john, a republican strategist, and president of quinn gillespie journalists. so congressional ratings are very low. but that is new nothing. does it matter? >> i think it tends to disengage people from the process, they decide these guys are all jerks. they are never going to be helpful, so people feel they don't have confidence that they can engage in the political process and see change in a meaningful way. and they may be right at this point. but it really doesn't help them feel like they are active citizens. >> there was a poll on american's thoughts on syria, and two to one people today that congress should have the say on whether the u.s. engages in military strikes. >> we have been joking that two out of three people said congress should be sent to syria, but it is true, they are concerned particularly about getting into a war, and having congress involved gives sort of more oversight to what the president right be doing. even on the people don't want us to go to syria. >> buzz it give the president more gravitas at this point? >> i think it makes it mu

john terrett is standing by live at the un. the security council meeting is next, and john what can we expect? >> well, we have just confirmed that john kerry will be at the meeting of the permanent five security council members. earlier this morning he signed the new small arms treaty, which brings the rest of the world up to the u.s. level when it comes to sending arms to fighters overseas, and although it could be a long time before that becomes international law, it was seen as a hopeful step that the u.s. becomes the 91st country in the world to sign that treaty. handguns of course kill most people. so that's that. now he moves on to the security council meeting, and it is on syria, and here we can give added value to this. because al jazeera has learned behind the cover of the leader's day speech yesterday, there was quite a lot of work going on involving john kerry and sergey lavrov. they were trying to push the security council agreement needed to ratify the agreement between the two countries ever closer. and we unders

john? >> dell, i wanted to make the point how ironic that david shuster was talk about construction coming to an end, because here in shanksville it is really just getting going, because they have raised money to extend this to a visitor center and a learning center. take a look. 12 years john gone that's a lot of time, isn't it? >> it is, but then there's moments when you look back at the pain and anguish of the events seem like it was yesterday. >> reporter: gordon felts lost his brother here when the 757 crashed upside down going more than 500 miles per hour. >> i miss my brother, and i -- i -- i miss the fact that his children have grown up without a dad. and i hope that -- that this memorial can serve to ed indicated people about the human loss. >> reporter: there already exists a memorial plaza, a wall of names, memorial groves, and feel of honor. the new plans include a visitor center conceived as a place of learning and incite, and it will be located on that hill overlooking the fli

despite losing seats, john morse said he wouldn't soften his stance. >> i said if it costs my political career, that's a small price to pay. the families of his victims have a huge price to pay. we did the right thing. >> there is a cliff hang center new york city's mayor race. bill dehasio has the lead. but with exactly 47% of the vote he could still face a run off. anthony weiner conceded last night after reportedly giving the therapeuti finger to the me. >> the mortgage bangers association is reporting that mortgage application index plunged to its lowest point since november of 2008. higher interest rates are reducing the demand for home loans. bank of america and wells fargo are cutting jobs in their mortgage divisions because of the drop off. >>> new vehicles sold in the u.s. are getting more miles to the gallon. a new survey by the university of michigan showing the average is 24.9 miles per gallon. that's up nearly five miles a gallon from six years ago. industry is producing hybrids and reducing consumption of gas guzzlers biker like pickup pickd suvs. >>> the taxpayers are sti

john kerry said the number of countries wishing to join a coalition is in the double digit. the list will not be made public until monday. manier wary entering into a con -- many are wary of entering into a conflict without the un's support. >> john kerry will go to london. after the u.k. parliament voted no to u.s. intervention, the u.s. knows it will have to build the case for war out the help of some traditional allies. >> gunman opened fire on the main street of a town near the gata mallan capital killing 11 people. most were sitting in a bar. police blame the attack on gang violence. residents say corrupt police are responsible. >> >> translation: i don't know what is think, you can no longer live calmly and peacefully. it happens everywhere, but not here before. it never happened before because this is a humble town. >> thousands of mexicans have been protesting over government plans to raise taxes and open the energy sector to private vestment. they say the president is putting big business first. >> david mercer has this report from mexico city. >> three weeks of dem

. >> thank you, john. that's good. i'll try to remember that. the president said today that the purpose of the military action in syria is not just to respond to assad's use of chemical wep jobs, but to -- weapons, but to degrade his chemical weapons and allow syria to free itself." do you agree with that assessment, john? >> i said up front several times here, there will automatically be as a result of degrading his ability for chemical weapons, there'll be downstream impact having an impact on military capacity. i agree with the president. >> general dempsey do you agree with the statement of the president? >> i agree. i have never been told to change the momentum. i have been told to degrade capability. >> do you think general, without a change in momentum syria could free itself, secretary hagel? >> well, senator, i think they all are connected. degrading military capability, as you know, is a pretty significant part of momentum shifts. >> secretary kerry, over the weekend the wall street journal ran a

