and the future of iraq depends primarily on the ability of iraq s leaders to come together. reporter: kerry started his visit with a nearly two-hour meeting with prime minister maliki, facing criticism from u.s. officials for not doing enough to stem the sectarian differences. the iraqi constitution requires the parliament to meet by july 1st to start the work of forming a new government. there are growing calls for maliki to step aside, but kerry said the u.s. is not choosing iraq s leaders. we are not making any preconditions with respect to who can or can t take part. that is up to iraq. reporter: it was rapid-fire diplomacy, kerry met with maliki, the sunni head of iraq s parliament and later iraq s foreign minister who called kerry s visit very very important. we need to do our work as
he joan joins us from baghdad tonight. james? reporter: sean, good evening. secretary of state john kerry said he received strong commitments from the iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki and also from other leaders politicians, sunni and kurd alike and that they will step on the gas and form a new central government here in iraq amid the crisis pose bid the sunni invaders who have been advancing towards the capital here. kerry met with al maliki, a shiite, for almost two hours. senior official says the prime minister and other senior figures of all religious sects have been rendered deeply fearful by the seizure of major cities by isis and have looked to the u.s. to repel the invaders as if, one kerry aide said, the americans could wave a magic wand. kerry, for his part, told reporters the u.s. is ramping up intelligence, ammunition supplies but again urged al maliki and company to do their part.
overseas. secretary of state john kerry is in london this morning where he met with britain s foreign minister. the government there officially supports an air strike but parliament says it will not authorize british involvement. kerry met sunday with arab league leaders and announcing that qatar and saudi arabia are backing an intervention but unclear what the two nation might have in what sort of military action against assad and we are seeing part of the administration s case against syria. these images are disturbing. showing what the white house says is the aftermath of the chemical attack. you can clearly see that people are convulsing. not in those particular images. you can see bodies wrapped there. secretary kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel and susan rice are expected to show these images and many more to congress later today. coming up in our next half hour, we will speak to our reporter in london about secretary s trip to europe and if he won any more support for a milit
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rosen. james. reporter: sean, good evening. secretary of state john kerry said he received strong commitments from the iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki and also from sunni and kurd alike that they will step on the gas on forming a new government here in iraq. kerry met with al maliki, a shiite, for almost two hours. senior official says the prime minister and other senior figures of all religious sects have been rendered deeply fearful of isis and look to repel the invaders as if the americans can wave a magic wand. kerry, for his part, told reporters the u.s. is ramping up intelligence, ammunition supplies but again urged al maliki and company to do their part.