john kerry has been meeting members of the turkish government. he also discussed the civil war in syria and restarting peace talks between israel and the palestinians. the rebel group in control of the central african republic has told al jazeera there must be security before it can hold democratic elections. the united nations says a humanitarian crisis has developed in most of the country. we have this report from the capital. >> these new army recruits sing a famous local war song. most of them follow the rebel group. they will be the foot soldiers of the new national army. in one of the poorest countries in the world, some say they have no choice but to fight. is a big problem in central africa. if you are a woman, they will ask you to sleep with them to get a job. are also fed. the nine nations said most of the country needs urgent food and medical help. rebels took around 1/4 of the supplies in the capital from this warehouse. this is some food in the shops, but it is expensive. people cannot withdraw money from the banks that are empty. th

john kerry said this action has wide reaching consequences. john kerry hopes the neighboring countries will get north korea back to the negotiating table. it scrapped the 1953 truce between them and the south. north korea officials have no interest in dialogue. it called the speech empty words without any content. >> the north's dangerous nuclear missile program threatens not only its neighbors but it threatens its own people. it threatens the concept of this of a dream. >> the end of secretary kerry's visit falls on the day of the song when the north koreans celebrate the founding of the -- the founder of the country. >> thank you. we will find out today were local schools rank on the list of america's most challenging how schools. >> jummy olabanji has more. >> these rankings are said to be released later today. we've got a short list of the schools in our area of making the top 100. here they are on your screen. there are also a handful of other schools within our area that break the top 100. congratulations to all the students at those sch

now clearly, john kerry believes china has enormous leverage. and will be pushing them for a start to live up to the sanctions which china itself signed up to recently. one of the key things will be to control the flow of illicit funds, of banking funds across the chinese border. which are processed in china. and also, kerry will be pushing china to send a very firm message to pyongyang that this behavior won't be tolerated. now, we'll see what china does. there's no doubt, as i say, they are enormously frustrated by this. but in the past, they've been very reluctant to put too much pressure on north korea for fear of destabilizing the regime and possibly of the place simply collapsing, chris. >> ian williams, live in beijing, thank you. >>> and joining me now, andrea mitchell who is now live in seoul and former defense secretary during the clinton administration, william cohen. andrea, let's talk first about john kerry, pretty harsh words for north korea about what comes next if they do fire this missile. tell us more. >> well, what he said tod

that's the context where john kerry is speaking right now. and he said a few things of real note here. number one. he said that north korea will not be accepted as a nuclear power. that language very strong. he also said that the current rhetoric coming from the north koreans is unacceptable. and thirdly he said that the u.s. and the south koreans will defend themselves, and the u.s. will defend its allies if necessary. >> he also did mention a pathway to peace. and reunification on the peninsula. but he said that there can be no peace on the korean peninsula if there are nuclear weapons. a nuclear north korea will not be allowed. let's bring in jim clancy live from seoul this morning. jim, you're listening to these remarks, i assume, as well. what are you hearing here from the secretary? >> what i'm hearing, or maybe what i'm not hearing, is that after weeks of all of this coming from kim jong-un. did you hear his name? did you hear him mentioned in that press conference? no. he's not mentioned at all. but he did call in a direct reference h

. -- john kerry. scientists in the u.s. have created a working kidney and successfully transplanted the organ into a rat. it is a first for the world that could bring new hope to millions of people waiting for an organ donation predicted he was grown in a lab and the results are said to be encouraging. our health and science reporter is following this medical development. james, what have these scientists done? >> it started with an old kidney. they wash it with a detergent. it removes the old cells. would it leaves behind is a glorious scaffold. it has the entire structure just with no living material. then they use the blood vessels and feed new cells in. they cook it for about 12 days in a biological oven. then eventually you can start to filter and blood and produce urine. why did you attempt to start with one kidney to produce another? a half million people die each year in the uk alone, but the number of transplants is about 3000. what this does its it allows you to use the organs that are not b

secretary of state john kerry says the u.s. and china are committed to the peaceful denuclearization of north korea. kerry says the china and u.s. will work together to tone down threats from north korea. >>> former prime minister margaret thatcher's daughter is talking about her grief over losing her mother and thanking well-wishers saying, it's been a tough and tearful week, even for the daughter of the iron lady, end quote. thatcher will be buried wednesday with full military honors. meanwhile, anti-thatcher groups gathered together in central london to, as they put it, celebrate the former prime minister's death. london police say it will monitor the event to ensure it remains peaceful. >>> coming up later on today, two tragic cases involving two teenage girls committing suicide after allegingly being raped. a look at what role social media may have played. >>> at 2:00 eastern, an exclusive interview with former congresswoman gabby giffords.

