the government outside of syria who's saying we support our friends in syria. that's what the russians said to me at this table. >> rose: this is a good sign. >> rose: well you're the one complaining about the other side that said we supported these people as they supported the libyan rebels even though there's a difference and the two circumstances. >> to those who are betting on ostracizingyria are i don't think, syria is not weak and isolated, syria is not ostracized. >> rose: syria presumes... it looks like they're prepared to fight to the end. >> absolutely. we have friends all over the world. those who attended the world in istanbul were only 71 countries. >> rose: which countries do you consider your friends other than syria and russia and china. >> it's very informati tat there were only 71 countries while at the united nations you have to deal with 193 member states. so one-third of the so-called international community decided to meet in istanbul the two other thirds did not go. that means the majority are against an interference in the domestic affai

and it's as if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's true that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken hizbullah in lebanon it is already having an effect by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask with out of their own will and changing their behavior in gaza it is to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic the civil war in syria didn't start to buy any kind of western instigation it started by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not down there it comes not at their ex not the israelis for god's sake it's started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not about democracy it's not about nation building you never heard these words from me i agree completely with joshua landis that can b

of course this is what syria and the national government of syria little president bashar assad needs you know fruitfully see and positively speaking that's what they need mostly on the ground of syria they need the back of support not only by the international community today under the law of the united nations but this resolution to be implemented through the observers that they have just started you know to lend over the soil of syria now accepting those three hundred observers by the government of syria this is what is highly needed by the government for sure and they have accepted this so far as we all heard the foreign minister for a little more live has mentioned this through his visit back in china recently just days ago no the question is how can we abide by such a measure by under the united nations by the international community and as such i meant the you western union the western europeans let's say or the european community community and. their allies for sure the united states of america and other arab pan out of regional let's see enemy right now but they were friends

and it's and if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's true that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken. lebanon it is already having been affected by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask was out of their own will and can't you've got to be everything to gaza it is to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic this civil war in syria didn't start by any kind of western instigation it started by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not the americans not attacks not the israelis for god's sake it's started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not about democracy it's not about nation building you never add these words from me i agree completely with joshua landis that there can be nation

and syria this morning. the bbc says the united nations has reached a deal with syria outlining the rules for the deployment of observers to monitor that country's cease-fire. a spokesman for u.n. arab league envoy kofi annan said the agreement covered the functions of the mission and the syrian government's responsibilities. a nominal truce is in place in syria, but reports of violence have continued. meanwhile, the u.n.'s chief ban ki-moon is due to brief the security council on the situation in new york. earlier, mr. ban said violence had escalated in recent days and he said he wanted the observer mission to increase to 300 to be deployed over three months. some correspondents say the security council, which is not due to make a decision until next week, might be afraid to put unarmed observers on the ground if the situation continues to deteriorate at the same rate. so that, again, from the bbc. as we wait for members to make their way back to the hearing room, let's show you a portion of this morning's

not an agent of syria. so you know their opinion periods of eleven months political and. cheering which all relationships syria took was not good we had problems even featuring us there were problems between us and then and now those who used to benefit from political. influence of syria and lebanon they are now the ones who are on. the phone posing us whereas we used to be under pressure from syria we are friends were not engaged in. syria the various segments of the syrian opposition know that and all the political forces in the region and there is no girlfriend. for us and that's a first and second period when i say we support a potential cause of national. and we're certain it will be willing to fix said any that or any on the contribution of chief but that's what i'm going to tackle solution in the past and i said some new development here and we contacted some parties but they refused to get into it a try not with the regime to leave so any any group that wants i would probably die along with russia a

and it's and if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's tool that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken hizbullah lebanon it is already i think in effect by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask with out of their own will and cancer therapy ever in gaza it is to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic this civil war in syria even started by any kind of western instigation it started by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not done mary comes not attacks not the israelis for god's sake it's started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not about democracy it's not about nation building you never add these words from me i agree completely with joshua landis that there can be nation buil

in syria. clearview since i was first in one of the originally first in principle we don't want to interfere in the interference of arab states has always been up on the simple well i have been developments and there of the world have been exposed very serious and very importantly to an extent that nobody really knew move the no party can just not take a position regarding. in syria everybody knows that it was a pushover that says regime obama for his supporters on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine and that is that it says it's not the guys down to face it it's really an american pressure so it's a regime which serves the palestinian cause very well. what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is there reform and there is always going to be carried out because the alternative to that because of the twenty first season but also inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria they also the chance to push their way into civil war and this is ex

