region half of them are internally displaced and have been under siege for years syrian president bashar al asad backed by russia and iran is seeking to recover control of the last few rebel on claves near the capital. and syrian rebels have reportedly agreed to withdraw from their last stronghold near the capital letters in the south of damascus and includes the palestinian refugee camp you can see the area was divided between syrian rebels and green and ice with fighters and black but the government says rebels have handed over control. the army says it will continue to bombard the area until a full surrender deal isn't reached and it now means that president is in his strongest position since the early stages of the seven year war this is despite the first quarter nato the u.s. version french air strikes in the war. or the strikes were to punish the government for a suspected gas attack that they say killed dozens of people during involves to capture . meanwhile the u.n. special envoy to syria is conducting a series of meetings in the middle east and russia that he hopes will jump start the peace process roy

have agreed to lay down their weapons and leave us part of another evacuation deal brokered by russia syrian state television has shown buses carrying fighters and their families leaving color mourn which is about forty kilometers from damascus they'll be taken to rebel held areas in northern syria and syria's president bashar assad backed by russia and iran is seeking to recover control of the last pockets of rebel territory around damascus earlier rebels reportedly agreed to withdraw from an area in the city's south which includes a palestinian refugee camp the areas being divided between those rebels highlighted here in green and ice all showed in black while the rebels are said to be moving out there's no word yet on what i saw intend to do meanwhile the syrian regime continues to battle isel fighters in the south of damascus the government is attempting to retake the syrian capital and its verdict areas for the first time since the war began in two thousand and eleven. palestine's ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force aga

russia. for the syrian government took control of their march to an agreement with russia and the armed group. the deal says only russian military police are allowed to enter the city after the evacuation and not observing and government forces are crossing points will be open to commercial movement as soon as those military police enter the city the agreement also guarantees that those who wish to stay in the city want to be prosecuted or forced to serve in the syrian military and it ensures the release of all pro-government presidents held in duma or chalons has more now from moscow. so the news that's coming out of the russian defense ministry on thursday's essentially the culmination of a surrender deal brokered the weekend's between the russians and the arms rebel group josh islam now what this deal said was that rebel fighters and their families were going to evacuate from duma from eastern guta and be given safe passes to a part of syria further north russian military police were then going to take control of the area maintain law and order there but effectively the eastern goods of du

command center syria says it shot down thirteen incoming missiles over damascus while its ally russia says syrian forces intercepted seventy one cruise missiles throughout the country u.s. president donald trump has praised the strikes as perfectly executed calling it

history will record that on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people while the u.s. and its allies say russia's position is a smokescreen they want an independent inquiry to begin soon while they still evidence of what happened on the way canned like this gas canister said to have been discovered two days ago. and while diplomats argue over how best to respond the alleged attack has already shifted syria's battle lines hiya displaced people from duma arrive in syria's rebel held north resistance collapsed in eastern guta after the attack the refugees are reminded of the brutal intensity of this war which the international community has so far remained powerless to stop. and we have the view from the u.s. and russia our washington bureau chief alexander phenomena standing by and in moscow correspondent yury of a shadow welcome to you both and alexander i'd like to begin with you how credible is this threat by president trump could we indeed see a u.s. strike against russia in syria. i don't think that we are going to see an u.s. strike against russian f

russia can't accept the russians have a relatively large military base in the syrian city of hama mean if the americans attack mean then a military conflict between the two former cold war.

blamed russian president vladimir putin for backing syrian president bashar al assad more than forty people were killed in the chemical attack syria and russia have denied any role in the strike the u.n. security council will hold an emergency session on monday to discuss the syrian conflict it's actually going to as the story. entire families babies children adults dead the people who remained in dumas thought they could shelter from the air strikes in the basements of buildings instead witnesses say they suffocated from a suspected chemical attack hot look at their attacking duma with chemicals many children have been killed in tent airstrikes by the syrian government and its allies began on saturday. when this is report of barrel bombs with some sort of gas being dropped we were trying to hide being in shows but when the city was hit but looks ago. and there was no place to hurt people became sort of fights scared on prison rescuers say they're struggling to get to the survivors and retrieve the bodies of the dead because of a strong fluorine like smell they don't have the protective gear they need the health care system in duma has been

