>> hello. welcome to the journal -- "journal" on dw. these are our top stories at this hour. u.s. president barack obama is urging caution on syria, but he as ask the pentagon to prepare thesked -- he has asked pentagon to prepare military options. lebanon holds a day of national mourning. and happy birthday to the bundesliga. it was 50 years ago that the german top flight kicked off. we will have all the results from this weekend's action.

in syria, with news that the u.n.'s hi records and a for disarmament is there -- high representative for disarmament is there. she is attempting to gain access to supposed -- alleged chemical chemicald sites of attacks. the u.s. has begun to move forces into place in the region. >> a father mourns the death of his children. he cannot understand how something so awful could happen to his family. the opposition blames the assad regime, saying it killed hundreds during nerve gas attacks. doctors without borders has confirmed 3600 patients in syrian hospitals displayed

neurotoxic symptoms. assad regime continues to reject accusations that it was responsible for the attacks. state television showed footage of chemical materials in panels allegedly used by rebels. the u.n. disarmament chief has arrived in damascus to assist the team of 20 u.n. inspectors looking into the chemical weapons allegations. the syrian opposition hopes the group will confirm that the assad regime has launched out chemical -- has launched chemical attacks. the coalition says there is already solid objects -- evidence. >> the people of syria are telling the international community your silence is killing us with chemical weapons. >> the white house has been hesitant to intervene. but now president barack obama

says he is weighing all options am including a military response. on saturday, he met with his security advisers. secretary of defense chuck hagel says he asked the military to prepare a range of options. the pentagon has announced it destroyerthe u.s.s. in the mediterranean. it had been due to return home. >> the conflict in syria is increasingly being blamed for widening sectarian tensions in neighboring lebanon. when --ents on friday, explosionsriday, two left more than 40 people dead. the accounts are being used as a further sign that lebanon could be seeking -- slipping into a cycle of revenge attacks between sunni and shiite communities. .> they are burying their dead lebanon observed a day of national mourning after the attacks -- deadliest attacks to

hit the country since the end of the civil war 23 years ago. and forensices experts have been sifting through the rubble after two car bombs ripped through tripoli on friday. the coordinated blasts targeted two popular sunni mosques, full for friday prayers. many blame the government for the attack. they say the asad regime is a -- is extracting ridge and -- revenge on the sunnis for supporting syrian rebels. >> this cannot be from lebanon. anyone who would do such things has no religion, no god. >> the first one happened near the city center. minutes later, a second blast tore through another mask -- mosque. this footage shows the frantic first moments. dozens were killed, hundreds wounded. many remain in critical condition. derek set both mosques -- clerics at both mosques are outspoken critics of assad.

it -- are said to have encouraged worshipers to join the rebels. friday's attacks have raised fears that sectarian tensions could buy real out of control in lebanon, triggering a string of revenge attacks between the sunni and shiite communities. >> coming up, a roundup of sports action, including a very special weekend for german soccer. first, this news in greece. police in india have arrested a second man in connection with the gang rape of a journalist in mumbai on thursday. police say he has confessed and identified the other perpetrators today massive manhunt is underway for three suspects still at large. news of the raid prompted totests and a renewed call make women's safety and national priority. after years of delay, dresden has inaugurated the

controversial bridge. construction sparked a national controversy when unesco decided to strike the dresden elbe valle y from its world heritage list, saying the bridge runs the landscape. dresden says it needs the bridge to solve its traffic problems. has ravaged over 11,000 acres of land in california has reached the world-famous you 70 national park -- you 70 national park -- yosemite national park. it is threatening the lines responsible for san francisco's power supply. russian president vladimir putin has been all protests during next year's winter olympics in sochi. he also ordered the creation of security zones around stadiums. the move comes after gay-rights activists called for protests in response to russian parliament -- the russian parliament's bans on what it calls "homosexual propaganda." at least 30 people have been

killed in clashes between rival gangs at a prison in bolivia. was amongh-old baby the dead. most victims were killed in a fire following an explosion. police have arrested five men suspected of starting the fight. soccer news now. it has been an action-packed day on the 50th anniversary of the bundesliga. we have had plenty of goals and seven red cards so far this saturday. leverkusen scored 4 to stop clawback -- gladbach. berg put up thern fight against byron, but -- bayern, but were overwhelmed. and hanover stepped up the pressure, with a 2-1 home win. matches, mainz won 2-0.

