the constitutional writers determined that there's no way they were going to create a unified nation that was going to decide on one religion as a state religion the way the church of england was and is the church of england. so they put a sense of pluralism, protective pluralism into the constitution. jefferson himself as an important part believes that citizens, in order for them to vote for a democratic government , needed to vote through their conscience and religion was a key way to develop a conscience. so freedom for him, freedom of religions is freedom of conscience, believe what you want to believe wasn't necessarily to do whatever you want to do. the notion of freedom are the only is more new one and we often get on some of the public displays. >> as i said, the chapters are organized lucky not intolerance of different groups. they're organized by quakers, irish catholics, native americans, june 11th, davidians. how did you pick those groups how did you recognize this? >> this is not a complete history. each one of those shop is primarily books at one moment of intolerance

and that radio at its best unifying a family and unifying a nation. i think we've conducted in voice. now, what -- turn the device on. what he did was, he wrote out how to do. he built two huge aerials, one in massachusetts rather than they're actually plymouth rock. another one over in scotland and transmitted test message. when he realized he had got it all right, even sent shortly before christmas in 1906, a message by morse code, all the ships in western atlantic belong to the united fruit company and the were bringing bananas up from the places like honduras to the east coast ports of boston, new york, baltimore, charleston, havana. saying, ma listen for broadcast at one minute to midnight on christmas eve. christmas eve 1906, it happened to be a dark and stormy night. there was a blizzard of blowing off cape cod. the ships were lumbering through the ocean towards their ports. but all of them, the radio operators went to the radio shacks, switched on their radios. through the static, through the morse said those of other ships talking to one anot

a way i don't think it would it is compartmentalized it is a 24 hour news cycle that evens unified than nation in a way that i don't think could ever been done again. >> host: or since it was even years. >> the kennedy detail from the secret service agents that were there, one chapter talks about an episode prevented johnson was almost shot by a secret service agent that thought he was an intruder but i have not heard that in the warehouse but it was reported with the news so you could speak to the veracity? >> guest: it was in a block? >> said kennedy detailed written by the secret service agent. >> guest: i read that book. i don't remember the details but they were on razor's edge because no one knew why jfk was killed. but have been a is it like smiley in the assassination and the us thought was to have the secretary of state murdered and intrude johnson and mergers into it was not paranoid to seeing a fact telling kennedy matt be a part of that. because of what happened here and throughout washington in favor on razor's edge. >> host: i have not heard that. this is the last question. >> gu

he says that liberals have a difference between using social mobility as a unifying national goal anonomic inequality as a political cudg el. a preference for the work of markets and civil society can be used as an excuse for inaction. michael tanner? guest: i absolutely believe that we want to do everything we can and our society to enable people to escape poverty. i do not want people to live better in poverty. i want everybody to get out of poverty. one every human being to have the ability to live fully realized, self-actualized life. that comes primarily from work and achieving everything in their power to achieve. you do not get that from the government program. you get that from a job. is tomber one priority get people jobs and better education. they can get those jobs created in the society. that means creating a tax and regulatory environment that is conducive to creating jobs. not simply throwing more money at existing federal poverty programs. host: our next colors from silver spring, maryland. democratic line. caller: my question is for michael tanner. the republican on y

. >> host: don't we as a nation need a unifying up tostone such -- touchstone such as the constitution? >> guest: well, we may need a unifying touchstone, and i think interestingly the constitution could be such a touchstone if we understood it not as a legal document, but as -- that answered questions, but as a way of framing questions and a way of providing us with a kind of emotional, a way of urging us to try to behave in a certain way. so the great promises of the constitution -- liberty, justice, freedom -- those are things that all americans can agree on. and i do think it's appropriate for us to take the preamble that we the people are determined to form a more perfect union as a starting point. it's something we can all agree on. one way to think about this is instead of thinking of the constitution as a legal document, you might think about it as a similar if tony or a foam -- as a symphony or a poem or a work of art. and one can be inspired by a symphony or a poem or a work of art. one can even try to in one's own life replicate values in such a work that it would be very od

