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Presidents told us about the promoting political process. we all want syria democratic, united, secular. syria which is a home for all ethnic groups whose rights are guaranteed, but we have some differences as for the details on how to get there. but we agreed on some steps willing to take very soon to get with other countries including the united nations on creating the conditions for options to be used to be applied to promote the political process. and i believe that this meeting as a follow ...

Syria today on "morning joe." take a listen. >> there was agreement on fundamental principles. theres an agreement that syria should be a unified country. united, it needs to be secular. isil needs to be taken on. and that there needs to be a managed transition, but there is a difference, obviously, in what that means and what that outcome may or may not be. >> so do you think the administration is serious about partnering with russia? vladimir putin says yesterday he feels very strongly about w...

Should be a unified country. united. it needs to be secular. isil needs to be taken on. that there needs to be a managed transition but theres a difference, obviously, in what that means and what that outcome may or may not be. my sense is that, you know, in a meeting this morning with our coalition friends, many of them, not all of them but some of them this morning and then well be, ill be meeting with lavrov again tomorrow and we are looking for a way to try to get to a point where we can man...

Many recruits come from libya, a country whose stakehold -- steakhold who was destroyed in and now they are joined by the modern forces that are armed and trained and they decide to form an islamic state. it is not just coming from nowhere. it was initially forged as a tool against undesirable, secular regimes. having a hold in iraq and syria, the islamic state has become actively exciting to other re s regions and it is seeking dominance in the middle east. while they are there, visitation is m...

>> youre arguing today that weve become more secular as a nation? >> yeah. >> where do you see that? >> in the water supply, and in the air. its like, where dont you see it. >> what causes that? >> i think weve driven god out of the public square. and in the process what weve done is witness the forces of secularization that are rushing in to fill the vacuum. >> yet the turnout to confere e conferences like this shows that the negative statistics dont tell the whole story. >> theres enormous ups...

For all the security and immense challenge a political leader and religious leader. he would be sadly, just lay it out there a tremendous terrorist target. thats the context they are dealing with. the new york police say on new years eve they deal with 1 million people in times square. it will be 90,000 people in the park tomorrow this is a challenge feels very much up to. >> >> and the pope mobile, those people were not prescreened, they were waiting with backpacks with them. central park tomor...

Peace and recommend reconciliation as well as better relations between the u.s. and cuba. chris cuomo is joining us live from revolution square this morning in havana. i know his calls for religious freedom dont just have to do with religion. he is hoping it includes opening schools, that it includes some sort of acts of charity on peoples parts, that it resonates more with everybody, not just some 27%, i think i saw, that identify as catholics there in cuba. >> reporter: i think you make a stro...

>> terrorism was suddenly moving from what had once been almost entirely a secular, politically ideological movement to something that is now motivated or fueled by religious fervor. >> in mecca, men described as religious deviants are holding hostages in the sacred grand mosque. >> 15,000 pilgrims were praying at dawn when the 30 giant doors were sealed off by hundreds of members of a muslim sect. they seek to purify the religion from what they say is the corrupt influence of the current saudi ...

Moving over the weekend, that the president is now a few senators away from probably having though locked in. are you opposed to this? >> i am. i think its an awful agreement. i think its really going to hurt america, hurt our allies and the cause of those who believe and respect the rule of law. just over the weekend, rouhani says it doesnt matter what the u.s. says. they have the right to get any weapon they want to. were giving them this massive sanctions relief. we know theyre going to use i...

Testing. everybody sees common core as testing. >> those two have been -- this is key, right? because youve defended common core, your union endorsed it, it was part of the coalition that put it together. >> absolutely. >> there has been a huge grass-roots movement against common core. >> right. >> teachers in upstate new york, lefties, righties, across the political spectrum, christian, secular, donald trump. >> right. because what happened was common core -- and if you look at the polling for ...