John Kerry Accepted News Today

It will be a blow to iran and russia. >> reporter: its a position once shared by the obama administration, which after four years of saying assad must go now agrees with the majority of republicans that he should stay. at least for the time being. >> united states and our partners are not seeking so-called regime change as it is known in syria. >> reporter: after marathon talks in moscow secretary of state john kerry accepted president putins long-standing demand that the syrian people decide as...

September when john kerry told cnn assads ouster was the key to ending the civil war and defeating isis. >> as long as assad is there, you simply cant make peace. period. assad has done so many terrible things to his own citizens that that fighting wont stop, and we cant stop it. >> reporter: tomorrow in new york secretary kerry will hold a fresh round of talks on syria and hopes to get a u.n. security council resolution endorsing this peace process. the obama administration hopes that, if it ca...