secretary of state john kerry of lying. >> translator: i have watched the debate in congress and when they asked if secretary kerry is the outside near syria kerry said no. i say officially they're not there but the rebels are a unit of al qaeda. kerry and the others know this. i don't like seeing this. we communicate with them and assume they're descent people but he lies openly and he knows that he lies. >> we are outside the balance and where the g-20 meeting will take place. any discussion on the sidelines, pete stper. >> absolutely,er every much on the margin. president obama is due here from sweden in about 19 minutes. he'll come straight to the conference center which will open formly shortly after that. the russian president has been busy already. he's been out in the margins out oh on the side lines talking to the chinese president. that conversation, of coursely crucial because both the members of the u.n. security council and those that have really been relentless in their support for president obama assad and their opposition that were called to sanctions against his gover

john j wielding the leather in right center. this was the cardinals night beating the cubs 7-0 taking the central crown, making a third-straight post-season appearance. >> let's stay in the nl central. the pirates and the reds. come on home. pirates taking a 2-0 lead. the reds trying to take the pitch to the gap. marteau spoils the party much to burnett's delight. this was a close game in the six when pedro alvarez went for a run. pirates, if they win saturday or sunday they clinch home-field. >> the pirates were the last team to obtain a divisional crown. the dodgers were the first. they are cruising. clayton kershaw used his 2-nup, a candicy for a second-side award. he pitched against the colorado rockies. kershaw will finish 2013 as the nl strike out leader. he went 1 for 3. curshaw finishes the season as the first dodger starter with a season era under 2.00. damages break up the rockies. must-win game for the rangers. if they wanted to stay alive, they led 3-1. josh hamilton singled. he had a thousand year hit. ian kinsler o

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secretary of state john kerry arrived in geneva to meet with his russian counterpart. they'll discuss a russian plan for syria to hand over chemical weapons. >> meantime, vladimir putin has appealed to the american people over the syria crisis. an opinion piece in the new york times he warned that the u.s. military intervention in syria could escalate the conflict and lead to terrorist attacks. >> the army is moving in to end a 4-day stand off in the philippines. it happened as fighters attacked a second town in the same area. >> in south africa, there is a march in victoria. let's get more on this from our correspondent whose live for us there. tell us what's happening here and what they're marching for. >> people arrived, some are on their way, they're coming from bus from various mines around the country. that part of the story is that last year 34 miners were struck an by police, some were injured. they're looking into what actually went wrong, what happened. now they're saying that they done have the money to pay for the lawyers to represent the miners, the miners

secretary john kerry signing that document this morning. it establishes regulations to control arms sales. kerry said the treaty will not affect gun sales here in the u.s. >>> opposition groups are splitting from their rebel leadership changing the dynamic in the middle east. >>> and you don't have to be a sailing fan to appreciate an amazing comeback by team usa in the america's cup after being down 8-1 against the new zealand team, and on the brink of losing the cup, team usa won seven straight races. it is now tied at 8-8, and a race off the coast of san francisco will determine who takes home the cup. >>> a 99-year-old woman who dropped out of high school after a diving accident, she dropped out 80 years ago. she needed, get this, just one more credit to graduate. now for years she called it one of her biggest regrets. well, on monday the school board, as you can see, gave her an honorary diploma. congratulations. we want to thank you for watching al jazeera. "techknow" is next, and remember for all of the developments concerning the la

john kerry is expected here within a couple of hours, sergei later on in the day. it's i essentially like toy focs technical shape and storm of ridding syria of its chemical weapons arsenals and, that will focus essentially three areas to consolidate where exactly those weapons are stored and located over syria's territory. to take control over those weapons with a view to essential i destroying them. but,, of course, the civil war rages on in the country how will hundreds of scientists be i believe to enter in syria and establish the exact location to his essentially destroy the arsenal eventually. questions that they will be hammering out. we know that both men are traveling here with their own weapons inspector chemical weapons experts. so undoubtedly they will have something to say also, but i think more than anything, it's trust between syria and the united states and also the russians that is going to be key and all important as these talks progress. >> and indeed, that's one of the points i want to explore further. both sides as you say are coming in with th

and did john boehner say that? >> they're looking forward to this event we're going to see in mid october when the government will hit its limit on the debt. and this is a big issue. financial markets are very concerned. and it could affect the u.s. credit rating and it could affect a lot of issues. here is what republicans are saying in the house. that they agree with the debt ceiling, and if they put on hold obamacare for a year, and a number of other big republican items, the wish list are agreed to, not likely, but it sets us up for another battle in the coming week. >> wow, another battle. and is the senate ready to send the resolution back to the house? >> right, so we see the senate right now going over this legislation that would keep the government funded through the next couple of months. it would not defund obamacare as the senate is going to tweak it. it will send it back to the house on saturday or sooner. and the house has to pick up what they're going to do over there. harry reid, the top democrat, h

