my feeling is that it will be a new syria. my feeling is that the syrians i think there is near you nan but certainly a large a lodge consensus. whether there are in activity engaged against the government or not. they all want -- to give up this presidential system. and have a parliamentary system. but then the problem does not come up if that's what happens. we are a little bit far from that. >> . >> all right, so that is the press conference being held right now by the u.n. arab league peace envoy, and he is being asked questions by reporters there. and james bays is listening in to that at the u.n. for us in new york. james. >> he is now based in the geneva, questions at this news conference, both in english, and in french. i thought the last question, although it goes away from where we are right now, with the drums of war beating was interesting when he was asked about a future syria, and the future role for president asaad. he went further saying most syrians want a new syria. most syrians do not want the current presid

news is working to confirm details. a 20-member u.n. chemical weapons team this in syria to investigate previous chemical weapons attacks claims. france will ask that team to visit the site of the alleged chemical attack today. >>> more breaking news. just into our newsroom magnitude 6.1 quake shaking guerrero mexico, 60 miles from acapulco. the shaking felt in mexico city. no reports of major damage or deaths. >>> breaking news in san jose. police spending several hours collecting evidence from the senior apartment complex, after a would-be burglar was shot by a security guard there. it happened near guadeloupe oak grove park on starwood place. bob redell. >> reporter: at the senior apartment complex here at coleman and almaden expressway. only indication something happened here the police officers investigating and if you see there in the mid ground, in front of the police squad cars a lot of broken glass. that's where we believe auto glass was blown out during the shooting. around 1:30, a squurt guard who we don't believe work for the complex on his way home when he sa

prepares for a possible new attack on syria, one new poll suggests there is public opposition to the idea. most americans believe the u.s. should not interconvenient in syria, even if chemical weapons were used. 44% say they are against u.s. intervention. 2% are in favor of military action. nearly one quarter of respondents were undecided. the margin of error is 4 percentage points. the antiwar sentiment is evidence from coast to coast. >> i'm torn. of course there is a big humanitarian crisis over there. but i feel like the u.s. economy is back on track, and we're not the world police. >> i don't think we should get involved. i think there are way too many problems domestically to be involved in foreign countries at this point. >> i feel bad what is going on there, but i don't feel like we can go into another war. we just got out of a war and right now we've got a lot of things at home to take care of. >> chemical weapons, i think the united states should get involved on behalf of people who cannot defend themselves. >> i would like to see more involvement of other countries, britain

. >>> news -- syria -- civil war in syria. >>> you have to come see this.ou think it's niagara falls but it's not. out of taiwan rain from a typhoon the source of all of this extra water. a dam spillway was used to release the overflow and you see it over the top of that dam reservoir station. that is incredible video. check that out this morning. >>> a couple held their wedding ceremony on a homemade raft of rising flood waters cut off the road from the town. ongoing torrential rain caused water levels to rise above the warning stage and flood the streets. ceremony was planned so the couple said you know what, we will do it anyway. and they say they will never forget the special day and it's a pretty good chance the three guys in the water will not forget it either. >>> all right. it's summer but you wouldn't know it from these pictures from colorado. look at that. 6 inches of hail covered denver creating a winter scene. the hail the heavy rain that pounded everything in its path. so they are dealing with quite a mess. on top of the hail the streets were f

new development on syria tonight.efense secretary just spoke to reporters about the possibility of a military strike against syria. speaking in the philippines hagel said the white house is still aiming to find an international coalition willing to act together on syria. >> the ayes to the right. 272, the no.'s to the left, 285. >> earlier britain's parliament voted against the possible military strike, prime minister disagreed with the vote, but said he would respect the will of the people. two white house also briefed members of congress tonight on syria, congressman said offi

