presidentt jet -- obama has briefed john boehner, and david cameron is talking to parliament. russia has called a meeting of the security council. no decision has been made but with a threat looming, president assad says that syria will defend itself. the syrian people are increasingly nervous as we report from damascus. it feels as if something big is coming to damascus. the supporters of president assad paraded on the hotel, outside of the where the u.n. inspectors and foreign correspondents are. they chanted a reference to the infamous militia of the regime. meeting aassad was delegation from yemen, telling them that syria would defend itself against western aggression. parliament, the call was for dialogue. a message from the parliamentary al islam.ihad he said al qaeda was the common enemy of syria and britain, and history shows that the local crisis could be much bigger. >> i want to remind you that the first and second world wars started like this. instead of standing against terrorism, the american government is supporting the terrorists. syria won't surrender in the f

david cameron lost. to any members of congress or aides, even those who very much support going after assad, and even limited military strikes, who think that a vote or even coming back to have a discussion on a resolution, never mind authorization vote, would be a good idea, because it likely wouldn't pass. the concern, even among lawmakers who are maybe not in the president's party, was are natural allies of him on this issue, they say that they're very concerned, very frustrated, because they think that he and his administration simply have not made the case enough publicly, and that ties their hands in what they can do to support him in going forward. >> dana bash, our chief congressional correspondent, thanks very much. let's get some more now on that huge parliamentary vote in london. a huge defeat for the british prime minister, david cameron. listen to this. >> the ayes to the right, 272. the nos to the left, 285. so the nos have it. the nos have it. unlock. >> what a setback, what a political em

cameron. >> reporter: more than that, it's a humiliation.ot necessarily a resignation issue, but the prime minister cuts a much diminished figure not just domestically but, indeed, on the world stage. i'll bring in my guest jeremy cliff, he follows british governments. why do you think the government lost this crucial vote. >> i think in one word, iraq. iraq's involvement and in david cameron's own words poisoned the opinion of british public opinion. >> where does this leave britain's relationship with the united states i think we had cabinet members who stated that it could jeopardize those ties. >> i think it could, in recent years it's been perhaps america's most steadfast ally. and now that parliament has prevented david cameron from moving forward with intervention along side the united states against syria makes britain a much diminished figure in washington. i think we'll aid the united states on communication, intelligence but there is no chance that david cameron could push ahead with military involvement in an intervention. >> we'

presidentt jet -- obama has briefed john boehner, and david cameron is talking to parliament. russia has called a meeting of the security council. no decision has been made but with a threat looming, president assad says that syria will defend itself. the syrian people are increasingly nervous as we report from damascus. it feels as if something big is coming to damascus. the supporters of president assad paraded on the hotel, outside of the where the u.n. inspectors and foreign correspondents are. they chanted a reference to the infamous militia of the regime. meeting aassad was delegation from yemen, telling them that syria would defend itself against western aggression. parliament, the call was for dialogue. a message from the parliamentary al islam.ihad he said al qaeda was the common enemy of syria and britain, and history shows that the local crisis could be much bigger. >> i want to remind you that the first and second world wars started like this. instead of standing against terrorism, the american government is supporting the terrorists. syria won't surrender in the f

it is a parliamentary defeat for prime minister cameron. bmp -- the mp's echoed the skeptic -- skepticism of their constituency. labor still has in mind the iraq war and the declaration of war in march 2003, and they asked them to introduce an amendment which would also defeat 522 votes. the vote is a blow to the british prime minister asked 30 conservative mp's and nine liberal democrats rebelled against their leader. the vote put britain in danger of plunging into isolationism, but there is no that to the prime minister's leadership -- note threat -- no threat to the prime minister's leadership. >> but surely his reputation has been harmed by this. >> of course and has. he was expecting to have the support of the house of commons as he did two years ago for the military strike against libya but he has the support of his cabinet. it has strengthened to a certain extent the labor leader. the cabinet will have to reconsider britain's role in the world in the future. >> thank you very much indeed for joining us. since the start of the conflic