john looks at the impact. >> reporter: fire at the jersey shore. funtune atown as seaside park b, the fire apparently started in an ice cream shop high winds fanning the flame to his adjacent structures, locals struggled to get things out of harm's way. and new jersey governor chris christy straight to the scene in shirt sleeves locked shakeen and was typically blunt. >> i feel like i want to throw up. that's me, after all the effort and time and resource that his we have put in to help the folks in seaside park and seaside heights rebuild, to see this going on as i said at the top it's unthinkable. i know how i feel. i can only imagine how the residents and business owners in this area are feeling. my heart goes out to them, that's why i am here to make sure that every resource is brought to bear to contain this problem and listen, this is us, so we'll, you know, as soon as this is over we'll pick our self up, dust ourselves off and get back to workful the fire comes days after the end of summer tourist seasons and 10 months after hurricane sandy

>>> welcome to al jazeera, i'm john siegenthaler. we have special coverage tonight of the shootings at the navy yard in washington, d.c. "stream" will be back tomorrow night. here are the stories. thirteen people are dead after a gunman goes on a rampage. the motive, still a mystery. >>> authorities have id-ed a full-time navy reservist, aaron alexis as the shooter. he is among the 12 people dead. >>> un inspectors say they now have clear and convincing evidence that sarin gas was used in last month's attack in syria. >>> it happened this morning as 3,000 people were headed to work at the navy yard in washington, d.c. suddenly there was gunfire, and when the shooting stopped 13 people were dead including the shooter. it took place at a building known as 197. police are still on the manhunt in washington tonight, searching for possible second suspect in this morning's shooting. mike viqueira joins us live. mike? >> we're going on 12 hours ago since this drama unfolded. it precipitated a massive response from the whole alpha bet soup o

it came from an off the cup mark from john kerry. and he dismissed it as a possibility. >> he could turnover every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay, and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do anything. >> reporter: the president's comments seem to contradict what we were hearing from even his own staff at the wheat house, at the state department, they spent most of monday trying to distance themselves from secretary kerry's comments saying it wasn't an official ultimatum and trying to down play the significance of the proposal they called russia's idea. >> he made a statement about the scenario that we find highly inning likely. >> it's also important to know that syria has one of the largest stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world. it would certainly take time, resources, and probably a peaceful environment to deal with this. >> reporter: but president obama didn't express any of those doubts just a a few hours

so in that context john, is it really that big of a deal? >> yeah, let's put it in a couple of different ways to look at that. first of all the reported incidents are only times when people are absolutely sure that a problem was caused by a dietary supplement but most people don't know. when they come down with an illness or reaction the last thing they might believe is that a dietary supplement caused this. because a dietary supplement is worthless or harmful. is if one person dies of listeria because of a problem that's front page news, and this is quite scary in my mind. but look what we know for a fact is that th alphabet vitamins are made in china, we know that they are not regulated, we know that good manufacturing practices are not being followed by the bulk of the industry, the clip early on where the senator said modeled vitamins, they actually cause, cancer, cause problems. we know that many of these vitamin supplements that they cause drug interactions, there's no requirement at all for a manufacturer that knows that their supplem

the fact it now does not seem a slam dunk by any stretch with senator john mccain, that has to make it a little more difficult for the president to get people on board. >> reporter: as paul pointed out, yesterday house speaker john boehner surprised everyone when he said he supported the president's call for action. as paul points out, he didn't say he supported whatever the plan is going to be. therein lies the rub. the devil is in the tee tails, the plan. that's where they are now. we'll just have to wait and see. >> earlier, randall, we spoke with florida republican congressman trey radle that says he's not convinced to support the plan. listen. >> i'm a father of a 2-year-old boy, and there are children killed right now by the assad regime. we cannot make them based on raw emotion. we have to understand what is important for the united states america. i'm unconvinced we need to go in there. >> it would seem congressman radel is typical of the audience. he has to convince the constituents and the people he represents as well, and the congressman has really tough questions lined up f

secretary john kerry and foreign minister. ravrov have approved a plan. the commander of the rebel free syrian army say syrians feel abandoned by this. they say that syrian opposition with fighters on the ground rejected the russian initiatives who placed the chemical weapons in international custody. what are they unhappe unhappen . >> the discourse has been reduced to the issue of chemical weapons. he feels that the international community, according to him, has used the blood of syrian people to lay its hands on the stock pile of chemical weapons owned by the bashar al-assad regime, all the way forgetting the plight of the syrian people, and not holding account anyone responsible for that plight. he said while he was let down by the international community he's not necessarily upset at the united states who he still thanks for all of its efforts, however he reminded the international community once again that it is very difficult for them to trust the russian leadership. >> the agreement about the chemical agreement of the regime, we do not recognize t

