he said two years ago that bashar al-assad must go. that didn't enter his statement last night, and i'm very saddened by that because the blow to the morale of the free syrian army is very significant. >> rose: do you believe even though the plan isn't developed that there's a compromise here which is number one for the president to make sure that bashar al-assad didn't use chemical weapons again that that objective could be achieved by this compromise and is likely to be achieved. >> i hope it would but i think it's very unlikely. i'm extremely skeptical. already we're seeing john kerry having to travel to geneva to negotiate with labroff. why doesn't he come to new york and work out a resolution with the security council. the french has a completely reasonable proposal. putin said it was, quote, unacceptable and putin has also said the united states has to renounce the use of force. something that no great nation could agree to. so the early signs are is that this is rope-a-dope. again, this is a country that putin has supplied with

and bashar assad gone. he will only leave when the tide of battle turns against him. >> how long is sustainable, senator? >> it depends on the -- it's harder and harder now. because with this delay, bay schar assad is moving his foss around and making it much more difficult to target them. despite what the chairman of the joint chiefs might say. anyone who knows the military and actions, the israelis and others don't telegraph their intention days, even weeks ahead of time. >> in the goal is to have a military strike to defwrad the capability of the assad regime to deliver chemical weapons in the future, that means delivery systems have to be affected. means the ability to repair and deliver has to be effected. if that is done in a rebust manner, keeping the chemical weapons delivery systems, that will have a substantial effect degrading the overall ability of the assad regime. simultaneously, you're upgrading the military capability of the opposition. you're getting a regional force behind the opposition.

. >> reporter: syrian president bashar assad tells "cbs this morning's" charlie rose the u.s. has no proof his government launched the chemical weapons attack the u.s. says killed more than 1400 people. >> he basically says if in fact the administration has evidence, then they should show that evidence. >> reporter: assad suggested rebel forces were responsible. the white house says assad's troops are the only ones capable of pulling off such an attack. >> do we have a picture or do we have irrefutable beyond reasonable doubt evidence? this is not a court of law. and intelligence does not work that way. so what we do know and what we know the common sense test says he is responsible for this. he should be held to account. >> reporter: but the commonsense test isn't good enough for many here on capitol hill. congress is set to vote wednesday on the military strike on syria and many believe the votes will not be there. >> the evidence is not as strong as the public statement that the president and his administration have been making. i would also add that the briefings haven't g

conflict to an end, and bashar assad gone. he will only leave when the tide of battle turns against him. >> how long -- [inaudible] >> depends on the -- well, it's harder and harder now because with this delay. bashar assad is moving forces around and making it much more difficult to target them, despite what the chairman of the joint chiefs might say. anyone who knows the military and action, like lindsey said, the israelis and others don't telegraph their intention days or weeks ahead of time. if the goal is to have a military strike to degrade the capability of the say sad regime to deliver chemical weapons in the future, that means delivery systems have to be affected. if that is done in a robust mapper, keeping it to the chemical weapons delivery mechanisms, that will have a substantial effect of degrading the overall ability of the assad regulartime. simultaneouslyñr you're upgradig the military capability of the opposition, upgrading their political cohesion, and you are getting a regional force behind the on sayings.

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bashar al assad is drawing his own red line. he'll only agree to dismantle his country's chemical weapons if the u.s. stops arming rebels and takes the threat of force off the table. >> this bilateral process is based first of all on the united states stopping its policy of threatening syria. >> reporter: the obama administration is showing no signs of making its military stand down. >> force might be necessary. >> reporter: and a u.s. official says the cia has begun sending actual weapons to syrian rebels. >> we are getting now a lot of of support from our american friends. >> reporter: but a defense official tells cnn, general salim idriss is more coordinator than commander and there are concerns about the opposition's makeup. a u.s. official tells cnn, only a minority of rebels are extremists. but if you expand beyond those directly affiliated with terrorist groups, the majority of all the fighting forces are somewhere between moderate and conservative islamists. and the official says the opposition's criminal element cannot