. >> john kerry leaving the door wide open for kim jong-un. will he agree to nuclear talks or risk war by launching a missile? >>> also ahead this morning, missing in the mountains. a hiker bury the by a deadly avalanche and searchers right now, helpless by treacherous conditions. >> so check this out. this is minnesota and, yes, folks, it is mid-april. snow, ice, howling winds. this is actually happening. it is supposed to be spring. >> and augusta, georgia, here we go. this is a victorious adam scott becoming the first australian to ever win the masters. he pulled it off, sudden death, breathtaking fashion. >> it was just awesome. >> crazy. good morning and welcome to "early start." i'm brooke baldwin. >> i'm john berman. happy patriots day. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> let's begin with a little news from the homeland. we have the northern plains pounded. we saw some of the pictures by snow. where are we, like almost in may now and here you have this snow, lots of it. combined with low visibility, high winds creating a recipe for disaster

john kerry has now opened the door to direct u.s. peace talks with north korea, appealing for a step back from the threat of war, even as though the north has flatly rejected south korea's offer of direct talks with them calling it a "cunning ploy." the contrast could not have been more dramatic. in pyongyang, runners from around the world celebrating tomorrow's birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, the nation's founder. while in tokyo john kerry re-assured japan the u.s. will defend it from north korea, but says the obama administration would negotiate with pyongyang under the right circumstances. >> what we really ought to be talking about is the possibilities of peace and i think there are those possibilities, notwithstanding the rhetoric and the provocations. >> reporter: japan was under t

secretary of state john kerry arriving in seoul. as you say, that conciliatory tone in a way obviously opening the door to diplomacy if north korea is serious about deknew clearization. the problem is, fredricka, as we know north korea is determined to go ahead and its nuclear weapons program. it's nonnegotiable. john kerry also had some pretty tough words for north korea. told them not to go ahead with the missile launch that the u.s. and south korea believe will still happen in the coming days. there's a very important date coming up on the north korean calendar and that is the anniversary of kim il-sung who is of course the grandfather of kim jong-un. john kerry also saying that the united states would support its allies, south korea and japan, if there is any provocation. so the door opened for diplomacy, but at this stage still no way forward, fredricka. >> so, anna, what about this information that the u.s. had conversations within the pentagon and beyond that north korea may have the ability to put nuclear weapon on a ballist

she took her life eight-days later. >>> secretary of state john kerry is going to asia for the first time. >> reporter: he made it clear talks will only happen if they give up up their nuclear weapons. john kerry touched down in south korea armed with a message for for the north. >> the united states will defend ourselves and allies. we are prepare today work that relations between the north and south can improve and improve quickly. >> reporter: there are more questions about whether they can deliver a nuclear weapon or not. it comes after a portion of the mistake was marked declassified

and that was reinforced during john kerry's various meetings in beijing. one significant question will be, at some point does kim jong-un receive a high level delegation in pyongyang to have the kind of frank conversation face to face that you would like to see. he has kept the chinese, the new chinese leadership at arm's length so far. so i'm sure that confidence that baing is saying the right things, but obviously the one thing they won't do is put so much pressure on north korea that it perhaps risks a collapse of that regime. >> here we are, the north koreans are another occasion. the world waits to see what action it takes. if anything, what is interesting is that kim jong-un has not been seen in public for a couple weeks, and at least according to analysts, this is another sign of posturing. as if he is behind the scenes working with the military and that's why he is not out in public. so much of this is kabuki theater for this young leader but a great price can be paid here. >> sure. and they have fashioned kim jong-un in the image and likeness of h

in a 2004 presidential electionc is supported a group that discredited john kerry. he was 84 years old. >>> president bush is a grandfather. his wife laura are thrilled to welcome to the family. fami this is the first grandchild fod the bushes. >> yes, it is. . kwon gracongratulations.ongrat >> we all love to hate thoseose speed wham raze, don't we? cameras, but there's new ones that give police a hard time.time. >>> rainshowers across the area, light and scattered, we willered take a look at the radar th rad together and the weekend weeken forecast. a lot of clouds to start the work week. i will have details on that.  here you go little man. [ humming ] [ babbling ] the cheerios bandit got you again? [ both laugh ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> welcome back to fox 5lcom morning news. a couple of raindrops on the the windshield if you are out and ad about. >> it's tax day.day. hopefully you got all your taxes. >> tucker is going to remind yoi about that all day long. long >> you were just waking up and d don't forget to do you

