both iran and russia being key financial and military supporters of syria's president, bashar al-assad. let's hear with the two men had to say. to reinstate the cease-fire in aleppo and the surrounding area. but only if we get guarantees that people will be able to benefit from it. >> i am pleased that in recent years, the relations between the islamic public of iran and the russian federation, two good neighbors and key players in the region, have made a lot of positive progress. annette: let's get more now from .homas lowe what has come out of all of these meetings? thomas: they have come out of the first one. there is a second want to go. that will be between the foreign ministers of russia and iran. we had a snippet there. really, the syrian foreign minister is thanking copiously russia oath before and after the meeting for its continued support in syria. without russia's military and political support, it is unlikely the russian regime regimetill be in -- the of bashar al-assad would still be in place. russia will continue to actively support syria against western , as reported tw

and bashar al assad and when pressed about the fact his vice presidential candidate said that we would in the second debate and said no. bashar al assad is committing the worst genocide of the century. half a million are dead. donald trump says i want to work with this guy. then when asked about dealing with our allies like germany and south korea, he's like they might be on their own. they should look at building up their own military. hold on. this is un-american. when his campaign manager goes on this morning, when harlan defends wikileaks, this is what happens in russia where your political opponents lose all right to privacy, you can invade their personal correspondence, you can embarrass them, you can jail them. that is not what we do in this country. no. >> how about with his tax returns? those were illegally leaked by the "new york times." it is the exact same thing. >> completely different. it's a foreign government looking at private individuals correspondence. >> -- to substantiate that claim. they have made the claim. i have seen zero evidence to substantiate that. >> all c

powerful russian muscle isn't the only thing back up president bashar al-assad. he's also getting help from thousands of fighters that have been sent in from iraq together, they have the urch hand, and at the moment, scott, they are winning. >> pelley: elizabeth palmer inside syria for us tonight. liz, thank you. coming up next on the cbs evening news, the widow who tried to stop the police shooting of her husband tells her side of the story to gayle [burke] hot dog. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. >> pelley: tonight, we have the first interview with rakeyia the killing of her husband by charlotte police. keith scott's death last month ignited days of protest. the incident began when officers came to the scotts' apartment complex to arrest another man. they say they just happened to notice scott sitting in his car with a gun. scott had recently been severely injured in a motorcycle crash, and the medications he was taking may have played a role. today, his wife described what she saw this morning"." >> keith, don't d

to influence the postwar era and who follows the assad regime, it would be the moment to asksk bashar al-assado step aside. the problem is, who will tell this to vladimir putin? at the moment, i feel the deal between assad and putin is we will let some humanitarian aid convoys pass. at the same time, he really wants to go back and take east aleppo. he has tried several times. this time, he said, we will finish this. the russians will help them with the hope that, after this election in the u.s. -- because that is the biggest fear, this convoy would be frozen for three or four months. no one will think about an international initiative without a new u.s. president. the russians will help fortify his position militarily on the ground. everyone has to wait until february until any international initiative will be announced. maissun: did i understand you right that russians are not able to impose their word on assad? kristin: i think they don't seem interested. maissun: they are waiting for him to get the part of the city that is held by the rebels. they might be satisfied, and then they might tal

the wife of president bashar al assad says she turned down offers of asylum from the opponents of her husband. the mother of three says she was given multiple offers that included guarantees of protection in exchange for leaving the war-torn country. but -- she says she knew it was a assad. syria's conflict has killed more than 400-thousand people since march 2011. "deeply concerned"...that's the reaction from the u-s state department... responding to reports of an american businessman...and his father...who is also a u-s citizen...being sentenced to serve prison time in iran. now the obama administration is calling on the iranian government to take action...and release the pair. fox's steve rappoport is monitoring the latest developments. an iranian-american father...have each been sentenced to ten years in prison...in iran. this, according to iranian media tuesday. siamak namazi and his eighty-year-old father - baquer namazi - are accused of spying...and cooperating with the u-s government. now the u-s is calling on tehran to release the namazis...and all americans detained there. t

saying removing bashar al assad would cause serious issues in the east. let's get to cnn diplomatic editor nic robertson in istanbul, turkey. nic, it has been a frustrating few weeks for diplomats who want to end the violence. >> reporter: it has with the steps forward. although secretary of state john kerry did speak by phone with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. the situation in aleppo is so abnormal, if you will, the efforts to get a cease-fire utterly falling apart. russia backing syrian forces who made gains in the rebel-controlled area of aleppo. the u.s. says 275,000 people live in that rebel-held area. the water is cut off there. the electricity is cut off. food is running out. according to the u.n., four hospitals in the area and one is fully functioning right now. the medical situation, they say, in the rebel-area of eastern aleppo is dire. you have the foreign ministry claiming the outrageous pressure the united states is putting on russia for the cease-fire there is too demanding. and the forces building up outside of aleppo would d

