u.s. is the second round of negotiations on iran's nuclear program since president hassan rouhani took office in august. the proposal would partially with u.s.-led sanctions for six months in return for iran's suspension of nuclear activity. john kerry continues a visit to israel and the occupied west bank in a bid to encourage u.s.- brokered peace talks. he faced palestinian complaints in ramallah on tuesday over israel's continued expansion of west bank settlements. in a rare move, john kerry said the u.s. views israel settlements as illegitimate, going beyond the normal white house language of not helpful. but john kerry stopped short of calling the settlements illegal. >> let me emphasize at this point the position of the united states of america on the considerts is that we now, and have always considered, the settlements to be illegitimate. i want to make it extremely clear that at no time did the agree asans in any way a matter of going back to the talks that they someh condone or a

so u.s. aid and pay-com disaster assessment teams went almost immediately to tacloban to coordinate our response, working closely with philippine authorities, who as you said, mr. chairman, have the lead on this. there was an immediate agreement throughout the administration at all levels on the need for a rapid, effective response, both because of the scale of the disaster and because, as you said, mr. chairman, because the filipinos are long-time friends and allies of the united states. so jeremy's going to describe in detail the efforts on the ground. what i'd like to do is highlight that the u.s. government's response has been, i think, extremely well coordinated and substantial. within a few days of the disaster, u.s. aid had announced $20 million in humanitarian assistance, and just a few days ago, announced an additional $10 million in assistance, so as of yesterday, combined u.s. government assistance in response to the disaster totalled $37 million. that includes $7 million from defe

and the u.s. for a minute this week to try and play down these differences saying that the differences between the western powers are actually very narrow first being said by some experts to be a basis saving exercise here and of course as we've said you case certainly much more positive surrounding the talks looking forward to november the twentieth when the. foreign secretary william hague saying that he is confident that further progress will be made the u.s. is blamed or wrong for rejecting a deal at last weekend's talks something to ron has denied john kerry insists major powers were more or less united on the green despite earlier claims that it was the french who blocked a breakthrough when i spoke to were jonathan steele is a common the storm international affairs for the guardian newspaper and he explained to me what he sees as the reasons behind france's tough stance. francis convince to do ronnie's meddling in a region which was traditionally at least in colonial times under french infl

and u.s. foreign ministers really try and play down these differences saying that the differences between the western powers are actually very narrow first being said by some experts to be a basis saving exercise here and of course as we've said to you kate certainly much more positive surrounding the talks looking for the forces to make them for the twentieth when they feel. we've heard foreign secretary william hague saying that he is confident that further progress will be made well despite the failure of last weekend's talks being largely blamed on france the u.s. insists major powers were more or less united on an agreement and john kerry says it was a wrong on the rejected the deal something that to wrong has denied it's not cross live to jonathan steele he's following this in international affairs for the international affairs for the guardian newspaper there in london thank you very much indeed for being with us let's just talk about quite obviously few developments over the iran issue

u.s. military planes fly over china's newly claimed air defense zone. >> the supreme court weighs in over obamacare contraceptives - they'll decide if private companies must pay for birth controls even if they have religious objections >> pope francis - he says it's time the faithful help those in need. >>> welcome to al jazeera america. tens of millions of people on the east coast are in the grips of a massive storm. conditions stretch from atlanta to boston, a mix of snow, sleet, ice and heavy rain. with each passing hour roads are trech ourous and flights are cancelled or delayed. we have a team of reporters tracking the impact of the storm. al jazeera's juan carlos molina begins the coverage on how the weather is hampering driving. >> conditions treacherous. the impact unavoidable. scenes like this on highways across america. >> i hydroplaned over here, came off and slid around. >> from michigan a close call from a dashboard camera as a truck loses control - barely missing a car. in fl

