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bangkok runway, injuring 14 of the 288 passengers onboard. ♪ theme >> this morning, there are a number of developments rewarding the growing crisis in syria. the white house continuing to push for action. congress is coming back from its recess today and the first votes on whether to authorize the use of military force in syria could come within days. syrian president bashar al assad is still denying that his government was behind that chemical weapons attack that killed 1400 of his own people. he is speaking out in his first interview with an american t.v. network in two years, that set to air this morning. the white house i guess continuing to make its case to the american people through a media blitz. president obama is going to go head-to-head with six network news anchors in interviews
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today, while members of his team try to gain international support overseas. secretary of state john kerry. >> let me be clear. the united states of america, president obama, myself, others are in full agreement that the end to the conflict in syria requires a political solution. there is no military solution. >> while the u.s. continues to try and gape more global support, syria is reaching out to its own allies. syrian's foreign minister meeting with his russian counterpart and calling for the weapons teams to come back to syria for further investigation. >> the top priority for congress will be not to debate or approve u.s. military in syria. president obama and vice president biden having meeting with members of congress trying
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to convince congress to support an intervention. paul beanen is in washington right now. paul, what are we expecting to hear from congress today? >> well, good morning, del. congress officially comes back into session at 2:00 this afternoon. there be the statements allowed, 10 minutes per senator. a little more closed action in the house. there's going to be some security and intelligence briefings. it will be closed to the press, but we will certainly see a lot of congressman coming to camera to make remarks over the course of the day. as soon as there would be any official action would be wednesday when the senate takes a procedural vote and could take a final vote by the end of the week. the house is expected to vote next week. >> the question is, is the white house expected to follow what congress does, or possibly does not do? >> well of course, all along the
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administration and president have said they reserve the right to act in america's nothing security some with or without congress. some congress have said if the president did strike syria after it was voted down by the congress, that would set off an impeachment crisis. we'll to have wait and see. a lot is happening before we have to cross that bridge. >> is there a sense right now that the tide is turning either way in washington as we speak? >> well, right now, the numbers in the house and senate not looking terribly good ford administration. a survey had the numbers 6-1 against the president in the house, only about a third in favor in the senate, so a long way to go for the administration, making the case for u.s. military action against syria. >> that is paul joining us live from washington, thank you very much. >> in a jointly news conference with william hague, secretary of
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state john kerry saying the chemical weapons in syria are controlled by president assad, his brother and a general. he disputes assad's claim that the u.s. has no evidence against his regime. >> this is a man who's just killed through his regime over a thousand of his own citizens, over 100,000 or about 100,000 have been murdered over the course of -- he sent scud missiles into schools, has sent airplanes to napalm children. everyone has seen that. this is a man without credibility. i will happily stand anywhere in the world with the evidence we have against his words and his deception and his acts. >> in moscow, the foreign minister met with his russian counterpart to discuss the crisis in his country. both men will push for the return of u.n. inspectors to
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syria for a further investigation. the u.s. is urged not to take military action, saying if president obama does so, he would be backing terrorists. >> we also have the right to ask how obama is going to justify this aggression to support those who exploded the w.t.a. in new york and we are about to see the anniversary of this. >> both secretary of state kerry and the syrian foreign minute at her holding those news conferences earlier this morning. syria and russia now calling for the u.n. weapons inspectors to return to the attack site. why are they pushing for this? >> there could be a number of different motives for the call for u.n. inspectors to return. originally, the inspectors were actually supposed to be looking
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at several different sites, some sites that apparently, according to moscow, it seems as though the rebels may have been behind the chemical attacks, so that may be the motive there, but certainly, we're hearing an awful lot of coordination between damascus and moscow. the syrian foreign minister when he arrived and met with the russian foreign minister said he carried thanks. he carried the thanks of bashar al assad to president putin for his support in supporting syria during the g-20. >> during secretary of state john kerry's address, he stressed that he still valid the relationship with the u.k. despite the vote in parliament. >> he said the special relationship remains special, it was before the vote and will be for long afterwards.
