these are live pictures coming in from new jersey. we have an update on the breaking news we ve been following. a massive boardwalk fire in seaside park, new jersey. the blaze, which has grown to multiple alarms apparently started in an amusement pure custard shop. the governor, chris christie, is on his way to the scene. in fact, he just tweeted to his nearly 4,000 followers on twitter. he s already there now, en route to seaside now. please keep everyone in the surrounding areas, the firefighters, and first responders fighting the blaze in your prayers. we re told the governor is now on the scene at that blaze. this is one of the boardwalks, by the way, that was damaged in superstorm sandy. syria s leader has been called a ruthless killer and a thug. but if anyone knows what bashar
arab republic has informed the u.n. secretary general that syria now has accepted the convention of the prohibition of the development production, stockpiling, and use of chemical weapons and their destruction, the convention of 1993. so now that they ve formally accepted that convention, what happens next, as far as the u.s. military is concerned? we believe that maintaining a credible military threat in this instance, in the aftermath of one of the most brutal uses of chemical weapons in recent memory, it s important that that threat be sustained and maintained and that we need to keep it up so that this diplomatic process can move forward. secretary hagel last night spoke to some of our ships in the mediterranean and he was informed that they are ready to execute if requested by the president. maintaining this military threat is precisely why this diplomatic process is underway. if the president were to give
and his supporters. he won in the first, you know, regional congress. he won the most support in the national congress, also for the bath party. he was named president of the highest court in the bath party. and this is what has brought, you know, pushed the president for not calling for anymore national congress, which is the highest authority in the bath party. i just want to be precise, though. did your father fear that his own brother, the leader of syria, was about to kill him? yes, of course. actually, former defense minister has wrote about it very in his book, in 2002 and 2003, saying that there was a plot to assassinate my father and actually former defense minister was supposed to head that plot, by inviting my father to lunch and then arresting him and if he would have, you know, resisted, that they should have
here that all this depends on. syria says it will not deal with the united states directly because they don t trust the u.s. the u.s. relying on russia to make syria make good on its commitment these next 48 hours. the u.s. is going to test those commitments as one u.s. official said to me, the reason john kerry is here is to see if the russians mean what they re saying and the syrians mean what they re saying. i take it that the talks are scheduled to continue tomorrow in geneva, is that right? reporter: that s right. lavrov and kerry at dinner tonight. they will start up again tomorrow morning at 9:30. these next 24 hours, crucial to see if they can really get to some proof that there s a viable plan for moving forward. it would be nice if they come out with an agreement to move forward jointly on these elimination of syria s chemical weapons. let s see if that is even possible. jim sciutto traveling with the secretary, we ll check back with you. thank you. mthere s breaking
government. i had a call today with mr. kerry and he told me that he will discuss with the russians how honest the regime is and if our friends discover that the regime is trying to waste time, the threat of the strikes is still on the table. reporter: secretary kerry was quick to publicly reiterate the threat of force. our military maintains its current posture to keep up the pressure on the assad regime. should diplomacy fail, force might be necessary. reporter: looming over the discussions is a gaping trust deficit between the u.s. and russia. a point highlighted in a seemingly lighthearted moment as the talks began. can you give me the last part of the translation, please? want to take my word for it? a little late for that. reporter: trust deficit with russia, trust deficit with syria as well. they are the missing participant