>> in syria? >> yes. >> first of all, you know, on occasion i've been portrayed as saying this would just be too hard so let's not do it. i want to assure you that's not the case. if asked to do something, we absolutely have the capability. but in terms of my concerns and how they would translate into military advice, is i have to be very clear about the military objectives that i was being asked to achieve, and i would have to be -- i'd have to be clear about how those military objectives were contributing to some outcome that we would all -- we would all understand and probably agree upon. so what is the outcome? if it's just stopping the violence, that's one outcome, or if p it's just changing the regime, that's another outcome. but the point is i can build from that outcome. i can build military options. my other responsibility is to balance the risk to the mission. you know, what would be the cost of doing this in lives and equipment and the risks to the force, because it's a zero-sum game. w

water live a witness on the ground in syria. what you brought to him is that i can start the car and run him has a critical if not the whole day of course is the right exceptions streams approved by former journalists of al-jazeera and he is the resigned. after he resigned the thing. with the protesters against the world policy of the algeria for the e.c.v. station the cargo and the honey. why didn't you stop that you have him for the year. thank you and while we're here love you. i. thank them. rip the hole through dear one hundred three and i agree with him completely. with this tool we. don't sell out most russian t.v. channels to work in syria as we give them access to very syrian regions you've got the nation we are ready to continue to do so and you will. respond the most that the russian journalists are professional and used to. work in accordance with their. excellence a sense of huge change rather than some hidden agenda and. france twenty four. how they didn't have got there they haven't got half so. i thought this fro

syria is not ostracized. >> rose: syria presumes... it looks like they're prepared to fight to the end. >> absolutely. we have friends all over the world. those who attended the world in istanbul were only 71 countries. >> rose: which countries do you consider your friends other than syria and russia and china. >> it's very informative that there were only 71 countries while at the united nations you have to deal with 193 member states. so one-third of the so-called international community decided to meet in istanbul the two other thirds did not go. that means the majority are against an interference in the domestic affairs of syria. we are legally speaking in a very strong position legally speaking because it's wrong to interfere in other business and domestic affairs. this is wrong. this is item one. >> you did not have a successful vote in the united nations security council because russia and china blocked it. >> thank god. this is a kind of balance of powers. we need it. the council is not democratic anymore. the shape of the coun

syria is not libya syria is not. syria is not yemen so that is a very strong country with a very strong army with the people that you have never seen anywhere in the way of the syrian people is a miracle by itself it's been with the standing almost fourteen months have sanctions of of caylee has been only killing of innocent. syrians and members of the syrian army and law enforcement forces today and yesterday was last article thirty five adversaries and soldiers and almost twenty civilians killed by those terrorist gangs or leveled the country. it was an international world that has been waged against syria for the last fourteen months but the syrian people they still have the same. lucian they still have the same results the same integrity the same military to their country to their land and we promise you somewhere is not going to be another libya if they ever take any foolish step to attack soon and militarily they're going to regret it for a very very very long time to come talk to new doubts about the now forme

>> syria? >> yes. >> if i could give you a firm answer as to what we saw happening, i probably would not be in this job, i would be somewhere else. it is a tough thing to try to look at elements in play and determine exactly how this will play out. obviously intelligence has provided its perspective on this. the best thing that we can see as a result of the broad base insurgency and results of the international community approach to dealing with sanctions and the pressures and continuing to indicate that he must get done, as a result of what the u.n. is doing in implementing a ceasefire were you have the support of russia and china, there is a whole series of efforts that are putting incredible, pressure on the regime to do the right thing. this may continue to play out. he will continue to play this out. >> playing off of that assumption and around how the plans evolves specifically over the past year since we have seen the syrian revelation come out? >> what we do and what general dempsey doe

in syria. no they're not clear reasons first and then the people originally first in principle we don't want to interfere in the interference of arab states that's always been up on the scene where a lot of them have been developments in the arab world have been excited very serious and very importantly to an extent that nobody really knew movement no party can just not take a position regarding them and. in syria everybody knows that there's a bus service that's regime i wonder if he has supported on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine right now to snopes backs down in the face of history be an american pressure. because he says regime which serves the greatest immune cause very well. what we call from serious negotiations dialogue is the idea of reform actually reform is going to be carried out because the alternative to that no one cause of the plane first in terms of but also inside syria because the sensitivity of the situation in syria also that it still has to