i thought we were unified as a nation on that. we'll have to have you back to dive deep into that. with the book. we asked our facebook fans if they're happy it's the last time bcs will determine the champion. i would be happy if the number of bowls were cut in half. i don't know what you are talking about. like us on facebook and weigh in before tonight's big game. up next, are you really doing what you're really meant to be doing with your life? the new year is a great time to check in with yourself and ask am i respecting my destiny? "the cycle" is getting deep next. >> i have eight different people coming by to tell me about. that's my only real motivation is not to be hassled, that and fear of losing my job. you know, bob, that will only make someone work hard enough just not to get fired. humans. even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mut

national lexicon. information sharing, unified command, unity of effort, whole of government, whole of community, whole of society. is anyone left who is just a civilian today? so that pretty much says it all. when i think about the gulf that exists between washington and this new enlisted conglomeration of homeland security, law enforcement, intelligence, military government and try to put some meaning to it i came up with this idea of marshall life. that we live under a state of marshall life. it's not -- there's some uniformed guardian who has taken over the government. it's a con come ration of homeland security, intelligence, the law enforcement world, of the military, the national security community, the government, the emergency responders, and it makes national security more than anything else the most important subject so even like last week when we watched the shut down of the federal government, who was exempt? the intelligence community, the homeland security apparatus, the military. and transforms the private sector in civil society in to a kind of national security mess. which is to say t

that is radio at its best unifying a family and a nation but it was conducted in a voice. i think it is going to work. what he did was wrote out how to do with, bill two huge aerials, one in massachusetts rather near plymouth rock, another one in scotland and transmitted text messages. when he realized he got it all right he then sent shortly before christmas of 19006 a message by morse code to all the ships in the western atlantic that belonged to the united fruit co. that were bringing bananas up from places like honduras to the east coast ports of boston, new york, baltimore, charleston, savannah, saying quite simply listen up for broadcast that one minute to midnight on christmas eve so christmas eve 1906 happened to be a dark and stormy night. there was a blizzard blowing off of cape cod and the ships were lumbering through the ocean towards their ports but all of them the radio operators went to their radio shack, switched on their radios through the static, through the signals of the other ships talking to one another and suddenly heard something quite different the

ups the head of the national bank reported that the transfer of assets of the greats of pension fund takes you a pension fund of clickbank and love that pension funds to the unified pension fund will be completed by april first defeat of fourteen. meanwhile the national bank is working in the new concept of pension assets management the other the constable allows the fall with the pension assets are unfortunately some tree protection money is theirs they think that they know how the funds are used to think it should be used to infrastructure projects as well as private partnerships but i want to assure all the retirees investors but the swans are sacred trust with any other time. we asked the national bank of context and take responsibility for your money the heat on behalf of president and the government. i can show you that you will be posted only seek security. boland who loves to watch. according to the financial supervisory committee of the efforts of the december first of two thousand thirteen pension savings of investors a mama to three trillion in six hundred and sixty two point five billion take that fifty percent more compared with two thousand while th

countries in this regard we consider our country as a kind of example the united nations in the caribbean and u n u turn our unifying element in central asia beginning actually cooperated education inviting students as well as to share our many years of experience in the oil industry. loxton intends to enter the global geological market and addressed to the people of kazakhstan president of salt in the semis noted that the geological industry should attract investments from foreigner engineering companies. this can be achieved when legislation is simplified the president also stressed that it is essential to improve the efficiency of traditional mining sectors this is the nation's competitive advantage he said today time demands new approaches to management production and processing of hydrocarbons cover topics that has to keep its export potential in oil and gas sector the country's past to finally decide on possible suitors for oil and gas production. over the noodle over. i called to transport it. it is an ag and technological development to infrastructure and education at center. and there are also always also a

