parties in syria keeping in mind interests of syria and its people realized sensational violence when possible putting an end to the crisis and build homes for syrians china hopes the international community will build consensus and promoted convening of the geneva 2 conference and secretary-general ban ki-moon join special representative, mr. president. the syrian issue is highly complex. the destruction of chemical weapons nor the process of political sentiments, going forward there will probably be this problem or that and a peaceful settlement and direction of a political sentiment. as a member of the security council china stands ready to work with other parties and make efforts for comprehensive, proper sentiment of the syrian issue. >> i think is excellently for the statement and give the floor to his excellency, fernando barack, minister of the republican affairs for the republic of guatemala. >> translator: mr. president. we're lamenting for the fact the security council is incapable of stepping up to one of the bloodiest and painful internal conflicts of our time. i am refer

on no intervention in syria. he has actually said that recently a number of interviews and we have seen him out and about all over the place expressing his thoughts that he has kept previously behind. assad is not the endgame in syria. the goal is not to see a massive mess on the map. but he thinks that we can make this a whole lot worse than it already is. in the next year he faces the withdrawal of the united states from afghanistan and he would like us to still be there. this is one area he was quite relieved that we were there. he liked the idea that we were bogged down because we may be there and some kind of way in which we would stay, not where we would be heading out like the soviet red army headed out a couple of decades previously. he he looks at syria and probably doesn't spend every day thinking about u.s. but he spent a lot of time looking at this in the kgb, studying what the u.s. is up to. he does not think that they have thought up of anything -- thought of anything beneficial to russia. activityi

attack on syria. putin accused the rebels being behind a chemical attack in august that he said was carried out to discredit syrian authorities in the eyes of the west. >> i view everything that happened with the so-called use of chemical weapons as a provocation by the rebels who count on help from abroad from those countries that originally supported them. that is the reason for the provocation. i want to remind you the use of force against a sovereign state is acceptable only for sever defense and we -- self-defense and we know syria hasn't attacked the u.s. as one of the participants put it those who do otherwise put themselves before the law. >> became continues to insist assad was behind the attack and he will wait for the u.s. to response. >> assad regime using chemical weapons is not just a syrian tragedy. it is a threat to global peace and security. >> the u.s. president is due to address the american public on tuesday and try to make his best argument for an attack on syria, one that failed

allen asked for syria. amanda, syria. nicole, please discuss syria. alia, and we are all watching about syria. this is a mass relevance map. it shows in real lifetime exactly all social media active ty about syria. these red dots, it's concentrated in north america. here is a trends map. here is where syria is being discussed all around north america on twitter. >> the words, the darker the black, the more people are talking about it? >> there you go. it's l.a. my beloved bay area all the way in mexico. texas, madison, wisconsin, the east coast. even florida. so the entire community. we have had some very opinionated passionate responses. here is ali: where was this indignation years ago? this is like six years. we have one more joseph phillips summarizes, i think, the opinion of americans. >> it is impossible to take any sides. there is no clear side to take. so you, the viewer at home, today, you are the third host of the show. as always, you have driven our discussion. throughout this show, tweet at us live using the hash tag ajamstream and join th

he said that many syria is the flow whatever happens in syria spread all. over the region in syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. to a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you as policy be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively pro israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by the main and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel. israel working with its partners. against the first democracy ever in the five thous

syria. and giving go. the senate will be before nothing you know syria has to get something. for that so the process will continue final. settlement but you know the opposition is heavily financed by the saudis and the west the western countries aren't even hiding it that they're actually supplying arms to the syrian opposition. no real beginning and. graces. face. i see. if they go. you know it was decided. that there were. talking about extremists. isn't. that he defines to opposition in two different groups there are the ones who care for the syrian people who want good for their country and then there are you know the jihadist extremists who actually kill and torture people but they also call themselves opposition do you agree with that definition. i think there is no two sides syria the extremists who are. coming from everywhere. you know to do the war. you know fifty percent of them. so those was some people of syria. i'm not fighting. for the democracy they are fighting for an extremist. islamic regime. you know. of the people of syria you know we're just so recently s