john kerry met south korean president in the capital of seoul, south -- korea. they have strong war -- words of warning for the south korean leadership. >> the rhetoric we are hearing from north korea is unacceptable and it -- by any standard. i am here to make it clear on behalf of president obama and pieces of the united states and our bilateral security agreement that the united states will defend our allies and defend ourselves. harry, you heard from the foreign minister. tell us about the talks. >> as well as what you would expect to hear with john kerry, this is strong support for american i lack -- allies. he is also coming into a situation with an ally that has changed its position. south korea said it would not negotiate with north korea, especially on the issue of the industrial complex that has been shut down. in the last couple of hours, that position has changed. south korean officials in size on friday that they were open to talks. was a necessary first step in lowering tensions. john kerry said the united states with only talked with thea if north

it's not clear yet i mean what it seems as if john kerry's mission is a continuation of the last forty five years of u.s. policy which is trying to force the people under occupation the palestinians to come to the table and negotiate their freedom with their occupier it's a model that failed for twenty years now during the peace process and to be honest with you the palestinians are fed up with trying to be forced to have to negotiate bilaterally with those that are occupying them the only thing we should really have to negotiate now is how the settlements will be dismantled and when the last israeli soldier is going to leave palestine. i want to ask you this many people did that in the middle east put all hopes on the obama administration to breathe a new life into these peace negotiations yet they are still in collapse is america running out of solutions yes i mean as long as the american administration whether it's obama or previous administrations refuse to apply international law to this conflict they can pull solutions out of the hat until they're blue in the face nothing will be

john kerry has now opened the door to direct u.s. peace talks with north korea, appealing for a step back from the threat of war, even as though the north has flatly rejected south korea's offer of direct talks with them calling it a "cunning ploy." the contrast could not have been more dramatic. in pyongyang, runners from around the world celebrating tomorrow's birthday of kim jong-un's grandfather, the nation's founder. while in tokyo john kerry re-assured japan the u.s. will defend it from north korea, but says the obama administration would negotiate with pyongyang under the right circumstances. >> what we really ought to be talking about is the possibilities of peace and i think there are those possibilities, notwithstanding the rhetoric and the provocations. >> reporter: japan was under the flight path of north korea's last missile test in february and is now protected by u.s.-provided patriot missile defenses. but kerry found strong support for luring pyongyang back to disarmament talks. >> the united states will do what is ne

diplomat, john kerry, is in the region. steve handelsman has the latest from washington for us. >> reporter: thanks. scrambling is right and that's good news when you think about it. this is a war of words that could turn into a real war, but u.s. officials here in washington, john kerry in korea, are going out of their way today to emphasize that if it does come to war, it probably will not start with the mushroom clouds of nuclear detonations. as secretary of state kerry came to south korea, the north koreans reportedly put more missiles into launch position. as many as five now said to be ready. the big question was if the musadan missiles have atopic warheads. kerry indicated probably not. >> they have conducted a nuclear test, so there's some kind of device. but that is very different from miniaturization and delivery. >> reporter: on capitol hill yesterday, a lawmaker the cited a secret report that u.s. intelligence was moderately confident north korean leader kim jong-un does have a nuke small enough to put on a miss

secretary of state john kerry arrives in south korea overnight as the u.s. intelligence report reveals that north korea is possibly capable of launching nuclear armed missiles. we're live in seoul. >>> tale of the tape. new details on the leaked secret recording of a top-ranking senator. this morning, why the fbi is closer to figuring out who may have bugged one of his offices. >>> and the masters of intrigue. tiger woods in contention at augusta with his girlfriend lindsey i vaughn looking on. while a 14-year-old phenom who shined in his debut gets set to tee it up today, friday, april 12th, 2013. >> from nbc news, this is "today" with matt lauer and savannah guthrie. live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. >> good morning. welcome to "today" on a friday morning. >> we will have more on the masters coming up. i know you will be watching that all weekend long. >> no question. >> let's talk about the trip to seoul. this is the first for secretary of state john kerry and comes at a time of great tension in the region. >> he met with south korean president an

