u.s. is sending for troops and more tanks to eastern europe. the senior u.s. demander in europe described it as a necessary response to an aggressive russia. germany is likely to host the bulk of the contingent with a the u.s. establishing a presence i do nots the six bloc countries. >> it is basically the first deployment of person ground forces near the russian frontier since the end of the cold war. the russian ambassador to nato responded immediately. he said that russia would not be a passive observer to this. russia has long contended that this kind of deployment was a violation of the 1997 treaty between russia and nato when it expanded its membership, but he said that russia would choose to respond asim mettically. it is not sure what they immediate. it is aborigine attempt to add ukraine and georgia to its membership would be met with severe consequences from russia >>> here is a look at what this announcement means. in 2013 u.s. withdrew all tanks from europe but within months that decision was reversed and a training contingent of 22 tanks was returned to germany. that will now be increased to more than tenfold to 2050. -- 250. m

u.s. to russia, sitting in the same room, and in theory, and so far quite a lot in practice, discussing howget a political solution, not a military solution in syria. >>> inside syria, the fighting largely goes on. international aid agencies are warning the u.n. security council are adding what they call fuel to the fire of syria's war. human rights organizations have put out a report which shows that 2015 was the worst of the five-year conflict. they accuse russia, france, the u.s., and britain, of supporting rival sides or direct military action. they say at least 50,000 people have been killed since april of 2014. and an extra 1.5 million people are in need of humanitarian aid. last year they delivered assistance to fewer than 4% of those living in besieged communities. and even less food. the author of the report says recent progress in syria is encouraging but is taking too long. >> the last couple of weeks has shown with the cessation of hostilities, and the delivery of assistance, that when the international community put their mind to it, they can make progress on the ground inside

to nato says the u.s. move will offer reassurance to u.s. allies in eastern europe who may be nervous about russia's intentions. >> they ver concerned. they've been watching over the last several years. in 208 russia invaded georgia. it still occupies two of the territories there and has recognised them as independent states. it invaded ukraine, it has annexed part of that territory and continues to support separatists in eastern ukraine, regularly violates the air and sea states and neutral countries in europe. it has threatened military attack, including nuclear attack against bar saw or against danish ships and the countries in the eastern parts, particularly the baltic states, are very concerned about this more aggressive russian behaviour. so for them it's very important that nato make clear that it maintains the political will and the military capability to fulfil its collective defense obligations. as long as that is true and visible, then we can continue to deter any russian aggression in the future. i think if anything it is going to cause russian to be more cautious in some of its approach

u.s. to russia sitting in the same room and in theory and quite a lot in practice discussing how to get a political solution, not a military solution in syria. >> meanwhile, international aid agencies accused members of the u.n. security council of adding what they call fuel to the fire of syria's conflict. thirty human rights organizations are behind a reported that says that 2015 was the worst of the five year conflict. they accuse russia, the u.s., france and britain of undermining their own u.n. resolutions by supporting rival warring sides or direct military action. >>> japan has marked five years since the earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 18,000 people. a minute's silence was helped at the precise moment the quake hit, starting a chain reaction of death and destruction. harry fossett reports from one of the worst affected places. >> this is the closest thing to high ground, a mound built 96 years ago so that residents of this coastal town could look out to sea. five years on from the earthquake and tsunami, it has become a remembrance. it first showed the scale of the di

u.s. to russia, sitting in the same room and in theory and so far quite a lot in practice, discussing how et a political solution, not a military solution in syria. all of that is potentially good news. doesn't mean solution, but potentially it is in the right direction. >> reporter: in our interview to be broadcast on the "talk to al jazeera" program this weekend, the special envoy tells me that he is prepared to discuss the possibility of a federal option in syria, if the syrian parties agree to it, but he says partition of syria, dividing the country completely is not something that is on the table. >> reporter: and you can see the full interview with the u.n. special envoy to syria on "talk to al jazeera" at this time. >>> well, despite the cessation of hostilities, there have been reports of heavy fighting in syria between government forces and opposition fighters. at least two are reported to have died in duma. government forces also said to attacked another town, taking control of a tv station. >>> elsewhere, russia has been accused of carrying out air strikes on opposition position