i have much more faith in the u.s. congress, u.s. public, and the u.s.process and democratic process with all of us who will live with the results, messy be.ugh democracy may i don't want a bunch of unelected u.s. trading go shooters and 600 corporate advisors dictating my future through so-called trade agreement. these agreements once implemented, cannot change a comma in this all of the other countries agree. it locks into place estimates into place one vision of law that as we have seen has little to do with trade. it is about domestic food safety. to lift import food that doesn't meet u.s. safety standards -- to we have to import food that doesn't meet u.s. safety standards? were u.s. government could be sued and our treasury rated by foreign corporations? seeking compensation for not having to meet our own laws that thomas comedies have to meet? i have to say something about fast-track, which is in her clique, bill, fast-track is a huge it away of congress's authority. for anyone who wants to get into the weeds, please take a look at my book. tradew

the u.s. will do to protect our common security interest rates that might be threatened by iran that are unaffected by the israeli denunciation of the atlomacy that helps them home and hedges against things that might go wrong in that diplomacy. they noticed a lot of other people who were concerned about iran and making statements that say, "i do not trust iran" in effect. who does? the policies of this and the percentages in the different place. i have some empathy. say theywhen people support new sanctions, but the sanctions would be made conditional on waiting to see whether or not we failed to get a final deal and the sanctions might then be put on a suspense so they would go into effect after efforts to get a final deal. if you study what is involved, you will see how much iran's good faith will be tested by all of the activities that will be put in play for the interim measures. i understand the current debate. i view it somewhat philosophically. i think the real rift geopolitically betw

and u.s. foreign ministers we try and play down these differences saying that the differences between the western powers are actually very narrow first being said by some experts to be a basis saving exercise here and of course as we said you kate certainly much more positive start surrounding the talks looking forward to november the twentieth when the. foreign secretary william hague saying that he is confident that further progress will be made despite the failure of last weekend's talks being largely blamed on france the u.s. insists major powers were more or less united on an agreement john kerry says it was a wrong that richard to the deal something to iran has denied or honey chizik head of britain's parliamentary group on global security and normal proliferation says there's no point in playing a blame game. i do not myself think that it is sensible to blame anyone at this stage in a very delicate negotiation the french nor the iranians nor the americans that sort of blame game leads a

. >>> some u.s. lawmakers are skeptical about a deal to limit iran's nuclear program, saying sanctions should not be eased. >>> the new u.s. ambassador to japan, caroline kennedy, is touring areas affected by the 2011 disaster, saying her country will continue to offer support. >>> chinese officials find themselves at the center of a diplomatic dispute. over the weekend, they announced that they'd set up an air defense identification zone over the east china sea. that drew immediate criticism from japan, south korea, and the u.s. and now the chinese are criticizing the americans for how they've reacted. the zone includes air space over the senkaku islands. japan controls the islands, china and taiwan claim them. in terms of international law, japanese officials launched a protest and u.s. officials said they were deeply concerned. now china's foreign ministry has released a statement criticizing the americans for taking sides. the document urged them to stop making irresponsible remarks. the document

video released by the u.s. coast guard shows about 100 haitians clinging to a boat, believed to have capitalsized after it struck a reef in rough water. about 110 people have been rescued so far including 19 women. and those are the headlines of this hour. tony harris. more news. "inside story" is next. >> the u.s. plays hardball with hamid karzai. sign the troop deal or we are out. i am ray suarez. >> that's the insi"inside story" >> america's longest war is almost over, but the transition to the next phase in the u.s.-afghanistan relationship involves a difficult diplomatic dance. the united states negotiated a deal called "the bilateral security accord" which would keep most troops in the country when nato's 75,000 leave next year. the deal hit a signnag. afghan president karzai presented a new last-minute set of demands. on this edition of "inside story" we will discuss america's future in afghanistan. first, this background: >> afghan president hamid karzai again refused to sign the bilateral security agre

