conducting an investigation as actually visited the alleged site of the alleged incident as noted the o.p.c. w. plans to start its probe later on when so although that's now been postponed while the world health organization is not on the ground there so far. there's a thing we have it's called intelligence gathering the united states has excellent intelligence gathering other countries do as well so i would ask you should the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months this is you know actually scandalous that the u.s. has launched a strike based on insurgent tied social media sources well this is exactly what defense secretary jim maddest said at a briefing several days ago where he didn't have solid intelligence on any chemical attack and do know what he did have were social media reports people saying stuff on the internet and who were those people the same people that state department spokesperson heather now what's referring to there the syrian whi

o.p.c. w. is planning to visit duma will full member leave rowin of course come back to that situation changes thank you. as if it's the us now where the republican house speaker paul ryan says he won't run for reelection he'll serve out his current term before retiring in january ryan's announcement follows a series of regional election wins for democrats and mounting republican concerns about holding on to their majority in the house of representatives present donald trump acknowledged the decision on twitter saying ryan would leave behind a legacy of achievement. a military plane has crashed in algeria killing at least two hundred and fifty seven people now it happened near the blue fabric military airport south of the capital algiers maria honda has more. two hundred fifty seven people were on board the military aircraft it went down shortly after takeoff crashing near a military airport south of l.g. is the defense ministry says that many of the passengers were soldiers some of them accompanied by the

o.p.c. w. visited to investigate the alleged attack the team collected samples will be sent to a laboratory in the netherlands the o.p.c. w. is planning another trip to the city as well however the u.s. and britain and france chose not to wait for the official probe citing media reports controversal activist groups the country's accuse the assad government of gassing civilians launched earlier raids against syria u.s. state department spokesperson has explained washington couldn't afford to waste time. in the o.p.c. view is something that we've back strongly but it can also take quite a bit of time for the o.p.c. up you to gather its information and compile the report so i would ask you should the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months but we took the chance to speak to two political commentators there usually on the opposite sides of the debates about their thoughts on u.s. military action. some trump supporters are disappointed i'm one of them i like the trumps position during the

o.p.c. w. visited to investigate the alleged attack the team collected samples which will be sent to a laboratory in the balance the o.p.c. w. is also planning another trip to the city however the u.s. britain i'm from still has not to wait for the official probe signing media reports on controversial activist groups the country's accuse the assad government of gassing civilians on this month launched air raids against syria us state department spokesperson heather now or explained washington couldn't afford to waste time. the o.p.c. view is something that we back strongly but it can also take quite a bit of time for the o.p.c. of you to gather its information and compile the report so i would ask you should the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months you know lots of reaction to this we spoke to two political commentators who are usually on opposite sides of the debate about their thoughts on u.s. military action sometimes supporters are disappointed i have one of them by i like the trumps

o.p.c. w. chemical weapons probe planned for wednesday. the un security team decides that the situation is safe we can do more then the fact finding mission will be. the experts will be investigating the alleged chemical attack in the area on april the seventh however the us britain and france chose not to wait for the official probe before launching air raids against syria in the early hours of saturday and u.s. state department spokes person heather now it said washington's decision not to wait was justified. the o.p.c. view is something that we've back strongly but it can also take quite a bit of time for the o.p.c. of you to gather its information and compile the report so i would ask you should the united states and her allies wait around for bashar al assad to use more chemical substances honest people should we wait around for that formal investigation that could take months and months this is you know actually scandalous that the u.s. has launched a strike based on insurgent tide social media sources that it funds people saying stu

o.p.c. w. is planningnother possible trip to duma but the russian foreign ministry has expressed concerns that the number of sites visited by the team and the interviews conducted with eyewitnesses may have been insufficient of a chemical incident and do most supposedly happened on april the seventh and led to missile strikes by of u.s. and the u.k. and france the u.n. special envoy for syria has said peace efforts have to be relaunched following the u.s. led assault. we never expected to be. very very quick to. do peace and security this is what this happened last week. it's not helped. in geneva. by the three countries the u.s. the u.k. and france have not only imagine we can recall facilities in syria but also the geneva cleese process and meanwhile the un security council has gathered for an informal meeting at a farmhouse in southern sweden secretary general antonio. again stressed that there could be no military solution to the conflict. i mean assad government has been accused of gassing civilians a

o.p.c. w. has perspire on its probe planned for wednesday while the world health organization isn't on the ground there so far as your political analyst month says western powers have been using evidence from highly unreliable sources if they be. like very easy evidence nor routine but the this started to strike we vote in the navy turns when i saw a raid french narrative to justify the strikes in syria east very pool they. paris they claimed that. if you don't is looking at social media or video or pictures. from paris they went nuts you look around and they decided from these so-called aiden's to strike because each was the good you could miss each. school's life to a professor james tall chemical weapons expert at rice university thanks for joining us a great savvy on the program today claims counterclaims britain the us are accusing russia of preventing those experts from reaching duma and they're saying they're trying to cover the attack up obviously the russians are denying that what do you make of those allegations. i don't know anything about whether russia or syria or any other group is

o.p.c. w. report the thing is do they think mr burns it called this so called the bigger picture here behind a coordinated well planned campaign to discredit and diligence in my eyes russia he warned the u.k. that it was playing with fire can you see where he's coming from here do you think do you believe what he says yeah absolutely yeah absolutely i mean this is very dangerous look we look if we take a step back and see this as part of the bigger picture the very dangerous times right now we've had this whole escalation of the of the of the british led campaign against russia as he said to deliver to my eyes demonize russia but at the same time we've had the dismissal of rex tillerson the appointment of john bolton in the usa an avowed supporter of of military strikes military regime change against iran and north korea and at the same time the launching of a trade war against china by donald trump the very very dangerous times this and this kind of. you know can joining of these different events is very ominous in terms of you know is there oh it looks like there's a war of a new war of the next western u.s. u.k. le

o.p.c. w. finds that indeed a chemical weapons attack actually happened it will be damning for the russian and syrian government the un's new special envoy for yemen is working on a plan for talks to end the three year civil war martin griffiths will outline his proposal to the security council within two months he says all sides are prepared to negotiate and the funny thing. anti-government rallies have intensified in our media monitor the vote a lot of the former president to become prime minister tens of thousands of people protested in the capital yet avan in other cities accusing says circassian of a power grab he was president for a decade and i media's new constitution is giving more power to the office of prime minister police in nigeria have fired tear gas at hundreds of shia muslim protesters in a boucher demonstrators want the release of their religious leader even humes exactly who's been jailed without charges since december twenty fifteen u.s. investigators will examine the engine of a southwest airlines plane after it exploded mid-flight smashing a window and killing a passenger the seven three seven jet was traveling from new york to dallas with one hu