what do you think came out of that sergey lavrov presser? >> john kerry said before he went to the middle east that he was hoping to find a way to restart the political discussion that could lead to the departure of bashar al-assad as the syrian president. the civil war has been going on for more than four years now more than 200,000 people have been killed, upwards of 2 million have been displaced internally and across the border in turkey and iraq and jordan among other places and the u.s. government is very concerned that the longer that the civil war in syria goes on the more destabilizing it will become to the middle east in no large part because of the rise of i.s.i.l. which has taken advantage of the civil war to establish a beach head as it were in northern syria. so having these discussions with the saudi foreign minister and with the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, the u.s. is hoping to find a way to restart the political discussion. that doesn't mean that the u.s. is going to abandon the air war against i.s.i.l. targets b

secretary of state john kerry and foreign minister sergey lavrov met in doha. hashem ahelbarra reports. >> reporter: a delicate mission for u.s. secretary of state. john kerry is trying oconvince long standing allies that iran's deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: the five other european countries have technologies on what john kerry demonstrated about iran's development of nuclear weapons and also we hope for more than this. not only for iran but to remove them from fears, the u.s. has offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the region's defense capabilities. >> today my counterparts and i discussed the steps that we will take. and how we intend to build an even stronger more enduring and more strategic partnership with particular focus on our cooperative counterterrorism, counterinsurgency and also, on our cooperation in countering the destabilizing activities taking place in the region. >> reporter: the predominantly sunni muslim gulf countries need other than just reinsurances. reinsurance -- reassurances. accusations

he also met with russian counterpart sergei lavrov. >> reporter: a delicate mission for the u.s. secretary of state. john kerry is trying to convince long-standing allies that iran's nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: the five other european countries have technology and knowledge in the nuclear field, the countries of the council welcomed it on this basis, and on what john kerry demonstrated about iran's development of nuclear weapons and the right to inspection to stop them of obtaining nuclear weapons. we hope for more from this. >> reporter: in a bid to allay their fears, the u.s. has offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the region's defense capabilities. >> today my counterparts and i discussed the steps we will take and how we intend to build an even stronger more enduring and strategic partnership with particular focus on our cooperative counter terrorism, counter insurgency and also on our cooperation in countering the destabilizing activities taking place in the region. >> reporter: the predominantly sunni muslim gulf c

the country's top diplomats john kerry and sergey lavrov, have attended a conference in doha. intelligence training and special forces training for his gulf allies and he reassured the allies that the recent agreement with iran would create stability. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> john kerry is trying to convince long standing allies that iran's nuclear deal with world powers will bring peace and prosperity. >> translator: the five other european countries have technology and knowledge in the nuclear field. the countries of the council welcomed it on this basis and what john kerry demonstrated about iran's development of nuclear weapons and also the direct inspection to stop them obtaining nuclear weapons. we hope for more than this. not only for iran but to remove them from the middle east. >> reporter: in a bid to allay their fears the u.s. has offered to sell advanced weapons and upgrade the region's defense capabilities. >> today my counterparts and i discussed the steps we will take and how we intend to build an even stronger more enduring and moreus on our cooperati

secretary of state john kerry is not the only one in doha russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov is here. relations have been strained because of syria. the gulf countries support the syria opposition and russia is a backer of the syrian president bashar al-assad, along with iran. analysts say that the presence of sergey lavrov here in doha could be a sign that ending syria's long-running civil war will require the consensus of all sides. >>> earlier in tehran president hassan rouhani said iran has never sought to make nuclear bombs. >> translation: if the opposite side things it has succeeded, let them think that way. we know we have never been after nuclear bombs, and never will be >>> now, something that may not have crossed the mainstream radar with regard to what is happening in iran but the government is cutting subsidies it's giving to many citizens since sanctions came in subsidies to make their lives easier. >> let's talk in new york to the iranian-american journalist. tell me a little about the subsidies. what is the history? what are they there for? >> sure so the subsidi

