john what can we expect today? >> reporter: we predicted from the outset this would be a newsies general assembly, and i have slept through a fair few of these general assemblies in the past, but not this one. this one had really made headlines. i want to tell you about the syria story first, because here is the resolution that the security council passed last night. this is the document that has gone to the hague in holland where it will be reviewed by those who will be responsible of taking away the chemical weapons. we're looking for a vote around 5:00, 6:00, or 7:00 this evening. that's where we are at regarding jair. and the mourn ministers who should have left today, many are hanging around. sergey lavrov for sure is hang around. he wants to be in the russian chair whenever the secure security council signs this into international law. and that could be today or if the it is delaid in the hague, it could be over the weekend. the other great story is that of course we now have that incredibly historic meeting

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

secretary of state john kerry has known serj guy lavrov for a very long time. there is hope, just some here, that maybe they can find a way forward. >> thank you so much. >> their perversion of their religious beliefs, that's what i believe. i have a son that went to fight for this reason. lap are on guard.er pause we we won't let our guard down again. but hopefully the things that we have done that went overboard, in trying to make us safer that didn't make us safer put just made us less free were started to get rid of. when two planes crash intoed the twin towers, hundreds of heroic first responders rushed into help, dr. hillary is a trauma surgeon who was at the word trade center on 9/11, thank you for being with us this morning. >> good morning, morgan. >> good morning, how and when did you realize the magnitude of what had happened that day. >> well, i was at a board review course, for surgery on 7th after and thirty-first street with 180 other surgeons when late in the morning around 10:20, somebody whispered into the lecturer's ear that something horribl

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

joining us now is john terrett. president obama is on his way to new york even as we speak, but we thought he might meet with rouhani, but we now know that kerry is going to be meeting with the foreign minister. >> that may still happen, we'll have to wait to see if president obama meets with the newly elected iranian president or not. but we've learned that the u.n. foreign policy chief that there is to be a high-level meeting here at the u.n. general assembly this week. the five permanent members plus germany will meet to discuss iran's uranium enrichment program. that tops off a week that could, in fact, be full of breaking because president obama is coming, as you said. we're waiting at arrival of the new iranen president. everyone is looking forward to see what he has to say. and over above that for syria, chemical weapons crisis dominating everything and president obama and secretary john kerry will have their work cut out for them on that issue. and israel and palestine are having negotiations over peace and

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

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

john, a major day for the u.s. and iran. the two countries in dialogues more than the past two decades. >> reporter: you got it. john kerry and secretary of state o with the iran foreign minister. you can see how significant this is. i think th it dominated the speh by president obama today. i think his speech was written and rewritten multiple times particularly since friday when the op-ed appeared in the "washington post" newspaper. the president as you heard in that clip there was essentially saying that he was encouraged by what he has seen of president rouhani so far. he said if you can sort out this nuclear issue, what you're doing with your nuclear program, then we can go a long way in having a half-decent relationship, and the president will support the idea of iran having a nuclear program if it is for domestic energy only. the fact that he referred to the 1950s removal of power, i know it happened 60 years ago, but iranians bring it up every year, and for the president of the united states to make mention that have

john boehner and not necessarily to the white house now? >> gentlemen, he's in a tough spot now this could be the end of his leadership. it's that important and it is that difficult in the house right now. it's split. >> thank you very much. we want to reminds you that al jazeera will have live coverage of the senate foreign relations committee taking place in washington today, where senator chuck haige and john kerry will be meeting there, former senators, our cough within will get underway coming autopsy the 2:00 eats tar time. for us right now, we'll be right back. you are consuming them. that's next on "consider this." "consider this" will be right back. nothing. here is my question for every member of ♪ ♪ >> welcome back. we continue to watch the events as they unfold in washington. the house leadership meeting with president obama just moments ago and a short time ago house speaker john boehner coming out saying he supports the white house efforts to strike at the syrian regime, saying, quote, i am going to support the president's