hurdles both abroad and at home and westminster parliament is meeting right now and prime minister cameron is up against kept ical m.p.'s trying to get their approval for action let's now take a listen to what happens these weapons must not be used and president assad has in my view crossed that line and there should be consequences this was the first significant use of chemical weapons this century and taken together with the previous fourteen small scale attacks is the only instance of regular and indiscriminate use of chemical weapons by a state against its own people for at least one hundred years interfering in another country's affairs should don't be undertaken except in the most exceptional circumstances it must be as my own little friend just said a humanitarian catastrophe and it must be a last resort but by any. this is a humanitarian catastrophe and if there are no consequences for it there is nothing to stop our sad and other dictators from using these weapons again and again as i've said doing nothing is a choice it's a choice with consequences and these consequences in my vi

hundred eighty five yeah our british government's a war cry is silenced as prime minister david cameron's calls for military intervention in syria. president obama struggling for international support to with his plan for a limited military strike against syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons. and. also emergency crews in russia's fought used to work around the clock trying to flood watches at bay and evacuated residents as the word delusion in a century takes. its eleven am in the russian capital you're watching are to live with me. as u.s. forces are poised for a possible military strike on syria washington's a key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated a motion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the country's involvement in any assault intervention was rejected by a margin of thirteen with thirty members of cameron's own party turning against him column and refuses to sanction british involvement in syria even if you inspectors conclude that damascus was indeed responsible for the use of chemical weapons early in august and attack of t

the british government is a silence as parliament rejects ministers david cameron's call for military intervention in syria. meanwhile president obama is considering charging ahead with a limited military strike on syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons despite growing reluctance from its allies. also emergency crews and russia work around the clock trying to keep floodwaters that. residents. in a century takes a heavy toll on infrastructure. it's ten am yell from other russian capital you live with us on our do you with me to bomb would say. as u.s. forces poised for a possible military strike on syria washington's key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated a motion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the country's involvement in earlier sold intervention was rejected by a margin of thirteen votes with thirty members of cameron's own party turning against him parliament refused to sanction british involvement in syria even if u.n. inspectors concluded that damascus was indeed responsible for the use of chemical weapons in august an att

cameron. if you can see that one. and another one here, pm humiliated. cam down. so really a bad day for mr. cameron. of course, it raises questions about the special relationship that britain enjoys with the u.s. mr. cameron, though, has just spoken and said that he feels he has no reason to apologize to mr. obam athobama, that the pre will respect the vote in the british parliament. >> annabelle roberts, thank you. >>> an historic settlement in the nfl concussion lawsuit. a $765 million settlement was reached in the case brought by almost 4500 former players. it breaks down to about $170,000 per athlete with $675 million going to former players and their families. $75 million will be spent on medical exams. $10 million for research and education. and additional $5 million for players who develop cognitive impairments. tony dorsett and jim mcmahon sued the league over the negligent treatment and misinformation regarding head trauma. many cited their concussions as the route of later neurologi

bay is hiv and cameron based hiv diagnosis means for the adult film industry as a whole. well i mean it just means we're going to keep on doing what we're doing i think that a lot of people try to make us responsible for what the performers do outside of the industry but the reality is we can only be responsible for the protocols that we put in place when they come into the industry to keep our performers safe and that's exactly what we're doing now you've said in other interviews actually one here on our network that you think female performers in your industry are usually weary about sleeping with people outside of the porn industry because of how infrequently non porn stars are tested for disease do you believe that cameron bay felt the same way as you do. well i don't know cameron bay and unless this was forced upon her i'm going to assume she doesn't feel the same way as me however i stand behind what i said before and i feel the majority of the porn stars are conscious of who they sleep with so just because one person isn't shouldn't set the standard for everybody e

david cameron makes his legal and moral case in the strong opposition against the united nations been unthinkable. one of the most wanted people in india has been arrested. arrested in connection with a series of deadly bombings. >> we start with syria and the united nations council reconvening, coming back from an immediate response. on the ground chemical experts have been at work in damascus and have been called back. washington, london, and paris continued to mull their options. they have promised the country would defend itself against serious aggression. >> on the ground and in the suburbs, recent footage showed a team of weapons inspectors. the un secretary general is keeping a close eye on the events. >> it appears that diplomacy should be given a chance. peace, given the chance. these opinions should be resolved by peaceful means of dialogue. >> they urged the international community to wait before deciding on a course of action that could lead to a military strike. they look into allegations on each side. footage of loaded on line showed many ceding to the exit signs of pois

