time ibrahim was dead and people gather to pray for him. his father wants one last kiss. my beloved son, he says. talk to me. a huge crowd has gathered here ry ibrahim. bu after theost his life cease-fire came to an end. he was out in the streets playing when israel attacked. ibrahim was the first to die today. his death was followed by others read one of them a fighter. israel says it will keep targeting terror sites across gaza but one more father is pledging support for the militants. on this day when my son was killed i asked god to strengthen the resistance, he said. we are proud of them. why should we stop firing rockets when thousands of our people have been killed? as another child went to his grave in gaza to my attempts to reach a lasting truce stalled in cairo. hamas is demanding that israel lift it punishing siege but many here believe that will only be achieved by fighting and dying. candidates have signed a deal for national unity. they have both claimed victory and accused each other of electoral fraud. john kerry helped broker the deal. swappingbout presid

we need to get shelter under anything, anywhere. >> that is kamel ibrahim al-najjar. kenneth roth, talk about the significance of what he was saying. onone thing israel keeps stressing is they are issuing warnings to people to leave their homes as a way of protecting them from this kind of bombardment. to israel's credit, that is a good to to do. the problem is, merely issuing a warning does not make it fair game to then attack or ignore anyone who remains. civilians remain at home for lots of reasons. many just cannot bear to leave their home, some are infirm, some do not know where to go, some are paralyzed by fear. what we stressed over and over to the israelis, even going back to the wars with hezbollah, a warning is not a enough -- enough. they have to do everything they can to avoid civilian casualties. what we are finding is once these warnings are issued, it is fair game. for example, "the new york times" did a study about heavy artillery, which is utterly inappropriate in a densely populated area. this kind of artillery is considered accurate if it lands anyp

merian ibrahim was cheered by supporters. her husband who has u.s. citizenship previously lived in new hampshire and has family already there. ibrahim who was able to leave sudan after the high court overturned the sentence. >>> president obama hosted a celebration honoring special olympics last night packed with a-list celebrities like katy perry and stevie wonder but only one amazing talent was called to the stage just to embrace the president. >> i love you, obama. >> i love you. >> you know, presidents need some encouragement once in a while too. [ laughter ] that felt really good. that was nice. thank you, tim. >> that was tim harris, he's a special olympian with down syndrome and has his own restaurant, if you can believe it, in albuquerque. >> good for him. great to see so many special olympians yesterday at the white house. >>> still ahead, some troubling medical news about a possible connection between birth control pills and cancer. >>> a pool party spirals out of control with a water slide collapses and sends people to the hospital. >>> a

video showing the emotional moment meriam ibrahim arrived in her new home, the united states. >> ibrahimd and two young children cheered on by a crowd waving american flags at the airport in manchester, new hampshire. with tears streaming down his face her husband thanked their supporters. >> i can't describe it. >> you will remember ibrahim was sentenced to death for marrying a chris wran mtian man from new hampshire. she was 8 months pregnant in chains she gave birth. after spending nearly a year in prison she was freed in june. as her family boarded a plane to the united states they were raised for allegedly forging travel documents. that charge was eventually dropped and they were allowed to fly to rome. before traveling to the united states she met francis to thank her for her devotion to her christian faith. exhausted but statement over joyed ibrahim and her family can now start their new life in america. >> great. especially on this friday. thank you so much, anna. >>> tropical storm bertha forming in the atlantic ocean. maria molina is tracking the path. >> bertha forming late la

of then i told the story ibrahim. just then, the health minister stood up and he looked at us and he said," it's time for you to join us in the fight against hiv." it was very much like i was dreaming. i was not expecting it in nigeria for this to happen. a few weeks later, i got an e-mail from him inviting us to be art of the drafting committee. that for the first time change the hiv policy in nigeria. later, in0 years 2014, the president signed a prescribed 40that years imprisonment for homosexuals in nigeria. the law prescribed 10 years imprisonment for anybody that provides services for known homosexuals. hiv prevention work in nigeria had to stop. it was not just that. positive gay men living in a jury would not have access to treatment. in my frustration, the picture ofibrahim came back to me and i realized that no matter what happens, i have to keep his because there is still so much work to be done so that there will never be another ibrahim, thank you. [applause] >> next, "washington journal live with your ph

