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Radicals, has been at war with them for 20 years, those are the most spirited opponents of the regime. yes, there are lots of other people who dont like bashar al assads handling of the economy. theyre not willing to die for that cause. the islamic fundamentalists are willing to die for that cause. >> fareed and elizabeth, thank you both. i appreciate it. coming up, as we continue pushing forward on the crisis in syria, have to take you to russia. vladimir putin is looking at the man youre loo...

Nation." >> in our next hour, president obama and vladimir putin meeting face to face at a working dinner. he called secretary of state john kerry a liar over syria. chuck todd will be reporting for us. hell join us live on the latest on this crisis. plus, massive protests against walmart and more than a dozen cities and already there have been arrests. the retail giant is calling the protests, quote, a union orchestrated media stunt. well have the latest on this standoff. and backlash over ...

Of course, the summit is an economic one. syria is not on the formal agenda but is expected to dominate a lot of the discussion thats taking place around. on the sideline, on the margins, as they say. tonight president putin invited them to discuss it over this working dinner thats taking place in a palace outside st. petersburg. how friendly a dinner this is going to be given that very serious conversation, particularly between the united states and the u.s., you gave a list of some of the thin...

St. petersburg russia. president obama is on his way there now. he should be arriving within the half hour. president vladimir putin will be there, too. their relationship is frosty. feelings aside, can they come to terms over a military response in syria. jill is in st. petersburg this morning. what is the plan for president obama at the summit? >> reporter: well, he will be arriving here and actually the most dramatic moment will have to be the firsthand shake with president putin. president p...

Remain very much there. the moderate side hasnt got the assistance. i think if you did suddenly flood rebel ranks with arms, its the people whove seen victory, its the people whove seen success on the battlefield who are disciplined, wholl make the most out of those. as it currently stands, thats mostly the extremists, brooke. >> nick paton walsh at the u.n. thank you. i wanted to show you pictures just moments ago. this was taken in russia. president obama walking to a working dinner at the g...

That will take place in the next hour or so. there will be a working dinner. now, in talking to white house aides, they do think there are some things that they can accomplish on syria here that can help them with the congressional vote back home. for instance, the g-20 country, if they can get half the g-20 to even orator clee be behind the u.s., italy, germany who have been on the fence and havent said anything, if they can get support of the statements from a total of ten, they think that thi...

Tonight in the u.s. secretary of state john kerry hosting a working dinner for senior israeli and palestinian negotiators. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler coming back to the negotiating table is a first step in a much traveled often bumpy road. >> reporter: the agreement launches nine months of talks on the hardest issues, borders, israeli security, palestinian refugee rights and jerusalem. >> i know negotiations are going to be tough, but i also know the consequen...

President barack obama have to give it their all. >> netanyahu has to own them. and ultimately, the president of the united states, whos probably going to have to close this deal in a high-profile, high-risk camp david-like summit, is going to have to own it, too. >> so, tonight, weve got this working dinner, and tuesday, they will be having these face-to-face talks, and theyre basically procedural talks that are going to lay the path for the substantive talks taking place, and those will be in ...

Missile for the second time in two days into israel. and israel just bombed gaza. all this as secretary of state john kerry is visiting the region. this morning, he met with the ill tallan prime minister and is scheduled to sit down with israeli president 15 minutes from now. hell have a working dinner with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. were joined now by ambassador dennis ross, former special assistant to president obama and currently with the washington institute for near ea...

Todays deep dive and because its monday we decided to unveil some new tricks. all part of a special presentation on president obamas first trip to the middle east. so let me get you started here. after leaving washington tomorrow night, he will arrive in tel-aviv around 6:30 a.m. middle eastern time. there he is. hell visit an iron dome missile launcher. then he will head to jerusalem where there he will meet with president perez, prime minister netanyahu, then attend a dinner with prime ministe...