any such motion and also it became clear that around seventy of cameron's own m.p.'s looked like they were going to very sick against so now there's going to be a much more softly softly approach there will be a debate on thursday but m.p.'s instead of being off to vote immediately on military action will be able to vary so on a strong humanitarian response to this alleged use of chemical weapons cameron now says and the government say that they will now wait for the results of the un report from syria on this alleged chemical attack the us however still says that it's not really interested in waiting and then off that report has been received then they will have another vote on direct military action and david cameron also says that he will now go back to the un security council to try to secure some kind of resolution a u.n. mandate for military action which of course was blocked by russia wednesday. a lot more softly softly but that of course in turn has created something of a transatlantic split the u.s. is still very willing to go ahead while david cameron is lo

in other news twenty eight year old adult film star cameron days health has brought the porn industry to a halt after it was revealed this week that she tested positive for hiv has come forward to confirm her diagnosis which prompted a moratorium on the making of pornography in california filming will be on hold until an s.t.d. over say a group for adult performers test all of the partners they have since two weeks before her last negative test now it has only been confirmed that zander corpus who shot her last movie with had unprotected sex only weeks later with sydney left with sydney leathers during the filming of their adult movie about about anthony weiner leathers has been in the news recently after it was revealed that she was anthony weiner's latest sexting partner leathers has released a statement saying that she has been tested and retested for hiv and the results have been negative here to discuss how the porn industry is responding to these revelations is adult film performer chanel preston. i'm going now what does wednesday is news of the news for the adult porn industry

the americans can and potentially will go at it alone and leaves david cameron is anyo anyone's guess reporter: and i have been told that david will use more force and pushing him along and now he is no longer there and can't join in. >> you are right because of the vote in the house last night and it pointed the final question driving for an answer from the prime minister if he would use world provocative to go it alone with americans has been taken off the table and reenforced by hamon and the united states has the military capacity to do it but if they have the political will to do it is highly unlikely because barack obama is equivocating on this. they are saying this is a real historical moment and we are diminished economically and militarily and pulling back if you like from the place we once had in the world. do you see it in those terms? >> we have to be careful not to over state the facts. if the government were here they would say the economy is better shape than it has been and can project military around the world and what you have seen is a last-minute hijacking of briti

petersburg and cameron as well involved in those discussions. is there a definitive timetable where they see a window to strike or could this be put off for weeks perhaps? >> there is no definitive timetable, but what we do know is that for many lawmakers it is dependent on what the u.n. inspectors say and they will be leaving on saturday. does that mean we're going to have a definitive answer on saturday? really it is up to the u.n. nop orz, what evidence they gathered and when they're ready to present that evidence. that's what it really hinges on. at least in terms of britain's involvement. >> thank you so much. richard, interestingly enough, it was the former prime minister tony blair who got a lot of flack as you know for supporting the iraq war and president bush being called bush's poodle and i imagine there is some public opinion that fits into all of this as well. how does he come out on top of all of this? >> time and again there was huge discussion, listening to toads to the debate in parliament, and in very much the skepticism of wha

the british government's a war cry is a silenced as parliament rejects prime minister david cameron's call for military intervention in syria. that leaves president obama struggling to gather international support for his plan to launch limited military strikes against a mass because its alleged use of chemical weapons. also emergency crews in russia's far east were wrong the clogged trying to keep flood waters at bay and evacuated residents as the worst to do it in a century takes a heavy toll on infrastructure. it's just composite day here in moscow you live with us on our to you with me to say it's good to have you company with us today. as u.s. forces poised for miller possible military strike on syria washington's key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated a motion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the country's involvement in any assault intervention was rejected by a margin of thirteen very bitter with thirty members of cameron's own party turning against him parliament refused to sanction british involvement in syria even if the un in

the british government's war cry is silence as parliament rejects prime minister david cameron's call for military intervention in syria. that leaves president obama struggling to gather international support for his plan to launch limited airstrikes against the mascot's over its alleged use of chemical weapons. also emergency crews in russia's far east work around the clock trying to keep floodwaters at bay and evacuated residents as the worst delusion in a century takes a heavy toll on infrastructure. this is r.t. coming to you live from moscow with me marina joshie. the united states is facing the prospect of going it alone in syria after washington's key ally withdrew its support for airstrikes in a storage vote british lawmakers defeated a motion by david cameron's government marking the first time in recent years that the u.k. has refused to take part in a u.s. led intervention military action was rejected by a margin of thirteen the votes with thirty members of cameron's own party turning against him parliament refused to sanction british involvement in syria even if un inspect

