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

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

. >> prime minister david cameron wanted support, but despite the british parliament reaction, the u.sis not deterred. >> the u.s. is very strong in condemning the syrian regimes use of chemical weapons, and that vote in the parliament does not change that. that's a very significant position for any nation to take publicly. we'll continue to work with britain and consult with britain as we are with all of our allies. our approach is to continue to find an international coalition that will act together, and i think you're seeing a number of countries say publicly state their position on the use of chemical weapons. we'll continue to consult with our allies and our partners and friends on this. >> reporter: barnaby phillips joins me now live from london. it's a serious political embarrassment, a bloody nose to mr. cameron. >> reporter: more than that, it's a humiliation. not 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

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

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

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

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 across russia's far east the region's main city does its utmost to defend itself from the advancing waters as we continue to bring you the real life stories from the devastated area. iraq is facing an unprecedented influx of refugees almost thirty thousand p

david cameron saying he would not seek to press that any further. very difficult decision for the u.s. indeed, britain traditionally one of their strongest military allies. a very rare occurrence, a defeat on military -- a big military decision being defeated in the house of commons. has not happened for several hundred years, so a big shock. germany, their foreign minister ruled out taking part in any serious military strike. they are looking to build a wide coalition. france still in the game. we also know that turkey has said in the past in no uncertain terms that it would take action against syria even without you in approval, so strong words there. apart from that, the international coalition looking very thin indeed. and has not said that it will act without you in action. that could be a stumbling block but they have been giving signs that they will support them, but it has not come out publicly. france really needs some allies. in terms of the united nations the security council blocked by russia also to a lesser extent by china this time ar

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 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

a number of members of the opposition and also within david cameron's own conservative party have said they want to wait for more evidence and this is why while they're debating it today, it will take a second vote authorize military action. many members still want to hear the evidence of what intelligence there actually is. they did put out an intelligence assessment earlier today and one of the key phrases in that is what we have in the first graph saying, quote, it is at least 350 people died in that august 21st attack and saying it is not possible for the opposition to have carried out a chemical weapons attack on this scale, the regime used chemical weapons on a smaller scale on at least 14 occasions in the past and there is some intelligence to suggest regime culpability in the attack and this makes it highly likely the syrian regime was responsible and that sounds like something strong, but that report doesn't actually detail what exactly the intelligence and the evidence is and without that, members of parliament here say they're not willing to authorize any sort of military ac

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

>> reporter: so there you are, a very quicken transcript from david cameron.e were told there would be no questions for him as he enters number ten. what he will be doing later today, we expect is to announce on whether parliament is going to be recalled. now parliament in britain is very keen to have some sort of say about whether there is to be any kind of military involvement in syria and what that involvement might be. parliament has basically said it wants at the very least for the governments to make its case to parliament. it has not insisted on a formal debate. that may happen, that may not. at the very least it does want to have the government make its case to parliament if a decision is reached to actually go into syria in any military capacity. expecting david cameron to make a decision later today on whether parliament will be recalled and whether -- and we will get that announcement. parliament was due to reconvene from its summer break on monday. we think that if parliament is recalled it won't come in too much earlier than that, maybe friday. th

is still very willing to go ahead while david cameron is looking to deal with these political difficulties at home meanwhile the speaker of the syrian parliament has written a letter to u.k. m.p.'s we've had confirmed by the house of commons press office here in london inviting a delegation of m.p.'s from london to come to damascus and see for themselves bring their own let's check the conclusions of this u.n. report themselves they make a threat as well parliament says it. to anyone responsible for foreign attack which they call an aggressive an unprovoked acts of war that they will suit people in the british courts they also say that they have a common enemy in al qaida and that any attack would strengthen al qaida and they also invoke the specter of two wars the first one they went to the first world war they see how the regional wars can explode into global conflict and also very powerfully the specter of the iraq war they say don't be taken in by another dodgy dossier and that may very well be the sentence that makes them peace stand back and think many m.p.'s here in the u.k. are ter