to improve recruitment practices and working hours. world leaders arriving in the u.s. for a summit on nuclear security are arriving. russia is not attending with the u.s. saying it is a missed opportunity. >> reporter: the president of the russian federation flew to washington in 2010 to take part in the first ever nuclear security summit. he and his host president obama agreed the time was now to keep nuclear materials away from the bad guys. >> translation: this is not about the economy. this is not global crisis discussion. this is the topic crucial for every state and it is a real threat, a real challenge for all of us. >> reporter: but thinks successor, vladimir putin, wasn't be joining obama at the final submit at the end of march. it is a decision the president made at the end of 2014. >> we hope that russia still holds the view, in combatting the theft of terrorism remains the attention of world leaders >> reporter: after the cold war russia and the u.s. worked to secure nuclear material in the former soviet nations as well as within russia, but russian security services long suspected the security program was a s

that they are melting away in the same way as when isis came on to the scene. >> as the developments unfold inside syria. the u.s. and russia have been hailing better cooperation to end the war. the u.s. secretary of state met in moscow, and discussed what a political transition could look like in syria. >> if russia is fully engaged in the efrt, and all of us try to get bashar al-assad to make the right decision, to engage in a political process, that results in a transition and peace for syria >>> al jazeera's hoda abdel-hamid has been following the talks in moscow. >> it was a long meeting between danielle derry and vladimir putin, lasting about four hours. coming out of that, john kerry said they discussed ways to make sure that the ceasefire holds. they said that they had decided that a new constitution should we written by next august, and the issue of detainees is one that is important, to be resolved as soon as possible. this is something that the opposition has been asking for. those in the hands of the syrian government and opposition. it was said that he found that vladimir putin was committed to the process, and

says by russia not coming, and president putin is boycotting it, basically because it's run by the united states, and u.s.-russian relations are not at a high point. russia has as much to gain as anyone, and though they're boycotting this final summit meeting in washington, the u.s. and russia continue to cooperate on many levels, in trying to control and secure the nuclear material. so they will continue to do that, though president putin has given a high-profile snub to the conference. >> turkey's president is in the u.s. to take part in that nuclear summit, and the white house has called out formal talks with president obama. they will hold talks with vice president biden tomorrow instead. they said it's not a snub, but just about logistics of more than 50 world leaders attending the summit. but the white house is concerned with turkey's recent crackdown. >>> iran is defending its launch of a ballistic missile. al meany said that it's not just the future, but military strength. >> a judge in cyprus today said that he is facing charges, including anti-terror laws. threatening to blow up the jet with a fake explosive belt. one of the passengers talked about it. >> it

he is -- i mean to be a fly on the wall would be interesting, but it would be long. >> uh-huh. >> they both need each other. russia and the u.se really the only two countries that will be able to help continue to try to find peace in syria. you have got the united nations-lead peace talks going on in geneva, but russia does have a lot of leverage, and they were -- it was lavrov and kerry that sat down for an hour by themselves before russia agreed to finally pass u.n. security council resolution that will ensure a political change in syria eventually. >> so how crucial is it to fine some sort of resolution in syria in light of what has happened in brussels? obviously it is important for the people of syria, but now when you think about the security situation in europe and what has happened in brussels, how -- is there a new sense of urgency about solving this? >> there is a new sense of urgency that they are meeting in reaction to the attacks in brussels to make sure they have the same game plan, which they do, but like i said, russia has leverage much more than the u.s. does. you do have a different set of circumstances. mal

u.s. policy to russia. we heard carina - that they'd rather have trump in the white house, or at least the kremlin would. what about the italians. >> no, no, no. italians and europeans are scared. he might become the president of the united states, and it's a nightmare. >> the french paper had a headline saying that. that trump was a nightmare. >> you use the word which is important. populistic. mind, this word has different meaning. here in the united states, you use the poppualist word in a neutral, sometimes positive meaning, because you had the populist - the progressive movement, teddy roosevelt. . in europe, when we say poppualist. we speak of mousso leaney, fascism. nazi germany, hitler. when we say trump is populist. he may become an authoritarian leader. if you have an authoritarian leader who is elected in hungary, you can do a lot of harm to a small country. if he's the president to the united states, the arm is global. >> i want to ask you, not a popular one. socialism in the u.s. is traditional

russia is planning a longer term presence there. u.s. officials say there have been no new departures of russian troops or equipment in two weeks and that russia is sending more navy ships to syria and training more troops for deployment. also the u.s. and russia are said to be working together to remove i.s.i.l. from raqqa. syrian president bashar al-assad said, he could see a peaceful conclusion to the war within weeks. greek officials recorded 766 new rivalarrivals in just lesbos overnight. >> seen is replicated across lebanon's valley, tents made out of the flimsiest materials are played to shelter those who fled the war in syria. there are no clinics, no hospitals, no schools. refugees aren't allowed to work legally, and rampant child labor market. the lebanese government and the united nations have been saying for some time now that they aren't getting the funding needed to build the proper housing for the more than 1 million refugees in lebanon. u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon called on the international community not to pledge money but to relocate refugees, and provide them with dignified homes. >> we are placing a most incredible crisis. providing hope means p