the u.s., pakistan's ambassador to the u.s. from 2008 to 2011. you advised the late benazir bhutto and you are now professor at austin university and the director of the south and central asia hudson institute. you write extensively for "the new york times," "the wall street journal" and the national tribune to name a few of the publication so you obviously have a very inside view of this relationship and i think just the title is strong of u.s. policy toward pakistan and in your words if i may quote you say the u.s. pakistan relationship, a tale of exaggerated expectations, broken promises and disastrous misunderstandings. i want to delve into what you mean by that a little later in the interview but first i want to ask you a simple question. what motivated you to write this book? >> guest: this book has been on my mind for many years. i was a college student in 1979 when several of my colleagues -- i was in karachi in the south of pakistan but my colleagues as students in islamabad even in b

u.s. forces are to blame. i essentially investigate these allegations and assembled a huge body of testimony from locals from officials also learned about two confidential u.n. and red cross investigations that corroborate the allegations that suggested that the special forces and their translators were indeed responsible for these men's feet. the sanctions day say i should say america provos the state of emergency in its relations with iran and some won't even tougher restrictions despite attempts to seal a number of agreement. have been agreed to seduce him for at least thirty years in this country. that will meet a man who was targeted by a controversial british government campaign to weed out illegal immigrants. international news live from moscow this is r.t. with me hello and welcome to the program. a probe into the killings of civilians in afghanistan has been dropped after the u.s. refused to cooperate american special forces are suspected of the murders but investigators have been

citizens or on u.s. fr citizens in the disaster area, h and we've located almost 500, about 475 american citizens through our efforts. c our counselor officers are visiting tacloban and the area s around it pretty regularly to try to help out with those american citizens services, and we continue, of course, to work very closely with philippine authoritiesic making sure to address any security concerns.ad again, identify any obstacles t relief, and asking them constantly, what more they needm so that our response is effective and targeted. president obama told president p aquino during a november 12th phone call that the united ke states was fully committed to a swift and coordinated response y to help the people of the philippines recover, and that we stand shoulder to shoulder with the philippines, our treaty ally. mr. chairman, senator rubio, ta other members, thank you again for allowing me to appear. a i would be delighted to answer any questions. thank you.estion >> thank you very much. mr. konyndy

u.s. military officials talk of 7,000 to 8,000. u.s. troops here now mostly do training. the u.s. air force today in kabul working with afghan airmen. >> i think they're on fair feet. a little bit nervous about taking their first few steps without us, but i think they can do it. >> reporter: but most afghan troops don't want americans to leave. >> we need some more strong support from international community, especially from the u.s. >> reporter: but why not just leave? the afghan government would likely collapse. afghanistan could again become a haven for terrorists. but after so many years, would a force of 7,000 make a difference? iraq stands as a warning. there was no agreement there when the u.s. left and the civil war could come back with a vengeance. an afghan agreement could stop a repeat of that, not ending the war in 2014, just changing it. afghans will vote this week on the deal. after that it's up to the u.s. to do it or not. brian? >> richard engel with us from kabul tonight. richard, thank you. >>> and there was a worrisome piece of news from that region earlier toda

it will take u.s. ratification and u.s. leadership to ensure the treaty's protections not only become a reality, but reflect american values. from the u.s. constitution, the treaty borrows principles of equality in the protection of minorities. from the declaration of independence, it borrows the inalienable for the pursuit of happiness. and from the americans with disabilities act, the treaty borrows the concept of reasonable accommodation. by ratifying this treaty, we will be advocating for the adoption of american values around the world. at the end of the day, if we fail to ratify the treaty, the u.s. point of view and u.s. interests will be marginalized. we have heard from the state department that they have gotten pushed back in their accessibility advocacy because we are not a party and we have heard from ngo's who have asked why american experts should be consulted on matters pertaining to a treaty we have not ratified. american businesses, the greatest accessibility innovators in the world, have expressed the fear