some speculate whether syrian president bashar assad will follow though on his obligations... and wonder how other regimes will respond. evan bayh says: "so the syrians will probably cheat on any agreement. the russians won't help to enforce it. the iranians have been somewhat emboldened. there are tough days ahead." but despite what some critics say... assad says he vows to abide by the resolution to rid his country of it's estimated 1-thousand-ton chemical arsenal by mid- 2014. he adds his government also agreed to join the international convention that outlaws such arms. bashar assad says: "..we joined the international agreement for preventing the use and the acquirement of chemical weapons / is our history, to comply with every treaty we sign..." the security council is also paying close attention to syria's humanitarian crisis. more than 100- thousand have been killed and some two million other syrians have fled during the two and a 1/2-year-old civil war. some opted to live in neighboring countries, others have sought shelter in ancient ruins inside syria. (arabic) abu

he pressed bashar assad on details. he followed up with evidence. i thought bashar assad at times came across at delusional and i think in some cases he wasn't the only delusional person in the room. some of dennis kucinich's questions were totally absurd. at one point he suggested that assad might pave the way towards a new road map towards world peace beginning with you giving up your weapons and asked about assad starting a peace process. that's just not in touch with reality. >> bret: great having you on the panel. >> thanks. >> james? >> look, not all of the questions were the ones i would have asked. one question that went unasked that i would liked to have seen asked would have been mr. president, what you have done wrong in this conflict? what mistakes you have made? and that might have forced him into some measure of candor, might have. there was an obama administration official named volley nasir from the first term who published a book this year about his experiences working on afghanistan and pakistan policy under the late richard holbro

the question-- >> let him finish. >> -- whether or not bashar assad actually ordered the attack. this is a question that will come up as we go forward now in this process. >> why are you speaking with such sirte tude? >> because i have spoken with u.s. intelligence. >> no one has -- people in the intelligence community -- cia? >> they have intercepts. >> let him talk. >> i'm saying that-- >> eleanor? >> -- intercepts a syrian general ordering these attacks, then talking about covering up the evidence, now, they don't have president assad on those, on those -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> fine technicality. >> i want to get this out first. okay. a picture is worth a thousand words. whether or not bashar al assad is responsible for the horrific attack on august 21st, atrocities are happening on all sides. take a look at this photo that made the front page of the "new york times" on thursday of last week, september 5, the line of captured soldiers facing down in the dirt were syrian soldiers fighting for the regime of bashar al assad. they were all shot in the head by the standing sy

bashar al assad knows this. he knows this, and he sort of uses that to sort of drive this message home saying, look, if you've got this evidence against me, show it. >> chris lawrence reporting live from the pentagon today. thank you very much. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," the president's push to punish syria. is he winning the p.r. campaign? can he win it? well, i'll pose that question to the host of "crossfire." [announcer] there's no hiding the goodness of the latest from beneful baked delights. new heartfuls are made with real bacon... ...and oven-baked to crisp perfection. new heartfuls from beneful baked delights. ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds. ♪ ♪ others are designed to leave them behind. ♪ the all-new 2014 lexus is. it's your move. you feel...squeezed. congested. beat down. crushed. as if the weight of the world is resting on your face. but sudafed gives you maximum strength sinus pressure and pain relief. so you feel free. liberated. released. decongested.

it's bashar al assad. as he looked on, his father many believe envisioned a dynasty and wouldn't have imagined it taking the turn it has. is this a design city and crumbling right now is. >> it's a mafia dynasty and definitely crumbling. >> reporter: experts say to understand what's happening in syria now it helps to know about the strange regime built by the current dictator cease father. >> he was the most mock velian leader. >> reporter: from a poor backgrou background, he rose through the ranks of the syrian air force, but it was hardly that straightforward. the man thrived in the back rooms of syrian palace intrigue where according to most accounts betraying friends, killing and banishing enemies put you on the fast track. in syria, there's more than 20 successful and unsuccessful coups when he took power. he was involved in three of them. through the '70s, '80s and '90s he played the mideast power game like a fiddle. that was the contradiction. he stayed in power torturing and killing his enemies fro

