we look at a shocking "new york times" expose on how bashar -- torture and execution inside syria's prison system. then a california jury has ordered monsanto to pay a record $2 billion to a couple who say they both got cancer after using monsanto's roundup weed killer. >> monsanto keeps denyining it causes cancer. and these two fine people here are casualties of that deception. this is going to continue until monsanto and now they are take responsibility for its product. people are dying. people are getting sick. and they have no idea it is being caused by roundup. amy: the nearly every country in the world has agreed to curb plastic pollution a am a butt te united statetes refuseses to suo ththe globalal agreement. >> plastic i is everywhere. it cannot be the responsibility of only one country. it has to be all of the countrtries of the world, all coconsumers, all organanizations haveve to come together includig plastic producers, to find a solution. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. alabama governor

for the past three years moscow has been helping the syrian army to fight this and keep president bashar al assad in power. our boys are helping the poor syrians. so. how so. successful what's russia doing in syria. so that you. will get some kind of assistance for the country. with assistance of that it can have what's it called again peace that's it . has our youth should see the tools of war so they know that war is terrible. absent from view other russians who didn't make it back from syria the defense ministry says one hundred sixteen soldiers were killed in combat but it's not just ordinary troops who are deployed there human rights activists say private armies from russia are also fighting mercenaries who don't appear in any official figures . and once a big gray zone no one knows the exact number of private soldiers fighting in syria many of them die that. after cars on the syrian train is off to another city on its tour but as a symbol of a successful campaign against terrorism it leaves many questions unanswered. some time in the twenty sixth you my great granddaughter. what wo

hundreds of thousands of innocents murdered at the hands of a brutal dictator, a butcher, bashar al assad, barrel bombs and chemical weapons, used against civilians, we've seen the images of his cruelty on shocking display, here right in this room, when we hosted caesar, the military photographer who defected to show the world the barbarity of the regime. millions upon millions more

al-asassad'sshar al-assad's- -- bashar government has attacked the area. airstrikes hit northwest syriria on wednesday alone. washshington will investigate claims of a chlorine attack. promptedk in violence a call for renewed truce. >> what we need through the country as a cease-fire. these conflicts, back and forth exchanges, they put pressure on civilians. 180,000 people haveve fled. james: members of the jewish community gather for a festival. pilgrims visit the oldest synagogue on the african continent. this year, it coincides with ramadan. new minister of tourism has used the occasion to deliver a message about coexistence and peace. >> thousands head to the synagogue annually for the holiday, celebrating the revelation of important u.s. -- important jewish texts. tourism is aof former co-organizer of thehe festival h here. going to come. we were afraid. now, everything is open. it has a long history. my parents used to come every year. james: they are still shaken by the 2002 suicide bombing and the revolution. is anflux of visitors lifeline to the l

in syria the war is not yet over in the northwest forces loyal to president bashar al assad have mounted and the tackled the country's last major opposition strongholds over the years regional tribes have also taken up arms mainly against islamic state militants sometimes at the side of assad other times the side of his opponents. the shah is a tribal confederation based in northeast syria and iraq is one of the largest clans of the region its syrian headquarters or intel and its leader says tribes like his should play a key role in peace negotiations for the future of their country. when the weather allows shaikh. hardy gathers his closest allies in a makeshift tent. he often serves their mutton for lunch it's an old tradition and one that the head of the shamma tribe keeps alive it's rooted in the times when the shammai lived a nomadic life crisscrossing the arab world. until recently the shamma far better early against the islamic states fighters as a result weapons are still commonplace here even if nowadays there are only used for sport. like. the summer among the region's most powe

president bashar is targeting this area of northern syria after regaining control of broad swaths ofthe country. the sheik isis hopeful that negotiations might help prevent a military attack on his tribe.. that is why he recently held talks with syriansns representig assad. >> we have not yet held formal negotiations, but these meetings took place to bring about t peae and reduce hatred among differerent ethnic groups in the country, different faiths, polititical partieies. it is our duty to diffuse the hatred others have spreaead. reporter: al-hadi'i's palace lis in a town inorththern syria.a. flanked by advisors, the sheik has been discucussing the fufute of the shammar tribe, estimated to number in the millions, inclcluding members in neighborg iraq. even before the war broke out eight years ago, assad never had full control in this part of syria. the shammar tribe has long been at loggerheads with the government, which is why sheiks like al-hadi have wielded so much influence. and that influence grew in recent years after assad's army almost completely wiwithdrew frm northern syr