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secretary of state kerry saying he respected the democracy in the democratic process here in great britain. as for the united kingdom, foreign minister william hague said that washington had the governments of david cameron's full support and that they would pursue a diplomatic efforts to, in minister hague's words "muster a strong international response." so the brits may not be contributing military assets to any kind of strike in syria, but are saying that they will help to develop a consensus and perhaps diplomatic efforts to gain support for some sort of strike. del. >> phil joining us live from london, thank you very much.
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president obama plans six interviews today before he addresses the public tuesday night. our white house correspondent is standing by in washington. mike, what can the public expect from the interviews and that address to the nation tomorrow? >> well, i think the thought is that the president has a good case to make. it's just that not everyone has heard that case. he is trying to sway public opinion and in turn get the public to get their representatives to vote in favor of the resolution that he has before congress and obviously as paul reported it, appears to be an uphill slog at this time. new fewer than six broadcast interviews to be taped today. it's going to be a car wash of camera crews coming behind me all day long. most will air in the afternoon and evening. there are lobbying efforts intense underway, the addition listing for us the number of members that the various officials, including the president have talked to over the last week, coming a sum total of 250 members. the national security advisor,
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condoleezza rice, later on at the white house meets with the members of the congressional black caucus. hillary clinton, the recently departed secretary of state has an appearance having to do with the environment but is expected to talk about syria, backing the president's call for limited strikes, of course all leading up to the president's prime time speech. they are trying to flood the zone, trying to turn public opinion in favor or at least from going in the opposite direction in support of those strikes. >> this is the administration's final push. what is the feeling on capitol hill, and i guess the question that has to be asked, is there a sense in washing top right now that the white house will sub seed or fail? >> right now, the smart money is on the latter, del, you look at the house of representatives,
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the associated press poll, some polls are a little bit suspect. when you get members back in town, they're start milling about in between votes on the floor, talking to each other. you know, you sometimes get a change in direction under those circumstances. certainly, with both the republican leaders and democratic leaders of the house, there is some influence there once they get folks in a room and look at them one-on-one and twist a few arms. this is an incredibly difficult situation. we could get the first vote, a procedural vote, not a substantive vote, but procedural vote, very indicative, nonetheless of the support the president has or does not have as early as senate, the day after that speech. >> mike, thank you very much. >> the white house as we keep saying is facing an uphill battle abroad and at home rewarding action in syria. we have the dean of
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international service, thank you for being had us today. >> thank you. >> given the dire predictions that things are not going to go so well, if the president loses the vote for military strikes against syria, what could happen next? >> well, we've been hearing from the white house and secretary kerry and others have said that the president could still go forward with limited strikes, even if congress votes no. i have a very hard time seeing how that can happen. the president has gone to the congress, asked them for authorization. if they don't give it to him, i think it would be very difficult for him to then continue to go forward as if the vote didn't matter. in that case, why bother to have gone to them in the first place? >> the administration is saying it has irrefutable intelligence that assad is behind the chemical weapons attacks on august 24. aside from releasing those images, similar to the ones we saw earlier, where is the
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intelligence? >> well, we haven't seen it. i don't think that that's the issue in the united states right now. i don't think that members of congress for the most part or the american public are questioning whether or not assad used the chemical weapons. i think people are asking why is it that the united states has to be the country to responsibility to it, especially given the horrific violence that's been taking place in syria over the last two plus years that the united states has not responded to. >> you're a former national security staff member. the question has to be asked why are the u.s. allies so skeptical that limited attacks will be punishing assad and why so much wavering overseas? >> the question people are asking is if you do the strikes and you've sent a message that president assad shouldn't use chemical weapons again, what have you really done to change the situation in syria?