the u.s. government supported the u.s.owards the asia-pacific region -- sorry, the uk government supported the- pivot announced that president obama toward the asia-pacificweh region two years ago. we have our own british pivot ts the east and the south,ast and h reflecting a shift in economic power over the past two decades. that is right for america and ia is right for the uk, but some clarity is needed. america was not signaling a sole focus on asia and retreat from the rest of the world. the u.s. will remain a global power g with enduring interest n the middle east, for example, and it wasn't roughly understood at the time and led to the u.s. administration adopting, as i'm sure you've heard in washington, this different rebalancing. on the uk side we need to work out whether our asia pivot is overwhelmingly commercial or whether there are political o security and economic policy elements to it as well. i think the u.s. would welcome europeans working with hi them n this. we are commercial competitors but we have a t s

the u.s. claims few civilians have been killed by the three hundred seventy six drone attacks which have been launched over the past decade local reports however suggest that at least nine hundred innocent people including up to two hundred children have been killed documentary filmmaker robert greenwald took the story of the rehman family and inspiration as inspiration for his latest movie and says the public doesn't understand the real consequence of using drones people want to believe in santa claus and they also want to believe that there's a simple solution to these incredibly complicated problems when we started reading that the drones were killing only high value targets soup represented an imminent threat it doesn't make sense it's just not possible so i think there was a kind of hopefulness yes finally we found a magic pill which is part of it some of it is the fact that american soldiers warrant there so people said it doesn't matter as important is that you know the family is speaki

cuba a single u.s. drone strike has destabilized the entire peace process in pakistan and killed the leader of the country's taliban group who apparently was preparing to negotiate security forces on high alert across the country over fears of militant reprisal on local expert told us the pakistani people will end up paying the price for the american attack. the prime minister of pakistan was in washington d.c. only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taken him into confidence regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because. the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue be able but instead of the drone attacks being stop big continued i need body who is going to suffer or it is going to be the people of pakistan not the us the united states does not have the right to be judge jury and executor all rolled into one without any i taught it to. our daughter time here on the program starting with the french government has p

u.s. denies access to the suspects we'll hear from a journalist who says he's got proof u.s. soldiers aren't to blame. the special forces and their translators were indeed responsible for these men's fate. also the sanctions stay america prolongs the state of emergency and its relations with iran and some won't even tougher restrictions despite attempts to seal a nuclear agreement plants. have been a bridge to seduce and for at least thirty years in this country. will meet a man who was taunted by controversial british government campaign to weed out in the. international news life for most of this is all see with me. thanks for joining us . a probe into the killings of civilians in afghanistan has been dropped after the u.s. refused to cooperate american special forces are suspected of the murders but investigators have been refused access to about a dozen men were detained during u.s. raids in afghanistan's wardak province between october two thousand and twelve and february twenty eight

the u.s. government is helping us and various other international governments are helping us. we continue to bring support to people affected. >> the relief supplies are not getting to those that need it most. the government sending in troops to control the looting. also at the airport survivors determined to go back to the disaster area, despite all they'd been through. >> imagine if you will, the courage of these people here in cebu at the air force base. many of them from mr during the storm. they are waiting here for a c130 hercules to arrive, to take them back into the devastated area. why? in those bags are food and water - things that they say their family needs to survive. these survivors say the government aid is not reaching families fast enough, and going back is their only option. >> i'm scared, but i have - i have no choice. i have no choice. my family is in tacloban. >> international relief is on the way. the united states has directed the carrier, the uss "george washington" to

the u.s. naval academy women's glee club, performing selections from the president state funeral. a senior congressional reporter for politico, writing today that progress is being made in the negotiations between patty murray, the budget committee chairmen in the senate, and paul ryan in the house. what is the status of things? they are still negotiating. right now the hope is they will get a small deal. they're not talking about abe a, grand bargain deal -- they are not talking about a big, grand bargain deal. narrowe dealing with sequestration, automatic spending cuts that are set to deepen in the new fiscal year after january 15. the hope is they could replace at least one year, may be less than a year of those cuts, change that around other portions of the budget, attentional mandatory spending programs, increased revenue, not by increasing taxes but by potentially raising fees and other areas as such. the hope is they can cut some sort of middle ground on that, at least get a narrow agre