syria is not alone. syria has major allies in many places. and if america decides to attack syria, syria's allies would take action into their own and attack america's interest. in the same way that al qaeda acted on its own and attacked america on 9/11. he was really trying -- it's an awkward and misleading analogy with 9/11. but the big point he was trying to really say, look to americans, look, i will defend myself. i will use everything at my disposal. i will use every action, all my allies on my side expect the worst case scenario. instead of saying so he used the notion as 9/11 to say to americans, look you experienced 9/11, you might experience another moment of 9/11 if you decide to attack america all out war against my country. >>> also talk about the signals we're seeing from the state department and now russia, regarding a proposal that came out sort of unscripted but some diplomacy is unscripted that we could divert it intervention if a stockpile was put under control. does it show even the threat of force is actually potentially

action on syria. the syrian regime sorr refor its backing of iran, hezbollah and even china, that is in place against the world's only super power. the u.s., where a coalition? a sit of allies? does it not seem strange to every senator, every representative in the house of representatives that this president has not been able to find a single leader who the stand shoulder to shoulder with the united states, germany said no, britain said no, france is waitining to see what congress does. then the matter in the president's goal in striking syria. in libya, united states had a clear mission. president obama struck, purpose was on thtake out moammar gadhae change, they were that, at least in this scope. our goals in syria, not regime change but punishment. president obama said any action will be limited and proportional as he put it, we do not know if those words have any means for president obama. >> president obama said that the red line is not his, he wants a limited proportion al-milh stare strike aga

intervention in syria. well as i said nothing official came out from the country so far we are certainly expecting some sort of joint statement during the day later on but judging by the statements made in the margins of the summit we can see which countries are supporting the strike and which countries are opposing it certainly the position of russia and china are staying the same on the case they are strongly against it just as obviously. the countries like argentina india indonesia several other states like brazil and probably mexico also not supporting the strike just as it's in the also said it would not support the military action against syria also we have a statement from the head of the european commission the mr barroso who sees no possible military solution to the problem only a peaceful solution he called on president obama to reveal his evidence of chemical weapons used by the assad forces as quickly as possible even though that hasn't happened yet as far as we understand also we have the state

military intervention in syria we'll tell you more next and in war torn syria the violence has reached a small town near the nation's capital it's a village that holds one of the all this christian minorities in the world growing concerns for this community coming up. and don't forget to put your best face forward the department of homeland security is putting together a huge database for facial recognition but does this really help law enforcement more on that in tonight's show. it's friday september sixth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm your i david and you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with syria as the debate for and against a military strike continues in congress president obama cleared a major hurdle this week by gaining approval from the senate formally relations committee as they voted ten to seven on their own version of the military authorization however it hasn't exactly been easy for the administration to continue that momentum giving a full breakdown on the numbers behind the fight is r t political commentator sam sax i've long believed that our power is rooted jus

soldiers in syria. how could iran help me. >> charlie: supplies, weaponry. >> we always have this kind of of -- >> charlie: hezbollah fighters have been here. >> in the border -- only on the border where the terrorist attacked them on the border with lebanon. this is where hezbollah retaliated. this is where you have cooperation. that's good. >> charlie: hezbollah forces are in syria today? >> on the border area of lebanon where they want to protect and serve and cooperate with us. but they don't exist all overseer i can't. they cannot exist all overseer i can't. from any region that they exist on the border. >> charlie: what advice are you getting from the russians? >> about? >> charlie: this war. how to end this war. >> looking for a solution, we have this advice and we are convinced about it. >> charlie: do you have plan to end the war? >> of course. >> charlie: which is -- at very beginning it was fullly political when you have these terrorists the first part of the same plan which is political shou

we can't fix syria. but in the face of the largest single deployment of chemical weaponsddam hussein gassed the kurds, the lack of an american response would not only be weakness, it would shutdown any prospect it seems to me of having much influence and in the eyes of our allies and adversaries it really leaves the united states to be not a reluctant warrior, but a -- an effect less one. it may be an exaggeration, but a sustained systemic comprehensive effort to em bolden the opposition through arming the opposition with sophisticated weapons and establishing no fly zones and then going after leadership targets, military infrastructure, a la kosovo, or in the case of persian gulf war one, 38,000 flown. and yet saddam hussein was still capable of moving against the kurds and the shiite and the republican guard units were in tact. i think both of those do everything and do nothing and are not real options. the third option which is what i call muddle through. maybe that is unfair, but it is an effort to n