ibrahim first flew to philadelphia with her american husband and two children thursday. that's where mayor michael nutter welcomed her, called her a world freedom fighter. ibrahim's husband and friends were clearly overjoyed with her return. >> can you tell us how your wife feels being in the united states for the first time? >> i can't describe that. >> it is a safe landing, she had a safe trip. that's what we were praying for, that she get here safe. >> ibrahim's conflict began when her family in sudan turned her into authorities foray ban doning islam. she would thrown in jail and while pregnant sentenced to death by hanging. she says she was always christian and was raised by her christian mother. her father is muslim and according to their version of islamic law, she's also islam and can't convert. after international pressure, her conviction was set aside and she was freed in june, she was initially stopped and took refuge at a u.s. embassy. now comes the next step. the congregation will work to get the family settled, adding there's been tons of support from the c

ibrahim said always been a christian raised by her christian mother.ather is muslim, according to sudan's version of muslim law she is a muslim and con not convert. she was freed in june although initially stopped from leaving the country and took refuge in u.s. embassy in sudan, heather. heather: what is the next step. >> the pastor of bethany covenant church in new hampshire the next step is to get the family settled. there are tons of support from the community to help the family get its life little closer to normal. ibrahim's husband an friend were clearly over joined with her return last night. >> can you tell us how your wife feels being in the united states for the first time? >> i can't describe that feeling. can't describe it. >> we prayed she would stay safe. and have safe landing and safe trip. that is what we were praying for. that she get here safe. >> new hampshire has become somewhat of a safe haven for sudanese escaping civil war. there are 500 living in the state. heather: laura engle. thank you. bill: we're minutes away from the openi

ibrahim who asked that we not use his last name knew mike brown. >> that's not the way to help the family. >> they have hijacked the stores. they provide important services to ferguson and they are threatened. >> i don't want to mix the looters with the protesters because all week long the protesters been out here peacefully. >> ibrahim warned that the media should not mischaraterize ferguson. >> we have people wanting to buy something to help out. i am so thankful. these are my heroes. >> so many of the stores along the main drag are now boarded up. of course, the disaster that took place here isn't natural. it was manmade. that's ferg son market and liquor. coincidentally or not, it's the same place michael brown was said to have stolen cigars before he was killed. >> despite waves of people, it's important to note, locals say, that these are only the actions of a few. >> i want the attention going to people outside sweeping the streets every morning. neighbors coming out of their homes in the backyard just to clean up their community. you know, everybody coming from all over missouri j

this inrah him seems to be -- ibrahim seems to be pretty long in the tooth. don't think he's a millennial. what i would like to underline is the youth generation are much more urban, much more literate, much more cosmopolitan than their elders were. and in egypt at least, certainly in tunisia and most of these countries, they're not that interested in political islam to begin with. there is a section of them that is, but they're a minority. and then the ones who are interested in radical forms of political islam are even tinier. so these groups that we're hearing about are making a splash now because they have tactical training and weapons. but it's not -- it's like they could get elected to office if there were an election. or that most people agree with them. so a poll was done recently in syria. 4% of respondents said they felt like the islamic state of iraq and syria represented their aspirations. it's not a very large number of people. and these groups, you know, they mainly grab desert-like areas with relatively low populations. and so i think they loom

ibrahim. he reported to the deputy prime minister of security affairs. we named these two along with the head of the special forces as the people who seemed to direct the operation, which is very well-planned, and also had command responsibilities to see -- complied with international standards. and that we shall -- and that lethal force should be used only to meet an imminent threat. blocking off exits, shooting people willy-nilly and -- >> ukraine says it will not allow the humanitarian aid convoy to cross its border from russia. some 280 lorries carrying tons of cargo are en route to ukraine. fighting has been going on in that region for many months and has left almost 300,000 people displaced and in serious shortages of water, food, and electricity. >> 280 russian trucks reportedly en route to eastern ukraine. it is impossible to verify this footage posted on the internet, but it seems to show a convoy with dozens of russian soldiers. meanwhile, on russian state tv a priest is lessing the trucks. -- is blessing the trucks. authorities say they carry