europe thanks for joining us today the hunt is on in europe for the torturers of syrian dictator bashar al assad's regime investigators are closing in on them thanks to thousands of pieces of evidence that were smuggled by witnesses from the ruins of syrian cities and photos and documents are now in the hands of european investigators their task to prove that the syrian secret service systematically tortured opposition members to death well more than a dozen of these war criminals are believed to be in germany sweden or france disguised as refugees. investigators across europe are determined to identify them and relatives of the victims who fled the murderous regime and came to germany are a valuable source of information people like me have am whom our reporter met on his search for justice. lives in a berlin suburb she's from syria and part of a major hunt to catch syrian secret service members who committed crimes like beads . because one of the regime's many victims he was beaten and tortured to death when the syrian civil war broke out. on one of his fellow students even health tor

how does the united states approach the ee ralt that bashar al assad and his regime have -- that there seems to be a built-in international consensus that the united states and the world will have to engage in one shape or another with the regime and that fundamentally, the past policy of not engaging with the regime has failed? the way we looked at it was you have a current policy, which is to change the regime's behavior. fundamentally, this is a change from what secretary tillerson said in january 2018 when he made regime change one of the pillars of u.s. policy in syria. the current team under ambassador jeffrey has tried to open up a runway with russia to achieve unscr. how do you bring syria back under one government. >>> or you know what, at the end of the day, we cannot stabilize syria or prevent it from being a source of dee tablization unless bashar al assad goes. it's about time we leaned into that. like president trump seemed to want to do this past april. -- referring to the regime. how do you approach the assad dilemma? >> well, first of all, this is a very difficult ques

the rebels are fighting back but they're no match for bashar al assad's forces. or the regime has already attacked 35 villages and many people in northern syria have died trying to escape the regime is shooting at civilians. the regime has recently stepped up its attacks despite a cease fire agreement the army says it only targets positions of militias affiliated with al qaeda and they're the ones that control the province the commander of the militant group abu mohammed al giuliani says assad has broken all agreements and he wants to continue what he calls a holy war. we call on everybody who is able to bear arms to do is duty and join the battle. observers say $300.00 civilians have been killed since the start of the government offensive. several hospitals have been destroyed including this one income from. the united nations is calling for the warring parties to observe the cease fire and to protect civilians. for the past couple of weeks we have 18 health facilities who have been hit which is illegal according to international humanitarian law we also have at

what does this offensive represent for president bashar al—assad and his campaign? on its way to victory and standing on its way to victory and standing on the way of that victory is idlib province. we don't think this is the last great push, we think you will move incrementally taking towns and villages. it will not be his victory alone. it was brought to him by russian air force and iranian—backed troops. when we travelled through syria, the towns and villages looked the same, incredible destruction caused by the free syrian army, the regime, the islamic state. it is almost impossible to untangle it. full government control in syria and peace in syria still a long way away. many thanks. quentin somerville, our middle east correspondent. two years after the grenfell tower fire in west london, the government is to spend an estimated £200 million on the replacement of dangerous cladding on privately—owned, high—rise buildings. there had been growing concerns that individual leaseholders would have to pay for the work because some private landlords were not coming up

president bashar al assad is targeting this area of northern syria after regaining control of broad swaths of the country. he's hopeful that negotiations might help prevent a military attack on his tribe that's why he recently held talks with syrians representing assad. we haven't held formal negotiations but these meetings took place to bring about peace and reduce hatred among different ethnic groups in the country different political parties it's our duty to diffuse the hatred others have spread. how these palace lies in tel a town in northern syria flanked by advisors the chef has been discussing the future of the tribe estimated to number in the millions including members in neighboring iraq. even before the war broke out 8 years ago assad never had full control in this part of syria. or heads with the government which is why she. have wielded so much influence. and that influence grew in recent years after assad's army almost completely withdrew from northern syria. alongside the kurds and the u.s. led coalition against the so-called islamic state. the barrier at the entrance to a re