u.s. led national institutions that might lead them to take a step back. >> also at issue, the u.s. sanctions in response to russia'snnexation of crimea. some observers say moscow is making a short sight the calculation to skip the summit. >> if an act of terrorism were to take place, the entire international community would be fadged by the environmental fallout, by the financial consequences and certainly by the cat catastrophic loss of li. >> the russians say the summit has come to the end of its usefulness. al jazeera, washington. >>> amnesty international says migrant workers are qatar are facing systematic abuse based on interviews with over 100 workers building a stadium for the world cup. every worker reported abuse, including poor wages and conditions and even forced labor. it blames fifa and the government for not enforcing regulations. the government of qatar responded to the report saying it remains committed to reforming labor laws. it says new procedures allow workers to apply directly or permits. the government says other new measures aim to improve recruitment practices and working hours. >>> till ah

to punish pyongyang over a rocket launch. the last minute haggling on details, parts of the draft have also been revised. the u.s. says russia asked for more time to review it. the u.s. submitted a draft resolution last week and what it describes as the toughest sanctions yet. pyongyang is called a satellite launch, ballistic technology s north korea, but nhk has learned the provision would have an exception. the draft a says the ban shall not apply to the sale and supply of aviation fuel to civilian passenger aircraft. the draft also dropped one person from the list of individuals subject to sanctions. it's an official in charge of mineral resources trade between north korea and russia. the united states and china spent a month behind closed doors negotiating the original draft. >>> syrian president bashar assad said it will do its part to make sure the cease-fire is maintained. proposed by the u.s. and russia took effect saturday, and it's largely holding. assad's interview with a broadcaster appeared on tuesday. he said the terrorists have breached the deal from the first day. the government is refraining from retaliating

about the core issues, trying to put in place the mechanism that will lead to a transitional government. obviously, the u.s. and russia don't see eye to eye when it comes to the future of bashar al-assad himself. russia does see a role for him whereas the u.s. repeatedly said that he would have no role in a transitional government. something also that the opposition will have a hard time accepting. now, kerry and la rov have met and in their opening statement they made it clear, especially secretary of state john kerry, that he was expecting some substantial progress at the end of today, that after he met his meeting with lavrov and then later on in the afternoon, both men will head to the kremlin and kerry will have the meeting there with vut vladimir putin. it is only after that, that there will be a press conference and we will find out what exactly has been agreed upon >>> thanks very much for that. the u.n. court is due to deliver a verdict on the former leader of bosnian serbs. >> reporter: it is not so long ago that a european capital city echoed to the sounds of war. in the countryside people were herded into

to the u.s. political expert and former u.s. ambassador to russia mike mcfall says there's no evidence to suggest that policy would protect us from potential threats. >> i've never seen any suggestion that such a policy would achieve the results that we all share, which is to fight terrorism. >> reporter: reporting on the stanford campus, i'm michelle roberts, nbc bay area news. >> thank you, michelle. >>> brussels meanwhile tonight remains on high alert as authorities look for suspects linked to those deadly bombings. investigators believe at least four people were now involved. three died, one is still on the run, including the suspected bombmaker for the paris attacks. the associated press is now reporting that isis had dispatched hundreds of fighters trained to attack in europe. police raided this apartment complex where they found explosives, nails and other bomb-making materials. the brussels airport remains closed through friday. no flights will be allowed to go in or out. and right now, the number dead remains at 31. nine americans among the

two front as both countries commit for troops to a fight each has vowed to win >>> as developments unfold inside syria, u.s. and russiaave been hailing better cooperation to end the war. u.s. secretary of state john kerry meet president vladimir putin and lavrov in moscow. they have discussed what a political transition could look like in syria. >> if russia is fully engaged in this effort and all of us are going to try to get the president to make the right decision in these next days to engage in a political process that results in a genuine transition and in peace for syria >>> our correspondent has been following the talks in moscow >> reporter: it it was a very long meeting between john kerry and president putin. it lasted about four hours. coming out of that john kerry said that they discussed ways to make sure that the ceasefire holds, to strengthen the ceasefire. he said that they had decided that a new constitution should be written by next august and he also said that the issue of detainees is one that is important and should be resolved as soon as possible. that is something that the open sippings has been