in the rebel held area near syria's comparable are leaving under an evacuation deal brokered by russia syrian state television is showing buses with fighters and their families leaving color moon and traveling to northern syria. south africa's new president has called for calm after days of protests that have turned violent in the northern city demonstrators are demanding the resignation of their regional leader. meanwhile police are reportedly evicted the family of an officer who testified that he helped entrap to reuters reporters while lerner and choice to are facing fourteen years in prison for violating state secrets law by acquiring official documents but a police captain testified they gave them documents gave them the documents to entrap them the captain's wife now says they've been ordered to move out of police headquarters those were the headlines are back with more news in thirty minutes next is digital dissidents here on alt. at the moment we are in a state of the universe like deception i took an oath to support on the constitution i take an oath sport and. started selling that w

the german defense minister there well russia says syrian forces successfully intercepted most of the missiles fired russian's of course of them supporting the syrian small turly in a russian military official said that those coalition strikes were designed to prevent international inspectors from reaching the site of that alleged chemical weapons attack in duma if the fault i mean a conspiracy so this american aggression is about the us seeking to undermine an objective investigation into the latest attack its goal is to destroy the peace process in syria and destabilize the situation across the middle east and rage and let's go straight to moscow now our correspondent you're shadow or you're you can you fill us in on some more of what moscow has been saying about the strikes. oh yes russian president putin denounced the strikes as aggression that would make the humanitarian crisis in syria even worse and he called for an emergency meeting of the united nations security council but it also sat there that the strike had a destructive influence on the entire system of international rel

security council has voted against a resolution proposed by russia condemning the american british and french missile strikes against the syrian government it was defeated eight votes to three with four abstentions syria and russia used the debate to criticize the strikes strongly . when you've got. the united states supported by power lies launched airstrikes against military and civilian targets in the syrian arab republic without a mandate from the united nations security council and in violation of u.n. norms and principles of international law and aggression against a sovereign state was carried out again. in an act of cynical to staying with a group of western countries decided to take military action without waiting for the results of the investigation russia condemns the attack against syria in the strongest possible terms u.s. president donald trump praised the strike says perfectly executed is the first coordinated retaliation for last saturday's suspected chemical attack on duma the u.s. and its allies launched more than one hundred missiles targeting a scientific research facility in damascus and to chemical weapon

history will record the on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people while the u.s. and its allies say russia's position is a smokescreen they want an independent inquiry to begin soon while they still evidence of what happened on the way canned like this gas canister said to have been discovered two days ago. and while diplomats argue over how best to respond the alleged attack has already shifted syria's battle lines hiya displaced people from duma arrive in syria's rebel held north resistance collapsed in eastern guta after the attack the refugees are reminded of the brutal intensity of this war which the international community has so far remained powerless to stop. here in germany chance for all america has taken her top ministers on a working retreat in the countryside outside berlin there hammering out the details of her agenda for the coming months among the most pressing issues drafting a new budget and reforming germany's migration policy the chancellor wants to forge as well some team spirit among her divided government. they have been polit

history will work will record that on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people the more the u.s. and its allies say russia's position is a smokescreen they want an independent inquiry to begin soon while they still evidence of what happened on the way canned like this gas canister said to be discovered two days ago. and while diplomats argue over how best to respond to the ledge the attackers already shifted syria's battle lines here displaced people from duma arrive in syria's rebel held north. resistance collapsed in eastern guta after the attack the refugees are reminded of the brutal intensity of this war which the international community has so far remained powerless to stop. and jim johnson led necklace in commenting on the tensions following the alleged chemical attack in syria she said she regretted the failure of the security council to agree on how to investigate the incident yeah. it would have been good to have an investigation on the ground as the american resolution suggested there are strong indications that point towards the syrian regime

and the some suggestion, the discussions between russia and the syrian regime, that russia and the syrian pushing them into the use of chemical weapons a week ago. what role will be knighted nations have to have in this crisis? given that russia has that all—importa nt veto this crisis? given that russia has that all—important veto on the security council. —— the united nations. that is the problem with the council is getting involved. that's pillar of international law being effective, it is not that effective, it is blocked repeated effo rts effective, it is blocked repeated efforts by the americans to carry out serious investigations of the use of chemical weapons. and it is stopped in its tracks anything except the arrival of the organisation for the prevention of chemical warfare, but that has probably been accepted by moscow because it doesn't have a mandate to assign blame. how likely is it that at some points given that there are hundreds of thousands of displaced syrians who may wish to return home, that some form of negotiation will be impossible to avoid with the assad regime?