pursuit of pleasure and fame can come at the greatest price now to northern syria where president bashar al assad is trying to take back the territory lost in his country's bloody anti-government insurgency the region is home to one of the country's largest tribes which has fought against the so-called islamic state but it has also at certain asserted itself against assad the shamar hope to play a vital role in syria when the fighting comes to an end. who made a huddle and his entourage follow and c'est old traditions in a bid to solve a very current standoff. on how to heads one of the most powerful tribes in syria. marlette a historically nomadic lifestyle across the region today they're mostly settled in northern syria. president bashar al assad is targeting this area of northern syria after regaining control of broad swaths of the country. he's hopeful that negotiations might help prevent a military attack on his tribe. that's why he recently held talks with syrians representing assad. we have a. negotiation but these meetings took place to bring about peace and reduce hatred among d

those 2 sides have long been irreconcilable splits that's nothing less than a political one but on bashar one votes with their own populist agenda including raising the minimum wage and by fielding popular form of the thai politicians but it's not just plan bashar it's that the thai lost ground to a new political powerhouse each of food also picked up seats from pataki bridges swayed by its and the military and its charismatic leader turn out on june kit a man many a cooling the new texan in spite of these losses posts i did so when the most seats in march is election. of the say every lost seats in the north months another nail in toxins political coffin. whatever the juggernaut and phenomenon that he has been is no longer the same and talents lie moving beyond us and with so much time having gone by the military has been power softening in the electorate with money and freebies and then you have new forces appearing emerging on a scene and. contributing factors to why i think the time has lost some shine back in pio which is looking forwards not backwards march this election has proved

regime and russia are not targeting jihads they are targeting civilian infrastructure but when when bashar al assad's forces say that they are trying to get rid of the kind of the jihad is there is some truth to that even if their bullets are hitting civilians the yet militarily it is controlled by a jihadi friends and but the wall that we are seeing is not against jihad it's a war against civilians because bashar assad is really wanting to get rid of these people he's trying to change the demography of the graphic of his own country because you know whoever left the country wherever decided to not surrender whatever left who are other places the south of syria is not supposed to be under his control because he feels you know they should be only loyal innocent yet another purge christine helberg as always we appreciate your insights thank you thank you. or want to go now to jordan and the fight there for greater gender equality one of the battles is over the issue of citizenship rights no women in jordan currently are not allowed to pass citizenship on to their children that means babies b

government is warning the regime of bashar al assad that it will respond quickly and appropriately if it finds evidence of a chemical attack. the u.n. says most of the people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee protection and searching governments not to have them deported 3000000 people have left the country since 2015. the british prime minister series a may is offering m.p.'s in london a chance to vote on whether to hold a 2nd bricks at referendum this is made set out her latest plan for britain's departure from the european union telling politicians they have one last chance to deliver bricks it m.p.'s have already rejected her withdrawal agreement with the e.u. 3 times the latest plan goes to parliament next month those are your headlines back to rewind all see from 3 g. tomorrow. it's 2002. and her parents have now moved into a bigger company a pop. song so how do you. think. i'm going to ask what. k.j. is now 10. was a good thing. she's proud of the new apartment. so this is. about back. there's more space here for the whole family. sonny and. that's what you're still abo

these leaders finish a riving those rivals are still happening as we speak but for now i'm our own bashar i'll let you get back to following those events in mecca and we'll come but see i'm sure in the 2nd. well a sense of a nice night china is reportedly whole thing future purchases of u.s. so money it's another fronts in the escalates in trade war between the world's 2 top economies on a visit sea canada the u.s. vice president said beijing must agree to reform. but let me say president trump will be traveling along with the prime minister to the g. 20 in the weeks ahead we anticipate he will be meeting with president xi there we are in the midst of significant discussions over our trading relationship the legal framework within china gives the chinese government access to information and data that is collected by chinese companies like wall way and to have a 5 g. network worldwide that has access to sensitive national security information we believe this is incompatible with the national security interests of the united states. the u.s. and china battle over tariffs apple c.e.o. tim co

that was part of bashar al assad's cruel inheritance from his father, who'd ruled the country before. that system would become an industrial-sized obscenity, uspulling in hundreds of tds of syrians, forced to suffer in ualor, and endure extrem torture. more than 120,000 have been murdered in these prisons by assad's regime. this was all chronicled in sunday's "new york times," the result of seven yeae of work by paper's former beirut bureau chief, anne barnard. she's now spending a year as the edward r. murrow fellow th council on foreign relations in new york, and she joins me here now. >> thank you so much. >> so this isn't the first time we've seen evidence of this kind of torture and killing inside the a sad-- assad reg eem what was it about now that made you pull together seven years worth i reporting into this one? >> well, i thi's the fact that now the generalonsumer of news about syria might feel that the war is coming to end. and it certainly is coming to the end of one phase. and now countries are starting to think about normalizing with e government and there might be an i

