on a mission to pull the american strike in syria.

>> reporter: so far most countries have stopped short of su -rt poinof military action syria. france's decision to wait for the u.n. weapons ininspections report shows some line. that the country is being

dragged in to a conflict by the united states. if the president decides to strike the country, he it may well hurt him politically at home. john kerry looked for european support. the eu palace say they will continue to play a humanitarian role but steps away from military intervention. >> reporter>> the internationaly cannot remain idle. >> reporter: president obama has to sell his case to politician and the american public. law makers are expected to vote next week but it could be two weeks before obama can get support. the kate is.ing built by the the u.s. and france may be losing momentum. joining us live from paris. we understand the u.n. secretary

of state is getting ready to meet with arab league representatives. >> reporter: the americans are going to be looking for more explicit condemnation of the syrian leadership. they are going to be hooking for more ways tol legitize potential strike against bashar al assad. it does look like whether or not the to support any western intervention. last sunday the arab league dropped to the resolution in which they called for all necessary measures to be taken for active. but on the whole the arab league only interested in influenceing the situation in syria it it's under the united nations. you have arab, tunisia, al tkpw*e ria, iraq, lebanon,

against any intervention by the united states. france, on the other hand you have the persian gulf monarcies. they are more in favor of that sustained western intervention. i think more of anything what kerry is going to be looking for is a clear cut unanimous response to add to rhetoric to justify intervention. >> what's happening to the french position in backing strike against syria? >> reporter: well, i think that's had been some the concerns or the solidity of french position. it changed its pack if it were. it would now wait for the results of the u.n. weapons support before it backed any intervention. the feeling is france was

dragging its heels in to the wait at some criticism here about possible intervention. up to the joy and press conference between john kerr arery and the french foreign minister that took place saturday evening. the clear case is both countries would be willing to stand be by side. both feel there's a moral intervention to intervene in syria. what they are looking for now is to legitimize any action in the united states. thank you so much. tph*e ave martin from paris. >> hundreds of people are protest in lebanon against possible military involvement in syria. they condemn strikes against the government or force of bashar al assad. the u.s. state department has ofoffered for their families otf beirut to secure their concerns. there have been anti-war ro tests in the u.s. too.

hundreds the of people joined this protest in chicago. more than half of americans oppose u.s. military action in syria. rebels are continuing to battle with regime force. that's on the outside of ka tk* masdamascus. the rebel fighters have retaken the town. the majority of the occupation are christian. with international military action looming against syria. tim pact is becoming a major focus. so far over 54,000 refugees from syria have crossed in to northern iraq. >> the front line force along the iraqi border in syria. the word willing to die for the cause used to be fighting for

the kurdish rights. the krg is in effect a state within iraq and this is their army. this general is on a visit to the border and doesn't deny what faces him there. >> translator: we face massive challenges with the refugee crisis with smuggling and terrorists going across the border. we need better and new ter equipment particularly for sur surveillance. >> reporter: you can see what they face. between 1,000 and 1500 refugees get her every day. they search for weapons. for many, just getting here as been grueling enough. >> translator: it took me two days to walk here. there was fighting in the village. the army, the terrorists, i don't know. i fear for my life.

only god knows what i will find here. >> reporter: it's not just these people who use the board. some of these refugees have been walking for days to get from syria which is over there to iraqi/kurdistan. they are using board crossing which is clearly marked. there are huge parts that are not clearly marked and they are useing that to their advantage. take this place. the force place guards every ten meters but still fighters linked to al qaeda and other groups get across other less secure groups. the federal government blames these groups for much of the fighting in iraq. the responsibility for patrolling the western board falls to iraq's federal government. the other side is controlled by ma live cia. they have no contact with them.

if there is any military action against the syrian government it's these all this ies that will come under pressure. there will be more refugee ohs entering iraq and more fighters going in and out of syria. than will mean that the regional spill over will get worse putting these men under pressure a country that's already been thrown apart ^py violence and ethic tensions. this the iraq and seurbian syri. police have used tear gas to break up demonstrations in brazil. the demonstrations went ahead on independence day. >> reporter: the military parade in brazil mark a country staeupbd of independence. security was tight. spectators were checked upon

arrival. police all over the country was checked on what is brazil's largeest protest but it never happened. thousands of people demonstrated in brazil but nationwide the numbers failed in comparison to a couple months ago when hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets. but those that did come out oh, they were sroersing th voicing s of everybody. >> nobody craziness. the brazilian people cannot take it anymore. >> reporter: the numbers were well below expectation though there were confrontations between police and protestors. so, just like the protestors in june, we see this protest is bringing tot a wide prospect in brazilian society but it's clear this is a movement that's primarily driven by young people. >> reporter: like 1 14-year-old who came to participate with her

