skeptical prime minister benjamin netanyahu meeting with vladimir putin, diplomacysway russian to side with israel. it will be a complicated tax cut -- a complicated task, much more last 48ted -- in the hours israel gave russia if russia gives them guarantees that -- is israeli prime minister hoping to convince russian president vitamin put in that he should adopt a similar stance -- vladimir putin that he should adopt a similar stance. remember that russia is the country which built the first and haspower plants shown less suspension over -- suspicion over a rant. they know they will not be able to completely change russia's perspective, but it is hoping to change perhaps little things that could ultimately influence what goes on in geneva when these talks pick up again. >> gallagher, what about these comments from the air rainy and supreme leader today, among them that israel is "doomed"? could that give them ammunition, so to speak? you could expect the israeli prime minister to use this quote from the air rainy and supreme leader. it is proof that -- from the irani and -- from the

(applause) you know -- you know who's a genius when it comes to this wiretapping stuff is vladimir putin and he used to be with k.g.b. and now he's the president of russia. this guy is crazy evil genius. he -- when they had the big -- the g-20 summit in moscow, he gave out party bags to everybody who was there and contained in the party bags were devices that they would take home, the world leaders, and they would then be monitored by the russian spy people, the k.g.b. people. >> paul: unbelievable. >> dave: little devices so everybody got -- hey, look at this! they plug it in and now the russians follow and track every move that everybody makes. and also included in the gift bag, this was nice, a shirtless photo of himself. i thought -- (laughter) the i think we have some things here -- right there. there he is. (applause) ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (laughter) anybody try to sign up for the obamacare web site thing? (laughter) just -- did you? did you? it doesn't work. i mean, they've now got it to the place where you can play angry birds, but that's as close -- (laughter) -- as you can get to signing up

vladimir putin paid a visit to the vatican and basketed in the pope's glow on monday. russia's president discussed syria and the role of christianity in the pope's private library. the pope began a one man tourist attraction. the latin america tourists to italy is up thanks to the argentinian holy father. people like his humility and concern to those less fortunate. he's the most talked about person on the internet this year. he has 3.3 million twitter followers and pictures of him have gone viral several times in the past few months. the playful young buy who didn't want to leave the pope's sip. he played the moment perfectly, as he did with a man disfigured with boils. the pope's effect in the u.s. is harder to define, a pew research pole found it has not created a catholic resurgence. the number of americans is constant. he hasn't driven more people to go to church. he's rated favourably by the general population but catholic conservatives are upset he hasn't spoken out more strongly. the resistance comes as a university poll finds that two in three adults agree tha

he's going to meet with the russian president vladimir putin. is he likely to get support from the russians on this? >> this will be a very interesting meeting having met president hollande. he will be going to russia, as you say, and there he will meet with vladimir putin. the russian position in the whole issue of iran is not that clear. they were central in terms of the talks and negotiations at that took place in geneva. netanyahu will be going to the russian president with the insistence that no deal must be tabled with iran. he will attempt to explain israel's position on the matter to the russian president, but importantly, too, the following day he will be meeting with the u.s. secretary of state, john kerry, who will be coming back to the region for further talks with netanyahu. now, the israeli prime minister will be going into that meeting with information gleaned from both the presidents of france and russia, dependses depends on what he gets from then, he will introduce it into his skurgss with john kerry which will focus on iran. >

yesterday, pope francis welcomed russian president vladimir putin to the vatican. for 35 minutes, the two men met in the pope's private library, where they discussed the ongoing crisis in syria and other christian issues throughout the world. while a centuries-old rift between western and eastern churches was not directly discussed, officials view the visit as a positive step. the orthodox church accuses the vatican of trying to convert its members to its beliefs, an accusation the vatican denies, but the fears have kept any modern pope from visiting the country. because of that, putin did not extend an invitation to pope francis to visit russia, but of course, the pope and putin are two of our "way too early" favorites for very different reasons, so we thought it would be perfect. we haven't done it in like a month. it's caption contest time. little handshake, some good ones. i'm thinking of some good ones already in terms of, i don't know, whether it be -- i don't want to give it away, because people are going to copy it, but there are rings, there's hats, a lot