john kerry definitely wants to give it his all. >> will he be able to give it his all, though, check? secretaries of state, not only the cap net members in general, but in particular, the secretaries of state, having on a very short leash. the without controls all. you know, hillary clinton had so much celebrity, the aura, that it was somewhat obscured that she didn't have a whole lot of running room. >> and don't forget when she came in, she didn't have -- john kerry comes in with many more world leader relationships that this hillary clinton did. he's been to they cunning for decades, so he does have that advantage. the one thing that i think is interesting that the white house is given kerry more running room on the middle east. remember, when the president wanted the middle east on his -- he forced the george mitchell appointment. these weren't hillary clinton ideas -- >> as special envoy. >> middle east policy was being run out of the west wing. now there is more space, you do see a difference. i think part of this is nothing to do between kerry and clinton, more sort of the whit

secretary john kerry's trip was planned before the crisis but with all the attention there is concern that kim jong-un could try to steal the show. >> north korea says the missiles are on stand by. the top american diplomat arrived in south korea to reassure the allies. >> the united states and the republic of korea want to see a peaceful korean peninsula. that means it must be free of nuclear weapons. >> the diplomatic push comes at president obama for the first time publicly says he wanted to avoid war. >> now is the time for north korea to end the belligerent approach they have been taking. and lower temperatures. >> now conflicting messages of the nuclear threat to the united states. a new intelligence report assessed that the north could put a nuclear weapon a ballistic missile but the report says that the reliability would be low. officials stress north korea has not fully developed or tested the technology but cannot rule it out. >> does that mean they won't have it or they can't have it or they are not working on it? no. north korea celebrates kim jong-un's first year as the l

meanwhile, secretary of state john kerry maps of the three day trip to asia and ending the north korean nuclear crisis. details coming up. >> we're also watching the weather this morning as we take a live look outside at the approach to the bay bridge toll plaza. we're under a high wind advisory this morning for some bay area bridges as well as the coastline this morning. >> off good morning. i am anny hong . >> and i am james fletcher. >> erica has a look at our weather. >> temperatures are not to bad we're waking up to '40's and 50's. we did see light showers overnight. showers over downtown san francisco. could see drizzle this morning. the wind is a bigger story. it is windy. the wind will pick up heading into the afternoon. by 11:00 a.m. a high wind advisory goes into effect for the north bay coastline. the east bay shore line, and for those of you located along the peninsula. the wind will continue into the evening hours and chilly overnight. tomorrow we could wake up to areas of frost in temperatures in the '30's. >> something we have not seen for quite some time will have to bun

secretary john kerry says the u.s. will remain -- but the u.s. will remain on high alert. >> the u.s. will do what is necessary to defend our allies anagainst. it's the no. has rejected offers for peace talks, calling it a ploy. for many in south korea this is a familiar pattern. on sunday in south korea, a music sensation had huge crowds, defined the looming threat. in north korea they are celebrating the birth date of their founder kim il-sung. the youngts predict menacing leader kim john thune will make some show to bolster his image. -- kim jong il and. >> hundreds of people dead and wounded after attacks in iraq, including several car bombings. this is less than a week before the country's first election since the 2011 u.s. troop withdrawal. no one has claimed responsibility, but most bombings are blamed on al qaeda militants. peck's hugo chavez's successor is the winner of venezuela'presidents collection. nicolas maduro won by 50.7% to 49.1%. chavez'ses to carry on socialist revolution. this calendar says that he will not accept the results

john kerry was making a quick detour on his way home from his asian trip. the secretary of state will visit anne smedinghoff's family today in chicago. you will remember she was the young foreign service officer killed earlier this month in afghanistan. >> she was trying to deliver bo books to students in their own language and help them educate themselves to have better opportunities in life she was really doing the best kind of work that so many of our foreign service officers do in the state department in various parts of the world, full of enthusiasm, full of energy, full of high ideals. and tragically, she lost her life to an ied. to a vehicle ied. and, you know, i think we all honor what -- what she was doing. >> smedinghoff met kerry in afghanistan about two weeks before her death. five other americans were also killed in that attack. >>> rescuers in washington state are hoping to resume their search today for this missing hiker who was buried by this massive avalanche saturday in the cascade mountains. he is 60-year-old mitch hungate, who was snowsh