[applause] each of these challenges have been met by a new unified force in public life, by new jersey setting the tone for the entire nationa tough new jersey, a resilient new jersey, a proud new jersey. [applause] a new jersey that has put aside political partisanship on the important issues to our people to take advantage of the opportunities each of these challenges has presented us with every day, a new jersey that has brought pride to our people and leadership to our nation. finally, this past november, new jersey has had the chance to decide if the bonds we have formed were strong enough to endure the heat of today's political campaigns. would our elections confirm that the change we said had arrived on this stage four years ago truly had been beneficial for all of our citizens? because you see, elections are more about tv ads, debates and rallies. each vote cast is an act of faith and trust, faith in the strength of the bonds we have built, trust in the hope that tomorrow will bring a better future for our people, better education for our children and a better day for all citizens. [applause] now the people have def

unified opposition. actually, there is a lot of infighting in order to produce a negotiator. >> the syrian national coalition, the main group in exile through support and arrived the international community to recognise supporting international forces in partners in the fight against al qaeda. the syria conflict spread, so, too, al qaeda's interest. the islamic state of iraq and levant emerged a few years ago. the vacuum caused by the war in syria allowed it to set up base and it has a presence now in neighbouring lebanon. it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targetting shi'ite supporters of hezbollah. the war against i.s.i.l. may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. another reminder that syria's war does not have boarders. >> and syrian peace talks in geneva are scheduled for january 22nd. >> president obama is returning to a chilly washington d.c. after a 2-week hawaiian vacation. the president is ready to tackle his legislative agenda. at the top of the list lobbying lawmakers to extend unemployme

unified opposition. actually, there is a lot of infighting in order to produce a negotiator. >> the syrian national coalition, the main political coalition in exile threw its support behind the battle asking the international community to recognise what it said was the importance of supporting revolutionary forces as partners in the fight against al qaeda. >> the syrian conflict spread throughout the region, so has al qaeda's influence. the islamic state of iraq and levant emerged in iraq a view years ago. the vacuum caused by the war in syria allowing it to set up base, and now it has a presence in neighbouring lebanon. it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targetting shia supporters of the group hezbollah. the war against i.s.i.l. may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. >> the leader of opposition body the syrian national coalition has been re-elected for a second term of six months. jaba secured 65 votes. former syrian prime minister em

hardheads of terrorism on syria's territory so this is our unified position but it's not a unique position it has been stated by the united nations security council we do not have a hidden agenda and we have nothing to hide our stance is shared by the whole international community but this many round of diplomacy is to last for two days with lavrov said to me syria's foreign minister in moscow on friday after the high level meeting iran's foreign minister talked to r.t. so shevardnadze he says syria's future should be decided through voting and that the opposition's demand for us is removal as a precondition for peace talks makes no sense it seems that there is a great deal of insecurity among those people who are setting conditions for even negotiations this should happen and that should happen this should be the outcome of the negotiations should be the outcome of the negotiations if the people have confidence. in their ability to attract the syrian people if they believe they do present the bishes of the syrian population then they should be ready to go through the ballot box why do they need to set preconditions and this all

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unified opposition. actually there is a lot of in-fighting in order to produce a negotiator. >> reporter: the syrian national coalition, the main opposition party in compile has thrown its support against this battle. i.t. has asked the international community to recognize revolutionary forces in the fight against al qaeda. the syrian conflict has spread throughout the region and so has al qaeda's influence. the islamic state in iraq and the le vanity first emerged in iraq a few years ago. the vacuum caused by the war in syria allowed it to set up base there, now it has a presence in neighboring lebanon. it at a tacked shia supporters, the war against isil may not have only been declared in syria authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. ooh another reminder that the war does not have borders. al jazeera, beirut. >> wheel there's progress towards peace in the mud east there's still lot of work to be done. he met king abdall abdalla ii. in jerusalem hammering out a framework of an agreement. direct talks between the two resumed in july after a three