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he would still be there. you haven't told him that he shouldn't continue doing what he was doing before. you haven't really provided that much support to the rebels through those strikes. i think the question people are asking if you do the strikes, then what, what have you really done to change the situation and i think people are feeling that it doesn't do that much to affect the situation and so they're having a hard time getting behind the idea. >> the dean of the american university school of international service, we want to thank you for being with us this morning. as you were mentioning about the polls, they are not good. new polling released this morning shows that most americans still disagree with military action in syria, even if congress decides to go ahead. 39% say that congress should pass a resolution to authorize military action with almost 60% opposed. even if congress passes that resolution to allow a military strike, 65% are opposed to any
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u.s. air strikes. three quarters of those polled or 72% believe the air strike would fail to achieve any significant goals for the u.s. the opposition to syria is especially noteworthy, given that 82% of all americans say it is either certain or likely that the syrian government did use chemical weapons. by the way, that polling has an error sampling of 1,022. it is plus or minus 3%. >> a grass fire now threatening several homes in the san francisco bay area, breaking out at mount diablo state park. firefighters are having problems assessing the blaze because of the hilly area. no injuries are reported. the much larger fire at yosemite park has destroyed 400 square miles. it could take another week to be
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put out quickly. it was started by an illegal campfire that burned out of control. parts of the west are going to be dealing with wet weather today. for more on whether the fire crews could see any benefit, we get the report. >> while the heat is going to continue to really inundate the region, we're looking at scattered showers because of tropical storm h elena. the story for today, in the southwest, the rain will be across the four corners, so the areas that definitely need the moisture aren't going to receive it in california today while they are fighting those wildfires. the heaviest rain will probably
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be across portions of arizona right along i-17 near flagstaff. that moisture continues over this ridge of high pressure and it is going to be an exceptionally hot day across the midwest and plains. we have a thunderstorm watch in effect against far go. extending into eastern portions and central portions of minnesota, well to the west of minneapolis, but heavy rain will push through minneapolis as we track into the next couple of hours, especially in the afternoon. with those storms, we have the potential to see damaging winds and large hail. i want folks traveling across the region to use precaution along i-94 and i-90, extreme heat going to be taking over. 95 in minneapolis. home has at 100. kansas city expected to break a record. meanwhile in the northeast, the heat certainly is taking a bit of a break. we have front of the advisories in effect in upstate new york.
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interior portions of new england, as well. new york city, a high of 74. the heat is pushing its way towards us and by wednesday, that's what we're going to have to deal with here in new york city, hot, humid and hazy conditions. >> at least 30 civilians have been taken hostage in the southern philippines after muslim rebels tornado a coastal town. people were captured between government troops and a faction of the islamic liberation front. three are reported dead, 10 others wounded in that fighting. >> at least 14 people were hurt after a thai airways plane skidded off the runway at bangkok's international airport. the nose wheel collapsed, causing the plane to skid. passengers were evacuated using emergency slides. the injured are recovering at a a bangkok hospital. that flight from china was carrying 288 passengerred and 14
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crew members. >> billions of u.s. tax dollars spent to rebuild iraq. there's a new report that raises serious questions about how well your tax dollars were put to use. >> he is a kremlin insider with 99% of the vote. a controversy surrounding moscow's new mayor. >> why this $5 billion retail chain could be changing hands.
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>> there is a new leader in pakistan. the president made his farewell as he left the palace. taking office a year after the assassination of his wife, minister bhutto, he leaves to serve a complete term and be followed by another elected president. his successor takes office today. >> a criminal backed in up come bent has won reelection as moscow's mayor. with 99% have the votes counted, he has been declared the winner. his opponent has been ahead of
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the exit polls throughout the day. he is excusing the election officials of falsifying the results. >> china's latest inflation figures are out and the news good for that country's economy. we explain how 470 million pigs drive consumer prices. >> china just released its latest physician, up 2.6%. why are we talking about this at the largest industrial pig farm? for the last 10 years, pork prices have been the biggest driver for inflation. such a concern for the government, that they've created a strategic for reserve, because there's a direct connection between spikes in food prices and social unrest. >> the pork prices influence inflation, the higher the pork prices, the higher the number.