on the steps of the capitol, chaired by house speaker john baner. speakers will incued nancy pelosi. and senator leader mitch mcconnell, a day of bipartisan coming together as america remembers what happened 12 years ago. >> he has been following the developments from capitol hill, thank you. al jazeera will have continued coverage of the on going crisis, as well as the events of september 11th. nearly 3,000 people died including hundreds of first responders as everybody else is trying to escape. family members who lost loved ones in lower manhattan, you are looking live now at pictures of the memorial, that include those two massive footprints that silt in the footprints of where the towers once stood. two names of all the victims will be read out loud, and there will be several moments of silence. a similar ceremony to take place in the nation's capitol. will be making remarks there, on that day. in pennsylvania that is where that fourth plane crashed after passengers onboard that flight confronted the hijackers. we want to take you live to the wo

sew the president there responding to a question from abc john carrol about one the legislature -- when the legislature who came to the president and said look, 97% of my constituents don't want this, how do you expect me to convince them, of course a lot of these legislatures home in their home districts and they are holding a lot of town halls and some of them are getting very heated. let's hear what senator john mccain faced last night at a town hall in phoenix. >> how much is the life of a servicemen worth, to me it is worth a whole lot more. >> there is no contemplation of putting a serviceman or woman. >> you can say that now -- >> i am telling you there's not. i am telling you there's not sir. so that is not an argument we can have. it is not going to happen, go ahead. >> you can hear there very combattic exchange who has been very hawkish on syria and actually pushing the administration for more action, but hearing from constituents there saying this is not our war, this is not america's business wanting them, wanting mccain do go back to washington and tell the administration t

john kerry has started speaking. let's listen to what he's saying. >> i'm particularly grateful to sergei lavrov, who stayed extra time from what he had originally planned hoping we would finish sooner. this gave us additional opportunity to be able to work through some of the issues. i especially want to thank the cooperative effort of sergei lavrov who has worked hard, and his entire delegation, including teams of the world's foremost chemical weapons experts who have joined us here for the important discussions we've had over the last two days. two weeks ago president obama made the decision that because of the agregious use of chemical weapons in syria against women and children all discriminately murdered in the night that claimed the lives of people trying to rescue people, he believed it was critical for the world to say, no more. the president made the difficult decision that after multiple warnings it was his decision that the time had come to take military action to deter future use of such weapons. he also

john, in valley stream, new york, how are the protests going on out there? >> hey, richelle welcome to sunny valley stream, getting underway at 1:00 probably but you can see some of the early protestors who have turned up in recommendation of what's going to happen. in the meantime many more of them have been busy in manhattan. fifth avenue offices of chris williams a board member for walmart and there they delivered a petition with 200,000 signatures on it calling for a minimum wage and better working conditions for all the staff. today two previous walmart workers were arrested in manhattan. a current walmart worker was arrested by police. they are on their way here, minus though three, to do their protest. there's to be a rally involving the two previous walmart workers who will speak. richelle. >> john, have you gotten a kneeling for how effective this will be, whether they think this is more symbolic than anything? >> you know, i think right now, they think it could be a bit of an uphill battle. but there's a trend developing. look at the fast food work

i will get to that later in the show. >> secretary state john kerry taking his pitch. he hopes complete destruction of the stock pile, and secretary kerry reiterated president obama's commitment to diplomacy, saying military action is not off the table. >> diplomacy has always been the preferred past of the president of the quite. and i think as any peace loving nations preferred choice. >> but make no mistake, we have taken no options off the table. >> is egregious use of chemical weapons against innocent, men, women, children, their own citizens all murdered in the dead of night, is unacceptable, and we have said this should never happen again. >> expressing renews doubt about the deal, senator john mccain says it is a sign of weakness and that the u.s. should act with force. >> the president two years ago said bashar al asaad needs to go, i would give them the support they need to change the momentum on the battlefield to lead the negotiated departure of bashar asaad. that has always been the goal. at least certainly stated by the president of the united states. now

i am john siegenthale in new york. >> this is not a game. secretary john kerry calls for real action on the plan for syria to hand over chemical weapons. >> my staff, i feel like i want to throw up. >> the governor of neshingsz sickened by another shore tragedy that will destroyed businesses. many were struggling to rebuild after hurricane sandy. thousands from their homes, from drenching rain.

