we have some libertarians leadg. this historian, carl richard, and matt kibbe fights the government. matt, arewe becoming rome? >> i think that we are. i think that the parallels are quite ominous. the expansion of foreign policy, the arrogance of executive power taking over our country. but i do think we have a chance to stop it. >> i believe that their similarities with the fall of rome and the republic they are in engagement of political leaders and so on. i see some of that. john: corruption, etc.? >> it is sort of unde the table corruption. but it doesn't bother me as much as the over things. for instance, the roman constitution had a to permit limited to one year and people just kept voting for this unconstitutional leader. john: now we have congress passing laws that haven't read. >> that's right, we had presidents of both parties saying that i am not for certain about these laws. taking property, selling it to someone else, and yet you can always find parallels. but the fact that we are meeting come i think i

. >>> construction booms lea leadg up to the 2020 world cup. >> welcome back to al jazeera america, i'm john siegenthaler. here is a look at the headlines. >> the yeas are 54, the nays are 44, the bill as amended is passed. >> a spending bill to keep the government funded through mid november was passed in the senate, essentially the same as the house passed, but stripped out the disarm syria of its chemical weapons. the resolution also calls for a peace conference to take place as soon as possible. >> the resolution makes clear that those responsible for this heinous act must be held accountable. >> president obama and iranian president rouhani finally spoke today by phone. this call represents the first time the leaders of the two country have spoken since 1979. >>> president obama says he believes a comprehensive solution can be reached on iran's nuclear program. rosalyn jordan has that story. >> this was the moment the often angry relationship between iran and the u.s. moved on. the u.s. president on the phone with his iranian counterpart, the first top level contact between the two

. >> and i think we always -- and i am delighted that you are amongst those being cautious and leadg on the issue. >> well, thank you. >> because this is not a time for people to rush to conflict. it's unseemly for a superpower, we're the world's only superpower, it seems to me, to act because this is a nation, a small nation, that we could attack and inflict damage with impunity. just because we have the power and the technology to do so certainly does not warrant a smug response on our part and a disdain for the damage and the pain and the depth that would result. that is on us. >> i agree. i think back -- i think back what my dad said as kids growing up. anybody can fight. it takes a man to deal with diplomacy and talk and work through a conflict like that. and i think this is time for us to man up and do what's right. >> man up, woman up, however we want to describe it. we have had a five-year opportunity under this president to have built a solid and certainly more cordial relationship with a great nation, russia, which would be very helpful at this particular chance. this parti