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fork is the primary choice of meat for most chinese people. >> there's a transition going on in the industry here in china, moving from smaller family run pig farms to big industrial complexes like this, 60,000 pigs here. china's margest meat producer is in the works to buy smithfield, an american company that is the world's largest pork producer for $4.7 million. it's good news in china, but increased this country's reliance on imported goods. >> pork prices value up 14% in china. >> the owners of niemann marcus could be close to selling the retailor. the group are in talks to acquire the retailer from t.p.g. capitol. those private equity firms bought niemann marcus for $5 billion in 2005. the two investment firms filed
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to take niemann public this spring and pursuing an out right sale. >> toyota are calling more than 300,000 vehicles worldwide. there are problems with the engine in the bolt and hype before i had systems. the problems are said to exist in the lexus highlander. they can cause the alarm to go off, the car to stop running or the engine to stall completely. toyota says there have been no accidents related to the problems. >> despite marijuana becoming legal in colorado, there's still a market for the fake stuff. those who crave synthetic marijuana also say they crave the cheap high. they could be paying a much higher price as the dug has been linked to at least three deaths. we report from denver. >> the synthetic pot is known as crazy monkey, sexy monkey and spice, made of dried herbs coated with chemicals that mimic possibility's high.
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it's illegal to use, but some get around the rules selling it as in sense. it looks in cent, but the blends can be dangerous. >> two hits, two little puffer. >> that was it. >> that was it. a few minutes later, i was out. >> she was rushed to the hospital after smoking a small amount. >> i had a seizure, i was puking. i ended up in the hospital for 12 hours, blacked out completely the entire time. i don't remember nothing at all. >> initial reports say 75 people have been treated in emergency rooms for the effects of synthetic marijuana, five in 124 hour period at the university of colorado hospital. >> doctors say they have never seen numbers like this before. the a difficult time breathing on their own. >> patients are coming in very delirious, psychotic, difficult to control and very violent.
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patients have high heart rates, high blood pressure, all dangerous thing. >> this year, colorado made marijuana legal for people under 21, and are concerned about the synthetic stuff. >> this is a garage chemist type substance being sprayed in discriminately on to a plant. >> many users are drawn to the pot. it can be a quick, cheap high, four grams selling for $4, compared to $50 for real pot. synthetic pot doesn't show up in drug tests. four investigators are joining state health experts to see if the deaths here are linked to a tainted concoction. >> i would warn anyone to think twice about using this. there's a good chance that something bad will happen to you and you'll end up in our emergency department. >> a message samantha sums up. >> this is bad stuff, do not try
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it. >> the c.d.c. investigators are set to arrive monday. >> according to the d.e.a., the number of calls to poison control centers related to synthetic drugs soared from over 3,000 in 2010 to more than 13,000 a year later in 2011. >> still ahead, they are one of the more powerful political groups in lebanon and control a huge army that is key to the syrian government's success in the civil war across the border. >> security at stake. there are new reports out that show just how the n.s.a. may have targeted three major private companies and here's a hint. you probably check your email with one of them. >> they won't be stopped now, despite a tragedy by last year's marathon. runnersen getting ready for next year's boston marathon. >> the first football sunday of the year did not disappointment, a generous sampling of nfl
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scores. coming up in sports. >> just to be able to defend the title for once will be awesome, and i've done so well here the past few times i've played, getting to the semis or finals. it's been really, really exciting. i'm happy that i've been able to consistently do well here. >> australian cricket captain michael clarke led his team to victory against england, scoring his first tonne.
