a barrier meant to contain radiation is failing which could jeopardize efforts to clean up the site. french president menem says he wants his country to replace britain as india s gateway to europe has begun a four day visit to india and at strengthening trading climate and security ties the two nations plan to boost cooperation in the indian ocean where china has been extending its military reach. the winter paralympics are underway in south korea more than five hundred sixty athletes for nearly fifty countries will compete in the biggest winter paralympic and in history but before the sporting action got underway athletes and fans were treated to an inspirational opening ceremony on friday night. there was something for everyone at the paralympics opening ceremony tradition in. cape cod.
keilar. i think donald trump is a political car wreck. people slow down to look at the wreck, but move on. he is high in the polls right now. trump s filings with the federal election commission say he earns income from more than 150 separate deals from real estate to footwear. he holds executive or board positions with more than 500 companies and partnerships. turning to the iran nuclear deal. the white house selling the deal hard. secretary of state john kerry and energy and treasury secretaries expected to face tough questions this morning. house speaker john boehner having vowing republicans will do everything possible to kill the iran deal. defense secretary ash carter meeting with saudi leaders trying to assure them the agreement will not help iran expand the military reach across the middle east. breaking this morning, secretary carter touching down this hour in baghdad. an unannounced visit.
deal. secretary ash carter meeting with saudi leaders to assure them they will help iran expand the military reach across the middle east. breaking this morning, secretary carter touched down in baghdad for an unannounced visit. let s get the latest from jomana karadsheh in jordan. he is there talking about the fight against isis. reporter: that s what we would expect christine. unannounced visit in the past hour with the secretary arriving if in baghdad. he is expected to meet with leadership including prime minister haider al abadi and minister of defense for iraq and top sunni officials. most of the middle east tour has been focused on reassuring allies here in the region jordan saudi arabia and israel, when it comes to the iran nuclear deal we expect the focus in baghdad to be on the fight against isis. now we heard iraqi officials in
companies or partnerships. the white house selling the iran nuclear deal hard. house speaker john boehner vowing republicans will do everything possible to kill the deal. ash carter meeting with saudi leaders to reassure them it will not help iran expand the military reach in the middle east. and secretary carter touching down last hour in baghdad. let s get the latest from cnn s jomana karadsheh live from amman, jordan. what is the latest with the unexpected visit? reporter: an unannounced chrisit christine. landing in the last hour expected to meet with the prime minister haider al abadi and iraqi counterparts and minister of defense there and a number of key sunni officials in the country, including the speaker
answering questions on past activities. do you see these three issues being able to be worked out? it s my understanding that the inspection issue has been largely worked out. you ve heard tough talk from the supreme leader on this a couple weeks ago but there were caveats in his statements and the negotiators have been able to wiggle an agreement through those caveats. it s my understanding there will be inspections of the military sites. they will be as needed and when needed. they ll be able to go where they have to go. but they ll be following the normal procedures late out by the international atomic energy agency. a little bit of notice a little bit of negotiations, but with the kind of sophisticated instruments that the inspectors have, it will be very very difficult for iran to hide anything at all from the inspectors. speaking of difficult, the arms embargo issue is a difficult one. given the current state of the middle east and iran s long military reach, are the risks