pup when she's done president barack obama will address the unga. and in the meantime, we'll bring you other news. >>> shell is suspendings its quest drilling oil in the arctic. it has spent years drilling oil in the arctic but it has not paid off. shell said traces of oil and gas were found in the sea about 80 miles off alaska's northwest coast but the company said it was not able to find enough resources to warrant exploration. shell said that the high cost in the arctic and tough federal regulations led to the unexpected decision to halt drilling for now. technically today was the last day shell was able to drill in the arctic. under the federal drilling permit, regulators had required shell to stop safely weeks before ice formed in the area. the decision to stop exploration for the foreseeable future is seen as a cricket. in july protesters boarded kay kayaks and this picture reads bye bye, and don't come back. >> for now, the exploratory well will be sealed and abandoned. >>> pope francis is back in the vatican this morning. thinks final messag

vladimir putin has not been to the unga in 10 years. other speakers, china's president xi will be speaking, france's president hollande, russia's president vladimir putin, iran's president rouhani. that's just a few of the leaders that will get to the podium this morning. today's gathering of word leaders is actually one of the biggest in years. we are live in the unit nations. a big year, john, tell us more about it. >> well, it's always a big year here. you know that. there's always a news headline to come out of the leaders week of the united nation emassembly of which today is the first day in the 70th session and this year round, it appears to be syria and the reason is that president obama is going to sit down with president putin of russia for the first time in more than a year, sit down together and they're going to have talks initially about ukraine, we were told, but now we think more likely to be about syria. here's the background. the president and other western leaders, such as david cameron in the united kingdom, the prime

vladimir putin has not been to the unga in 10 years. other speakers, china's president xi will be speaking, france's president hollande,

we're going to take our viewers back inside to let them see what is happening on the floor of the unga. the the korean leader speaking now. hasan rouhani of iran, and the emir of qatar, all will be back-to-back. we'll bring that you live. in the meantime we'll take a quick break. keep it here as we cover the 70th meeting of the u.n. general assembly. >> right now on the floor of the united nations after a tree busy morning. we've already heard from president barack obama, the president of china, and russian president vladimir putin. now we're hearing from the leader of south korea. and then up next right in a role we'll hear from hassan rouhani, and franÇois hollande, and the emir of qatar. as we talked about vladimir putin, let's pivot now to iran's president had a sass rouhan hasan rouhani. tell me some of your thoughts what do you think hasan rouhani needs to say on the stage. >> there will be intense scrutiny about what he says about the iran deal particularly here in the u.s. you can imagine every republican critic of the deal looking for words that could be used to show that the

general assembly and a few developments out of the unga. let's check in with john terrett for the latest there. >> thank you, richelle. temperatures have dropped dramatically. it was hot and steamy and now we're all freezing outside of the general assembly. we'll take a look inside to see who is speaking, the lebanese prime minister. and the lebanese prime minister is here because the lebanese parliament has been unable to elect a president. rather than have a presidential representation from lebanon, they have the prime minister. and he's speaking now. the big headline here today, and it is a big headline is mahmood abbas, who addressed the general assembly an hour ago and did dropped a bombshell. he promised to, and he did. he said that the palestinians are no longer bound by the oslo accord as long as israel is not committed to them either. now we have a situation where the palestinians are saying to the israelis, look, you don't comply with many, many aspects of the oslo accord, now we're not going to, and we'll make you responsible for

it's not just the unga last year but you had the nato leaders agreeing to share intelligence, agreeing to better controlled borders around syria, agreeing that they would do more to stop people flowing from their countries. and although some people are defecting from isis and are disappointed and disillusioned with isis and some are coming back home, isis continues to be a magnet. if there was to be a real way forward that was going to be different in terms of tackling isis, some of that would have grown out of a political road map for stabilizing syria. and that's the key thing that is missing here. we've heard from president putin, we've heard from president obama. they've had their 90-minute bilateral meeting. as jim schuitto was saying earlier, the key thing that came out of that was the failure to agree on the future of president bashir al-assad. europe, the united states says that he can't be a lasting part of the future. talk about a transition. russia says he's there to stay for the time being. iran says the same. they're all major players. isis are going to be the ones that wi

