for the support for the regime while the russian ambassador said that syrian rebels are to blame. heatedash and a television debate between all 11 candidates for president, trading insults and accusations. donald trump drops steve shannon, thehe former editor of breitbart news.

he is one of the most theroversial figures in administration. first, a new low for the regime, which is how the chemical attack was described. nikki haley spoke at an emergency meeting and it showed how divided the world powers remain over the conflict. denied theussia regime carried out the attack. reporter: the eu and the u.n. plan for the future of syria. millions of euros of aid were

pledged and were overshadowed by a chemical attack. there are russian of assertions that a syrian airstrike hit a warehouse with chemical weapons. the u.n. representative. determined that the use of chemical weapons a threat tostitutes international peace and security and that the use of chemical weapons constitutes a violation of international law. policy chief said that the use of chemical weapons by anyone, anywhere, must stop. destruction on enormous scale, in particular the use of chemical weapons by the

government and isis. one syrian man spoke from a turkish border town. he has lost 22 relatives. women and children. around 100 deaths in total. 400 wounded and missing. people are in shock and many are dead. of my family members have been buried so far. therter: these victims were fortunate ones. many o of them died bebefore reaching the hospital in one of the worst attacks in the conflict. anchor: philip is standing by. after thestrong words

meeting. what did he have to say? >> he spoke with king abdulla of jordan. they seem to to be personal words and important ones when it comes to syria going forward. here are some indications from the president this afternoon at the white house. he said that this attach crossed many, many lines and not just a redline, referencing obama. chemical weapons may have crossed a redline and may lead to military action. assad,ump, we heard that his attitude on him has s chang. thee trump administration has

indicated that getting rid of assad was not a priority for the united states. right now, we are trying to find policy in the words of officials and the president. some indications came today. anchor: ambiguous language from the administration. will these words be followed with any action? reporter: you are right that there are strong words, but this is a white house and a president whatefused to talk about future military actions, if at all there are some, might look like. to answer on what the response would be. he said that that was his

attitude and he would not reveal -- this has also been the attitude from the president on north korea and other foreign policy headaches. it does sound a little bit different than what we heard from nikki haley. she indicated unilateral moves from the united states. as the as far administration will go right now and what that means, militarily or otherwise, we do not know. mostr: one of the controversial figures of the administration has been dropped from the national security council what is the significance of this? not be in somell of the most important meetings

on national security policy and foreign policy. he was a member of the national security council and this is the inner circle that discusses the for policy matters. it does not mean that he has lost much standing in the white house. he is one of the men in the oval office the most and one of them who speaks the most with donald trump and is able to convey their thoughts to him and listen to donald trump and find out what he would want to do on policy or foreign policy. he has been taken off this list and this is a change in the makeup. be a decision by mcmaster. he replaced michael flynn, rather unceremoniously, because

he misled the vice president, mike pence. there is a bit of a shakeup. it does not mean that steve bannon is gone. he will pretty much be a permanent fixture in the white house and very close to the united states president. >> thank you very much. attack is leading to renewed calls or intervention. this is not the first time that of using been excused chemical weapons against his own people. images of, published chemical weapons used showed victims of sarin gas. this had occurred, despite warnings from the administration. >> we have been very clear to the assad regime and other

players on the ground that the weaponsis chemical moviving arounoror being u util. that would change my calculus. gas was used in killed 1400. the syrian government was the only actor known to possess sarin gas. >> that is ridiculous and unfounded. there is no proof. it is not logical. it is subjective. we have never used chemical weapons. the attack, an agreement between washington and pushed the syrian government to join the chemical weapons protocol. >> syria has produced chemical weapons for decades and in large

quantities. in securedored facilities to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists or other groups. weapons by thehe regime or islamic state has continued and an investigation held the government responsible for chemical attacks that 2015 andin 2014 and concluded that islam and state had used mustard gas. in the end, russia was allied with the assad government. april, 58 people were killed in northern syria in a nerve gas attack. >> to the french presidential race now. debate heated televised that happened last night.

on accused, macr marine le pen of telling lies. nationalism means war and i do not want to go back to that time of history. let's not forget where that came from. >> you present yourself as something new with your sayings that are 50 years old. this,give me for saying what you are trotting out lies that we have heard for 40 years from the mouth of your father. the rest of pure to be relative unknowns in this election. they are the smaller candidates and they have a goal of getting bigger, building

support. n try to and one woma show their differences. candidate wholy will use article 52 organize our exits from the european union. >> to say that europe is the root of all evil is to lie to workers. small candidates, a sheep farmer, a teacher, a former finance ministry official. they lashed out at the leading candidates. n, the more the police investigate, the more they find in scandal. you can smell the corruption. they want to impose austerity

while they steal from the state coffers. >> the leading candidates appeared unimpressed. macron got the names of a couple of the smaller candidates mixed up. >> the conservative party , has been fillon covered by james for us. here is what he has to say. mudslinging,hs of he is still here. the conservative candidate is determined to show that he has resisted all of these attempts t his image as scandal-free. being -- the room is

by thewarmed up i th mayor. aheadponent is about 5% in opinion polls. to qualify for the second round, he has to get ahead of him. called hollande the second and this echoes what fi llon is saying. there is a failure with the ho dubbedandate and he has hollande. fillon hopes that this will be a

display of strength and hopes that the scandals that are dogging his campaign will fade away. thisr: more than ever, political campaign has been dogged with scandal. le pen has been accused of using funds to create so-called "fake jobs." >> per campaign adviser has been one of the longest political advisers and he may have benefited from a "fake job." a satiricalns from newspaper show that he is the subject of a preliminary investigation. he was a regional counselor in the south of france and he was drawing a salary from a region on the other side of the country in the north. documents show that he was paid 11,000 euros for three months.