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

well not very much actually certainly going into the debates david cameron would have thought very carefully about what he's going to say because he's got to say something pretty special to carry and he's behind him on this motion as you say that it will carry on through the afternoon and into the evening they'll vote on the motion that the prime minister's had to backtrack quite significantly during the course of the last twenty four thirty six hours the motion that was going to be debated the softening was originally on military action but cameron knew that he wasn't going to get the votes on that he knew that labor m.p.'s the opposition m.p.'s would not back him and he also knew that seventy of his own members of parliament weren't going to back the motion either so now this mission is about a strong humanitarian response it's significantly watered down but it still includes of course a clause on military intervention in principle so that may be what gives a lot of m.p.'s pause for thought even on this new motion opposition m.p.'s the labor party has already indicated that it's not going

on this issue, david cameron says "conservatives believe in the ties that bind us.ociety is stronger when we make vows to each other and we support each other. i do not support gay marriage despite being a conservative. i support gay marriage because i'm a conservative. on this side of the pond, though, things are different. as we reported in breaking news on the show last night, in new mexico, a state judge just ruled last night that under that state's own constitution, that state's and constitutional protections against discrimination, county clerks in new mexico should no longer be allowed to deny marriage licenses to same-sex couples who want them. there's no statewide law either way in new mexico about same-sex marriage, but because of last night's court ruling, this morning in the most populous county in the state, the place where albuquerque is, bernalillo county, they started issuing licenses. though it applied to the one big county, a couple other counties in the state decided they would follow suit as well. the response from the republican party in new mex

. >> prime minister david cameron disagrees with the vote, but believes it represents the will of theeople. just hours after britain backed out, another ally stepped forward. the president of france said all options are on the table for an intervention in syria, and that in fact if the attack was carried out, it must noting unpunished. president obama briefed lawmakers. congressional leaders were told there is proof, including intercepted communication that the assad regime was behind the chemical attacks. no decision has been made yet on syria. hagel said the u.s. won't allow politics to detour it from taking action. he said the obama administration would continue working to assemble a coalition. >> every nation has a responsibility to make their own decisions and we respect that of any nation. we are continuing to consult with the british, as we are with all of our allies. >> hagel back in the u.s. today. the team of u.n. chemical inspectors are spending their fourth and final day talking to go doctors in damascus. they are only looking for proof of an attack, not investigating who

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 that reportedly killed hundreds of civilians in the eyes of lawmakers cameron was unable to make a sufficiently convincing case against it when pressed by m.p.'s to explain why the syrian regime could possibly want to provoke a foreign action or the primary admitted that british intelligence could not pinpoint a motive cameron the urge lawmakers to make their own judgment against them and act on their convictions didn't win over parliament creating an embarrassing situation for downing street let's cross our live now to sara further in london for the details sara so paul little clearly this doesn't look good for

wants to take it to the european court of justice and it was only a couple of weeks ago that david cameron here in his home minister were trying to pull out of the european court of justice trying to avoid the obligations. initially on the outskirts of syria's civil war kurds now find themselves caught right in the middle of reports suggest al qaeda linked jihad it have slaughtered more than four hundred fifty kurds including women and children and are believed to be holding many more hostage if confirmed kurdish leaders in iraq say they're ready to intervene human rights activist as a deadline is says the militants on access to natural resources that these groups seek a start going to islamic states they supposed to engulf the oil rich areas of kurds and they said they are supported very well by turkey so there are two factors one of them is that these groups want to establish their all islamic state mini islamic state which is a project to establish a huge islamic state in gulf things turkey syria and iraq now they see that kurds are facing them all the kurds is a challenge to them the o

wants to take it to the european court of justice and it was only a couple of weeks ago that david cameron here in his own minister were trying to pull out of european court of justice trying to avoid the obligations. joining us here. in the program. in a world war. on the program we report on the plight of the ethnic minority which is found itself in the way of. groups. in the program. full speed global political economic shift. wealthy british. market. the global economy. the global financial headlines. thanks for joining us here on r.t. now the u.s. secretary of state currently on a rather uncomfortable trip to latin america where it seems that sorries not soothing the strain created by the spy revelations of edward snowden certainly it was a tough task for john kerry defending washington's far reaching surveillance this during talks in colombia but now it's walk of shame continues to brazil which is apparently thinking twice now before proceeding with a hefty four billion dollar deal to purchase american fighter jets and more now from iran you could avail. according to you from aisha r