urgent meeting of the security council to discuss this latest attack but russia continues to claim as does syria that the syrian government was not responsible for the attack and in effect in protest russia has also called for a meeting of the security council a second meeting to discuss what it describes as threats to world peace and in the last few hours some of the evacuees from duma have arrived in government controlled areas as part of the deal between the rebels and russia's syrian state t.v. has showed pictures of them being greeted by jubilant crowds small buses carrying jewish islam fighters and their families have also left and they are headed for opposition. controlled areas in northern syria under the agreement russian military police are expected to do more to prevent rebel fighters from returning. is a spokesman for the syrian white how much he told al jazeera the evidence shows that chemical weapons were used in duma now and we're not. getting you know we have a lot of videos and photos published by the white helmets and we also published a statement this morning to clarify the details of what's

that syria never really gave up only its weapons i mean many people blame russia for the ongoing use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime i mean russia calls the shots doesn't it. definitely because russia has always been the one protecting the series jeanne from first of all. any kind of u.n. resolution that might hold him accountable and the second one is preventing or at least threatening against any military intervention in syria and those two elements have allowed the regime to continue to attack people with impunity and this is again if anyone is to be blamed after the syrian regime is definitely russia because of this protection that is providing us that ok i want to broaden the argument now out a little bit in terms of u.s. involvement in syria robert ford let me come back to you what is the u.s. policy on the war in syria i mean one minute trump says the troops will leave quote very soon the next minute he says oh no they're staying and trumps military commanders must be extremely frustrated at the lack of a serious robust policy on syria. i think it would be an understatement if i were to say that ameri

fighters in a rebel held area near syria's capital are leaving under an evacuation deal brokered by russia syrian state television is showing buses with fighters and their families travelling to northern syria palestine's un ambassador is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force on protesters for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy who were killed by israeli gunfire in another day of demonstrations on gaza's border. the family of the palestinian engineer living in malaysia says he's been killed by the israeli intelligence agency mossad palestinian media's reporting that fed the batch will was ambushed and shot near a mosque to motorcyclists fled the scene the university of kuala lumpur tweeted condolences for the senior lecturer and must says he was a party member. the funeral for former first u.s. lady barbara bush is about to begin but these are pictures taken just a short time ago of some of the arrivals barton's a church in houston texas among the brocken michelle obama bill and hillary clinton and trump those were the headlines. next it's rewarding to sta

russia's credibility asa syrian people. 's credibility as a member of the council is now in question. we will not stand by and watch russia continue to undermine global norms which have ensured all oui’ global norms which have ensured all our security, including russia's, for decades. a rival russian resolution failed and it felt like the cold war. earlier, the prime minister added her condemnation. first of all, this attack that took place in douma is a barbaric attack. 0bviously, place in douma is a barbaric attack. obviously, we are working urgently with art allies and partners to assess what has happened on the ground. if this is the responsibility of assad's regime in syria, it is another example of the brutality and brazen disregard against their people they show. there are no easy options for the americans, the british and the french in syria, it has become a very crowded battlefield. president assad's men work closely with the russians and the iranians. western powers need to avoid making matters worse. introducing m

command center syria says it shot down thirteen incoming missiles over damascus while its ally russia says syrian forces intercepted seventy one cruise missiles throughout the country the strikes are currently being discussed yet another heated u.n. security council meeting this one called by russia so we'll bring you the latest from there in a moment first though al-jazeera zaina holder is in beirut looking at the reaction in syria to the missile strikes. so liberations in the streets of the syrian capital and a message of defiance from government supporters hours after u.s. led airstrikes were described as the tripartite aggression. the strikes didn't come as a surprise for days the u.s. and its allies were discussing their options that allowed the government to evacuate military installations and potential targets. at the end the operation lasted for less than an hour it was limited to destroying what the pentagon said was syria's chemical weapons infrastructure in the words of the u.s. defense secretary james mattis a one off shot just like was executed in a way that. doesn't. particularly or