away in the first round of voting, we are making noise about something that happened years ago and somebody is trying to target the anti-establishment candidate. otherwise, we would not begin with this. icials do notfe remember ever seeing him in person. >> there was a love turnover, but i don't recall ever coming across him in the elevators are the hallways. investigation is looking into three fake jobs and tried to figure out if the resources of the region were used to 2012 campaign.s >> if you would like to find out

which of the 11 candidates most closely shares your views, check out our quiz and you can find that at our website. police in the russian city of st. petersburg have arrested six people who are suspected of recruiting for islamic state. the curb tolink to person accused of carrying out the attack. >> a special forces operation is in. swing. is in full in addition to mobile phones, investigators say they found islamist. a show of force from the kremlin is determined to send a strong message. vladimir putin met with security

chiefs. oure know each one of target of a a potential terror attack. >> the russian president wants to show control, but questions remain. did he have links to the islamic state group? why have they not claimed the attacks? still waiting for answers, the residents of st. petersburg pay tribute at a memorial service. power's divided over a chemical attack. russia and theed russian ambassador has said that syrian rebels are to blame for

the attack. clashed in a pen heated debate. they traded insults and accusations. donald trump has dropped steve shannon, the editor of breitbart. he is one of the most controversial figures in the administration. kate is here. trumpe looking at the administration's foreign policy be meetingtrump will with the chinese president later this week. >> trade and economic issues will be on the agenda. the economies have switched stances. trump has a protectionist agenda has emerged asi

a proponent of free trade. drawlegan with the with from the transpacific withdrawal from the transpacific partnership. investments and this is something he has done several times while in office. think the united states will make china a currency manipulator. he has backed away from other commitments and the other argument during the campaign was a 45% tariff on china. since he was inaugurated, that andrtion has disappeared

none of the trade people are suggesting it is likely as part of the u.s. policy towards china. >> those talks are on thursday and friday. triple jones traded up digits. the number of jobs added to the private sector rose significantly, according to the adp payroll service. sinks about half a percentage point. banking stocks rose on regulations. the countdown is on to another showdown between greece and international creditors. they are hoping for a deal by not,nd of the week and, if

he will ask for an emergency euro zone summit. that they havems yet to sign off on. martin explains. >> the agreement with creditors is only one breath away. that is what the greek prime minister said after the discussion in athens. both know that the process could be derailed. >> we keep getting good news, but before the end, we see some who try to move the goalposts. game like what we played when we were children. we are playing with the future. this must stop. >> he did not name names. the dispute is often blamed. european creditors want the

greeks to stick to a budget surplus and the imf does not think that is realistic. there is debate about austerity reforms and debt reliefs. without that, they cannot sign up to be bailout program. meanwhile, more unrest and people taking to the streets over further pension cuts. toevery day, we get closer an agreement and i want to underline that responsibility is shared by all participants in the process. >> they are looking for the release of rescue funds at the informal group summit. if this does not happen, athens may end up defaulting on their credits in july. >> the european parliament takes

a tough stance ahead of brexit. the trade secretary is in the philippines, malaysia, seeking new investment opportunities. he has been criticized for bringing up the shared values of britain and the philippines. free tradeampioning with the emerging markets. britain thatobal and playingonalist a more prominent role in global affairs. trade is center to our mission and we want britain to be a , onpion of free trade behalf of world commerce,

alongside our international partners, removing barriers. >> this deal will be the biggest ever for an acquisition by a chinese company. the u.s. authority had approved the merger. a germand takeover i cement giant said they would reduce competition. owed --an state is the administration is canceling the indian help bank, which has been struggling with high levels of abad debt. a french carmaker has vowed to protect jobs from general motors.

he told the german economy minister that he would respect germany and the parent company -- icelandic has been a global leader in the fight for gender inequality and politicians are trying to figure out a bill to make sure that men and women receive the same salary for jobs. discrimination on race, religion, and age be prohibited. if approved, it would be the first in the world. i slant was ranked first in the gender gap index and they still have a 17% pay gap. but we areit is 15%, not seeing the same mobilization. >> thank you very much.

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04/05/17 04/05/17 [captioning made possible by democracy now!] amy: from pacifica, this is democracy now! rocket. was a a rocket explosion that had a lot t smoke coming out ofof it. there was a lot of smoke and there was a smell. it was difficult to breathe. we cannot breathe anymore. we cannot breathe anymore. amy: at least 72 people have died, including 20 children, in a suspected chemical attack in northern syria. we will speak to a british-syrian doctor who recently led a people's convoy to the syr