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 attack that reportedly killed hundreds of civilians in the eyes of lawmakers cameron was unable to make a sufficiently convincing case against us president m.p.'s to explain why the syrian regime could possibly want to provoke of foreign action or the premier admitted that british intelligence could not pinpoint a motive now cameron then urged law makers to make their own judgment against assad and act on their own convictions that didn't win over m.p.'s creating an embarrassing situation for downing street surface reports from london. well a crushing blow for the prime minister david cameron aside government motion on p

wants to take it to the european court of justice and it was only a couple of weeks ago that david cameron here in his home minister were trying to pull out of the european court of justice trying to avoid the obligations. because trops in a while pull a wall. later this hour for from the plight of the ethnic minority which has found itself in the way of al qaeda linked groups who are aiming to such an islamic state . and also coming out trying the way since the us has the world's top all important because gosling engines of its industry is carried at full speed towards a global political and economic ship to the east. but all over my language of all but i will only react to situations i have read the reports i'm likely to put in the know i will leave them to the state department to comment on your minor point like a monkey say to secure your car is all your dog you know gone. over there joe no more weasel words when you made a direct question are you prepared for a change when you have to. be ready for a. critical speech and a little down to freedom to. the full. this is as he welcomed by

well the absurdity i suppose is that david cameron wants to take it to the european court of justice a legal war as a british newspaper has put it in the past couple of hours rather than the naval war and it was only a couple of weeks ago that david cameron here in his own minister were trying to pull out of the european court of justice trying to avoid the obligations of the european court of justice and here they are going to spend more money and try and take it up to the european union i don't know whether they're slightly joking about it said that the monitors will be sent to gibraltar to monitor what exactly is going on with this artificial reef which catalyze the recent still a g.'s as it were and the european union and the european commission said the monitors are on holiday at the moment soon as they're back next month they'll try and report back to the british government about what they think. sheltie contribute to option rotund say live from london mr townsend thank you very much indeed for your time thank you russian response to activist seeking to turn the winter olympics

prime minister david cameron now speaking about a allies they saw and that means that called to david 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

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

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

david cameron, the prime minister just lost a syrian military vote. that means the coalition is breaking down. now, the price of oil just fell a buck. >>> i think unfortunately we have a lodge history of mitt tear conflict and strikes one committed to a military action, stocks usually fall, until we get to the point that the u.s. finally takes decisive action, certainly iran in 2008, serbia in '99. late lately the stocks have begun to rice, a week before. use it be the last two days are anticipating a strike this weekend, but also the fact that the president is leaves on the 3rd, on tuesday to head to sweden. >> i don't know. i'll go back. i like yours point about stocks rising. gull to the iraqy war after the unand down, stock says exploded higher. now you have this existential stall. now with the u.n. inspectors, they've got to go to the g-20, september 5th appeared 6th everybody does waiting it out help or hurt? >> i think it hurt stocks. plus last week we have the manufacturing report, the jobs report, remember this pullback started on domestic po

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

wants to take it to the european court of justice and it was only a couple of weeks ago that david cameron here in his home minister were trying to pull out of european court of justice trying to avoid the obligations. it's twelve minutes past ten in the evening here in moscow this is the. world war. reporting the pleistocene minority has found itself in the way of al qaida groups aiming to set up an islamic state. i would rather questions for people in positions of power instead of speaking on their behalf and that's why you can find my show larry king now right here on r.t. question more. thank you for joining us here. in moscow and the u.s. secretary of state is currently on up perhaps on comfortable trip to latin america seems to. think the strain created by the spy revelations of edward snowden was a tough task for john kerry defending was. intern's far reaching surveillance during talks in colombia but now his walk of shame is continuing to brazil which is apparently thinking twice before proceeding with a hefty four billion dollars deal to buy american fighter jets and more details

david cameron did not expect this to happen.hey were all systems go until early yesterday afternoon when i was talking to people in the british government. and then suddenly late afternoon and early evening, foreign secretary hague had to pull back and say we're not going to have this determinative vote, we will give in and have a second vote and it won't be before next week. >> and it's not just the uk. thousand we're s now the red cross is saying it doesn't want to see military escalation, the arab league has refused to go along with it, egypt saying it does not support a strike, the u.n. wants to continue its work. inspectors will be on the ground through tomorrow, probably leaving saturday. and then they want to issue their results. so the momentum certainly does seem to be slowing down as more and more people are also injecting doubts about what happened, do the rebels themselves -- can their story be absolutely trusted. what evidence is there directly linking the regime ordering these attacks. things have changed considera

>> look, i think you make the substantive case the way david cameron made the case. portman made the case, dick cheney made the case, that freedom means freedom for everybody, and when you look at the republican party, you look at our history, you understand our history, you understand the importance of liberty and freedom to our party. we don't want to disenfranchise people who want to make a lifetime commitment to each other through civil marriage. we're on the wrong side of history on this issue. the country is not with us, and when you look at republicans under 40 years old, you look at republicans in regions of the country like in the northeast, the fact that there are more republican votes in the new hampshire legislature for marriage equality than there were democratic votes, you know, partly because of the function of the size of the majority, but nevertheless, it's an important moment. so as we look at this issue and how quickly it's progressed nationally, where president obama was against marriage equality in his first term, came out for it. that i think yo