rough it all, bashar al assad and his regime survive.acoawaz now has a ersation about the extraordinary system of cruelty that has made that possible.ea >> nawaz: theful protests that spread across syria as part of the 2011 "ab spring" quickly ran into the already- existing prison and torture system in syria. that was part of bashar al assad's cruel inheritance from his father, who'd ruled the country before him. that system would beco an industrial-sized obscenity, pulling in hundreds of thousands of syrians, forced to suffer in squalor, and endure extreme torture. more than 120,000 have been murdered in these prisons by assad's regime. this was all chronicled in sunday's "new york times," thesu lt of seven years of work by the paper's former beirut bureau chief, anne barnard. she's now spending a year as the edward r. murrow fellow at the council on foreign relations in new york, and she joins me here now. >> thank you so much. >> so this isn't the first time we've seen evidence of this kind of torture and killing inside the a-- s assa

by the jordanian king and that but i see him president would be something to look for a model in bashar al jazeera senior political analyst thanks for talking to us. now a gunfight between members of saddam's security forces left a pregnant woman dead and several others injured comes on the second day of a nationwide strike the protesters are demanding the transitional military council transfer power to a civilian little forty one calm as more from the capital khartoum. tensions on the streets of khartoum us two different units of the sudanese armed forces shoot at each other one woman died and several others were injured it took place at one of the entrances to the sit in where protesters have been demanding civilian rule it's unclear why the incident took place and the soldiers have now withdrawn the protest movement has issued a statement asking people not to react and to continue with the strike. call to a nice standstill and the protest movement says it has the upper hand and is threatening more strikes if the transitional military council doesn't come back to the negotiating table

well as looking at the question of how we want to -- what kind of posture we want to take toward bashar al assad. the second report, slow and steady, improving u.s. arab cooperation. builds on a lot of research in the past on why efforts for the united states to work together with arab partners have failed in this capacity, especially in dealing with challenges posed by jihadists and challenges posed by iran as sort of this below high level conventional conflict. much more at the lower level asymmetric options. and so we will have an opportunity to discuss that with the panel. but before we do any of that, we have an excellent keynote speaker here. we're going to have a chat, with mick mullroy. the deputy assistant secretary of defense for the middle east. he runs osd policy middle east, which is an office i served in for a few years. we were talking about including everything from egypt to iran. one of the most important and influential offices inside of the policy, frankly the u.s. government, looking at a very challenging set of questions that keeps the office incredibly busy and kee

president bashar assad's troops are moving in and it's live engaging in fierce battles with radical islamist militias the un security council says a further escalation would threaten civilian lives what you will do to protect civilians in the latest example of an entirely known predictable and preventable humanitarian disaster activists say these burning fields of grain following heavy bombardment are evidence of the regimes scorched earth policy to ultimately starve people out thousands of refugees have been stranded at the turkish border after a long exodus without hope or prospects. if i were to become britain's next prime minister foreign secretary boris johnson has been told that he must appear in court as he lied to just trying to 16 referendum the case concerns they believe campaigners claim that britain would say sorry 150000000 pounds a week if it left the european union a private prosecution against mr johnson who was a prominent leave time has been brought by business when marcus. accused. well basically boris johnson sais as excuse accusations of misconduct in public office and t

president bashar al assad's troops are moving in on it live and gauging in fierce battles with radical islamist militias. the un security council says a further escalation with threaten civilian lives what you will do to protect civilians in the latest example of an entirely known predictable and preventable humanitarian disaster activists say these burning fields of grain following heavy bombardment are evidence of the assad regime's scorched earth policy to ultimately starve people out thousands of refugees have been stranded at the turkish border after a long exodus without hope or prospects now is vying to become britain's next prime minister but 1st it looks like conservative boris johnson will have to go to court he's facing allegations that he intentionally lied to voters in the 2016 brags that referendum campaign. if you could take back control of 350000000000 pounds about 350000000 pounds a week instead of britain sending 350000000 pounds a week to brussels the money could be spent on british health care that's what boris johnson promised voters again and again in the run up t