and while the blame game over last month's salary gas attack in syria continues r.t. sources close to the conflict telling us tonight as well that rebel fighters are now planning a chemical property provocation strike against israel following that up closely no comment on that from our correspondent. also to the battle for moscow is over acting. in selected for a new term in office but opposition rather of alexina valley refuses to concede defeat but his supporters staging a mass rally to demand a recount. fellows just after ten pm here in moscow my name is kevin i will face a big where this is a day of potentially big developments in syria syria's agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control us so critics state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme earlier on as a way to avoid a military strike on syria the u.s. state department then though issued an apparent retraction of that saying it wasn't a genuine offer. thomas picks up the story. it started off as a day of a meeting of the ministers both from the w

gecko -- in syria? matthew is joining us, why do you support it? technician.a former it definitely looks like there are some nerve damage going on to the people in syria in those videos. that is definitely making me lean right. needs to do something and why not just bomb them from away? no troops on the ground, punish the syrian government, and we can be on our way. host: from reuters this morning -- he let the world's 1.2 billion one .2 billion catholics in world prayer. he said "violence and war only lead to death. of violence and war are the language of death." from our facebook page, here are some of your comments -- next is elaine joining us from fairfax virginia, good morning. go ahead. i am a numeral -- a liberal democrat and i was opposed to the iraq war from the beginning. but something tells me this is correct to do. it is a moral obligation. we have treaties with other countries on chemical weapons. when a country starts to use , i think it iss just a moral obligation and principle that we ha

well with syria and syria isn't the only subject poisoning relations between the two countries right now xan i mean is it well know the two countries have had let's say there's been troubles with of the now famous reset one of the topics is edward snowden the president did have some choice words to say about that he said that u.s. intelligence messed up their efforts to try and capture snowden saying that they could have allowed him to travel to a country where his security was not insured or they could have just intercepted him made an error but instead they blocked access and stopped his travel which it was a mistake on their part he did say that snowden was in touch with russian officials as far back as hong kong but the president himself did not know that snowden was in route to russia until two hours before that flight landed he also said that he is not working with or that snowden is not working with russian security officials inside the country although russia did granted temporary asylum and although since snowden has been inside russia his visit has been shrouded in secrecy

identity in addition to the syria population of the north east of syria in the jazeera has. and the two villages around it but. the only places where i make in different dialects is this and indeed that it's a rarity in a south that i wanted to move on and ask you how you would describe the experience so far for syrian christians in particular even pre-sell been targeted there throughout this conflict malula is no different than other christian. population of christians in the large cities they have always felt that what's happening in syria right now is against their own interest as citizens of syria especially as christians as it's well known and documented christians and the as a rule. have lived relatively very peaceful. conditions and the government and the syrian population have been really nice to the christians because the christian after all these inhabitants of syria the original inhabitants of syria therefore keeping the christian present in the middle east especially in syria is a richness and is. in reaching the syrian society therefore they always stood with. t

twenty and the crisis in syria. ok if i go back to you brian in washington one of the saddest things but thing about all of this is that we all know that there's going to be a strike even though it's against international law there's nothing about self-defense when it comes the united states that's ludicrous we know it's going to happen but you know what gentlemen we probably know the outcome is well a disaster well we know for the syrian people certainly it will be a disaster they've had a foreign fueled civil war that's taken so many thousands of lives tens of thousands of lives you know one thing peter i i haven't given up on the possibility that this war actually could be stopped the american people by a by a margin of ninety percent oppose it there's a lot of pressure on congress on september seventh there are going to be people in the streets and all over the united states yes the military industrial complex has had the bit in its mouth and the obama administration's winding up the republican war makers but th

