and in a bid to stop the advance of isil, teheran says it will hold an international conference againstld called the world against extremism and violence, 40 countries are expected to attends the event and including representatives from syria and iraq. the u.s., however, will not take part in the conference. >>> reports say a washington post journalist being held in iran has been charged. the post says it is not clear what charges have been filed against jason, who is chief of the paper's teheran bureau. he was arrested in july with his wife and fellow journalist. she was, however, released on bail in october. meanwhile, the u.s. secretary of state john kerry has weighed in on the detention and kerry said the case has dismayed him as he has been discussing it with iranian officials. he's quote as saying jason presents no threat to the government or to iran's national security. we call on the iranian government to drop any and all charges against jason and release him immediately so that he can be reunited with his family. >>> syria based al qaeda says it will execute two more lebanese s

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should we trust teheran as an ally against the terrorist? >> plus. >> she talked about how much she hated him. >> damaging testimony in a twisted murder for hiefr case. will the background of the man she tried to hire wreck the prosecutions's case. >> and. that is the kidnapping that died. >> a mist row for centuries and now official confirmation remains uncovered beneath the parking lot. are they those of king richard third. it is all "happening now" now. >> we begin our second hour on wednesday, with a bill that could extend tax breaks for millions of americans and businesses and nonprofits. welcome to "happening now". i am jon scott. >> and i am heather nault for if jenna le. some are expiring at the end of the year. the house is expected to approve the bill despite it would benefit one in every taxpayers tis getting a cool reception in the u.s. senate. >> mike emmanuel has the latest on that. >> reporter: many law makers consider this must finish legislation to prevent a massive tax hike. the democrat said he is trying to improve the tax

with the investigation say that big banks like jpmorgan chase wanted to strike back at iran after teheran's cyberattack therefore banking sites in 2012. chase says no action was taken but government investigators nonetheless are trying to determine who knocked iran servers off-line. >>> a study released earlier this year shows hacking cost the global economy as much as $575 million annually. no word why the u.s. government or the obama administration would be interested in investigating banks who chose to respond and defend themselves by taking on those who have attacked them with cyberwarfare. >>> now, a few comments on the war against law enforcement. begun by this president and attorney general. it's now carried out by local left wing mayors including bill de blasio in new york city. since the ambush murders in broad daylight of two new york police department officers on december 20th, it's become increasingly clear the president's war against law enforcement has become far more than racially charged rhetoric. it has now tragically turned into action. just yesterday in boston, two cops w

i think that some of our talk of increased sanctions is looking for a way to force a decision on teheran's part that will leave us off of this surprisingly comfortable dead center. >> so i would say most of our partners with the possible exception of france are quite comfortable with the status quo because we have succeeded in freezing most elements of iran's nuclear program and preserved the overall sanctions regime. and i hear the same thing from some of our israeli friends. they recognize that the status quo while not solving the problem at least stopped the clock or slowed down the clock on iran's nuclear program. i think there is an argument to be made that an extension of the joint plan of action is at least holding the issue steady. but my sense and ed can speak to this, as well. my sense is in this town there is no patience for an endless extension into the indefinite future unless you can demonstrate you are really making progress towards tackling some of the issues. i think the obama administration is operating in a political climate where it has to show forward movement. it can'

whatever the case we've been hearing that many governments, including the syrian government and now teheran criticizing israel for those airstrikes. >> on top of those airstrikes, syria asking to impose sanctions on israel. any response from israel? does that worry them at all? >> i think at this stage, no. as we were saying a bitterlyier there have been a number of strikes carried out by israel in syria since this civil war there began. most of them starting aroun around 2013. it would appear that there is some sort of a pattern, especially when it involves targeting arms, which again some have suggested would be for hezbollah in neighboring lebanon. whatever the case at this stage it does not seem that the israelis are too concerned about the syrian call for u.s. sanctions or rather international sanctions. >> thank you very much for that update. reporting from west jerusalem. >>> here in the al jazeera news hour six detainees released from guantanamo start new lives in uruguay. and how mismanagement is making a bad economic situation even worse. >>> coming up in sport we'll hear from the

two people from the embassies and people delegation coming from teheran.iranians are the main player in these negotiations. just the idea to talk about assad is irreplaceable. this is stuck as a syrian. talking 20 million syrian and 20 million outside syria. there is nobody within the syrian regime or outside the syrian regime or opposition, whoever the moderates, anybody. that he is replaceable. what if he passed out by heart attack tomorrow. syria would collapse? excuse me. thank you. >> thank you. we start from left coming this way. choose any elements of the questions. quick responses. robert? >> well -- i mean -- i don't think anyone is irreplaceable. the hard part is figure out the process. [ inaudible ] >> volume. whoever controls the volume? [ inaudible ] >> great. thanks. so very briefly, let me answer the question where is washington? it's a lovely city on the mid atlantic coast. it's priority is very clearly the islamic state. deputy assistant secretary of state bret mckirk reconfirmed that in a congressional hear ago. the administration has giv

is in bed with teheran.heryl: so i want to ask you, ashton carter leading candidate to replace secretary hagel. any idea what it this is going to do in regards on isis? . >> he's a steady state. he's a technocrat that knows the process. it will be a circus when the republicans call him in at the senate armed services and start asking him to define what president's strategy is against isil, what they're going to do against ukraine? what are they going to do given the emerging chinese threat across the world? this will be very entertaining. cheryl: entertaining is an interesting word to use, colonel bob mcginnis, thanks for being with us this evening. >> thanks, cheryl. cheryl: republicans battling each other before they officially take over the senate. will democrats line up to blast the president in his policies? we'll take it up with the a-team, leslie sanchez ♪ (holiday music is playing) hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever b