syria under close room. this on the heels yesterday of a hacker group identifying itself as a syrian army disrupting websites. this is becoming a newimension. connell: thank you. we will talk about that. we have brian finch. rich talked about a couple other things. with the united states act in syria with or without approval, do you think? >> it seems to be that way. giving them time and information to prepare. president obama does not need the approval of congress to strike. he may want to consult congress. president does not need to go to congress and less he really wants a declaration of war or it will be a prolonged military operation. connell: they basically tipped their hands and some ways but what they want to do in syria. what does that tell you about the goals and what does it tell you about what it would like to accomplish? >> it tells us this is more about pageantry. we are not seeing a real strategy, not a military strategy, not even an object this. which fashion do we want to prevail in syria? it seems like the obama administration has gotten tired of the chorus. connell: it brings us to another point. what are the ram

news overnight. claims of a chemical weapons attack. the opposition in syria reporting hundreds are killed. the government denying the allegations. we are live with more. >>> school shootig scare. new information about the man police say stormed into a georgia elementary school and opened fire. >>> and those wildfires are torching the west. communities evacuated as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. it's been five days. >> good morning, welcome to "early start." i'm christine romans in for john berman. >> nice to you have. i'm zoraida sambolin. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> up first, we're learning more about the suspected gunman. 20-year-old michael brandon hill is in custody this morning. witnesses say the shooter told them he wasn't afraid to die. remarkably no one was injured in the shooting but as cnn's david mattingly telling us hundreds of students had the scare of their lives. >> reporter: hundreds of kids ages 4 to 10, running for safety as gunfire erupts inside the school. inside, the gunman tells them to call a tv station. >> i never discovered anything like this. he wan

abc news chief global affairs correspondent martha raditz tells us what this could mean for the united states. >> evidence of a chemical attack in syria is mounting. new images showing the horror. the president spent the day huddled behind closed doors with his national security team, weighing the evidence and has military options. >> we are still gathering information about this particular event, but it is very troublesome. >> among the options on the table, targeting syrian military or government buildings cruise missiles. four navy warships are in the area with tomahawk missiles. u.s. fighter jets could also attack, firing from outside syrian airspace so pilots would be out of harm's way. >> the administration has been very forthcoming in saying that risk must be low. we cannot risk getting servicemen and women hurt, and we don't want to get pulled into another quagmire in the middle east. >> nothing will happen until the u.s. confirms the chemical attack. syrian state tv claims the rebels were behind the attack. abandoning the position that no chemical attack occurred. u.n. officials in syria are pushing for access to the site for

weapons and what the fbi director is telling abc news about americans in syria. hey a new threat to our homeland. >>> text messages, the teenager abducted and rescued from the woods revealing what was in those messages and letters she exchanged with her kidnapper. >>> and vanished. watch these trees tonight disappear before our eyes. the massive sink hole caught on tape in one american community, what caused it, and this evening where it could happen next.

weapons and what the fbi director is telling abc news about americans in syria. are they a new threat to our homeland. >>> text messages, the teenager abducted and rescued from the woods revealing what was in those messages and letters she exchanged with her kidnapper. >>> vanished. watch these trees tonight disappear before our eyes. is massive sink hole in one american community, what caused it and where it could happen next. >> good evening. diane is off on this thursday night. we do begin with an american treasure threatened pie that fierce and growing wildfire tonight. yosemite park. this is the screen on the ground. the ancient sequoias, fire trucks rushing through valleys of fire and just listen tonight. the sound of that wildfire raging out of control, hundreds of firefighters now deployed. new evacuations under way. that fire one of at least 50 burning in the west tonight. where yosemite is declaring a state of emergency. neal karlinsky is on the front lines for us and he leads us off tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening from the south side of

news? >> with syria it is new, with plenty to worry about with the fed tapering we worry about the next fedhairman, the debt ceiling will come up again this fall. serve the we are worried about how strong will revenues or earnings be? the market has gone into a fall but in this sideways ttern it could st a little while. >> historically this is a weak time of year. >> i think the us cyclical bull market that we're now in the fifth year is nowhere near over the markets don't go straight up but we need a more notiable lak up to have stronger revenue and earnings growth. i think we will get it i cannot prove it but i don't think it starts tomorrow or the next day it will take time to unfold. lori: what centers have the best potential for revenue growth? >> the health care area remains the one defensive area, some of the product companies whether it be pharmaceuticals, some of the industrial space including aerospace defense with the free cash flow is strong. ha we will see some earnings growth and cash flow growth. lori: do i need to break it down even more? looking at the big caps right now? >

