before returning to amman. kerry is also dealing with an even more urgent crisis for both israel and jordan. the war next door in syria. u.s. and israeli intelligence say the assad regime is poised to use chemical weapons. >> once you let that situation spin out of control, it's very hard to -- to stop, and can have enormous spillover effects across the region. >> reporter: the cia is already training selected rebel groups to guard against a takeover by more radical elements once assad falls. the regime's weakness was demonstrated again thursday, by a suicide bombing at a damascus mosque. killing a prominent assad supporter. today, activists said rebels seized a key air base in the south, along the jordanian border where rebel forces, including some islamic militants, are almost face-to-face with israeli border troops. president assad struggling to refute reports that he is afraid to come out of hiding emerged briefly this week for an elaborately staged government photo-op. even posing with his wife. all this a

chuck, i can only imagine the university of miami cheerleaders brought a smile to your face in amman, jordan. >> good morning. that was a great surprise. we're inside by the way. if you look behind me you can see it's a little dusty out there. there's been heavy winds almost like a sandstorm out here. it's actually something that prevented the president from choppering to bethlehem. instead he had to motorcade there. it's that type of windy day here. i say that because we could have our own transmission problems. let me talk first about the speech or remarks the president gave. they were very important. >> you know, chuck -- go ahead. you're back. >> oh, okay. good. i want to play another bite that he said about the holocaust. take a listen. >> here on your ancient land let it be said for all the world to hear the state of israel does not exist because of the hole cust but with the survival of a strong jewish state of israel such a holocaust will never happen again. >> and the president last night also made more remarks. i want to get to the speech in a minute. but he made some intere

john is traveling with the president in amman, jordan. the president also scored a huge diplomatic victory on this trip today. he personally helped orchestrate a major step in healing the rift between two critical u.s. allies. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu issuing a stunning apology to the turkish prime minister for this, an israeli commando attack that killed nine people on a gaza bound flotilla nearly three years ago. our senior international correspondent ivan watson is now joining us from amman, jordan. your base in turkey right now. i have to tell you for all of the things the president may have done over the past 48, 72 hours on this trip to the middle east, clearly the most productive is healing this, at least getting the start of a healing process between these two u.s. allies, turkey and israel. >> certainly president obama putting a diplomatic feather in his cap by basically getting these two very important middle eastern allies of the u.s., turkey and israel, to talk to each other. the two prime ministers in a p

on the "newshour" tonight, margaret warner is in amman and updates us on the president's middle east trip, capped by a breakthrough between two key u.s. allies. >> woodruff: then, we turn to chicago, where city officials announced plans to close 54 schools, most in overwhelmingly black neighborhoods. >> now we've got to worry about our kids going to another location. worry about what's going to happen to them going to school. >> brown: hari sreenivasan continues our series on broadband technology with a look at a new digital divide over how high-speed access and mobile devices are being used. >> woodruff: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: it was a day of diplomacy for president obama in the mid

visit to israel i'm joined by norman finkelstein a new york political analyst and an author and in amman we have. co-editor of john the gentleman you can jump in anytime you want you know crosstalk rules maureen if i can go to you first i mean why is obama going to the middle east now what does he want to achieve. it doesn't appear that he's trying to achieve anything people who know us foreign policy much better than i have suggested that the purpose of the visit is simply to visit and to check that box and to be able to demonstrate that he's been to israel and to get out of the way at the beginning of his term and it doesn't and it certainly has as you yourself mentioned the so-called peace process is not on the agenda he's not bringing any new initiative with him i presume there will be lots of talk about about syria and iran but i think that from washington's perspective the fact that there may not yet be an israeli government and so or that it will have just recently been formed and there won't be that room to have any serious discussions about israeli palestinian relations is proba