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condemnation of the bashar al-assad was taken out. the original resolution at chapter vii resolution is what it is called. it is complicated, but the chapter vii resolution is a device the un uses when it draws up a resolution for action against a member country. this is not a chapter vii resolution, it's a security council resolution, and the only teeth that it has is a reference towards the end when they say if bashar al-assad and the syrian regime do not do what they promised to do, we'll threaten you with another resolution - not a military strike. that remains on the table in the eyes of the president. but the legal body, the security council threatens syria only with another resolution. >> while the leaders may later on be patting themselves on the back, we heard from rawya near the syrian border who hears inside syria that many are concerned not just about chemical weapons, but conventional weapons, hunger, and how this will take place, how chemical weapons will be eliminated in syria which is in the middle of a civil war. >> t

we'll bring you an exclusive interview with bashar al assad shortly. first, you can add two more voices to the chorus of critics of president obama's approach it the syrian crisis. national security correspondent jennifer griffin tells us tonight these voice from former pentagon chiefs robert gates and leon panetta come with consider reply more credibility than most. >> reporter: in a rare appearance together, the two most recent defense secretaries offered an unusual rebuke and withering criticism of their former boss, the commander in chief and his handling of the syria crisis. though they differed about what they would have done. >> when the president of the united states draws a red line, the credibility of this country is dependent on him backing up his word. when we draw a line and we give our word, damn it, we back it up. >> my bottom line is that i believe to blow a bunch of stuff up over a couple of days to underscore or validate a point or a principle is not a strategy. >> reporter: gates argued a limited tomahawk missile strike or any milita

. >>> in an interview with cbs on monday, bashar al-assad said the u.s. should expect the worst. those are the headlines add this hour. consider this is coming up next on al jazeera. i'll see you back here at 11:00 eastern time and remember you can get all your news at aljazeera.com. >> an off hand remark on syria by secretary of state john kerry, consider this: can president obama really trust the russian offer? and with several white house reversals in recent weeks would the u.s. lose respect with anything but intervention? meanwhile the senate and house aren't buying what the white house is selling on syria at least not yet. with growing opposition on a strike, where does syria stand as u.s. could be on the verge of firing on their home land. >>> how the old version of the american dream is changing. plus papelbo apple is going pub. the technology rat race moves along, are we the consumer any better off. hello i'm antonio mora, welcome to consider this. a political gaff that secretary kerry was qui quick to dismiss t will al jazeera kourtney keeley. >> he could turn over all o

why would bashar al assad do that? he may conclude that that would be his only way to remain in power, give up the chemical weapons, or follow in the foot steps of libya's gadhafi. jim acosta begins our special coverage of the crisis in syria. he is at the white house. jim, what is the very latest. ? >> today press secretary jay carneys said it is on the line when it comes to dealing with syria's chemical weapons but says the u.s. has seen more corporation from russia in the last two takes lan the last two years. the white house is hardly brimming with confidence that diplomacy will work. with president obama out of the white house at a volunteer event on this 9/11 anniversary, administration officials were fielding questions on syria and offering few answers. there is no timeline yet for the still developing russian proposal to rid syria of its chemical weapons. >> i don't want to suggest that all of this could possibly be wrapped up by friday. >> white house press secretary jay carney repeatedly raised doubts about w

now we want to go in syria. >> syria is sick and bashar al-assad is cancer. he needs to be stopped at all costs. >> this is a very complicated situation. i think we would be better to think more about it and not be so certain. [applause] >> mcdermott said he will likely vote against an airstrike. >> sending people to war to die or to kill other people is probably the most difficult thing--it is the most difficult thing i do. >> although thinks constituents are clear on his past record of voting on war, his crowd urged him to weigh all of the factors. >> i want him to really think it through because i think it's so very, very complex. there is n no good way to go forward. >> several iraqis and several service men and women lost their lives. we're done. >> he said he will take all these opinions back with him to washington. al jazeera, seattle. >> now the story of diana nyad winning worldwide praise is being criticized. now members of the marathon swimmers community are debating whether she got help from the boat that traveled along side her and they question w