he backed john kerry. bob perry was 80 years old. >>> "saturday night live" used last week's senate debate on gun reform to open the show. they mocked the congressional defeating. >> we are confident that this bill will pass the senate and it will then go to the house of representatives where it will immediately get shot down. >> that's right. and that is not a metaphor. no, they will literally throw the bill up in the air and shoot it with a gun. i've seen it done. >> and that is your morning dish of scrambled politics. leave it to snl. >>> before we take a look at your forecast, we want you to check it out. this is what happened in bismarck, north dakota, on sunday. they're no strangers to nasty weather, but more than 17 inches of record-breaking snow in mid april is just too much. meanwhile, chaos on the road in minnesota. blizzard conditions caused three semi trucks to clyde. one truck was hauling pigs and one hauling cattle. bill karins joins us with a look at this forecast. the pigs and cattle are be

we'll hear more warnings from john kerry when i see you next hour. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now we're hearing who has and who has not been invited to next week's funeral for marg gri thatcher. former first lady nancy reagan is invited but she's too frail to travel to london. president obama along with all former u.s. presidents have been invited along with former secretary of state hillary clinton. reportedly, off the guest list, the president of argentina who in recent months has tried to restart the struggle for control of the faulkland islands. margaret thatcher died on monday at the age of 87 after a stroke. her funeral is scheduled for next wednesday. >>> deputies in colorado made another arrest in connection with the murder of the colorado state prison chief. last night, 31-year-old thomas goolly was arrested for a parole violation. he's considered a person of interest in the murder of chief tom clements. clements was shot to death last month at his home. investigators say goolly is linked to the suspected gun

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secretary of state john kerry is in china today. he wants leaders there to pressure north korea to tone down its threats against the u.s. and south korea. kerry met with china's president and foreign minister a day after meeting with south korean leaders. elise, what is the message that comes from john kerry's talks? >> well, he came out of the meeting very optimistic about cooperation that he's going to get from china. said him and chinese officials have unprecedented cooperation on north korea and they will work to tone down, as you said, the threats coming out of the region. take a listen to him during a press conference after his meeting. >> we both joined in stating that the united states and china remain fully committed to the september 2005 joint statement of the six-party talks and to its core goal. that core goal is the verifiable denuclearization of the korean peninsula in a peaceful manner. >> so, fred, he heard all the right things but the question is what are the chinese going to do? are they, as the u.s. wants, going t

we'll hear more warnings from john kerry when i see you next hour. live in washington, kyla campbell, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now we're hearing who has and who has not been invited to next week's funeral for marg gri thatcher. former first lady nancy reagan is invited but she's too frail to travel to london. president obama along with all former u.s. presidents have been invited along with former secretary of state hillary clinton. reportedly, off the guest list, the president of argentina who in recent months has tried to restart the struggle for control of the faulkland islands. margaret thatcher died on monday at the age of 87 after a stroke. her funeral is scheduled for next wednesday. >>> deputies in colorado made another arrest in connection with the murder of the colorado state prison chief. last night, 31-year-old thomas goolly was arrested for a parole violation. he's considered a person of interest in the murder of chief tom clements. clements was shot to death last month at his home. investigators say goolly is linked to the suspected gun

secretary of state john kerry is in the region right now and he is warning north korea not to make what he calls a huge mistake. we are tracking the missiles that could fire at any time. and the frightening power of propaganda. north koreans are brainwashed from birth to worship their leader, it lingers until they die. right now north korea is expanding its threats of war warning them a target japan first and swallow tokyo in nuclear flames. a discussion about new intelligence with the regime making advances in its nuclear weapons program. the most urgent return right now, the missiles and position for a possible test launch, maybe even the next few hours. our correspondents are covering the crisis in the region, covering in washington and around the globe. christiane amanpour and fareed zakaria standing by. they will join us for every new development. let's go to our pentagon correspondent right now for the very latest. >> reporter: the latest and no less round of the nuclear threat comes from a report from the defense intelligence agency. tonight, we're learning that they are concerne