he's right now in amman, jordan.ng this press conference with king abdullah. right now president obama. >> -- a serious negotiation focus. we're not there yet, but i'm confident it can happen. in part because it must happen. it will be good for the israelis sdp it will be good for the palestinians. i'm very grateful for his majesty's greatness to advance these efforts. as it's been true in the past, his majesty in jordan will be critical to making progress towards a just and lasting peace between israeli and palestinians. and we spent a significant amount of time consulting on syria. i want to commend his majesty for his leadership and commend the jordanian people for their compassion during extraordinarily difficult time for their neighbors. his majesty was the first arab leader to publicly call on assad to step down because of the horrific violence being inflicted on the syrian people. jordan has played a leading role in trying to begin a political transition toward a new government. we're working together to stren

from there, it was a short flight to amman, capital of jordan, first arab state the president has visitedsince the uprisings erupted in the region two years ago. king abdullah has resisted the tide of revolution, but there are growing economic and political pressures on the hashemite kingdom. chief among them: syria and its brutal civil war, to the north. the king was the first arab leader to call on bashar al- assad to go, and is cooperating with the u.s. and others to make that happen. jordan reportedly hosts u.s. and other special forces training the ragtag syrian rebels. but the pressures come from a flood of syrian refugees. some 460,000 now, housed in squalid refugee camps, and the numbers keep growing. >> how are you going to turn back women, children and the wounded? this is something that we just can't do. it's not the jordanian way. the problem is obviously the burden it's having on jordan. we've tried to quantify it as much as possible. the latest figure says it's going to cost roughly $550 million a year. not only is that a problem, but it's going to be a tremendous strain, ob

sara sidner is live in jerusalem, ivan watson in amman, jordan.he president's agenda? we knew discussions of syria were on the agenda but perhaps this has moved it up? >> certainly you're hearing from the white house that this could be a game changer if chemical weapons were, indeed, found to be used in syria. the syrian regime has been saying that it was the rebels who used them, but the united states doesn't buy that. nor does israel. so this is certainly something that is going to be talked about. we did hear from a senior israeli official who told me, look, we will be in discussions with the u.s. as to whether it needs to take some action, instead of, for example, israel taking action. you know that on january 30th the israelis, according to a u.s. official, ended up striking inside syria to keep syria from sending missiles, surface-to-air missiles, very dangerous weapons, over to hezbollah in lebanon. a group that both the u.s., and israel, consider a terrorist organization. now we're talking chemical weapons. that has always been on the agen

circling back from amman. but it is a new approach.nd it is the first time that this president has tried to make, as i say, an emotional connection to israel's people. to try to match even though it is a big leap, the kind of connection that george bush had on security concerns and certainly bill clinton had as a beloved figure in israel. that is what he had not done until now. he had been here as a candidate in 2008. i was covering him there then. he had not reached out to israel's people in a personal way. and i think that's what he tried to accomplish. he did it by talking about the struggles of the palestinians and the israel business the civil rights struggle, with the fact that you israelis have fought for this land. you fought to overcome your struggles just as my children in another generation would not have had equal rights. so he really tried to make it a personal appeal. and that i think had some resonance in talking to the host of the "meet the press" here in israel and very widely known anchor. and she said the follow-up i

president received a red carpet welcome from the king of jordan, troops assembled in the capital of amman before the president and the king went inside to discuss the conflict in syria and the 400,000 refugee whose have fled across the border to jordan. because of that we were monitoring a news conference president obama just wrapped up and he offered $200,000 in aid -- $200 million in aid to jordan. he went to the bible birth christ of jesus christ and got a look at the barricades that keep the palestinians from the west bank. he noted they need to do more to bring lasting security. >> no wall is high enough to stop every enemy. >> in his push for peace with palestinians, the president spoke to 600 israeli students using his only major speech on the middle east speech to ask for compassion. >> meteorologist, mike nicco, and the bay area forecast. >> a lot of sunshine. can you see from the east bay hills, it is a gorgeous-looking day with nice sunsets coming if you are headed to the beaches but take a heavier coat because it will be cooler than the rest us that will see warmer-than-averag