now syrian president bashar al assad is questioning the legitimacy. assad says the now infamous picture is fake. he goes on to add, "we have real pictures of children being harmed, but this one specifically is a forged one." >> a lot of people do still remember that picture, though. >>> still ahead, things go from bad to worse with the u.s. relationship with a major power in the pacific. the president of the philippines wants a separation from the u.s., so what, if anything, can washington do? >>> and later on, life imitates the onion. joe biden as you've often seen him before behind the wheel of a muscle car. those stories and a check on weather still to come. we're back after this. americans are buying more and more of everything online. and so many businesses rely on the united states postal service to get it there. that's why we make more ecommerce deliveries to homes than anyone else in the country. the united states postal service. priority: you my lan early morning mode.de. and a partly sunny mode. transitions® signature™ adaptive lenses... are

they will never, ever except the -- accept the regime of bashar al-assad. s not me speaking from a place of personal bias. absolute facthe and reality. you can talk to anybody on the ground who does not support bashar al-assad, and they will tell you there is no going back to how it used to be. there is no putting the genie back in the bottle. at this stage, that is simply not an option. then you start to look forward, what are the options? i agree with what you said about the dangers of escalation. at the airstrikes have got to stop, because as long as the airstrikes go on, you can be sure that what you're seeing happening on the ground in northern syria is the generation of one of the most dangerous incubators for terrorism and extremism that we have seen. as long as we consider isis a major national security u.s., wefor the continue to ignore what is happening with the syrian civil war, because the two are linked. it is the giant wound infecting the rest of the body. it promises or threatens to go way beyond the borders of just syria. these are not las ve

quick news from around the world, president bashar al-assad from syria says recapturing the eastern half of aleppo will act as a springboard. he told the russian new space his forces would push those he described as terrorists back to where they came from in turkey. has causeded assault many civilian casualties. cooperationuspended with unesco for adopting a resolution which they say denies their connection to holy sites. the resolution uses only the muslim name for the holy site, which is known to jews as the temple mount. they also condemn what is described as israeli aggression toward muslims at the state -- at the site. is us-led coalition increasing airstrikes around the strategic city of mosul. the fresh attacks came after several months of preparation of a ground assault to free to city from a so-called islamic state. our defense correspondent is with the iraqi army as they prepare for battle and sent us this report. reporter: a dual -- in iraq he army continued its jordan -- continued his journey north. we joined one of the last convoys to leave baghdad. we powered column after c

iran is flying flights over iraq to help bashar al-assad. and by the way, if the status forces could that the vice president said he would bet his vice president on and about we probably would've been able to prevent that. he failed to achieve as well. >> moderator: let me ask you, what is your criteria for intervention? ryan: in syria. >> moderator: worldwide. ryan: what is in the national study of the american people. it's got to be industry get national interest of our country. >> moderator: no humanitarian? ryan: each situation will come up with its own set of circumstances by putting american troops on the ground. that's going to be within the national security interest of the american people than five we are almost out of time. country embargoes and sanctionss and overflights are things that will put american troops on the ground. if you're talking about putting american troops on the ground, old in our national security interests. >> moderator: want to move on in return for these last few questions. this debate is indeed historic. we

bombardment campaign was launched last month to recapture aleppo by forces toyer -- by forces loyal bashar al-assad. last week they reduced airstrikes, saying it was in part to allow civilians to leave the city. but government forces have now resumed their offensive to recapture the eastern rebel held part of aleppo. this after a september cease-fire brokered by russia and the united states barely lasted a week or it moscow and the syrian government have been accused of committing crimes against humanity for their use in particular of bunker busting bombs that target underground shelters. genie: president barack obama is on the campaign trail, speaking in north carolina on tuesday. he urged democrats to take voting andf early bu cast ballots for hiller clinton. he also criticized republicans. topite hearing trumpet admit unwanted sexual advancements on women. the candidate himself seemed almost happy with the republicans who have not runorted him, saying he can the campaign the way he wants to, that the shackles are off. >> donald trump doing what he enjoys best, attacking his rivals, surrounded by