it was the war in yemen against the saudis, propping up bashar al assad in syria.y tried to establish basically a threat to israel on the syrian border. let's talk about growing ballistic missile production and funding terrorist militia in hezbollah and in lebanon and then hamas in gaza. it is appalling the reason they are where they are with terrorist activities is because money they got from the obama administration iran deal. >> harris: i'll be quick, trying to verify through the government whether bashar al assad used chemical weapons on his people again, that is this week. this is part of bigger picture and strategy and not just focused on iran, place that we know has killed americans on the ground in syria. it is part of a bigger strategy, we have to be patient and see what happens. other things are going on while we talk about this. >> they are all very integrated. you are right, whether they use chloride, the president took action before, but he's going to be placed in potentially a difficult decision and to have resources to have military there ready to go

europe thanks for joining us today the hunt is on in europe for the torturers of syrian dictator bashar al assad's regime investigators are closing in on them thanks to thousands of pieces of evidence that were smuggled by witnesses from the ruins of syrian cities the photos and documents are now in the hands of european investigators their task to prove that the syrian secret service systematically tortured opposition members to death well more than a dozen of these war criminals are believed to be in germany sweden or france disguised as refugees. investigators across europe are determined to identify them and relatives of the victims who fled the murderous regime and came to germany are a valuable source of information people like mariam whom our reporter met on his search for justice. lives in a berlin suburb. she's from syria and part of a major hunt to catch syrian secret service members who committed crimes like these . mari m son aiyar because one of the regime's many victims he was beaten and tortured to death when the syrian civil war broke out. one of his fellow students even

government is warning the regime of bashar al assad that it will respond quickly and appropriately if it finds evidence of a chemical attack. the united nations says most of the people who fled venezuela are in need of refugee protection and it's urging governments not to deport them 3000000 people of the country in all since 2015. those are your headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the listening post i'll have a summary in about 25 minutes by. millions of dollars of being stolen in a scam that starts in the philippines in stretches across the globe one i want to exclusive access to this cutthroat underworld through a criminal turned whistleblower on al-jazeera. are just released by the way it's probably why you. are coming. from. around the world. i'm. below i'm richard burton you're at the listening post here are some of the stories we're covering this week dateline everywhere are the news media finally giving the climate change story the coverage it deserves when television goes too far a guest on a british program takes his own life the show is now off the air for

end the crisis qatar's leaders have always strongly denied the accusations let's bring in marwan bashar is al-jazeera senior political analyst and joins us live now from london model and so we have these 3 big meetings in 3 days in saudi arabia involving the oh i see the g.c.c. and the arab league what are they trying to achieve what we expect from it well look there are no i mean there are world is living.

were no outside the chamber but in his speech to the council the syrian ambassador bashar jaffrey said military operations were being carried out against what he said were terrorists they were he said operations that will continue it seems this meeting has failed to stop the devastating bombardment of it lebron james bows out his era at the united nations and as the u.n. security council met in new york an airstrike on edler province killed several more civilians including a father and his baby daughter many more people are engineered meanwhile explosions have been heard in the capital damascus state media reported that objects the same coming from israel's direction adding that the fed. says shot down many of the projectiles israel hasn't commented but in the past its forces have targeted sites in syria that it believes are connected to the government's allies iran and the lebanese group hezbollah are moving on to other news to iran where a senior politician has suggested talks be held between his country and the u.s. after weeks of escalating tensions harsh with a laugh a lot of chai

you mean you're learning you know did you storm the lead you see them i looked up from moods for bashar during the clue at your concert scenario. i have not swallowed up everything. and on that. night well you know i've had. a. headline stories this hour the war on whistle blowers continues for us to charges a former intelligence analyst under the espionage alleging he turned over a classified information about washington's targeted assassination program to the media. a dispute or ups in europe over the process that will determine who takes over as the next each new commission president. featuring dollars to respond to donald trump's the solution to russia.