ivan watson, you're following the story from nearby amman. tell us what you're hearing about even what happened? >> conflicting reports and most of the information is coming from the syrian government which first made the accusation on tuesday accusing rebels of carrying out some kind of chemical weapons attack in a government-controlled town to the west of aleppo that killed at least 25 people and wounded scores of people. the rebels were very quick to deny that charge. and in turn accuse the government of misfiring one of its own chemical weapons at that town. so we really don't know one way or the other some chemical weapons experts, michael, have said from the evidence we've seen on syrian state tv, it's not enough to really conclusively make the case that any chemical weapons were used. take a listen to what the u.s. ambassador to syria, robert ford, said to cnn. he says it's also too early to tell whether these weapons were used. >> so far we have no evidence to substantiate the reports that chemical weapons were used yesterday, but i'm

on the "newshour" tonight, margaret warner is in amman and updates us on the president's middle east trip, capped by a breakthrough between two key u.s. allies. >> woodruff: then, we turn to chicago, where city officials announced plans to close 54 schools, most in overwhelmingly black neighborhoods. >> now we've got to worry about our kids going to another location. worry about what's going to happen to them going to school. >> brown: hari sreenivasan continues our series on broadband technology with a look at a new digital divide over how high-speed access and mobile devices are being used. >> woodruff: and mark shields and david brooks analyze the week's news. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: it was a day of diplomacy for president obama in the mid

he visited petra in jordan before departing for the capital, amman. jordan was the last stop on president obama's four-day trip to israel and the palestinian territories. it was his first visit as president. new details surrounding san jose's tenth homicide of the year. police released a picture today of the man, did they suspect of stabbing a young mother to death on friday. the crime happened in broad daylight in a parking lot across the street from the sheriff's department. 25-year-old juan ramirez had been stocking sandra cruz for about two years. the 29-year-old victim leaves behind a 10-year-old son and was afraid of ramirez. she had a restraining order against him. >> she was doing all the right things. she was contacting the police department, reporting these crimes, pulling out restraining orders trying to protect herself from this individual. it's unfortunate this happened. it appeared that she was doing everything she could do to avoid him. >> investigators say ramirez may be headed to mexico possibly driving a dark green 1996 toyota pickup

nbc's peter alexander is traveling with the president and joins us from amman. so peter with a good saturday morning to you. how has this trip gone so far for the president in jordan? >> well, right now, alex, the president's enjoying the end of his trip. punctuating it, as you noted, with a trip to the celebrated archaeological site in this country known as petra. the focus of the trip has largely been on the future. but at least for the last couple hours he's focusing on the middle east past. advisers tell me this is actually a place that president obama added to the itinerary. a destination that he very much wanted to see. sandstorms delayed his travel yesterday. but today that's proving not to be a problem. most significantly the pictures that really define the president's visit here to jordan are those from the northern part of this country, where refugees have been flooding in to jordan over the past several months because of that conflict, that civil war in syria. king abdullah of jordan yesterday saying the number of refugees now approaches 500,000. abou

the president arrived in amman after a three day visit to israel where he pledged the united states unwavering support for that country, while also saying palestinians deserve an independent and sovereign state. in jordan the president's meeting with the king will focus on the civil war in syria. after spending the day there the president will return to the united states. >> i think what we saw in the visit of the president here in israel was a reaffirmation of the very special and unique partnership that israel and the united states share. we are friends. we are allies. >> earlier in the day mr. obama had lunch with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and paid tribute to holocaust victims at a memorial in tel aviv. >>> san francisco police are looking for a man who attacked a teen girl and her mother on a bus. it happened last weekend on the 14 mission bus there. police say the man pushed his way through the crowded aisle, when the girl shoved him back and yelled at him, that led to a confrontation in which he punched her and started to strangle her, her mother tried to stop it but was