he's rather confused. >> it's so interesting you bring up bashar al assad, quoted as saying today thisw heartbreaking iconic picture of a little boy pulled from the rubble in aleppo. now said that was a fake photo. that the image had been fake. again, kind of what we're hearing with donald trump, if something is not in line with what he wants, it's rigged or fake but overall, now that we're almost at the two week mark, how would you grade the substance of the debate over these issues with the day after the election, we'll wake up with and not, who was in the front row or what family member was brought in to rattle another candidate? >> i grade this on both sides somewhere in the d to e range. hillary clinton is more substantive because she knows all the players and facts and pays more closer attention to the intelligence briefings but f overall for donald trump. >> thank you, malcolm. >>> coming up in person early voting starts this morning in the battleground state of north carolina. mail-in voting wastarted in september. the democratic party chair of the impact of this crucial state

at the same time president bashar al assad's forces are continuing to carry out raids on rebel held forces. they're also continuing ground offensives all in an attempt to regain control of aleppopo. a group providing medicical hel in a city was hit in a hospital on m monday. completely destroying the facility. the syrian observatory for human rights says 426 civilians have died and more than a thousand have been injured in aleppo since the cease-fire agreement collapsed. >>> u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon is asking the u.s. and russia to resume talks to stop the fighting in syria. saying the syrian civil war situation is more serious and it is now harder to achieve a cease-fire. >> i strongly urge to resume negotiations so that there will be a sufficient so in some time we can deliviver life-saving humamanitarian assistance. >>>> but on the same day, the russiaian defense ministrtry sat will add a new missile system to its naval base in syria. russia says it will enhance the capability of the base and is not a threat. russia has already deploy eed state of the art missiles in a base in

the airstrike targeted sections of the city held by rebels that opposed bashar al-assad. secretary kerry meets his russian counterpart in switzerland to look for a way to lessen the violence. 21 little girls kidnapped by ago have been released. the girls were freed today in northeastern nigeria. you were among nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped in april 2014. the 50 -- after today's released, 200 schoolgirls remain unaccounted for. the kidnapping spurred outrage and led to the hedge tag free our girls. ben: the tar river near greenville will not crest until the misery spreading. thousands are still without power. and a week in, the official death toll at 36 in the u.s.. harvey is here. a lot of focus was initially on florida, georgia, and south carolina, but it's north carolina that got dumped on. harvey: they had the most rain. the bigger ones, so it is a delay until it actually crest s. tough situation for them. prepare for a couple showers coming through our region. we will take it, but it will not change anything much. more about the drought in the next half hour. but w

two suicide bombers killed three people when they attacked an office of bashar al assad' party. >>> japan's environmental agency aimed at curbing global warming gases. yamamoto says he wants the diet to quickly deliberate it. >> translator: considering the nature of the agreement and the current circumstances we may need to take a bold approach to speed up the deliberations. >> last month the agreement was ratified by the world's two largest emitters of greenhouse gases. china and the u.s. they were joined on sunday by the fourth largest emitter india. the eu is set to follow shortly. that will pave the way for it to go into effect early november. japan is the world's fifth largest emitter. but the matter has been on the back burner with the diet focused on issues including the transpacific partnership free trade deal. >>> the u.n. secretary general has planted a sapling from a tree that survived the bombing of hiroshima. ban ki-moon planted. it came from the seed of a ginkgo tree that was there. the tree still stands today. >> as this tree blossoms, it will also be a vivid reminder of how

we have had many promises that they will not allow bashar al- assad to destroy our cities.right now you see that the situation is deteriorating. the situation is even worse than before. it's becoming worse and worse. day by day. >> warner: and with each day, new casualties, and faded hopes of a lasting peace. for the pbs newshour, i'm margaret warner in washington. >> woodruff: the tone and rhetoric of this presidential race are markedly different from previous years and have only intensified with two weeks to go to election day. that's the focus of the latest addition to the newshour bookshelf. jeffrey brown is in charge. >> brown: had enough of debates, ads, speeches? a new book argues that "the crisis in our politics is a crisis of political language, as it explores the arts and science of rhetoric through the ages ." it's called "enough said: what's gone wrong with the language of politics." author mark thompson is viewing this from a very influential perch as president and c.e.o. of the "new york times" company. welcome to you. the problem is our language or our poll l