perhaps from the russian ministry of defense but more generally i think russia as each day goes past with no u.s. strikes against syrian targets i think that russia is perhaps feeling like the that the imminent danger time is passing that it has had enough warning essentially to be able to move its more vulnerable military assets out of harm's way that it's been able to do the same for vulnerable syrian government assets and perhaps iranian assets too and that it hopes that enough time has passed in washington d.c. for the u.s. military establishment to be able to back donald trump away from his more inflammatory positions that it articulated earlier on in the week and that of course that this military de confliction hotline that exists between the two countries will i think the russians hope give them advance warning about what's coming and make it more of a cosmetic strike if it happens and less of a specifically punitive one roy thank you very much for that so russia cost pond and roy hallums live in moscow and saying a ha the has more from beirut now are the latest developments inside syria. chemical weapons inspec

near homes syria says it shot down thirteen incoming missiles of a damascus while its ally russia says syrian forces intercepted seventy one cruise missiles throughout the country meanwhile the united nations security council has just voted against a draft resolution condemning those attacks it was proposed by russia and was heavily defeated earlier russia's ambassador to the u.n. accused the u.s. france and britain of violating international law and the u.n. charter. the allies have been criticized for authorizing the strikes before the produced its report we know that to inspect is the fact finding mission from the a p c w have now arrived in the capital damascus they were set to begin their work on saturday so the plan now is to head to do know where that suspected attack took place in order to complete their investigation and in some of the other stories that we're covering the palestinian islamic jihad groups say four of its fighters have been killed in the gaza strip the group says the men will mossop during preparations which usually means weapons accidentally detonated medics at the s

fighters in a rebel held area near syria's capital a living under an evacuation deal brokered by russia syrian state t.v. is showing buses with fighters and their families live in qana mourn and traveling to northern syria. police and madagascar's capital have reportedly fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators protesting fired tear gas at hundreds of demonstrators protests which were planned this weekend against two election laws were earlier declared illegal by the government. palestine's ambassador to the united nations is calling for an independent investigation into israel's use of force on protesters for palestinians including a fifteen year old boy killed by israeli gunfire and another day of demonstrations on garza's border on friday they have been funerals for the latest casualties at least thirty nine people have now died in four weeks of protests as palestinians call for the right to return to ancestral lands as the headlines on al-jazeera do stay with us inside story is coming up next thank you for watching. saudi arabia's ambitious economic plan the kingdom has announced severa

the agreement follows negotiations involving rebels and russia. syrian whole of eastern ghouta, with the exception of douma, was now under its control. president trump has accused the online retailer amazon of not paying enough tax. on twitter, he said the us postal service was losing money on every parcel it delivered for the company. mr trump has become increasingly critical of amazon since its founder bought the washington post newspaper. the nobel peace laureate, malala yousafzai, has visited her home town in pakistan's swat valley for the first time since she was shot there by islamist militants six years ago. ms yousafzai, who is now a student at oxford university, was attacked on a school bus and left for dead because she was campaigning for the education of girls. thousands of palestinians have attended funerals in gaza for the 16 people shot by israeli troops during clashes on the territory's border with israel on friday. the palestinians say they were unarmed protesters. the israelis say they faced a mass attempt to break down their border defe

from duma have arrived in government controlled areas as part of that deal between the rebels and russia syrian state t.v. has been showing pictures of them being greeted by jubilant crowds more buses carrying fighters and their families have also left there headed for opposition controlled areas in northern syria under the agreement russian military police are expected to enter duma to prevent rebel fighters from returning. mood is a spokesman for the syrian white helmets he told al jazeera the evidence shows that chemical weapons were used in duma now and we're not. getting it and we have a lot of videos and photos published by the white helmets and we also published a statement this morning to clarify the details of what's being done in duma the times effects consequences and how women and children have been affected we have also published videos of the arrival of white how much to the effect of places to treat the civilians moving on to the other top stories so far today hungary's prime minister that's viktor orban has declared a victory in parliamentary elections with nearly all of the vot

