. >> there is an upcoming meeting in istanbul for the coalition, and i think this meeting will discuss this issue. how would they not only convince the council, which is -- or the inside coalition, but how will they also convince other opposition figures who are outside the coalition in order to come as one team and decide yes or no? >> okay. thank you. thank you from the syrian national council. thank you very much. >> my pleasure. >>> in venezuela both the president and opposition leader are seeing their approval ratings slip, and now they're going on a campaign trail for mayoral races seen as a referendum. rachelle reports from ka ras cuss. >> he's back on the campaign trail and losing the closest presidential election in venezuela in more than a decade. this time opposition leader enrique cap ril less is rallies his base for a mayoral candidate. venezuelans will vote in december to elect hundreds of mayors and local officials. these elections are crucial for his part. >> reporter: for me, these elections are a referendum where venezuelans can choose between the country ma ndurred r

omar al saleh is live for us in istanbul with more details. omar, they have destroyed the equipment, but the chemical stockpile is still there. >> yes, that's right. and the whole process has three stages. so what was completed is stage 1 and 2 is the verification, and then the oversight of the destruction of all the equipment to make and fill and mix chemical weapons. it now starts from 1st november. the executive council of the opcw will have to approve by late november the detailed plan of destructions. that is provided by the syrian government. we have to put this into context. we are talking about roughly or approximately 1,000 metric tonnes of material, including sarin, the nerve agent, and mustard gas. the interesting bit of this is that the u.n. or the opcw have no mandate to carry out the destruction and, therefore, it's highly probable that a u.n. member state will have to provide technical and operational assistance in destroying that. >> that being the case, there's always been this concern that the opcw won't be able to meet the d

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ian robin and the mid fielder wesley schneider scores the goals in istanbul. romania takes the playoff spot at the expense of turkey following the 2-0 win against astonia. it was a historic night for bosnia. they reached the finals for the first time with a 1-0 win at lithuania. he scored the decisive goal. they were in group g ahead of greece on goal difference. richard parr, al jazeera. >>> thousands of fans celebrated bosnia's success on the streets of sarajevo. they held a victory parade shortly after their war around midnight. it follows years of war two decades ago. >> translator: i want to thank every citizen for all the good times we had together inside and outside football stadiums in every city where we played. i want to thank all those that supported us, but also those who were against us because without them this would not be as sweet. >>> honduras claimed the last spot with a 2-0 draw against jamaica. mexico scraped in the playoffs with a little help from the usa. mexico lost 2-1 from costa rica. it looks like their run of five straight world cup

eight-mile tunnel runs beneath the strait of bosphorus, connecting the european and asian sides of istanbul. construction began in 2004, and cost almost $3 billion. it's one of prime minister tayyip erdogan's "mega projects," designed to modernize turkey. other projects include a massive canal and the world's busiest airport. the u.s. bailout of general motors will end up costing taxpayers just under $10 billion. the inspector general for the bailout program reported the it today. the effort initially cost $50 but the treasury has recouped much of that by selling its stake in g.m. wall street racked up new gains on optimism that the federal reserve will continue its stimulus efforts. in anticipation of its decisions, the dow jones industrial average gained 111 points to close at 15,680, an all-time high. the nasdaq rose 12 points to close at 3952. the s&p finished at a record close near 1772. still ahead on the newshour, why thousands of insurance plans have been canceled as a result of the health reform law; top intelligence officials defend the scope of u.s. spying; what the dutch can tea

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it concerns attempts to crash anti-government protests in istanbul during the summer. the 0 report says more than 8,000 people were injured using live ammunition, tear gas, water cannons and plastic bullets. at least three people died from abuse of force by police. >>> six minutes after the hour. let's do the weather, indira petersons is here. shall we? >> shall we? did you guys like the weather yesterday? >> yes. >> maybe a couple more days then it changes. we are staying warm. that is the key. but we're going to be talking about a hint of a change. right now, high pressure still in place. we're seeing warm air up in the east. temperatures 10 to 15 degrees above normal. notice, there's a low back there and that's going to start changing our weather. into the midwest, overnight, we're starting to see showers make their way through. and if it holds through, we start to see a few showers into the northeast by friday or so. the bigger story again is going to be in the pacific northwest. notice we have another big low out here. doesn't look that impressive thinking about a

