Sitting either side of him the 2 cochairs one from the government side a Syrian Government. Armored cars body and on the other side the Syrian Opposition politician whos been involved in many of these talks howdy are they both spoke at this Opening Event as you might expect the Syrian Government spoke about the need to defeat what it calls terrorism and the opposition spoke about the need for detainees to be released but they both pledged to approach this in good faith and try and come up with a constitution for the country it will be a very difficult task adrian just look at one aspect of this and that is the role of the presidency in the new constitution is supposed to come up with and of course the Syrian Government negotiators know that theyre working for a president who as ruthlessly over 8 and a half years been prepared to fight to stay in office using everything from torture in his jails to barrel bombs so no one i think has any doubt about the difficulty of the process ahead ar
Prime minister has been asked to stay on as the temporary could take or until a new government is formed Michelle Obamas request follows tuesdays resignation of the Prime Minister. Hes leaving ended the Coalition Government thats been rocked by nearly 2 weeks of protests lebanons army has stepped in on weapons today to clear roads that have been barricaded by demonstrators calling for the ruling elite to step down so far theres been no protests across the country lets get more now from 0 holder whos been covering the leadership changes from beirut so in a good to talk to you again whats the reaction like on the street there. Well as you can imagine theyre considering this a victory one of their demands was that the Coalition Government is toppled but the political crisis is far from over there really their demands has not been met in full because what they want is a new government which is going to be made up of technocrats people who are not affiliated with any Political Party and thi
Have legitimate demands however she also says that it would be impossible for any government to comprehend simply attack the past and present challenges in just one year that is how long Prime Minister i will have done my duty has been empowered. Still to come here on aljazeera boeing under fire the Airlines Make the c. E. O. Has a tough time as he faces congressional questions about crunches the kills called 300 people. Had rather mixed picture across much of the middle east some cooler air in place but also plenty of rain showers and some snow to these high elevations you can see on the satellite quite a lot going on inside kabul we have got mostly rain but some snow again at the patients to 20 celsius on a day meanwhile in between the black sea and the caspian sea weve got a steady stream of and again will snow to the mountain tops on by friday very unsettled throughout much of turkey quite a cloud and really quite cold in anchorage just 13 celsius meanwhile a nice sunny day in beir
Momentum of the closure of. The day the only thing they want is for me to resign and to call the elections in 60 days that will be monitored by the math he says he sees that down there will be able to pay off in iraq there will be a delay in the end of the budget as well as the case for the doctor on wednesday the Baghdad Police chief said his Security Forces are being attacked yet not a single bullet has been fired Iraqi Human Rights Commission says people have died during protests since friday the judiciary announced that it would be investigating government corruption its a lengthy process that may not appease these impatient protesters also the u. N. Special representative here in iraq to talk here to speak to people she says they have legitimate demands. However she also says that it would be impossible for any government. Present falinge is just one year that is Prime Minister. And theres been reaction from iran to the demonstrations in iraq and lebanon heres what the Supreme Lea
gold. your strategic advantage. sandra: all new at 2:00, chaotic withdrawal that left our afghan allies behind gets the hollywood treatment. a new movie showing the american troops and their translators and the debt we owe them. you think if i could be shot of this debt i wouldn t be. you think if i could just go through the usual channels i wouldn t. that is not how this debt works. john: the story behind that movie actually goes back even further, all the way back to 2007. inspired by one marine s fight to save his iraqi interpreter when the american government failed to do it. that marine joins us all new at 2:00. sandra: looking forward to that. we could as america reports rolls into a second hour. i m sandra smith on this friday, john. john fri-yay. and waiting to hear from homeland secretary mayorkas, live on the border and this showing migrants on raft crossing the rio grande was shot last night in the very town where secretary mayorkas will speak. we ll se