other the book democracy in an economically speaking of the unified korea should be market caps of this system and third movie tie in terms of national security. he should be commenced on the principle of nuclear free graham commencement in seoul wouldn't this be the most ideal condition in terms of identification. speaking of the most ideal conditions kendall's the frame. how droll avoid the worst call form of unification. on the experience of the front sight of an extreme its destructive quinn will owe more than sixty years ago deeply ingrained in the hearts and minds of korean people one four size of tea and see that unification of tempted by fortune people avoid it at all costs. this should be the starting point of a new disc was on unification inquiry. others i suggested a federation model where the two koreas exists side by side with that look like the soviet union or like the commonwealth. most of that to come federation mall bill proposed by south korea use com. dallas become very close to the mall the other european union and the submission mona on sunday by a nose couldn't use of my creating a unified korea very similar to

hard beds of terrorism on syria's territory so this is our unified position but it's not a unique position it has been stated by the united nations security council we do not have a hidden agenda and we have nothing to hide our stance is shared by the whole international community. we'll bring you more details of sergei lavrov his meetings with his iranians insane syrian counterpart stay with r.t. for all the latest on that. we're now when leaked files from the u.s. national security agency revealed that the american spies had been keeping close tabs on a key ally germany the government there was furious comparing the tactics to those of the stasi east germany's notorious secret police artie's peter oliver met with veterans of that service to find out just how similar the two really are. on finding out that the united states attempt to private mobile phone call confronted president obama with this claim. former offices in the east german secret police which was known as the stars of a warning for the n.s.a. if they think must surveillance is the solution to a nation's problems who quote if it's even the best qualified and most ad

this is our unified position but it's not a unique position. it has been stated by the united nations security council. we do not have a hidden agenda and we have nothing to hide our stances she and my whole international community of this mini round of diplomacy is the last two days with my bro sent to me syria's foreign minister in moscow on friday. i've had a high level meeting iran's foreign minister top thirty cents a share announcing he's a serious future should be assigned for voting and down the opposition's demands for classes removal as a precondition for peace stocks makes no sense. it seems that is in the itty great deal of insecurity among those people who are sick and that conditions put him in negotiations to start that this should happen and that could happen. this should be the outcome of the negotiations here that should be the out of the negotiations. if the people have confidence in the dead ability to attract the city and people if they believe they get present and ambitions of the city in population than they should be ready to go to the bottom looked like they n

hardwoods of terrorism on serious territory so this is our unified position but it's not a unique position it has been stated by the united nations security council we do not have a hidden agenda and we have nothing to hide our stance is shared by the whole international community where this many round of diplomacy is set to last for two days with lavrov set to meet syria's foreign minister in moscow on friday all right our party's pasko out there in moscow for us thank you now iran's foreign minister zarif is with our sophie shevardnadze right now on her talk so sophie and co we can cross live to them right now. sophia over to you. yes highly and say yes we're here and the president hotel in the heart of moscow with iran's foreign minister mohammad. foreign minister it's really great to have the on our program today good to be with you so you just came back from damascus you've spoken to president bashar assad have you talked about and see concrete have you come up with any concrete solutions. you have i just come from the middle east basically i was in not only in syria over there was in lebanon i was in jordan i was in iraq an

that's a central, unifying theme considering multiple risks first and foremost the risk to national security, but including, also, the risk to public trust, risk to privacy, risk to economic values and risk to democratic self governance. so, a major task going forward, what our report tries to thread a needle on is to try to ensure a full set of rirkss are taken into account and we aren't optimizing only along one dimension. the third point is the importance of accountability which is a unifying theme for our 46 recommendations. accountability to senior level policy officials, accountability to the legal system, to congress and this committee through increased transparency and disclosure and above all to the american people. through transparency and disclosure. and i should emphasize that one form of accountability includes steps that would help increase public trust not just within the united states but throughout the world. this is a diverse group as noted. we reached all of our recommendations, this is a bit of an upset, by agreement. there are no dissents. there was no horse trading. and

