their decision in what comes next with this war? well, that s been very interesting indeed. there was an assumption that the level of frustration fell towards saudi arabia had reached a critical point with the alleged murder of jamal khashoggi inside the saudi embassy in istanbul. but jeremy hunt and the top civil servant from the united kingdom visited saudi arabia last weekend, a little bit before, and to propose a cease-fire plan that they were going to put towards the to the u.n. security council. and were brushed off really pretty effectively, and angrily according to some reports, by the saudis. so it s clear that the saudis are feeling pretty robust at a time when the international community was hoping that perhaps a degree of contrition over what happened to mr. khashoggi might be transferred into an understanding that the world is really pretty askance and horrified but what is going on
review them. i don t think he can get away with saying i m not going the give you my tax returns, julie. he has to explain his relationship with putin, the joint projects that exxon did with them, the substantial investment, and whether he can be an honest broker or whether he s compromised. all right. we have to go. i m sorry. i wish i could continue. that makes my point though, all this comes down to is a political point. nothing to do with anybody being worried about russia. i m worried about russia. a problem with having people in office who understand the russians and know how they operate. thank you very much. happy new year to you. gregg? julia, possible light at the end of the tunnel in syria. cease-fire plan getting the green light by the united nations. what that agreement entails and whether it could actually stick. and revelers around the world are already saying hello to the new year but folks in times square, well, they still have a few more hours to go. g
it comes in kerry s final three weeks in office and also in the wake of the united states abstaining from that u.n. resolution vote that demanded an end to the israeli settlements in the west bank and east jerusalem. secretary kerry also expected to argue against israel s charge that the united states orchestrated the united nations vote. turkey and russia have agreed on a cease-fire plan in syria that will take effect at midnight. all part of an effort by the two countries to broker a peace deal in syria s nearly six-year war between the syrian government and rebel groups. according to the report, unspecified terror organizations will be kept out of the scope of the agreement. and a state of emergency remains in place for a southeast michigan town. check this out. a massive sinkhole nearing the size of a football field has opened up there in the town. dozens of families have had to evacuate the area.
monty ne nenegro to meet with officials. turkey has agreed to draft a cease-fire plan for all of syria. hoping the deal will be implemented by midnight local time. a little more than 12 hours from now. that deal would allow the assad regime and opposition parties to start negotiations for permanent peace. one potentially stumbling block, reports from turkey say terrorist organizations will be excluded from the cease-fire. generally, during the civil war that s how the assad regime has been referred to rebel fighters. demanding he step aside. so, it s unclear if those rebel groups including those recently forced from aleppo are on board with the deal. that s a big caveat on what is supposed to be a cease-fire sounds pretty empty to me. that s for sure. and the outgoing secretary
cede land for peace and the palestinians will have to give up the right for return, that is palestinian refugees will not flood israel and make it a non-jewish state. and so the obama administration here is calling on israel to make concessions in terms of its borders, but is not calling on the palestinians to make any such concessions. eliana johnson from politico. thanks. thanks so much, jon. well, there s word turkey and russia have agreed to a cease-fire plan for all of syria. that according to turkish media which reports the deal would take effect at midnight tonight. but a spokesman for the turkish government would not confirm the agreement and he says talks are still ongoing. some rebel leaders say they won t agree to anything until they know more details. the u.s. has not been a part of those talks. russia state television aired video today of soldiers on the ground there clearing ammunition from the streets in aleppo. the country s largest city. earlier this month, turke