just a few days ago, david cameron and this is why it's been so embarrassing for him looked as thoughcould deliver the kind of european solidarity that obama would have liked. in just the same way that tony blare delivered for george bush, that didn't happen. i think it was precisely because of that previous episode that many m.p.'s when they stood up on thursday night here and spoke and gave the reasons why they would be voting the way they were going to said, indicated that they felt sheet been do thatted last time round by dodgy intelligence, being hustled into a premature decision that they lived to regret. i think that is mainly the reason why they decided that they would not go down that route again. the evidence wasn't there and they weren't prepared to jump. >> ok, tim, thank you. that's tim franz reporting from london. patty is in washington. wondering whether that no vote in parliament in london has affected the americans in private at least and whether it will impact obama's decision. >> well, administration officials are still saying that the president is prepared to go it

the british government all right it is a sign says parliament rejects prime minister david cameron's call for military intervention in syria. and demi monde obama is considering charging the hated with a limited military strike on syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons a despite growing reluctance from its allies. also emergency crews and rochelle so far east to work around the clock trying to keep floodwaters at bay and evacuated residents as the worst solution in a century takes a heavy toll on infrastructure. the morning you're watching argy live from moscow you're with me let's take a look at our first the top story. as u.s. forces are poised for a possible military strike on syria washington's key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated immersion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the u.k.'s involvement in any a sold now intervention was a rejected by a margin of a thirteen so with thirty members of cameras party turning against him our parliament refused to sanction british involvement in syria even if un inspectors conclude that

and i want to play sound from cameron earlier today making the comparison to iraq. take a listen and talk about it. >> this is not like iraq. what we are seeing in syria is fundamentally different. the fact that the syrian government has and has used chemical weapons is beyond doubt. one thing is indisputable, the well of public opinion was poisoned by the iraq episode and we need to understand the public -- >> there again, the ghost of the iraq decision. david cameron obviously this has put a big monkey wrench into what seemed like we were moving full steam ahead yesterday. >> and david cameron of course cognizant of the fact that the decision to go to war in iraq without public approval in britt tip cost him his job eventually. and isolated him within the labor party. talk about the world being more complicated than you think. suddenly last night in washington we had president obama hitting up against british domestic politics which have effectively put a brake on any british support for military action. we had the debate today. the case david cameron seems to be

david cameron can't afford a defeat in parliament if he's to pursue military action against syria. legacy of iraq is very important here. at that time many british politicians and the wider british public felt they were misled and cheated, and that helps explain the caution and suspicion in britain today. the protests are small, but the prime minister has to win over the doubters. >> in the coming days, the government has a responsibility building on what the prime minister did today but more than what he did today, to set out its case for why the benefits of intervention and action outweigh the benefits of not acting. now, i do not rule out supporting the prime minister. i want to make this point. i do not rule out supporting the prime minister, but i believe he has to make a better case than he did today on this question. >> where is the evidence that convinces us? >> reporter: for all the heat, noise and passion in parliament, david cameron promises another debate and vote on military action after the u.n. weapons inspectors issue their report. that could happen next week, and t

cameron. members of parliament were called back from their long kay aviation to vote on military action against syria and they voted against. opinion polls shows the public electronically opposed to any military action. there's a feeling it's happening too quickly. many question what would a few air strikes achieve. this is happening under the shadow of iraq. there's no appetite to get involved in what people feel could be an open ended conflict and there's a real demand for conclusive evidence and intelligence again under the shah dove iraq. for mr. cameron personally this is a bitter blow. he effectively lost control of foreign policy at a critical time and the papers this morning show this. here we have the "daily mail" saying with the headline the humbling of cameron. and all the papers pointing out the fact that the mp rejected the syria strikes. it raises strikes for britain and its role in the world is going to be i'm sure a period of national soul searching. also it questions the speci

well already people must be asking the question did david cameron know about this request the article seems to suggest that. alan rusbridger definitely will definitely uses the term claiming to represent the views of the prime minister that is david cameron that means the order must have come from david cameron the americans were quick to say that no they had made no formal request if anything they were tipped off about david miranda who was of course held for nine hours at heathrow airport over the past forty eight hours so is this a case of british secret service sucking up to their american counterparts the real question now fools to the prime minister and i suppose they should be and presumably will be cool's to some kind of inquiry how can this be how can this happen again how can free press exist in this country anymore if the security services can break in or seemingly be let in by an editor to destroy evidence or out of steam thank you so much for your analysis there is contributor reporting live from london to other stories now here in r.t. massive floods are still sweeping a

