i am katty kay. is bbc world news america. i am katty kay. a meeting over syrian chemical weapons. with sharp words, this is not a game. >> this is simply not enough which is why we come here, and why we work with the russians. >> divers search of this river for the body of a one and a half-year-old daughter of a man who threw her in because she was a girl. and the voyager one goes where no object has gone before, the first man-made object to leave the solar system. >> welcome to our viewers on public television and around the globe. diplomacy is underway to solve the syrian crisis. tonight, the american and russian foreign secretaries talk in geneva to see if they can find a place to meet where they will put serious chemical weapons under control. -- issad government is seeking to join this coalition. but nobody thinks that this will be easy. geneva is a world away from the horrors of syria, but this is the city where chemical weapons were outlawed almost a century to go. now, the two key foreign sergeirs, john kerry and lavrov, try to break two years of deadlocks over syria. not

you heard katty kay talking about napalm.s some doubt on it, if there's some doubt, no, we shouldn't strike. but i believe it. it's a shame. this is a messy situation. we would have been much better off letting syria continue to sort out instead of us engaging but at a certain point when somebody uses chemical weapons, that's where we draw lines. >> look at both sides, mark halperin. if you strike syria, with the reasons for it, would be what? just the moral reasons or potential that a country using chemical weapons on its people could spread in the region? what are the reasons to strike? >> the only reason to do it is american credibility and more reality to say a leader cannot do this. i think the aftermath, there's no good outcome. a strike will have huge backlash in the region. i think you do a limited strike, which is what's being talked about and then assad uses more chemical weapons. i think it's, without the support of the arab league, i think a strike, as mucmuch as t line has been drawn is not a good idea unless you

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i am katty kay. america and iran hold unprecedented top level meetings as president romani says nuclear disarmament is his country -- rouhani says nuclear disarmament is his country's number one priority. and his pictures capture the faces of a generation. tonight, we hear about a photojournalist known simply as l'americain. welcome to viewers on public television and around the globe. the president of iran has told the united nations that nuclear disarmament is his first priority. this can shortly before the american secretary of state and american foreign minister -- and iranian foreign minister held a meeting, the highest level encounter in four decades. >> the meeting has just ended between the five permanent members of the un security council, germany, and the iranian delegation. foreign secretary william hague said the tone and spirit of the meeting were good. he said it was a big improvement. he described it as a good start. cathy ashton, representing the european union, called it a substantia

i am katty kay. america and iran hold unprecedented top level meetings as president romani says nuclear disarmament is his country -- rouhani says nuclear disarmament is his country's number one priority. and his pictures capture the faces of a generation. tonight, we hear about a photojournalist known simply as l'americain. welcome to viewers on public television and around the globe. the president of iran has told the united nations that nuclear disarmament is his first priority. this can shortly before the american secretary of state and american foreign minister -- and iranian foreign minister held a meeting, the highest level encounter in four decades. >> the meeting has just ended between the five permanent members of the un security council, germany, and the iranian delegation. foreign secretary william hague said the tone and spirit of the meeting were good. he said it was a big improvement. he described it as a good start. cathy ashton, representing the european union, called it a substantia

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reporting from washington, i am katty kay. a shutdown. after midnight tonight, the u.s. shut down.could be and a city in serial was destroyed by incendiary bombs, and we go back see how the children are still suffering. and he helped iran in the world cup. we are hearing from the american coach who is practicing diplomacy. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. most powerful government may shut its doors tonight as republicans and democrats failed to agree on what to do about health care reform. last-minute wrangling did not reach a consensus, making a shutdown very likely. initially, 700,000 federal workers will be affected, many told to stay home because they will not get paid. moments ago, president obama urged house republicans to rethink their strategy. faction of one party in one house of congress in one does not government get to shut down the entire government just to fight the results of an election. keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. services running and hundreds of thousands of americans o