in particular i've spent an enormous amount of time on syria. the syria builtability act of 2003, which i authored, is the landmark statement of american policy towards syria and imposed sanctions on damascus in large part due to chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. in march of this year i introduced a bipartisan bill that would authorize the president to arm vetted members of the opposition. when i talk about syria, i'm speaking from years of experience, hours of hearings and scores of meetings with u.s. and foreign officials. mr. chairman, we've all seen the images of the lifeless bodies of syrian men, women and children, at least 400 children neatly lined up in rows wrapped in white sheets. their bodies appear to have no out ward physical injuries, entire families killed in their homes in a blink of an eye. our intelligence agencies have assessed with high confidence that these innocent civilians were killed by sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the u.n. security council and outlaw

strikes against syria. i think he's expecting some other countries to show their public support in the next 24 hours. >> elise, what does that mean saudi arabia supports u.s. strikes? that the arab league supports the u.s. mission? that the arab league also agrees or believes chemical weapons were used. are either of those committing to military force as well as alongside the u.s.? 0. >> saudi arabia has been one of the strongest opponents of military action and made statements. prince bandar, the former ambassador to washington has been traveling the world to drum up support for some type of military campaign. thick you might see saudi arabia, whether it's base, overflight rights, they haven't announced anything yet but i think secretary kerry is looking for something like that. i think some of the other countries will be a little bit more private about what they'd be willing to contribute. qatar today said -- the qatar foreign minister said his country supported intervention and looking what they can do.

syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you as policy be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by then you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel from the phrase israel working with its saudi partners. against the first democracy ever in the five thousand year history of egypt t

now, syria's foreign minister says syria welcome the proposal. our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh is joining us from the u.p. u.n. secretary of state john kerry actually mentioned this as a hypothetical proposal earlier in the day. the state department quickly backtracking though. is this now considered a serious proposal toe avert a new round of u.s. military attacks in syria? >> well, wolf, we're almost into the diplomatic long grass. remarkable what's taking shape. what started as seeming will i a slip of the tong by kerry has now snowballed into something which ban ki-moon welcomed as a potential avenue out of this crisis. of course, seized upon by the russians and syrian government, too. bear in mind cynically perhaps this process could take a number of weeks if it got under way in which of course curse international opinion may begin to side along with those who say the u.n. should be allowed to do its work. let me read to you what ban ki-moon said earlier on. i'm considering urging the security council to command the i

military strike in syria? well, today a syrian official said if attacked, syria would not only strike israel but also jordan and turkey. raising the question about what happens the day and what happens if iran or hezbollah or syria strikes israel? what will the u.s. do then? a lot of concern in this region about a u.s. strike. jenna: a great question for the general coming up after the break. we'll continue that in a moment. conner, thank you. jon: so as we've been telling you, lawmakers are weighing whether or not to give president obama a green light on an american assault on syria. a senate resolution seems to give the president an out to act on his own and he's already signalled he might. military expert is here to explain what a strike by our warships, now off the coast of syria, could look like. also emergency vehicles rushing to a texas high school before classes even began this morning. what we're learning now about what happened. breaking details coming up. [ telephone rings ] heart healthy, huh? you

strikes syria. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the orders call for an attack on the u.s. embassy in baghdad. a senior military source confirms the existence of the threat to fox news but warns that this news has not been fully vetted yet. official also said he was not aware of increased security at the baghdad compound. >>> the state department ordered all nonessential u.s. diplomats, as well as american citizens, to leave lebanon. citing growing security concerns as congress and the obama administration debate on a possible strike on syria. in south beirut with more on the fallout neighboring countries are seeing at this time. >> reporter: the war in syria's already hitting home in lebanon. this memorial, hezbollah stronghold of south beirut, the site of a car bomb last month that left 27 dead. people are already trying to make repairs, trying to fix this place up. the blast widely seen as retaliation for hezbollah's backing of the assad regime. experts tell us if hezbollah hits anythin

damascus syria. and the real is keeping us updated from inside syria her twitter feed and in one of the most recent posts she says she and her crew were caught in a crossfire while trying to reach them on a street in and engineer was slightly injured by ricocheting bullets all the latest updates at the reformation to underscore. the voting on a strike against syria can wait but the threat of military action should remain after weeks of belligerent rhetoric the u.s. president has agreed to give diplomacy a chance following russia's proposal to put syria's chemical weapons under international control made the comments in an address to a nation which according to recent polls is mostly against engaging in a new war or he's going to come reports now from washington we saw president obama engaged in verb or acrobatics with a message that many americans will find very confusing he was forceful in pushing the idea that strikes against syria are necessary asking the american people to support him at the same

