people to decide through diplomatic work what is going to be there next feature government and the u.s. now saying that given what assad and these chemical weapons and they don t see any realistic way for assad to be part of that, that being a similar message to for years that we heard from barack obama and the administration. so many of the born in syria anymore because the billions that they fled that country. there has to be a point to restore syria and put it cities and towns back together. there s been so much destruction there, as documented by international relief agencies and journalistic outfits. the task is so daunting and it s hard even to describe. is very hard to describe and it s hard to reflect on how much seven years of civil war have torn the country apart and pitted people against each othe
suicide bombing on the jerusalem convention center. it speaks to a larger problem for the jewish state. with al qaeda having a firm foothold on its northern border in syria and operating freely along its southern border in egypt s sinai peninsula. security officials say they re going to need awfully high fences to protect them from their new neighbors. thank you. olympic officials say e-mails sent to several national olympic committees warning of terror attacks in sochi next month are a hoax. the winter games are set for a region of russia not far from a simmering islamic insurgency. the u.s. is offering to help russia with security. there are reports that attendance for the games could be affected. the associated press says hundreds of thousands of tickets remain unsold. opposition leaders in ukraine are bracing for a major confrontation with riot police tomorrow. crisis talks were held today with president victoria ian yanh
following the deaths of two leaders. the low expectations for the syria peace conference that started today seem to be entirely justified. arguments over the future of syrian president bashar al assad are already threatening to derail that meeting, and there are many questions at home about the leadership of the american president while tens of thousands die in that middle eastern nation. chief without correspondent ed henry s report, a warning, contained images you may find disturbing. long stalled syrian peace talks got under way in switzerland and immediately dissolved into acrimony when a prime minister exceeded his allotted time, and ban ki-moon cut him off. i must finish then i would have to give no, no, no. i must finish. the other groups. you said you live in new york, i lichb in syria. he also lashed out at u.s.
53% disapprove. the president told the new yorker he s haunted by the death and destruction in syria but added, quote, i m not haunted by decision not to engage in another middle eastern war. it is very difficult to imagine a scenario in which our involvement in syria would have led to a better outcome, short of us being willing to undertake an effort in size and scope similar to what we did in iraq. the president is haunted by it, does anybody i guess, ed, i would point you to the words of the president when he s made clear that we cannot intervene in every militarily in every civil war. carney added they re still hopeful of the peace talks and noted the positive step of syria turning over some chemical weapons, but john mccain and lindsey graham countered by focusing so much on the chemical weapons, the administration has allegedly turned a blind eye, in their words, to other violence in syria. ed henry live on the north lawn. thank you. u.s. military leaders have prese
apparatus that potentially saved the heavily fortified embassy on tel aviv s mediterranean coast. in washington, the department spokeswoman was circumspect. we talk to the israelis all the time about counterterrorism issues, about threats. we share information all the time. they rounded up the three on christmas day last year, but just dood released information about their arrests, including the connection to al qaeda-based groups in syria. local reports indicated the three men communicated with a militant leader by a facebook and skype who went by the name the outstanding one from syria. he claimed to have tied with zawahiri, al qaeda s leader who last year issued a cucommunique issuing to his followers to attack targets, allegedly bringing at least one of the syrians there for training, then sending them into syria for the bombing of not only the u.s. embassy, but also a triple