>> i'm simply saying, katty -- >> let's listen.e president of the united states. tell the conservative member of congress why they should support this. >> i would say i am as frustrated as any typical house republican is -- >> why should i support it? >> guess what, at the end of the day, right now, you are expressing a frustrated sentiment. a sentiment is not a policy. we have a policy debate right now about what to do about a rogue nation that is bogged down in a civil war that is experimenting with chemical weapons. has the united states of america -- forget about the president drew the red line or not. imagine the president didn't draw the red line -- >> by the way, let's just -- yeah, the red line has been there for quite some time. and president obama was not the first to draw it. >> by the way, when the president did draw it, it's not like congressional republicans were opposed to it. no congressional republican is saying don't draw that red line. they were never criticizing president obama for doing too much. they were crit

. >>> when we come back, our roundtable, bill kristol, gwen ifill, katty kay, and robert gibbs.re back in 60 seconds. y. he was a matted mess in a small cage. so that was our first task, was getting him to wellness. without angie's list, i don't know if we could have found all the services we needed for our riley. from contractors and doctors to dog sitters and landscapers, you can find it all on angie's list. we found riley at the shelter, and found everything he needed at angie's list. join today at angieslist.com want to save on electricity? don't use it. live like they did long ago. or just turn off the lights when you leave a room. you can conserve energy wisely. the more you know. >>> "meet the press" continues with our political roundtable. >>> joining thus morning, bill kristol, gwen ifill, katty kay, and robert gibbs. now here's david gregory. >> and welcome to all of you. great to have you all. so much to get to. bill kristol, you posted this yesterday afternoon, a full debate at "the weekly standard," a full debate in congress would be appropriate and desirable. do yo

. >>> joining thus morning, bill kristol, gwen ifill, katty kay, and robert gibbs.'s david gregory. >> and welcome to all of you. great to have you all. so much to get to. bill kristol, you posted this yesterday afternoon, a full debate at "the weekly standard," a full debate in congress would be appropriate and desirable. do you applaud the president for making this switch? >> yes. i mean, i wish we had intervened or he could have intervened a year or two ago, we would have had better options. there was no reason not to go to congress and good reasons to go. i think he did the right thing. i think we'll have a healthy national debate if next week or two. i think he'll prevail in congress. and i think the republican party will support the president, do the right thing for the country despite doubts about the character of the military assault he's about to launch. i think the republican party will step up and do the right thing and support the president against a chemical weapons using terror-responsibilitiering, iran-backed dictator. >> gwen ifill, the inside washin

katty kay back on set., mark halperin, mike barnicle along with jeremy peters on capitol hill and joining us from washington, pulitzer-prize winning associate editor of "the washington post" and author of "the price of politics" bob woodward and senior adviser to president obama, director of university of chicago's institute of politic and msnbc contributor david axelrod. guys, good morning. >> good morning. >> so the big question obviously on everyone's mind this morning, did you see the finale of "breaking bad"? let's cut right to it. >> i did. >> did you? >> yeah. >> don't give anything away. >> hey, bob, start with you on the shutdown, we'll get into some of the nuts and bolts over what's happening over the week and today. what do you make of the way washington is operating right now? >> it's a disaster. the new reporting on what happened last year on the fiscal cliff shows that speaker boehner's chief of staff mike summers declared we are now the republican majority, primarily a blocking group. in othe

but i think in the end the president believes the strength is in a broad coalition. >> katty, what doout all this? >> i think rob setter being diplomatic at best. the sequencing of the week's events looks indecisive at best and perhaps weak and muddled at worst. i mean, it was an extraordinary week in which you had kerry come out effectively and say this terrible thing has happened, we have to respond, and then at the end of the week the president changes course. you can make the counter argument that people in israel and people in iran are watching the deliberations this week and thinking america is going to vacillate and is not going to act until it goes to congress. that causes delays, and it's causing quite a lot of uncertainty around the world. in that region in europe as well. what is the american strategy here? it looks confused. it looks unclear. it looks even as if the military outcomes and the political outcomes are not clearly laid out and clearly aligned. >> bill kristol, what i heard secretary kerry say today is even if congress says no the president will say yes. he's de