he is just now arriving at the unga. he'll be speaking shortly. probably two or three speakers away we'll be carrying that live as soon as it happens. president barack obama just wrapped up a 45 minute speech. we'll break that down again. and actually the president of poland is speaking right now. after him is the president of china. that's the president of poland right now. we'll break down president obama's 45-minute speech. they get 15 minutes, as we said, they rarely do stick to the 15 minutes. associate dean at professor of international affairs at the ashe joins us now. we'll have our other guests who have been joining us this morning. a former british diplomat. i want to ask both of you i'll start with you nina, just your overall impression of president obama's speech, and then we'll get down to specific topics. >> well, i think you mentioned it is a speech that covered it all. there is a laundry list of all the things america thinks it should represent for its own population and also to tell the world what it stands for. i thought the spee

between the secretary of state and the foreign minister could happen on the sidelines of the start of unga, but as far whether or not the military-to-military contacts between the u.s. and russia could resume, well, ultimately that's going to be up to the white house. those contacts were suspended in march 2014 in light of russia's actions inside ukraine. even so, even though sergei lavrov raised the possibility that the secretary of state speaking on wednesday didn't dismiss the idea out of hand. >> words will not answer all of their questions here. it's actions and it's what will be determined going forward in very specific ways but you have to have a conversation in order to be able to do that. it is vital to avoid misunderstandings, miscalculations, not to put ourselves in a predicament where supposing something and supply significancthe supply supposition is wrong. >> there seems to be a possibility of trying to resolve the overall crisis inside syria, not just the ongoing civil war where so many people have been fleeing, trying to find refugee in neighboring countries or in europe, b

unga makes the stop. tony wants witten to get lined up on the left side. >> cris: a lot of quarterbacks want to spike the ball here. not tony romo. he's got them on their heels and he wants it to stay that way. >> al: 22 seconds. romo looking over the middle and incomplete, into traffic. beasley was the intended receiver. quartet of giants surrounded him. 17 seconds. second down. >> cris: 17 seconds that would not have been there had they run ball on the other end. you have to be careful. you catch this ball in the middle of the field and you've got to really sprint to get off another one. >> al: sprint to spike it. the clock at 3. the outside caught, out of bounds. that stops the clock at 13. terrance williams. >> cris: now i would be very uncomfortable throwing to the middle of the field. usually 15, 16 seconds is what it takes. i'm not saying you can't complete it and still have a shot, but i'm taking shots at the end zone now because i think you can get obviously at least two. >> al: it's third down.

for i think an emergency global gathering at the united states general assembly this month when the ungaeets in the latter part of september. is that a good idea? >> i think it's necessary to put this refugee crises on the agenda of the united nations when all the leaders meet. and let's not forget, we've got to tackle the root causes. and the root causes in the case of middle east is mostly the war, the civil war in syria. >> rose: turning to politics and the race for the whitehouse, joe biden made a dramatic and emotional appearance with stephen colbert last night. the second gop debate is next week and donald trump will lash out. hillary clinton puts the scandal behind her. the eds ter of the play book blog he joins me in washington for a whitehouse watch. joe biden, last night. no one could have watched that without having been emotionally touched. >> people are wondering, is this a new opening chapter for vice president biden and stephen colbert asked the vice president about the possibility of running for president. and the vice president saying that whatever his decision is, he th

and a big week ahead, of course, we have the unga that is taking place this week in new york.pe in philadelphia. >> the pope will be in philadelphia this weekend. don't miss our updates on facebook, wnnfans.com. >> this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for two decades. this is abc's "world news now," informing insomniacs for >>> making news in america this morning, the pope's visit speaking english to american lawmakers. >> in the land of the free and the home of the brave. >> an emotional john boehner, the pope's arrival in new york city and the crowds on fifth avenue live with today's agenda. >>> a tornado touching down tearing homes and trees apart. the new pictures just coming in. where it's all heading right now. >>> deadly crash. windows shattered, twisted metal. a bus packed with passengers colliding with a duck boat. new details from witnesses overnight. >>> papal frank. a fake francis causing quite a stir on the streets of new york.