i think you are setting to hear this refrain both in the u.s. and russia. obviously, u.s. nerals have spent the last six months telling everyone on the hill that russia is the greatest existential threat to the u.s. because they have nuclear weapons. it underlines why -- how important having these open talks will remain in the future. jill: i it is about $350 billion we have i modernization. mr. maeda: that is what we will spend two modernized nuclear triad. jill: does it send a risky message? mr. maeda: it is adjusted, because russia is also modernized nuclear weapons. both sides are doing it at the same time, both are saying we want to draw down. at some point soon there needs to be discussions about what is the new start. so, it is a tentative dance that is going on. you have two working together to reduce nuclear material. you also have two countries investing heavily in modernizing nuclear weapons, and general on both sides saying the other country is the bigger threat. jill: thank you. on the money minute -- personal finance expert jeanette that offers tips on the bes

to march. he spent five months on board the u.s. and returned to earth in december. he finished a rehabilitation program in the u.s. and russia before arriving home last month. he spoke to nhk about his fight you are goals. >> translator: i want to go to a place where i can see the earth. just a point like a star. i have to go to an astroid or marches. >> he says it would be difficult, and expressed he hopes japan will help so an ast ast ast astronaut. >>> a different kind of concert. performed songs with an instrument that sure riefd the quake and tsunami. the miracle piano. clean up crews rescued the piano after it was swept away from a junior high school. a piano tuner volunteered to fix it. singer was there when the disaster struck. she wrote a song to inspire people and gave the performance to raise funds for the reconstruction of northeastern japan. ♪ >> translator: it's a miracle to see the piano. i was moved. >> organizers say they'll have more concerts elsewhere in the capital, including one on march 11th, for the fifth anniversary of the disaster. >>> it is time for a check of the weather. people in southeastern u.s

russia wants to support bashar al-assad no matter what, the u.s. the rest of the coalition doesn't feel that way, where is there middle ground in that? >> in what they say and a thin gap in what they talk about behind closed doors. so in december you had kerry and sergei fedorov behind doors implements a political transition and president obama at the end of the year press conference saying assad must go and it's like hearing two things in my ear at the same time and saying wait a minute that is not what i would assume that is not what secretary of state john kerry would be insisting on at this point. the ground work laid out a ceasefire and we are seeing that. now obvious wil now obvious wiy you are seeing assad going into towns like palmyra and not fully disengaged militarily and they are still putting their boot on america's neck saying you don't uphold the ceasefire, we will go unilateral. that was beginning of the week and came out of putin's mouth and because it comes out of putin's mouth and obama's mouth for domestic audiences and the war h

to the -- the bering strait from russia to the u.s. >>> take a look at these water bottle. 151 in total. that's how much she and her family uses in flint, michigan. it's used for bathing, washing, and more. she suffers from hair loss and skin rashes. she thirveghts's because of the lead-contaminated water. >>> police are looking for the man accused of stealing jars of money intended for clarity. the sheriff's office says someone stole money at four separate 7-eleven locations. police think the man may have an accomplice. on for two burglars wearing some unique disguises. they were caught on surveillance wearing monkey masks. cbs4's kelly werthmann shows us the video. >> reporter: they are now known as the monkey mask bandits but authorities want to know who they really are. they were spotted twice friday morning outside options medical in wheat ridge. first, just walking past the marijuana shop on 44th avenue, then moments later, one throws a rock through the glass door to get inside. police say the burglars got away with various item

to find a way out of the crisis >>> thank you. u.s. secretary of state john kerry says talk to end syria's conflict should go ahead on march 14, but monitors from russia and u.s. will first meet to discuss truce violations. this is according to a reporter who met the king at a military base near the saudi- iraqi border. the saudis have offered to send in ground forces to syria. for the second time in two weeks demonstrators took advantage of the ceasefire against the bashar al-assad government. marches were held against the country in at least 15 cities, including azaz where people were chanting slogans against the government. north korea says its military is ready for an attack against the south. it comes as the naval exercises takes place. the duals are being sdrind as the biggest every following pyongyang's nuclear and long-range rocket launch. >> reporter: this exercise is a show of force that is always meant to impress. the u.s. say it is non-provocative. they have told the north koreans about exactly what is taking place here. they also say it contributes to the stability of the region and does not undermine it from the north koreans point of vi

to meet putin. then russia started bombing syria, and everything changed. the u.s. president, european leaders started meeting vladimir putin, and russia went from being the problem to the solution, the solution to the syria question. it's almost as if in six months putin has gone from problem to peacemaker. it's quite a reversal for russia. katty: steve rosenberg in moscow, thanks very much for staying up for us. a short time ago, i discussed the withdrawal with admiral james to brady's, the former supreme allied commander at nato. the russians are saying that task has been completed, they can begin the withdrawal of their armed forces. what was the main task? >> i think from their perspective it was to ensure power,sad remained in and i think they are fairly confident they have attained that part of the outcome. this shows us that they are feeling pretty good as they go into the talks that are undergoing right now. was assad staying in power rather than defeat the so-called islamic state? >> absolutely. i don't think any serious observer felt for a moment that russ