secretary of state john kerry met with the security council to talk about the situation in syria, this happened after weapons inspectored arrived in syria this morning. >>> thousands are hurt after a earthquake hit in pakistan. >>> and nasa sending its next crew to the international space station. american astronaut michael hopkins of nasa is on that rocket, joined by two russian astronauts. those are the headlines. "inside story" is up next. let's leave you with these pictures. ♪ >>> from the floor of the united stated nations a thoughing frozen us-iranian relations. a challenges of this new diplomatic opening. ♪ >>> hello and welcome, i'm thomas straighten. the two presidents did not meet face-to-face in new york, but in separate speeches the two leaders talked optimistically and cautiously about the prospects for further dialogue. on thursday secretary of state john kerry is scheduled to hold talks with his iranian counterpart. it will be the highest-level meeting between the two countries since 1979. among the many issues the two will have to work through, iran's nuclear progra

let's get you back to john terrett now. john, what has been the reaction so far, if you have been able to engage, and i believe you have, to the speech from iran's president? >> the reaction is if anybody thought this was going to be a vocalization of that op-ed piece that appeared in the "washington post" on friday then they were only partially right. i don't think this is a man who is going to be sitting down with president obama any time soon. but we did hear a very, very different sort of speech from the kind of speech we have had from the iranians in recent history of the un. no mention of israel directly as you were saying, no mention of the holocaust, none of the viciousness towards israel that we have heard in the past. but hassan rouhani did say there is no place in iran's doctrine for weapons of mass destruction. he said the zero-sum game is over meaning that era where countries go to the n-th degree for their political beliefs. and he did offer immediate nuclear talks. let's listen to a clip that illustrates how

so for a beetle song, john and are getting paid because they wrote the song. but beetles get no money, john and ring go, because radio plays only song writing royalties and not performance royalties. now a whole lot of other thing, the industry has said wait a minute, you can't get away with only playing the song riding, so they have the song writing and the performance. so you have two streams of royalties but then you have these myriad forms. you don't just sell c.d.es, you have radio, pandora, jute boxes, you have video games, you have placement in commercials, t.v. shows. each of these all come with royalties on different minuscule percentages and become paid and record companies. >> on paper when you listen to that, you say lei, they must be making a ton, but royalty you received as a songwriter was $16.80 some cents for the song "low" being played more than one money times. nows that a song quiter you own that song. your song being played again and again online, how do you make any money from this? >> well, yes. that's true, when you look at that and you

the latest it ration that john boehner announced, i was watching john boehner, he emerged from a closed door meeting. now they are going to take from the senate did, which is put the funding of obamacare back in the spending bill, sends it back to the house. john boehner is going to add another delay, this time with the one-year delay of the mandate that requires everyone to get insurance, and that is a subsidy to cover a portion of your monthly health care premium. they are going to take that away. so they are sending that back to the senate, tony. >> we have to take a quick break, but when we come back, we'll have more time, i'm sure to discuss this, but we can talk about -- kill the music for just a second, please -- we can talk about how districts are -- are being carved up in the country in such a way -- >> sure. >> -- as to make -- provide a disincentive in many cases for the kind of negotiation that will resolve the kind of log jam that we are at right now, how differents are being divided up. let's talk about that a bit when we come back. now we can start the music, and we're ba

he needs to make this all look like it was part of a strategy to lead to the moment where john kerry drops the suggestion,qí tt if assad gave up his chemical weapons, that would be a major break through, putin jumps on it, the sirens accept it and a new possibility for a resolution seems to be open. >> despite the inconsistencies that you just mentioned, obama still widely considered a gifted orator, but are the stakes too high now. how will they decide on a tone for tonight's speech? >> i've suggested that the speech has to be calculated, the bo in tone, and substance. mere rhetoric, which obama's not actually that strong at won't carry him very far at this point. you mentioned poll results that show that despite the president's heroic efforts tozk rally support on an unprecedented six network interviews yesterday, that the polls seem to be moving in the opposite direction, but polls can be contradictory. i looked at one in the washington post this morning that indicated that a majority of those polled would support the president going ahead with the strike, even if congress didn't