unga makes the stop. tony wants witten to get lined up on the left side. >> cris: a lot of quarterbacks want to spike the ball here. not tony romo. he's got them on their heels and he wants it to stay that way. >> al: 22 seconds. romo looking over the middle and incomplete, into traffic. beasley was the intended receiver. quartet of giants surrounded him. 17 seconds. second down. >> cris: 17 seconds that would not have been there had they run ball on the other end. you have to be careful. you catch this ball in the middle of the field and you've got to really sprint to get off another one. >> al: sprint to spike it. the clock at 3. the outside caught, out of bounds. that stops the clock at 13. terrance williams. >> cris: now i would be very uncomfortable throwing to the middle of the field. usually 15, 16 seconds is what it takes. i'm not saying you can't complete it and still have a shot, but i'm taking shots at the end zone now because i think you can get obviously at least two. >> al: it's third down.

anything on climate change from china will be hugely positive to talk about at the unga.is expected to talk about a peace initiative and touch upon china's expansion in the south china sea. that is controversial in the united states. and u.s. pushing japan for the security bill to see japan move into the military arena trying to bring in some kind of equal militarily in the region. human rights issues not likely to be touched upon, but a concern for many around the world. i met with a lawyer turned activist. she has been an activist for ten years now who was imprisoned. she said she was tortured by police. he will not likely be touching on that. alison. >> thank you, saima. >>> china's president is in the united states hanging out in silicon valley and visiting the white house and updating his facebook. how xi jinping is breaking his own social media rules next. >>> i'm christine romans. let's get an early start on your money. european shares are lower right now. so are u.s. stock futures. uncertainty. what is the fed plan for interest rates? and questions about the gover

we are a little more than halfway through the morning session, the unga, united nations general assembly. we will be taking a break shortly and then we'll be bringing you the afternoon session as well. it's been an interesting morning. you've been hearing from president obama, the president of china russia iran france and the emir of qatar right now. let's bring you more of the today's news right now.a major discovery that could lead to the potential of life on mars. nasa revealed that researchers found evidence of frozen and liquid water. nasa wants to send researchers to the planet to see it for themselves. >> and today's announcement of a real fascinating result about current water on mars, is one of the reasons why i feel it's even more imperative that we send as strow-biologist he and planetary scientists to mars to explore the question of is there current life on mars? >> the slopes appear to have salty deposits which researchers say can only be moved by water, the current observations are done at the dryest part of the day which means it's very difficult to see the water in its li

unga makes the stop. tony wants witten to get lined up on the left side. >> cris: a lot of quarterbacks want to spike the ball here. not tony romo. he's got them on their heels and he wants it to stay that way. >> al: 22 seconds. romo looking over the middle and incomplete, into traffic. beasley was the intended receiver. quartet of giants surrounded him. 17 seconds. second down. >> cris: 17 seconds that would not have been there had they run ball on the other end. you have to be careful. you catch this ball in the middle of the field and you've got to really sprint to get off another one. >> al: sprint to spike it. the clock at 3. the outside caught, out of bounds. that stops the clock at 13. terrance williams. >> cris: now i would be very uncomfortable throwing to the middle of the field. usually 15, 16 seconds is what it takes. i'm not saying you can't complete it and still have a shot, but i'm taking shots at the end zone now because i think you can get obviously at least two. >> al: it's third down.

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it appears that a coalition around syria is forming quickly as we go into the unga.t being perceived in the middle east? >> reporter: well, there are real concerns being expressed here by allies in the gulf coast states, particularly saudi arabia. allowing iran to emerge, if you will, out of the shadows, and moving to center stage and looking for a solution to syria, but the other reality is after four and a half years of fighting, more than 220,000 deaths within syria and nearly 5 million refugees, there's no solution in sight. there's why there was a suggestion that a new formula is needed, and it's one that doesn't include regime change and the name baa lshar al assad. >> everyone has accepted that president asaad must remain so we can combat the terrorists. however, as soon as this movement reaches the various levels of success and starts driving out terrorists on a step by step basis, then other plans must be put into action. so as to hear the voices of the opposition as well. >> reporter: with iran and russia making forceful moves and forming a coalition, many

quick one on the unga. you talked a little bit earlier about making agreements with china on climate change. have you made any headway in conversations with other emerging large economies like brazil and india ahead of paris? mr. earnest: i don't have an update on status of deliberations in those countries. we have been quite clear that when the president has met with the leaders of those countries that this is an issue highly on their agenda. the president traveled to india at the beginning of this year and climate change was among the topics that was discussed between the two leaders. you saw at the news conference that president obama convened with the president with a talked about the importance of continued u.s.-brazilian cooperation when it comes to steps that would address, change and reducing carbon pollution. these issues are certainly on the agenda at the presidential level and i know that there are other conversations between officials and our country and those countries that you mentioned about

