.s. strategy in that country. among that group of lawmakers was new york congressman elliott engel. he was at the munich conference. congressman engel, good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> you've seen the reports, bloomberg view, daily beast and the washington post about what was said that john kerry said about syria. basically that he is somehow concerned that the policy right now isn't working. where are you on this? >> well, you know, in a long-range talk with a number of senators and congress members, there were lots of things that were talked about. i don't know if john kerry definitively said the policy is changing. i have long been in favor of arming the moderate syrian rebels, free syria army. i think that the level that they're being arm sd inadequate. i think we should have been doing this. >> senator john kerry was a big advocate of this, before he became secretary of state john kerry, right? >> yes. yes. and john

but eventually what has taken place in syria is taking place in syria and lebanon and iraq and yemen. >> is it fair though -- >> and the regional war between iran and -- >> it is fair that it spills over into lebanon see as hezbollah brought the war from syria into lebanon. it is fair then that other people have to pay the price for hezbollah's own political involvement in syria? >> well, if you look at it a burnt differently there is other factors who enter the war in syria from tripoli and they surprise i weapon and they supply fighters and we know that the level of readiness on the other side and the suiciders where they come and how quick le they become suiciders. so you have to look on the other side they have been working on that geology and mentality of the people to become a suicider. and that is dangerous, you know precedent for lebanon and the safety and security of the country. i'm afraid we are going to a very, very danger road ahead and there will be more explosions in the country and this is going to at one point probably will explode at a larger level. right. >> and --

syria going to look like in the future politically? will it have a bicameral parliament, will it have a prime minister or a ceremonial president, strong president, there are a lot of questions and i think until those are answered it's hard to foresee a real effort by a country like the u.s. to be in any way mill trailer involved. >> but -- militarily involved. >> but that's not happening. assad wants the united nations to rid his country of what he calls terrorists. court nid keeley, al jazeera. >> last year i publish a piece in foreign policy, calling international community to act in syria but since then the situation in syria has moved are in another direction. i think the best way is really through dialogue, through peace conferences to find a solution to address the situation within syria and i think what united states and owner other european allies and ar arabic islamic sts is the right way. i think geneva conference or other conference should be the best frame how to really address the civil war in syria. this is how i see in 2

the state of syria itself is crumbling. that is bad for syria. it is bad for the region. it is bad for global national security, because what we know is, is that there are extremists who have moved into the vacuum in certain portions of syria in a way that could threaten us over the long term. so this is one of our highest national security priorities and i know francois feels the same way, and many of our partners feel the same way. the geneva process recognizes that if we're going to solve this problem, then we have to find a political solution, and the first geneva conference committed to a transition process that would preserve and protect the state of syria, would accommodate the various sectarian interests inside of syria, so that no one party was dominant; and would allow us to return to some semblance of normalcy, and allow all of the people who have been displaced to start moving back in. we are far from achieving that yet. i would not completely discount the fact that in this latest round of negotiations, what you saw was a coherent, cohesive, reasonable opposit

the conflict in syria is devastating its neighbors. lebanon is suffering from increased bombings in crossborder attacks by both the syrian government and opposition fighters in response to hezbollah's role in the fighting. unofficial estimates suggest that half of lebanon's population will soon be syrian refugees. similar estimates suggests that syrian refugees now represent 15% of the population in jordan, which is straining to manage the social instability this entails. turkey has been destabilized. and perhaps most worrisome of all, the conflict in syria is largely to blame for the resurgence of al qaeda in iraq, which has grown into the larger and more lethal islamic state of iraq and syria, which now possesses a safe haven that spans large portions of both countries. nowhere is this more threatening or more heart breaking than in fallujah. iraqi city, where hundreds of u.s. troops were killed and wounded, fighting to rid it of terrorists and extremists but where the black flags of al qaeda now hang above the city. the sanctuary th

and calls syria, quote, a crumbling state. president is sticking with the current u.s. policy of effectively ruling out military intervention. here with us, two of the co hosts of cnn's "cross fire," he is s se cupp and van jones. no appetite to get involved militarily in iraq and afghanistan. is it a mistake for the president to be saying what he's sayi saying? >> it's one of so many mistakes we have made on this conflict. the conflict has been going on just over two years. and all of the worst things we know now, we knew two years ago. we knew bashar al assad was killing his own citizens. we know he had chemical weapons. we knew he had proxies in hez and russia, dangerous people in a dangerous world and we knew that al qaeda and isis and other g jihadist fronts were going to capitalize on the chaos. they have done all of that. and the problem is that obama has pleased no one. if you wanted military intervention, if you wanted us to go in, he clearly hasn't provided that. if you wanted us to stay out, well, too bad. he's draw

