president assad in any future negotiations. so he s going to have a role if russia has anything to do with it. in terms of what the international reaction has been. basically condemning what they said the red carpet, said was the red carpet welcome. they re embark on a political solution, i m paraphrasing the white house spokesman there, but essentially condemnation from the white house. but nevertheless, the russians digging in their heels saying that assad is the man they continue to back. u.s. secretary of state john
he s trying to score political points at a tense time in jerusalem at this moment across the country. and so he arrived here in berlin, and he got that response, as you saw from the chancellor saying that germany alone takes responsibility, and that there is no need to change history in germany s view. and so, he s getting criticism not just from within his own country but internationally as well. in fact, state department spokesperson just before kerry s arrival here this morning said netanyahu s comments aren t supported by scholarly evidence. that sets the stage for the meeting between john kerry and benjamin netanyahu. and atika, just before we get to that, where did this notion come from that mr. benjamin netanyahu was saying is now moving the blame from hitler to
tensions down. but any sort of agreement like this is still going to be a while away. today is really just the meeting between kerry and benjamin netanyahu. it s just gotten underway. we re not sure if we ll get a statement later on, but we ll bring it to you if we get it. we ll see if anything comes from it. what and yesterday s meeting between prime minister netanyahu and german chancellor, angela merkel? we know about the controversy that erupted. we ll cover that in the next story, but did anything productive come from that meeting? reporter: i think germany was calling for calm, saying the emotional statements aren t helping. most importantly, standing next to prime minister netanyahu chancellor angela merkel essentially refuted his comments about the holocaust. she said germany maintains its responsibility for what happened