that so called geneva to me saying unifying the various rebel groups has appeared in every seat asked. in the main political opposition party in which the syrian national coalition has been plagued by bickering willful strikeouts katherine or strands. tell us more now double that he does have to say here in paris sassy strands of syria making now and john kerry speaking after talks with arab leaders are yet to plenty to say about the seven areas of the middle east on the syrian conflict he again stressed that the french foreign minister said saying there is no minutes the solution to the crisis in syria in the state's be a political solution he said there isn't a way for a call from reaching the petite conference which is due to start on saturday the twenty second he did he'd be expected to be difficult he said he doesn't expect any kind of agreement in the last few days at this conference but he insisted it was very important for the day for players to get around the table. he said that they need peace forum he said that the uae is for members of the regime to sit down with members of the syrian opposition and start talking about. see that's been in a

unified position. there's a lot of infighting to produce a negotiator. >> the syrian national coalition, the main political opposition in exile threw its support behind the battle, asking the international community to recognise what it said was the importance of supporting revolutionary forces as partners in the fight against al qaeda. >> the syrian conflict spread through the region, and so has al qaeda's region. the islamic state of islam and levant emerged a few years ago. it was allowed to set up a base in syria, and now has a presence in lebanon. it claimed responsibility for the latest attack against the armed political group hezbollah. the war against i.s.i.l. may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle - another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. >> to another big story, the extreme weather in the united states is called an arctic vortex and is bringing cold temperatures south from canada through the northern parts of america. these are scary temperatures we are talking about. >> these are

there is no unified opposition, but a lot of infighting in order to produce a new regime. >> the syrian national coalition has thrown its support behind the battle and asking international community is recognize the importance of supporting the revolutionary forces in the fight against al qaeda. >> the fighting is spreading throughout the region and so is al qaeda. the vacuums caused by the war in syria allowed to set up in and now a presence in neighboring lebanon. >> it claimed responsibility for the latest attacks and targeting the supporters of the armed political group. >> the war against isil not only delaired in syrisyria, iraq and lebanon is also trying to wipe out the group. it is not an easy battle. another remind hear it is a war without borders. >> we have more from neighboring turkey. >> the opposition fighting group is concerned with fighting each other than fighting the syrian army. we are seeing a lot of movement on the ground. we have heard that the crossing in the hands of the islamic state of iraq and al qaeda backed group of foreign fighters in recent hours is regained by the

he's going to be taking a national role, running the focus groups, and saying to democrats around the country here's the unifyingthis is going to be a very difficult year for us. in 2010, democrats didn't do quite a good job. the message of that year was the ditch. >> you're ov-- we love it when u do bet. thank you as always for the expertise, my friend. >>> that is all for now. i'll see you back here monday at 4:00 p.m. eastern. "the ed show" is up next. >>> good evening, americans. and welcome to "the ed show." live from detroit lakes, minnesota. let's get to work. >> it's not good enough to be the party that shows up once every four years five months before an election. the truth is this work is never done. this issue of inequality. >> for many years, a central theme on this ed show. >> when the federal government tries to equalize outcomes, we're going to end up equally worse off. when the federal government tries to equalize outcomes, we're all going to end up equally worse off. >> the clock is ticking.

applause ] each one of these challenges have been met by a new unified force in public life, a new jersey setting the tone for an entire nation, a tough new jersey, a resilient new jersey and proud new jersey. [ applause ] a new jersey that has put aside political partisanship on the important issues to our people to take advantage of the opportunities each of these challenges has presented us with every day. a new jersey that has brought pride to our people and leadership to our nation. and finally, this past november, new jersey has had the chance to decide if the bonds we have formed were strong enough to endure the heat of today's political campaigns. would our elections confirm the change we have set arrived four years ago truly be beneficial for all of our citizens because you see, elections are about more than tv ads and debates and rallies. each vote cast is an act of faith and trust. faith in the strength of the bonds we have built, trust in the hope that tomorrow will bring a better job for our people, better education for our children and better day for all of our citizens. the people -- [ applause ] now the people