what do you say to that, that somehow syria -- that if we would get involved in syria we could help the people there move on to a more democratic or different type of government, that it would help us to bring the threat of iran down in the neighborhood? >> there is absolutely no question that if the assad regime comes down, that the one country in that part of the world that's going to be even further isolated is iran. and iran knows that, and that's the reason they continue to provide some assistance to assad, is because they know that their interests are in maintaining the assad regime, not in seeing it go down. >> the only thing i think i'd add, congresswoman, is the fall of the assad regime would be a serious blow to iran. i think the general has testified before this body to that effect. but saying that it is the key would be analogous to saying you're going to solve a rubik's cube puzzle by lining up one side and neglecting the other flee. three. as was said, there are no silver bullets out there. >> secretary, is there any circumstances under which the united states would get in

syria of violating international law. and the turkish prime minister saying he would be filing an official complaint with the syrian authorities now there are those who are saying that the these skirmishes are being initiated by rebels in order to draw government forces into chasing after them across the border and firing after them across the border into turkey however there are also those saying that these are people legitimately fleeing across the border away from from government troops now in response to what we've seen all not border between turkey and syria the turkish prime minister mr erdogan said that his country are considering all options including knows it may be best not to sink it out. if an international reaction to the united states is said to cause calls to appeal to nato turkey calls a nato member and one of the key principles of the nato alliance is that if one member is attacked then all of the members of nato should step in to defend them now that would really open up a whole new reality to the situat

because new york more in syria let's. go to the university of jordan he's joining us on the line very good evening thanks to be with the with the u.n. still body agreeing on this resolution on syria now giving the green light to the observers mission do you think it's a major step toward resolving this long lasting conflict well i think there's a window of opportunity but there are also many dangers lurking in the dark with truth of the matter is that it all hinges on the armed gangs and whether they actually decide to abide by the cease fire lay down their weapons hand them over to the government of syria and start its serious dialogue with the syrian regime and so they do so but just thought it was because i do think that's not happening. no i do not think so i think they have toned down their attacks but they have not seized their backs on until today i've been hearing and seeing reports of attacks against syrian officials or syrian army officers or just regular troops security troops or army troops on the ground throu

of people killed in syria are more than . the combination of all other people killed in the op rising in the in the last year and. i mean my own family also live in syria and i have also i mean direct reports of the day which is which are committed in syria which is unprecedented i mean so you can't really i think there are different steps you have to take and the united states has to have taken first you would use diplomacy then you use dialogue if they don't want to use sanctions and sanction to then war then you would take other actions to stop the violence in that country and if that includes resigning wrigley's i don't include militarizing the conflict there is that you should also want to hold. outsiders that you saying that that just contributes more violence doesn't it. ok you know i want to again to refer back to what we're in the united states has not taken you know actually same case of libya that your other guest mentioned he was there arab league impose a no fly zone and arab league who pushed their western count

minister says the assad regime should be more active in implementing the un brokered cease fire plan in syria but also calls on those supporting the opposition to piled pressure on the factions who are separate sargeant peace efforts. the british prime minister seeks to seal and historic weapons deal with japan in a move many see as a mirroring washington's recent drive to boost its military presence in the asia pacific region and. also russia and poland to remember the victims of the tragic plane crash near smolensk that killed the polish president and most of the country's political elite two years ago. the man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime many believe he did not commit america's most famous prisoner jamal talks exclusively to r.t. it's his first t.v. interview since his sentence was commuted to life behind bars. and it's just after five pm on tuesday here in moscow this is artsy with me rule recent showing russia's foreign minister says international monitors will be key to implementing the cease fire in syria's civil conflict so he laughed off met his syrian counterpart

syria has more from brussels. well the museum director has started burning artwork he's calling this the art war basically it's a symbolic protest against the way that the economic crisis the european debt crisis is being handled until this point and he also says it over a thousand artworks are already doomed to be destroyed anyway because of the government's indifference to their situation subsidies have been cut to the cultural institutions and again this just brings about the message that no live and nothing is spared from these harsh cuts being imposed by governments in europe because of the debt crisis and it's the same story you have here art and cultural heritage of italy being prized assets and it's going down the drain the same goes with its workforce its assets their human assets bearing the brunt of all these pots and this is a symbolic protest follows what we've seen recently already suicides and suicide attempts in greece and italy as well over a pension cuts or loss of benefits or loss of jobs and th