a single u.s. drone strike is destabilize the entire priest process in pakistan it's killed the leader of the country's taliban group who was apparently preparing to negotiate security forces now on high alert across the country over fears of a militant reprisal and one local expert told us that the pakistani people are the ones who will end up paying the price for the drone strike. the prime minister of pakistan was in washington d.c. only a week back and he had spoken to president obama taken him into confidence regarding the dialogue process and it also made a request for the drone attacks to stop because of the record taliban pakistan had made it a precondition that the drone attacks must come to an end before they come to the dialogue table but instead of the drone attacks being stop they continued so anybody who is going to suffer it is going to be the people of pakistan and not the us the united states does not have the right to be judge jury and executor all rolled into one without any auth

the u.s. supported only the decades long sanctions regime against iran despite predictions and you can let it go stations in geneva will break new ground. to britain's top calls its an immigration problem by sending out a threatening text messages on vines with intimidating advertising but its effectiveness is testing the public's patience. russia and around the wild this is a scene with me. and welcome to the program. i'm going to tell the germans has been left by half a world by the mystery surrounding the bodies of ten civilians dug up near a u.s. army outpost close to kabul but there seems little chance those responsible will be found afghanistan has now decided to scrub the probe into the murders in washington refuse to cooperate that's despite the victims being identified as a group of locals detained by a u.s. special forces unit or pointing in the area however military officials in washington have long said the troops have no connection to the killings and journalist matthieu aikins sp

the u.s. drone war on terror is missing its human rights groups reporting mounting civilian . travels to a yemeni village to hear if. this is all that remains from a u.s. predator drone strike right here in yemen the numbers about. the loss of innocent lives justified in the fight against al qaeda stay with us as we report from one of the front lines in the war on terror. and real records for a virtual currency point nine hundred dollars. at a u.s. senate hearing. live from a studio central moscow this is twenty four hours a day. twenty three people have been killed in powerful blasts near the iranian embassy in lebanon's capital beirut conflicting reports suggest an iranian culture is among the victims of the bombings that injured more than one hundred forty lebanese group. has reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack on middle east correspondent paula has the latest. the blasts happened at nine thirty this morning there were two blasts that were just seconds apart and according to le

>> u.s. has to pursue u.s. interests. when it comes to the bottom line, obama is pursuing what he perceives is the best interests of the united states. it's dangerous for ally to say try to force or persuade united states to follow interests in their own countries. >> would there be any deal that would appease israel no. >> no, because israel's position that iran should have no nuclear scientists, no nuclear program, and that would be unacceptable. for the united states, i think it's ok for iran to have some nuclear programs, as long as it's not weaponnized. >> with all the powers, trust certainly needed to be destroyed. we'll leave it there. thank you, distinguished professor of middle eastern history and poll tucks. thank you very much, appreciate it. >> some victims of a suicide attack in lebanon have been laid to rest. the explosions tuesday at the iranian embassy in beirut killed 24 people. as we report, the attack is raising fears that the syrian war is spreading to lebanon. >> one woman alone with her grief, and on

u.s. on a level playing field basis with everyone else said why don't we build anything? in fact, we felt a lot here and it's time it came from athens, georgia last evening because yesterday we cut the ribbon on a brand-new greenfield factory 850,000 square feet. 1400 people strong when it's fully operational at the end of next year. these will be small bulldozers and small excavators that were formally only produced in japan. we brought those to the united states for several reasons. one, we can compete from the base there to relate the ports in here and that production will stay in the u.s. in the exported to south america and europe. we feel there is a very good chance at a very good condition to not only build here, but compete to a u.s. base. a year ago we did the same thing in victoria, texas on another excavator plan. these are the large machines. 42 that 5010 machines that came in from japan that will be built in us for the first time in the united states and exporting to south ame