>> well, we e know that he is held in teheran, and we know that he has health conditions as well witht he is depressed and taking a toll on him. >> the only person who is visiting him is his wife who was held and then released, and what has she told you about the conditions in the prison? >> well, we have not talked about the conditions inside there, and she doesn't have access to the room obviously, so i can't tell you that. she does know that he is, you know, it is cold. e she has been able to give him some warm clothes, and that, you know, that the toll of being in solitary is adding up. >> any particular story that they were upset by or offended by or bothered by or anything like that? >> well, we with went back to look at them, and we looked at the so rirs, and we are wondering about that and one of the last stories that he wrote is about the iranian national baseball team, and he really loved to be able to give people outside of iran a better view of what society is like there, and what real life is like there. and jason didn't really -- sorry about that. >> that is okay. go ahe

should we trust teheran as an ally against the terrorist?ked about how much she hated him. >> damaging testimony in a twisted murder for hiefr case. will the background of the man

>> we know he's being held in evan prison in northern teheran.. and, you know, it's not a pleasant place. >> his wife was picked up, but she was released. is she able to see him? what contact have you been able to have with him? >> yes, so she's able to see him typically once or twice a week. they have short visits. she can go there. and, you know, she's told us about certain things about his physical condition and they're able to talk and communicate. >> some people say look, he was working for "the washington post," he was born in the states. >> correct. >> israeli security risk. a spy. all that sort of thing. people are bound to ask these questions, aren't they? >> yeah, it happens. but i think if you look at the work that he's done over the years, he's really been a very fair journalist. he was focused on the social aspects of iran and how to let people know about the culture of iran. and didn't focus as much on politics. >> you're an iranian family. >> that's correct, my father was iranian. >> what help have you had diplomatically on this an

secretary has called possible iranian action in iraq against isil as positive despite the fact that teheran's incessant meddling in baghdad and its stoking of sectarian tension in iraq and in syria has played a large part in the rise of isil. is it the administration's view that having a shiite iran the world's foremost supporter of terrorism, inspite of our nuclear talks, invade iraqi air space to attack sunni isil. does the administration view this as a positive development? on and syria, you testify that it is our goal -- not that it is an absolute necessity to find a future in syria that does not include isil or assad, as you stated in your testimony and that relying on moderate rebels to defeat them both and usher in a political settlement, will the assad regime being supported by iran and russia as they are and with isil being so well financed, how will a group of rebels be able to defeat them both? and what would they need in order to accomplish that goal? the administration doesn't have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in iraq and syria and iran, nor does it seem

messaging snoom the grotesque nature of that statement along with people carrying signs in english in say teheran, death to israel, death to america, the creed of hamas, the american people need to know and that is that we very well death more than you value life. this is serious. and i'm just very concerned that the president is focused on other items, i.e. congressional campaigns and has been missing the danger. based on the bulletin that was issued by dhs and fbi regarding soldiers online media accounts, what level of danger do you feel for our military and our military families? >> as i said there's no specific credible threat targeting specific people in a specific place but we think it's appropriate that people are prudent. and that social media postings should not describe military operational activities, nor should they describe law enforcement activities or other measures. this is something that we just caution people in our own organization and indeed in our military to be prudent in what they post on social media. but for people who take those reasonable steps, it's obviously very diff

coming from this capital, coming from teheran and in addition to the realities on the ground. to conclude, though, some pressures that the k.r.g. is currently under, what really angers and disappoints kurdish leadership and the kurdish in general is that every time something goes wrong in iraq, the kurds are the first to help solve it or and they have to make sure iraq doesn't fall. oil prices go down, the kurds come under pressure they need to rescue iraq once more. prime minister mall i can creates a ton of problems for everyone and the kurds say, ok, that's it, that's kind of the last straw and we're going to call it a game. there is pressure, come on, give baghdad another chance. this doesn't go well in kurdistan, ok. people, and again, politicians have played this because they said the end institutional federalism that i was talking about, comes with perks, it comes with lack of accountability. it offers room for lack of transparency in a lot of realms including revenue. the kurds are getting fed up with it, we were promised too much a sovereign state. we were promised an