homan hime and freiburg -- ho ffenheim and freiburg split the points. won.iday, dortmund augsburg hosts stuttgar. -- stuttgart. last year's runner-up, borussia dortmund, sits on top, thanks to a win over bremen. the wind did not come easy. -- the win did not come easy. dortmund needed more than half an hour for their first real shot on goal. energized torment -- dort mund and they turned up the pressure.

but it was not until after the break that dortmund took the lead. the hosts continued to attack and open gaps in bremend's -- bremen's back line. they could not extend their lead. the final score, 1-0, not quite the resounding win they were looking for. >> four teams tied with the full nine points. fans will be pinching themselves to see their team up there with a perfect record. in the lower half, the bottom four teams have a chance to redeem themselves on sunday, which is bad news for schalke. it is 50 years ago to this very day that the 16 teams of the first bundesliga played their

first matches. among them, one club who was there at the start, was promptly relegated and never played again in the bundesliga. it is august 24, 1963. taking on the favorites. homee 72nd minute, 40,000 fans erupt. the bundesliga's first major upset was within reach. >> i was standing here on the left, about 11, 12, 13 meters in front of the goal. i thought, what do i do now. i made a split-second decision and it worked. 1-0. goal inspired hopes of a great future in the new league. at the end of the season, the team was relegated.

>> i think we were too laid- back. others were playing professional football from the start. we were only setting professional. i had to work all day. just two days off. that can make the difference. years, theyast 49 have continued to believe that one day the team will make it back into the bundesliga. last season, the club just missed moving up to the second division. -- munstero, monster also missed out by victory -- on victory by a whistle. one, where lewis hamilton has secured his fourth pole position in a row.

the first british driver to do so since 1995. he navigated the circuit with ease, ahead of his archrival and the defending champ, sebastian battle -- sebastien vettel. comfortable holds a overall lead for the season. his closest competitor will start sunday from eight place on the grid. friendlys won a athletics competition in berlin. the best long and high jumpers and poll vaulters from the u.s., russia, france, and germany took part in the event with the slogan "berlin fly." it was old against the -- it was held against the historic backdrop of the brandenburg gate. the french team overcame strong winds to claim victory.

the german women's field hockey team has grabbed gold at the european championships in belgium. germany faced off against england and it was a nailbiter. 4 after regular- time. it came down to a make or break penalty shootout. the germans kept cool, beating the brits 2-0. it is not only the 50th birthday of the bundesliga. 58 years ago, martin luther king gave his famous "i have a dream" speech in the context of the u.s. civil rights movement. celebrations to mark the occasion have begun in washington, d.c. day have a dream that one this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. we hold these truths to be self- evident, that all men are created equal. nearly 50 years after martin

luther king's momentous speech in the capital, americans of every creed and capital turned out to retrace the civil rights leader's steps. theing's oldest son said, journey is not complete. this event is more than a tribute to organizers hope to emphasize what they view as the civil rights issues of today -- voting rights, unequal employment opportunity, student debt, and government spending. >> we need to revive the war on poverty. we need to engage on student loan debt and some plan for urban reconstruction. damaging's speech to major milestone in -- >> king's speech marked a major milestone in civil rights history. >> sisters and brothers -- this edition.from

for more news and headlines, visit our website, dw.de. from all of us in berlin, thanks for watching. >> he has to take every new shirt to the tailor shop to shorten the sleeves. >> [speaking german] .> the redshirt is for rough it has the correct cut, he says -- is for reference. it has the correct cut, he says. he was born with deformed arms because, during pregnancy, his mother took a sedative called thalidomide.

it was sold in germany under the brand name -- caused anities it unborn children became the country's biggest ever pharmaceutical scandal that caused in unborn children became the country's biggest ever pharmaceutical scandal. he says she was supposed to get a sleeping pill or a tranquilizer. she did not want it to richie was told it was harmless and that she had to. she could not -- she did not want to. she was told it was harmless and that she had to. she could not refuse.