secretary of state john kerry arrived in south korea overnight as north korea makes threats of war. for more we go to abc7 news reporter who is live in washington, dc, with latest. >> secretary of state john kerry trip was planned before the crisis but now some are concerned that kim jong-un could try to steal the show. north korea says the missiles are on stand by with secretary of state john kerry arrived in south korea to reassure united states allies. >> the united states and the republic of contrary both want to see a peaceful korean peninsula. that means it must be free of nuclear weapons. the diplomatic push comes as rebound for the first time publicly says he wants to avoid war. >> now is the time for north korea to end the belligerent approach that they have been taking and to try to lower temperatures. >> as the world waits, now conflicting messages about the nuclear threat to the united states. a new intelligence report assessed with moderate confidence the north could put a nuclear weapon a ballistic missile. the report says that their reliability would be low. officials

rethink possible. >> john kerry has of the latest details. speaking of the secretary of state is downplaying nuclear missile concerns surrounding north korea and says there is a united front steadfast on preventing the country from becoming a nuclear power. today. john kerry said the u.s. will enter into talks with the north, but under strict conditions. rene marsh is following the latest developments from washington. >> reporter: secretary of state john kerry arrived in south korea, armed with a message for the north. >> the united states will, if needed, defend our allies and defend ourselves. >> reporter: a stern voice but leaving the door open for negotiations. >> we are prepared to work with the conviction that relations between the north and the south can improve, and they could improve very quickly. >> reporter: kerry making it clear the u.s. will only talk to the north if it gives up its nuclear weapons.but that could be a non-starter for leader-- kim jung un. kerry is in seoul, meeting with south korea's foreign minister. meantime, m

coming up at 7:00, the "today" show will sit down with john kerry to found out how the u.s. will respond if north korea launches a missile test. >> senators could vote as early as wednesday on one proposal to expand background checks on anyone buying a gun. we expect susan collins to vote for it. this week we expect to see an immigration reform bill. it will allow millions of undocumented citizens to become citizens. >% >> in fact there will think question questions to violate the law. but the type that there is no incentive to do it this way again. pk key senators will find out the pd details today. >> new controversy this morning surrounding the local man schosn to serve. his actions as the nation's top civil rights attorney are raising eyebrows. they are accusing him of being urged to drop a case. the cases could have returned $200 million to taxpayers. the justice department said they cleared the deal. new this morning, the faa orderiorde ordering special inspections for 787s. they are looking at the pins to remove tail panels. the corrosion protection was improperly ins

. >> john kerry works to dispute tensions on the korean peninsula. >> all eyes are on north korea as the commonest attention to celebrating the 101st birthday of its founder. he is keeping the world on edge with threats to test a long- range missile. one could even hit u.s. territories and its allies. ,> specifically, long, hawaii possibly at some point given the direction that he has indicated that he wants to go, the continental united states. >> it is john kerry may may be in the path. he is currently in japan. says i amnt constantly worried about another lunch happening. i don't know how accurate those missiles are. ask the japanese defense ministry has interceptors to protect its people against threats and patriot missiles are on standby in south korea. while nuclear armed north korea continues to [indiscernible] the president of the north korean assembly valid to punish [indiscernible] the north has rejected the south software for peace talks, calling it a -- the south's offer of peace talks, calling it a clever ploy. theeacting to conflict on peninsula, that is where i started

vice president cheney so i agree with you there but similarly i've got to be consistent john kerry but i mean when you look at it this reducing the torture disclosing the torture is fine but giving the name of an operative that's where crosses the line so i think both john kiriakou and vice president cheney should be in jail gini go ahead the question of . plame the fact is that armitage was with the state department and one of the reasons why they protected him at that time was because it was viewed that the state department might not have been so happy about the iraq war and there for they sat on his name for a while and i think it did you know eventually you're right that cheney as far as i'm concerned cheney and some of the others. clearly need to be held to account for not only the issues of torture but the taking us into an illegal war. mark you want to but i think i don't have matters agreement on that ok mark go ahead yeah i think it also matters why something is disclosed it should be disclosed to prohibit government misconduct john kerry out to disclose the right information

vice president cheney so i agree with you there but similarly i've got to be consistent john kerry but i mean when you look at it this reducing the torture disclosure the torture is fine but giving the name of an operative that's where crosses the line so i think both john kiriakou and vice president cheney should be in jail gini go ahead the question of . plame the fact is that armitage was with the state department and one of the reasons why they protected him at that time was because it was viewed that the state department might not have been so happy about the iraq war and there for they sat on his name for a while and i think it did you know eventually you're right that cheney as far as i'm concerned cheney and some of the others. clearly need to be held to account for not only the issues of torture but the taking us into an illegal war. mark you want to but i think i don't have matters agreement on that ok mark go ahead yeah i think it also matters why something is disclosed it should be disclosed to prohibit government misconduct john kerry out to disclose the right information