bashar al-assad cannot deny the weapons. they are talking about disclosing locations, joining a treaty banning them and giving them up. things changed so drastically and quickly in the last day and a half, it can be hard to keep up. as we wait to hear from president obama, we'll walk you through the russian proposal to put the arsenal under global control and look at the potential snags, whether to keep the force on the table and whether the world can trust a dishonest regime and up until now destruction with the ally. we start with nick paton walsh on the deal making. nick, what's the latest there? >> reporter: all eyes on the meeting in geneva after frankly a bewildering day of closed door da plom see starting out with the french in the morning who held closed-door meetings. there were a lot of things they bundled in there to try, i think, perhaps and put the russians off in someway they wanted to see out right condemnation of the regime on the 21st of august and wanted to see the serious consequences on the table, if syri

there's no doubt terror was part of the strategy of bashar al-assad to cow his people. so 100,000 -- the president andd maybe it was by accident, maybe it was by design, said that it would be a, quote, red line. and then he was stuck with those words and we're trying to convince the american people that we're going to take these actions because bashar al-assad violated a chemical weapons treaty. >> neil: now we're not. either russia provided a figure leaf to to go ahead and not do that, but you think that would a mistake, right? >> i think the best way to bring this thing to an end is get the free syrian army the weapons they need. if you give me a second. look, there's al-qaeda, they're in syria and the numbers are growing larger. but still, the preponderance of fight something by the free syrian army who are moderates. they will not be governed by al-qaeda so to somehow say this is a conflict dominated by al-qaeda, that is absolutely false. >> neil: how do you know al-qaeda won't take advantage? >> i think they will take advantage of it. but i think the syrian people

it was formed by army defectors from assad's regime and they were working to depose bashar assad at that point. the opposition forces claimed to have 100,000 fighters. bill: also here at home lawmakers split. they have gotten the answers, or have they? that they need from the administration. we'll talk to a top member of the house homeland security committee. peter king, republican out of new york, will join us live in a moment. his view as to where he stands today. martha: so this is the moment everybody wanted to watch. there have been many awkward and tense exchanges between president barack obama and president vladmir putin of russia and things are at a particularly tense juncture right now. so comes the president out of his limousine. big handshake, very friendly at least outwardly so. these two have a lot to talk about. vladmir putin saying yesterday, neither one of us was elected to be pleasant to each other. that is not what this is about. we have different policies and different beliefs how things should go. we know vladmir putin believes al qaeda is a major presence in the oppo

in a soon-to-be-released interview president bashar al-assad reportedly denies that he knew about the attack, suggesting if the obama administration had evidence he used chemical weapons, it should be released. >> a prominent liberal activist group in the meantime released a television ad urging congress to vote against the president's request to authorise military action. after 10 years of war in afghanistan and iraq americans fear being drawn into syria's civil war. it's the intense public pressure to oppose the president's measure that the white house must overcome. president obama is making personal phone calls to members of congress to draw up support. he's scheduled to give national interviews on monday and an address to the nation on tuesday as he ramps up his campaign for syrian intervention, in anticipation of the vote in the u.s. senate in the middle of the week. >> overseas - secretary of state john kerry is said to hold a joint press conference with uk foreign secretary william hague. he's reiterated his support for washington's stance despite a lack of military support fr

who is bashar assad. the syrian president's family has ruled the country with an iron fist back since 1970. he studied to be a doctor. he succeeded his father upon his death in 2000. more than 70% of the syria's population has lived under the assad family their entire lives. this is all they know and that raises a lot of questions where the country goes from here. bill's got more for us. bill: a lot of that fight something defend the family and history there. mart that, what with this map we divided into three different colors to show the different sides fighting for the past 2 1/2 years. the yellow represents the assad regime, from damascus the