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now, each one of these challenges have been met by a new, unified force in public life of new jersey, setting the tone for an entire nation. a tough new jersey. a resilient new jersey. a proud new jersey. a new jersey that has put aside political partisanship on the important issues to our people. to take advantage of the opportunities each of these challenges has presented us with every day. a new jersey that's brought pride to our people, and leadership to our nation. and finally, this past november, new jersey has had the chance to decide if the bonds we have formed were strong enough to endure the heat of today's political campaigns. would our elections confirm that the change we set had arrived on this very stage four years ago? truly be beneficial for all of our citizens? because you see, elections are about more than tv ads and debates and rallies. each vote cast is an act of faith and trust. faith in the strength of the bonds we have built, trust in the hope that tomorrow will bring a better job for our people, a better education for our children, and a better day for all of our citizens. now, the people -- now th

and so far there is no unified opposition, actually there is a lot of in-fighting in order to produce a negotiator. >> the syrian national coalition, the main opposition in compile has thrown its support behind this bald. it asked the international community to recognize what it says as supporting revolutionary force he in the fight against al qaeda. the syrian conflict has spread throughout the region and so has al qaeda's influence. the islamic state in iraq and the levant first emerged in iraq a few years ago. the vacuum caused by the war in syria allowed it to set up base there, now it has a presence in lebanon. it claims the latest responsibility of attack against hezbollah. the war against i.s.i.l. may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. zena hoder, al jazeera, beirut. >>> tonight millions of americans are bracing for a free fall in temperatures overnight. wide swath of polar vortex, it will include a good portion of the country through tuesday. the midwes

far, there is no unified opposition, actually, there is a lot of infighting in order to produce a negotiator. >> it has thrown it's support behind this battle. it asks enter the national community to recognize the importance of supporting revolutionary forces as partners in the fight against al-qaeda. the syrian conflict has spread throughout the region. so has 's influence. it first emerged in iraq a few years ago. the vacuum caused by the war in syria allowed it to set up base there. now, it has the presence in neighboring lebanon. >> it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targeting shia supporters of hezbollah. the war against isil may not have only been declared in syria. authorities in iraq and lebanon are also trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle, another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. ronan bergmann is a senior correspondent for israel's largests daily newspaper. earlier i spoke to him and asked him how he was able to confirm reports. >> israeli intelligence has been working quite closely with the u.s. intelligence and other intelligence services in the west following what is happening in the region and mainly

unified opposition. actually, there is a lot of infighting, in order to produce a negotiator. >> the syrian national coalitionn exile threw its support behind the about thele and asked the -- battle and asked the international community to recognise them as a force in the fight against al qaeda. the fighting spread throughout the region, and so has al qaeda's infiltration. the vacuum caused by the war in syria allowed it to set up base. now it has a presence in neighbouring lebanon. it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targetting shia supporters. lebanese armed political group hezbollah. the war against i.s.i.l. may not havers only been declared -- have only been declared inferior. authorities may be trying to wipe out the group. it may not be an easy battle, a reminder that syria's war does not have borders the. >> today's secretary of state john kerry said peace talks between israel and palestinians have been promising. talks brokered by the u.s. resumed in july. there has been progress towards solving the toughest issues. they acknowledge that there are hard choices ahead. >> the path is becomin

