i spoke to president zadari. i'm confident progress will be made. but it does need to be made more rapidly than we currently see. he asked about the political challenge. he's right about this, i said all along, alongside the military surge, you need a political surge. we're working hard with the afghans and pakistanis to deliver this. if they lay down weapons, join the political process, that will be open to them. we have to be prepared that the political process won't advance as far as we'd like. that's why we must make sure the buildup of the afghan national security forces goes to plan, so we can hand over in good order, and i believe we will. i welcome what he says on syria and burma. on president hollande, i mean, let me make this point. president hollande said something i think he should adapt but repeat. the national debt is the enemy of the left and the enemy of france. we've never heard him say anything clear like that. if you look at what president hollande is doing. he was asked how he would stimulate growth. he said, the means cannot be

president asif ali zadari is expected to accept the invitation. pakistan is blocking supply routes for u.s. forces in afghanistan. the blockade started in november. it was imposed after an accident u.s. strike on pakistani posts on the afghan border. >> as a neighbor of afghanistan, pakistan does have an important role to play in supporting afghan security. we do want to see these land routes opened. we are continuing to work on it, but we thought it was important to have them at the summit in this partnership role. >> nuland hoped an agreement would be reached on reopening the border before the summit opens. >>> delegates from the international atomic energy agency and iran say they had positive talks on the country's nuclear program. but they did not announce any agreement. the two sides will meet again next week. iaea deputy director general herman nakurz and the chief nuclear envoy attended a second day of talks on tuesday. their focus was on whether iran will allow international inspectors to visit the military site. experts believe iran is d

the president met briefly with president zadari about the dispute. the president is on his way to joplin, missouri, where he's scheduled to give the commencement address at the graduation ceremonies for joplin high school. it is expected to be pretty emotional. it's nearly one year to the day when those deadly tornadoes hit that -- what is turning into a resilient city. >> all right. chuck todd, part of our team at the summit in chicago. >>> over seas a horrifying attack today in a place so many experts have been saying for so many years represents the next big threat to the united states. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel reports on one of the most violent days in a long time in yemen. >> reporter: the suicide bomber was disguised as a soldier. he tucked into a crowd at a rehearsal for a military parade, detonated a bomb and killed nearly a hundred people. yemen's defense minister narrowly escaped with his life. officials say it's likely the work of al qaeda in yemen. while the u.s. has decimated al qaeda elsewhere, the militant group ha