inmates have been freed convict i should say from a prison in syria and. when rebels already jail in aleppo how will this affect the whole situation basically and you know could we perhaps expect some action and maybe a reaction to it from the west. well one assumes that the syrian government who is presiding over these industries know what they are doing and the prisoners who are being feed there have been vetted. i know oversee they have to be treated those who are from other countries with the responsibility then lies with the countries from which these foreign fighters have come to ensure that there are security measures put in place and to keep an eye on these individuals this is not a game and i think that the british government. has been playing as a game as a diplomatic game thinking that a conflict in syria will not have any blowback all on the united kingdom. they have clearly feel to learn the lessons of history and i would suggest that the quickly let me quickly do so before they have a disaster on the hands in the streets of london or manchest

digests who are going from britain to syria to fight in the war. we are concerned also obviously if in fact. we do all the event and go into syria and we are constantly studying and we use in which we can prevent them discreetly from go in and we're also looking in what we can do but those that do decide to travel. russia other u.s. and other members of the u.n. security council are such a thrash out their differences on the draft's hacks to halt the violence and syria but even mediator lakhdar brahimi has warned that's hawks are close to collapse russia's foreign minister says the west's one sided approach to the conflict is hold them back the peace efforts. should. we get the impression that when those who brought the opposition into the talks everyone to focus in fulfilling the geneva communiqué what they were really after was regime change the only thing that the syrian opposition want to talk about is establishing a transitional government only after that will they be willing to discuss the problem of terrorism as things stand most of those fi

from syria. like i darted out a card from our front line experience from syria as well as reports on the flimsy shelter provided for those who fled the war. workers four stars from all over the world starting to descend on sochi where the stage is set for the olympics martin anders is in the host city with the latest on the build up to the games. president putin arrived today ahead of the winter olympic opening ceremonies will take place on friday in fact if you look behind us in a spectacular vista that you see here you can see the fish stadium it sits forty thousand people and tonight in fact they had a gigantic fireworks display was delighted many residents here in the hotel as a rehearsal staging rehearsals in fact they had a previous one on sunday so although fortunately all the people i've spoken to being tight lipped over what. will actually be will have to look forward to that on friday in the meantime president putin arrived today his first stop wasn't to meet the delegates of the i.o.c.

so much about syria is hard. it is difficult, even as there are now more than 130,000 syria ns who have been slaughtered. so this is one very small area where i t is difficult, yet do malakiieve that the government, that the prime minister discounts the suggestion that there are planes flying from iran. instead are flying over iraq with those weapons to be delivered to hezbollah, used to prop up assad and kill the syria n people? >> do i believe that he knows it is happening? i believe we have given him an enough information. >> how do we test these? when are we going to start testing? how do we do that? again, this is one very discreet -- i'm just bringing in everything else that goes into syria at the moment, which this committee has focused on extensively and will continue to focus on. very discreteone area, one very discreet point that is weapons from iran to hezbollah that flyover iraq. it is one discrete area where perhaps we can have some, play some greater role in making it even slightly more difficult fo

from syria. meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has asked russia to press syria into speeding up they were moving of its chemical arsenal threatening the use of force if it's not eliminated by july this comes after the first round of peace talks in switzerland between the government of bashar al assad and the western backed opposition parties as the citric in a has more. but west officials take on again this new vigorous rhetoric against assad's government saying that it's just not moving quickly enough in terms of eliminating the chemical weapons that it's promised to get rid of the crisis torn country most recently we heard from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry see that the process really needs to pick up the tempo that it's too slow and that if assad's regime doesn't listen are something else would happen take a listen i would remind. the. agreement that we reached in new york with the security of your actual makes it clear that if there are issues of noncompliance they will be referred to the

realise that un resolution which has the chemicals moved out of syria. of course there are more stories ahead for you this hour including britain's shoplifting within stores that privatising to a nine year high will find out what's forcing people in the u.k. to feel from child's life. in a few moments time joy may pull scott in sochi is the olympic torch begins the final stage of it's really like i just take them to the top of europe's tallest peak. ukraine's opposition is western governments to get more involved in the country's political crisis one of its leaders is at a security conference and unique calling for more than vocal support and it looks like the standoff in ukraine is staving attention of the international forum. reports. one of the first meetings which have already taken place here in munich was the one between one of the leaders of the opposition are saying it's a nuke and the german pressure even though in this country the president is more of a formal one many analysts are saying this could be as a hint that ukraine and the situation t

in lebanon on the word jihad this hour race to kill other muslims at home and across the border in syria. you're watching artsy international with me marina cost of all welcome to the program today and i know of the ones who olympics is in full swing with results already coming in from the ski slopes for sights of medals are also up for grabs and all the disciplines however what's been dominating the headlines over the weekend is the showdown between the russian and american hockey squads and the ball sure i still here's anderson our with all the action. hard fought match played at relentless speed it of course ended in disappointment for russia after a penalty shoot out but there was also a dose of controversy with a late russian goal talked off by the referee arjun's and farmer has more on why that's become such a talking point. essentially what a limp dick officials have said is this look if the goal posts are moved off their moorings before the puck goes in the goal is disallowed that's exactly what happened so there is not much room to complaint i don't think well though there is pl