david cameron has called parliament over the situation. here he is talking earlier about the uk's response. >> what we have seen in syria are scenes of death and suffering because of the use of chemical weapons by the assad regime. i do not believe we can let that stand. any action we take would have to be legal, in proportion, it would have to be specific to deter and degrade the future use of chemical weapons. let me stress this is not about getting involved in a middle eastern war were changing our stance in syria or going into that conflict. it is about chemical weapons, their use is wrong in the world should not stand idly by. >> the syrian foreign minister does not accusations of government forces deploying poison gas. he said western intervention could till the balance of power. russia warns it would be a disaster. the deputy prime ministers twitting -- tweeting the west was like a monkey with a hand grenade. chuck hagel has said u.s. forces are ready to act if given orders. more on the military options available. >> the u.s. says i

the prime minister had come back early from a holiday and the downing street said that cameron will not be bound by evidence from the u.n. weapons inspectors now we know that as far as the british parliament is concerned there are already have been in the past a lot of reluctance it has today from members of parliament over any military intervention in syria sort of be interesting to see what kind of debate or discussion that will have a thursday and on wednesday cameron will share a national security council meeting which will include senior military chiefs and cabinet members to discuss to finalize the options on any missile strike in syria now all of this while the guardian newspaper had reported earlier that there has been increased activity surrounding the. british government in cyprus this is just about one hundred miles one hundred sixty kilometers from syria the guardian reports cited some residents saying that in the last forty eight hours they have seen increased activity as well as spotting of c. one thirty transport planes by some commercial pilots also reuters have repo

well i don't know cameron bay and unless this was forced upon her i'm going to assume she doesn't feel the same way as me however i stand behind what i said before and i feel the majority of the porn stars are conscious of who they sleep with so just because one person isn't shouldn't set the standard for everybody else now what measures are currently in place to protect people from contracting onset. currently the standard is every two weeks we get a full panel test and then performers can also set their own standard they can say oh i want performers to be tested five days before a week before and some performers do use condoms now for how long will the porn industry be on hiatus. the protocol is to obviously test. and then anyone who has had contact with her will be tested and until they are clear that we will not be shooting. now we often hear about the porn industry being on high alert if you will following a positive test result from a sexually transmitted disease and your experience in the industry how frequently would you say this has happened. i've been in the industry for thre

we do expect the prime minister david cameron to speak.st dip into that and listen. >> i have selected manuscript amendment b. submitted this morning in the leader of the opposition. the text of the manuscript amendment is available from the vote office. i should also inform the house that i have set a five minute limit on back bench speeches in the debate to move the motion i call the prime minister. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i thank you mr. speaker for agreeing to our request to recall the house of commons for this important debate. the question before the house today is how to respond to one of the most abhor rent uses of chemical weapons in a century, slaughtering innocent men, women and children in syria. it is not about taking sides in the syrian conflict. it is not about invading. it is not about regime change, or even working more closely with the opposition. it is about the large scale use of chemical women and our response to a war crime, nothing else. in reaching our conclusions, let me set out what the house has in front of it

i asked what those cameron bell's hiv diagnoses mean for the industry? >> it means we are going to keep doing what we're doing. i think that a lot of people try to make us responsible for what the performers do outside of the industry, but the reality is we can only be responsible for the protocols we put in place when they come into the industry to keep our performers safe and that is what we are doing. >> you have said in other interviews, one here on our network that you think female performers in your industry are usually weary of sleeping with people -- wary of sleeping with people outside the industry. do you think that cameron held the same way as you do? -- felt the same way as you do? >> i stand behind what i said before. i feel a majority of the porn stars are cautious of who they sleep with. because one person is not should not set the standard for everybody else. >> what measures are currently in place to protect people from contracting sti's on set? >> currently the standard is every two weeks, we get a full panel test and performers can als