news. we are waiting on president obama to make some comments on syria from the white house. happens, we will, of course, bring those comments to you. i want to bring in kristen welker, nbc news white house correspondent, standing by for us right outside the white house. kristen, i want to play a piece of sound here for you from congressman elliott engle from the foreign relations committee and talk about it on the other side. this is what the congressman said just a few hours ago here on msnbc. take a listen. >> i think it's important for the president to do something because i think to do nothing would show every despot around the world that you can gas your own people, you can gas innocent civilians, you can gas children and get away with it. >> you've got congressman engle of course representing that school of thought. the white house no doubt hearing from scores of other lawmakers there on capitol hill who are saying whoa, whoa, mr. president. we would like to at least be consulted on this before any sort of military action. the president, as he frequently finds himself,

weighing is in options now for military action, but assad of syria sat down for an interview with the russian daily newspaper today, the state news agency in syria, releasing still photographs of him apparently being interviewed. we can't independently confirm them. but president assad apparently said, quote, referring to the united states, they can start a war but they will not know where it will spread or how it will end. he was then asked by the interviewer, how do you believe it will end? what will happen for the united states? he replied, quote, what it suffered in all its wars from vietnam until now. failure. so those in effect fighting words from president assad who may soon find himself the target of some sort of american military action. trace. >> trace: indeed he might. jonathan hunt live for us in new york. thank you. let's bring in now former u.n. ambassador to the u.n., john bolton, a fox news contributor and foreign affairs analyst and author, gordon cheng. ambassador to you first. you just heard secretary of state john kerry lay out a semi indictment of what they believe is the facts on theground that chemical weap

also next, new developments surrounding last week's alleged chemical attack in syria. what the white house is saying this morning. and emrats new zealand now just a win away from advance to go the america's cup final. what stopped the kiwis from closing out >> welcome back, everyone. 9:13 on this sunday morning, august 25th. this is a live look from our roof cam, showing you the fog engulfing the bridge. it's supposed to lift later today. what's in store weather-wise for the rest of the weekend and into the week? you have to stay tuned. lisa argen will be along shortly with your full accuweather forecast. >> new this morning, authorities in florida are investigating just what led a trucking company employee to go on a shooting spree that left two former colleagues dead and two others injured. according to police, 72-year-old hubert allen junior shot them yesterday at several locations around union county, florida. authorities say allen first shot and killed a 28-year-old former coworker, then went a short distance and fatally shot his 80-year-old former boss. later he s

. >> next on abc7 news, the investigation into an alleged come attack in syria. the dangerous situation the u.n. inspectors encountered today. >> a bay area soldier at humana, our medicare agents sit down with you and ask. being active. and being with this guy. [ male announcer ] getting to know you is how we help you choose the humana medicare plan that works best for you. mi familia. ♪ [ male announcer ] we want to help you achieve your best health, so you can keep doing the things that are important to you. taking care of our customers. taking care of her. and the next thing on our list is bungee jumping. [ male announcer ] helping you -- now that's what's important to us. >> president obama is about to award staff sergeant ty carter the nation's highest military on at the white house. originally from antioch, staff sergeant carter is receiving the medal for his courageous actions in afghanistan in october of 2009 when he braved enemy fire a half dozen times to carry injured soldiers to medical ail and deliver ammunition all during a firefight with the taliban