i'm john siegenthaler. here are the headlines. congress has begun the debate on whether the united states should carry out military strikes against syria. senator harry reed delayed any vote until at least thursday. russia wants the syrian chemical weapons to be placed under international controls and destroyed. >> it's possible if it's real. and you know, i think it's certainly a positive development, when the russians and the syrians both make gestures towards dealing with these chemical weapons. >> president obama did call the russian suggestion a break through. he's not confident congress would authorize a diplomatic strike if no solution is found. >>> bashar al-assad in an interview warned if reprisal attacks if his country is the target of a strike. those are the headlines. america tonight is next. >> on america tonight: the diplomatic brink or was it 00 blink? did the chief u.s. diplomat slip up? >> sometimes you have to shake hands with the devil. >> also, tonight, a new high. how legalized pot is helping entrepreneurs gro

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

john has a wrap up from the u.n. >> reporter: new developments surrounding syria's chemical weaponses. there was a meeting on tuesday involving john kerry and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov where progress was made sending in verifying the stockpiles. senior members of the security council an agreement on that could be reached by thursday. with a resolution on the take by friday. the main topic on tuesday was iran with both president obama and president rowand i of iran making nice to each other in separate speeches, pr*efrpl sayinpresidentobama said americt rowand having nuke or energy, rowand i saying he's repaired for meet talks on a results or en tated basis: there may be a long way to go, but clearly a path is opening up for a different kind of relationship between the united states and iran. >> that was john reporting from the united nations. taking us inside one syrian refugees camp to see just how they are surviving. >> reporter: she and her sons are surviving on crumbs. her family didn't used to live like this. she used to be a sports teacher with a comfortable life. bu

secretary of state john kerry's goal is to sale the agreement to the rest of the world. his first stop is israel. he'll arrive in the next for you hours for a country which has major concerns about the fight ago cross the border, but it's also a country rumored to have cheap cal weapons of its own and hasn't ratified the global treaty banning their use, we'll be crossing live to jerusalem in a moment. but first a reminder of u.s.-russian plan. syria must submit a formal list of its chemical weapon stocks and locations within a week. international inspectors must being allowed to begin their work inside syria by november. the goal is to have eliminated all of syria's chemical weapons by the middle of next year. let's cries cros to same none jerusalem. simon, why is it important for mr. kerr toy go to israel first? i think on a basic level it's the united states closest regional ali ali they tend to sy in lock step on diplomacy the israel is were wrath earn throughs as tick about president obama's initiative to launch air strikes against the assad regime. publics said they

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

john mccain has been an ardent supporter of action on syria, but he made it clear a short time ago that there would be no u.s. troops on the ground in syria. >> i promise you that if we put an american boot on the ground, i will do whatever i can can to stop it, including lying down in front of the pennsylvania avenue. i mean that. >> in lebanon the u.s. is ordering diplomats to believe the country as congress debates military strikes the state department is urging u.s. citizens to avoid travel to lebanon citing safety concerns. >>> the august job report is out. 169,000 jobs in august and the unemployment rate has dropped partially because fewer people were looking for work. those are the headlines. the news continues after "inside story." >> the number of guantanamo detainees drops by two. we'll examine what life is like for those still behind bars, and what hopes they have for a just resolution. and it's known as the other guantanamo. we'll look at th the detention facility in afghanistan where detainees remain. this is "inside storey." >> welcome, i'm libby casey. in february more th