lines in lebanon where jihad this is our race to kill all the muslims at home and across the border in syria. you watch an artsy international with main marina call survival welcome to the program day nine of the winter olympics is in full swing and right now all eyes are on the action happening at the ball show i still am there or should i saw could see him as taking on slovakia as we speak well to find out more let's talk live to our correspondent paul scott who is and so much for us hi there paul i'm feeling like it's a little bit of a day through once again so will it be and although it's hard time for team russia this is another tough encounter. well there's no rest is that for russia's ice hockey team after the haul breaking disappointing defeat to the usa on saturday they're back in action right now against slovakia now many people are predicting a morale boosting got comfortable victory against slovakia however i can tell you that it is still male male as we approach the final stages of the first period where these funds that he spoke to alter yesterday's defeat to the usa so. they a

now more news coming your way after the break including reports of a birth or suicide bomber in syria counterterrorist forces in the u.k. investigates why a man left his family behind to join extremists in the war zone. and calls for tougher immigration rules grow louder in norway where the number of commerce has increased tenfold in the space of three decades. i marinate join me. into impartial and financial commentary interviews and much much. only on the bus and. there's a seat you know when you're in the arctic you have the entire world at your feet. she looks like a fairly simple shit but really she's no symbol. handful of people have access to the nuclear icebreakers the real king here is that the polar bear and ice breakers come second not a single complex expedition to the arctic can be conducted with the russian nuclear powered fleet of ice breakers we undertake a unique operation in. the northern sea route russia's arctic ice breakers. i welcome back to r.t. and her national now immigration is becoming an increasingly divisive issue for europe with widespread calls for tough

citizens have traveled to syria to fight with jihadi groups recent posts on social media suggest that some of the brits fighting back have been involved in the saying and execution of fellow rebels while residents of mohsin is adding you come to terms with the reported neighbors suicide attack security services in the u.k. of becoming increasingly concerned about the potential that brits fighting in syria could return and stage attacks on u.k. soil boyko aussie west sussex britain is not the only european nation whose citizens have been joining the civil war in syria and recent studies suggest that hundreds of e.u. citizens from germany belgium france and several other states have left their homes to fight alongside the jihadists or some estimates put the figure much higher and the sounds of those of course poses major security concerns for europe with some of those volunteers expressing their intentions to wage holy war in the west after zero return and a group of british nationals fighting in syria has even turned to social media to put its extremist mess. across well they've releas

. >> the end of syria's devastating civil war and now more uncertain. an unimaginable catastrophe continues to carry out. they even told the world i'm sorry and apologizes to the embattled syrian people for the failure. it was a mere half hour of discussions between the syrian government and the opposition that ended with a deadlock and now there is no date set for the next round of negotiations to stop the killer. welcome to america's news headquarters. >> i'm jamie colby. good to see you and great to be with you. let me tell you about the stealimate that is happening as violence is escalating in syria. 3400 people have been killed this month alone. u.s. leaders point the finger of blame at russia and iran for the break down. peter is joining me now with more on this. good morning. >> good morning, jamie. as of right now we see three weeks of talks have not done going end the deadly three-year long war in syria that claimed 140,000 lives. senator john mccain is saying things are getting a lot worse as a result of russian and iranian influence. mccain s

now it's no secret to any outside observer that we don't even have a syria policy of syria doesn't give out the chemical weapons it's time for airstrikes at the end of the day it's not a bad thing to have our enemies in syria kill each other. i would think that that is a notably well attractive strategic option and now for more on what's happening in the war torn country let's go to our marina port in iowa. kerry's comments reportedly came during an off the record closed door meeting on the sidelines of the munich security conference now according to the two senators in attendance john mccain and lindsey graham they said that the u.s. secretary of state admitted to them that he no longer believes the obama administration's approach to the crisis in syria is working and they say he talked about supporting a plan to arm the moderate opposition in syria according to the two senators they say that that plan would be aimed at blocking al qaeda affiliates in syria from carrying out terrorist attacks on america now kerry spokesperson denies that he raised the issue of supplying weapons to the

millions more are displaced within syria. the two sides are unable to make progress towards peace during a recent conference in geneva. >> thank you very much for joining us for today's discussion. my name is megan bradley, i'm a fellow here with the foreign policy program at brookings. in particular, i work with the brookings l.s.c. project or internal displacement which works to promote the hueman rights and well-being of refugees and internally displaced persons around the world. in particular we work to support the mandate of the u.n. special repertoire on human rights of internally displaced persons. the co-director of the project had hoped to be here today to moderate today's discussion, but unfortunately due to a family emergency was unable to be with us. it's a real pleasure for me to step in to moderate such an excellent discussion. as you know all we are approaching the third anniversary of the syrian civil war. of course there is no end in sight to the humanitarian crisis facing the region. the current estimates fr