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

david cameron has realized that he's probably not going to get the votes for an immediate motion on military strikes on syria and so he's put the brakes on the slightly opposition leader ed miliband said that he was going to make his m.p.'s. 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 asked to vote immediately on military action will be asked 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 after 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 un mandate for military act

prime minister david cameron and russian president vladimir putin during that conversation both leaders were talking about the alleged chemical attack the ukase leader made it clear that that he believes that syrian rebels were not behind the alleged chemical attack that took place in syria last week and president putin according to reports said that the western countries that are have been siding with the syrian opposition along they don't have evidence of whether a chemical weapon attack has taken place or who was responsible for it and even u.n. investigators are inspecting the scene they will only confirm whether or not a chemical attack did take place they will be able to tell who was responsible for the attack but if you ask the united states they've already made up their mind they believe it's the syrian government that was responsible for the attack and it looks as though they're going to respond. so the u.s. . should wait for the u.n. findings maybe even go to live without it with american warships already converging near the water the british preparing to join the two of his r

will never give the mandate the national security council of britain is meeting because david cameron the prime minister here. foreshortened is a holiday it's interesting that national security council was set up in twenty ten to talk about national security of this country britain and most of that was about al qaida that nebulous concept and britain and the united states are now validly supporting al-qaeda linked groups if anything one would see in a normal scenario that countries should come to the aid of the assad government against. al-qaeda linked brigades that certainly call it up on to the u.n. weapons inspector a few months ago said were responsible for chemical attacks well of course. the water coming as you would expect is still working to establish exactly what happened or didn't happen there they still haven't come forward and actually got there to do it properly yet but haven't come forward with any clear concise information yet is it going to make any difference anyway even if they did. no difference at all they're staying a very nice hotel the four seasons in damascus a

the case david cameron seems to be making is this is a judgment call on the intelligence. he said there is no silver bull receipt here in the intelligence. no single piece of evidence that is can he have definite idefini prove it was the assad regime. on the other hand, british intelligence is documenting what they say are 14 different instances of chemical attacks. s mo the most legitimate question, if we do not strike, is the likelihood greater that syria or other regimes will use chemical weapons in the future. >> and as all of this is going on, trying to think about what the assad regime calculations are, because they know that the united states and the uk will be the two major forces to move forward, but they also know president obama has 60% of americans don't want him to take action. and you've also just what we saw happening unfolding last night in the uk, so he also knows that he's dealing with two leaders who have their own domestic issues to deal with that will impact what they're able to do and how fast they will or won't proceed. >> assad has a vicious civil w

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

the british prime minister david cameron, meanwhile, cracking down on internet pornography. >> john:e's doing what? where's my passport? i'm setting fire to it. how on earth are you supposed toin' jack if destroy all the uk's popular pornographic sites, right? ( cheers and applause ) i'm talking about sites such as double-decker bang bus. ( bleep ) palace. you'll notice that our fake name web site there is ( bleep )palace.net and that's because the dot-com and dot uk version had been taken but the dot net version belongs to us. in case you're wondering, beefeaters.com also exists but it sells dog treats. thees a fact. that's a fact. now david cameron's proposed ban is disiepped to combat child pornography, which everyone, everyone is in favor of a ban for that. unfortunately, the effect of the law will be to shut off all pornography to british people and this is how it's going to work. >> there are some searches where people should be given clear routes out of that search to legitimate sites on the web. let me give you an example. if someone is typing in "child" and "sex" there shoul

. >> david cameron in britain. >> david cameron in britain, what you are talking about wanting to eradicatetrol. >> worst thing in britain they have sign nine of ten britains pay the taxes on time. think is dividend here. >> this is complete arrogance. it's one thousand arrogance and it is not what the country is built on. put me down. >> so stupid but where are they going to start with me? [ laughter ] >> it's perfected. >> i'm not giving up those martinis. never, never. >> you can maybe through pamphlets and advertising a change people and their behavior. there is something to that but should the government be involved with it? >> it's going to be unvoidable because so many people are on government assistance. so many people are going to be on healthcare that is in some way related to it. why is it orwellian? it's bother some. they could try to influence your behavior and mandate your behavior which they do. >> does everybody not think this is going to be political? >> neil: do you find it political? >> we did this with anti-smoking. the whole anti-smoking campaign. who is going to tell y

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