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>> welcome back. i'm del walters. as president obama begins a final media push for his plan for military action in syria, congress gets back to work from their resist. the first votes on whether to outize military force in syria could come within days. >> secretary of state john kerry continues to look for global support in london. >> hezbollah controls near half of lebanon and has 5,000 militia fighters in syria. according to the united states government, the fighters are
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members of a terrorist army. aljazeera's david jackson now with more on the power being exercised by the region by hezbollah. >> we entered hezbollah's power base. support banners lined the streets here in praise of their own leadership, bashar al assad syria and authority over south lebanon. this marketplace is being rebuilt after a car bomb killed 29 people here also serves at a statement. it is expected as a response of hezbollah's support of bashar al assad. people are tired of the cycle of violence. >> many men and women died. many died. many people have died.
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about what they died in? >> hezbollah's secret leadership continues to drive their shiite fighters to fight across the border. some aligned with al-qaeda, lebanon's former ambassador to the u.s., opposed to syrian involvement within lebanon said there is no secret to what hezbollah really wants. >> what is their aim and strategy in syria? >> continued war. that's their victory scenario. syria at war is a syria in which they can play. >> he maintains that peace is the enemy of hezbollah and they fear a u.s. military strike could threaten the surviving of the assad regime, the worst possible outcome for hezbollah.
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their leadership has been ominously quiet. >> hezbollah has been very silent. when they're silent, you have to waworry about it. they will not stand down when an attack happens against syria. >> in the streets of south beirut, even strong hezbollah supporters are growing weary of the fight. >> a man a few doors down is a shia, a supporter of hezbollah and bashar al assad. he does not want to speak on camera, because he says he is too angry following this blast. he said he wants peace and he wants it now. he made an interesting point. he said for 15 years here in lebanon, they had a civil war. he fought in it, he lost his right eye fighting in that war. he said it was brutal and thousands lost their lives. he said at the end of that war, never theless, everybody can sit down and talk and work things out and reach a truce.
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his feeling is if that can be accomplished after that kind of a civil war, it certainly can be accomplished now. >> that peace does not seem close. hezbollah believes a u.s. military strikes elevates the scale of the fighting, possibly causing hezbollah to strike at israel or cause iran to pour more weapons into hezbollah's arsenal. people may want peace, but say it's more likely the warfare will continue. >> that is david jackson coming to us from beirut, lebanon. >> as congress prepares to debate military strikes against syria, the risk and memories of wars past are on the minds of decision makers. the administration continues its aggressive push so far action. with us this morning is the former new york law school professor and published author on international relations,
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mr. chang good morning. >> good morning. >> is there a risk that if we don't do something, if the u.s. does not do something, something worse could happen? >> well, first of all, there are always risks in any military action, congress is right to be worried about blowback. you are right, not doing anything as secretary of state kerry has said poses its own risks. here we need to be concerned about chemical weapons use against sirens and the use potential against us. the way to draw a line against chemical weapons before it even reaches our shores is to stop its use anywhere in the world. >> you maintain that by not acting, congress in a very real sense is doing something. >> yes. there is a decision to be made here. whether they choose to act or not act, it is a decision. by choosing not to act, we would
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be opting to not draw a line against the use of chemical weapons. we would be sending a signal that it's ok to use chemical weapons in the world and potentially one day, it may be used here. >> you hear some in washington saying this has the potential of becoming another iraq. >> in my view, it's closer to kosovo. so far, the public debate has been framed comparing it to iraq. that's understandable, that's one of the more recent military interventions in our history, but actually, it is more like kosovo and here's why. kosovo was a case of humanitarian intervention when genocide was being committed in a civil war. that's what's happening here. there was use of chemical weapons in a civil war. we are not going in to topple a regime. it is unlike iraq.
