the world s most advanced economies are meeting injapan, with america signalling it s willingness to back the supply of f 16fighterjets, and the training of ukrainian pilots, in the war with russia. meanwhile, moscow s closest ally in the middle east, syria s bashar al assad, received a warm welcome at a summit of arab leaders in saudi arabia, after years of international isolation. during syria s bloody civil war, it was massive russian military support that allowed assad, condemned by many as a war criminal, to cling onto power. details on that later in the programme but first, to the g7. the bbc s nick marsh is in hiroshima for us and we can bring him in now. nick, a lot of news coming out of the g7 so far. much of the initial talks have been members recommitting to the defence of ukraine and some big news involving fighterjets ukraine and some big news involving fighter jets and sanctions as well today. involving fighterjets and sanctions as well today. yeah that s righ
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not years. that is why the idea of a 61-year-old ex president or less relevant. then the idea of insights of a new generation of leaders, who are better attuned to the changes that are taking place around the world. and by the way, won t be the ones that carry democracies torch in the future. so kirsten, if i was a cynic i would say, he saying 61 year old former president is problematic, we ve got an incumbent president who s got a couple more years than that. is he referencing that in a subtle way. this matter saying, look, i m not the one to talk about the future. when i ve got maybe excellent alternatives for the future in front of me. it s more likely the latter of what you said. i want to say, gen x did try to claim obama. but he s technically a baby boomer. trust me, we tried. so, i think he s talking more.
kelly: well, you say i understand you re relating it to other presidents, but this is a really serious topic, the fact that the nation is under a threat alert, and you have closed some 19 consulates, and you go on a late night talk show to talk about that. exactly. kelly: and you also talk about the nsa leaker, edward snowden. is that the proper forum? no, it s not. he ll be asked today by the press. kelly: i understand that. but does the media give him a pass for not coming to the white house press corps first or the american people for that matter saying, look, this is a very serious matter, we re dealing with it? he could have done either. he either could have had a press conference to begin with when he announced the terror alerts or someone from the white house did, and the president was there to answer questions and make people less anxious than they were, or he could have met with the white house press corps. he chose to do neither. and i m sorry, ellen, other presiden
but she s still going to give me a heart attack. we re more than 78,000 people looking out for more than 70 million americans. that s health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. the fight over the fiscal cliff and the recent intramural battalions over sandy relief have both been notable for one thing. exposing the 2016 calculations at work inside the gop. the first big vote of the 2016 presidential race was held tuesday. the fiscal cliff, wrote the washington post, in a nod to marco rubio voting no on the deal, while paul ryan in a surprise move to some voted yes. standing by house speaker john boehner. ryan explained his yes vote this way saying, i came to congress to make tough decisions, not to run away from them. rubio, the rising florida senator, had a different view on the matter saying, i appreciate all the hard work that went into