if you are elected president, would you sit down with bashar al-assad again?atu think it would accomplish? >> i think it's foreign for the sake of oucountry's national security, to keep the american people safe, and the pursuit of peace for r president and commander-in-chief to have the courage to meet with leaders of other couy ries, whether the adversaries or poten ial adversarie order to achieve that peace and security. i think it's important now for trump to meet with the iranian president, so that we don't face this situati as we are now where we are walking dangerously closer and closer to war with iran. unless we are serious and have the courage to hold these conversations and have theseme ings, the only alternative is war. >> woodruff: russia, wou you be tougher on russia than this administration or not? you talking about oe importance avoiding any sort of nuclear confrontation with russia, which obviously everybody wants, but what wount you do diffe? >> as we look at this threat of nuclear war and ca lear catastrophe, nuclear strategists say we clarer

you were criticized by number of democrats two years ago when you met with syria's president, basharassad. as you know, he's seen as a utal dictator oveseeing the torture and killing of hundreds of thousands of civilians in that country. if you are elected president, would you sit down with bashar al-assad agai what do you think it would accomplish? >> i think it's foreign for the sake of tiour country's al security, to keep the american people safe, and the pursuit of peace for anour presidend commander-in-chief to have the courage to meet with leaders of othr countries, whetey be adversaries or potential adversaries, in order to achieve at peace and security. i think it's important now for trump toeet with the iranian president, so that we don't face this situation as we arenow where we are walking dangerously closer and closer to war with an. unless we are serious and have the courage to hold these conversations and have these meetings, the only alternative is war. >> woodruff: russia, would you be tougher on russia than this administration or not? you talking about the importance

we've been the swing to the opening statements there and let's get some analysis now from marwan bashar al jazeera see your purse when you've been listening to this along with us we had a statement are there we are speaking with one voice from the secretary general of this of this meeting which you agree with facts that the statements coming out of this meeting all seem to be rather along the same lines. absolutely and my guess is that's why it's open to the public and to the media and that's why the previous summit the gulf summit was not open to the media and the public except with the opening statements the gulf summit seems to have been more of a working summit where they're going to work out their disagreements this is more of a declarative summit the saudi king have called up on his. partners if you will in the arab world the arab leaders to come in and to express their solidarity and to express their anxiety about the threats to national security so i think what's common between everything that we heard already is if it were understand there's foreign interference in arab affairs

on tuesday, washington condemned what it said were indiscriminate attacks by bashar al-assad troops andhe russian allies. an all-out offensive could trigger a humanitarian catastrophe. >> the operations will overwhelm all ability. in many areas, humanitarian operations have been suspended. >> one of the last syrian province is not reclaimed by the regime, idlibib was designated a buffffer zone under an agreement last year, but the region is largely controlled by jihadist groups, hts, and terrorist organizations, which syria and russia say is excluded from the cease-fire. >> these are not violationons, because the group, hts, is not included in any agreement with the cease-fire. usingrs of hts are civilians as human shields. according to the united nations, around 270,000 people have been displaced since the regime ramped up its bombing campaign in idlib in late april, making this the most intense escalation in syria in nearly a year. genie: the first civil trial that hold a drug company responsible for the u.s. open your epidemic is now underway. it is a landmark case that could impact

this is implement the fit is party holds a majority in the hood mezzo bashar hey city council fears politicalexchanges are frequent. it has become evident in recent days that the mayor wants to create a party that is pro migrants and pro immigration instead of addressing the needs of the city and its inhabitants. of the world. we're rebuilding the rule of law and democracy and hungry people are more courageous that's what you take issue with. though this will require hungry opposition joining forces as deputy mayor under way a key ships planes. way that's our goal for the european parliamentary elections is for the right wing populist fit as party to win as few seats as possible. that someone for the opposition to take as many as it can. and that's what we're complaining for these next days and weeks. after a quick meeting the mayor heads out for the day's last campaign stop he says it is crucial for him to meet voters in person to convince them of his policies especially now that he faces such a formidable political foe this town hall meeting is scheduled to debate policy issues but pretty s

parts of the count, the province is the last major stronghold for rebels fighting the government of basharsad. hundreds of local resident and had to flee, packing their possessions into cars and pickup trucks as they seek temporary refuge. concern for their safety is growing, as the demilitarized buffer zonep last year to forestall an all-out government fray.ive continues to an estimated 30,000 or so rebel idlibih are dug in across with the jadist group controlling most of the region. the united states as urged russia to abide by its commitments and stop an escalation in idlib. turkey, which has supported the rebels, has been negoticoing with mosto halt the airstrikes, but with little success. says the area is on the edge of a humanitarian catastrophe. jane: 50 years ago, neil armstrong took his first steps on the moon, meeting the challenge set by president john f. kennedy at the height of theo war between america and the soviet union. historian douglas brinkley has written about those times in hi ok, "american moonshot." he spoke to my colleague katty kay.mp katty: howtant was the moon l