object was to connect istanbul. the underwater train line is just under a mile long. >>> "usa today" confirms that men stare at women's bodies but so do women. more men gaze at a woman's chest and face. men may be drawn to shapely women for child bearing. women could be checking out the competition. that's important news to share. >> i'm definitely checking it out. what she's wearing and where she's going, i definitely am. >>> spreading rumors and mocking somebody's behavior may steam like school girl behavior but one woman from "the devil wears prada." >> she held up this eyelash curler and said what is this? >> from the moment i saw her, she was going to be a complete and utter disaster. ♪ >> new research paper calls that indirect aggression. the study's author tracy vaillancourt is from the university of ottawa. and john tierney. this news flash, women can be bitchy. is that what this is? >> indeed. i'm going to get e-mails telling me i can't believe you just said that. >> what does that mean? >> we exclude peo

it will be addressed at the next meeting, set for the 31st or november 1 in istanbul. there was a sign that there was some disunity among these brigades. since the frustration, there's a feeling that we need to rely more on our own resources. there is mistrust of this old deal between the u.s. and russia. will it rehabilitate syria or not? that is the background. going back to address these questions of whether the u.s. is serious about taking steps to end the killing, that really does not have a place for assad. >> hello there. my name is edward. congratulations on your hard work. i would like to ask you if you could, put yourself in the shoes of your adversaries. first, the vision that you have put forward for the solution that president assad should step down -- why do you think you would do this? that is my first question to you. have you heard the possibility that assad himself may organize elections? that would give them legitimacy. the second part of the question is more wide. imagine this room was filled with worried members of the community. you referred in an

. >> in istanbul, the two turkish airlines pilots kidnapped in a reprisal two months ago were being reunited with their families. no chaotic scenes here but plenty of emotion and gratitude for the intention negotiations brokered by qatar which enabled their release. where the nine may had set out, a year and a half ago. questions remain about the identities of the armed group that kidnapped the turkish pilots. also, there is uncertainty about how, if, or when assad's regime is releasing women prisoners. the demand made by opposition fighters who had held the lebanese. andrew simmons, al jazeera, beirut. >> the white house has decided to resume aid to pakistan. administration officials say $16,000,000,000 in military and economic aid will be if you wanted to the country within the next few months. that was suspended when relations between the two current trees started to deteriorate over the killing of osama bin laden and drone strikes that killed pakistani citizens. they say relations have improved enough to allow for assistance. >> they survived a life-threatening deal together. then reunit

istanbul is known for its snarled traffic, 14 million citizens. the hope is now 1.5 million will leave the roads and go on the rails. kate, back to you. >> that is impressive. john, thank you very much. >>> it's a stressful time of year, not just the holidays but college application time. it tornadoes out one of the things that's supposed to make the process easier is doing the opposite. talking about the so-called common app used by hundreds of colleges, now online only and rife with technical glitches. the deadline to apply is fast approaching. let's turn to cnn's chris freights, the newest member of cnn. welcome my friend. tell us what we've learned. >> good morning, chris. if someone said to you this morning, man i had trouble trying to logon to that website, you'd probably think they were talking about the obama care mess. but for kids applying for college are probably talking about common app. >> reporter: the most stressful part getting to these beautiful campuses is this, the dreaded college application process. it's become a cultural touc

addressed atst -- the next meeting, set for the 31st or november 1 in istanbul. there was a sign that there was some disunity among these brigades. frustration, this is the context -- there's a feeling that we need to rely more on our own resources. there is mistrust of this old deal between the u.s. and russia. will it rehabilitate a saturn not? that is the background. going back to address these questions of whether the u.s. is serious about taking steps to thathe killing, that it -- really does not have a place for assad. that would give more trust and credibility for a lot of these groups to be a part of a mainstream free syria. >> hello there. my name is edward. congratulations on your hard work. i would like to ask you if you -- putput your show yourself in the shoes of your adversaries. first, the vision that you have put forward for the solution that president assad should step down -- why do you think you would do this? that is my first western you. -- question to you. have you heard the possibility that assad himself may organize elections? that would g

it will be just -- addressed at the next meeting, set for the 31st or november 1 in istanbul. there was a sign that there was some disunity among these brigades. since the frustration, this is the context -- there's a feeling that we need to rely more on our own resources. there is mistrust of this old deal between the u.s. and russia. will it rehabilitate a saturn not? that is the background. going back to address these questions of whether the u.s. is serious about taking steps to end the killing, that it -- that really does not have a place for assad. that would give more trust and credibility for a lot of these groups to be a part of a mainstream free syria. >> hello there. my name is edward. congratulations on your hard work. i would like to ask you if you could, put your show -- put yourself in the shoes of your adversaries. first, the vision that you have put forward for the solution that president assad should step down -- why do you think you would do this? that is my first western you. -- question to you. have you heard the possibility that assad himself may organize