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president received a red carpet welcome from the king of jordan, troops assembled in the capital of amman before the president and the king went inside to discuss the conflict in syria and the 400,000 refugee whose have fled across the border to jordan. because of that we were monitoring a news conference president obama just wrapped up and he offered $200,000 in aid -- $200 million in aid to jordan. he went to the bible birth christ of jesus christ and got a look at the barricades that keep the palestinians from the west bank. he noted they need to do more to bring lasting security. >> no wall is high enough to stop every enemy. >> in his push for peace with palestinians, the president to 600 israeli students using his only major speech on the middle east speech to ask for compassion. >> meteorologist, mike nicco, and the bay area forecast. >> a lot of sunshine. can you see from the east bay hills, it is a gorgeous-looking day with nice sunsets coming if you are headed to the beaches but take a heavier coat because it will be cooler than the rest us that will see warmer-than-average temp

he's going to tour bethlehem with him before he ends up going to amman, jordan, where one of the closest arab allies to the united states, king abdullah, will be there to host the president for a one-on-one meeting. brian? >> chuck todd a late night in jerusalem after a whirlwind day with the president. chuck, thanks. one of the major items on the agenda for president obama and prime minister netanyahu is the war in syria now in its third year. it was a deadly day there. a bombing in the heart of damascus. our chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell also with us from jerusalem tonight with more on these late developments. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. on syria there is no daylight between the u.s. and israel on the threat next door. today that suicide bomber blew up a damascus mosque killing 42 people including a prominent sheikh who supports the assad regime. opposition leaders denied all responsibility. this is just another sign of vulnerability in a regime that has thousands of chemical weapons. today president obama warned assad and his forces th

fox news alert for you now, because you're looking live in amman, jordan.dent is about to hold a news conference with king abdullah ii and the minute that happens we'll bring you there live. well, there's controversy over a new york state tip line that allows people to report illegal gun owners to police in exchange for money $500. it's been in play for about a year, long before governor andrew cuomo signed a tough new gun control law. tips are supposed to be turned over to local law enforcement and we understand some have never gotten a tip and others say they didn't know the hot line existed. and the state plans to run public service announcements to get the word out. well, this comes as the state's new gun control law is getting growing pushback from second amendment supporters. the national rifle association brought a lawsuit brought by gun owners and rifle association and argue at that key provisions of the law, like a lower limit on magazine capacity actually put law abiding citizens to a grave disadvantage to criminals. supporters say the laws like c

she joins us from amman this morning. jess, quite a morning so far. >> it really has been, john.hristine. the president now planning to cap off the first leg of his trip by visiting one of the holiest sites in christianity, the church of the nativity in bethlehem which commemorates, of course, the birthplace of jesus. that stop, a holy christian site, inside the palestinian west bank, less than five miles from jerusalem. it's a reminder of how many overlapping claims the world's religions have to that tiny swath of land, and a symbolically rich way for a christian u.s. president to wrap up a trip that has focused on sealing bonds with the jewish state. a trip that the white house and american and israeli officials at this point seem quite pleased with. >> you are in amman, jordan, where the president will be meeting with jordan's king abdullah. he's a very close ally of the u.s. but he is under a tremendous amount of pressure, both internally and externally. so what's on the agenda for the meetings there? >> well, the president lands here in three hours. he's going to have a meet

brotherhood i think they were they were encouraged by the exchange for their release yesterday of the desire amman jordan on those to infiltrate the into syria illegally who was handed over to the russian on boss of the what you are dealing with here as far as i'm pure and simple the more you give the more they will their mom i think we need to have all the countries of the world to face up to the fact that you have to stand in the in the way of those people otherwise they will turn the streets of damascus and other syrian cities as well as world cup of pills and through blood soaked streets we need to stand up to those people and face up to the west who refused to condemn the bombings that took place in syria on the point of first of february last month professor let me one of the united states professor let me just come in there i mean you've spoken out about. countries a facing up to what's going on this is happening unfolding white at the doorsteps all the of israel the jewish state to says a it's not planning to get involved why do you think that is. well basically because the zionists have d

visit to israel i'm joined by norman finkelstein a new york political analyst and an author and in amman we have. co-editor of john the gentleman you can jump in anytime you want you know cross talk rules.