he wants to work with russia, and how it reacts to isis within syria, and especially bashar al assad. >> well, trump has said at times he'd be willing to use force in syria as well. i think the line that really caught my attention the whole night was at one point, when asked about abortion and punishing women for abortion, mike pence said basically, look, donald trump is not a professional politician, so he sometimes doesn't say exactly what he means. and i think the point is, is well taken. that pence is the political policy guy who sort of understands the sensitivities and difficulties of getting involved in syria, of what a war footing might mean for the united states. that's not really donald trump's role in this ticket. donald trump's role is to express the sort of general outrage with where america is going. pence is the guy who brings the sort of sol id, conservative policy chop to the table. >> but, but, but it's so clearly different from what -- i'll give you another example, here's what mike pence said on nuclear weapons. and then we have trump's stand on nuclear weapons. an

it is either the syrians, bashar al-assad's regime, or the russians. reporter: but russia claims it has nothing to do with the airstrikes. the u.s. call for an immediate investigation into the attacks, the deadliest since the war began five years ago. several children were killed in a separate attack just outside aleppo. another school was severely damaged, dealing yet another blow to goodness and civilians -- to innocent civilians caught up in the assault in the government-held region. laura: russia has denied carrying out the air strike but it is also claiming the school was never hit at all, calling reports a sham. i'm joined by a representative of unicef. thank you for being with us on "france 24." if i could get reaction to what the russians are saying tonight, they are saying there was never an attack at all and they have proof, having flown a drone over the area. >> the secretary-general has called for an investigation. what we do not is that there is unfortunately, schools have really and in the past two 35 children have been killed during the

that's what the sole goal of the russian intervention has been, to prop up bashar al assad.e last year, certainly he has strengthened his position over the last year. that's what this whole fight between u.s. and russia -- u.s. ending talks with russia, declaring this cease-fire dead because russia in talking about military cooperation all over because russia is only trying to support bashar al assad. nothing about -- >> strongly condemned president obama and hillary clinton for that matter on their stance on syria. listen to this. >> you were in total contact with the white house and, perhaps, sadly obama probably still listened. i don't think i'd be listening very much anymore. obama dross the line in the sand. it was laughed at all over the world what happened. now, she talks tough. she talks really tough against putin. and against assad. she talks in favor of the rebels. she doesn't even know who the rebels are. every time we take rebel, whether it's in iraq and anywhere else, we're arming people, and you know what happens? they end up being worse than the people. >> so,

starting with saddam hussein in 2003, then muammar gaddafi, now bashar al-assad in syria. if you look at the russian foreign minister's statement yesterday about the breakdown in talks between the u.s. and russia over syria, there is a notion that statement that says the u.s. is pursuing a much desired regime change in damascus. this is really a long-running -- a very long-standing and deep and between the west russia. latimer putman came back to this theme. genie: this is mostly focused on domestic issues speaking there in front of parliament. what don't -- what tone did set in the addressed parliament? : this is the full session that he made since the september 18 elections, which gave the pro-kremlin party the biggest majority it had. turnout in that election was just 48%, so it was a big slump from 50% in the previous election. a lot of people said we are not going to vote because it is obvious united russia is going to get a big majority. there is also a sense that being an mp is sort of like a gravy train. of course, that sentiment exists in other countries. but clea

when asked, syrian president bashar al-assad told swiss reporters the images were manipulated... and that particular picture... was not real. assad's claim is not matched by the accounts of rescue workers at the scene and the medical personnel who treated the boy that night. hundreds of mexico city to defend their profession and condemn the so- called 'creepy' clown craze. "nats of band playing" the clowns gathered wednesday at the centric revolution monument and shouted "we are clowns, not killers." it's part of an annual gathering of clowns from across latin america, which includes costume competitions and shows in several city theaters . they said a series of violent incidents involving people in clown costumes image and income. the final presidential debate of the 2016 election season is in the books. and one major moment from last night's showdown between donald trump and hillary clinton continues to make waves today. steve nannes has more on what may happen after the race is called. donald trump is doubling down... promising to accept the results of the november 8th electio

secretary of state john kerry has some strong words for russia and syrian president bashar al- assad's regime.after more bombings in aleppo, the most recent at a hospital last night, kerry says these deadly attacks are not accidental. (??take sot??)".25-36 .john kerry: this is a targeted kerrin said last night the attacks are not accidental.>> this is a targeted strategy to the way of their a military objectives. kerry made the remarks as he met with the french foreign minister who said aleppo could be destroyed by christmas. mean lonely fight against racist imagery a billboard directed at the terror group was put up and signed, #actual muslims. it was paid for by the nonprofit group, sound vision that is put up similar signs in switch to centurylink and get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month. that's the speed you need to stream... ...game... ...connect on social media... learn, shop and more with fast in-home wifi. so call 844-565-link. get up to 40 megs of high-speed internet for just $20 a month for one year when bundled with a qualifying home phone plan. spee