angela merkel says she wants to have a word with vladimir putin over ukraine after the e.u. and russia trade. of meddling in the country's foreign policy to ensure its cooperation. remember an. activist take to the streets of germany against the growing popularity of nazi views in the country. and also reporting the olympic torch is on another leg of its epic journey to sochi plunging to the bottom of the earth. in space. from our studio this is r.t. with twenty four hours a day. so there's an air of anxiety in geneva at the moment where a long anticipated deal on iran's nuclear program could potentially be signed although foreign diplomats in the iranian delegation sound optimistic any further details about just what's happening have been almost impossible to extract. in geneva for a tough diplomatic work in progress at the moment but. so far. we've just heard that the p five plus one meeting of foreign ministers has just. try the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov met with his chinese and his in raney and counterparts and we did hear a little bit earlier from the irani

russian papal flags flew together over the vatican when the pontiff welcome president vladimir putin on monday their first ever meeting was brought about in a large part due to their views on the crisis in syria the audience with the pope is part of the russian president's official visit to italy pieces of is following the trip. pope francis on want to end a figure with enormous spiritual influence over one point two billion catholics across the world and president putin on the other a heavyweight politician also one of the most influential people on the globe he may not be on the scene team but they do have much more in common than some may think for instance syria both have been standing firmly against any military intervention pope francis even wrote a letter to the russian president personally thanking him for his efforts to help prevent military action by both moscow and the vatican have also been paying a lot of attention to the rights of christians in syria so we are on the same page when it comes to lots of issues but what's interesting is the way italian media has been repor

who is blackmailing president vladimir putin has addressed immigrations that russia ukraine into a u. turn of its integration plans with the e.u. . standing by in the ukrainian capital kiev for us but first let's speak now to this accompany of this listening to what the russian leader had to say hello to both of you so where do these allegations lucy come from and what did the president have to say that. hi there well russian president vladimir putin was actually meeting with the turkish prime minister here in st petersburg and he in remarks to the press accuse the european union for pressuring and putting blackmailing putting pressure on ukraine over its decision to essentially hold preparations for a trade pact with the european union now answering a question about a phone call that was reportedly made by the ukrainian president to his lithuanian counterpart in which allegedly the ukrainian president mentioned russian pressure on ukraine over the deal putin actually deflected and made a joke about the u.s. national security agency's spying scandal and its wiretapping of e.u. leaders

we make fun of those vladimir putin pictures all the time but how is that any different?, you're not and i'm not come faring soviet union to the united states. that would be ridiculous. but what is also ridiculous is a white house in a, in a democracy like ours that has a free and independent media freezing out the media more than any president has. it has gotten worse, the three presidents i've covered. president obama is. worse than president bush was and bush was worse. also our reporters from events that we've covered in the past and we should be covering now. it is not healthy in any country. certainly not healthy in our country. >> and it is interesting. i know you say, look, it is not fair in many ways to compare the u.s. to russia but there are some similarities when you look at the pictures. one of the most iconic photos of president obama. the first african-american president in the united states history is this one, as you point out. looking out the window of the rosa parks bus alone. an incredibly poignant image. you wrote it is a great photograph but it is no

well the pope and vladimir putin also share an unusual bond their distaste for shale gas fracking his holiness recently posed with environmental activist reportedly expressing strong concern about us all giant chevron exploiting shale gas in south america more now with in crane next oil field executive turned campaigner who is against fracking thank you very much for coming on to the program the saffron in now you did give up a career over this why are you against fracking so much. well if we were looking at conventional oil and gas exploration i wouldn't be sitting here talking with you but this is the first attempt really in the u.k. to exploit unconventional gas resources from shale and the track record in the u.k. is pretty dire out of the four wells drilled and two of them resulted in seismic events in the file peninsula and although moratorium was put on two and a half years ago that moratorium was lifted one year ago by a lot john brown who advises david cameron on the british cabinet but lord john browne is also chairman of course driller one of the companies that has a very h