. >> i have instructed john kerry to talk directly to the russians, and run this to ground. and if we can exhaust these diplomatic efforts and come up with a formula that gives the international community a verifiable, enforceable you can mechanism to deal with these chemical weapons in syria, then i am all for it. >> reporter: he's crediting the russians with the idea that syria turnover their chemical stockpiles to the international community to be destroyed. but it wasn't the russian's idea. it came from a seem big off the cuff remark from his own secretary the state john kerry and he did u dismissed it it asa possibility. >> he can turnover every single one of his chemical weapons to the interim national community. all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do any of that. >> reporter: the president's comments seem to distric contrat we were hearing from his own staff from the white house, state department. they spent most of monday trying to distance themselves from secretary kerry's comments saying it wasn't an offici

i am john seggenthaller. here are our top stories, john kerry and chuck hagle answered questions for members of the senate about possible u.s. military action in syria. they both warped if congress votes against intervention in syria, there could be dire consequences worldwide. the resolution now before the senate expressly bars u.se of u.s. ground forces for combat operations in syria. >>> president obama has been meeting with congressional leaders at the whitehouse. after the meeting, republican john boehner and eric can't occur of the house said they support the president's plan. this was the reaction today from syria's ambassador: >> the united states of america, from outside this, who asked mr. obama to be the bully of the worl world? >> some of the toughest questioning during the senate foreign relations hearing came from senator rand paul questioning whether the white house had weighed the risks and uncertainties of attacking syria. >> you have three people who have been to war. john mccain who has bee

john people thought that mr. obama would meet be the i n iranian president, but now it's reported that secretary kerry may meet with him. >> yes, but don't rule it out. for the first time in many years there is to be a top-level meeting between iran and the us. and germany is also involved in the process. they will have a meeting here and the american who will be in the american chair will be secretary of state, john kerry. he'll be meeting with iran's foreign minister. and that is quite a way to begin to what could be a very newsy general assembly for once. president obama is coming tomorrow. will speak tomorrow, and then over and above that you have the israelis and pal stan wr -- palestinians. it is often not you get to say it could be a very newsy general assembly. >> yeah. yeah. talk to me about the american agenda for next week. there's a fight against nuclear weapons, and chemical weapons. >> regarding iran quickly, the two country's interest in the region are aligning after many years in which they have b

secretary of state john kerry is meeting in an historic meeting with iran. >> f.b.i. agents are assisting the investigation into kenya's deadly mall attack. forensic teams are combing through the rubble, searching forego bodies. >> the u.s. and iran are meeting today to discuss the nuclear program. the goal is to remove any concerns about its nuclear program. in an interview with charlie rose, rouhani said the international community must respect iran's right to nuclear power. >> what matters is that iran must be able to assert its rights, its legal rights, i'm speaking of under international law and the other countries must acknowledge iran's rights under international law. then on the other hand, if there are any concerns specifically in our region about our program, it is iran's responsibility to also address those concerns. as to the modality for that, that certainly will have to be discussed during the negotiations, but in any case, we don't want iran to be an exception. we do not want discrimination against iran. we want iran to be seen just like the rest of all

john terrett is in new york. john, the president saying a harder humility and i kept thinking about another president who said walk softly but carry a big stick. >> his speech was 43 minutes long, dell, and a lot of the time was talking about the middle east and north africa. he talked about being chastised in medelling in affairs of other countries. he also put out a four or five-point plan for u.s. foreign policy in the middle east and north africa, and the policy that could stay in place during the rest of his i'm in office. regarding iran he said actions speak louder than words. he talked about iran being verifiable in terms of its nuclear plans. the knew iranian president says they are very keen on moving ahead for peaceful nuclear energy. and president obama said that was welcome by the united states. they supported iran's move towards that. and also he removed to the 1953 removal of the iranian prime minister. that is huge, absolutely huge for a president president to mention that. on the issue of syria, w

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

secretary of state john kerry argues that bashar al assad used chemical weapons on his own people are solid. >> he said the action would be limited in size and scope. >> in defining our military objectives we made clear that were not seeking to resolve the under lying conflict in syria through direct military force. instead, we're contemplating actions that are tailored to respond to oh the the use of chemicals weapons. >> reporter: not all senators are buying the administration's argument and worry limited military action will not be a deterring rant. >>> i think there's a reasonable argument that the world maybe less stable because of this and may not deter any chemical weapons attack. >> this is a first in a series of hearings in capitol hill this week. members of congress weigh the evidence and decide whether to support the president's measure. it's already in the eastern mediterranean ready to act if president obama gives the order. >> the military plan that's been develop bid his own chiefs and they believe is appropriate is proportional, it is limited, it does not involve boots