we know that sergey lavrov is on the same page as president putin. we don't know necessarily that john kerry is always speaking specifically for the white house. we've seen so many instances where the rug's been pulled out from under him. so it's going to be interesting to see that relationship develop further. certainly with regards to syria and chemical weapons and what's happening at the u.n., the situation is much broader. >> who do we think the u.s.'s strongest ally is today? >> i think they would say saudi arabia. what i saw when i was in riyadh the last couple months, john kerry and his entourage was there as well. when i spoke to members of that entourage coming out of meetings and saudis coming out of those meetings, i heard a very different story. saudi arabia and certainly the uae are allies. we're starting to get back in bed with egypt. that was something on hold for the last couple of years. but whether other states would say that about us is the question. >> with iran, that has been the biggest session? >> absolutely, that has played in

sergey lavrov said it was counter productive for the u.s. to expand air operations in syria by providing air cover to u.s. trained rebels. moscow believes the white house should cooperate with syria's president to defeat isil and view bashar al assad as a partner against the isil enemy. it said it will supply weapons to fight the armed group. we have more from moscow. >> the language used in this press conference was very heavy in terms like possibility and phrases like continuing discussions. very little was said about actual hard policy. there is much that thieves two countries disagree on but perhaps an issue they are broadly on the same page is isil. we heard that saudi arabia and russia are talking about how they might collaborate with their security forces in combating isil. we also heard about a potential coalition by which the two countries, saudi arabia and russia might get together to combat isil, as well, but not very much in terms of what form either of these proposals might sake. there is more that separates than unifies them, w

foreign minister sergey lavrov says russia is willing to he help negotiate political deals in syria and yes, ma'am. >> we have always been in favor of the bloodshed stopping in syria and we are not giving any kind of unconditional support to anybody except to the syrian people. and the main threat in that country to our mind and in the middle east as a whole is that which emanates from the so-called islamic state. >> an agreement between all sides in doha could put an end to the long running civil war in syria and increased fighting in yemen. >> reporter: >> the policy of the united states with respect to syria is clear. we believe that assad and the assad regime long ago lost legitimacy. in part because of his regime's continued brutality against the syrian people themselves and that has been a magnet for foreign fighters drawing them to syria, fueling rise of daesh and other violent extremist groups. he and since there is no military solution to syria's challenges there has to obviously be a political solution. >> reporter: the u.s. feels the iran deal is a good solution but the arab

secretary of state john kerry is meeting authorities in qatar, including sergey lavrov, he was in qatar primarily to reassure his allies that the newly minted iran agreement would not harm the other states. >> only the implements of the jcpoa, the nuclear agreement. and i think that president obama made it very clear, at the camp david summit, where he discussed steps that the gcc and the united states would together, as we implement the vienna agreement. today my counterparts and i discussed the steps that we will take. and how we intend to build an even stronger, more enduring and more strategic partnership. >> kerry also said the united states will continue working with the gcc to fight i.s.i.l, al qaeda and deal with other regional threats. kerry's meeting with russia and saudi arabia is also connected to the iran deal. the west is hoping da detente will lead to. >> certainly what the u.s. is looking for is a renewed effort to try to find what it says is a political solution, to the leadership of bashar al-assad, the civil war in that country has been underway for more than four yea

foreign minister sergey lavrov says russia is willing to help negotiate political deals in syria and yemen. >> we have always been in flavor of the bloodshed stopping in syria and we are not giving any kind of un, unconditional support to anybody except to the syrian people. the main threat in our mind and to the middle east as oa whole is that which emanates from the so-called islamic state. >> increasing fighting in yemen. >> the policy of the united states with respect to syria is clear. we believe that assad and the assad regime long ago lost legitimacy. in part because of his regime's continued brutality against the syrian people themselves and that has been a magnet for foreign fighters. drawing them to syria fueling the rise of daesh and other violent extremist groups and since there is no military solution to syria's challenges there has to obviously be a political solution. >> the u.s. says iran's nuclear deal is a good one but arab leaders feel the opposite. their biggest concern is iran positioning it self with the u.s. and as the most powerful country in the region. hashe