as the administration lays out the intelligence for a limited strike in syria, we have a new nbc news poll on syria, showing americans are split on how the nation should respond. chuck todd joins us now from the white house with more on that. good evening, chuck. >> reporter: good evening, lester. it's a divided and skeptical public on the idea of using military force. we found a majority against using military action against syria. 50% being against it. but when told that the military strike would only be cruise missiles, you saw a slight change where a majority then would favor that kind of action. now, there is no ambiguity from the public when it comes to how the president, when the president should go about doing this. nearly 80% believe he should wait until congress approves whether or not to do a military strike before he goes it alone on that front. and speaking of the president, lester, his approval rating when it comes to the issue of syria is not good at all. overall it's not great. but on the issue of syria, just 35% approve of how he's handled this crisis so far,less. it

syria tomorrow but that investigation won't reveal anything the u.s. doesn't already know. reporting live on capitol hill, i'm danielle leigh, news. >>> some inside syria appear to support u.s. intervention. amateur video posted online today reportedly shows about 100 people in a western province of syria calling on president obama to intervene. nbc news cannot authenticate the video as the community responds to today's developments in washington. richard engel reports. >> reporter: secretary kerry says they know where it was fired from, regime areas, knows where they handled, in rebel-held areas. knows what happened when 90 minutes later the bodies of more than 1400 people were collected in morgues and hospitals. no shrapnel, no blood, just men, women, and more than 400 children wrapped in still clean burials. many wondered whether this military strike would take place. the u.s. says no final decision has been made but tonight after secretary kerry has given this speech, it seems little doubt which direction the united states is now headed. richard engel, nbc news, turkey. >> concern over what may take place slowed the stock mar

the syrian war is moving onto a new phase, and the countries surrounding syria are bracing themselves for a new crisis. israelis have pushed their withs closer to the border syria. iran's mps ran through their repertoire. iran has warned of dire consequences if america, britain, and france attack syria. it will definitely have consequences and will set the entire region of blaze. government thee claret no attack would be launched, but in the huge camps of serious refugees, some that fled the war are demanding more airstrikes. thousands of refugees have been arriving in northern iraq. one justification for military action is it would protect civilians. not all theory and believe that. rians believe that. >> i am joined by our guest who served in coastal bow. sovo. ko christopher hill, is action against syria the right thing to do? think the u.s. or anyone should be indifferent to these chemical weapons. not want to respond, but it feels it has to respond. is unlikely to be a un security council resolution. i do not think there is much impediment in terms of the politics in the u.s. i t

syria. president obama said today he will not consider any option entailing boots on the ground. john sasaki is in the news room and talking to people that are monitoring the tension. >> people feel that the president talked himself to a corner. >> reporter: this man is a physician that lived in syria as a child and visit family there as recent as five years ago. >> it is near and dear to my heart. >> reporter: the chemical weapons attack on the syrian people hit him hard. >> my heart bleeds for these kids and families. these are my people. >> the prospect of missile strikes on the asad regime does not sit well with him. >> there is no win win situation. it is either a dictatorship or muslim brotherhood. >> reporter: there is no support for a u.s. military action. yesterday, the british parliament voted against joining the u.s. >> this is a regime that specializes in human rights abuse. >> at u. c. berkeley, they say president obama may have no other choice. >> his credibility is on the line. for chemical weapons to be used on civilians without provocation is the kind of thing that leads president obama wi

weapons and what the fbi director is telling abc news about americans in syria. are they a new threat to our homeland. >>> text messages, the teenager abducted and rescued from the woods revealing what was in those messages and letters she exchanged with her kidnapper. >>> and vanished. watch these trees tonight disappear before our eyes. the massive sink hole caught on tape in one american community, what caused it, and this evening where it could happen next. >> good evening. diane is off on this thursday night. we do begin with an american treasure threatened by that fierce and growing wildfire tonight. yosemite national park and that fire inching closer by the minute. this is the scene on the ground this evening. the ancient sequoias, fire trucks rushing through valleys of fire. and just listen tonight. the sound of that wildfire raging out of control, hundreds of firefighters now deployed. new evacuations under way. that fire one of at least 50 burning in the west tonight in the county where yosemite is just declaring a state of emergency. abc's neal karlinsk