>> welcome to al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler. here are the top stories. earlier this hour in new york an historic vote by the u.n. security council. the council voted unanimously on a resolution calling for the destruction of syria's chemical weapons. it calls for consequences to be determined later if syria fails to comply. secretary of state john kerry says the vote sends a strong message. >> as a community of nations we reaffirm our responsibility to defend the defenseless, those whose lives remain at risk every day that anyone believes they can use weapons of mass destruction with impugnity. >> iranian president hassan rouhani received a phone call from president obama, the first time leaders from the u.s. and iran spoke directly since 1979. president obama says he believes a comprehensive solution can be reached on iran's nuclear program. facing a tuesday deadline the house of representative's meets to consider a senate bill passed today. senators approved spending legislation that keeps the government funded through mid november and the government s

then you have john boehner and nancy pelosi together. he needs john mccain on his side, who wants more than the president is willing. we're going to have to see how they negotiate, a very tricky few days and weeks gag forward, saying this is what we can get to you get a coalition of congress people onboard, since he can't get a coalition of other countries onboard. >> you mentioned the trouble that obama has had with this congress. how much going to congress is about being fair and how much political protection and forcing them to go on record. >> i think most of it is about political protection. this is a president who knows he couldn't get immigration through, you know control through, he has struggled with infrastructure. this is a congress who said we will block you at every turn. he decided i don't have the cover internationally or from the american public. i need congress to go on record and say we are committed to this. 2011 with libya, this is a president who went it essentially alone and was credit advised from republicans and d

it is a big problem for john boehner at this time. harry reid is the democratic leader, he says no how, no way they're going to negotiate over the health care law. >> every step of the way boehner knew what was going on, but it doesn't matter. we are not going to mess around with obamacare, no matter what they do. >> reid is number two in the senate, dick durbin accused the republican leadership of cowardice. >> so if the government who stays home and goes to work, jonathan bets is here with some answers. >> the entire federal government does not close, but a huge chunk of it would. let's talk about what will not change first. social security payments will still go out on time, doctors and hospitals will still get paid by medicare and medicaid, and soldiers will remain on duty but their paychecks may be delayed. the post will keep on delivering the mail, but close to a million other federal workers will not go to work. national washings, museums, monuments all closed. also almost all of the irs will actually shut down, tax returns wil

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he picked for the support of john boehner and eric cantor. before the meeting the president tried to reassure americans. >> the military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is proportional. it is limited. it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq. and this is not afghanistan. this is a limited proportional step that will send a clear message not only to the assad regime but also to other countries that may be interested in testing some of these international norms, that there are consequences. >> we have also heard from the syria government today - the country said un ambassador spoke a while ago challenging military action. >> who appointed the american administration to anticipate on the outcome and the findings of the mission of investigation? how could the united states of america act unilaterally speaking from outside the context of the united nations? who asked mr obama to be the bully of the world? why not waiting until the investigative team is finalised and completed its

house speaker john boehner says he won't support a bill that doesn't include defunding president obama's health care law. >>> international police agency says the kenyan government requested a alert for the arrest of the white widow. >>> and 7500 ka row las will be produced next month. the rising value of the yen made it more expensive to ship cars made in japan. and those are the headlines at this hour. "inside story" is next on al jazeera. ♪ >>> caught in the middle of a pitch battle to keep the government up and running is the president's health care reform law. we'll tell you what you need to know. you are watching "inside story" from washington. ♪ >>> hello and welcome. we're going to talk in detail tonight about the patient protection and affordable care act, known as obamacare. open enrollment begins in states next tuesday. there are a lot of questions out there, and we want to help you find answer. but before we turn our attention to exchanges, we need to take you to capitol hill. >> small businesses generate two-thirds of all new jobs in the economy. and small businesses hav