u.s. and its allies are pushing to expand embargoes to punish pyongyang over a recent nuclear test and rocket launch, but russia has asked for more time. the u.s. says russia requested the delay to review the draft so voting was put off until wednesday morning. the u.s. submitted a draft resolution last week of what it describes as the toughest sanctions yet. it's widely believed that what pyongyang calls a satellite launch was really a test of ballistic missile technology. the fresh sanctions would include a ban on the export of aviation fuel to north korea. nhk has learned that the provision has been revised, reflecting last-minute haggling. the draft now says the ban will not apply to fuel for civilian passenger aircraft outside north korea for flights to and from the country. the draft also dropped one person from the list of individuals subject to sanctions. it's an official in charge of mineral resources trade between north korea and russia. >>> since the beginning of the year, north korea has been taking steps that have alarmed its neighbors, sending the region a reminder the country could pose a real th

u.s. is allowing russia to bomb the people that we have been funding and arming that are actually fighting what we want. it doesn't make sense, folks. and we must change course. we must. there are a number of threats out there. we have terrorism in the form of isis and other radicalized groups. we have vladmir putin who continues to exude undue influence in syria, in iraq, and of course now throughout europe. we have north korea, an unpredictable enemy. and who knows what they are going to do next? and we have many other adversaries and challenges looking right at us in this new 21st century world. all this to say i know there is a better way forward. we need a commander-in-chief who will stand up and destroy isis. we need a commander-in-chief who will put america back in a position of leadership and trength. we need a commander in chief who will help our allies and protect our national security. and the great news is we have that opportunity this year in 2016. we need to make it happen. we have extraordinary republican candidates across the board who are articulating their vision to get o

to u.s. president barack obama. he made it clear one of his top foreign policy priorities was to do securing of loose nuclear material. russia has attended in the past, said they weren't going to weren't consulted enough on the agenda. just a sign of how tense the u.s.-russian relationship is. 90% of the weapons in the entire world are held between the united states and russia. the question is in this final push how much progress can you make without the two major players? the white house is saying this will basically serve to isolate russia. they reiterated they would like to speak to russia about reducing both occurrence' stock piles, but realloccurrence --co. symphony of motorcades passing by, 50 countries, traffic is quite bad. they are saying they hope to make progress. they think they can get the countries to live up to the commitments they have already made and perhaps get other countries to provide further commitments. it's really loud isn't it felicity. >> yes, patty. in washington, d.c. we bet there will be a fair few sideline meetings shall we say. >> and it's very telling when you look at who the president has ch

to the u.s. laura: there could be people in russia who would see him as a threat? steve: there has been wild speculation -- without a lot of evidence, so far. he did own property in los angeles, so he had family there. there could be reasons why he was in the u.s. there is no clear sense there was a falling out. but nonetheless, it has raised questions about why he seemed to not be in favor now. laura: the fact he has taken the u.s. authorities for months to -- four months to announce he did not die of a heart attack suggests that is a real little hot potato. steve: i'm not so sure it suggest there is a political motive. it does seem strange that in the initial days, they did not come to a conclusion about some kind of injury. blunt trauma would have been evident from the very beginning. why it took this many months to sort that out as a cause of death -- i am not a medical expert. it is compensated. -- it is complicated. they may have been looking for other things, too. there have been questions of poisoning before involving other cases, not this one. but i think

u.s. and its allies have sit several i.s.i.l. targets in iraq. the pentagon said it will be deploying marines to help forces in the fight against i.s.i.l. the syrian opposition wants russia to take the al-assad serious. it has been hailed as a new chapter in u.s.-cuba relations, but obama's trip to the island has divided americans. >> reporter: inside the miami stupid yoes-- studios here, they have a mission, seven days a week they transmit to the people of cuba and say theirs is a message of resistance. for 10 years they've been reporting on cuba's opposition movement and for many here their step is in a wrong direction >> he is befriending him. the party should be the voice of castro. the only saen is towards cuba is to use the international leverage he has to call for free elections in the island >> reporter: it is a sentiment echoed by many in the so-called exiled community. for those who came here many years ago, any move towards normalization isn't well received >> every time castro takes the microphone, he says they're not going to change this. >> reporter: this woman arrived as a teenager and has spent her adult life fighting for change on the island. like many o