a majority of lawmakers including members of cameron's own party rejected that motion. >> it is clear to me that the british parliament reflecting the views of the british people does not want to see british military action. i get that and the government will act accordingly. >> some u.s. allies in the war on terror are cautious. officials in poland, italy and canada say their militaries will not take part in any action without the endorsement of a u.n. security council resolution. leaders in turkey say they want the americans to attack syrian forces on such a scale that they bring down the assad regime. >>> an anti-government activist in syria says troops loyal to president assad are moving tanks and scud missiles out of their base. the activist told nhk that troops have spent two days trucking the equipment out of a facility 80 kilometers north of damascus and the activist says troops used the facility in the chemical attack last week. families of soldiers have reportedly evacuated from neighboring barracks. the activist says u.s. and other foreign forces are likely targeting the ba

he saw cameron. they saw the cameron did not have support. could not get parliament behind him in getting the british government involved with any u.s.-led air strike. and at the same time, remember what was going on. more and more voices from both sides of the aisle in the senate and the house asking the president. they wanted to be involved. they wanted to be asked to vote. calling them back. all sorts of ways that different members were asking the president to basically tap the brakes and get us involved. then the president started thinking about this. apparently according to aides, after watching what cameron went through. went on a walk with his chief of staff, denis mcdonough. they do that that, particularly on 48s. about three hours after john kerry did his remarks about why the u.s. was about to embark using mill force, that's when they decided, you know what? maybe we should go to congress. so the president voted it friday night. last night to his national security team. the national security team all essentially argued against him.

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they voted against david cameron. it was a humiliating defeat, but a resounding vote from the house of commons. no doubt that britain does not wabt to take part in any military action. >> how politically damaged is david cameron as the prime minister? could he face a political setback in terms of losing control of his government? >> it's a tremendous setback and he has to reassert control within his own party. an estimated 30 members of his own party voted against hill on this, so, first, he needs to try to figure out what's happening within his own party members. it was a devastating blow, but probably not one that will shake the coalition. there was one call for him to resign in the midst of this very emotional vote. however, doesn't seem to be the case that it's shaken the coalition that badly, but he does have a lot of rebuilding to do. also in his relationship with president obama. >> atika, we're going to be standing by. we're awaiting the president of the united states. he's about to come into rose garden to ma

they don't want to be humiliated like david cameron, and by the way, david cameron has just tweeted, i understand and support barack obama's position on syria. so he understands the president's decision to take this to a vote. i presume he would like it to turn out differently for the president than it did for him. but i think this is a campaign now that the administration has to wage to -- with the american public, to educate the american public, and also members of congress who have called for this vote. you know, there is also an issue here of in a time like this, can this country set politics aside, and can members of congress stand up and vote for what they believe. they may disagree with the president very strongly for all kinds of reasons. because they don't believe in a surgical attack, they want to do more. i think there are all kinds of reasons, but i think this is a moment for this country to see if we can actually have a debate, pushing everything else aside and have a debate on a very, very important matter, which the president has said, i'm ready to strike syria because

david cameron. my apologies. >> david gregory, what happened to david cameron in parliament was after eight hours of debate, he lost. >> right. >> now the president said he will take military action. chuck has been told at the white house that they will take action if they lose. but having reversed this time, without the legal mandate to do this, to go to congress, and without requests from the congressional leaders, doesn't this project weakness? >> well, i think that's a concern. i think it's a concern in washington. i think it's a concern if you're a syrian rebel group right now or others who are evaluating u.s. prestige around the world. and i think it's something that the president has to contend with at the moment. he says he wants this debate. we are watching the legacy, the painful legacy of iraq. and the impact that it's had on our politics and on our policymaking in washington. it's playing out now. over the past several days. where you had a president three years ago today announce the en

prime minister david cameron is making some very carefully weighed statements on the one hand he says no decision has yet been taken whether to get involved but on the other hand he says it's very clear that it is the assad regime that is to blame for using chemical weapons according to him he reckons that he's got clear evidence that it that it was the regime the government used chemical weapons so in response to that he has convened a meeting of the national security council here in london on wednesday following that on thursday and he's will meet in parliament they've been recalled from the summer holiday and they will be given a chance to vote to discuss and to vote on what they think should be done also downing street is saying that the u.s. and the u.k. won't necessarily be balanced by what the u.n. inspectors are saying and also britain's made clear that it would consider going ahead without a u.n. resolution foreign minister william hague says that the use of chemical weapons contravenes international law and its own account say that is reason enough to go into syria downing s