and a new video is now surfacing that shows a u.s. marine sternly addressing senator john mccain at a town hall meeting in his home state of arizona a young marine named blame cooper read an impassioned letter to the senator where he called him treasonous for encouraging the obama administration to intervene in syria take a look your actions against this country are treasonous all of you against the will of the american people have aided and abetted the enemy you and the rest of congress including the president of the united states have went against the will of your people and syria in syria regardless of your position in vote whether it is a yes or no is still a political smokescreen you swore an oath to protect us and part protect from all enemies both foreign and domestic the simple irony is the domestic enemy now in this country is the people in government of the united states and mccain a new and the rest of our leaders are accountable for their actions i was joined earlier by marine blame cooper himself to talk a little bit more

the u.s. and egyptians discussed during the meetings. it is regarding the geneva ii convention. we know they are trying to get all parties around the table later in november, to try to come to some political, diplomatic halt to the violence going on in syria. apparently they have come up with a plan, a vision. this will be presented to all the various arab foreign ministers later this evening. we are watching carefully as to whether that is a great idea. certainly it's looking ahead to find out what comes out of that. >> how are egyptians reacting to john kerry's visit, which so far seems to be fairly productive. >> john kerry's visit hasn't been much of a talking point in egypt. everyone is here talking about the mohamed morsi trial. that starts tomorrow, monday here. the former president was ousted over the summer. he's been put on trial. that is taking precedence to any other news. the one thing that many egyptians feel is the idea that a senior american figure could come here and meddle in

u.s. secretary of state john kerry is joining talks in geneva to try to help negotiators reach a deal over iran's nuclear program. >>> authorities in china have the man they expect was involved in a deadly bombing outside a communist party building. >>> and the strongest typhoon of the year has hit the philippines and residents are running for cover. >>> the u.s. secretary of state is joining talks over iran's nuclear program. john kerry is trying to assist negotiators from iran and six major countries reach a breakthrough deal. kerry changed his schedule and flew to geneva after a visit to the middle east. iranian negotiators are meeting with their counterparts from the u.s., russia, china, britain, france, and germany. the negotiators from the six countries want iran to scale back its uranium enrichment program to alleviate concerns over the country's suspected development of nuclear weapons. in return, the u.s. and other countries say they might consider relaxing sanctions that crippled

so the u.s. is promoting nuclear power and it's important to people in iran as i learned when i spoke with folks on the street and to run a number of years ago to assert the trog it is to develop nuclear power energy so i think that's a rather minor point what is so key is that this is a breakthrough for diplomacy that aside from apparently the governments of saudi arabia and israel. throughout the region and beyond we can expect a lot of positive response to this agreement which i think is a historic breakthrough and a very good one well you just said mr solomon you just sad that this of course is victory of diplomacy and a groundbreaking deal but you know i just want to perhaps discuss these contradictions or perhaps differences stipulated in the agreement because we don't some may saying that of course this is a temporary fix for six months but what happens after that given that it's taken a decade to get here do you have faith at this point that the size will find a long term solution given t

the u.s. are pushing for it to be signed by the end of this year. u.s. secretary of statery of defense released a statement saying he would not advise president obama to make a commitment post 2014 until an agreement is signed. afghan president hamid karzai released a statement accusing u.s. forces of raiding two houses in nangahar province, killing two innocent civilians. he said this gets to the heart of the bilateral security agreement and is what he wants to prevent in the future. isaaf forces responded with strong language saying it was an afghan-led military rain. 100 afghan commanders raided two houses, two were killed and they were accompanied by 17 coalition mentors. they said an unnamed source with isaf said it's unfortunate that the afghan president would use civilian deaths as a weapon. strong language from both sides on the bilateral security agreement. >> polls will open in moray tainia, comingar the legitimacy of the president who came to pour in a military coup. opposition parties are threatening to boycott the votes. >> this is the mansl