u.s. has influence over them, as well as over groups which are operating on the ground. i think key here also is russia given its huge military intervention, the amount of support which it provides to the syrian government, i think that is absolutely critical that the u.s. and russia come together and if and when they do that, we will see more progress on the ground >>> what's the silver bullet of diplomacy here, because if you have the united states literally using the same words, the same language that lavrov has used two to four weeks beforehand in communiques between the kremlin, i'm still at a loss to understand what else you want other parties, other players, to do because russia, if russia hadn't done what they have done over the past six months, the conflict would have been in a completely different direction. >> i think that part of the problem that we've highlighted is that there has been these commitments for the last two years between russia, the u.s., the permanent members of the security council, so as you say, the statements all point in the right direction. there should have been already an alleviation of humanitarian situation in syrian progress towards a political

>> russia decided they weren't going to go and there's just a press conference foreign policy and he did say that basic clay this isn't helpful, this is one area where the u.sd russia agree and can be constructive and when it comes to the issue of nuclear proliferation, they should be on the same page. he accused nothings there's been no progress made or the stock pile agreement. and even the president pointed out when you look at the nuclear weapons lay out across the world, 90% of those are held by both the u.s. and russia. so it is a big blow to the country that russia isn't here, the white house says they want to continue to talk to them, but they haven't been talking about it at all. >> thank you, patti. may base they assert on interviews of more than 100 workers that are building a state yum for the football world cup. amnesty say every worker reported some kind of abuse, including poor wangs the conditions and even forced labor. the report goes on to blame the government for not enforcing regulations. well, the government says it remains committed to reforming labor laws. and says new procedures applied directly for exit purposes to the interior. wit

to you. >>> we have breaking news this morning. russia making a decision to start responding to cease-fire violationness syria. this is as u.s. refuse toss coordinate rules oven gauge. against violators. just last week u.s. was in talks with russia and refused to coordinate a joint response. russian/u.s. brokered sees tire fat started february 27th has held significantly reducing international hostilities. we will stay on top of this and bring you more on that. >>> back here at the home a brewerytown family counting their blessings after a fire rips right through their homes. fire fighters say around 2:00 yesterday afternoon a fire started in a vacant home on the 1400 block of north 30th street and damage two other houses including their. clark family was at church for palm sunday day services when they found out their home of 20 years was up in flames. they say they are happy that everyone is okay. >> we're all grateful to god that nobody is home. >> we have a lot of memories and i'm very sad today but we will be able to put it back together. >> neighbors hell helped in clean up effort. tracie clark says she's thankful becaus

to continue on kayaks. the bears say -- they are not stopping from pursuing a full crushing from russia to the u.s. later this month. >>> 18 people have reportedly drowned on the coast of turkey while trying to reach greece. thousands of migrants are waiting in camps on the border in macedonia. today's incident comes as european leaders prepare to meet tomorrow to discuss the mounting refugee crisis. thousands of people fleeing conflict in the middle east first head to turkey. leaders are hoping to persuade turkey to slow the flow of vibrance to europe and take back thousands who don't qualify for asylum. an estimated 12,000 refugees are currently stranded in greece along the border with macedonia in poor conditions. >> look, poor man and very visible -- very miserable and very very bad here. >> he is a refugee from the syrian capital of damascus. he says he has been waiting for 10 days to cross the border to macedonia. in november, turkey struck a deal to stem the flow of migrants in exchange for the easing of visa restrictions for turkish citizens. >>> today was a day of remembrance for families

russia's president about syria and ukraine. he travels to brussels to discuss the attacks and express u.s. condolences. >>> russia said the warplanes will start targets around palmara. it said it hit 146 targets killing 320 militants. president putin ordered a pullout of some russian warplanes but said air strikes against isis and other groups linked to al-qaeda would continue. >>> in the netherlands, a serb leader was sentenced to 40 years in prison. the united nations war crimes tribunal found him guilty of genocide and other charges for atrocities throughout the war in bosnia. >>> the rivalry between donald trump and ted cruz may be reaching a new low. the two exchanged bashes their wives on twitter. many slammed trump after he retweeted an unflattering picture of heidi cruz. >> it's not easy to tick me off. i don't get angry often. you mess with my wife, you mess with my kids that will do it every time. donald you are a sniffling coward. leave heidi the hell alone. >> trump threatened to spill the beans in response to an ad that featured a gq photo of his wife melania. >>> larry hogan s