to cross-talk the john kerry visit to the middle east i'm joined by. dina friedman in washington she is a professor at the american university school of international science also in washington we have jason isaacson he is the american jewish committee director of government and international affairs and in philadelphia we cross the susan she is a writer political commentator and author of the book mornings in janine ok crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want susan visit by the u.s. secretary of state to the middle east anything new did you hear anything new anything promising. unfortunately no peter and frankly i think we need to stop talking about this fantasy peace process. you know twenty some years ago palestinians made an unprecedented compromise to relinquish aren't legal and historic right to over seventy eight percent of our historic homeland with the understanding that an independent palestinian state would be established in the remaining twenty two percent in this time where the while this process was going on y

a low in welcome across town where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle but john kerry expresses shuttling through the middle east in search of peace once again a u.s. administration claims to be a fair broker to resolve the israel palestine conflict after forty four years of occupation in colonization of palestinian land what can we expect if anything from the obama administration is it time to reckon with the reality on the ground that is the one state solution. to cross-talk the john kerry visit to the middle east i'm joined by edina friedman in washington she is a professor at the american university school of international science also in washington we have jason isaacs and he is the american jewish committee director of government and international affairs and in philadelphia we cross the susan she is a writer political commentator and author of the book mornings in janine ok crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want susan we just had a visit by the u.s. secretary of state to the middle east anything new did you hear anything new anything promisi

the today show will speak with john kerry about that trip. that is coming up at 7:00. >> this morning, all eyes on kno north korea over a possible missile launch. the north uses this time to show military restraint. >> dc police need your help to solve two separate sex assaults. the first happened at 21st and 8th streets. there a woman was assaulted by three men. then another asouth man knocked on the door and once inside assaulted the woman. >> demonstrators say they want to show support for plan to crack down on gun violence. republicans now say they will support that measure. we expect maine and illinois senators to vote for it. others put the bill together. >> this week, we expect to see immigration reform bill. a bipartisan group of senators has been working on. it will allow millions of undocumented citizens to become citizens. >> the senate could hold hearings on the proposal later this week. >> this is a picture what it looked like after firefighters arrived on the scene at 9:00 last night. we are told they worked through the night to

vice president cheney so i agree with you there but similarly i've got to be consistent john kerry but i mean when you look at it this reducing the torture disclosing the torture is fine but giving the name of an operative that's where crosses the line so i think both john kiriakou and vice president cheney should be in jail gini go ahead the question of . the claim is the fact is that armitage was with the state department and one of the reasons why they protected him at that time was because it was viewed that the state department might not have been so happy about the iraq war and they are for they sat on his name for a while and i think it did you know eventually you're right that cheney as far as i'm concerned cheney and some of the others. clearly need to be held to account for not only the issues of torture but the taking us into an illegal war. mark you want to but i think i don't have matters agreement on that ok mark go ahead yeah i think it also matters why something is disclosed it should be disclosed to prohibit government misconduct john kerry out to disclose the right in

vice president cheney so i agree with you there but similarly i've got to be consistent john kerry but i mean when you look at it this reducing the torture disclosing the torture is fine but giving the name of an operative that's where crosses the line so i think both john kiriakou and vice president cheney should be in jail gini go ahead the question of . claim the fact is that armitage was with the state department and one of the reasons why they protected him at that time was because it was viewed that the state department might not have been so happy about the iraq war and there for they sat on his name for a while and i think it did you know eventually you're right that cheney as far as i'm concerned cheney and some of the others. clearly need to be held to account for not only the issues of torture but the taking us into an illegal war. mark you want to but i think i don't have letters agreement on that ok mark go ahead yeah i think it also matters why something is disclosed it should be disclosed to prohibit government misconduct john kerry out to disclose the right information

john kerry says there still hope for peace that the u.s. wants to avoid confrontation but remains on alert. >> the united states will do what is necessary to defend our allies, japan, the republic of korea and the region against these provocations. .ut our choice is to negotiate >> the north has rejected a callingor negotiations it a conning ploy. insole, demonstrations -- in seoul, the menstruation is brought out huge crowds. >> hugo chavez is -- hugo chavez's handpicked successor won by a razor thin margin of 50.7%. he is promising to caring on hugo chavez is -- hugo chavez's revolution. he will not accept the results until -- and he is calling for a full recount very >> -- full recount. kevin rayayfield -- faces -- a woman was sexually assaulted during one of those attacks. he is also charged with a home invasion during the same time. >> the search for a missing fairfax canada boy is expanding. the father says that in that investigators have found evidence that his ex-wife has the bbi. of she has emptied your bank accounts. inthe first p