twenty and the crisis in syria. ok if i go back to brian in washington one of the saddest things but thing about all of this is that we all know that there's going to be a strike even though it's against international law there's nothing about self-defense here when it comes the united states that's ludicrous we know it's going to happen but you know what gentlemen we probably know the outcome is well a disaster. well we know for the syrian people certainly it will be a disaster they've had a foreign fueled civil war that's taken so many thousands of lives tens of thousands of lives you know one thing peter i i haven't given up on the possibility that this war actually could be stopped the american people by a by a margin of ninety percent oppose it there's a lot of pressure on congress on september seventh there are going to be people in the streets of all over the united states yes the military industrial complex has had the bit in its mouth and the obama administration's winding up the republican war makers but t

he said that many syria. whatever happens in syria spreads spreading all over the region syria libya egypt television already granted gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to you how can you as policy be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively pro israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by then you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel the phrase israel working

there is confusion about what is happening in syria so as an expert on syria, tell us what is really happening. >> i don't know. i don't know. i do think that there is one thing i know for sure is. this if you. we have i guess. as what we so many and can we what wee have. that's what exactly. take that to the bank. >> i am sure i could. dr. payne. that is what i was afraid of. it a pores you are coaching the president on that. this is not dr. robert payyne. welcome mr. double talk derwood fincher. thank you for being here and great to have you back. well, i am glad that a strong contingent of republicans and democrats so the utter folly of the military action in syria. and sad that there are those who think that lighting the fuse to release the military bring the united states to an undefined mission and unknown outcome and untrustworthy administration makes sense. the only way president obama is transparent as he promised is the duplicity with which he has governed. without hint of shame he takes the position that suits his political ambition. he railed against the government as a s

military action in syria. with secretary kerry on his way to geneva, the administration's word of the day was time, as in any deal will take more of it. >> i'm not going to place a date or a time limit on it. i don't have a time line to give to you. so i expect this will take some time. >> reporter: the administration's made the basics of a deal clear, syria's chemical weapons must be secured, removed from president bashar al assad's control and destroyed. however, achieving those goals now relies on a negotiating partner in russia with a gaping trust deficit in washington. a point raised by cnn's elyse labott at the state department. >> you think the russians are doing this in complete faith. >> we have a long and winding history with the russians. we're going into this eyes wide open. >> reporter: in fact, even before negotiations begin, the u.s. and russia already have stark differences. on how long assad would have to give up his weapons, whether a u.n. resolution would be binding and crucially whether a d

a huge day in the debate on syria. our president addressing the nation tonight but the russians seem to be taking charge. this story has changed dozens of times, and here comes the president now. these are live pictures. the president just met with leaders on capitol hill with lawmaker from both sides of the political fence. let's listen in. >> shepard: members of congress on one side and then the other side, and he is pushing his case that action is necessary. listen. there's john mccain. who was for a less controlled strike, if you will, giving more option to the president than he appeared to be seeking in these later days. now, is a mentioned -- actually go back -- now, as i mentioned so many things have changed today. again, the president will soon make this push to all of us on -- from washington, 9:00 eastern, 8:00 central. it's been a wild 4 -- 24 hours, and now after dives making -- at the white house is talking a new plan of diplomacy, one that would not require military action at all. aides say the president

that of syria when it comes down to what we're doing today at the g. twenty summit in st petersburg i spoke earlier to chris a democratic strategist and he said frankly of the when it's all said and done syria or snowden or to. twenty economics this summit will work to bring nations together. is saw the president and mr putin shake hands today. they are both professional politicians they both understand that there are issues bigger than snowden and there are issues that the united states and russia agree on which are much bigger than snowden and quite frankly bigger than syria and that relationship continuous so there's always gamesmanship be between our politicians our world leaders and that initial meeting was just one of those little games that are played leaders and again i don't think that's lost on the people in america who pay attention to international affairs that russia is part of that international coalition and a very important part i think people in both countries understand that we work together the best we can to fight terrorism and so s