germany's chancellor angela merkel says she wants to talk to russia's president vladimir putin concerning ukraine's latest snubbing of the e.u. brussels has accused moscow of blackmailing kiev into ditching plans for european trade integration and joining a regional customs union instead moscow however says kiev was scared away by the political and economic pressure discontent over the abandoned trade talks between kiev and brussels materialized on the streets of the ukrainian capital crowds gathered for a second day of protest sparked the government insisting a deal would have devastated the country's economy. looks at the broken expectations. back to square one for ukraine's politics or kiev central square to be precise in two thousand and four the orange revolution started here gave independence square the event which dramatically changed political life in ukraine and set it on the euro integration course nine years later the square is filled with people again only this time they are here because their president took a turn around well these protesters have been furious with the decisi

pope francis and russian president vladimir putin meeting face-to-face today for the first time. at down for a closed door meeting at the vatican just a couple hours ago. this is part of putin's two day trip to rome. one of the topics of conversation, what's happening in syria. just a couple months ago, pope francis penned a letter to putin ahead of the g-20 summit telling the leader to quote, help find ways to overcome the conflicting possessi positions and lay aside the futile pursuit of a military solution. that was from the pope. joining me from rome, ben wedeman. and it's so unique and special to see the pictures of these two men who seem so far apart, perhaps idealogically in some ways, but tell me more about the visit. >> well, brooke, if there was a fly on the wall in that meeting, that fly is not talking. we do know that they met for 35 minutes. one-on-one with their translators. of course, we do know that, for instance, that vladimir putin did give as a gift to pope francis an icon of the virgin mary with the baby jesus, and what we saw in tape that was distributed by th

>> his daughter was gaoled for two years after taking part in the pussy riot protest against vladimir putin in the cathedral. >> katerina was a member but released upon appeal. she's on probation, sentence suspended. . the situation shows how the detention system works. it's cruel. the person can be transferred for a month or two. they can go three or four gaols, spending a few days in each before moving on. condition are terrible. >> nadya tolokonnikova's five-year-old daughter no longer knows where her mother is or how she is. there was a reported sighting m she was seen on a train in the rural mountains. it appears authorities are moving her further away from her family. >> staying in russia president vladimir putin approved tougher counterterrorism laws at the socchi winter olympics. the games will take place a few hundred metres from the kaucks awes area. new laws will make fighters' relatives pay for damaged cause. fighters guilty v carrying out app attack will face time in brait an. >> propose add laws are designed to stop lobbyists from having too much influence. >> when doreen and

russian president vladimir putin is at the vatican for a two-day visit with pope francis. >> the twohave something in common on the table, things like syria, also secularism. ben wedeman covering the story from rome and phil black is in moscow. >> ben, let's start with you. the focus likely to be syria. what have they got to talk about? >> reporter: well, it's interesting, michael, that you know, russia back in the waning is days of the ottoman empire saw itself as a protector for christians of the ottoman empire. of course, pope francis has been quite vocal since he became pope backing in march about the flight of christians in syria and elsewhere in the middle east and northern africa. so it's very -- that is very much his concern at the moment. and, of course, president putin and the russians have been supporters of the regime in damascus. back in september, pope francis did send a direct messagetom president putin expressing concern over the plight of the christians just before the g-20 meeting in st. petersburg. so they've been having something of a dialogue ever since. and we c

vladimir putin knows he cannot re-create the warsaw pact. that is not his goal.the warsaw pact collapsed because it was too expensive to maintain. what he seeks now is more of a traditional, soft fear of influence in central and eastern europe that is sustainable over the long term. the russians are buying up infrastructure, they are buying up banks, they are entering oil and gas pipelines. they have direct pipeline routes to germany and the low countries so that they do not need: for that. meanwhile, poland is dependent on russia for natural gas through another pipe. poland, bulgaria, the baltic states, they all depend on russian natural gas for 90% of their energy needs. romania is an exception because it has its own energy. it only gets 30%. we are not seeing every creation of the warsaw pact. this is a more new ones, subtle of differing shades where the eu is less dominant, even though these countries are eu.ers of the if you were to ask me who is the most interesting leader in the world right now, you could say president rouhani of iran. let me give you an o