defense secretary chuck hagel said obama has already asked the pentagon for options are in syria according to c.b.s. news potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons now up until this point the u.s. leader has been very cautious over intervening in syria previously saying quote the u.s. should be wary of being drawn into very expensive difficult costly interventions that actually breed more resentment in the region unquote however one year ago obama also said that chemical weapons used in syria would be a red line for the united states and now he is under pressure growing pressure to act u.s. officials have acknowledged that there is no conclusive evidence linking syrian president bashar al assad to this week's alleged chemical attacks nonetheless a state department spokesperson has also said that washington doesn't believe the rebels are capable of carrying out a chemical attack so logically this would lead one to think that the white house has already found the syrian government guilty of the alleged chemical weapons being used in syria now the media has also p

connell: breaking news from syria. new reports that the u.k. will officially request a u.n. investigation into an alleged gas attack by the syria government. opposition groups say 100 people, including children killed, when government forces fired rockets with chemical warheads into the suburbs of damascus. they claim that happened earlier today. let's bring in from fox news, leeland vittor. leeland? >> the rebels uploaded a number of videos online showing the aftermath, and some we can show you, some are horrific; others, just no word in the english language to describe how awful they are to watch. they show a number of people, children especially, suffering after what appears to be a chemical attack, and we know this because there's a lot of folks in agony, a number of dead bodies there, and no apparent wounds pointing to indeed a chemical attack as rebels have said. the death toll is escalating, numbers as high as 1,000, although those are unconfirmed reports as of now. the syria government, for their part, says that these claims of a temper

forces could strike syria within a couple of days. nbc news says senior u.s. officials told them missile strikes against syria could be launched as early as thursday. the sources say three-day strikes are planned and would be limited in scope. they would be aimed at sending a message to syrian president bashar al assad. white house spokesman says the u.s. response to syria has not yet been decided. >> the president continues to work with his national security team reviewing the options available to him. when he has made a decision he will make the announcement. he said the u.s. has a firm assessment that the assad regime has maintained control of the chemical weapons stock pile. carney also said the u.s. officials will release the findings of the probe within a week. >> translator: the chemical massacre of damascus cannot go without a response and france is ready to punish those who took the decision to gas innocent people. he said he will increase french military support to syria's main opposition group, the syrian national coalition. united nations officials

and british drive to launch a military operation against syria's come up against new hurdles both at home and abroad it westminster parliament spin debating for hours now with the prime minister up again skeptical piece david cameron told them it's highly likely that the assad regime is behind the attack but there's no one hundred percent proof let's go live to london r.t. sara firth is there hi sara i was are talking in the commons what's been said so far if you can somewhat up for us. well you've had this massive debate that's underway as we speak and peace debating in the house of commons of course the government nation that could pave the way for military action i thought m.p.'s were caught from their summer break at the prime minister forced to watered down that nation in the face of labour's refusal to back so a second vote will now be needed any military action is going to be authorized but the prime minister really laying out his case in the house of commons today for military action we know that that is the course of action that he wants to take and he has been very clearly

. >>> developing news from syria. at least ten villages were attacked today with chemical gas. those towns are east and north of the capital damascus. the death toll is staggering here. rebels telling nbc as many as 1,200 men, women, and children were killed. the government denies the use of any chemical weapons. more than 100,000 syrians have been killed in the country's two and a half year civil war. >>> oklahoma shooting, prosecutors saying three teenagers targeted, shot, and killed a 22 year old because they were bored. christopher lane was randomly shot while jogging. 15-year-old james edwards jr. and 16-year-old luna are charged with first-degree murder, michael jones is charged as an accessory. police say he was driving the car the teens were in. lane was visiting his girlfriend and her family in the town of duncan, oklahoma. the australian college baseball player was out for a run when he was shot once in the back. his father in australia says the murder was pointless. >>> firefighters still burning in 11 states. it's 12 days old and already burned 158 square miles, for