this tweet from british prime minister david cameron. i understand and support barack obama's position on syria. understand that the british prime minister suffered a month vote from parliament this past week on his impassioned plea to get involved in syria in some way, shape or form. another reluctant party in this has been the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who has been warning about potential air defenses by syria and he has been -- would you say, national security correspondent jennifer griffin, at the pentagon, in briefings, very reticent, if you will about any kind of action? >> i think that -- it is fair to say general dempsey for the last two-plus years, has been the most vocal voice against any sort of military action in syria. warning of the cost of the amount of troops hay would immediate in order to secure chemical weapons and to make any sort of difference and if, of course, regime change was what was being skrd ever considered, general dempsey warned against that for many months. when -- according to senior defense o

cameron does america hell does the u.s. have support from its allies given the information that you've just given us right now that you know they're not going to go through the u.n. to get a mandate we don't know that the shawl and the evidence that they say they have well we know that the u.k. has recalled the parliament on thursday so that they can discuss the situation in syria and to take a vote cameron said that the world could not stand idly by after seeing appalling scenes of death and suffering there are also reports that the u.k.'s air base in cyprus just one hundred miles from the coast of syria there is a build up of military there's some witnesses are saying now in france. says that they are ready to punish those who took the decision to gas the innocent in syria so it seems that france is ready to be on board saudi arabia says that immediate action should be taken against assad and turkey has announced this week that they are willing to join any military coalition against assad regardless of whether there's a u

a blow to cameron.his is a huge story here and the support for those who stood up against david cameron is still quite high, even members of his own party, it's now come out, took part in voting no against intervention. it's just, there's no support for any kind of military intervention in the middle east unless something significant happens on the ground in syria, it's unlikely. >> so the french president saying that all options are on the table, that's not significant. >> well, the french are still very much in this thing. the experience of the french and british in the last 10 years is measuringedly different, because there isn't the stink of the iraq war for the french. the british really, really were stung by their involvement in the iraq war. the french don't have that stigma. they still have an aircraft carrier in the region, the french president has been saying very strong things about punishing those who committed those chemical attacks last week. we can expect a volt in the french parliament.

we don't want your war, cameron defeated, cameron humiliated.his is the kind of language coming out today, so there's very little indication that there's going to be a change or a shift here many the united kingdom. the british people just don't have a desire, or an interest in supporting a u.s. led military interin syria. but what we are hearing from the other side of the english channel on the continent is slightly different. from paris, we are hearing that the french president gave an interview to french daily in which he made some very strong statements including french -- that france will be part of anything that happens in syria. france is ready to strike syria. and that possibly a site could happen as soon as wednesday, which is interesting because that's also the day that the french parliament will come back from their summer vacations early, to also vote on this. of course, it was a major upset for prime minister david cameron here, but the language coming out of prance is quite different. it is possible that the french unlike the iraq

prime minister david cameron who is obviously having his own problem with public opinion and getting parliament giving authorization for this. they trumpet the fact that the arab league has called the actions on the part of assad heinous. you're seeing this campaign by the white house to build this momentum here in public and in congress as well. >> mike, thank you so much. it's going to be a busy day for you. thank you. mike viqueira did just reference the british there, britain's intelligence commi, britain sais highly likely that chemical weapons were used in the attack. there is debate taking place in britain's house of parliament as they vote on what action to take in syria. philip joins us live in london. tell bus this debate. >> reporter: well, richelle, david cameron is making an i a impassioned plea not only to parliament but to public at large trying to sway them into supporting some type of intervention in syria, something that's going to be an uphill battle because there is also war weariness in this country. the prime minister has repeatedly said this is not about regime

david cameron has -- prime minister david cameron has called for a boycott of such sites until its administratorsake measures to protect users. and with a number of companies say they no longer advertise on the platform, which is based in mafia, its two founders have posted an open letter online saying they're taking the cyberbullying problem very seriously and are currently helping the british police in its investigation into hannah smith's suicide. with campaigning for the september 7 general election in full swing, one of the questions being raised on australia's political swing as has the opposition leader bored people on websites to boost his popularity ratings? a number of fans on the facebook page have sored somewhat. he had 3600 a -- 36,000 a week ago and now ha has around 135,000. he's been accused of being likes on the social network. the australian press has been making similar accusations and have studied tony abbott's accounts, pointing out he's drawn tens of thousands of new followers over the weekend and most, it turns out are fake, automated robot accounts. the party soon pub esta