northern city has long been pounded by fierce air strikes by government forces led by president bashar al assad. >>> philippine president rodrigo duterte and chinese president xi jinping will hold their first summit in beijing on thursday. observers say duterte is eager to improve ties with china in return for generous economic assistance. duterte spoke to reporters on wednesday in beijing. he said he would not bring up with xi the issue of manila's dispute with beijing over the south china sea. >> i have to wait for your president to mention it. so it would not be in keeping with the courtesy and goodwill if i'm the one to open it. >> an arbitration tribunal in the hague ruled in july in favor of the philippines, denying china's claims in the the south china sea. chinese foreign minister wang yi welcomed duterte's visit, calling it historic. he said it heralded a fresh start in the bilateral relationship. chinese state-run media are running positive reports on the visit. >>> the head of the international olympic committee says he wants the 2020 tokyo games to be a showcase for recovery. he's s

the center of a village and a check point of a rebel group that opposes the syrian president, bashar al- assad. in switzerland secretary of state john kerry met with diplomats from nine countries. kerry says new ideas are being explored but there was no agreement today on any concrete action. the cease-fire brokered by the u.s. and russia collapsed just last month. >>> well, four people are dead and eight others injured in southern california after a pickup truck rolled off a freeway connector ramp onto a crowded park. a park is right below the roadway. san diego emergency workers say four of the injured are in critical condition including the truck's driver. >>> the same weather system that blew through the bay area this weekend is causing major problems along the pacific northwest. this comes as the death toll rises in northern california in the wake of -- in north carolina in the wake of hurricane matthew. >> reporter: not one but two tornadoes striking oregon's coast west of portland on friday morning as the state braces for what's forecast to be brutal and dangerous weather this weekend a

. >>> next, to neighboring syria now, and tonight, its president, bashar al assad, casting doubt on an image that broke hearts he was rescued from his bombed home and rushed into an ambulance. another casualty of the country's devastating civil war. tonight, president assad says the image is a fake, made by the rescue group known as the white helmets, that operating in rebel-held areas of syria. >>> back here at home tonight, and to the school bus horror. a car swerving and hitting children waiting for the bus, bystanders then rushing in to try to lift the 6,000-pound car. here's abc's clayton sandell now. >> reporter: the emergency call came in at 9:00 this morning. children caught in the path of an out of control suv. >> we have a child stuck under the car. >> reporter: neighbors quickly mobilized, helping lift that 6,000-pound cadillac escalade off a young girl. >> we hollered and got some guys to come over and we lifted the car up and the police pulled the little girl out, and i'm going to tell you, she was in bad shape. >> reporter: the injured students were waiting for their poli

bashar al asaid as a her take -- her particular for his secular ideology. and it is part of their ideology that these infidels must be removed so they can establish sharia law. syria, simple, under bashar al-assad was a place where muslims, christians and jews could all live in peace and harmony because of their secular progressive nature. and quite frankly the united states and its allies are on the wrong side of this fight. moderator: senator hoeven, response. sen. hoeven: well, again, this is why we have to support our military so strongly. and that's what i've worked to do and what i'll continue to do. but at the same time we need an administration that will stand with our allies and stand up to our adversaries on a consistent basis and put forward a strategy, working with our allies in the region to defeat isis decisively. moderator: and elliott glass miami response -- glassheim we'll move on to another topic. rep. glassheim: i will remind president hoeven that we have a president who has been doing that and strategy and we have drone strikes and pushing isis back and he has been working with our allies. i think he's waiting for some funding from the congress, i don't know what's happened

a russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said attacks on forces loyal to president bashar al assad would lead to" terrible, tectonic consequences" in syria and across the middle east. the russian spokeswoman added, toppling assad would leave a power vacuum that would be filled by terrorists. one air strike today hit the largest hospital in aleppo, putting the hospital out of service. the united nations says 320 people, a third of whom were children, have been killed in aleppo since a cease-fire brokered by the u.s. and russia fell apart in the past two weeks. secretary of state john kerry said today he continues to press for a diplomatic solution to the war, now in its sixth year. iran is unveiling a long-range, bomb-carrying drone that it claims is a replica of an american model. iranian state-run media today broadcast images of its so- called "thunderbolt," an unmanned drone which, it said, can carry bombs capable of hitting four targets. the drone's range was not specified. iran claims the thunderbolt copies the design of the u.s. sentinel spy drone downed over eastern iran five years