. >> i am katty kay. dramatic new fitted from nairobi shows the incredible extent of damage after a siege that left dozens dead. rescuers searched through the rubble in pakistan after a powerful earthquake killed more than 300 people there. she spent her life in the political spotlight. tonight we speak with chelsea clinton about her role in the family foundation. welcome to our viewers on public elevation in america and around the globe. al-shabaab, the islamist group responsible for killing dozens of people in a shopping center in nairobi, said it was carrying out a vetting process of muslims would not be hurt in the raid. 137 people were killed, which is disputed by kenyan authorities which say it over 60 people died. from inside footage what is left of the mall. the scale of destruction is staggering. who did this, the gunman or the kenyan forces storming the holding. this is -- storming the building. this is the landscape in which experts must search for answers, for more bodies, and for identities o

. >> i am katty kay. dramatic new fitted from nairobi shows the incredible extent of damage after a siege that left dozens dead. rescuers searched through the rubble in pakistan after a powerful earthquake killed more than 300 people there. she spent her life in the political spotlight. tonight we speak with chelsea clinton about her role in the family foundation. welcome to our viewers on public elevation in america and around the globe. al-shabaab, the islamist group responsible for killing dozens of people in a shopping center in nairobi, said it was carrying out a vetting process of muslims would not be hurt in the raid. 137 people were killed, which is disputed by kenyan authorities which say it over 60 people died. from inside footage what is left of the mall. the scale of destruction is staggering. who did this, the gunman or the kenyan forces storming the holding. this is -- storming the building. this is the landscape in which experts must search for answers, for more bodies, and for identities o

>> and now, "bbc world news >> this is bbc world news, reporting from washington, i'm katty kay. obama's language signaling and opening to meet with the president of iran. it can serve as a major step down a long road. >> kenya says the shopping mall siege is over. the president announces three days of mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack. and could the fuel of the future be found in our trash cans? norway is meeting -- leading the way in making sure nothing goes to waste. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in a speech at the united nations this evening, iranian president rouhani says his country's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and not for weapons. he says he hopes the dialogue with the united states rather than conflict. here's is a portion of what he had to say. openly that notwithstanding the position of others, this has been and will theys be the objective of islamic republic of iran, nuclear weapons and weapons of placeistraction have no in our doctrine and contradict our fundamental religious and ethical convi

with us on set, we have the washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kaye and eugene robinson and former white house press secretary and msnbc contributor, robert gibbs, senior political editor and white house correspondent for the "huffington post," sam stein. and senior national correspondent for bloomberg business week, josh green. we'll get right to the news. does anyone want to crystallize what's been going down on the past 24 hours? >> not exactly crystallizable. >> it's confusing. i think it's now republicans self-destruct. i don't know what the word -- >> chaos is the industry here. >> that's what we've been seeing all the time. this is different. >> special chaos. >> seasonal chaos. for breakfast every morning. >> it's not special word, it's chaos part 7. >> we'll let the story speak for itself. there are just three days before the threat of the federal government shutting down becomes a reality. later today, the senate will begin voting on a bill to fund the government. majority leader, harry reid will then look to amend the bill, stripping of it any language to defu

." >> reporting from washington, i am katty kay.ian forces are trying to retake a christian city. our bbc reporter is there. united nations powers try to putting syrian chemical weapons under international control. and why just did the woolly its demise? scientists have an answer, and we will let you in on the new research. public to our viewers on television in america and elsewhere around the globe. members of the united nations security council have been meeting tonight to discuss the russian plans to dealing with the syrian crisis, including putting their chemical weapons under international control, but while the world and liberates, the fighting in serious has intensified, with government groups battling hard to try to regain a city. our bbc reporter is there and starts our coverage. pilgrims used to take this road in, and now, it isn't empty, lonely drive. the road has been fought over several times since this area was seized last week. the civilians, half christians, have muslims. late afternoon. since the morning, the syria