in syria. in the name of a clear view since well and first and then the originally first in principle we don't want to interfere in the interference of arab states that's always been up on the scene where we have been developments in the arab world have been it's very serious and very importantly to next time that nobody really new movement no party can just not take its position regarding. and. in syria everybody knows that this. mess is regime obama from his supporters on the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine. to snobs back down in the face of his radiant american pressure so this is a regime which serves the palestinian cause very well. what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is there a format for what was going to be carried out because they all say mr that the no one cause of the twenty first century somebody was inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria and also that it still has they lead to civil war and this is exactly what am

in syria. clear response first and then the originally first in principle returned want to interfere in the interference of arab states has always been not on the scene where we have been prevented the center of the world had been excited very serious and very importantly to an extent that nobody really knew move the new policy can just not take its position regarding peace and clearly i was. in syria everybody knows the facts of this sort of assets regime and i wonder if he has supported the resistance in lebanon supporting terrorism stands in palestine right now as to snopes backs down in the face of this radiant american pressure so it's a regime which serves for participating in course very well. what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is the idea of reform actually the reform is going to be carried out because the alternative to that in a way because of the first season but also inside syria because the sensitivity of the situations in syria and also the just of course they lead

this free syrian army doesn't represent anybody in syria. there's evidence of not this monday evidence of atrocities i mean just the report which was published by the spiegel magazine the german magazine last week points to extrajudicial killings and atrocities committed what we what is all we've heard about the reports of these atrocities and as yours as your saying the there's been a covert operation by nato countries in syria for quite a number of months now then then if you're calling this whole of friends of syria group a big red herring then perhaps you'd also call it a red herring with kofi annan and six stage peace plan for syria you've said in one of your recent articles that this plan was quote slated to fail another red heading for a red herring do you think or. it was it was a stage i think it was a state of shock really shouldn't because you see the coffee and calls for a cease fire between the opposite sides because it does not acknowledge the fact that one of the sides is integrated by nato forces all forces from nato countrie

>> in syria? >> yes. >> first of all, you know, on occasion i've been portrayed as saying this would just be too hard, so let's not do it. i want to assure you, that's not the case. if asked to do something, we absolutely have the capability. but in terms of my concerns and how they would translate into military vices i have to be very clear about the military objectives that i was being asked to achieve, and i'd have to be clear about how those military objectives were contributing to some outcome that we would all -- we would all understand and probably agree upon. so what is the outcome? if it's just stopping the violence that's one outcome. if it's changing the regime, that's another outcome. the point is i can build from that outcome, i can build military options. my other responsibility is to balance the risk to the mission, you know, what would be the cost of doing this in the lives and equipment and the risk to the force because it's a zero sum game. we're deployed all over the world. and

our policy in syria is very clear. we support a political and democratic transition that fulfills the syrian people's greatest aspirations. to support that objective, the united states is leading international efforts along five tracks. first, we are supporting efforts to maintain international pressure and advance transition, political transition, in syria. we join with our partners in the united nations security council including now russia and china, in calling for the urgent comprehensive and immediate implementation of all aspects of the plan. second, we are further isolating the assad regime. we are encouraging other countries to join the united states, the european union and the arab league in imposing strong sanctions against it. these sanctions are putting assad under greater pressure than ever before. we are undermining the financial life lines of the regime. three united states executive orders targeted senior leadership, commercial and the central bank of syria. the result is that 30% of the regime, of the

and if it's if they see it in syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of around that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's true that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken hizbullah in lebanon it is already having an effect by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask was out of their own will and can't seem to be entering gaza at least to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic this civil war in syria they even started by any kind of western instigation it's outlived by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not the americans not attacks not the israelis for god's sake it's started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not a cloud democracy it's not about nation building you never ever use words from me i agree completely with joshua landis that there ca

massive observer mission to syria ultimately a last ditch attempt to prevent an all out civil war. decision time in france after final appeals to voters are made by presidential hopefuls all the top job in a country hit by social divisions a new report unemployment. the chinese economic powerhouse sets its sights on the arctic as beijing weighs in for a slice of the untapped riches. it is good to have you with us today here on our. coming to you live from moscow the u.n. is expected to send hundreds of observers to syria after the security council votes on a resolution that will be later on saturday russia wants the monitors to fly out at once as the violence in syria grinds on despite the u.n. brokered cease fire but in new york with the latest details as r.t. is marina porter. there's been a combination of two resolutions to draft resolutions that were submitted to the u.n. security council one was a better from russia the other submitted by the your european union now odd combination of these resolutions polls for the un observer mission in syria to expand. their money a car of