this woman can put on her close alone in the morning only if she is wearing a dress that her close -- put on her clothes alone in the morning only if she is wearing a dress. she is another thalidomide victim, one of 2400 and germany -- one of 2400 in germany. mother first laid eyes on her newborn baby, she was shocked. >> [speaking german] >> she says her mother started screaming. "her arms! her arms!" then she was immediately tranquilized. then the nurses took her away. afterwards, she was presented swaddled up, like a little

package, so that you could not see anything. [speaking german] >> then her mother was put in a room together with a woman who had miscarried. at is how things were handled back then -- that is how things were handled back then. shopping, hees always needs help. for years, victims of the drug waged a legal battle for increased state support. their demands were met only recently, in the form of higher monthly support payments. helpers, therapy, modified

apartments. the costs add up fast. without a helper, he has often found himself in awful predicaments. >> [speaking german] >> i was at a meeting in a hotel. i had to go to the bathroom. i managed to get my underwear off and used the toilet, but i could not get my clothes back on and i did not have any help. there i sat, helpless, on the toilet. after half an hour, someone came whom i could ask for help. it was unpleasant and degrading. doctor.to the is not aim, this personal appointment. he is in the process of building up the countrywide doctors

network. present, there are very few physicians experienced with physical deformities. >> [speaking german] >> most doctors are puzzled by the special needs of thalidomide victims. says, "i broke my arm and went to the hospital. the doctor said it was fractured, but he said he did not know what it looked like before. he had no original pictures because my anatomy is different. they don't know where to take blood because they cannot find a vein, or where to measure blood pressure."

>> [speaking german] >> once a week, a therapist visits her to massage her. she spent half her childhood in hospitals. today, she is 51 but has the body of an 80-year-old. that is common amongst the liver might victims. over decades -- that is common among thalidomide victims. the therapist does what she can. she says her knee and her left hip hurt. her right knee hurts more and more. her biggest worry is losing her mobility and with it, her ability to live her own life. when she thinks about the future, she says, "it is horrible. she has to suppress it.

she has a job. each morning, a transport service picks her up here at she used to be able to walk -- picks her up. she got her driver's license at 18. for the last 15 years, she has been wheelchair-bound. her driving days are over. >> [speaking german] >> it was awful. i could still cry thinking about it. i cry over my car. losing it meant losing my freedom. now i have to be belted him and -- belted in and wait. i cannot decide myself where to drive away -- when to drive away. earlier, i drove myself.

>> he can still drive. but important little aids like his phone's speech recognition software sometimes failed. -- fail. >> the number, please? >> same old thing, he says. the system isn't working. again, doesn't recognize my language. mobile.eds to be andorks for an i.t. company he chairs the hamburg help center for thalidomide victims. he is certain there are many more people out there harmed by thalidomide that have been officially recognized. been officially recognized. he says some parents kept the information from their children does the mothers felt guilty for taking the drugs and could not reveal the truth to their

children. now that their parents have died, children are making inquiries. this is just such a case. he is visiting today. he asked for help. 1960'sborn in the early and is convinced his foot is deformed because his mother took the little mind -- took the lid him i'd -- took the lid of my -- took thalidomide. he wants official recognition as a fellow the might -- as a thalidomide victim. man stood at my table. i put my coffee down. suddenly, he started to cry. no apparent reason. i said, what's wrong? can i help? he said, you are a thalidomide victim. i said, that's right, but that's

no reason for you to cry. he said he had a daughter also a thalidomide baby. she only lived for six months. the man was over 80. this took place half a century ago and he is still crying about it." she is a social worker at a berlin hospital. german]king [beep] >> she says the work is good for her and let her help others, takes her mind off her own problems, but fears over the future always return. she says, "i have no future the way others plan their vacations in advance and make arrangements.

i cannot think that far in the future. i don't know whether i will still be able to stand or whether i'll be in a nursing home by then." but they are both tenacious people who refuse to succumb to their difficulties. they are also committed to helping others. is active in an international network for people with disorders of the limbs. he tells us about a 26-year-old man from poland born with the disorder. he lives at home. no arms, no legs. he is not well cared for. the network is trying to do what it can, for instance, seeing how he can operate his computer using speech recognition. when he rides his motorcycle, he forgets his disability and just feels the freedom of the open road. ♪