to military spending equally 2.3% of global gdp. you will see of the u.s., china, saudi arabia the u.k., and , russia are in the top five. want to highlight this because many people say that the u.s. defense apparatus is weakening. i will you be the judge of that. and then i just want to say, as secretary kerry, eliminating the terrorists of today with force will not guarantee protection from the terrorists of tomorrow. this is what i am saying here. the matter how many terrorists we bring to justice, those groups will replenish the ranks. we need to do more to prevent young people from turning to terror in the first place. the young people that turn to violent extremism do not exist in a vacuum. they are often a part of communities and families today and then lured into barbaric organizations tomorrow. that is a very critical point. we need to prevent them from being lured into barbaric organizations of tomorrow. that is countering violent extremism that will make the world a safer place. and i just want to mention that there are really eight factors here, that i will step out and address. and those eight factors that i

to welcome him. the west indies make it two from two at the world twenty20. jo will have the details >>> russia wants to hold an urgent with the u.s. it comes as indirect talks resume between s between syria and the opposition. what do you know about this? >> reporter: it's puzzling, i thi think, diplomats and officials here. the cessation has been in place for more than three weeks. what they have here in gen ooech ais a-- geneva is a coordination center where there are russian military officials, also u.s. military officials and members of the u.n. u.n. officials including some military officers who are working here with the united natio nations. they're supposed to look at all the violations and get a clear pattern of where there have been violations of the cessation. everyone is saying that there have been violations, but there has still been a significant drop in the level of violence and an 80 to 90% drop before it came into place three weeks ago. the russians seem to have a dispute with the u.s. over taking action against those that are violating the cessation, but i have to tell you, most diplomats are telling me that most

to show he's strong and capability. given russia's other activities, it is a signal to people in russia's nakerussia's neighborhe ukraine and georgia. >> what does the u.sok in the region? >> i think our regional partners have significant questions about how much they can rely on the united states. about the credibility of the united states. i think they have looked at how president obama has managed u.s. policy towards syria with a great deal of concern. they people quite strongly that -- they feel quite strongly that great powers like the united states should not draw red lines around issues like use of chemical weapons and then not act when those lines are crossed. i think president obama is seen as having been too weak in the amount of support he's given both to regional partners and to the syrian opposition and that he has, i in effect, created a position that has emboldened the assad regime including russia. so mience is that our partners in the region and in fact assad regime and the russians as well, look at the u.s. administration, see the extent of its disengagement and feel that they either have more scope for their own intervention, their ow

to the country's latest nuclear test and rocket launch. u.s. drafted the resolution with china and presented it to the u.n. last week. russia delayed the vote when it asked for more time to study the proposal. draft calls for mandatory inspections of cargo to look fbi. a new york judge ruled the justice department cannot force apple to provide federal agents with access to locked i-phone data. this decision contradicts the decision by the california judge who ordered apple to help the federal government hack into the cab cab shooter's -- cab san bernardino shooter's i- phone. >>> wildlife officials are talking about protecting the endangered species, sea turtles. they want to you turn off all lights along the beach at night to avoid confusing the females, who are laying eggs. it's illegal to harm or harass them and be careful with get it on it. astronaut scott kelly finally comes home. by seeing how he adjusted to a year in space his mission will help scientists in nasa prepare for future space missions, possibly to mars. we'll bring you his historic return tomorrow morning. >>> it was pretty nice yesterday. >> what about h

to accomplish that. and so what each of you approach, how could it be done within russia? it's not about the u.s. or germany of so forth to tell. how would the russian people come to make this so? thank you. >> you know what, because i mean if we talk about culture, if we talk about the psychology, this can take really hours of discussing, so let me just say this. i was staying at my friends house in los angeles just a month ago, and he had problems with infestation of roof rats. really, it was a huge problem. you know, chasing them to the corner, trying caps did not prove a helpful tactic. because their bodies would rot in place and the older would just detract new generation of rich. so we finally figured out rather a way should be craftefor the rats to come out, come down from the roof. he should try to make it impossible for the rats to get back, so he made this medal think i'm you know like a metal board around the wall of the house so the rat could come down but could never come up again. so my idea is that sooner or later this will happen. the russian elites will just have to gather, said a

it does allow russia and the u.s. to continue to go after isil targets in iraq.poke with the spokesman for the coalition against isil. i asked him what the u.s. is doing to put pressure in mosul, and the challenges the military faces there. >> well, what we call in the military, shaping operations are underway. it's what we do to prepare for the final assault into the city. in this case we have done everything from drop leaflets, we do strikes inside the city almost every day, and those strikes will be against leaders, against infrastructure, specifically their ability to make war, like ied factories, chemical weapons plants, et cetera, and of course we'll also strike their fielding forces in an even fort to continually chip away and weaken them. mosul is going to be a difficult fight. it's the second largest city in iraq. there remains a fairly large civilian population in the city, which we have to account for, and it is very far away from baghdad, which is where the main supply lines are, so the iraqis have to figure out the logistics, and there is a major riv