, inside syria itself. we can speak to an activist from homs. thank you for talking to us. given the situation we are in at the moment, tell us, first of all, what is happening? >> this is the center of homs, and since this morning i spoke to your radio around 9:30 a.m., and i said before you called me and around 15 minutes, the shelling started -- and we received a lot of videos from the killed persons today. about 14 persons were killed and we documented them by name. today our organization -- this is our main work, to document all the killed persons, their location. and we always requested videos for those, and we are following the measurements for the human rights organizations. what we want to say -- >> just before we get to what you want to say. we are getting there for a clear suggestion there is still fighting, from government forces. but of course, for this cease- fire to work, and has to be reciprocal and we have reports of six soldiers also being killed by rebels in the attack. >> we cannot trust

in syria. three reasons first and we're not the originally first as in principle we can't want to interfere in the interference of arab states that's always been our policy well a lot of them have been developments in the arab world have been it's very serious and very importantly to an extent that nobody really knew movement no party can just not take a position regarding. and. in syria everybody knows face. best as regime when if he has supported the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine right now it's not backing down to in the face of history be an american pressure so this is a regime which serves the kind of thing in course very well. what we call for in serious negotiations dialogue is that reform after the reform is going to be carried out because the alternative to that are no way because of the first season but it was inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria but also that is to push their way into civil war and this is exactly what the am

in syria. clear reasons first and when the originally first principle you can want to interfere in the interference of arab states it's always been our policy without them have been developments and there of the world have been exposed very serious and very importantly to an extent that nobody really knew movement no party can just not take a position regarding them and. in syria everybody knows that this pressure that's that's regime obama for has supported their own for the resistance in lebanon supporting the resistance in palestine and as they take it to snopes backs down in the face of history being american pressure so it's a regime which serves the kind of thing and cause very well. what we call for in serious negotiation dialogue is the idea of reform actually reform is going to be carried out because the alternative to that are no way because of the first season but it was inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria they also just to push their way into civil war

to syria. i think that looks to an issue of when we look at the world in regard to russia. they have sent russian advisers to syria and deployed naval forces. how would you say that russia is supporting syria posed a military today? north korea's recent missile failed. i think this is probably misplaced really. we know that north korea continues its quest for missile technology. most recently the 100th anniversary of the founder of the dictatorship that brought forwsrd their mobile missile. secretary gates spoke of this. i ask that my letter be committed to part of the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> my second question is tell me of your concerns of china's supporting north korea's missiles. is it a direct threat to the united states, something we are witnessing? >> there is no question that north korea's capabilities and their developing nuclear capabilities represent a threat to the united states. for that reason we take north korea and their provocative actions very seriously. r

to syria. i think that texas to an issue -- that takes us to an issue of when we look to a world -- -- russia and china. that looks to an issue of when we look at the world in regard to russia. they have sent russian advisers to syria and deployed naval forces. how would you say that russia is supporting syria posed a military today? secondly, let me switch to china which takes it to the issue ofnorth korea's recent missile failed. i think this is probably misplaced really. -- relief. we know that north korea continues its quest for missile technology. most recently the hundredth anniversary of the founder of the dictatorship that brought four of their mobile missile. secretary gates -- for word of their mobile missile. secretary gates spoke of this. he said north korea is becoming a direct threat to the allied states. i ask that my letter be committed to part of the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> my second question is tell me of your concerns of china's supporting north korea's m