. >> abbu ibrahim left their home in mosul. days ago, he left the camp. >> we heard the islamic state might come and storm the camp. it was in complete chaos with the withdrawal with of the forces. i packed up my family. we left. >> heading west, this was the only roof over their heads they could find. the kurdish region has taken pride in being the safest and most prosperous part of iraq. in this neighborhood, apartments cost hundreds of thousands of dollars each. in the last couple of days, buildings like this have become the last refuge of those with no where else to go and an indication of how quickly thins can fall apart. >> for some iraqis, it's been falling apart for a while. a fe. s he hasn't received proper medical care. >> we went to the hospital. the doctors said i need to have my legs amputated. and i said, how will i survive afterwards? they just said, we need to cut them off. >> his family is shia from if the ancient minority. they have moved three times in the last two years. >> we came at 3:00 in the morning the

earlier, al jazeera's fauzi ibrahim asked if israel was targeting civilians. >> absolutely not. think as your footage shows, the strike was on a group of terrorists. we carried out a strike on two terrorists that were on a motorcycle. we did not carry out a strike on the school. this is currently being investigated, the result. we carried out the strike against terrorists who were in the area on a motorcycle. >> are you investigating other strikes that may also have killed innocent civilians as well? you say that the israeli army is striking certain targets. but there are, of course, the fallout that other civilians will die in those particular targets. are you investigating those strikes as well? and if so, will anyone be held accountable for killing innocent civilians? >> we are investigating. we are investigating each and every instance where civilians were caught in the midst of combat. we will be reviewing all of the incidents in order to determine what actually happened in the battleground and under what circumstances. there have been several instances where hamas have tri

his name was ibrahim dewesha. he was playing with friends at a half-built mosque, and palestinian officials say he was killed by shrapnel from a nearby drone strike. he is just one of the five people who according to palestinian officials have died since that cease-fire came to an end, george. >> so many terribly tragic stories that we're seeing there from gaza. but we know that five people died yesterday. but compared to the death toll each day before the cease-fire that actually seems fairly low. can you explain why that is? >> reporter: well, before the cease-fire we had ground operations by israeli troops, so spread out across gaza. they were searching out that tunnel network which had been built by hamas. they were basically finding it and destroying it. and as part of those operations israeli ground troops were here and they were being fired upon by hamas militants, and so the israelis were firing back and quite often you would see the israeli artillery and the israeli tank fire would be used as cover for th

. >> reporter: news of the national guard deployment brought hope to ibrahim ramaha. his store has been looted twice. what do you think they can do? what would you you like the national guard to do? >> bring the city back. give rest to the family, the community and business owners. >> reporter: the independent autopsy released by michael brown's family answered one key question. it found brown was shot at least six times, including twice to the head. but it's unclear how far away brown was from the policeman who shot him and whether the unarmed 18-year-old was moving away or if he had his hands up. shawn parcell worked on the autopsy. >> if i put my hands up, you see where that wound is at. it could have happened if he put his arms across in a defensive manner. we don't know. >> reporter: two witnesses say brown was surrendering when she was shot but police say he struggled with the white officer after the policeman realized he was a suspect in a store robbery. ferguson police chief says brown hit officer wilson in the face and tried to reach for his gun. city reports

. >> earlier on, a former advisor to iraqi prime minister ibrahim al jafari was on al jazeera english and here is what he had to say. >> short-term containment, yes, it does work. but if you want to look at the mid-term or long-term, obviously what has been done is not strategic and it's not enough. it's mainly to protect some of the kurdish areas kurdish controlled areas but not to contain and solve the issue of isis. >> the white house is keeping a close eye on the violence in iraq. the president is taking a break from his vacation returning from martha's vineyard to washington tonight. al jazeera's libby casey joins us from -- live from washington, d.c. good afternoon. the united states says it carried out 14 airstrikes today, but the reality is, iraq is just one of many con conflicts that are confronting the administration as we speak. so what else will the president be facing this week when he returns to washington? >> that's right. even though the president has has been on vay case, he made multiple addresses in issues from the domestic front situation to the international front

he set down with michael bloomberg, founder and majority owner of bloomberg lp, and mo ibrahim. >> nobody ever put together all of the heads of the african countries in one place. at the same time given businesses the opportunity to dialogue and make some contacts. i sat next to the president of uganda, he cares about industrial equipment into emma -- and two minutes later, i was talking to somebody who talks to industrial -- who makes industrial commit -- industrial equipment. i should get a commission. it doesn't matter whether they do a deal right then. later on, the company's salesman can say to the minister who does the buying or to a store that does the buying that i was with -- my boss was with your president and they said we should talk and people get together and it's about relationships and knowledge. >> is this an opportunity to solidify relationships or does more need to be done on the governance side? >> to start with, it is wonderful that this happened at last. the u.s. really should have done this years ago. of course it takes somebody like mike who has to make this happen.