>> but notwithstanding the president's insistence on the contract for teheran have consents for a great many people. dray no we are asked but i don't see any reason why the senate should suspend its operations but why would they wait until monday after of:00 p.m.? >> ioc any reason ellis' to have the average movie to vote on the amendment and so but to modify his request as the majority leader and i will talk about that when we reconvene. >> but moving to the spending limit h.r. 33. >> is there objection? >> without objection is so ordered. >> madam president let me say i understand the concerns of my friend from utah. i am unable to agree with him but that does not take away from his sincere request. all senators roll-call votes in this is the way it will be that we will have a series of votes all day tomorrow as soon as we get here into the evening and perhaps into the morning if there is no further business we will adjourn under the previous order. we have tried to work something out we have then unable to do that almighty and we have mixed signals from party members and i bow be not

coming from this capital, coming from teheran and in addition to the realities on the ground. to conclude, though, some pressures that the k.r.g. is currently under, what really angers and disappoints kurdish leadership and the kurdish in general is that every time something goes wrong in iraq, he kurds are the first to help solve it or and they have to make sure iraq doesn't fall. oil prices go down, the kurds come under pressure they need to rescue iraq once more. prime minister mall i can creates a ton of problems for everyone and the kurds say, ok, that's it, that's kind of the last straw and we're going to call it a game. there is pressure, come on, give baghdad another chance. this doesn't go well in kurdistan, ok. people, and again, politicians have played this because they said the end institutional federalism that i was talking about, comes with perks, it comes with lack of accountability. it offers room for lack of transparency in a lot of realms including revenue. the kurds are getting fed up with it, we were promised too much a sovereign state. we were promised and

the cubans are, i think, are somewhat in the same position as the authorities in teheran right now. they're afraid that it would weaken their system in place in cuba. that's my take. i'm not a political scientist, but that's my judgment. we are not getting anywhere with our current policy. i think that's established. and i would hope that we could begin to take moves that might encourage the cubans to enter into a relationship with us that would benefit the cuban people as well as american -- america's posture in the world, i think we're entering a phase -- i think it's pretty clear that the -- our cuban embargo policy has become a burden on our relations with the rest of the hemisphere and will become more costly in the future as i see it. >> gustavo. >> let me see if i can answer this question. so, one of the requirements of being a member of the world bank is that you're a member of the imf. and almost by definition being a member of the imf would subject cuba to certain conditions that would quite frankly expose cuba's policies -- the fundamental contradictions that exist curren

question, but i of say that the nature the debate that occurs or the conversation that occurs in teheran today with the acceptance of the coalition on the ground on behalf of iraq is a very different conversation today than it might have been two or three years ago. the reflexive reaction of shiah militia elements which i think unrestrained, we would conceivably have been under attack from them immediately, interestingly enough, they haven't yet. the role of the grand ayatollah, it's difficult to overstate the importance of his role both as it relates to the conduct and behavior of iran, but also in providing support to prime minister abaddy and through his voice and having called for greater support to given the ibes space to consolidate his political portfolio, reach out o the sunni elements in iraq and to do so without having constantly either violent shiah mylishas breathing down his back or iran seeking to derail the process. so iran is a very complex player, not just in iraq, but in syria. it's a very complex player in lebanon and through lebanon, of course, we watch the results of

secretary has called possible iranian action in iraq against isil as positive despite the fact that teheran's incessant meddling in baghdad and its stoking of sectarian tension in iraq and in syria has played a large part in the rise of isil. is it the administration's view that having a shiite iran the world's foremost supporter of terrorism, in spite of our nuclear talks, invade iraqi air space to attack sunni isil. does the administration view this as a positive development? on and syria, you testify that it is our goal -- not that it is an absolute necessity to find a future in syria that does not include isil or assad, as you stated in your testimony and that relying on moderate rebels to defeat them both and usher in a political settlement, will the assad regime being supported by iran and russia as they are and with isil being so well financed, how will a group of rebels be able to defeat them both? and what would they need in order to accomplish that goal? the administration doesn't have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in iraq and syria and iran, nor does it see

secretary has called possible iranian action in iraq against isil as positive despite the fact that teheran'sn baghdad and its stoking of sectarian tension in iraq and in syria has played a large part in the rise of isil. is it the administration's view that having a shiite iran the world's foremost supporter of terrorism, inspite of our nuclear talks, invade iraqi air space to attack sunni isil. does the administration view this as a positive development? on and syria, you testify that it is our goal -- not that it is an absolute necessity to find a future inri

secretary has called possible iranian action in iraq against isil as positive despite the fact that teheran's incessant meddling in baghdad and its stoking of sectarian tension in iraq and in syria has played a large part in the rise of isil. is it the administration's view that having a shiite iran the world's foremost supporter of terrorism, inspite of our nuclear talks, invade iraqi air space to attack sunni isil. does the administration view this as a positive development? on and syria, you testify that it is our goal -- not that it is an absolute necessity to find a future in syria that does not include isil or assad, as you stated in your testimony and that relying on moderate rebels to defeat them both and usher in a political settlement, will the assad regime being supported by iran and russia as they are and with isil being so well financed, how will a group of rebels be able to defeat them both? and what would they need in order to accomplish that goal? the administration doesn't have a comprehensive policy to deal with all of the threats in iraq and syria and iran, nor does it seem

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