and it's and if they see that syria if you can get take syria down one way or another it exposes the weaknesses of iran that's a very cynical foreign policy but there's in between the lines that's what it seems like to me go ahead. well first of all it's true that if the syrian regime or other when it falls it will weaken iran it will weaken. lebanon it is already having an effect by the way on the behavior of hamas which dropped out of the mask was out of their own will and changing to be entering gaza it is to some extent but look here is the problem with all that logic the civil war in syria didn't start to buy any kind of western instigation it's targeted by the syrian people that is to say it is not something that started by foreign instigation not their americans not the terrorists not the israelis thought say it started by the syrian people so this is a given situation now and what i said before and i will repeat it now it's not about democracy it's not about nation building you never heard these words from me i agree completely with joshua landis the can be nation building fr

in syria. well clear reasons first and when the originally first in principle be current want to interfere in the interference of arab states it's always been our policy. have been prevented and center of the world have been excited very serious and very importantly to next i don't know getting a new movement no party can just not take a position regarding. in syria everybody knows that this oppression of assets regime obama has supported their own the resistance in lebanon supported the resistance in palestine your primaries to snopes back to town in the face of history and american pressure so it's a receiver which serves the greatest thing and cause very well. what we call for in serious negotiations i log is there a format for there are going to be carried out because the alternative to that are no way because of the first season but inside syria because of the sensitivity of the situation in syria they also just to push their way into civil war and this is exactly what america and israel w

to syria. and many. people here there are people here and they're operating. you know. let him go on back and forth as well as the civilian refugee camps the military army defectors and the man considered the head of the f.s.a. in the country the camp with a state closely guarded and it takes your thirty's make it extremely hard to access information here but we managed to speak to one member of the free syrian army about what they're wanting from the turkish government. it's not just the f.s.a. that turkey said pausing recently played face to the friends of syria conference when many countries including called states guitar in saudi arabia agreed to contribute millions to funding the free syrian army is a move this sometimes she soars undermining diplomatic efforts to put an end to the violence in the country peacefully and these latest incidents are just the latest in a long line of setbacks for these efforts to be realized the syrian refugees here is skeptical that a solution is close at hand thousands of people have made the journey across the border from syria. lik

to syria. seeing as how the department of defense would have more precedent in such a role, what can your agency coordination -- what agency coordination is occurring between the department of state and part of defense? >> congressman, there is ongoing coordination with the department of defense, with the department of state on this issue. we do have a liaison who is they are working with them. let me give you a more in-depth report as to what the level of that relationship is like. but there is a military liaison that is working with the state department on this issue. >> i have nothing to add, congressman. >> thank you very much. i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, ms. sanchez. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you, both gentlemen, for being here once again and for your service to our country. russia has not been very cooperative in moving the un closer to authorizing some form of action in syria. i know a lot of us have been disappointed in one to move something. some members sugge

syria. correspond with the u.n. in new york with more. conversation political analyst chris bambery joining us from the lawn of the evening information on the ground in syria where long has been hard to verify it's been sketchy but this is their claim there's shelling ongoing killings in a country we know here in media reports from a syrian t.v. . news in the other side of the sort of things was kind of tit for. these reports to think first of all. well i think it does seem that the ceasefire is part of the country it's a fragile cease fire and as you say there do seem to reports and certain areas in homs for instance there has been continuing fighting reports of government shelling in the government is also it in the armed groups have been taking action so it's a fragile cease fire but it does seem to hold a watch parts of the country and it would seem to me there is a possibility of peace to forestall a civil war inside. actually welcomed i think the developments we saw today it was in par

here is the dam a scene soars that once held syria to ward off european crusaders some fear that syria may become the target of yet another one day western conquest it would again seek to impose its values this. with a twenty first century reference. bludgeoned of the impossible done with in florence isn't part of his plans for for syrians seeing themselves as a nation of great warriors who are valuable or above everything else but as revolutionary violence train the country more and more syrians are far more eager to prescribe another part of their cultural heritage that i was a peace loving caring nation. it is true that syria doesn't have a long record of political pluralism the main rallying cry of the opposition but there are efforts to change that nine political parties for a graduate student in recent months some of them openly seeking to challenge the dominance of the baath party. we used to have three taboos religion sex and politics at least we can talk about politics now that there is a member of the party of supporters it can boast only forty one hundred people so far there