welcome to al jazeera i'm john siegenthaler and here are knit's top stories. president obama has returned to the united states following the g-20 summit in st. petersburg, russia. he continued his push for global support to take military action in syria. he's expected to address the nation tuesday night. >>> lebanon turkey and egypt diplomats have been ordered to leave as the u.s. considers action in yrgs. not essential staffers have been asked to leave beirut. >>> the jobs report is in and the u.s. added 167,000 jobs in august and unemployment rate fell to 7.3%. >>> smithfield foods won national security clearance for its proposed sale to a chinese meat processor. the sale went through despite protests. that's the news at this hour. >> on america tonight: the president heads home. >> on america tonight: the president heads home. after making his case with world leaders for a strike on syria. but with time running out, finds himself facing stiff and growing resistance. >>> a billionaire, a boat, and the city by the bay. a challenge on the high seas and controv

secretary john kerry, general dempsey and secretary chuck hagel is there as well. the senate of foreign affairs committee are expected to vote in two hours time. but now let's live to the testimony. >> the germane and the effective. germane would be directly related to chemical weapons. but the fact is we want assad to control, store, and keep control of his chemical weapons. and so you'll be seeking out targets some how related to the creations storage control or delivery of chemical weapons, and i think that instead you should focus on punishing and deterring assad by hitting valuable assets that will demonstrate to him that it was a military mistake to hit with chemical weapons, even with the air assets for the delivery of chemicals weapons will make that lesson to him. we've all learned a searing lesson from over 4,000 casualties in iraq. but there are occasions, and mr. chairman i would like to put in the record a crs listing and analysis of 150 occasions of the last four years when america has deployed it's forces into dangerous or hostile situations, and mos

one on one with iran, secretary of state john kerry holds high-level talks about the country's nuclear program. two colorado farmers are facing serious charges, they are accused of selling listeria tainted cantaloupes that led to dozens of deaths. i possible p ba rail a boy to t. for comments the president of the company made about gays. ♪ ♪ >> you are look at a live picture of our nation's capital. the federal government is set to shutdown in three days. unless congress with come for to a compromise. congress has until midnight on october 1st to reach a spending deal. but somehow republicans say they will only agree to exten to exte spending if they cut off spending for the president's health care plan. cues is when individuals can begin enrolling in insurance plans through in online exchange. later in the month, another big fiscal deadline on october 17th. if congress doesn't raise the debt ceiling the government faces default on its loans. the last time wash went to the brink of default was in 2011. as a result the country's credit rating was down rated and that led to higher in

john we are standing by for that on america tonight. a special two hour presentation as soon as president is done, we will get the reaction from our audience, as to what the president has to say, and we will also take questions on the internet, #syria town hall. it's america tonight at the top of the hour. >> all right, thank you very much. now now i will released documents from the national security agency shows government officials have been violated privacy laws by accessing phone records of almost all-americans for nearly three years. al jazeera says a court ordered the revealing documents to be released. these documents lend support to the allegations released by edward snowden that for three years until 2009, the nsa had inadvertently misrepresenteddist too to secret court that authorized the tracking of all kinds of phone inspection. not actual wiretaps but the names and numbers of americans who are called. and justified that on the basis that there was reasonable supposition that it was connected to terrorism. when the nsa admit

john mccain and lindsay graham are calling the agreement meaningless. in a statement the two said the deal would give syria's president time to delay and deceive while the country's civil war just continued. they said it requires a willful suspension of disbelief to see this agreement as anything other than the start of a diplomatic blind alley. and the obama administration is being led in to it by assad and putin. al jazerra has more on the reactions in washington to the syria chemical weapons agreement. >> reporter: president obama called secretary of state john kerry in geneva to congratulate him on the diplomatic breakthrough after the president received a briefing from his national security advice or susan rice. the president also issued a written statement in which he welcomed these developments, but also warned if diplomacy fails the united states remains prepared to act. those words reinforced by his statement from the pent -- by a statement from the pentagon saying the u.s. force posture in the region remains unchanged at this point in time. th

>> welcome to al jazeera i'm john siegenthaler. here are tonight's stop stories. john mccain and lindsay graham met with the president today to talk where the military action against syria. a nine page report given to parliament, nine page statement said there was chemical weapons. arcafghan and u.s. forces defend the base, fukushima nuclear plant in japan and it continues. the japanese foreign minister stepping up his efforts to help tokyo electric contain its water. >>> verizon is buying out vodafone, hopes full control will make verizon more competitive against at&t and smaller rivals like sprint. 64-year-old diana nyad completed her swim from cuba to key west florida. consider this ask up next on al jazeera. >> russia standing firm against america's intervention plan against syria offering a tense backdrop to g-20 in st. petersburg. >>> also, chemical investigation on syria to labs as pressure mount and time ticks away. the former chief inspector in iraq richard butler takes us inside a sairng gas probe. plus, facebook, is it making a lot is of us depressed? c

but everything on hold at the time being, john. that after the russian foreign minister put forward the proposal after meeting bilaterally with the syrian prime minister to gather up these chemical weapons, gather them and destroy them. the president reacted to that today, and told everyone that the congressional vote process is going to be on hold until this gets ironed out. >> i don't anticipate that you would see a succession of votes this week or any time in the immediate future, and so i think there will be time during the course of the debates here in the united states for the international community to work with us, to see if there is a p>> cbs aired an interview with assad. he said if a military strike were to go forward, he said, quote, expect everything in retaliati retaliation. >> assad doesn't have a lot of capability. he has capability relative to children. he has capability relative to a -- an opposition that is still getting it's a organized and are not professional trained fighters. he doesn't have a credible means