the agreement follows negotiations involving rebels and russia. syrianhole of eastern ghouta, with the exception of douma, was now under its control. president trump has accused the online retailer, amazon, of not paying enough tax. on twitter, he said the us postal service was losing money on every parcel it delivered for the company. mr trump has become increasingly critical of amazon since its founder bought the washington post newspaper. thousands of palestinians have attended funerals in gaza for the people shot by israeli troops during clashes on the territory's border with israel on friday. the palestinians say they were unarmed protesters. the israelis say they faced a mass attempt to break down their border defences and to send in terrorists. our middle east correspondent, yolande knell, reports from jerusalem. gunshots. this was a day of mourning. thousands turning out for funerals in gaza. distraught relatives... and defiant militants. yesterday, palestinians said they planned a peaceful march on the israel gaza border. but israel's military s

russia contacts cept the russians have a relatively large military base in the syrian city of hama mean if the americans attack mean then a military conflict between the two former cold war enemy is us and russia can obviously not only be avoided but so far there is no direct danger of it i think yuri versatile thanks very much your for that from moscow. ok let's bring you up to date on this story at this hour the united states together with britain and france has carried out air strikes on multiple government targets in syria the u.s. says the attacks are a response to a chemical weapons right allegedly carried out by syrian forces in the city of duma last week. now the pentagon says explosions have the capital damascus and two locations near the city of homs syria's main ally as we heard there from yuri russia has warned that these strikes will not be without consequence so. find out more about this story at our web site that's e.w. dot com don't forget to follow us on twitter about this as well work go to workers now though for me brian thomas the entire news team t

with all that has happened with with sanctions last weekend strong words associating russia with the syrian attack, is there an expectation or feeling that relations are eroding? >> we have been very tough on russia for quite some time. the only people that didn't understand that or see that were members of the press who continually question to that. i'm confused on which way you want to have it. the president would like to have a good relationship, but that will be determined by the actions that russia takes. we will continue pushing forward. >> second question, the items on thought onis there a the table of regime change and where does diplomacy play in this even with the strikes? you we arell reviewing. at the cabinet meeting this morning, the president was talking about the potential impact of chinese shirts -- chinese tariffs. he said farmers were willing to take a hit. then he said we will make it up to them. what did he mean? >> the president has worked with his team to determine how best to respond to china's attack on american armors. ofhas asked the department agriculture to prese

that took place on saturday in duma is believed to have been carried out so far by the syrian government which russia is supposed to stop the syrian government as a gown tore to stop the soviet government from carrying out chemical attacks in the country. i think we should forget about chemical attack it is fabricated there is no no not now it is not the subject of discussion subject of discussion there you have made assumptions using a designer woman's syria not targeted it's very much the subject of disco it is news i was really it is only the russian government almost not for that says that the chemical attack is a fabrication. to go like that doesn't exist now or the experts from international. border is making investigation and day you will find evidence there is nothing no use of me go. get me go materials and no one goes who was suffered from it so i see them going to hell if there is going to say and then you know if you are going to. show in the symptoms of suffering from a chemical attack this is from the world health organization or they ask yet for adversaries then to do much the won't he

as the pentagon speaker just a few minutes ago said there is not any military response by russia by syrian forces which is actually not true in one hand because there are so many intercepts of the missiles which targeted to hit syrian border i think it is a new phase now in syrian crisis whatever the result is since yesterday military airstrike the coming days will show much more interesting discussions how far america britain. and france are really reliable in their statements. syria used chemical weapons in my counter in turkey the most of the people think that it is their protects that it is because in the rockies in two thousand and three we had the time tony blair and all the american spirit and later on. it proved that it was not the case it is a very new phenomenon i would say for middle east discussions turkey is very difficult to pin down on this though now isn't it because only a couple of weeks ago the turkish president was sitting with the iranian and the russian president talking about how to move forward on rebuilding and helping syria in that trio of leaders it's going to be