unified flag. we know what sports can do. they played the south korean nationalen two finished first place in a particular weight class. >> rachael, go ahead. >> just athletes and political activism is always a hot topic. the nba had several players positively step into that arena over the decades. how do you recommend that your players and former players know where the line is for them and how to manage those situations? because they can have a great impact but they can also get themselves into trouble. >> our players and former players have for the most part been terrific on this subject. they know they have run for office. senator bradley is an icon. they worked on social responsibility with us. they have visited as far back as 1993 visited soon to be but not yet president mandela of south africa. our players have gone back to south africa for the last ten summers. so with our retired players -- so our players know all they have to do is check in, phone home and we work with them extensively. they have travelled all over the world. this one is a little bit --

doesn't speak with one unified voice and that has been an issue all along during this now nearly three-year long civil war. the opposition has spoken today. the head of the nationaloalition speaking today did say that all of the friends of syria did come to one common point that syrian needs to move beyond the assad period and there is no future for bashir assad and how damascus will take that in light of the fact they are trying to gather all of these elements together for a -- the real peace talks in geneva towards the end of this month, you know, that might throw a fly in the ointment but that has been a probably all along, this precondition, both sides saying before we even come to the table we need x or y. now, we are hearing this kinds of language from not only secretary of state kerry, but other members of the friends of syria that they are cautiously optimistic. that they do believe the opposition will come to the table in geneva and start real face-to-face talks aimed at ending the civil war. there is another day planned here, as you heard secretary of state kerry saying there, there will be very important meetings tomorrow between the u.n., special brah

unified front seats emo. therefore students. you never know. that old. a multitude of small groups such as the islamic studies human time the islamic from soulful so small. organize nations people. when fight is moving from one faction to another according to how much i doubt i need to have a lot of is to loosen rings. when you can add to the islamic front. i am calling on the floor and is to come and join them this is the only pitfall. usually just talking about the is its proposition as being able to pull off sale. chad is this misguided option in a week on really see any difference between them. so when you talk about mostly ceasefire. we'll have to sit up. because cease fires would enable the pirates areas to be able to receive humanitarian aid we of course need to take into account all these factors. come now. these. on the opposition side to you at the free syrian army. the old son. he is smiling. i mean no limit on the rack. we believe that moment as strong now. we said to me take all that into account what we don't want to do is to issue new rules to claim a ceasefire and one on the condition to profiting from the ceasefire. it suggests. and when we talk about a

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unified opposition. actually there is a lot of in-fighting in order to produce a negotiator. >> reporter: the syrian nationallition, the main political coalition in exile and asked it to recognize the supporting of revolutionary forces as partners in the fight against al-qaeda. the syrian conflict has spread and so has al-qaeda's and it first emerged in iraq a few years ago and the vacuum caused in syria allowed it to cause it and now it has a presence in neighboring lebanon. it claimed responsibility for the latest attack targeting supporters of hezbollah. and authorities in iraq and lebanon are trying to wipe out the group. this may not be an easy battle. another reminder that syria's war does not have borders. al jazeera, beirut. >>> fighting is reported in the syrian city, the area is a stronghold of that same al-qaeda linked group we have been talking about. this video is said to show prisoners released from jails being run by them. the islamic state of iraq has reportedly withdrawn from several bases in syria and handed them over to another al-qaeda linked group. turkey's prime minister will not stand

cedars are going to join the national opposition in syria as a group also this decision must be united retaken by all the kurdish groups but we have tried our best to unify the kurds and to avoid the kurdish kurdish fighting because it is for the interest of the kurdish question around me i take your point your are calling for kurdish you need to absolutely have to do but the question is of course that the conditions for kurds in all those different countries are there is very different and again mr president your bulls accused some of the syrian occurrence of fighting what is not a kurdish fire this is essentially what you just sat and that was in reference to. some of the clashes between kurdish militia and al qaeda forces earlier this year but what does it actually me and i mean if you if you have those terror groups operating in your area if they threaten you are not in there any children they were not in their area. at least i mean kurds in syria still again i'm sure is a kurd suffered from the terrorism alone we recently suffered from an interview we suffered after a car that they came from syria we are against terrorism but that was what is the ag

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