looking for international support for a strike against syria john kerry travels to london to meet with britain's foreign minister. and a new report shows the progress of reconstruction in iraq given millions of u.s. tax dloors. >> a thai jetliner skidding off the runway, and injuring 14 people. ollars. >> a thai jetliner skidding off the runway, and injuring 14 people. >> and congress returns from recess this morning. the very first votes on whether to authorise the use of military force in syria is expected within days. president obama and vice president joe biden met with a group of congress who are on the border of whether there should be a strike. kimberley halkett reports from washington. >> dennis mcdonough makes the case for why members of congress should authorise the president's request to carry out strikes on syria. >> how congress chooses to answer the question will be listened to in damascus and in tehran and among the lebanese hezbollah. >> it's an issue of regional security and stability. a top u.s. ally, israel - according to a former white house survivor. >> the israeli

so that has been an interesting statement by john kerry, because chapter 7 is part of the u.n. security council charter which indicates that this -- the security council or members of the security council see that there is an immediate threat to either regional or global stability that they can act in a number of different ways and there will be consequences. they could be anything. it could be sanctioned, it cow a no fly zone, it could be military action, it could be striked. that will be left up to the members of the security council to debate and decide. the russians have basically said if the syrians don't comply, we will then discuss what to do. so a little bit of vagueness, probably purposeful, but at least some movement, some significant movement on other issues here in geneva, that averts immediate crisis in the eastern mediterranean. stephanie. >> phil, what happens next in the process now? >> what happens next is there will be meetings at the sideline in two weeks. the proposal that's been agreed upon here by boothe the americans and the russians call for the syrians

well republic senator john mccain is heckled about giving a speech about syria. and many in the audience in phoenix objected to his support for military strike. so according to polling most americans are against military action and barack obama is facing an up hill battle to get the support he wants from congress and the white house correspondent patty takes a look at the president's options. >> reporter: the majority of the american people are telling people they don't want the u.s. to intervene in syria. even if chemical weapons were used. >> we will do again is create another problem so we need to stop. >> reporter: the message being sent in town hall meetings and calls to their washington offices. >> let the senator know you are opposed to intervening syria. >> reporter: and swaying some elected leaders especially the house of representatives where it shows 49 representatives leaning to a yes vote, 199 no. but what are the repercussions for the president if he can't get congress to approve a strike? he has been very careful with his words, not saying either w

. >> republican senator john mccain could not agree more about the agreement and russian influence. >> i think it's a losser. i think it gave russia a position in the middle east which they haven't had since 1970. we are now depending on the goodwill of the russian people if bashar al-assad vialates this agreement, and i am of the firm belief, given his record, that is a very, very big gamble. >> democrats in congress are voicing skepticism about the implementation. >> if this is a diplomatic breakthrough that is full of opportunity and fraught with danger. the fraught part is that, in fact, assad, who has not said whether he has signed on to the agreement, ultimately, even if he begins to move forward with the beginning elements of the agreement doesn't fulfil elements of the agreement as we move along. >> the majority of americans oppose the possibility of military action in syria, but the administration says the threat of force spurred the negotiations, and secretary of state john kerry during meetings in jerusalem says it is still on the table. >> the threat of force is real. the

secretary of state john kerry will meet russia's foreign minister next week. and in a separate development sources at the state department have told al jazeera that kerry will also meet syria's foreign minister. admits that his country does have chemical weapons and says it is ready to sign up to a treaty backing them. for more on that an obama's speech here is patty culhane. >> uses the same arguments to try to convince the majorities of the american people and members of congress the u.s. should strike the syrian military. so far he's been unsuccessful. arguing a response is morally needed and justified and that the u.s. is in the unique position to send a message. chemical weapons can't be used. but he did say there is a chance diplomacy can work. the president embracing the plan his own staff at first dismissed as unlikely while taking some of the credit for it. >> over the last few days we've seen some encouraging signs. in part, because of the credible threat of u.s. military action, as well as constructive talks that i had with president putin, the russ

secretary of state john kerry and chuck haguel will appear before the foreign relations committee and put their case for a military response. last month's suspected chemical weapons attack in syria. france says it's determined to act against the syrian government but not on its own. prime minister says france has new evidence of a chemical weapons attack. every year tens of thousands of india's poorest cancer patients go to mumbai for hope of treatment and pay little in one of the hospitals in the country and because of high demand and there are no place to stay some are living near the streets near the hospital and we report on that. >> reporter: camping on a dusty patch of pavement, she does what she can to make her critically ill nephew comfortable and 2 1/2-year-old has a cancer in his nose and they traveled 18 hours on a train to mumbai and she has a place to call home has been hard to come by and free treatment at the memorial hospital has not. >> translator: the doctors checked his medical history and in the papers we had and soon after they began treating the cancer. we don't

