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fight the zika virus. on the eve of the new hampshire primary, the candidates vying for the presidency are out in force, despite snow and bitterly cold temperatures across the state. for most of them, the latest polls are even more dounting than the water. for more on who is up, and who is down, we re joined by mike viqueira live in new hampshire. it seems basically this is a race for second place among the republicans? good evening to you, richelle. of course donald trump was ahead in the polls heading into the iowa caucuses, his lead wasn t quite as great as it is here in new hampshire. but there are a number of voters, a significant percentage who have not made up their minds, and donald trump is taking no chances. he has had several events today. and just behind me, he is expecting several hundred if not thousands at a final closing rally to try to bring out the vote here across the state of new hampshire, meanwhile all of this weather really causing havoc on ....
the cosmos says einstein was right about gravitational waves. i m robin adams in doha and stories coming up including iaa president and fight the decision and its sponsor ship deal with athletics following resent corruption scandals. talks have started in munich aimed at revising the floundering syria peace process and u.s. secretary of state john kerry and sergei fedorov are hosting discussions and said a ceasefire to start on the first of march but the u.s. says it will push for the ceasefire to begin immediately. meanwhile on the ground there is continued fighting near syria s border with turkey in the latest battles they captured an air base which was originally controlled by the syrian military before it was seized by rebels. elsewhere nato defense ministers meeting in brussels agreed to send war ships to the aegean sea to stop smuggling refugees and migrants to europe and lots to get through first and we will start in munich and speak to our editor james base ....
that s ambitious, but everybody is determined to move as rapidly as possible to try to achieve this. this will apply to any and all parties in syria, with the exception of the terrorist organizations, daesh and al-nusra. kerry said the agreement will allow immediate access to besieged areas in syria. more from james bayes in munich. reporter: well it was interesting that staffan de mistura, said he had been told by syrians we don t want more meetings about meetings. we want action. have they come up with action? i don t know. i think it will be debated. because they have come up with the decision to create a rask force. they say that will meet very, very soon, it will take place in geneva and they say there will be action on getting humanitarian supplies to those hard to reach and besieged areas soon, by monday. the second task force is to deal with the issue of a ceasefire, although they are now not using that term which was in the original u.n. resolution. they ar ....
workers. we meet orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine even though there is supposed to be a ceasefire. sports story this friday six months ahead of the rio olympics one of the most successful countries kenya could find itself ban from the games. right now it s only an agreement on paper and won t result in a complete ceasefire or an end to russian bombing, following a marathon meeting in germany world powers have settled on what they are calling a cessation of hostilities in syria beginning in a week s time. one priority is delivering food, medicine and shelter to besieged towns and cities and james base reports from munich. reporter: 19 delegations the sponsors of international peace efforts in syria gathering in an effort to get things back on track. but the most important meeting happens several hours early on the 15th floor of the same munich hotel, this is where russian foreign minister sergei fedorov and u.s. secretary of state john kerry cam ....
good morning and welcome for your world, i m del walters. i m stephanie sy and no response from syria to try to end the fighting there and secretary of state john kerry and counterpart sergei fedorov reached a deal late last night. not take in effect until next week and may not stop the bombing in the country but the temporary plan could have a long-term end to syria civil war and provide much needed humanitarian aid. we are chairing the ceasefire component, the ceasefire ultimately, not at this moment but the objective is to achieve a durable, long-term ceasefire at some point in time. reporter: important rebel coalition welcoming the deal this morning and they say if the fighting actually stops it will go back to the negotiating table in geneva. al jazeera s jamie mcintyre is live for us at the pentagon this morning and what does this deal do and what does it not do? well del if you woke up in syria this morning you might not notice much difference and, in f ....