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on the center stage of this weekend s oscars. president obama is pushing back against republicans who are threatening to block a supreme court nominee. the president said that the republicans will damage the credibility of the court if they hold fast to their threats of not even meeting with the possibly nominee. libby casey is joining us from washington, and libby, the president used an unusual venue to speak about this. reporter: authorities, richelle. he was meeting with king abdullah of jordan, and they met with the press briefly where the conversation was really about syria, and the refugees, but the president did take one question, and of course it was about the supreme court. a big topic here in washington. very predictable. and a clear indication that president obama wants to shape the conversation about naming a supreme court justice. republicans drew a line in the sand this week, promising to shut down the process of replacing juice scalley a. ha remember, ....
first, the u.n. says it has encountered technical difficulties in an air drop of aid to the besieged syrian town, aid drugs also couldn t reach the town last week because it s surrounded by isil-controlled territory. there have been developments as well on the planned cessation of hostilities in syria. russia has confirmed it started negotiation with his rebel groupings and sear i can t s main opposition group, the hnc says it will accept the deal for two weeks. also just hours ago syrian kurdish fighters the y.p.g. said they would abide by the cessation of hostilities. our diplomatic editor james ways reports from the united nations. reporter: at the security council there was stinging criticism of the syrian regime. the u.n. s humanitarian chief told ambassadors the government had delayed aid delivery to his the besieged town and blocked until no now assistants. the number, scope and, complexity of bureaucratic and other or identicals that is placed in the pat ....
all your sport including . the e.u. top migration official has issued a stark warning. he says that if rapid progress isn t made, to stem the flow of refugees into europe, than there s a risk the whole system will break down. as more votes and ding gis packed full of refugees arrive on the island, commissioner said the e.u. has only ten days left to significant hi reduce the flow of people arriving from turkey. he delivered the warning as the e.u. and justice ministers met in brussells to discuss their response to the crisis. meanwhile a french court has ordered the government to clear the makeshift camp known as the junkle and partially demolish it. the ruling by the french court upholds the government plan to evict hundreds of migrants. the deadline for the camp s 1,000 or so residents to leave has already expired, and authorities say if necessary, they will use force to relocate remaining refugees to nearby centers. . well, we can go live now to calley, and ....
of the wises have being found. more on your sport, including campaigning to show you football s future. fifa s new president, arriving in zurich, ahead of friday s last. the security council is poised to vote oen what the u.s. says would be the strongest set of sanctions imposed on a country in more than two decades. five draft resolution brokered by the u.s. and china seeks to limit banking and cargo supplies to asian nation. the draft resolution followed extensive diplomatic conversations between the u.s. and china. at the u.n. for us, joining us live, it seems that u.s. and china is onboard with this, will it go ahead? well, this is the first time that ebb members are seeing the regulars lose, but the fact that the united states and china have agreed on a wide ranging resolution, which the u.s. ambassador is saying is unprecedented in it s points and it s scope, is a sign that things are moving full speed ahead let me tell you a little bit about what is in the re ....
babies in washington state. apple is officially fighting back, the tech giant went to court to fight the request to hack into a phone that belonged to one of the san bernardino shooters. jacob ward is in san francisco, and it seems that the stakes are high for all involved and for the country. reporter: that s right, richelle. absolutely. this is not just a case of being a war of words, but truly, a war in the courtroom. apple finally filing a motion that makes the argument because no one has ever been asked to do this before, their constitutional rights as a company have been violated. in a motion filed a day ahead of the deadline, apple magistrates are asking to reverse the order of the order to hack into the i-phone of one of the san bernardino shooters. they are being asked to build something new, a government ao as much, as well as a forensic facility that could be used to unlock phones in hundreds of other cases. apple executives told reporters that the order vi ....