to attack syria, period. on the other, well, that's the point the president's top staffers stressed today before the house armed services committee. they say if syria is going to hand over its stockpile to international control, the u.s. needs to keep the threat of a strike very real. >> a lot of people say nothing focuses the mind like the prospect of a hanging. well, it's the credible threat of force that has been on the table for these last weeks that has for the first time brought this regime to even acknowledge that they have a chemical weapons arsenal. >> we must be very clear eyed and ensure it is not a stalling tactic by syria and its russian patrons. for this diplomatic option to have a chance of succeeding, the threat of a u.s. military action, the credible, real threat of u.s. military action, must continue. >> still, there is word that president obama is feeling less pressure to push for a strike as he's meeting with democrats and republicans today on capitol hill. here he was. and his address to

stance on syria undermines international law. gulf monarchies offering to bankroll america's bombing campaign against syria and even finance a full blown invasion failing that it's fear they will up with a support for al qaeda cells and desperation to be rid of president assad defense analyst and author ivan eland calls it an outrageous offer that's implicit blackmail and i don't really think it's you know really a conditional thing i think they'll probably do it anyway and i don't see how u.s. bombing would stop that in fact as i say it may cause the jihadists even more to be more active in the war simply because the u.s. is attacking an islamic country they're actively trying to alter the situation on the battlefield against assad but on the other side you have all kyra and i think al qaeda may even be worse than assad and also we're slowly getting dragged into this war if you're trying not to get embroiled in a war because then you're implicitly taking one side over the other even more so than if you're just bombing them to sa

response now from damascus in syria. he's raring for war and president francois hollande says there will be no vote on the matter despite a recent poll suggesting that three in four french people want parliament to have a say on attacking syria perhaps wary of a u.k. like defeat by lawmakers a longs administration insists he alone has the power to order an attack artie's tests are sillier reports on the french perspective. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order over the top without a parliamentary approval but france along has been under a lot of pressure from opposition to to put this issue to a vote with the opposition and also pointed out that a lot is in a court of humiliation position of having to wait for what the u.s. says before acting i was spokesman from along the office said that the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote but what's interesting to note is that in the u.k. the prime minister is also able to work over the top without parliament the prime minister or d

>> in syria? there may be a good element that we have a problem because one thing the leaders said is you better make sure that if assad falls you got to address damascus otherwise there is a mess to go beyond decades. i am voting no. neil: thank you. your colleagues also are against the action this could easily be defeated in the house with the vote we are taking right now. let's see if the president will say something to change your mind. if you just heard this and it is like busting your school -- head is like taking the budget with three weeks from today with the health care law, with a billionaire investor very, very worried not only can washington not multitask but to walk, talk, and to gun at the same time is killing us. keep the tweet coming. i will sort through your reaction to 90 and reid some of them. you tweet and we report. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my de

crisis in syria. that interview airs at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> coming up on "the lead" she's kept quiet on syria until now. former secretary of state hillary clinton weighs in on the president's proposal. >>> plus, two months after he was found not guilty in the death of trayvon martin, george zimmerman is in police custody again. what did he do this time? [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer's starts with freshly-made pasta, and 100% real cheddar cheese. but what makes stouffer's mac n' cheese best of all. that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. made with care for you or your family. ...amelia... neil and buzz: for teaching us that you can't create the future... by clinging to the past. and with that: you're history. instead of looking behind... delta is looking beyond. 80 thousand of us investing billions... in everything from the best experiences below... to the finest comforts above. we're not simply saluting history... we're making it. ♪ hooking

difference in syria. so you have a policy that's kind of ineffective, even for those of us who believe in it, and we believe in it not because it's a great policy but because the alternative is much worse. that would be my case. if we don't do this, the credibility with iran is very bad. and the second thing i'd say-- to go back to mark's argument about the economy-- i do think the president should make a case yes the economy needs to be refurbished and we need to invest at home but america can't withdrawal wrau from the world and the world becomes a much more dangerous place unless we're an aggressive force in the world, and that aggressiviveness and assertiveness will be gone, at leaf for a time. >> woodruff: is that an argument that will win votes? >> >> it may win votes in the congress. i'm not sure it will win votes in the country. >> woodruff: we haven't even talked about that. >> congress has to hear from them. let's be very blunt about this-- there are people in congress in the republican party wh