al-jazeera is closely watching the developments from all parts in the middle east and for all news on syriavisit us on our website. >>> the fast-moving wildfire continues to rage in and around yosemite national park. it is now only 7% contained. at risk, more than 4500 homes and businesses. what is going on at this hour? this map shows us why there is so much concern. the hydroelectric plant there provides water and power for more than two million people including greater san francisco. as you can see, the flames are burning next to the reservoir and water and power station. that plant has been shut down for safety reasons. now more from melissa chan who has been in tolume county on the front lines of this fast fire for several days. >> firefighters are doing their best to battle the fire at yosemite national park. we tried to travel as close to yosemite as possible and actually hit fire. we saw firefighters trying to prevent the fire from crossing the road, they had to pull back and we pulled back with them. the reservoir and power plant have since been closed but san francisco residents w

news. reports of poise onnous gas attacks in syria with an alleged death toll skyrocket between dozens and t out reports and give you new details from the united nations, next. >>> plus, breaking news. in san jose's upscale almaden valley. a security guard shoots at a suspect outside a senior living center. >>> out of control wildfire tearing through terrain at yosemite. we'll tell you about campsites under evacuation orders and the local national guardsmen called out to fight the fire. >>> a bit of luck in the bay area. we are seeing that fire danger start to decrease. temperatures will be cooler and feel more comfortable. not as sticky out there. i'll let you know when the dry bay heat area returns. >>> a crash, emergency closurcl. we'll sort out the san jose commute, coming up live to the golden gate bridge where it's too dark outside to see the golden towers on this wednesday, august 21st. this is "today in the bay."

news. >> very tense days in syria. for arate team is filming program -- panorama. of anave seen the results attack by government forces with an incendiary bomb. this appears to have contained thermite, that blows at high temperatures and inflicts terrible injuries. this report,t which contains extremely distressing images. the blanket to cover the corpse. there is no dignity in death in syria. the end of the school day, a the incendiary bomb that killed

and around the world there is breaking news in the show down with syria. president obama making a case for a military strike possibly. he says there is clear proof the regime was behind the use of deadly chemical weapons. the president also says he has not yet made a final decision on his military options, but he certainly appears to be moving closer and closer to using force. >> in no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a long-term campaign, but we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act that would help make sure that not only syria but others around the world understand that the international community cares about maintaining this chemical weapons ban. >> we'll have the very latest developments this hour including graphic video of a new chemical attack. and is the president doing the right thing if he goes at it alone? will it mean for america if he does? i'll talk to the former chief of the united nations weapons inspector. >>> plus, the nfl's landmark concussion

artificial, unsubstantiated pretext for the armed interference in the region may result in new sufferings in syria. >> he says the decision to postpone a meeting with russia was regrettable. diplomats were due to discuss the alleged use of chemical weapons. >>> time now for the latest in business news. investors are spooked. they're uneasy with the idea that western countries could launch strikes against syria. ai joins us from the business desk. what's the latest? >> investors really on edge, catherine. we saw stocks tumble left and right, markets pummeled 2% in each. as for wall street, the dow jones industrial average closed out 14,776, which is down 1.1%, and the nasdaq closed out 3,578, down more than 2%. well, let's see how japanese stock markets are reacting. we head over to ramin mellegard for that over at the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, how are stocks at the open? >> more of the same negative reaction right here, ai. let's go straight to the opening levels for august 28th. you can see exactly what i'm talking about, down over 2%, 2.37% for the nikkei. 13,220 and over 2% for the top ix, a

." >>> breaking news now at 4:36. happening in syria this morning where rebels are claiming the syrian government has used chemical weapons in its latest attack near the capital of damascus. video you are about to see, we warn you, may be hard to watch. a rebel spokesman telling nbc news government forces fired several rockets with poisonous gas heads hitting at least ten towns and villages. the spokesman claims more than 1200 people are dead, many of whom reportedly women and children. the syrian government is denying the claim, calling them baseless. nbc is working to confirm all of these reports. a 20-member u.n. chemical weapons team is in syria to investigate previous claims of chemical attacks. >>> 4:36. new this morning, tense moments in san francisco's city hall overnight as police moved in to clear out dozens of student protesters. 150 students from city college in san francisco staged a sit-in, the mayor do something to save the college from being forced to close its doors next year. >> the mayor won't be willing to meet the s