and i am pleased to have with us today such distinguished guest, his excellency, ibrahim is will, africa.ident of south on september 17, john t stump, ceo of wells fargo will be with us. september 19, larry werner, president and ceo of cbs corporation. stay tuned for more speakers planned by our speakers committee for the remainder of the year. to presentwould like you, sir, with their traditional national press club mug, which we are always pleased to do with our distinguished leaders. i know you may have other mugs, but this one is very special. [laughter] and i would like to ask -- [applause] look at the photographer. anyuld like to ask journalists who interview president sassou-nguesso in his office to report if they do not see the mug there. [laughter] tea inll take my morning this mug. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. our final question is generally in a lighter mood but this is a question not meant to be light or serious but a real practical issue. how often is your country confused with the democratic republic of congo and how do you answer, how do you handle such errors? >>

founder chairman ibrahim foundation dr. mo ibrahim.] joint chief executive standard bank mr. subnine. [applause] co-founder ann chief executive officer of the carlisle group mr. david rubenstein. and our moderator president african development bank dr. donald kaberuka. [applause] >> good morning. i want to thank the secretary of state jack lew for welcoming us here. we have the easiest subject which is financed, of course. we have a panel here and today we will talk about what does it take to get more financial flows into the african continent? money is not the issue in this morning africa is the place to be. i want to begin. i recall meeting you in my office when they were launching the fund in africa. you and i had a conversation and use it may look i will give you south africa and nigeria. the rest we will see. how is it going? >> first i want to thank you for your support. when i was in your office and i was starting to raise our funds and it was not easy to convince people to give money to a firm like ours to invest in africa beca

ibrahim, joining us by skype. iraq is facing a crisis as well. what are you observing?>> good afternoon, thank you for having me. as you saw the u.n. latest reports, staggers numbers. 3 million out of syria. in iraq itself, the latest estimate is about 1.6 million people have been displaced in the last year. about 850,000 of them just in the last month. so this is a lot of people on the move. a massive need for humanitarian assistance across a very wide area. and in very difficult circumstances. >> so you talk about the need for humanitarian assistance. is that assistance coming in? >> it is coming in but i don't think it's coming fast enough. one, because the humanitarian system globally is overstretched between all those different emergencies from south sudan to democratic republic of congo, hosting large number of refugees. second, the logistics is really difficult. everything has to be trucked hundreds of kilometers and sometimes thousands of kilometers and the last is population is constantly moving out, looking for better places where they feel safer to stay. the

ibrahim's sentence was eventually overturned.he was briefly detained again and accused of falsifying travel documents. >>> we'll go live to the middle east to see whether the trusz is holding right after this short break. and is israel using too much firepower in tightly packed gaza? we'll explore that just ahead. what a beautiful sunset... if you like sunsets. whether you're sweet or salty... you'll love nature valley sweet and salty bars. >>> we're two and a half hours now into the israel/hamas cease-fire. so far all is quiet. these are live pictures of gaza for you. israel's military says no hamas rockets have been fired since the truce started. the united nations says israeli negotiators will meet in cairo. we've just heard a palestinian delegation will head to cairo on friday for those negotiations. that's according to a palestinian official in ramallah. the delegation is led by the plo and will include members of hamas and islamic jihad we're told as well as some smaller factions. there's a cease-fire holding and the talks

>> we have called for him as well as ibrahim for investigation. unfortunately, the courts at the hague do not have jurisdiction so we're asking the human rights council to launch a commission of inquiry to be a genuinely independent investigation. nothing has happened in egypt. there has been no investigation. not a single person has been brought to trial for this disproportionate use of weapons. >> i'm going to get right at that. you found that some protesters fired, through rocks, threw some molotov cocktails. >> yes. >> there was gunfire as well. >> yes. >> how do you describe the response of the egyptian security forces to those actions? >> it's important to note that there was some violence on the part of the protesters. but out of the tens of thousands of protesters found that day, 15 gowns were found. eight police officers died compared to 817 protesters. the police officers did not make a targeted effort to go after the violence against them. snipers picked off people in the crowds. at one point they were targeting anyone who walked throug

