for eight hours. clearly emotional times in the room, and for the first time the iranians, a part of the discussions to try to the end the violence in syria, and of course, the saudis are there as well, and two parties that don t agree on any way forward, and right now, secretary of state kerry is briefing the media with sergey lavrov and basically what he said is that there was a lot of agreement on a lot of issues regarding the syrian crisis. he said that all parties agree that syria should remain unified and secular state. all parties agree, some sort of way to end the violence. he says that all parties have agreed to ask the u.n. to get all of the par tus together to get some nationwide cease-fire going in syria, and however, wolf, the big stumbling block is the future of syria s future of bashar al assad, and secretary kerry said that the sides agreed
xi jiaping is saying we understand as well. how close are minds coming to action. we have to see how it s interpreted in the white house. president obama has been very, very strong on cybercrime. there are sanctions on the table. they haven t been triggered, but he wants a sea change from china about dealing with hacking. so that remains the big, big stumbling block. here. that s right, president xi will meet with president obama on friday. the most optimistic view is perhaps the most loose frame work in pencil on that issue can at least come out of this visit. andrew stevens, live in hong kong for us today. thanks, andrew. you re zone leaders are pledging more than a billion dollars to middle eastern nations, dealing with people fleeing the fighting in syria. eu president is predicting, quote, the greatest tide of refugees and migrants is yet to come. mr. tusk announced the aid
submarines have been deployed. this is concerning for the south. all of this is happening while the talks are happening. this troop movement didn t happen before north korea was at the table talking with the south. we are getting mixed messages. george, what the south korean president wants is an apology. that could prove to be a big stumbling block. all of the talks stretching into the third day. we have no indication of what would happen. important these talks continue. kyung lah, we will stay in touch with you. time for an early start on your money. investors sprinting away from stocks. asian shares plunging. the shanghai benchmark closing down 8.35%. u.s. stock futures pointing to an ugly open. friday was ugly. dow tumbled 531 points. the biggest one-day drop in
get permission to share that information? that s the big problem. that is i mean i understand that s the problem but that s so baffling to me that that would even be an issue. hank, since you flew these 777s, anything unusual about the plane from a mechanical standpoint? i know there is air worthiness directive that came out about the plane recently. but does that i mean, was that the least bit concerning to you if you were the pilot that this is something that could bring that plane down? no. it s really not. i think it s become very simple. if the airplane was diverted, you re probably more likely to look at piracy and give up the idea that it s been doblem is that it seems to me like the data is just insufficient at this point. all your other gusts are pointing out the need for data and the reason some of the reasons why we are not getting it. and i think that s the big stumbling block right now.
get permission to share that information? that s the big problem. that is i mean i understand that s the problem but that s so baffling to me that that would even be an issue. hank, since you flew these 777s, anything unusual about the plane from a mechanical standpoint? i know there is air worthiness directive that came out about the plane recently. but does that i mean, was that the least bit concerning to you if you were the pilot that this is something that could bring that plane down? no. it s really not. i think it s become very simple. if the airplane was diverted, you re probably more likely to look at piracy and give up the idea that it s been destroyed. and the problem is that it seems to me like the data is just insufficient at this point. all your other gusts are pointing out the need for data and the reason some of the reasons why we are not getting it. and i think that s the big stumbling block right now.