. >> will the cease-fire and syria hold it? >> and the european court of human rights makes a criminal offense. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- syria and is relatively calm this morning. while there has been no shelling, it is reported that six people were killed there today. annan has called on damascus to withdraw all troops and weapons from flashpoint city's. >> there have been reports of sporadic violations of the ceasefire by government forces and the regime. >> is a fragile truce, but it has brought a measure of calm to syria. troops should have been pulled back two days ago under the annan plan. this unverified video screens to show shelling in homs. the main syrian exiled opposition group says that the cease-fire holds, there should be talks for a transition process. >> there should be, according to the plan, some kind of dialogue. it should be about the transitional phase. >> government is currently in control of most of the country. it denies it agreed to pull back the army, but it sa

this week sparking a range of reaction from praise to his syria. with a look back at the past seven days top stories and the latest developments this is the weekly on r.t. . in france presidential election front runners nicolas sarkozy and his main rival socialist francois hollande looked to have reached the second round of voting in two weeks time early polls suggest our land won the first round by a small margin so severe is following the voting in the french capital. the big surprise is actually the voter turnout earlier before the actual election at the projections was that up to a third of french people will not actually go out and vote but now we're seeing eighty percent turnout and that is a big difference indeed we know from the last few weeks of the campaigns of psychos and a lot of they have been encouraging people to vote throughout all of this it's been about jobs and employment and the economy and this has been the top concern of the french people as well as purchasing power which is essentially money in their pockets and this is going

security council vote to send three hundred observers to syria russia wants nations not undermine the mission of the u.s. says only pressure on the assad regime will work. campaigning in france ahead of sunday's presidential poll with voters facing a tough choice of a time social division and record unemployment. energy hungry china works to secure a slice of the arctic and its untapped mineral resources chinese premier one of the top of the nordic states. russia closer team troubles beyond the arctic circle to see how herding and fishing communities there survive and thrive. on screen online around the world this is r.t. life here in moscow the u.n. security council has unanimously voted on a resolution to send hundreds of observers to syria moscow says it will help promote the un backed cease fire agreement with multiple reports of a truce been violated by both sides portnoy has more from new york. once again the united nations security council has unanimously adopted a resolution on syria the most recent one drafted by russia and co-sponsored by eight other countries the resolution

between the government of syria and the opposition. syria has stated many times that they are sticking to the plan of anon but if mr anon is actually working on a plan you hear the other side is saying we cannot give one hundred million dollars as they said yesterday to pay salaries to opposition and to terrorists to shoot and continue shooting so i doubt that at this point that. you know the peace initiative by is going it's going to be going very smoothly especially with that line is looming very soon so you would agree then with russia's concerns that the friends of syria is blatantly undermining the efforts of the u.n. . oh i think sabotaging the whole you and process and i think the american are dictating violence and chaos in syria and in the region i think it's time for the americans to let the people of syria get together and the healing spark between the syrian i think everybody agrees there is should be a new form in syria but if the americans say we are committed to fund this. that is shooting and putting violence in place t

this is the case and if you talk about syria we have. an organization of course this is also the syrian opposition but it faces goals and ways of achieving them are strikingly different these kurdish women are against the entrenched discrimination of their ethnic group others in the crowd call for free elections and stopping arbitrary detentions still the main slogan they're rallying under is for peaceful change. we think that bashar al assad has stepped down but we are totally convinced it can be achieved through nonviolent means the only way for this democratic revolution to proceed peacefully all sides have to stop the violence small rallies like these almost the wicklow curran's in damascus but this time even syrian state t.v. came to fill my heart to travel to grab all the attention the syrian opposition has many faces and there's a growing concern here that basically warning the radicals the last may be hurting because of more moderate forces that the gunfire has essentially drowned out more legitimate calls for democratic change w

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tonight an r t the un security council passes a resolution to send observers to oversee the cease fire in syria which has been hit by further deadly clashes we've got the latest just a few seconds away for you. also back on the table after more than a year of silence and suspicion world powers meet with the rand the discuss its nuclear program which to rally insists is peaceful. and the people of new delhi is set to vote in regional elections but it could end up being a choice between alleged murder isn't fraudsters but many candidates marred by a criminal past. hello there you're watching live from moscow this saturday night it's eight pm here now my name's kevin now in our top story the u.n. security council has voted unanimously on a resolution in the last hour to send a team of observers to syria a group of up to thirty monitors will help oversee the country's fragile cease fire this amid reports of fresh shelling of more bloodshed in the country despite the truce artie's reported as full the latest developments in new york for us had a very good evening this is a rare show of unity for the

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