let's in attention, vice president biden, john kerr i and other national security staff. it was thought that he would be hard for him to get support from his long-time critics, including john baner, but john boehner came out in support of the president. >> nato is not likely to take action. the united states for our entire history has stood up for democracy and freedom for people around the world. the use of these weapons has to be responded to, and only the united states has the capability and the capacity to stop assad, and to warn others around the world that this type of behavior is not going to be tolerated. this is something that the united states as a country needs to do. i'm going to support the president's call for action. i believe that my colleagues should support this call for action. >> reporter: now while john boehner believes his colleagues should support the president's call for action, later his press secretary released a statement saying mr. boehner intended to support the president himself, but that he would leave it to other members of the house, repub

secretary of state, john kerry, met with the five members of the security council. and there's a draft agreement for resolution to rid syria of its chemical weapons. let's turn to john of the united nations, and that's something that everybody was anticipating, and a resolution, and you detail why. >> reporter: the point worth making is that the whole point of the united nations is that they do this work on the sidelines. that's why these leaders come here and make speeches and televise some of them. there's a lot of work that goes on behind the scenes. and that's really the point of why they have to come to the united states. but we're learning now that they're very close, tantalizingly los to dropping a security council resolution to turn an agreement between syria and the unite united united stae told by senior dep mats that they're not there yet. there will be a resolution soon so, we're looking at tomorrow, thursday or friday, and we are looking for the documentation to be presented. the u.n. has gone back into syria today. and they are there to pick up where t

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

john boehner, the speaker of the house indicated he would vote for it, but there are many twists and turns along the way in the congress. there are any number of scenarios, any number of procedural rigmarole that could happen between now and then. and that's when you saw the president say he believes that congress will pass that. once again threw down the gauntlet to congress. i'm not sure that throwing the onus is going to sit well, for those who oppose him or sit on the fans. that's nature of the political contest going on in washington. you're right there are, sweden heavily invested in the nobel prize, every nobel prize is awarded in stockholm save the peace prize which was awarded in os lowelow. when i took that prize i said i was unworthy and there were times i would have to take military action. reiterating his statement again and again you could characterize it as a forthright response from president obama thus frar, this is a matter of credibility of violating international norms. he said are we going to find a reason not to act, that basically sums up the president's entire

you heard one vote from john kerry and the other vote from moscow this morning. at times the minister seems to be speaking over the heads of a local audience to a much wider audience, thanking the pope and thanking elaborates in europe for skepticism and thanking british british public and more doubts in minds of leaders in the west over the wisdom of possible attack on syria. >> reporter: so very obvious push for support for russia and syria, what happened behind closed doors and what was talked about there? >> well, we don't know. it has to be speculation, but i think it's reasonable to assume that a conversation behind closed doors would have been more practical and probably more interesting than what we heard in the press conference. the syrians must fear an impending attack and they will be key to know what sort of support they will be getting from russia should it come. politically and diplomatic and the men who spoke today are diplomates they would have been talking about the military aspect, how russia could help syria if it does come under attack from th

john boehner says no how, no way. here is a little bit more of what the speaker had to say earlier today. >> the president says i'm not going to negotiate, well, i'm sorry it just doesn't work that way. we're not going to ignore washington's spending problem, and this new normal of a weak economy, no new jobs and shrinking wages. >> so john boehner is going to be taking the temperature of his house conservatives, and seeing if there is any wiggle room, because quite frankly most republicans outside of a hard core group do not want to see a government shutdown. they think it would be political poison for republicans. tony? >> are republicans in the house making new demands or restating new ones? >> they have a whole slew of new ones. if they second it back to the senate, they are talking about repealing a medical device tax, a 2.3% tax. and then a one-year delay in the individual mandate. in other words all of us going and having to have insurance by january 1st of next year, in just a couple of months time, the presid