lavrov. they met in malaysia on the sidelines of the a.s.e.a.n. summit >>> the first commercial flight touched down in adin, after more than four months of fighting in yemen. coalition supporters secured the city from houthi rebels, and are gaining ground after taking back an important military base. gerald tan has the latest. >> reporter: on patrol, forces combing through yemen's biggest military beast. fighters loyal to president abd-rabbu mansour hadi retook the strategic base this week. they are calling it a significant blow to the houthi rebels, and those fighting for the former president ali abdullah saleh. we are cleared out the area. fighters are in control and they are pushing back the fighters. >> the victory coincided with new military hardware from the saudi-led coalition. an intense campaign destroyed the watch tour and aircraft. >> translation: we are now in the air base, as you see, the situation is good. the most important thing is that we now have the airport. >> securing it

sergey lavrov will hold meetings with officials. relations between russia and the gulf countries have been strained because of syria. the gulf countries support the sirrune opposition while russia is the main backer of the syrian president along with iran. analysts say that the presence of lavrov here cobe sign of ending syria's long running civil war will require the consensus of all sides. >> kerry was in kay rerow for talks with sisisi. he told sisi a nuclear deal with iran will make the nlt it will al safer place in accordance with the existing non-proliferation treaty. . >> so i am absolutely convinced that egypt, israel the gulf states every country in the region is safer with one year breakout for 10 years than two months and safer with inspections and safer with reductions of the stockpile and safer with an adopted process under the mpt that iran has to live by for the lifetime of this agreement. >> also speaking on sunday iran's post rhouhani said tehran had achieved it's main goals. >> actually missile power will not be th

lavrov who met earlier this week in malaysia on the sidelines of the that meeting. let's listen to nigeria now, current president of the security council. >> the 7,501st meeting of this council is called to order. the agenda for this meeting is the situation in the middle east. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's rules of procedure, i invite the representative of the syrian arab republic to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. members of the council have before them document s/2015/602 the texts of a draft resolution submitted by france jordan lithuania, malaysia new zealand, spain, the united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland and the united states of america. i wish to draw the attention of the council members to document s/2015/138 a letter dated february 2015 from the secretary general addressed to the president of the security council. the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it. i shall now put the

foreign minister said minister sergei lavrov said that they could put an end to the long running war in syria and increased fighting in yemen. >> the policy of the united states with respect to syria is clear. we believe that the assad regime long ago lost legitimacy in parts because of the regime's brutality against the syrian people themselves. and that has been a magnate for foreign fighters. drawing them to syria fueling the rise of daesh and other violent extremist groups. and since there is no military solution to syria's challenges there has to be a political solution. >> the u.s. said that iran's nuclear deal is a good one but leaders feel the opposite. their biggest concern is iran building strong ties with the west and repositioning itself as the most powerful country in the ring. saudis have warned they will do whatever it takes to match iran's military capabilities. >> we cross live to washington, d.c. and speak with roslind jordan. so ros we're hearing the u.s. cooperation would include intelligence sharing special forces among others things. how important is it for the

sergei lavrov says putin plans to visit new york for the u.n. general assembly. >> translator: the u.s. side is sending a signal that washington wants to maintain contact with leaders in moscow. >> lavrov said putin would consider a meeting if one is proposed. the two leaders have not spoken face-to-face since last november when they met briefly at the apec sum mid the and remain at odds over the crisis in east ukraine. sporadic fighting continues there between government forces and pro-russian separatists. bilateral relations worsened after russia annexed crimea last year and both countries have imposed sanctions on each other. observers say ties between the two nations are the worst since the end of the cold war. >>> there's concern in japan over a rise in violent crimes against children. people were shocked by the death of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a parking lot in osaka. police have begun a murder investigation. nhk world tomoko kamata reports. >> reporter: classmates placed flowers for their friend. >> translator: i feel no