i'm wondering to see these leaders speaking publicly at the unga. it's another once the doors are closed in a couple hours to have putin and obama sitting down talking syria. how will the public versus the private meetings differ? >> i think we have reporting on the daily beast for a long time that there are a lot of people in the obama administration who actually believe you have to throw your weight at some point behind the government of syria. if you want to fight isis -- >> even though he's dropping barrel bombs? >> even though he's doing all these terrible things. it's the same thing the president of iran said over the weeke weekend. which is the lesser of the evils? they are both incredibly evil. there are a lot of people in between not such good guys either. there are no good players who could take power in iraq. but the effort of the obama administration to train those people and find those people and vet those people who might do the job has been a complete failure as e we reported several times in the last week. we have to turn somewhere i

. >> secretary of state john kerry enters the building, headed towards the unga hall. we are going to be looking very closely at what president obama says and what putin says, particularly about syria. >> it's an incredibly tense time around the world, especially in the middle east and north africa right now. certainly, with ukraine, all these issues, jim chute tsciutt they're coming to a head. what the leaders do in the bilateral meetings on the sidelines, if they will, could be critically important. >> no question. you look at russia and ukraine. this is an issue where the american president has not really figured out a solution. they haven't found their common ground to move forward and, certainly on syria, as well. syria is an issue which is accelerating into danger very rapidly. certainly on the issue of refugees coming into europe, but russia's increased involvement. this is a development that the u.s., frankly, is not comfortable with. there's also an open question as to what the u.s. can do about it. russian military personnel and equipment on the ground, but a

obviously speaking to the unga days ago.inting that out that assad has been doing this to his people. >> he's been violating this treaty that he said was the best and toughest treaty that would get the chemical weapons out, protect the syrian people. and he isn't calling syria on it, not doing anything. so russia feels they can do pretty much anything they want and president obama won't do anything. >> if you were in the oval office right now and these are pictures we're just getting in from the russian defense ministry of the aftermath of these bombs being dropped outside of homs, what would you do in the next couple of hours? >> if the objective is to degrade and destroy isis, then we have an opportunity to do that in iraq where we have a very direct national security interest andability to be able to stabilize a country that was stabilized before isis came into it. >> what about syria/. >> well, i would argue our fight is in iraq not syria. i don't think we have good options in syria. do we join with assad and putin? is t

add to the fact that 170 world leaders also happen to be coming to new york at the same time for the ungathat is sort of a convergence of so many things at once. and that again points to the unprecedented nature of this visit. >> right. and then add in the chinese leader coming later in the week. literally i hope everyone in the secret service is planning a vacation in ten days. because this ten day period is going to be like i think something that the department of homeland security has never sort of managed before in terms of its length and in terms of its intensity. one thing goes wrong we're going to all focus on it. and that is why -- that is why people may say that it is security theater. i sort of argue back. we have -- there is no room for fault in this instance with the pope. >> absolutely right. >> that whether there are risks or not. whether we have credible threats or not. zero tolerance for anything happening to him. >> thanks for joining us on "new day" as always. we appreciate it. cnn will have comprehensive coverage all this week. tomorrow "new day" will be on the road lif

but also remember that this moment at this unga, united nations general assembly, the annual blot ofoincide on sustainable development. that is a fancy word saying let us recommit to trying to end global extreme poverty. >> i should say so much of the pope's address today will deal with climate change, the environment, poverty. the pope has a huge agenda that he's going to do and he's going to go beyond what he told the u.s. congress yesterday and certainly these areas. he's going to go in depth and make the pitch. this is so important. and some people in washington on the conservative side might not like what he's about to say because he's going to go more in depth on the climate change issue that n he did yesterday. >> what about that, whoful, in terms of assessing or analyzing what the pope discusses and where. of course global warming should be a big concern. but when you have so much warm, so much poverty. so much famine. is there criticism in that tactic. >> he'll get into that in other areas as well. but i think the bulk of this address today will deal with the climate change,