and my own teacher who's from egypt, the great sociologist and dissident ike rahim, when he saw -- ibrahim, when he saw this thing break out in cairo, flew back. i tell the story that he told me. he said he went to tahrir square where the young people were, and being a sociologist, kind of take me to your leader. and he said they looked at mihm funny. -- at him funny. what do you mean by that? it wasn't that kind of a movement, that it had a leader. and, in fact, to this day people are a little bit confused or they can't quite tell how things got done. because food showed up and water showed up, and things were arranged for, and it seemed to be networked and not centralized. it wasn't hierarchical. and, of course, before that happened in egypt, in tunisia young people had pioneered by assembling in such large numbers in provincial cities and ultimately the capital, that they, they made -- they paralyzed the government. and this was what happened throughout 2011 and really until last year. and in egypt it was done again. so many young people came out into the streets in central places that

abu ibrahim and his family left their home when it fell to the i.s.i.s. in june. >> translation: we heard they may storm the camp. it was in chaos. i packed up the family and left. >> reporter: heading left, this was the only roof over their heads they could find. the kurdish region took pride in being the safest prosperous part of iraq. apartments cost hundreds of thousands. in the last couple of day they have become the last refuge of those with nowhere else to go, and an indication of how quickly things can fall apart. for some iraqis it's been falling apart from a while. this man has been disabled since sunni gunmen sprayed his family home in mosul. he has not received proper medical care. >> translation: we went to the hospital, the centre said i need to have my legs amputated. i said "how will i survive?", they said "we need to cut them off." >> the family is shia. they have moved three times in the last two years. >> translation: we came at three in the morning the day before yesterday, we heard air strikes, fighter jets were in the sky. >> for dec

ibrahim tabashi told the council that for the first time ever he is dhearnd his cont his country couldon the brink of a full scale civil war. >> that's kristin saloomey. >>> side by side in the northern town of guar. but facing the islamic state group has strained their relationship. zena hoder reports. >> the islamic state is here to stay, that is writing on the wall. but its fighters were only able to occupy guer for a few days. u.s. air strikes helped the kurds regain the region. but guer is a town where airbus and kurds lived side by side for years. there has long been political distress between them but after the recent fighting there is little trust left. the cirsdz are accusing some of -- the kurds are accusing some of the arabs of joining the islamic state. >> we confiscated arms from airbus who don't have licenses. >> reporter: we can't film outside because the islamic state group is on that bridge. but other sunni armed factions, the people of mosul, they are fighting alongside the i.s. and that's the danger. because this is not just a front line. this is now a border between

including then defence minister and president abdul fatah al-sisi, and interior minister mohammed ibrahim should be investigated. the movement to reinstate egypt's first democratically-elected president started to use a symbol of a hand showing four fingers. they say they will never forget mraba, the force in arabic. >> pakistan's capital is in full lockdown ahead of an anti-government march to islamabad. thousands gathered in lahore for independence day protest, calling for the ouster of the prime minister's government. the leader, imran khan. and the opposition cleric. tahir-ul-qadri accuses the prime minister of election fraud. >> how is it going down there? >> well, indeed, they are on their way, even though there was gens speculation that quadri was not allowed to go. there was behind the scenes manoeuvring by senior politicians, including one in exile in london, the leader who had assurances from quadri, that he would not be allowed to go to the red zone. the red zone is where parliament is, where all the diplomatic enclave is and important government officials are seated. apparentl

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meriam ibrahim has finally arrived in new hampshire where her husband's family lives.country of sudan because she refused to announce her christian faith. the news has spread and after an international outcry, the u.s. government intervened to save her life. >>> and finally, a winner has come forward to collect the $66 million mega millions jackpot all the way back from june and she has a great story to tell. kelsey zachow, a single mom who works two jobs bought the winning ticket on friday the 13th but she didn't bother to check the numbers until she went back to the store nearly two weeks later and the clerk delivered the news. >> big one behind me and people are looking at me like how much did you win and i got really nervous so i grabbed the ticket in my car and locked the door. >> well, speaking of her check she posed with her adorable son. look at him, benjamin. they'll take home $27 million after taxes. she said she plans to buy a dream home with her boyfriend and set up a college fund for benjamin. >> oh, so happy for her. that's great. >>> we want to turn now