sergei lavrov the russian foreign minister is here in doha. he met with the amir of qatar a while ago and is expected to hold said line meetings with the saudi foreign minister and with u.s. secretary of state john kerry. the analysts say that we are most likely going to see some debate here in the qatari capital doha about political settlements, particularly in syria and yemen. g g.c.c. has been backing the syrian opposition for quite sometime. they are divided about how to move forward. it cements like we might be having clear indications that all parties agree lets give diplomacy a chance. >> thank you for that. >>> the leader of yemens houthis expressed his willingness to restart the dialogue. >>> in iraq, they say it's so hot it could melt the nails in the doors. the government declared a four-day holiday because of the scorching weather there but electricity cuts have prompted protests in several cities. in the southeast temperatures have reached as high as 50 degrees celsius and the lack of basic services is putting heat on the governme

the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is here and we are expect something talks about potentially political settlements in different places like zooer i can't and yemen. >> what else is on the agenda? i mean, sideline meetings at this sort of thing are always incredibly important. what are we expecting there? >> reporter: jane, talking basically about for the first time you are having heavyweights attends this is gathering. the americans on one hands the russian on his the other and you have the g.c.c. is a gathering that has huge political and financial influence they back the opposition in syria the russians back president bashar al-assad along with iran. for the first time you get some talk on how to set the difference as side and move forward. russian lavrov says they are going to talk about peace talks in syria, generally, stability in the only unbut also to coordinate the international fight against isil. isil is becoming an issue here in the region for the g.c.v. is saying that it's willing willing to step in and play an active role in the near future. but at the same time,

foreign minister sergey lavrov says russia is willing to help negotiate political deals in syria and yemen. >> translator: we have always been in favor of the bloodshed stopping in syria, and we are not giving any kind of unconditional support to anybody except the syrian people. and the main threat in that country, to our mind and in the middle east as a whole, is that which emanates from the so-called islamic state. >> reporter: an agreement between all sides in doha could put an end to the war in syria and increased fighting in yemen. >> reporter: the policy of the united states is clear. we believe assad, and the assad regime long ago lost legitimacy. in part because of hisinst syrian people themselves. and that has been a magnet for foreign fighters drawing them to syria, fuelling the rise of daesh, and other violent extremist groups and since there is no military solution to syria's challenges there has to obviously be a political solution. >> reporter: the u.s. says iran's nuclear deal is a good one, but arab leaders feel the opposite. their biggest concern is iran building st

cause it be the result of the successful meeting between john kerry and sergei lavrov? >> exactly. it's because of the division between the security council, any understanding or compromise or reconciliation between both parties will end up in resolution. but russia and china vetoes three times against any security council resolution criticized the assad government or would show accountableable or even that crimes against humanity have been happening in syria. this is why i hope they can build for that to look for other security council resolution, because this does not solve the syrian crisis. it is only attacking one of the issues with the use of chemical attacks, but does not solve the us krim -- indiscriminate killing of civilians. >> what do you make of the foreign minister making this rare visit to ammon, meaning with his ammonny counterpart, and suggesting some fairly constructive language insofar as -- suggesting that they are looking for some kind of political way out of the conflict? add to that president assad recently admitting that the syrian armed forces are maybe not

john kerry met sergei lavrov on the sidelines of the meeting in malaysia. the two countries have been divided over how to deal with the conflict in syria, but now they both agree on a draft u.n. resolution calling for investigation into chlorine gas attacks in syria and will be voted on on friday. >>> while the -- at the meeting, john kerry has also been calling on china to stop building artificial islands in the south china sea. our correspondent has more. >> reporter: the foreign ministers gathering here is all but over but most of the attention on thursday fell to john kerry the secretary of state, who is on an official visit now to vietnam. but before he left he had a press conference in which he consoled the families of mh370, of course the news of the wreckage found has been confirmed as part of the plane. he also paid his respects to the victims of the myanmar floods. but the leaders really wanted to hear what his opinion was of the south china sea dispute. he sited international law and what he expected not just of the countries gathered here but al