bashar al assad may have beaten him to the punch. on cbs this morning, president assad issued a new and very blunt warning against any kind of united states attack against his country. >> will the attacks against american bases in the middle east if there's an air strike? >> should expect everything. should expect everything. not necessarily for the government. the governments are not the only player in this region. you have different parties. you have different factions. you have different ideologies. you have everything in decision. so you have to expect that. >> and -- tell me what you mean by "expect everything." >> expect every action. >> including chemical warfare? >> that depends if the -- if the rebels or the terrorists in this region or any other group have it, it could happen. i don't know. >> such a delicate balance. that depends and then saying potentially the rebels, not necessarily admitting his part in any kind of chemical assault or retaliation. so at times president assad seemed to come across as a teacher, lecturing

family. >> reporter: bashar al assad was different. growing up he was a polite boy who never lorded his status over his friends. >> the family growing up live in a very sort of typical, modest three-story home in damascus, residential building where they lived on one floor of that building. for most of his childhood, he still lives on one floor of that very same building to this day. >> reporter: assad ended up studying ophthalmology in london and was known more for his love of ross music. in london he met a glamorous investment banker who would later become his wife. in 1994 assad was suddenly called back to syria after his older brother was killed in a car accident. he was now next in line to rule, and took over in 2000 after his father died. but the hopes of the damascus spring didn't last long. >> many from the so-called olgar that had been in syria under their father, been in leadership positions basically came to him and said, listen, son, this isn't how we do things here. this is going to undermine our legitimacy that we've work

you know bashar al-assad, you met his father. you understand what is going through his mind right now. when he sees this debate unfolding in the united states, how worried should he really be that he's about to get crushed, if you will, by u.s. tomahawk cruise missiles? >> well, i'm not sure i completely understand what he's thinking right now. he's somewhat of a changed person from when i knew him. i don't think he's panicking. he's obviously quite concerned, and i think in the immediate term thinking about three things like the colonel said, getting assets out of the way and secondly seems to have launched something of a public relations campaign, which they don't do very well, by the way. they see the open debate. they see what happened in britain. they see the polls in the united states that shows the american public doesn't want to intervene in syria in a meaningful way. they think they can influence that and thirdly, we must not forget he's fighting an active civil war and trying not to focus on the u.s. -- on a u.s. strike

bashar al-assad, you have to be with us. the reality-- and that's a position of many countries-- is we have to help to support the moderate syrians, what we call the national coalition, because they are the. -- and the solution is neither with the terrorists nor with bashar. and it is the aim to build a canlition between some element of the the regime-- not bashar-- and the moderates in order to build a new sirria. >> rose: some say they fear what is happening is some of these powerful rebel groups have abandoned the opposition's political settlement and are joining with islamistists islame suggesting a more radical front. >> we cannot support them, no, it's clear. the danger is if the situation keeps on during a long time, it will be more and popular bashar and the-- if we want to find a peaceful settlement for syria, a political situation, we have to have geneva 2 rather quickly in order to build the two elements. otherwise, what are you describing will take place, and syria will split into bits, and you will have enormous

who has seen the surveillance video is questioning if syrian president bashar al-assad did this, now we must respond. military action taken by the u.s. and a small group of allies, would divert attention guns the war crimes, and give our adversaries the opportunity to attacking that action, we should be assembling the coalition of the willing, strong were condemnation about the global red line that we all want response to. >> are you concerned that if congress votes no on the president's request, you are undermining president barack obama's authority not just here in the united states, but around the globe. >> that's the risk. the problem is that president barack obama has been silent about the disaster in syria in the last 2 1/2 years. now that chemical weapons have been used. he drew the red line, that undermines his credibility, that is a huge concern, it is up to president barack obama to make the case to gal viennese against the syrian president bashar al-assad regime, and garner action that he might be considering taking here, and the problem he has not garnered that support. t