syria. we all await his decision as does the world. martha: we have new reports from the "wall street journal" that the white house is moving quickly on this because they have reason to believe syria is planning to launch another chemical attack in the country's largest city aleppo. wait wants to accomplish with action. molly henneberg is live at the white house leading our coverage. what is the white house saying? >> the u.s. has to get involved because the world community cannot leave a chemical attack or chemical attacks plural unanswered. but the white house says the goal is not to out of syrian president bashar al-asaad. even though the obama administration believes this is not the only chemical weapons attack by the regime this year. >> the options being considered by the president and his national security team are not around the question of whether chemical weapons were used in syria on a massive scale causing death and injury to innocents women and children. its many not whether they are responsible, it's what is the he appropriate response to th

my next guest said that conflict in syria creates a unfriendly environment for the markets despite some up lifting economic news today, welcome steven whiting. syria, a new worry that many investors are not app days pay theeing, how does it affect the market. >> it added to a range of concern, tapering issue by fed goes on and on. the general troubel that has been in emerging markets, trouble to get savings flows they had in past decade, a lot of turmoil in the currency markets. lori: why is that important? many are hitting multiyear lows right now? >> this is a big trend change, in last decade dollar fell in 8 out of 10 years through 2011, and domestic investors tried to move their money overseas are international investors tried to leave dollar-based assets but the dollar got cheap, a lot of things like pick up in crude oil supplies from united states, making effect of syria and other disruptions in the middle east minimal, which is attracting flows to the u.s. dollar again. >> many u.s. investors diversify with investment in emerging markets, extreme outperformers, over the last decade, is that now reversing

breaking news, disturbing new imagines out of syria after an >>> good morning. out of syria after an apparent napalm-like attack by government forces on a crowded school. this as the white house reaches out to lawmakers to make its case for military intervention. but will the u.s. have to go it alone? we're live on the syrian border and in washington. >>> going up. a dramatic spike in gas prices over the last 48 hours. the largest jump of the summer, just as millions of drivers get ready for the big holiday weekend. >>> and two lost kittens bring an entire new york city subway line to a standstill.

being very sad and shocking video of dead victims in syria reporting that the assumption is that the syrian government is behind the mass killing. new reports from syria so the army has discovered chemicals in the area earlier controlled by opposition forces and despite no confirmation of reports of the government carried out a chemical attack international pressure on assad is increasing the french foreign minister insists all indications suggest the government was behind the massacre and wants to respond with force if the allegations approve the u.k. foreign secretary william hague also said it was a chemical attack by the assad regime and has a similar voice from sweden its foreign minister claimed he had a hard time coming to any conclusion other than that deadly chemicals were used by the regime's forces and turkey joined in calling for a necessary response to what it condemned as the crime against humanity well this is a bomber called america an indispensable nation in stabilizing the middle east yet there has been no international reaction so far on the chemical findings or the tsunami or his middle east correspondent as more

obama is sending intelligence officials to capitol hill to update lawmakers on the developing news from syria. this morning, u.n. chemical weapons experts headed out to a new area to collect samples of a possible chemical attack in syria. it could take several days for them to finish their work. the president says he has not yet decided whether to attack syria for allegedly using chemical weapons. >> we have concluded that the syrian government in fact carried this out and if that's so then there need to be international consequences. >> the british parliament is voting today on a bill that would block military action until after the u.n. inspectors finish their report. >>> one person is in custody in connection with the violent home invasion robbery in vallejo, a second suspect remains on the run. police arrested a man for posing as a pg&e worker and entering a home this month. he and his partner in crime pistol-whipped one of the people living in the house and tied up everyone in the house including a 6-year-old girl as they took cash and other items. police are still looking for darryl lee