sergey lavrov made the comments after meeting his iranian counterpart in moscow. both countries have been strong allies of syria's president bashar al assad. >> the tissues should be resolved and negotiated with the syrian government and the opposition, which would represent the whole spectrum of opponents of the syrian leadership. the transitional steps, reforms, and negotiations should be taken based on the mutual agreement of the government and opponents. >> we agreed on the principles that all problems should have political solutions. people in countries in crise should solve their problems by themselves. nobody can solve them. the job of other countries is support and cooperation. iran and russia will work closely to solve the problems in libya, syria and yemen. foreign interference in these countries is actually violating the so muchty and integrity of these countries. >> a member of the syrian national council joins me live from istanbul. thank you for joining us here on pig. what do you make of those comments that the problem in syria should be left to the

john kerry said he reached an agreement with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> there is a fourth attack in afghanistan in two days about that we have that report. >> the explosion was so big it could be heard around the capital. windows shattered and buildings collapsed. this man was at home in bed when the truck exploded across the street. most of the people were injured with flying glass. there was glass everywhere. everything was full of dust and smoke. they put me in a car and brought me here. it was a very bad explosion. >> he said the blast in the middle of the night didn't differentiate between rich and poor. the target may have been a military compound, the dead and injured were mainly civilians. hospitals were inundated. >> i am here quite long time and i never see something like that. it was no stopping of people coming and coming and coming. we were afraid at certain point. we could not manage anymore. >> the united nations recently said civilian casualties are at a record high with nearly 5,000 afghans killed or injured in the first six months of this year. f

jock met sergey lavrov on the sidelines of the meeting in malaysia. these two countries have been divided over how to deem with the conflict in syria but now seem to be agreeing on a draft u.n. resolution. the resolution calls for an investigation into chlorine gas attacks in syria, and will be voted on by the security council on friday, so that could be a very significant development. now, also at that meeting, john kerry called on china to stop building artificial islands in the south china see. it has dominated talks. we have more from kuala lampur. >> the asian foreign ministers gathering here is all but over, but most of the attention thursday fell to john kerry, the secretary of state who's on now an official visit to vietnam. before he left, he had a press conference in which he consommed the families of mh370, of course that news that part of the wreckage found has been from the plane. he also paid respects to those victims of the myanmar floods. asian leaders wanted to here what his opinion was of the south china sea dispute. he made his opin

lavrov and a three on three meeting that the iranians had elton underground facility and the russians didn't know it. i think that surprise them and made them much more amenable to going along with the security council. the chinese who needed oil and gas from everywhere did not want to see that supply cut off so they took a lot more convincing and working and working. the chinese ambassador very able diplomat ambassadoambassado r to the united states was covering the oas meeting in lima and i was trying to get a meeting with him to see if i could get them to sign off on the final language because he had been authorized to convey that back to beijing. he had meetings and finally we were worried we wouldn't get to the meeting so the press was having a day piece goes sour happy hour. [laughter] and apparently piece goes sours in that very happy especially these that were made in lima. so we where looking for the ambassador to try to find a time and i went down to the bar in the hotel and we were trading stories and chatting each other up and i'm having a piece goes sour. pretty soon thin

in a telephone call to sergei lavrov, he voiced concerns about an iranian elite force leader visiting moscow. >>> three people were injured when a ceiling collapsed at a minneapolis concert venue. according to the minneapolis fire department, the section gave way due to a broken water pipe. >>> lawyers for the nfl and the players union return to court this morning over the deflategate. brady and nfl commissioner roger goodell are not at that meeting. >>> and people from around the world have been looking to the sky to watch and catch what's considered to be the best meteor shower of the year, the perseid meteor shower happens this year at this time when the earth passes through the debris from the swift-tuttle comet. dan and i pitched a tent in the yard with the kids, we laid down and we caught it, it was so much fun. >> it was excellent. go except the kids went to bed at 1:30 a.m. which not going to be excellent this afternoon. >> all right. sue, thanks. sue herera. >>> too many calls of the day to bring you just one. which is why we're giving you four today, first up, cowan outperfo