>> and now, "bbc world news >> this is bbc world news, reporting from washington, i'm katty kay. obama's language signaling and opening to meet with the president of iran. it can serve as a major step down a long road. >> kenya says the shopping mall siege is over. the president announces three days of mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack. and could the fuel of the future be found in our trash cans? norway is meeting -- leading the way in making sure nothing goes to waste. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and around the globe. in a speech at the united nations this evening, iranian president rouhani says his country's nuclear program is for peaceful purposes and not for weapons. he says he hopes the dialogue with the united states rather than conflict. here's is a portion of what he had to say. openly that notwithstanding the position of others, this has been and will theys be the objective of islamic republic of iran, nuclear weapons and weapons of placeistraction have no in our doctrine and contradict our fundamental religious and ethical convi

with us on set, we have the washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kaye and eugene robinsontary and msnbc contributor, robert gibbs, senior political editor and

i'm katty kay. thanks for watching. >> make sense of international news at bbc.com/news. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york,stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, >> and unionnk. bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: the gunman who murdered 12 people at washington's navy yard showed signs of mental illness and complained of hearing voices, but was still able to keep his security clearance. >> ifill: plus, the story of families whose lives have been washed away by devastating floods in colorado. >> i actually saw

>> and now, "bbc world news >> this is bbc world news america, reporting from washington, i'm katty kay. a key senate panel votes to give president obama the authority to use military force in syria, paving the way for of will and rational decision. it is being met with defiance in damascus, where civilians are lining up to become human shields. telling the just time. the smart watch could do the same with just the flip of her wrist, if you really want it. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. tonight the u.s. congress moves one step closer to authorizing the use of force in syria, but it was just one small step in one long difficult process. the senate foreign relations committee approved the measure paving the way for it votes in the full senate. president obama is on his way to russia for the summit and he said the strike is not just a test of his own credibility, but of the whole world. the widererica to world. president obama line -- landed in sweden and almost immediately had to justify his plans to attack syria. the swedish prime minist

i am katty kay. is bbc world news america. i am katty kay. a meeting over syrian chemical weapons.arp words, this is not a game. >> this is simply not enough which is why we come here, and why we work with the russians. >> divers search of this river for the body of a one and a half-year-old daughter of a man who threw her in because she was a girl. and the voyager one goes where

if you would like to reach me on bbc.er, i am at katty kay >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, union bank, and united health care. costs.umers can compare it can work that way with health care. i get information, quality ratings, treatment options, and estimates of how much i will pay. that helps me and my guys make informed decisions. myo not like guesses with business, and definitely not with our health. >> that is health in numbers. care.d health >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to understand the industry you operate in, working to nurture new ventures and help provide capital for key strategic decisions. we offer expertise and tailored solutions in a wide range of industries. what can we do for you? >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet, los angeles. . . captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> woodruff: battle lines hardened over federal spending today, a bill to fund the government looks set to clear the senate, but house speaker john boehner warned his chamber may block it. good eve

reporting from washington, i am katty kay. the u.s. federal reserve will keep pumping money into the economy. -- surprise decision keeps sent the dow jones to a record high. mexico is hit by two designating -- devastating storms. thousands of tourists are stranded. and germany has been cruising and economic fast lane. now voters will decide whether angela merkel deserves to get the credit. on come to our viewers public television in america and also around the globe. the federal reserve has said it will not reduce the amount of money it has been pumping into the u.s. economy. instead, it says it wants more evidence that signs of economic progress can be sustained. the news sent markets soaring. our economic reporter has this report. >> for years, the federal reserve has helped to keep global market awash with cash. one of these days, it wants to stop doing that. but investors who tuned in from around the world today found out the end of the cheap money area-- era was not starting quite yet. >> the committee concluded that the economic