force one where he goes to israel and then on to ramallah and then finally on to jordan for stops in ammanresident said this ahead of the trip. >> the president wants to speak to the people of israel, the people of palestinian and the people of the region and not lay down a peace proposal but express his vision for what the possibilities of the future are. >> joining me now on the set is amon. i want to remind everybody, and spending time in the conflict in '08 as well and there's no doubt that it's very difficult to have a breakthrough without u.s. leadership. the u.s. -- and this is something that the u.s. has said, and there's no major breakthrough when and what's the plan going to look like and president obama has insight from some meetings he has ahead of the upcoming visit and the indication is that he's not going there with any plan. that's been said. >> finally, another milestone this week on tuesday. hard to believe it's going to be the ten-year anniversary of the iraq war. how have the tlast few years goe when we talk about and reflect on the rebuilding of iraq and trying to rebu

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. >> straight to cnn's john king who is in amman, jordan.agenda item in jordan for the president? >> reporter: don, the most important item is that aid you mentioned. jordan is being overwhelmed, swamped by refugees from syria coming in, several thousand a day, approaching the half million mark here. this country's economy was already struggling to begin with. and officials here say it spent somewhere in the ballpark of a billion dollars to deal with the refugees. the united states is already number one. the president noted in the international community, in putting up both cash and other human taryn resources to help with the refugee crisis but is promising 200 million more. that's the most important takeaway from the jordanian perspective. they need the financial help and in the meeting, the president also able to talk about what is the jordanian government and the intelligence service, what is their assessment of what is going on in syria, how long does the king think bashar al assad can hang on? an update on syria the most important item

amman jafers of washington newsroom. the treasury may be making comments about cyprus? >> yes.statement. now that we're a couple of seconds past that, the treasury department says it is monitoring the situation in cyprus closely and secretary lew has been speaking with their european counterparts. it's important that cyprus and euro area partners work to resolve the situation in a way that is responsible and fair and insures financial stability. that's the statement here from the treasury department. of course, a lot of the top treasury brass today on are on their way or already are in china. so, for secretary jack lew's first major over seas trip. now china and cyprus on their minds as well, guys. >> i wish i put a bet on what treasury would say because they have said exactly what you would expect them to say. >> you just did this for me. >> got my eye on you, cyprus. got my eye on you. watching you. >> interesting language here. if you just have one second, they say they would like to resolve the situation in a why that is responsible and fair. i think we have to get a little

. >> our jessica yellin is traveling with the president in amman.with all the turmoil in the region, how important is it for the u.s. to shore up its relationship with jordan? >> hi, fredricka. well, you know, the u.s. does as you said have a strong relationship with jordan. what's needed here is a show of support for the king. jordan as you say shares a border with syria. and for that reason has taken in close to 400,000 syrian refugees since the conflict began there. that's about 7,000 a day. now, with fears of chemical weapons used, they clearly have an enormous interest in ending the crisis there. that will be on the agenda while the president is holding this talk with the king. king abdullah is among the few royals still standing after the arab spring, but under enormous kplit kal pressure and economic pressure, it was made worse when an interview with a u.s. magazine he described his own country's tribal leaders as dinosaurs. he needs the president's support, especially financial support and this visit by the u.s. president, by president obama

our chief white house correspondent jessica yellin is standing by, and john king are joining us from amman, jordan, where the president wrapped up his trip. he has done well in jordan, now the hard work begins. where do we go from here? >> reporter: the white house feels he accomplished what they set out as his primary goal, which was to reconnect with the israeli people and convince them that he understands where they're coming from on the primary security issues. the big question as you point out, can this lead to real accomplishments, that would be on the peace front with palestinians, simply too many questions that remain outstanding when it comes to settlements and exchange of prisoners, other major issues that the arab world and palestinians are unsatisfied with. and syria, iran, these are still just two looming trouble spots that are unaddressed at this point, but what we do know, the president and netanyahu prime minister of israel ended the note on a renewed -- >> reporter: the frost melted, major concession from netanyahu, they now have a real partnership, ability to work togethe