and syrian president assad of the chemical attack. >> who does this? only a monster does this. russia could stop this senseless slaughter if it wanted. >> reporter: overnight, action from israel. war planes striking a syrian air base also used by iran. it's really war planes hit the same base two months ago. they launched this overnight attack from here inside lebanese air space firing eight guided missiles. such attacks failed to detour assad who killed more than 1,000 civilians with chemicals five years ago. russia threatening that any u.s. military action could have serious consequences. bill neely, nbc news, beirut. >> i know, some tough images the world is reacting to tonight. >>> a flurry in the halls of congress this evening as facebook's mark zuckerberg makes the rounds prepping for a public grilling from lawmakers and facebook prepares to let users know who had their personal data misused. we get the latest from nbc news business correspondent jo ling kent. >> reporter: tonight facebook ceo mark zuckerberg taking his apology tour to capitol hill. >> are you putting profit ove

spent much of saturday showing pictures like these of syrian missile defense systems appearing to intercept some of the air strikes in syria and russia both say many of the missiles were stopped but the pentagon says this is completely false and that syrian forces fired missiles after the u.s. coalition strikes were complete so all of this is part of the information war in overdrive since the apparent chemical attack one week ago president assad is very much involved here tweeting out a video of him showing up to work after the u.s. coalition strikes in what appears to be just a normal day of work while syrian state media also showed footage of people across the country celebrating what they consider to be the government's triumph over western aggression but some citizen journalists say that these pictures are fake fake news the video the president for example shows a shadow directly below a tree indicating it was taken mid day and not after the strikes as the post claims there's criticism of the u.s. u.k. and france as well thousands of british twitter users have used the hash tag not in my name theresa may and over in france the mi

return to the ambassador though julie we did note amongst what he said there that he and the syrian government of russia and the syrian government are quite prepared to give unfettered access to the fact finding mission of the organization for the prevention of chemical weapons he says get the team to damascus and syria and russia will ensure that they can get to the seam of this alleged attack whether that would qualify as unfettered access is a question that obviously the p.c. w. are going to have to address so we are now hearing from the netherlands they will be more speakers in the course of the afternoon and likely an even more abrasive discussion as the afternoon was on julie mike i'm wondering what more generally atmosphere wise you're picking up amongst those at the u.n. i mean when we hear this kind of trading of barbs something the russian sports person said there that he was calling back into the full to those who support the u.s. in a return to the legal fold he called it rather than advancing your egotistical geo political games and it almost sounds like russia is saying look there is an al

minister who reason may defend britain's role in the strikes she points finger at russia for failing to call the syrian government accountable for its use of weapons. and residents taking to the streets of damascus in a show of defiance says syria's president says the strikes will only increase his resolve to quote crush terrorism in every inch of the country. i'm dr thomas thanks so much for being with us the united states and its allies britain france of carried out air strikes on suspected chemical weapons facilities in syria present trump says they were in response to last week's alleged gas attack in the syrian town of duma was left dozens of civilians that missiles began hitting targets in and around the cities of damascus and holmes within minutes of his announcement. lights flare over the syrian capital damascus as western missiles fall. in a wave of strikes launched from naval vessels and the year the us backed by french and british forces bombed syria. they were aiming to not count three targets related to syria's chemical weapons program. to facilities in the capital damascus and one in the

maybe a few months ago we were actually closer to a political solution there which russia which is the main patron of the syrian regime would want to have some sort of stability in the country but then we've seen russia moving away from that and bringing in another actor into syria and now you know which is turkey now we are further away from any kind of. solution in syria apparently russia wanted to. kind of shelter some sort of lack of political will in the in the west and wanted to push for a kind of a maximalist solution by further weakening the nato allies. allies of the u.s. on the. grant but there might be some of these attacks show that there might be some repercussions of it but if the political will a political solution remains lacking that it is a big problem because syria you could us that coalition is supporting the. syrian democratic forces but they don't support group politically they don't even recognize the group and so do you but do you think in the long term the u.s. and its allies will keep to this position they only can intervene if there's a chemical weapons red line crossed or do you thin

history will record that on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people while the u.s. and its allies say russia's position is a smokescreen they want an independent inquiry to begin soon while they still evidence of what happened on the way canned like this gas canister said to have been discovered two days ago. and while diplomats argue over how best to respond the alleged attack has already shifted syria's battle lines hiya displaced people from duma arrive in syria's rebel held north. resistance collapsed in eastern guta after the attack the refugees are reminded of the brutal intensity of this war which the international community has so far remained powerless to stop. and between this studio i have because he's a journalist author and a middle east analyst welcome they have been previous chemical attacks in syria what is different this time could this be a turning point i don't believe it could be a turning point i tell you why i think we saw these pictures a year ago in the province of it lip kill children apparently by a chemical attack we saw the