>>e> l gobierno de bashar al-assad es acusado de usar armas químicas, bashar al-assad lo ha desmentido y en entrevista en un diario francés, retó a estados unidos que demuestre las pruebas. >>> john kerry presentó evidencia con supuestos resultados de exámenes de cabello. >>> este ataque no tiene que ser iumpune,. >>d> ijo el mandatario. >>>e l gobierno de vladimir putin enviaria una delegación a washington para reunirse con el presidente barack obama, pero desde mañana se llevarán a cabo audiencias en el comité de relaciones exteriores del senado para determinar un ataque. >>> mientras que el presidente barack obama consigue autorización para atacar al gobierno de siria, la organización de naciones unidas está reportando que 7 millones de sirios han perdido sus hogares, al menos 2 millones habrían cruzado las fronteras buscando refugio y más de 6 mil personas perdieron la vida. >>> hoy es el día del trabajo pero en estados unidos muchos lo celebran a medias, veremos por qué la mayoría de los inmigrantes forja su trabajo en los campos ,pero la fuerza laboral va mucho m�

you can see a sign with bashar al assad's face on it. right now this protest taking place live, as many protesters not just in washington, d.c., over the course of the weekend and today have been protesting the potential for a u.s. strike on syria. we've heard those people. they have been chanting things like "don't bomb syria," just one of many moving parts taking place today, even as just a short distance away from them, thomas, the president will sit down later this afternoon with the network anchors, including savannah guthrie from nbc. >> peter, i'm so glad you did that because i was curious to know exactly what those voices were because we could hear those in the background. thank you for that. as you talk about these moving parts, not only is the president going to be sitting down with those six networks, also there are a lot of surrogates showing up today to make the case. >> reporter: yeah, no, that's exactly right. you mentioned susan rice, you talked about hillary clinton who's expected to speak not just today during an event

the support of bashar assad regime's because if it's proven that bashar bashar assad regime was behind the chemical attack. there should be some kind of condemnation some kind maybe of retaliation but i think we should first explore all the diplomatic means to solve the crisis thank you so we will of course all be watching the g twenty going on goings on very closely indeed that is our no advantage on any president at the security and defense subcommittee in france thank you very much sir. coming up russia says it could back the u.s. force in syria only if it's proven by the u.n. . ordered an alleged chemical attack last month and a security council votes for action. and the lebanese terror vigilance showing bombing and other crimes spring up and mobile software stores are pos lebannon as innovation and security combine. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then. you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you. are welcome to the big picture. will be. technology innovation told in news developments around r

, isn't this is critical window for bashar al assad? if he actually is planning to engage in this plan? wouldn't this be the moment, if he didn't want to be 100% honest, to start doing a better job of hiding some of the things he has? >> i think a lot of the stuff is already hidden. we talked about this the other day. i just find it inconceivable no matter what he or his foreign minister says they're going to give up what they believe is their strategic deterrence against israel. and those would be the missile warheads that fit on the scud. the long-range missiles he has. those are probably locked away somewhere. i don't know if we know where they are, but i don't trust the syrians to give up everything they have, and, of course, the answer is, well, maybe the russians will force them to, and i'm not trusting them either. so i think that we've got a real tough problem on our hands. the verification will be a real problem. as far as the military goes, they will be able to deliver whatever the president wants, but pinprick isn't it. >> so

news bashar al assad could be ready to give up the stockpile. joining me next, former ambassador and governor bill richardson. this hour, we're also going to get latest develop meants in the domestic dispute involving george zimmerman and his wife shellie. will police file charges against either? [ male announcer ] we all deserve a good night's sleep. thankfully, there's zzzquil. it's not for colds, it's not for pain, it's just for sleep. ♪ because sleep is a beautiful thing™. ♪ zzzquil. the non-habit forming sleep-aid from the makers of nyquil®. zzzquil. a writer and a performer. ther, i'm also a survivor of ovarian and uterine cancers. i even wrote a play about that. my symptoms were a pain in my abdomen and periods that were heavier and longer than usual for me. if you have symptoms that last two weeks or longer, be brave, go to the doctor. ovarian and uterine cancers are gynecologic cancers. symptoms are not the same for everyone. i got sick... and then i got better. >>> want to take you back inside the ongoing house armed soimpss ser