. >> the ukrainian president is under pressure from this man, russian president vladimir putin, he's proposing a customs union with russia. one that has been rejected. vladimir putin behaves now like a jilted lover - surprise safety inspections and banning chocolate et cetera. >> it's so papful for us and that's why they are trying to punish ukraine through the economic measures. >> a growing majority of ukrainians want the deal. if ukrainian bride and european groom go forward, the deal takes effect in jan. the process of reform, like learning to live together, will take years. >>> scientists say they may have made a discovery that could help the global fight against danky fever. they are hoping to infect mosquito with bacteria from fruit flies. 390 million suffer from break bone fever, which causes joint pain and pounding headaches. there's no vaccine, cure or specific treatment. we have this report that there could be new hope. >> for days this woman has a raging fever. she has danky fever and not much can be done. >> translation: the first day i felt like my body was on fire. it

thrown his weight -- novotnyt don t -- alexi -- he is the number one critic of russian president vladimir putinand he is known for his ability to mobilize mass street protests. he says he is going to skip this one to avoid giving the kremlin a chance to discredit him or the event. about 10,000 russian nationalists are in the streets of moscow in what has become an annual show of anger against the presence of muslim migrants. in the u.s., the white house and senior lou s lawmakers -- senior u.s. lawmakers have rejected pleas for clemency by edward snowden. it comes days after a german lawmaker published a letter from the fugitive saying he is ready to testify to congress. snowden extending an olive branch to the united states. last week the former national security agency contractor appealed for clemency and said he was ready to testify to congress about u.s. surveillance . but on sunday lawmakers flatly rejected his offer. , ife had an opportunity what he was was a whistleblower, to pick up the phone and call the house committee, the senate intelligence committee, and say, look, i have some inf

netenyahu is now no russia and he is there meeting with this man, the president, vladimir putin, andin says there is a real chance to resolve the standoff. in the u.s., president obama is urging senators to hold off on pushing for more sanctions doing the talks. the p5-plus-1 arrived today in geneva. let's go to james bays who is in geneva for us. and james this is stage one of round two. what has been happening so far? >> well, we have been having the preliminary meetings taking place. we have got a meeting underway right now between the european union's foreign chief and katherine ashton who is meeting the iranian foreign minister, i think laying out their positions again, catching up from where they were when they were sitting down together less than two weeks ago. we have also been having a meeting of that grouping the p5-plus-1. they have been meeting in various different formats to discuss their position, because remember last time around there was division even within that group and i think they are trying to get a united position that they can then take to the iranians. it wa

apparently that is just not tough enough to beat vladimir putin. ssian president was awarded the highest rank in taiwan go a 9th degree black belt. norris is 8. putin doesn't practice tae kwan do. he is a judo expert. when handed the belt he admitted he didn't think he had earned it. >> come on. chuck norris all of the way. >> now to another tough one. time for your first degree weather update. maria molina could take either one of them. >> you need to take your gear this morning but you don't need it on the way home? >> we are going to see a little bit of a warm-up in several days. i don't think you will notice it in terms of the high temperatures it will be a little above average. during the morning hours or as you head out to dinner you will be feeling much better. it is really the overnight temperatures that are going to be mild. early this morning so cold out there. here's a look at the current oned chil-- chinnewindchills ou. in detroit feels like 19, 13 in ca caribou maine. the high pressure system will be moving out and behind it we will see

are ed by homosexuals who insist on existing during them. ( laughter ) that's why last june, vladimir putin signed a law banning all homosexual propaganda, including public displays of affection, or displaying symbols like a rainbow flack. good thinking. because the visible spectrum has always had a gay agenda. ( laughter ) ( applause ) i mean, it explains why we're always hearing about roy g. biv, but never mrs. g. biv. where is she, roy? some in the l.g.b.t l.g.b.t. co, which consider stands for something-something-something- te something-something-something-te rrorist, are threatening to stage a gay-in. >> there's all sorts of abutting protest movements against the winter olympics because of the homophobic stance of putins and the russian laws. >> there should be wearing of rainbow colors. there should be protests. there should be more speech. >> an openly gay spade skater wants to go there, wear a rainbow pin and say, "i'm here, i'm gay, and i'm okay." >> hey, blake, do you really think you need to wear a rainbow pin when you're wearing the man spanx. we get the message. fortunately, ru