history will record that on this day russia chose protecting a monster over the lives of the syrian people while the u.s. and its allies say russia's position is a smokescreen they want an independent inquiry to begin soon while they still evidence of what happened on the way canned like this gas canister said to have been discovered two days ago. and while diplomats argue over how best to respond the alleged attack has already shifted syria's battle lines hiya displaced people from duma arrive in syria's rebel held north resistance collapsed in eastern guta after the attack the refugees are reminded of the brutal intensity of this war which the international community has so far remained powerless to stop. if we now joined on moscow bureau chief. i you know what you refer to that tweet by the u.s. president john warning a missile is on its face what is being the russian government's reaction. however it oh well russian lawmakers have warned the united states that moscow would view and a strike on the syria as a war cry that could trigger a direct military clash between the two you form a

reportedly gave russia advance warning before last year's strike that allowed the syrian military to move its assets this time around trump is warning russia and iran that they too can be held accountable the stakes are high but few expect the response to be a game changer. beirut. kimberly joins us now live from washington d.c. and kimberly we're hearing that don't trump has canceled a trip to latin america why. well the statement from the white house press secretary sarah sanders explains exactly that that the president has canceled his planned visit to peru and colombia for the summit of the americas because he wants to remain in the united states to oversee the american response to syria and monitor developments around the world as you pointed out the president said on monday that he would have a decision on that american response to that chemical weapons attack in duma sometime within the next twenty four to forty eight hours we are within that window now we know that the vice president will go to the summit of the americas in place donald trump who has said that he is considerin

have agreed to lay down their weapons and leave as part of another evacuation deal brokered by russia syrian state television has shown buses carrying fighters and their families leaving color moon which is about forty kilometers from damascus take them to rebel held areas in northern syria. syrian president bashar al assad's backed by russia and iran and is seeking to recover control of the last pockets of rebel territory around damascus earlier rebels reportedly agreed to withdraw from an area in the city's self which includes the palestinian refugee camp the areas being divided between those rebels highlighted here in green and i saw shown in black while the rebels are said to be moving out there's no word yet on what i saw will do and these pictures released by the syrian military show its forces battling i saw in those southern areas of the capital the area has been deisel control for about three years. the government consolidates control the un is trying to restart talks that as it hopes to lead to peace and. would see the regime and its allies in a stronger position than ever really c

in a separate development, syria and its main ally russia are blaming israel for an overnight missile attack on a syrianir base. monitors say at least 14 people werw killed in the incidente -- were killed in the incident. >>. it is the dark hours of the morning. according to russia and syrian military, they were fired from two jets. the missiles found the targets, and air base in the province used by the syrian regime and its allies. at leas 14 fighters were killed, according to observers. days earlier, bombs fell on the town of duma, the last remaining rebel stronghold in eastern ghouta. it was alleged they were caring poison gas. at least 40 people were killed and hundreds wounded in the attack. many of the victims were children, said to be smelling strongly of chlorine. leading a wave of international condemnation, the u.s. president donald trump insists the syrian government will pay a big price for using the gas and he says action is eminent. pres. trump: i like to begin by condemning the heinous attack on innocent syrians with banned chemical weapons. it wasn't atrocious attack. it was horrible. w

treasury secretary is expected to announce new economic sanctions against russia for its support of the syrian government. it's a follow-up to the missile strikes on syria over the weekend. doug luzader has more on this escalating attention between the u.s. and russia. >> reporter: this is the white house sending a clear message to russia that the consequences may go beyond missile strikes in syria but the question is whether that will actually drive a wedge between russia and syrian president bashar al- assad al-assad. those missile strikes may have taken a toll on syria but this is now looking like just the first stage. the next move, making russian president vladimir putin feel some pain as well. >> russian sanctions will be coming down, secretary mnuchin will be announcing those on monday if he hasn't already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that we are dealing with equipment related to assad and chemical weapons used and so i think everyone is going to feel it at this point. >> reporter: the u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley says russia has blocked a half