and i am pleased to have with us today such distinguished guest, his excellency, ibrahim is will, the president of south africa. [applause] on september 17, john t stump, ceo of wells fargo will be with us. and september 19, larry werner, president and ceo of cbs corporation. stay tuned for more speakers planned by our speakers committee for the remainder of the year. and now, i would like to present you, sir, with their traditional national press club mug, which we are always pleased to do with our distinguished leaders. i know you may have other mugs, but this one is very special. [laughter] and i would like to ask -- [applause] look at the photographer. i would like to ask any journalists who interview president sassou-nguesso in his office to report if they do not see the mug there. [laughter] >> i will take my morning tea in this mug. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. >> our final question is generally in a lighter mood but this is a question not meant to be light or serious but a real practical issue. how often is your country confused with the democratic republic of co

as president, and i'm pleased that we have with us today as a distinguished guest his excellency, ibrahim rasul, the ambassador of south africa. [applause] on september 17th john g. stump, ceo of wells fargo be, will be with us. and on september 19th, larry merlot, president and ceo of cvs corporation, and stay tuned for more speakers planned by our speakers' committee under swrerly and donna for the remainder of the year. and now i'd like to present you, sir, with our traditional national press club mug which we are always pleased to do. [laughter] for our distinguished leaders. i know you may have other mugs, but this one is very special. [laughter] and i would like to ask -- [applause] i'd like to ask any journalist who interviewed president nguesso to report back to me if you don't see that mug there. [laughter] [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: well, i will take my morning tea in this mug, thank you very much. [applause] thank you. >> our final question is generally in a lighter mood, but this is a question not meant to be light or serious, but a real, practical issue. how o

and i'm pleased that we have with us today, as a distinguished guest, his excellency ibrahim rasul, theambassador of south africa. [applause] on september 17th, john g. stumpf, ceo of wells fargo will be with us. and on september 19th, larry merlo, president and ceo of cvs corporation. and stay tuned for more speakers planned by our speakers committee, under jerry zremski and donna leinwand for the remainder of the year. and now, i'd like to present you, sir, with our traditional national press club mug, which we are always pleased to do for our distinguished leaders. [laughter] i know you may have other mugs. but this one is very special. [laughter] and i would like to ask -- i'd like to ask any journalists who interviews president sassou-nguesso in his office, to report back to me if you don't see that mug there. [laughter] >> well, i will take my morning tea in this -- in this mug. thank you very much. [applause] thank you. >> our final question is generally in a lighter mood. but this is a question not meant to be light or serious, but a real practical issue. how often is your count

mo inn ibrahim. joint chief executive standard bank, mr.alala, co-founder and co-chief executive officer the carlyle group, mr. david rubenstein, and our moderator, president african development bank, dr. donald kabaruka. [applause] >> good morning. i want to thank ec tear of -- secretary of state jack lew for the kind words and for welcoming us here. we have the easiest subject which is finance, of course. [laughter] i do have a panel of extraordinary men here. and today we will talk about what does it take to get more financial flows into the african continent. two days ago here they were saying money's not the issue. the issue is what invests the money. and this morning everyone says africa is the place to be. so i want to begin with you, david. i recall a meeting in my office when you were launching the fund in africa. you and i had a conversation, and you said to me, look, i'll begin with south africa and nigeria. the rest i will see. how has it gone for you? >> well, first, i want to thank you for your support. when i was in your offi

but the iraqi government essentially threw maliki out, and installed ibrahim gentlemjaa the new presidentnditions of president obama to getting involved. isn't that a coincidence that would happen on the same day that the u.s. military begins their operations over iraq? >> yep. >> some call it sooner diplomatdiplomat call it serendipity. magic, and came together at the end. todd, the president, what the president is doing is understandable. look at polls. americans don't want involved in syria or the middle east. don't want involved in iraq or involved in afghanistan. we understand this. but this president is going to be looking -- just like -- they didn't wan bill clinton to go after osama bin laden in 1998. he admitted, had a shot, didn't take it. isis, it's a nightmare that continues to grow. poisonous gas again. it's poisonous gas spreading across the middle east. is barack obama going to look back at the moment he could have done something sooner? >> you you've got to wonder. i've talked to folks, former administration officials, a couple of former democratic senators who look at it