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a few years ago, i wrote to my friend vladimir putin, you know, we're very close. >> jimmy: of coursear you." i got back all these tweets in russian. and so i asked this guy to come over who translates. i'm telling you, i did not know there were that many four-letter words in the english language. [ light laughter ] >> jimmy: oh, my gosh. >> and so -- >> jimmy: you didn't mess with vladimir putin, though. >> at least vlad -- i like to call him vlad. >> jimmy: don't we all? >> i think vlad follows me on twitter. >> jimmy: does he really? >> yeah, i think he reads my tweets. i'm not sure. >> jimmy: somebody probably reads it for him. [ imitating putin ] "i don't read tweet. people read tweet for me. [ light laughter ] right now they're tweeting with the fishes somewhere." i was going to say, if there is anything we can do about this obamacare thing, is there anything we can do? are we on the right track if i mean -- >> it's -- you know, why they had to use 1990s technology on -- or maybe they used technology that calvin coolidge and i used to use together. >> jimmy: no, you're not that

benyamin netanyahu will travel to russia with the russian president vladimir putin. again, expressing these sentiments to the russian president. and then on friday a critical meeting where the u.s. secretary of state john kerry, who will be returning to the region after an acrimonious visit - central to the discussions the iran matters. >> the 3-day visit is francis hollande's first trip to israel since taking office. >> nigeria say two u.s. sailors were kidnapped and released off the cost of the nijer delter. a statement saying the rebels received $2 million for the sailors. they were abducted on november 23rdrd. >> two miners were hospitalized after an accident. it happened sunday morning. 270 miles south-west of denver. two work ert were skilled and 20 injured. the accident was probably caused by the relief of chemicals and not a cave in. >> navy investigators are trying to determine why a droneml functioned. two sailors suffered burns when the droep hit the ship. the ship is in san diego to be checked for damage. it was used to check radar. >> chillans will go ba

are these adding up to victories for vladimir putin? -- putin. reject puttingly syria and around the ukraine in the same basket but syria has serious international problems, tragedy, and there are issues in iran but ukrainian is nothing, -- i'm surprised the passions became so hot. nothing changed and nothing happened. for russia to demonstrate the european union the whole eastern partnership policy was a fake. here and the european union. >> thank you very much for that analysis from a russian perspective. where thelatvia supermarket chain -- an official at the supermarket chain has been fired after comments. he said he felt no responsibility for the collapse of the story and riga that killed over 50 people. the disaster has already brought down latvia's government. saying he could no longer lead the country. syria by the civil war and further proof of the disastrous and the causes of civilian life. the un's refugee agency really sing in the week for friday highlighting the plight of syria's children. over one million children are thought to be

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netanyahu met wednesday with russian president vladimir putin who want as mutually acceptable resolution. vice president joe biden urges lawmakers to hold off on passing any more iran sanctions which could jeopardize the delicate talks. >>> a lawmaker will be back at work after she was attacked feet from capitol hill. new york congresswoman grace ming called herself a tough girl from queens. when she was walking home from dinner tuesday, someone knocked her out from behind and stole her purse. the congresswoman accounted herself lucky in this case, saying she suffered a bump on the head and bruise on her chin. >> luckily, i don't really carry that much cash on me. i had my cell phone and my credit card and i.d. in my coat pocket. so none of that was taken, thankfully. >> doctors say all tests came back normal. as for the congresswoman, she says she's taking it slowly. no arests have been made there. >>> president obama and former president bill clinton laid a wreath on john f. kennedy's grave at arlington cemetery. they did this two days before the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

. >>> pope francis has held vatican alks at the with russian president vladimir putin. media say the the talks talk about what's going on in syria. years after colonel it's fi has been released been deadly. they're trying to get control of the country. up to 1,700 militia it's an uphill fight. militants clash with government orces in the eastern city of benghazi leaving nine people 50 wounded. we spoke a long time ago with returned from t libya. >> how concerned are you about outbreaks that we're seeing in the eastern part of the country? it is very disconcerting. but at one level it's encouraging. shows that the government is finally taking a stand against these militias. segal special forces in benghazi rule them out. >> they're going into those an s who were behind the attack on the american embassy. might something they have avoided before? of met with the commander military in benghazi. compound.ed the they've kicked them out of their compound. >> you just come back as we said the region. is the libyan military today. you've mentioned they managed to get into some