friend. >> translator: this is our future. this is where we are going to live. if we don't try to improve our country our future will be worse -p. >> reporter: despite the small numbers involved. police used tear gas, used person spray and even a water cannon to break up the from oh tesprotests. several were slightly injured. dozens were round up for questioning. the government is the not going to turn to the low turn out as the president promised to address national concerns while working. a resent poll indicated that 80% of brazilians favored the peaceful protest. even though if they didn't need to march on the streets to express it. al jazeera. >> the party of german chancellor is holding a conference to launch the final two weeks of campaigning before the federal election. the latest polls gives her

coalition an advantage of between 25% and 40% over the opposition. it sounds like she's doing pretty well in the hot phase of the campaign. >> reporter: she has been doing really quite well in this race. which in this tpar parliamentars much like a presidential campaign. you will see the delegates are coming in with signs that say "angie." that's the platform. she was pulling in the polls with personal population ratings that was 70% it's largely to her handling of the euro crisis if i want's her op popularity these allowing this the party's campaign to go on cruise contr

control. they don't disagree on syria. neither party wants germany to go in militarily. they don't disagree on how to help the ailing countries and when it comes to creating minimum age but if she's doing well enteringing a hot feast of the campaign then her main rival and the democrats is feeling the heat. he performed well in a debate last week but it just emerged that he may have illegally hired a cleaning lady more then a ten years a go. his wife denies that. they did fay charges that they were supposed to pay. he hasn't been able to get the party mobilized behind him. perhaps because of the lack of charisma. the fact the she's far ahead in

popularity ratings and her party is far ahead oh of his party in the opinion polls. >> so if a lot of policy is not at stake in this election. whop is. is it who becomes chancellor next? is there any doubt as top if he will be the chancellor again stp. >> i hit the's done deal that she will be the next chance hror. next chancellor. even though her party is getting the majority of the vote lit need to form an alliance with another par thety. right now she's governing with democrat cans who are anti-big government-low tax kind of people but it looks like they may not get back in to parliament. they may not get the 5% they need to get back in to parliament. it is a possible that she will be forced to governmenten a tkprapbd coalition with the opposition and the social democrat. that's what a majority of

germans would like to see happen. without getting too much of the details there's a host of other small parties. the anti-euro turned us with germany parties as well as the pilot. they can enter in to the mix it's too early to say at this point if that's going to happen. we can say it's going to be one way or the other. one thing we can say is she will more likely be the next german chancellor. >> thanks for that. >> japan's capitol city is being chosen for the second time to host the world's biggest sporting event. the olympics. tokyo convinced the voting pan that the crisis of the fukushima nuclear plant will not effect the plans. >> reporter: the international olympic committee has the honor of announcinging that the games in 2020 are awarded to the city of tokyo.

[ applause ] >> a host of the 2020 olympics is chosen and the city widely considered for favorites emerges as the winner. the crowd here couldn't be more delighted. they will be the fifth to host the olympics more the than once. >> translator: congratulations tokyo. our campaign team is the best. >> i'm so excited. this is the best moment i ever had in my life. >> reporter: here's what helps tokyo win the bid. the tin a structure. skwra fan marks system is world class and dependable it hosted big sporting events before and has several facilities already in place. one is this, the national stadium where the 1964 this opening saf ceremony was held.

it over went a billion dollar refurbishment it's also moan for its low-crime rate. it emphasized its safety. but safety has put themselves by japan's nuclear crisis. the fukushima plant in an earthquake in ste in sue tsunams leaking the radiation. the prime minister left a g-20 meeting in russia early to fly to pw* buenas-ares. >> translator: i'm so happy. we received so much support and would like to give my heart-felt tkprat tuesday to all of them. >> reporter: those in tokyo will have the honor of hosting the summer olympics first.

the first time was in 1964 and marks japan's assessment to the international community. this time, the japanese government said it's about the nation's endurance and facility to rise above an earthquake, a tsunami and a nuclear disaster. al jazeera, tokyo. >> coming up in the program, more on the u.s. secretary of state john kerry's meeting with arab league representatives. >> i think that it's funny but a little bit weak. >> come find out why this top winner is crazy drama in real life. american journalism -

>>introduces america tonight. >>in egypt, police fired teargas at supporters of the ... >>a fresh take on the stories that connect to you. [[voiceover]] they risk never returning to the united states. >>grounded. >>real. >>unconventional. [[voiceover]] we spent time with some members of the gangster disciples. >>an escape from the expected. >>i'm a cancer survivor. not only cancer, but brain cancer.