amman? >> sue, it turns out a it pays to be the former ceo of ibm.n we come back, i'll bring us some surprising details inside the retirement package of the former ceo and chairman of big blue. >>> this is the kind of retirement most americans would love to have but it may end up triggering investor outrage. sam palmisano retired in december but still getting major perks. we are in washington with some of the details of the perks. >> that's right. in a proxy statement filed last week and written up on the blog's footnoted.com, ibm said it will pay $1.03 billion for administrative support including space renovation for retired chairman samuel palmisano. on top of that he's entitled to a consulting fee of $20,000 per day if he's asked to do work for ibm. he has to work four hours. less than four hours and he will be paid $10,000 per day. ibm spokesman confirmed the expenditures but would not provide detail on where the office is other than to say it's off the ibm campus. one long-time compensation critic calls those perks outrageous and horrifying. he

secretary of state john kerry is in amman, jordan today after a surprise visit to iraq this weekend. he says u.s. lawmakers worry that after years of receiving u.s. help iraq is not behaving like an ally. kerry has asked the ira prime minister not to allow iranian aircraft to use iraq's airspace. u.s. believes the planes are carrying arms to the syrian regime. nick pay ton waton walsh was th. >> reporter: his first visit should have been about rebuilding a country's dwindling influence where they've invested so much blood and treasure but it was overshadowed by events next door in syria. u.s. officials clear they believe iraq isn't doing enough to stoplights over iran to syria of weapons and fighters to assist the assad regime. john kerry said had he a very spirited discussion with iraqi prime minister nuri al maliki was was asked for further information. not exactly the concession he wanted there. also during this visit news broke of the resignation of opposition leader, something which mr. kerry described as many inevitable, saying they'd already begun working with his son and say

we go to amman, jordan, john king and jessica yellin tell us how the president did in the middle eastre importantly where we go from here. is there really hope an israeli, palestinian peace process can get off the ground? we will get their assessment, they have been there with the president. >>> and two potential republican presidential candidates, senator rand paul, congressman paul ryan, my interviews with them and a lot more coming up here in "the situation room." back to you, don. >> looking forward to it, wolf, thank you very much. >>> what if extinction isn't forever? researchers are working on bringing back some species that haven't been seen on earth for decades. that's next. [ indistinct conversations ] [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know it, but your mouth is under attack. food particles infiltrate and bacteria proliferate. ♪ protect your mouth, with fixodent. the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not toda

secretary of state john kerry is in amman, jordan today after a surprise visit to iraq this weekend. says u.s. lawmakers worry that after years of receiving u.s. help, iraq is not behaving like an ally. kerry has asked the iraqi prime minister not to allow iranian aircraft to use iraq's airspace. the u.s. believes the planes are carrying arms to the syrian regime. >>> these are uneasy times for pakistan's former president, pervez mesh rousharraf. despite over his possible arrest over criminal charges he faces. his party paid an unknown amount of bail to clear the way for his return. musharraf says he wants to reassert his influence, even run for office himself. >>> what happens in pakistan could impact u.s. operations in afghanistan. >>> now to a story shrouded in mystery. how did a russian tycoon die? police in england have launched an investigation into the death of boris berezovsky. he was found dead in his home in flaend on saturday. he fled to england after dispute with the russian president vladimir putin. eye take . >> reporter: new police details add a whole new layer of intr

peace talks between the israelis and palestinians going and also to give support to king abdullah in ammane arab world than king abdullah. he's a modernizer. and he's in a very difficult political situation. so he needs our help. but i'd say in israel, the president really planted some seeds of trust and friendship and mutuality. and from those i hope can grow hope and peace. >> he also made a stop at the form of former yitzhak rabin. he laid some stones on rabin's grave. and that is remarkable. the president has made repeated >>> of the children of israel from their slavery in egypt to freedom. which is also kind of a met for for god caring about people and in a sense, re-entering history, empowering people to fight for their own freedom. which moses did in the bible and dr. king obviously did here in america. to lead the civil rights movement. so i thought it was again, very sincere from president obama, and resonated a lot, i know jewish americans, i would guess with african-americans, also guess more broadly, with most americans, for whom the bible is still their favorite book. >> yest