>> so, it passed the senate today. >> jimmy: was it passed by vladimir putin or something? so, it's weird. it's one of these things where people think it's already illegal to discriminate that way. >> jimmy: of course. >> and in 21 states it is. but in 29 states it's not. what passed in the senate today would make that national law. already you can't fire somebody because of their race, or their gender, or their age, and this would just add sexual orientation and sexual identity to that. >> jimmy: good. well, i'm glad. that's amazing. [ cheers and applause ] good stuff. >> it is good. it's passed the senate. and one thing that was nice about it is that it was totally bipartisan. 10 republicans joined in. but the republicans control the house. in the house the republicans say they will not even allow it to be voted on. if they did put it up for a vote it would pass, i think. but they won't even allow it to be voted on. which is hard to believe in 2013. >> jimmy: that's why i stick to my show. because i can't wrap my head around how people make these decisions. it's just craz

he met with president vladimir putin and pushed for talks on the islands. >> translator: we have agreed to instruct our foreign ministries to accelerate discussions. we aim to draw up solutions that are acceptable for both sides. >> reporter: the two men have met three times since. abe wants to build trust to create a better climate for negotiations. he believes the so-called two-plus-two talks involving the foreign and defense ministers will help move things along. both sides are aware of the rising military power of china and how that's affecting the balance of power in the region. japan's ties with china have soured over another territorial dispute. abe is hoping that stronger ties with moscow will help keep china in check. the russians, of course, have their own perspectives. my colleague hideo amma travelled from our bureau in moscow to follow the russian ministers. >> i think the russians are positioning themselves with the world's biggest economies. the russians have watched china boom and they want a piece of that market.

the russian president vladimir putin wants to use the games as a showcase for russia. so fash they've been beset by allegations of bureaucratic bungling, accusations of homophobia. the russian authorities want to show that when it comes to security, they are leaving nothing to chance. >> there will bea second round of parliamentary elections on december the 15th. no one in mali securing a majority. polls saw a low turn out. 38% of voters bother. it marks mali's first steps to recovery after the coup last year. the leader of the coup has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, accused of torturing a rise to power. he remained a powerful figure in mali. a rare complete skeleton of one of largest dinosaurs to walk the earth sold for $650,000. the remains of the 17-metre long dinosore, nicknamed misty was discovered in a dig in the united states. the buyer from an unnamed institution promised to put misty on public display. >> such a thing reasonably complete state is rare. there's an awful lot of work that's gone into preparing it for digging out of the ground and cons

and members of pussy riot were imprisoned after staging a protest against jooutin at a kath -- vladimir putin at a kath reed ral. >> nadya tolokonnikova has disappeared into a gulag system. they fear the russian authorities are trying to crush her spirit. she was being held in penal colony number 14, several hundredkm east of moscow. al jazeera contacted her husband, and he said nadya tolokonnikova was deliberately being cut off from the outside world. he was worried. >> nadya tolokonnikova is reported to be in a weak condition after two hunger strikes. she staged them to protest appalling conditions in which she was being held. in a letter smuggled out of the penal colony she said inmates were forced to work 16 hour days in a sewing sweat shop and were being treated like slaves. authorities refused her request to be let out on parole to look after her 5-year-old daughter. she was sentenced to two years in prison on charges of hooliganism after taking part in the pussy riot punk protest staged in moscow's main cathedral. >> i just want to say a few words about pussy riot. cheer cheer >> the p

vietnamese president welcomed russian president vladimir putin to hanoi. they made dozens of deals from defense exploration, to oil reserves. >> translator: vietnam is most dynamic developing country in asia pacific. it's a longstanding reliable partner with russia. >> translator: russia is our most important partner. we have to continue to move forward and develop a strong relationship in different fields. >> the vietnamese and chinese have made competing claims to islands in the south china sea. vietnamese leaders have bolstered their defenses by buying six submarines from russia. the russians will increase their exports of military supplies and they'll provide training to vietnamese forces. the russians had already agreed to help build vietnam's first nuclear plant. they confirmed they would speed up construction and they said negotiators would keep working toward a free trade deal. >>> caroline kennedy has been sworn in as the united states ambassador to japan. she is the daughter of late u.s. president john f. kennedy. secretary of state john kerry ad