but as katty said, that gives cause to take action. in the context of iraq, that was the success of desert fox in late 1998. it had the effect of virtually destroying saddam hussein's wmd capability. it was far better than we thought it was. so it does advance. the real issue, part one issue for congress is, okay, the president may still seek the mccain formula. give diplomacy a chance but authorize in advance a strike if diplomacy fails. that takes you back to 2002 where the bush administration asked for a vote. that vote was seen as leverage in the united nations, then bush started the war anyway. i don't know if congress is going to give him that advanced capability. work this. if it fails, come back to this. >> does congress really care how verifiable this is. there's such a sigh of relief on capitol hill. whew, dodged that one. we didn't have to go and do the vote or authorize the military strike. what happens in six month's time we don't really care about whether actually all those chemical weapons turned over. we're glad we got

reporting from washington, i am katty kay. a shutdown. after midnight tonight, the u.s.hut down.could be and a city in serial was destroyed by incendiary bombs, and we go back see how the children are still suffering. and he helped iran in the world cup. we are hearing from the american coach who is practicing diplomacy. welcome to our viewers on public television in america and also around the globe. most powerful government may shut its doors tonight as republicans and

i am katty kay.rica and iran hold unprecedented top level meetings as president romani says nuclear disarmament is his country -- rouhani says nuclear disarmament is his country's number one priority. and his pictures capture the faces of a generation. tonight, we hear about a photojournalist known simply as l'americain. welcome to viewers on public television and around the globe. the president of iran has told the united nations that nuclear disarmament is

reporting from washington, i am katty kay. the u.s.eral reserve will keep pumping money into the economy. -- surprise decision keeps sent the dow jones to a record high. mexico is hit by two designating -- devastating storms. thousands of tourists are stranded. and germany has been cruising and economic fast lane. now voters will decide whether angela merkel deserves to get the credit.

>> and now, "bbc world news >> this is bbc world news, reporting from washington, i'm katty kay. obama's language signaling and opening to meet with the president of iran. it can serve as a major step down a long road. >> kenya says the shopping mall siege is over. the president announces three days of mourning for the victims of the terrorist attack. and could the fuel of the future be found in our trash cans? norway is meeting -- leading th

." >> reporting from washington, i am katty kay.forces are trying to retake a christian city. our bbc reporter is there. united nations powers try to putting syrian chemical weapons under international control. and why just did the woolly mammoth meat

. >> i am katty kay.matic new fitted from nairobi shows the incredible extent of damage after a siege that left dozens dead. rescuers searched through the rubble in pakistan after a powerful earthquake killed more than 300 people there. she spent her life in the political spotlight. tonight we speak with chelsea clinton about her role in the family foundation. welcome to our viewers on public elevation in america and around the globe. al-shabaab, the islamist group responsible for killing dozens of people in a shopping center in

>> and now, "bbc world news >> this is bbc world news america, reporting from washington, i'm katty kayy senate panel votes to give president obama the authority to use military force in syria, paving the way for of will and rational decision. it is being met with defiance in damascus, where civilians are lining up to become human shields. telling the just time. the smart watch could do the same with just the flip of her wrist, if you really want it.

on set katty kay. mike barn cal, nicole wallace and visiting professor from nyu, harold ford jr. and in washington columnist, associate editor for "the washington post" david ignatius. david, you have a piece in the post this morning talking about president obama's syria strategy off the assad interview. you're giving him more credit than most people have been in the last month mainly reaching for a good outcome however he got there. >> i've been puzzled frankly at the very harsh criticism of president obama for doing this deal with russia to control syria's chemical weapons. and the reason i've been surprised this is the kind of framework that tu has been looking for for two years. people have said this is a problem from hell. the best outcome people from both parties thought would be some kind of negotiated settlement that would first bring the chemical weapons under control and then move towards real political dialogue about transition and those are the things that's happening now and surprisingly president obama rather than getting credit for what the public in america wants