john kerry goes to china tomorrow. what can he and the chinese leadership do to walk kim jong- un from the brink? >> we have a problem together. china may be able to unlock the problem. they have enormous leverage with north korea and the u.s. wants to show -- it is showing a lot of toughness and resolve and you saw that in seoul, and it is looking to be restrained so as not to provoke the young leader and china has the capacity to give kim jong-un the message that china naand and russia stop.orth korea to >> is china unwilling to use the leverage for food and fuel, or just unable? >> china has been conflicted. they don't want to see a threat to korea but china is afraid of a disintergration leading to a refugee flow, and the korean penninsula united in the u.s. and gavive an advatage. this week, the new chinese president showed his frustration with north korea's leadership. chinese areoepe the hoping they will be more reasonable. >> who has influence with kim jong-un now? >> most believe china is the only country. the

john kerry just reached up a three-day trip to the region. andrea mitchell reports now from tokyo. >> reporter: in tokyo john kerry reassured japan the u.s. will defend it from north korea but said the obama administration wouldn't negotiate with pyongyang under the right circumstances. >> what we ought to talk about is possibilities of peace and i think there are those possibilities notwithstanding the rhetoric and the provocation. >> reporter: kim jong-un has shown he's not interested in diplomacy. his father negotiated in 2000 and released two american journalists in 2009 and hits grandfather reached a nuclear agreement with former president jimmy carter for the clinton white house. critics warn that north korea has broke every past promise to disarm. >> this has been going on for decad decades. a cycle and false hope that somehow the north koreans would give up efforts to acquire nuclear weapons and the means to deliver them. >> reporter: some experts believe there's a peaceful path out of this crisis. >> i think kim jong-un has run out o

jen john kerry just left the region. he promised to protect the island nation from north korean threat s said the north will tr to get them to the negotiating table. coming up. >> also new this morning, the death toll is climbing. 27 people died and another 100 were hurt. this all comes less than a week before iraqis are supposed to vote. 5:04 right now police in the s district need your help to solve two sex assaults. the first was on saturday at the interception at 21st and 8th streets. police say a man knocked on a woman's door and asked to use the phone. >>> police are looking for someone who shot a person. the victim was taken to a nearby shop. >> take a good look at this woman. police in virginia are still looking for her after a week after she skipped town with her son. her ex-husband said she was supposed to drop her son off to him last week. inside they found a passport photo of the boy with different colored hair. >> this is a picture of a fire after firefighters arrived around 9:00 last night. we are told 40 f

secretary of state john kerry waits to see if his israel palestine peace initiative crosstalk debates literally healed anything at all. with oil pipes bursting in arkansas people across the u.s. they start to realize that they are moving towards what the atlantic calls the infrastructure cliff in short america's infrastructure starting to get a bit old and according to infrastructure org the u.s. needs about three point six trillion dollars of infrastructure spending by two thousand and twenty to turn things around the site sponsored by the american society of civil engineers gave all aspects of american infrastructure like bridges and drinking water and schools cetera some pretty bad great except for solid waste removal for some reason in their opinion everything in the us is going to crap except for america's ability to throw solid crap away i'm not trying to sit here and scare you there is nothing to fear this is a big challenge but it is a very possible one to accomplish according to cost of war dot org the last ten years of war of cost about three point one trillion dollars just

a low in welcome across town where all things are considered i'm peter lavelle but john kerry expresses shuttling through the middle east in search of peace once again a u.s. administration claims to be a fair broker to resolve the israel palestine conflict after forty four years of occupation in colonization of palestinian land what can we expect if anything from the obama administration is it time to reckon with the reality on the ground that is the one state solution. to cross-talk the john kerry visit to the middle east i'm joined by edina friedman in washington she is a professor at the american university school of international science also in washington we have jason isaacson he is the american jewish committee director of government and international affairs and in philadelphia we cross the susan she is a writer political commentator and author of the book mornings in janine ok crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want susan we've just had a visit by the you. as secretary of state to the middle east anything new did you hear anything new anything pro

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