secretary of state john kerry. >> let me be clear. the united states of america, president obama, myself, others are in full agreement that the end to the conflict in syria requires a political solution. there is no military solution. >> while the u.s. continues to try and gape more global support, syria is reaching out to its own allies. syrian's foreign minister meeting with his russian counterpart and calling for the weapons teams to come back to syria for further investigation. >> the top priority for congress will be not to debate or approve u.s. military in syria. president obama and vice president biden having meeting with members of congress trying to convince congress to support an intervention. paul beanen is in washington right now. paul, what are we expecting to hear from congress today? >> well, good morning, del. congress officially comes back into session at 2:00 this afternoon. there be the statements allowed, 10 minutes per senator. a little more closed action in the house. there's going to be some security and intell

a congressional vote on military action would be postponed, he said secretary of state john kerry would meet russia's foreign minister in geneva on thursday. and now, sources in the u.s. state department are telling al jazeera that kerry may also meet the syrian foreign minister w actionlid later this month. more from us from washington. >> u.s. president barack obama addresses the nation. and uses the same arguments to try and convince the majority of the american people, and members of congress, the u.s. should strike the syrian military. so far, he has been unsuccessful. the president called on all-americans to look at this video. arguing that 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 system of the credit for it. >> over the last few days we have seen some encouraging signs. in part because of the yesterdayle threat of u.s. military action, as w

and john morris is going door to door. >> i'm state senator john morse. >> morse is fighting for his job in an unprecedented election. >> whatever hoops they make you jump through. >> it was the first time in history that an elected legislator is being recalled. morse is in the cross hairs of guns rights groups for passing tough laws, among them universal background check and limits on the size of magazine clips. >> we have citizens throwing temper tantrums. >> he led lawmakers in taking a tough position on gun laws. after the aurora movie shooting and the seand look massacre. >> in the victims in my district and across colorado and across the country, those people pay a prays all day every day. >> urts well after noon and morse hasn't stopped for lunch. he's pounding a district in a -- the pavement in a district that's most often red. >> they have been trying to run me out on a rail ever since. >> voters are so angry, ready to kick him out of office, even though he's term limited and can't run again until 2014. >> i think we should have a say whether he continues to work on not. >>

overseas, secretary of state john kerry. >> let me be clear. the united states of america, president obama, myself, others are in full agreement that the end to the conflict in syria requires a political solution. there is no military solution. >> while the u.s. tries to gain more global support, syria's reaching out to its on allies. syrian's foreign minister met with his russian counter part and both are calling on the u.n. to bring back chemical weapons teams for a further investigation. president obama is expected to speak out before he addresses the public on tuesday night. he has six television interviews lined up today, hoping to persuade congress and the public to back a possible military strike. white house correspondent mike e v. >> queira is in washington now. >> for american credibility abroad and obama administration's foreign poles are at stake. all the media blitz is an indication of just that. the president made a trip about two miles north of here to the vice president's residence, dropped in on a dinner that vice president bid

secretary of state john kerry will try to start the dialogue thursday when he's scheduled to meet the iranian foreign minister along with five other world powers. the iranian foreign minister took to twitter to hail this historic opportunity to resolve the nuclear issue. but skepticism remains high. according to u.s. officials, the iranians declined the white house's over cur overture to arn encounter. he skipped a u.s. lunch because alcohol was with the milk. he also didn't want to encounter president obama face-to-face. courtney al jazerra, new york. >> joining me now to talk what's going on behind the scenes with the u.s. and iran is hillary mann who served on the security council did you ever the born w. bush and clinton administration. she's the author of going to iran. joining us from our washington, d.c. studio. and the founder and president of the national iranian american council, he is also in washington, d.c. tonight. thank you both for joining us. president obama didn't stay to listen to the iranian president's speech instead he was at the big clinton foundation event in n