>> nbc's andrea mitchell in amman, jordan. andrea, thank you.e travels. >> reporter: sauthank you so mu craig. >>> and president obama is back at 1600 pennsylvania avenue after a busy four days in the middle east. he met with israeli, palestinian and jordanian leaders but did not get a happy homeum canning this morning from house intelligence chairman mike rogers. >> this has such global implications, and i really, candidly i thought the trip was a dus appointment for us. i think the president's squandered great opportunity to actually show leadership. >> reporter: and epic week for same-sex marriage. in two daps the supreme court hears cases on proposition 8 and at defense of marriage act. daze boies, famous lawyer, ar gug against prop 8 thinks his side will win. >>> and putting up $12 million for a campaign ad, bloomberg is. on "meet the press" this morning, nra executive vice president wayne lapierre says bloomberg's stances were "insane." here's what bloomberg said about his pitch. listen. >> he can say anything he wants but the truth of the

ivan is in amman, jordan, and what do we know right now?the principal source of information about this is coming from the syrian government which first came out accusing the rebels of this alleged chemical weapons attack saying 25 people killed, scores wounded, among the dead some syrian military. this took place in a town west of aleppo that is described by rebels as being government controlled. the rebels immediately turned around and pointed the finger at the syrian government saying that they misfired some kind of a missile that then caused chemical weapons damage to the people there. there have been some interviews from some survivors on syrian state tv saying they smelled chlorine, that they saw some kind of powder there, but chemical weapons experts that we've talked to say from the very little amount of evidence that we've seen thus far there is nothing conclusive that points to the use of chemical weapons on tuesday in this deadly incident. john. >> ivan, did the syrian people, do you have the sense they see this as a major develop

other sources that this involved turkey, a transfer en route to kuwait, his home country, stop in amman jordan, or somewhere in jordan at a military base, and mysteriously got into american hands. you know what happened there. was probably put on a gulfstream military plane. >> extensively choreographed. the fact is, as you know, he had been at bin laden's side in the days after 9/11, and then as the sort of al qaeda deaspira -- as i use that word, probably ill advised, some al qaeda members showed nup iran. it appears they were in some kind of custody. that's one of the things he can shed some light on here is what happened to those people in iran. >> including one of osama bin laden's sons was allegedly in iran for a number of years. >> right. but the suggestion i've been getting today is that he really has no operational knowledge about al qaeda anymore. he has been out of it for so long, but he has interesting things to say about the sort of history and what was going on during all these intervening years. >> briefly there was a tsa sting, as it were, an inspector who discovered tha

but during a stopover in amman, jordan, he was nabbed by u.s. authorities. and flown to new york to face charges in federal court. that move drew criticism from some republicans, who argued that terror suspects should be tried by military tribunals at guantanamo bay, cuba. senator lindsey graham, of south carolina: >> you're putting people like this into federal court, giving them the same constitutional rights as an american citizens. >> warner: similar objections in 2010 forced attorney general eric holder to back down from plans to try alleged 9-11 mastermind khaled sheik mohammed in new york. but today, a white house spokesman, josh earnest, defended going to civilian court. >> they are a... in many ways a more efficient way for us to deliver justice to those who seek to harm the united states of america and that is the >> warner: abu ghaith was returned to prison today. a trial date will be set next month. for more on today's hearing and the decision to try abu ghaith in federal court, i'm joined by jess bravin-- a reporter with the wall street journal