john henry smith is pretty excited. we all are. >> the nfl knew what it was doing putting peyton manning front and center. fans had a football game to watch that matters and peyton manning would do something for the broncos that the great john elway never did. he wore number seven. one thing peyton manning didn't do was beat flacco in the playoffs. manning had thrown three before a t.d. pass putting them up 17. still to come in the third, the ravens don't bother covering welker. fourth quarter, time for manning to feed the top dog in the food chain, touchdown pass number six. number seven would come minutes later. thomas did most of the work on this one, taking the bunny path 78 yards to the pretty tainted rectangle. remember, seven was the lucky number on this night. seven touchdown passes, broncos blow out the ravens 49-27. manning ties a league record for most touchdown passes in a game. he's just the sixth nfl quarterback to ever throw that many. the last guy to do it, joe capp of the minnesota vibings 44 years ago.

john kerry is in a meeting in lithunia and then to paris. lawmakers in washington may have just a harder time, as the president had overseas. more and more members of congress are raising doubts but on friday, it officially became their issue. >> i now ask unanimous con st. louis 70 a notification be printed in the record. >> the awesration measure is expected to be voted on next week. the president, himself, says it may not have enough support and could be voted down. >> while the politicians continue discussing what to do, the war rages on syria. the u.n. estimates more than 100,000 people have been killed in the conflict with two million more forced to flee their home. now, the syria question overshadowed the g20 summit in russia. it was the main topic of discussion but in the end, the world leaders continue agree on a conclusion. barnaby phillips has that part of the story >> reporter: they always manage to smile for the family photo. there was even a wave but this was the summit of low expectations, at least as far as syria is concerned

i'm john siegenthaler. here are the headlines. a potential solution has been placed by russia, it wants the chemical weapons to be put under international control and destroyed. jeact john kerry suggested it could avoid a strike if it turned over all of its weapons by the end of the week. president obama called the russian proposal a potential break through. during an interview with television networks the president remains skeptical, and he's not confident that congress wi to authorize a strike. the president will appear before congress to lobby for action, and address the american people on tuesday night. he hasn't said what he will do if congress won't support strikes. >>> in an interview with cbs on monday, bashar al-assad said the u.s. should expect the worst. those are the headlines add this hour. consider this is coming up next on al jazeera. i'll see you back here at 11:00 eastern time and remember you can get all your news at aljazeera.com. >> an off hand remark on syria by secretary of state john kerry, consider this: ca

john kerry and chuck hagel are back on capitol hill to authorize congress for the use of force, but they say a new russian proposal to hand over syria's chemical weapons will be explored. randall is it safe to say with regards to syria, the situation is now fluid? >> dale, it is definitely safe to say it is fluid. as matter of fact you can say it is also changing by the minute, and president obama's critics are saying it is confusing. but the administration is trying to stay on message. kerry, hagel, and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff have been testifying before the house on services committee, continuing to ask for congressional approval for a resolution authorizing the use of force against syria. >> president obama's first priority out there this process has been and is diplomacy. diplomacy is our first resort, and we have brought this issue to the united nations security council on many occasions. with have sent direct messages to syria, and have had syrias allies bring them direct messages. don't do this. don't use these weapons, all to date to no avail. >> reporter: and y

i think john kerry will get hard questions from the israelis on that. >> the u.s. and russia have been asking israel to ratify the chemical weapons treaty. it hasn't happened. how likely is it that kerry will use today to ask israel again? >> well, there are some in the israeli press saying that some israeli officials may be having sleepless nights on the issue. you are right, the israelis signed the chemical weapons convention in 1993 but they have failed to ratify it. every time someone says, "oi why haven't you ratified it?" they say, "look at the syrians, they are not good neighbours, and what do they have?", if you are interested in making the regime chemmial weapons free, if you can inties the syrians -- entice the syrians to give up the weapons, the syrians won't have that excuse. it's an idea that is clearly being discussed. >> you mentioned enticing the syrians. now that the chemical weapons deal has been agreed pon - what comes next? >> well, from the israeli perspective, they want everything on the table as the detailed plan that john kerry and his count

lynn, you said that john lewis' speech was railroad important to you. >> it was. he was not much older than i and just hearing him speak out in the spirit tha that i believed f really stepping forward and agitated and making sure that what was needed would happen. he -- i think he spoke to the young people that day. >> we have some hour questions let's go to her mel a for those. >> anna this question is directed specifically to you. do you feel different about yourself as an american for having. participated in the march and what still needs to change in the united states? >> i do feel different. i had a serves optimism. the news clips and headlines those days were horrendous when i went to the march then and today the takeaway is we have made progress but not close to being where they wei need to be. half a dozen people said to me over and over, we are still fighting the voting rights act battle. how can that be? so i think we have to work harder at it. i think we have made progress but we are not home. >> i want to leave you with one last picture. there is a big