with russia, and i'm happy to say that despite all the challenges that we have with russia today, implementation of the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty continue to go well, on site inspections in both the u.sand russia continue. we continue to exchange notifications of the movement of our strategic forces. and the bilateral consultative commission, a body created by the treaty to work through difficult implementation issues continues to meet and continues to work through difficult implementation issues. through the recent joint comprehensive plan of action with iran we have cut off iran's path to a nuclear weapon in a verifiable manner. and through the nuclear security summit process, we have locked up significant amounts of nuclear material. i saw one estimate through the efforts of the nuclear security summit. we have locked up or secured enough nuclear material to create 150 bombs. so on the positive side of the ledger i think we have made good process. however, we do have some real challenges. as congresswoman harmon noted, the relationship with russia is fundamentally different. in 2009 when the president took office we had hopes of developing a strategic partnership with russia. i th

to be investigated >>> the u.s. secretary of state will visit russia for two days of talks. john kerry will arrive in moscow on wednesday, and the main focus trip will be how to solve the syrian conflice russia hopes the visit will add to the normalization of the relationship with the united states >>> a 27-year-old palestinian male has been shot dead by israeli forces. the victim was killed near the ibrahim mosque in hebron. the man tried to stab an israeli soldiers. there has been violence. in the region since october. 204 palestinians, and 29 israelis have been killed. >>> the united states and the philippines agreed on five locations for american are american forces under a new defend pact. one faces the disputed islands in in the south china sea. it was approved by the supreme court in january. local troops opposed the presence of the u.s. military in the country. >> reporter: the u.s. and china answered a facility on the outskirts of beijing. the project has been in the works since 2018. it aims to secure nuclear matters and protecting reactors from attacks. >> every ye

are others on the security council and would like it to go further and an arms embargo and the u.s. has been reluctant to have an embargo and russiaopposed to the idea and the idea in this report is certainly now with the u.n. security council supposed to look at this again in about five week's time will concentrate minds. >> thanks a lot, james. let's take you live now to duba and al jazeera and hiba morgan and over to you. >> reporter: we have spoken to the government here about the report and they have admitted that it may have happened on an individual basis but say it's not the government policy. now with me here is the presidential spokesperson and what are you doing with these reports or for these people or who held the reports are held responsible. >> take the report seriously and when the report is about human right violations. however, our forces are under strict command to ob -- observe human rights and if there are individuals and soldiers that comes out to violate human rights then they are doing it at their own because the government doesn't authorize anybody to kill civilians. we tell them to minimize when they are

u.s. leader on cuban soil. brent: now to russia, a court is about to his a verdict concerning a pilot.t was initially thought that the judge had found her guilty, but a final verdict has not yet been delivered. the 34-year-old was captured while fighting with a battalion against russian backed rebels. she was accused of directing border fire that killed two russians. some have condemned the trial as for her to be jailed for over 20 years. in belgium, police have identified a new suspect in the paris attacks from last year after they found traces of dna on explosive remnants. the development follows last week's dramatic arrest of the assumed ringleader of salah abdeslam. they now want to know how he remained at large for so long despite a massive manhunt. reporter: pressure for results, and investigators say there is still much work to be done. "i hope at the salon -- i hope abdeslam help. we have several pieces of the puzzle. we are far from completing that puzzle." belgian authorities are hailing the arrest of abdeslam. he was shot and wounded in a district. his detention seconds late

he called on russia to reduce it's nuclear weapon stockpile, though there were no russians at the summit. he added that the u.s. and russia will stand up to north korea with its launches. >>> patty is in washington d.c. for us, and can this gathering pull off the notable nuclear absentees? >> you know, the administration, sammy, has really been trying to downplay that statement. they will work with russia, but it's obviously russia's loss, and it's a key actor missing from the table. this is a huge thing for the president. this is the fourth summit of its kind. and the administration made progress. of the 200 nations, there were 260 country promises and 3/4 of those have been kept. they are trying to shame the leaders into keeping their commitment. and he told me you expect to see some countries make more commitments. this is the 200 tons of nuclear material around the world. and they want to make sure that it's secure. they are going to have an entire meeting on the islamic state of iraq and levant, and it's a group that's trying to get its hands on the materials, but just a general terrorism effort. when it