a stop over in amman jordan. that's where u.s.fficials with the obvious help of jordanians arrested abu gates. it's worth pointing out here there is no logical or logistical meaning avoid syrian airspace to fly an carla to kuwait by jordan. it may well be that the turks didn't want the domestic consumption reasons to be seen to be handing him over to the u.s. they knew all along that u.s. officials would grab him in jordan. no confirmation of that. but it's a clear possibility, shep. >> shepard: jonathan, thanks. as i mentioned, some republics say that this guy aby gates should be at guantanamo bay, not in a civilian courtroom here at home. the white house says the government has what it calls a pretty strong track record of convincing or convicting terrorist suspects in federal court. we'll have more on that debate coming up in just a few minutes inside fox report. first, wall street though. what a run. the dow marking its sixth straight day of gains after we got some really terrific news on employment today. the labor department

outcome in syria is not going to be ideal our chief white house correspondent traveling with live in ammann. the president is getting more pressure to use military in syria. >> he he is the president wept out and vowed that he would rid asyria of all the extremist still left there a sign that he is ready to kill more people. is he digging in even deeper president obama is getting pressure no-fly zone. come up with surgical air strikes. something to stop the killing. but the president today said at a news conference you have to be very careful with u.s. power. >> what your question may be suggesting is why haven't we simply gone in militarily. and, you know, i think it's fair to say that the united states often finds itself in a situation where if it goes in militarily if it goes in militarily. if it doesn't go in militarily, people say why aren't you doing something militarily. >> president also noted that the u.s. has provided the most aid to syrian refugees yet. and he pledged $200 million more today, shep. >> shepard: ed henry ammon jordan tonight. thanks. how bad is the refugee crisis

president obama arrived in amman to a red carpet welcome and immediately had a lengthy meeting with the jordanian leader. >> today i'm announcing that my administration will work with congress to provide jordan with an additional $200 million in budget support this year as it cares for syrian refugees and jordanian communities affected by this crisis. >> before heading to jordan, the president spent a final morning in israel touring some of jerusalem's powerful cultural landmarks. at the grave of itzhak rabin. president obama also visited the holocaust memorial joining president peres and prime minister netanyahu as well as secretary of state john kerry as well. and in nearby bethlehem, president obama toured the church of the nativity. the biblical birth place of jesus. he did that with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas. the president then held one more scheduled meeting with benjamin netanyahu before taking that 35-minute flight to jordan. martin fletcher has the very latest on that 50-minute news conference that we all saw there. martin, let's start with the news conference. th

the french would tell you that a man by the name of abu amman is important out there. getting these two is very important but i am not convinced it would be fatal. >> it's interesting to note it will be the second anniversary of bin laden's det of may 2nd, and two years ago, no one talked about moktar belmoktar. he wasn't somebody anyone talked about. the president since then as we know it at the time has been saying al qaeda has been decimated. then he changed his speech to saying al qaeda is on the path to defeat. he's changed his rhetoric. how important would a killing of belmoktar be to this president? would it be as important right now in terms of his influence on al qaeda and people who are considering joining that organization as bin laden? >> no. i don't think it would be as important as killing bin laden. he does not have the global reach or influence that bin laden did. but he is important for one major reason. he has killed american. he has american blood on his hands, and it was recently. in that sense, being able to capture and in this case, potentially ki

just as i visited the citadel here in amman on my last visit, i'm looking forward to seeing petra tomorrowher permitting. one of the great wonders of history. that the world can experience, thanks to the care and dedication of jordan and its people. so thank you. >> thank you, your majesty. mr. president. i'm going it ask you, your majesty, for how long are you going to keep your reporters open for the syrian refugees? next to you is a land of war. and anything could happen any time. if the regime let's say electricity or the water, you're not too far from the damascus, the capital. it's like you might find 1,000 of refugees. not just the number that you spoke about to your majesty and mr. president. thank you again and i just want to know, you are a superpower, are you leading the superpower the united states of america. you don't have a plan to put an end for what's going on in sir yarks the bloodshed, the killing and now they're talking about using the chemical weapon. what's your comment about that? thank you. >> first of all, the problem with refugees comes down to a humanitarian issu