a spokesman for vladimir putin dismissed the reports as an attempt to divert the attention away from the more serious allegations of espionage being levy against washington. al jazeera, moscow. ♪ you >> meteorologist: it's turning out to be a decent day over much of our nation's midsection. we're rain free at this hour. we're seeing mostly clear conditions from the dakotas down to texas. we do have a few frontal boundaries on the motive. the front has made its way off the northeast coast line and draping down across south florida. another boundary moving down the great lakes. here we've had the heavy rain coming in across central florida. we're still in line for the possibility of a thunderstorm or two as we head through the remainder of the afternoon. through the northeast we have the clouds and sunshine. interior sections will be most impacted by this next front that is moving in. that's bringing rain for today but we're expects colder air to move in. that's when we'll feel rain and snow. for now it's rain and very strong winds. we do have wind advisory, and it's back around seattl

the top of the agenda is the middle in these discussions later today between pope francis and vladimir putine expressed strong concerns about the plight of christians in the middle east, christians who have been caught in the cross-fire in places like egypt and places like syria where many have been killed, in fact, and many more decided to leave the area because of the violence and danger the situation poses. that will probably be at the top of the agenda. however, many other things they are going to be talking about. among other things is some sort of -- between the catholic church and the orthodox church which split back in 1054 in what is called the great schism. there are disputes over, for instance, property that was confiscated by joseph stalin back in the soviet area. lots to talk about. it's questionable whether anything concrete will come out of it, but certainly some importance in terms of symbolism. >> a historic meeting there. ben wedeman live for us in rome, thank you. >>> afghanistan's president refusing to sign a security green light that would keep u.s. support troops in afg

was there ever an informal agreement between vladimir putin and the old guilty or not guilty. >> oligarch. >> was there ever an informal agreement that putin said you can keep your money but stay out of politics. offered. this deal remained in place for a while. mr. putin explicitly said that there is going to be no revision of the privatization history if the businessmen stay out of politics but after a while my father felt that it would be impossible to continue complying with this decision because there was no political, powerful political opposition in the country so that's why he started financing the opposition parties, but to be fair, he financed all of the opposition parties. >> rose: he financed all of them? >> he financed all of the opposition parties, and he actually provided funding for the presidential party as well. so when this deal was quote unquote broken it was because of my father's belief that the country needed a political system that balanced the powers. >> rose: take a look at this. this is friday night with mikhail prakav. >> just i am creating a really big budget.

. >> the world tai kwan do federation issued vladimir putin an honorary black belt. >> i'm a karate manan elite class, even surpassing chuck norris. >> vladimir putin comes up on top of president obama as the most pour ohful leader. >> what? i -- >> this is kind of pile-on time now. >> yeah, it is. >> for the president. >> do you think the president lied to the american people on purpose? >> i understand why folks are frustrated. >> it's dishonest. just dishonest. >> they are determined to sabotage this bill. >> what starts twisted, stays twisted. >> to kill this bill. >> the giddy side of the republican party. >> we all look like geniuses now. >> it literally kills women. i had a mother last night come up to me here in tampa, florida. >> kills children. >> she told me her little daughter took that vaccine. kills senior citizens. >> and she suffered from mental retardation thereafter. we all look like geniuses now. >> i mean, s-m-a-r-t-y. >> i am smatest man alive. >> excuse me, guys. >> you're never as dumb as you look when you're losing. >> i always kept that in mind in periods like t

president vladimir putin had a phone conversation with iranian president, hassan rouhani.putin telling rouhani that there was a real chance to end the decade long stand off. andrea than any praise the russia's efforts of a resolution. >>> it's been more than a week since typhoon haiyan struck the philippines, and they're still struggling to get help to where it's needed most. the official death toll now stands at above 4,000 but that is expected to be rise, and 13 million have been affected by the storm. the philippine's president is visiting the remote regions of the storm. meanwhile, officials in tacloban are trying to identify bodies of a mass grave. they say the process is slow and they have few resources to work with. >>> the u.s. total contribution in the aid effort to more than $37 billion. al jazeera is in where those badly needed supplies are starting to arrive. >> we're at the airport, and it was built during world war ii and probably has not been this busy since then. the light is starting to fade here so some of this activity will die down but we've seen flight