>> now in washington debate's attacking syria. these protestors hope far diplomatic way out. >> the policy is difficult. i understand that, but you have to have that as your mission. you need peaceful resolution to these kinds of conflicts. they're political. they're very difficult and we need a humanitarian response. >> reporter: they are less than two weeks to make their case. w>> we say no! whether it comes today, tomorrow or monday! >> reporter: many of the protestors we've spoke with in times square say they're afraid the u.s. is headed for a prolonged confrontation with syria and they don't want to repeat the iraq war. al jazeera, new york. >>> and keep it here on al jazeera for continuing coverage on the crisis in syria. you stay up-to-date on our web-site, al jazeera.com. >> the wild part yosemite national park is burning out of control. we will tell you why it's harder for firefighters to battle the flames. >>> plus a battle save a different kind of forest. what they are doing in indonesia from keeping the rain forest fro

and on to syria if you were trying to avoid more bloodshed. kevin look there's some singing as shadowy going on or because of that we are not seeing the obama administration has seeing the numbers don't have the votes in congress they have i would see eighty percent of world public opinion at least against them if not ninety percent d. so what happened that g. twenty meeting in st petersburg last week where the obama administration was completely isolated in fact apart from the brits france and the democratic kingdom of saudi arabia so they're trying to find a way out there is no question about it will dispute be part of this thread is this ng is burned our bush house of sell their big four idea that apac the israeli lobby is law. starting today monday congress for the war so who's going to. the peaceniks or these rarely house of cellblock and the other extremely disturbing bit of news we got from an a source close to the syrian conflict talking to r.t. today false flag or not we don't know but a false flag chemical attack was the theory by th

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or syria? >> the longer-term threat is clearly iran. >> if we are willing to do this over chemical weapons, what stops us from trying to get a resolution to bomb the hell out of iran who is the real threat here find everything that we face in the middle east, but we are focused on discharge so? -- side show? clear that we it have an enormous focus on iran. there is a new president that has taken over and new negotiators. there's a lot of discussion taking place within the about how the negotiations ought to proceed. >> i'm almost out of time. >> i apologize. >> it is not your fault. if we are willing to do this, it you said there have been a lot of negotiations. you're asking congress for a resolution to commit to an act of war against the assad regime not doingbut you're that for iran, who i think is the real existential threat to us and our allies. >> congressman, the president's first preference is diplomacy. it should be everybody's first hope. we have not exhausted the possibility with res

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hello and welcome to cross talk where all things considered i'm peter all about syria and barack obama's convoluted path to war the american administration is determined to punish the assad regime's alleged use of chemical weapons other than members of mainstream media many are skeptical of the president's claims and the necessity to attack syria so what is obama's plan and does it make any sense. to cross talk the war in syria i'm joined by phyllis bennis in washington she is the director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies also in washington we have cynthia snyder she is a professor at georgetown university and a senior nonresident fellow with the brookings institution and in new york we cross to jason hurst or he is a writer political commentator and contributor to counterpunch dissident voice and other political communities cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it so let's go to you first in washington a lot of people would say that obama's approach to syria doesn't even pass the laugh te

president putin has warned against a military attack on syria without the u.n. security council's approval the russian leader said punitive measures can take place only on the international authorization and if there is solid evidence the syrian regime gassed civilians. brings us the details. president vladimir putin was doing an interview with the associated press and russia's first channel and in that interview he strongly cautioned the west against unilateral action against syria he also said that if united states has strong and conclusive evidence that it was the assad regime is that used chemical weapons then it must be handed over to the u.n. security council so that it can be analyzed and discussed in a global in an environment in terms of the investigation that is happening with the u.n. and the alleged use of chemical weapons he said that the world community needs to wait until that investigation is finished we know that those inspectors are out of the country and that information is being analyzed right now but he did say that he's not convinced that i