." >>> secretary of state john kerry meeting with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov at the summit of malaysian nations in asia they met with saudi arabia's foreign minister to discuss the iran nuclear deal. >>> a fast-moving wildfire has forced the evacuation of an entire small town in southern washington state. an estimated 300 people were forced to move out of roosevelt. while some barns and outbuildings were damaged, luckily, no homes have been lost and no injuries, either. that's your cnbc news update for this hour, let's get back to "squawk alley." >>> we're getting numbers from chrysler this morning, our phil lebeau has some of that in chicago. >> carl, as we speak, a conference call with sergio marccione, the ceo of chrysler is being held where he's going over the latest numbers for the u.s. division only. last week fiat chrysler reported global results for second quarter. for the u.s. division, the profits slipped in the second quarter down to $598 million. revenue $22.6 billion. up 11% year over year and the adjusted net income came in at $726 million. there's a conferenc

the russian foreign minister has said a while ago that foreign minister sergey lavrov was here in doha, holding meetings with the saudi foreign minister, with u.s. secretary of state kerry and the qataris. the russians are willing to see a political settlement in places by syria and yemen. they mean the political establishment have to be preserved. this is not the general sentiment shared by the countries who have been staunchly backing anti assad forces asking them to play a significant role in the near future saying at the same time that assad should have no future in syria. >> thank you. >> an independent monitoring group says the u.s. led coalition air strikes are killing civilians caught in the crossfire. the bombings are targets isil fighters and strong holds. a report alleges more than 450 civilians have been killed in airstrikes across syria and iraq. the group says there is a lack of transparency and accountability from the coalition. >> a reported divide is growing inside the taliban. the family of the late taliban leader moala omar is refusing to back his successor. mansour

russian foreign minister sergei lavrov meeting with his armenia counterpart in mosco-- iranian counterpart in moscow. the dent at practice of the dentist who killed the lion in zimbabwe has resoaped. saying in a tweet -- it's beginning to see patients again. palmer, however, is not at the office. >>> when two robbers attempted to rob a store armed with a foot-long knife, the casher responded by pulling out a much larger sword. he got into a quord fight before the robbers gave up and escaped. they're still on the loose, however. >>> tracy morgan is coming home. the comedian who has been recuperating from injuries he suffered in a vehicle crash last june, will guest host of "saturday night live" broadcast on the 17th. it's been a long year of recovery for him. that is the cnbc news update. >> i'm glad to see tracy morgan getting back to business and going home to snl, but could we please get back to the sword fight? the guy has a sworn and attacks just randomly robs a storey a guy has a bigger sword, which i believe that type of sword is technically a sim atar. >> it may be. the morale of th

sergei lavrov is concerned that ukraine is preparing for a military offensive and ukraine is throwing the same accusation at russia and the separatists. putin's visited to talk up tourism. but the region's prosperity is made harder by the fact that there is no link between the two. they are afraid of carving out a land corridor. but without such a dramatic move, this daily violence could lead to the total collapse of the already tenuous peace agreement. phil black, cnn, london. >>> now to heart breaking news out of india. the country's first lady has passed away. she was borned in bangladesh and married in 1957. >> in addition to raising three children she was a fan of the arts and writer of two books. she was 74. . >>> you are watching "cnn newsroom." thanks so much for staying with us today. i'm errol barnett. >> i'm rosemary church. bangkok police are searching for a man seen on security camera footage who may be connected to the bombing in a tourist area. at least 22 people were killed and 100 injured at a popular hindu shrine. >>> indonesian officials say rescue teams have found