we have more on the city's strategy for renewal, john? >> hey, del, i want to borrow your old hawaiian for this assignment but i couldn't find one. so i put the blue one on instead. we wanted to show you ozone on this lib day and the seaside action. there aren't so many now that we're on the air, but they were here earlier on. they're out and cycling around, the only thing miss something sunshine. hopefully it will be out later on in the day. the problem with atlanta city, there are two things they have to overcome. hurricane sandy when this boardwalk was destroyed. revenues in 2006 has come down from $5.2 billion a year to $3 billion a year. and there has been a hemorrhaging of jobs at the same time frame as well. we've been out and about to meet some of the people who are determined to put atlantic city back on its feet. >> they are truly cathedrals to gambling, aren't they. >> gambling for the blessed. >> that's right, you're blessed if you win. >> he was laid off when the economy tanked. now he manages a chain of ladies shops along th

john joins us live from the united nations. the iranian president is also talking act other sensitive issues. >> reporter: in the end, there was no handshake between president obama and the iranian president. that did not happen. the white house telling the press corp that they offered the iranians to have an encounter here. they said, no, the time is not right. however, both men did manage to make nice the each other in separate speeches here at the u.n. today. the president obama telling iran that america will accept the one day it will have nuclear power and the president saying that he's prepared to have immediate talks on iran's nuclearuation son a result or basis. the two then opening up a dialog which is now being carried out on the air waves of the world which started here today. at the general assembly, take a look. >> we should be able to achieve a resolution that respects the rights of the iranian people while giving the world confidence that the iranian program is peace. but u to succeed, there has to be words that

it's a pretty big week for secretary of state john kerry. on wednesday, he is expected to update the talks between israel and palestine and attend a meeting on iran's nuclear program. we are live at the united nations. what about the buzz around this handshake that could take place between president obama and president rouhani? could today be the first time in 34 years that the president's of both countries actually shake hands? >> it's a tantalizing prospect. everyone is excited about this happening, but we just don't know. if this happens at all, we think it's going to happen in passing. the two will just bump into each other. there will be no sweeping gesture. president obama is not going to come down off the podium and find president rouhani in front of the cameras. if it happens at all, it will be in the corridors, they pass each other, a fleeting handshake and there may or may not be a camera there. we're just going to have to wait and see. you're absolutely right to be excited about it, because everybody is here is excited because of

secretary of state john kerry met at the un general assembly. iran says it wants to provide evidence within a year that its nuclear program is not aimed at making nuclear weapons. >> we had a constructive meeting, and i think all of us were pleased that foreign minister came and made a presentation to us which was very different in tone and the vision that he held out with respect to the possibilities of the future. >> there have also been words of appeasement from iran's president, hassan rouhani, speaking on the sidelines of the un general assembly, he said the foreign policy wouldn't take an extreme approach. >> translator: we will work on easing and removing tensions in our foreign relations, and strengthening our relationship with our traditional and new partners in all of the regions. we will avoid confrontation and actively pursue our larger interest. >> we had a very constructive initial meeting of 5 plus 1 or whatever you want to call it, discussions were very substantive, business like. we hope to be able to make progress. >> so to sca

on his plate in addition to syria, meanwhile with respect to the affordable care act, house speaker john boehner said congress is taking steps to slow it down with the goal of trying to defund it totally. boehner saying that they already moved to slow the hiring of workers, which will make it more difficult for people to sign up for health care. and of course there is that question of keeping the government running. money is running out, and they need a continuing resolution from congress to make it happen. richel. >> randall thank you so much. egypt is extending its nationwide state of emergency for two more months. the government announced the extension today. the state of merge started in august, and was only supposed to last a month. it happened when hundreds of people were killed in clashes. >>> north korea may have restarted a nuclear reactor capable of producing plutonium. >> reporter: in 2008 a cooling tower was destroyed by the government to come -- comply with a disaroundment deal. now satellite pictures show steam rising from the turbine. >> they are building up their nuclear

secretary of state john kerry. mr president, those that sent to investigate confirmed chemical weapons were used in syria. the perpetrators of this crime must be brought to justice. permission to return to syria to complete the investigation, including of the incident in question. i expect the team to complete the fact-finding activities by next week. >> the secretary-general of the united nations, ban ki-moon announcing the unanimous vote, an historic resolution by the u.n. security council, which requires the government of syria to name all of its chemical weapons and the specific type of munitions used to deliver those weapons. the location of all the chemical weapons and the complete elimination of the chemical weapons as well as, including full communication of theiations of the united nations. >> the one thing this resolution doesn't have it teeth, is that correct. >> that is true. i want to remind the viewers of why this is so historic. it's historic because of the topic, because it's taken so long to get to