from syria. now representing half of the world's population the shanghai cooperation organization will be looking at how it can lend its weight to getting peace in syria about to happen is thought iran will have to play a major role coming up here on our report on the organization summit that starts today in kyrgyzstan. and politicians straight with themselves in red white and blue as they call in the french compatriots to buy locally and keep their hard earned money in the country. and the rest of the wall. top headlines are just around the corner here on out. to gold. plates technology innovation called the list of belem inst from around russia we've got the future covered. this immediately below so we leave the people. by the sea potion securely play your party there's a goal. for shoes that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics only on our t.v. . dramas that can't be ignored. stories others refuse to notice. food since changing the world lights ne

rich north sea from damascus in syria. one hundred thousand syrians have left the country since the united states and its allies pronounced that it may attack in all an astounding two million people have fled since the conflict began the un is warning that the situation is now a humanitarian calamity with about half of those displaced being children the chief destinations are countries near syria including turkey jordan iraq and egypt but they're all under severe stress to deal with this influx inside syria four million people have become internally displaced fleeing the fighting any way they can r.t. contributor of humor tansey says the war rhetoric is further exacerbating the flight the plight of the refugees when one looks at the number of american destroyers the number of missiles missiles the cost of all of that historians in the future will be saying why when there was a peace deal on the table to be discussed in geneva did obama destroy and torpedo the peace deal and leave the plight of the refugees to get worse and

boots on the grounden side syria. on the ground inside syria. the training would likely take place nearby in a country like jordan for instance or one of our allies. remember as the white house pushes for a potential military strike on syria, some lawmakers including john mccain say the u.s. needs to do more to both train the rebel fighters and arm them. it is the top story at the bottom of the hour. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> shepherd, before the first tomahawk has been fired there appears to be mission creet. u.s. military trainers started setting up a program to train the syrian opposition in jordan in march. one of the major obstacles in launching this type of operation according to u.s.ish ifs is they are having serious problems with trustworthy groups, the main reason the cia has not provided weapons to the syrian opposition until now. the training of the rebels is not part of the limited airstrikes being considered. >> there are no plans right now, we are not contemplating the boots on the ground in syria. i wi

the dirty little secret here is that china purchases most of syria's oil, syria gets about $15 million or so every week from the oil which it uses then to pay off mr. putin's armed supply factories for the arm supplies coming in and being transported into syria from the russian navy and russian cargo fleet. >> very helpful background. thanks for spending time with us today. >> good to be with you, as always. >> we have russia as our next best hope for dealing with syria, which confused some people. we'll get into how likely that is to work out and what the rest of the world is thinking about this. more to come here on wednesday, september 11th. [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my a

we will be helping syria as we're already helping syria. we're going to supply arms. we're going to cooperate in the economics there. i hope ws also can provide humanitarian aid and support 0 civilians, civilians being hit particularly hard. >> the russian president also made clear as far as he was concerned, the g20 was broadly on his side. only five countries which were listed back to the american calls for a military strike against syria. ten minutes after his press conference ended, however, barack obama rose to make his case for action. arguing inaction in the face of use of chemical weapons was more dangerous then military action. as for figures, the white house suggested this evening 11 of those participating in the g20 today backed some form of strong military response. now, barack obama used his press conference to talk about the moods in the meeting and the fact as far as he was concerned, majority of those present believed bashar assad was behind the use of chems -- chemical weapons. >> for the first time in many years -- it was unanimous that chemical weap

announcement on syria social media reaction x. but i'm not a says i'm french and waiting for you on nazi dot com. despite the say it will be more than a week until the u.s. congress assumes to make a decision on intervention in syria america's military in the region is already waiting for the green light to strike naval forces in the middle. there and authorities say the army is mobilized for intervention. and the mood in damascus for us. i followed obama's message from the white house i was that evening with syrians and i had a very good opportunity a chance to see their vivid reaction to their to read their faces and to see all the developments of the emotions and feelings that i have to say that if at the beginning of a bomber speech people were nervous and would tans and of course were frightened obviously what i saw at the end over the message from america was relief what i saw in people's eyes because the president said that the u.s. should commit a response to chemical weapons use in syria and that could happen tomorrow nex