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really, we ought to be thinking if we're looking for prior examples in what ways is this like kosovo, what lessons can be learned from castro. >> is there a danger if there is a delay, as well. >> the danger which has come from delay has already occurred. had we used military force when assad used chemical weapons we likely would have been able to degrade his military capabilities. most strategists would guess by now, he's moved his military s.s. into civilian areas. now that that's been done, no congress authorizes the president to act, we should leave it to the president in his discretion tactically to decide when to act. no doubt the military advisers will advice him the best time to go in. >> the question of acting without congressional or u.n. approval, what's the danger to the white house for that. >> the danger of acting without
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congressional approval. the president has said that he is seeking it, because the american people should decide and congress should decide. that's a significant domestic political risk. internationally, while there may be accusations that this action is illegal, i think the confusion is likely to be legitimate nonetheless. that was the conclusion of dogs slow, it was illegal, but legitimate. we certainly have that example to draw on, and even if the international community decided that it was somehow legal, it is in conceivable that the u.n. security council could pass a resolution accusing the u.s. of illegal action, because we have allies on the security council and the u.s. has a veto. >> thanks for being with us this morning. while we continue to debate the situation on this side of the ocean, david jackson is on the
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other side, joining us live from beirut. david, there is lots of debates going on about what to do in syria. you were there on the ground. what is the talk? >> well, there's a lot of on going talk today, certainly del in terms of the way lebanon is behaving. there has been the issue that we just talked about the other day about having people come out of the u.s. embassy here and have non-essential personnel removed. there is certainly a tension on the street here that follows that, that has heightened. the lebanese government has made a big point of saying they should not be quite so worried and have control over these sensitive locations in lobe no one so that nobody should panic over what has taken place, although the embassy staff is down to what they are describing as something of a skeletal staff now. >> there are so many syrians pouring over the borders.
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is this something that the longer it takes, the worse it gets on the ground. >> i guess something to that effect. on the ground, they've had their hands full with 710,000s of the sirens as refugee. we've reported and shown you how some arrive, some with money, some without. you have kind of a combination here in the nation of lebanon. it's added to the stressfulness of all this and certainly as we have something of a countdown, those people are stressed as is the rest of the nation, so certainly, it's almost a frightening of the screw, and you're correct to look at it that way. >> david, thank you very much. >> registration is now open for next year's boston marathon. organizers are working on enhancing security. three people died and 260 injured when this year's
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marathon was bombed. >> it was an exciting first sunday of nfl action. john henry smith is smiling because his team won. he is here with sports. >> the mighty detroit lions are 1-0. it was an action packed first sunday of action, one of the best games of the day was the last, the cowboys and $120 million man tony romo tried to beat it is giants for the first time in new cowboy stadium. the giants made him the meat of a muscle sandwich, bruising his ribs. he only missed one play, though. david wilson would miss a lot of plays after his second fumble turned into a touchdown to put dallas up 20-10. wilson would find himself benched for the rest of the night by coach tom coughlin. later, two plays after the giants must haved a fount set the cowboys up, romo throws his second t.d. pass of the game.
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cause of action win 36-31. >> you're never going to win a game turning the ball over five tiles. six times we gave the ball away tonight, six times. that's my fault. i'm totally, totally disappointed and embarrassed by that kind of football. that's sloppy, sloppy football. you have control of yourself, you have to recognize situations that are going to lead to those kind of things, and you can't turn the ball over. you can't win turning the football over. that's the bottom line. >> in january, the 49ers kaepernick ran over the packers for an nfl record, 181 yards en route to sending green bay home and sending the 49ers on. they were determined not to let him run all over them again. he didn't. he threw all over them, winging the ball to the tune of 412 yards and two touchdowns, two to tight end vernon davis.
