Is pace finally coming to afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war the government in kabul is not involved so kind disagreement lost and will the Afghan Peoples rights be protected this is inside story. Hello there and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards lasting peace in afghanistan the United States and the Afghan Taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war its a result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st stage involves exchange of 6000 prisoners and whats called a meaningful reduction of violence over the next 135 days the u. S. And nato will withdraw all troops within 14 months if the taliban up holds its commitments its hopes all this will lead to direct talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government in kabul which the taliban has refused to recognize were just at the beginning. Furthering the cause of peace will require serious work and sacrifice by
Is pace finally coming to afghanistan the u. S. And the taliban sign a deal aimed at ending 18 years of war but the government in kabul is not involved so kandice agreement lost and will the Afghan Peoples rights be protected this is inside story. I. Now live and welcome to the program dick clark it is being called the 1st step towards lasting peace in afghanistan the United States and the Afghan Taliban have signed a preliminary deal towards ending nearly 2 decades of war its a result of 18 months of talks here in doha in qatar the 1st stage involves exchange of 6000 prisoners in whats called a meaningful reduction of violence over the next 135 days the u. S. And nato will withdraw all troops within 14 months if the taliban not holds its commitments its hopes all this will lead to direct talks between the taliban and the Afghan Government in kabul which the taliban has refused to recognize were just at the beginning. Furthering the cause of peace will require serious work and sacrific
Airr first opportunity to their differences and views. We willlimits although keep track of speaking time to keep things relatively even. Cover a lot of ground so brevity is appreciated. We encourage you to talk to each since were asking our audience not to applaud during to take a, wed like minute to give senator ed markey and congressman joe kennedy a hand. [applause] thank you so much for joining us. Ory. Congressman kennedy, why are defeat a mano whos championed so many support . You rep. Kennedy thank you for everyone being here and those tuning in around the country. This election, this time around, about f what we care everything that we care about, is on the line. At stake for us, for our party, our commonwealth and counts. Try, this one and for this moment, we have to have a united you states senator that go giving have tong you possibly guide our party and commonwealth through it. That means at this moment, massachusetts, this is not a swing state and this is not a swing seat
A very wet one lead to stop towards hong kong as you can see from monday less wet as we go on into cheese day but im afraid the wet weather yes it is still very much in evidence to say the flooding rains to of course a good part of india lots of clouds showing up on the satellite picture kolkata what remains in flood lots of big downpours here recently and the showers the longer spells of rain continue to cause problems looks a little drier up towards the far northwest of india into pakistan for now monday going on into chews day showers they will continue through much of the Northern Plains over towards the ganges i would say was that northeastern corner of india not quite as wet as it has been recently across the west and gas meanwhile across iraq you say hey we do have a lot you dry and sunny weather hazy sunshine 38 celsius here in doha a little humid side as we go on through the next couple of days but its pretty much wall to wall sunshine a little more cloud around the southern e
More days to figure out how to avoid the fiscal cliff. Present obama just spoke about this. Rebecca cooper is in our newsroom with what we are hearing about the meeting. The president quoted yogi bear saying it is deja vu all over again with congress continuing its bickering. Now he is saying they should at least a vote on extending tax cuts for middleclass americans and extending Unemployment Benefits before january 1, because. The hour for immediate action is here. It is now. We are now at the point where in just four days, every americans tax rates are scheduled to go up by law. Every american paycheck will considerably smaller. That would be the wrong thing to do. After meeting with the president and treasury secretary, congressional leaders headed back to the capital without a deal. Nancy pelosi insists some progress was made. Disgorge by reports the would not be a deal todaythe dow closed down. The president did not make any new offers. Congress should least extend tax cuts for e