. >> bashar al-assad and his wife asma have been prisonortrayedes representing the new syria. not anymore. brian todd spoke to someone who once worked for the syrian first lady. >> she is photographed consoling families of deceased soldiers and she visits victims of the war her husband fights so ruthlessly. in a glowing profile vogue magazine called her a rose in the desert and abruptly pulled the piece off the web. these are the contradictions of asma al-assad, married for a dozen years to syria's embattled dictator. >> how does she rationalize this? >> i think it would be very hard for her to do that. i think she is standing by her man. she threw her lot in with bashar a long time ago. >> he knows asma al-assad and worked with her at a charity syria and believes she understands the gravity of what's going on there. in an interview with cnn two years before it started, she spoke about the condition of palestinians in gaza. >> think about when you put your children to bed at night and this is something i think about on a daily basis. you put your children to bed at night and y

the nbc news poll asked americans whether the u.s. should launch an attack on syria in response to the chemical weapons attack four% said yes, but 50% said more. but more supported military action when told the attack would not include ground troops or aircraft. 50% supported that kind of limited attack. 44% opposed it. and when it came to the president seeking congressional approval before launching any attack, nearly eight out of ten people polled by nbc said they want congress to give the president its blessing. just 16% said congressional approval was unnecessary. paul, i understand the while house is having more consultations. >> the american people seem to want the president to seek approval, congressional blessing, but it isn't at all clear that they are going to give it. this afternoon as we heard last night, first in a tweet from the press office of minority leaders mitch mcconnell, the administration will brief the republican members of the senate again today, this afternoon. about the plan for any attacks on syria. now this comes on the heels of aen confer

big time in washington amid all the syria news.just happen to be living there, not really having to do with this crisis, it's going to be a warm, warm day for you. 9 degree 2 degrees. >> sorry. was that real world for reals? >> for reals. sorry. that's what i say. >>> no weapons on campus, but -- >> one school is using a rifle to its benefit. wncn reports that they will receive proceeds from a rifle raffle. some say this is inappropriate in light of sandy hook and other shootings, but tickets have been sold at $5 a pop. >>> the justice department now says it will not challenge laws on the books that allow people to smoke pot for recreational use. >> cnn's nick wolen krichcia jo. >> they're not going to preempt these states that have passed the recreational marijuana use. as you mentioned, it's things like going after drug trafficking, cartels, drunk drivi driving. what this really does is highlights something that's been promised. there have been similar promises by the obama administration before. early on in his tenure, eric hold

♪ theme >> we begin tonight with appalling new pictures from syria.he images were taken soon after the alleged chemical weapons attack and appear to show men, women, children and animals that died suddenly in the streets. at the same time, there's no pressure on syria to cooperate with u.n. investigators. first, this warning, the pictures are extremely graphic. we have a report from syria. >> there seems little doubt that some sort of chemical weapon killed these people. this video was shot by an independent journalist for britain's i.t.v. news. victims lie where they fell, men and women, some with their children at their side, their faces con torted in pain, frozen in the agonizing moments they died. whatever killed these people killed in discriminately, a cat, a flock of sheep, and only feet away, a small creator and exploded metal, evidence, witnesses say of one of the missiles that delivered whatever ended these people's lives. >> it was a small explosion. when we went down to see what's going on, we smelled a strange odor. people said we need to

time to get the latest on syria and the rest of the world in national news. we begin with the ongoing crisis in syria. many developments around the world. u.s. president barack obama has said he has concluded the syrian government did use chemical weapons in damascus last week. obama told american public television he had made no decision so far on the use of military force, but he said syria's alleged use of chemical weapons had broken "international norms. nathan kane joins me now to explain that and much more. >> u.s. president barack obama keeping his cards close to his chest when it comes to military action. he said he did not want a prolonged war with syria, but also said he is convinced the governor -- the government of bashar al-assad has used chemical weapons, noticing the rockets were of a type only used by the syrian army. he said it was time for action by the international community since the depths of maybe hundreds if not over 1000 in last wednesday's alleged attack. >> we have concluded that the syrian government in fact carried this out. if tha