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the packers promised to hit kaepernick early and often. this time, late and out of bounds, that's a penalty. joe staley got a penalty sticking up for his q.b. kaepernick had a chance to hit for the touch to make it 20-17 for the home team. 208 yards for bolden. 49ers win 34-28. >> in buffalo, the bills hosting the patriots, trying to win its 10th season opener. the pass up, 7-0, rookie q.w.e.j. manuel with a lead in the third. the game winner with five seconds to play, patriots win 23-21. >> minnesota and detroit, peterson in mid season form on
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his first carry of the season, the vikings first play of the season, take a 7-0 lead. the lions didn't win a single game against an n.f.c. north opponent last year. bush going 77 yards with the swing pass start score, debuts with 109 total yards. >> the u.s. open title, williams was already beaten twice this year, but won in the final last year and had beaten up her opponents by 16-15 to get to sunday's final. they split the first two sets. serena blasted her way to a win to clinch her second straight u.s. open title and her 17t 17th grand slam. >> i felt the love. thank you so much for the support. it's an honor. [ cheers and applause ] >> it's an honor to play in new
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york. i guff all the glory and thanks to jehovah god for allowing me to have this. victoria, you played unbelievable. what a great match and great person and what an honor to play against you. thank you very much and thanks to everyone in that box over there that i love you all, thank you, thank you, thank you. >> wrestling has been a part of the olympics in some fashion since 708b.c. wrestling was back in thanks to a frantic effort to get the sport reinstated. the i.o.c. voted wrestling back in for the 2020 games last sunday. >> with this reversal, wrestling will not miss any olympic competition between now and 2020, and that is your sports at this hour. >> the first wrestling match in 708b.c., it was a heck of a match. no instant replay, though. >> sports fans hot under the
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collar because their teams didn't win, a lot will be hot under the collar weather wise for different reasons. >> this is a ridge of high pressure in control across the midwest and the plains. while is this cities across the midwest certainly are going to be making record breaking temperatures. first i need to tell you about humberto, our latest tropical storm right off the african coastline. it's going to be making its way into warmer water and with some low tradewinds, so we do he can speck to see a development there. warnings have been issued for the islands. across the southwest is a from a of moisture pushing into arizona. four corners region, we're going to deal with heavy rain today. that rain is not going to make its way into interior portions of california. we do have several wildfires burning. we need the moisture but not are going to get it. that moisture continues to trail further into the north and across the dakotas into
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minnesota where we have a severe thunderstorm watch across western and central portions of minnesota extending into far go, north dakota. we are going to see the threat for damaging winds and hail. major heatwave on the way to the midwest down into the plains where today in minneapolis, we climb to a high of 95, omaha 100, kansas city at 100. it's going to be a miserable day, record breaking day in terms of the heat across there. in the northeast, some areas waking up with a bit of frost, upstate new york. new york city will climb to a high of 74, gets hotter on wednesday. del, back to you. >> it was supposed to be a fun day at the park, a simple amusement ride for children, but this swing fell to the ground, injuring dozens during a connecticut festival. we'll tell you what amusement operators are saying went wrong. >> thousands are protestors in
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mexico saying they don't want partnerships in the countries energy business. find out who they are condemning. >> fight or l.g.b.t. rights and the fight for racism is one on the same. >> he's the youngest leader and now making a big change in his career. >> that's all i have an real money. victoria azarenko
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>> children were hurt when a swing ride fell to the ground sunday. the ride at the oyster festival in north carolina walk lost power with the swings in the air. the children then fell to the ground. most injuries were minor, but one child was sent to the hospital. all are expected to recover. stewart amusement posted on their website that mechanical failure is to blame. tens of thousands of demonstrators rallying in mexico city opposing the president in his plan to allow foreign firms to invest and collaborate with the state run oil company.
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over 40,000 protestors gathered to hear the arguments of the former presidential candidate. state run oil companies independence from outside influence has been a source of national pride. >> the twin otter, were you ever canadas most iconic planes and a huge success story is back in production. we report from the main assembly plant, where business is booming. >> think of it not as a sports car, but as a pickup truck, one that flies and can take off and land almost anywhere, with a few hundred meters of space. it's hard to imagine a more versatile aircraft than canada's twin otter. just ask a pilot. >> everyone loves this plane. it's a cult airplane where you'll find pilots that started with a twin otter and they just want to fly it and nothing else.