the syrian president bashar al assad is making his case against the u.s. military strike on his country and is making that case directly to the american people. he's speaking out on u.s. television network, but what he's saying, the question is, is it credible at all. cnn's brian todd is working the story for us. brian, what's going on? >> reporter: wolf, john kerry says flat out he is without credibility. analysts say bashar al assad appeared nervous in this interview, he came close to outright threats against the u.s., and when pressed about the august 21st chemical attack, he pulled a classic denial. we have this warning. some viewers may find some images in this story disturbing. he was asked what the reality on the ground was that awful day, when u.s. officials say more than 1400 civilians were gassed to death in a chemical weapons attack. syrian president bashar al assad, in an interview with cbs's charlie rose, said not only did his forces not launch that attack, they weren't anywhere near it. >> in the area where they said the government used chemi

el acuerdo sobre la crisis en siria le pide a bashar al-assad que revelo le dÓnde estÁn las armas quÍmicas, por una parte para noviembre los inspectores tienen que estar en siria y para medio ados del prÓximo aÑo aquÍ estÁn principales entrevistas que hemos tenido, sobre la crisis en siria, comenzamos con el senador de arizona john mccain. >>> el presidente barack obama hace lo correcto que usted hubiera hecho si hubiera sido presidente?. >>> hubiera apoyado al ejÉrcito rebelde pero no habrÍa dicho que iba a atacar a siria para decir no. y mÁs bien voy a dar marcha atrÁs para conseguir la aprobaciÓn del congreso. eso coloca al presidente es una situaciÓn muy difÍcil. porque es obvio que no tenÍa los votos. y si el aprecian anuncia que va a atacar y despuÉs de modo no lo hace el mensaje para irÁn corea del norte, y hasta para nuestros amigos israel, es un golpe severo a la credibilidad de estados unidos >> ¿asÍ que usted cree que esto ha debilitado al presidente barak obama y que estados unidos estÁ mas en peligro que nunca antes? >> creo que hemos alentado a nuestros enemi

russia vetoed three previous welcomes backing bashar al-assad in damascus. it will do nothing to stop the war that so far claimed more than 100,000 lives, left millions homeless, as well as displaced. and causing a huge humanitarian crisis right now with a thousand people a week killed. that continuing despite the vote that should occur about 3 hours from now. melissa: all right. thank you. >> from u.s. to every cner of the globe money has been flying around the world today first in sudan, mass protests, unrest began after the government removed subsidies on gas line. price of fuel has doubled as a result, more than 50 people have been killed in the clashes according to amnesty international. >> on stockholm, sweden, a 95% chance, humans are behind climate change. that is according to a new report by 869tivities working for -- 800 scientists working for the u.n., but also confirmed that earth stopped warming over the last 15 years. >> and finally to france, government is threatening to fine and take legal action against google. france has demanded it dispose

this depends on bashar al assad's cooperation. how will you know he's a willing and responsible participant? the first step is how forthcoming he is with all of the details about syria's chemical weapons sites. that will be a first step to move this from the 30,000-foot level to nitty-gritty how to collect the weapons, catalog them, and destroy them. >> did you get a sense they were encouraged, upbeat, still skeptical, that this diplomatic arrangement might bear some serious fruit? give us a little flavor behind the scenes. >> reporter: i wouldn't say upbeat. look at this team, we saw secretary kerry on the flight as well, in the last ten days, really, he was giving a speech last friday, a week ago friday, preparing for an imminent military strike, then spending a week on the hill pushing congress to give authorization for force. now plan c in effect, this peaceful diplomatic solution to it. they're in a show-me mood, show me the money mood, they want to see immediate proof that the russians are serious and the syrians are serious

assad for him to actually use chemical weapons against his own people and then for the military action to be revving up and two things happened that i haven't seen in a long time first the british parliament decided here in london not to participate in a military action that the united states is going to lead and that's something i haven't seen it probably hasn't happened since vietnam and then as a partly as a result of that you saw the decision by president obama to ask congress to vote and we don't know it's going to happen anything can happen as you know larry the situation between the president and the congress is about as bad as it can be and we'll just have to hope that in this case congressional leadership and the members take their responsibilities more seriously than they have when it came to things like at ceilings and others subjects where irresponsibility was the rule of the day had the parliament gone along with the prime minister the of think the president would have gone ahead or would he have still gone to congress well i don't know i doubt he knows but it appears from