the u.s. deployment of u.s. missile defenses to defend the u.s. from europe in to deployment of nato missile defense to nato to defend nato. that was the fundamental shift that occurred in september of 2009. to take system that was able deploy against possibly ten incoming missiles and put in place a nato system under nato command and control put the deference of nato countries. that is the kind of commitment to deterrence that we put in place. we put in place contingency plan to make sure that every nation that is a member of nato has a plan to be defended. that was an important contribution to deterrence. we just completed this month -- this week, last week. the first major article r5 last exercise. the alliance was conducted in the last ten years. many of the country nas participated in the exercise had never participated in an article five exercise and we just completed that. those are the kinds of steps that matter for collective desks. far more than the nuclear weapons you have. particul

the u.s. believes this is its best weapon against al qaeda although not officially out war in yemen the covert drone campaign has been dramatically ramped up here under president obama. yemen's al qaeda threat is real it's plotted attacks on international airliners and caused hundreds of deaths the cia described it as the most dangerous and active branch of the terrorist network. the defense is that drone strikes have seriously damaged his ability to plan attacks but critics here say it's doing the exact opposite it does not. contain the ghosts of apply the facts may have contributed to the growth and expansion of of the at some point when we can slug enough powerful enough to be able to inflict serious damage the u.s. war on terror has no borders often waged remotely with cruise missiles and drones it's an undeclared global battlefield in which yemen is just one of the front lines of fight against groups like al qaida in which ordinary civilians also end up paying a price. i ask obama to brin

we also learned that the u.s. government did not grant to the lawyer of this family prominent practice any lawyer who has sued the cia in the past on behalf of the victims of drone strikes in pakistan four hundred fifty thousand vocalisation of. music. losing in a concentration. being picked on the work trying to. do so on has long been for someone driving the s.u.v. but this is being targeted and at the same time did nor to be in a position to leave the purpose of this briefing was to put a human face to drone strikes there is therefore a chance that in congress the tragedy of this family will fall on deaf ears but there is hope that the public will take notice in washington i'm going to check out and that my mana b.b. was among the up to nine hundred civilian fatalities estimated by rights groups since drone strikes began in two thousand and four in pakistan and amnesty international report published just last week now saying that these unlawful killings could amount to that of war crimes something that activist

talks have focused on u.s. procedures for training and mentoring the national army for a final handover. afghanistan is still a dangerous place. just this week, a roadside bomb killed two children in the south and six policemen were found dead after being abducted by the taliban. the pentagon says more than $8,000,000,000 in assistance is in jeopardy if an agreement is not signed soon. >> joining us now to discuss the latest twist in the afghanistan story are ali akmed alagi, the interior minister from 2003 to 2005. david sedny, former deputy assistant minister of defense and former u.s. ambassador thomas pickering. thank you for joining me. david, let me start with you. we will talk later in the program about the afghan interests as this year unfolds. what's the united states' interest? what are the specifics thbottom lines this country is looking for as it proceeds to extricate itself from afghanistan? >> our number 1 bottom line after 2014 and in 2001 when we went in was terrorism. l-qaeda still exists. the

the smiles of the u.s. military officers mask the painful force feeding detainees that one ton of obey our reports from behind the barbed wire. or welcome to the weekly this sunday here in our team with me and you so now a top stories in a week and a look back at the week's most important stories putting a human face to america's so-called war on terror in pakistan a family of drone strike victims testified in front of congress this week having lost their grandmother in what was reported as a persistent strike on militants they asked lawmakers why the u.s. targeted their home or he's going to can was at the emotional briefing. this was the first time actual victims of u.s. drone strikes were in congress and apart from the congressman who initiated this briefing i saw only four other members of congress it's no secret the u.s. congress generally approves of growth strikes so it's very difficult to expect a sudden change of heart even though heart was what these drone victims were appealing through on appeal

u.s. army outpost close to kabul but there seems little chance those responsible will ever be found afghanistan has now decided to scrap the probe into the murders of the washington refused to cooperate and asked to spy the victims being identified as a group of locals detained by u.s. special forces who were operating in the area however military officials in washington have long said their troops have absolutely no connection to the killings of journalist matthew a can spend five months investigating the incident in an exclusive interview with an off he claims the evidence he's seen suggests direct american involved. the special forces team the green beret a team as they're called was deployed to an isolated valley west of kabul where the taliban and other insurgent groups have a very heavy presence and what happened was over last winter the locals are complaining that the special forces team and their translators were murdering people torturing them abducting them and disappearing them