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>> being rugged and popular didn't stop the twin otter from going out of production in 1988. it simply didn't fit the business plan at bowing, which owned the company at the time. enter viking air, an aircraft parts maker from western canada that bought the original designs and started making twin otters again in 2008. it sold 80 planes and are producing a new one every 10 days. >> i've been to a boat almost every company in the world and we're placing them in north africa and asia. we've got one going to the middle east, the one behind us into the u.a.e. the beauty of the aircraft is, it does all those jobs. >> conceived as a way to move canadian, the twin otter is now the utility aircraft of choice from the maldeeves to peru to
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they pap. at the heart say the new manufacturers, it's really all about cap da. >> it's a very canada that airplane. we would never have been able to sell to some of the customers that we were talking to early on without that kind of recognition of a great canadian airplane. >> with more than 800 aircraft produced sips 19 60's, this is a plane that will be carrying people and goods around the world for decades to come. >> >> the twin outer address meaning to the phrase ahead of its time. it first flew half a century ago and now the world is rediscovering this remarkable aircraft that seems able to take off, fly, and land in almost any conditions. aljazeera, victoria. >> ahead of the nation's oldest civil rights group says he's stepping down, telling the naacp that he will leave his post at c.e.o. and president at the end of the year. he was the youngest man to lead
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the group when he took charge back in 2008. he was just 35. there is no word yet on his successor. >> syrian president bashar al assad is denying that his regime launched a chemical weapons attack, saying the united states has no evidence of any attack, and also said if president obama strikes his people, they will retaliate. president obama begins a major push later this week with interviews by six television networks and then will address the nation even as we speak. >> well, at the end of the first our, here are the stories we are following for you right now. president obama as we mentioned begins that major push to win congressional and public support for a military strike against syria. secretary of state kerry is saying chemical weapon weapons e restricted to president assad in syria. the syrian president is saying
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that there is no evidence that he used chemical weapons against his own people. john. >> baseball's. hant races are heating up. we'll take a look at the best. >> we have tropical storm humberto in the eastern atlantic and exceptional heat across the northern plains. stay tuned, we'll be back soon, after the break. >> as aljazeera continues, we will be back in two and a half minutes. see you then. on techknow, our scientists bring you a sneak-peak of the future, and take you behind the scenes at our evolving world. techknow - ideas, invention, life. my name is jonathan betz. i'm from dallas, texas, and i'm an anchor for al jazeera america. >>my name is ranjani chakraborty, i'm from houston, texas. >>i'm kim bondy. >>nicole deford. >>and i'm from new orleans.
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>> good morning, i'm morgan rad ford. these are stories we're following now. president obama begins a major push to win congressional and public support for a military strike on syria. the first votes on whether to authorize the use of force are expected in days. >> this is a humanitarian catastrophe of probably proportions. asksecretary of state kerry cals for a strike against syria. >> if he presents any evidence, they didn't present anything. >> during an interview this morning, syrian president bashar al assad defends his government and denies the use of chemical
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weapons. >> this morning, a number of developments rewarding the growing crisis in syria, the white house pushes for action and congress returns from recess today. the first votes on whether to authorize the use of military force in syria are expected within days. syrian president bashar al assad still denies his government was behind the chemical weapons attack that killed over 1400 people. in his very first interview with an american network in two years, he threatens repercussions from any american attack on syria. >> he expect everything, not necessarily through the government. the governments are not the only player in this region. you have different parties, different factions. you have different ideologies. you have everything.
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you have to expect that. >> expect, tell me what you mean by expect everything. >> expect every action. >> the white house continues to make its case to the american people through a media blitz. president obama will go head-to-head with six network news anchors and interviews today. members of his team try to gain more international support. overseas, secretary of state john kerry. >> let me be clear. the united states of america, president obama, myself, others are in full agreement that the end to the conflict in syria requires a political solution. there is no military solution. >> while the u.s. tries to gain more global support, syria's reaching out to its on allies. syrian's foreign minister met with his russiannt
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