john kerry is set to meet arab league representatives. the u.s. sec traeu secretary ofs in france. protestors in brazil disrupted celebrations. police fired tear gas and dozens of people were arrested. the party of german chancellor angela merkel is holding a conference to launch the final weeks of campaigning before the federal election. it gives the coalition an advantage of 25% and 40% over the opposition. let's take you to the situation in syria. let's hear that the u.s.

secretary of state the about to meet representatives with the arab league department. let's go to senior writer and author of several books joins me live from beirut. goo to have you with us. regardless of what the position the arab league is willing to take. you think some will back military action? >> against for iraq and al tkpw*e ria the vast majority of countries are very much behind the punitive strikes that are coming in next period. i think that mr. kerry will find a rather familiar group of people around him and they will agree with him that the time is long over due for some action to be taken. some of the arab countries would like the military action to be today rather than tomorrow. >> does that mean the countries might actually participate allaa

libya you might say. >> we didn't know the details. if the campaign is going to be a long campaign then there might be room for other countries like saudi arabia and others the participate. although mr. kerry and other obama and other countries say this will be a limited activity but the repercussion of whatever strike occurs will be what the arab countries will be primarily concerned with. therefore, i don't expect him to participate directly in case where it drags on than longer than three, four, five, days. >> we call the leader and france and john kerry both talking about how more countries are signing up. i think in one statement the u.su.s. secretary try of state s more countries than he needs from the military action side of things. how much is hype and the reaction to building swell for

military intervention? >> we already know that there is a division within the g-20 but obviously a majority of countries are sided with the united states led by support the even germany changing its attitude. france, of course, is saying from the very beginning that we would like to punish the assad's activities although they would like to wait for the united nations inspectors to bring the reports forward. the arab countries don't have that problem. the arab government have no problem with that. >> all right. we are running out of time. we will pick up with this later. okay. >> well nato is facing allegations that it killed civilians in an air strike? afghanistan. the taliban fighters cease to pick up track. 12 of the dead were civilians including woman and children. they were all rebel fighters. the lack of security in

afghanistan is threatening the education system. the government succeeded in enrolling millions of children in the schools in the last decade. nearly 40% are girls. that's a tphaoupblg chang a hug. there's still many challenges. >> reporter: this is one of afghanistan's model school. in an up scale neighborhood in kabul. here girls study subject and nearly all will graduate the 12th grade. school the held in a tent. only half of schools across the country have actual buildings and less than a third of teachers have official qualification. in east aoerp eastern afghanista lock on the school board. >> reporter: the taliban closed this country years ago. they say it's because girls should not. in school. >> reporter: 34 schools are closed and the students and

staff are under threat. >> translator: there have opinion resent incidents were teachers were effected by bombings, explosion where some of our students have been killed in the cross fire between the opposition and government forces. >> reporter: these a problem educators are having all over the country. >> more than 400 injured. we have more than a hundred killed by the enemy for education. >> reporter: it's not oh just security that hinderers education here. there are budget problems and corruption can. even here in kabul there are schools in terrible conditions. these are supposed to be brand new classrooms funded by the world bank but the private company that was supposed to build them ran away with the money. children are studying in classrooms with no windows or roof. when it rain, teaching stops. there's no protection from the heat or cold. the military of education says

contractor companies should come back and finish what it started years ago. by 2020 all afghan children will be able the to complete school. there's still a lot that needs to be done to make that -p whaten. happen. a an e italian film at the festival. not everyone is welcoming back. >> when he came there were huge cheers. italian critics have been adamant all along that one of their nation's movies will take the top award here at the venice film festival. matt mcgraph proves them right. the tale of the microcommunity living and working along the roads that been a strong contender from the start. a documentary and not a work of fiction. the time fay spwroeurd th favor.

it created a drama of its own. >> i'm so happy because i think that the movie is funny but a little bit super official. >> it used to be a night of coming seconds. this british movie about the heartbreak that forced adoption had been a strong defender but still walked away with best screen play. there's stories like a greek film about abuse within a family and the a talk exploration of relationships to aliens ki kidnapping. >> so, this year's venice film festival draws to a close. the critics happy or not are now leaving italy. the next stop the canada. a much larger festival is now under way.

it's their 70th anniversary. it was from a whole a very happy birthday. al jazeera, the venice fil film festival. you know where to go. it's al jazeera,.com. over the u.s. but is it also time for nationwide education standards? ♪ ♪ kids are trading beach days for back packs as they head to school but what will they be learning? what's called common core state standards go into effect in 21 states this school year. states have been setting different standards for what students should know and do at different grade levels. that makt