iraq's prime minister is in the u.s. asking for help to fight the al qaeda terror attacks that are ripping his country apart on a daily basis. you know that in turn we want an international war global war against terror that if the situation in iraq is not treated properly it will be disastrous for the whole world what we are saying is that the international community is responsible as well while he's been in washington a series of bombings have rocked his home country at least twenty three lives were claimed by violence in various regions of iraq and all this adds to a global wave of attacks which could make twenty thirteen the deadliest year for terrorism in history beating even twenty twelve's death toll of fifteen thousand and as of he's got a church car and reports the most active terror groups were all aligned with al qaeda even twelve years after the u.s. launched a war against it. terrorist attacks have more thing since two thousand and one when the u.s. began its war on terror the number of attacks some fataliti

the u.s. is spying on you. but when that comes to the attention of the press you want to act outraged to reassure your population that you're taking steps to deal with the problem. on the other hand, the holy sea is not a normal nation. it's not concerned with national politicking the way france or germany or england would be. instead the message is to relay the message of jesus christ to the world. >> we've long heard his rail against income inequality. why do you think the n.s.a. even cares about what's going on at the vatican? >> well, the holy sea is the head of the catholic church. i mean, it's the organization that heads the catholic church and one in six human beings are a catholic. that means that the pope has a lot of influence in the world and it would be natural that the u.s. would be interested on what they're planning on doing. indeed the holy sea has cooperated with the nust the past. it had a role in ending the cold war and bringing down the soviet block. pope john paul ii corpo

and the u.s. government is planning to empty out its embassy at the vatican the stated reason security concerns but is there more to it than that look at the divide between the u.s. government and the vatican coming up and a new video puts a damper on the thanksgiving turkey undercover investigators recorded footage of the crowded sickly conditions out of turkey breeding farm more on that later in the show. it's wednesday november twenty seventh four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching our t.v. . and we begin today with new revelations regarding the national security agency according to secret documents obtained by the huffington post through edward snowden the n.s.a. participated in tracking the online sexual activity of people the agency considered to be quote radical wiser's it was all part of a proposed plan to target six different muslims thought to have been influencing the opinions of others in carrying out the surveillance the agency was hoping to harm their repu

it will take u.s. ratification and u.s. leadership to ensure the treaty's protections not only become a reality, but reflect american values. from the u.s. constitution, the treaty bars and levels of ows principles.r from the declination -- declaration and brorrows. by ratifying this treaty, we will be advocating for the adoption of american values around the world. at the end of the day, if we fail to ratify the treaty, the u.s. point of view and u.s. interests will be marginalized. we have heard from the state department that they have gotten their back in accessibility advocacy because we are not a party and we have have askedngo's who why american experts should be consulted on matters pertaining to a treaty we have not ratified. american businesses, the greatest accessibility innovators in the world, have expressed the fear that artemis standing on disability rights could be markets for accessible goods might not expand as quickly as they otherwise would, and in the future are businesses might very well have less succe

u.s. airways making american the largest carrier in the country. before the deal went through the justice department made american open up major hubs to smaller airlines and cut back on routes and a number of flights. on this edition of "inside story" we're going to talk about the mega merger and what it means for the flying public. the merger between american and u.s. airways is a $17 billion deal. the new american will carry 130 million passengers annually. it will operate 6700 flights to 500 destination nationwide. it will allow the new american airlines to become king of the air waives. airwaves. it must give up gates and landing slots in seven major airport including new york, los angeles, and ronald reagan washington airport in washington, d.c. those slots will go to lower cost carriers. american must now sell 104 take-off and landing slots. >> we expressed potential reduction in competition that the merger would potentially empose. >> the justice department initially blocked the dea