we've heard john kerry overseas, susan rice, the national security adviser here at the white house has a speech later this afternoon. she'll be meetin meeting with ky voting block with the congressional black caucus. and right now they're playing catch up. >> what if, and that is the question arising at this hour. what if the white house fails to get authorization from congress, will they go it alone? >> that's a speculative question, but i'll indulge you, there is historical precedence here. a lot of this depends on the procedure in the senate. will it be filibustered? will it get the required 60 votes? right now it looks like it will require 60 votes. will they have the votes then? if the senate passes it, and it does not pass in the house then when does the president do? there is precedence there as well in 1998. the senate authorized strikes n.a.t.o. campaign over the skies of kosovo. the house failed and the bombing went ahead any way. the president has a lot on the line in terms of foreign policies, credibility. >> and there are developments taking place overseas. today russia sa

that's tens of thousands of al-qaida supporters or as secretary of state john kerry said, bad guys. we go to a syrian america who runs western media outreach for the free syrian army, the main moderate opposition rebels, he's also vice president for middle east operations support group for international ngo and then we have with us an author who has written extensively on the syrian opposition. there are a lot of americans who arwhofeel if we support the opposition we'll be supporting al-qaida. there are many who said they did not sign up to become al-qaid al-qaida's air force or navy. how many of them are made up of the moderate groups like you represent or the more militant groups, many of which with open ties to al-qaida. >> look, thank you for having me. this question is really at the forefront of the policy debate in washington whether or not the regime will support al-qaida. what i've seen being on the ground speaking to syrians on a regular basis really we've got to separate reality. what they tell me there is no place in syria for the extremist political and theological agen

these are some of the stories we are following this hour: secretary of state john kerry is trying to convince a skeptical international community to force strikes on syria while president obama makes a similar push right here at home. >> tokyo. >> and they are celebrating in tokyo. japan wins the bid to host the 2020 olympics. >>> a run on guns in maryland where tens of thousands are applying for permits with one of america's toughest gun laws about to go on the books. >> machines the size of molecules. how tiny technology could have a huge impact on the way we live our lives. >> john kerry says the world is facing another eunuch moment facing in saturday, he compared the use of chemical weapons to the atrocities of naz. germany. >> this is not the time to be silent spectators to slaughter, not the time to send a message where doing nothing is far more risky thansponding. this is not the time to allow a dictator unfetterred use of some of the most heinous weapons on earth. >> the obama administration is letting the public see some of its evidence. this is one of the videos shown to t

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

. >> one of president obama most vocal opponents house speaker john baner is supporting the plan for a military attack. al jazeera has that part of the story. president obama and his team are supporting a draft resolution. the president says he expects congress will depate the measure, but he hoped it will be approved quickly after congress returns to work next week. >> president a bam ma's meeting was a high stakes gamble, but from the outset, he seemed confidence republicans and democrats would support military action. >> i have made a decision that america should take action. but i also believe that we will from much more effective, we will be stronger, if we take action together. >> once the cameras left the room, the president vice president and secretary of state presented the case. spelling out the goals and limits of the strike plan. >> the military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate, is proportional. it is limited, it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq. this is not afghanistan. >> the results are rare showin

a key player, of course, is senator john mccain. he was hold in arizona and held a town hall last night, and things got pretty heated. let's take a look. >> how much is the life american servicemen worth? to me it's worth a whole lot more than the situation in -- >> there's no con tell me plagues of putting a single serviceman or woman on the ground. >> i'm telling you there's not. >> i know. >> that is arguing. >> reporter: senator at the town hall last night in phoenix. those questions came fast and furious. >> all right. paul, thank you very much. if syria is attacked, howell might it be able to respond? you hear that question coming up in congress and you hear that question coming up at these town hall meetings and something in particular is how might it respond to other places in the region, particularly israel. john joins me to explain that. >> reporter: how will syria respond in the event of a u.s.-led attack on any of its chemical weapons infrastructure. there is an expanding array of reprisal opportunities that syria has at