peters burg, al jazeera is there.ry clear from those comments, if you had any doubts, russia and the u.s. are definitely not any closer on syria. >> no. not at all. and maybe the only possible surprise that came out of vladimir putin's press conference was that he confirmed what we heard within the last hour, which is what he did have a meeting of some 20 minutes, 30 minutes with president obama, and he says that the atmosphere at that meeting was good, and if you are looking for a little glimmer of hope, he said that his foreign minister, and the secretary of state, john kerry would carry on their contacts into the autumn on the sad issue of syria. but on the real issues, the fundamentals, they are completely far apart. and vladimir putin proudly read out that list. you probably heard it, of the countries the governments here who do not support military accidence syria at the moment. obviously we will have to hear from those governments themselves. they can speak for themselves. but president putin said that the indi

peters burg traveling with the president. there is a lot to unpack here. let's be to it. >> oh yeah. well, in the short term it isn't doing to be make any difference in president obama's decision into whether he goes into action. it won't make any difference what the head count is at the g 20. we heard vladimir putin they talked about it for some three hour as spirited discussion, but by putin's estimation they were split 50/50. over whether or not they should go forward. the account that will matter a lot more is the count in congress. that's highway you heard several questions asking him to speculate, which he would not do, will he go forward with a strike if congress were to reject his request tor authorize those strikes. he will, the headline here, you have to say, we are going to look towards tuesday night, mark it on your calendar, the president is doing to deliver that address, the only question really now is sort of a trivial one, will he do it from the oval office, lit be from the white house, it will be a grand setting all eyes will be on the pre

peters burg.dent is expected to urge a reluctant world to at the summit to support a strike in syria. earlier, the senator foreign relations committee heard from the sek states of tate and defense. kim bereports from washington. >> . >> on his own people, is solid. >> our intelligence community has scrubbed and rescrubs the evidence. we have physical evidence of where the rockets came from. and when. not one rocket landed in regime control territory. not one. >> support from the u.s. secretary of defense who told senators the u.s. must hold the asaad regime accountable. failure to do so would harm not just u.s. national security, but other security commitments around the world. he said the action would be limited in size and scope. >> we made clear that we are not seeking to resolve the underlying conflict in syria through direct military force. instead, we are contemplating actions that are tailored to response to the use of chemical weapons. >> but not all senators are buying the administration'

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peters burg over the next couple of days between president obama and president putin.hank you very much. thank you for coming in h and talking to us today. >> thank you. well, the u. n. is warning of food shortages in western africa. as many as 11 million people could be effected. so far the u.n. has received only 17% of the total funds it needs to help the most vulnerable. of particular concern is the increasing price of drain in nigeria. now an investigation and independent investigation has found that t.v. channels have been scrambled because of jamming signals that are coming from military installations. that's enough to change frequency so that viewers can watch news and sports channels. >> after the military crew, al jazeera became one of several media outlets that has come under pressure. journalists have been detained, and killed, television stations have been shut down. but al jazeera has been especially targeted. our offices were raided several times. our journalists arrested and even our satellites were jammed. al jazeera has learned that several locations c

petering burg. tonight, well, it's dinner with vlad.hile the g-20 is supposed to focus on economic issues, putin himself suggested that all discussions on syria should be delayed until tonight's working dinner, going on right now. hopefully with some decent vodka on hand. because while the two presidents shared a handshake today, this was their first face-to-face meeting since russia granted edward snowden asylum, and comes shortly after putin attempted to discredit the assessment of syrian rebels, saying of john kerry, quote -- he is lying and he knows that he's lying. this is sad. in case you were wondering what predicts the tears of the judo black belt, that's what it is. putin also said it was completely ridiculous to conclude syrian forces used chemical weapons on thousands of civilians, and as has said military action without u.n. support would constitute an act of aggression. president obama offered his diplomatic disagreement at a meeting with japan's prime minister. >> the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy,

peters burg, my preference has always been a diplomatic resolution to this issue and in the past several weeks, the united states, russia and our allies have reached an agreement to place syria's chemical weapons under international control and then to destroy them. the syrian government took a first step by giving an accounting of its stockpiles. now, there must be a strong security council resolution to verify that the assad regime is keeping its commitments and there must be consequences if they fail to do so. if we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the united nations is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. on the other hand, if we succeed, it will send a powerful message that the use of chemical weapons has no place in the 21st century and that this body means hat it says. now, agreements on chemical weapons should energize a larger diplomatic effort, to reach a political settlement within syria. i do not believe that military action by those within syria or by external powers can achieve lasting peace. nor do i believe that america or any nati