parties in syria keeping in mind interests of syria and its people realized sensational violence when possible putting an end to the crisis and build homes for syrians china hopes the international community will build consensus and promoted convening of the geneva 2 conference and secretary-general ban ki-moon join special representative, mr. president. the syrian issue is highly complex. the destruction of chemical weapons nor the process of political sentiments, going forward there will probably be this problem or that and a peaceful settlement and direction of a political sentiment. as a member of the security council china stands ready to work with other parties and make efforts for comprehensive, proper sentiment of the syrian issue. >> i think is excellently for the statement and give the floor to his excellency, fernando barack, minister of the republican affairs for the republic of guatemala. >> translator: mr. president. we're lamenting for the fact the security council is incapable of stepping up to one of the bloodiest and painful internal conflicts of our time. i am refer

allen asked for syria. amanda, syria. nicole, please discuss syria. alia, and we are all watching about syria. this is a mass relevance map. it shows in real lifetime exactly all social media active ty about syria. these red dots, it's concentrated in north america. here is a trends map. here is where syria is being discussed all around north america on twitter. >> the words, the darker the black, the more people are talking about it? >> there you go. it's l.a. my beloved bay area all the way in mexico. texas, madison, wisconsin, the east coast. even florida. so the entire community. we have had some very opinionated passionate responses. here is ali: where was this indignation years ago? this is like six years. we have one more joseph phillips summarizes, i think, the opinion of americans. >> it is impossible to take any sides. there is no clear side to take. so you, the viewer at home, today, you are the third host of the show. as always, you have driven our discussion. throughout this show, tweet at us live using the hash tag ajamstream and join th

military intervention in syria we'll tell you more next and in war torn syria the violence has reached a small town near the nation's capital it's a village that holds one of the all this christian minorities in the world growing concerns for this community coming up. and don't forget to put your best face forward the department of homeland security is putting together a huge database for facial recognition but does this really help law enforcement more on that in tonight's show. it's friday september sixth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm your i david and you're watching our t.v. we begin tonight with syria as the debate for and against a military strike continues in congress president obama cleared a major hurdle this week by gaining approval from the senate formally relations committee as they voted ten to seven on their own version of the military authorization however it hasn't exactly been easy for the administration to continue that momentum giving a full breakdown on the numbers behind the fight is r t political commentator sam sax i've long believed that our power is rooted jus

he said that many syria is there. whatever happens in syria spreads spreading all over the region in syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel the phrase israel working with its partners. agains

let's talk more about syria. joining us to discussion the conflict is the director of the orient research center in dubai and former consultant to the syrian foreign ministry. thank you so much. so you spoke last night with people close to the syrian regime. do they believe the u.s. will strike? >> reporter: there is a certain level of denial discussing the issue with some of the people close to the regime itself that obama is too weak, the west is too weak, the west is withdrawing from the region, the west is reengaging with the russians in a new strategic way. that at the end of the day taking into account the economic crisis, taking into account what happened in iraq and afghanistan. obama is just raising the stake and will never hit. this is one paradigm of the discussion. the other is yes, there is a lot of panic if you scratch all the arguments and get deeper, you will find real anxiety because i think the regime itself doesn't offer any logical reply, my logical retaliation to the american attack. the main

from syria.as to play out but i think it can't play out for an eternity. >> sure. >> i think the commander in chief needs to set some parameters here. >> in the meantime, you bring up a good point here because there has to be some sort of timetable or guidelines here. this is put on hold, but congress still have to grapple with other business, if you will. you're talking about balancing the budget, you're talking about the dealing with the debt ceiling, implementing obama care. how does that all fit into what we're dealing with here? do they put that stuff on hold while they deal with syria? >> no. here you are, president obama. who would you rather deal with vladimir putin or are house republicans? it's kind of a tough choice for him. he has to deal with both at the same time, right? he's going to have to pursue syria, but on the other hand, republicans say they're going to be very, very aggressive on this quell of whether you -- how you raise the debt ceiling. there are some republicans in the

al qaeda affiliated groups fighting here in syria. against the regime of bashar assad but mostly for their own radical islamic state it's known it's believed to be the vast armed the most successful and at the same time the most aggressive opposition force here in syria and it's listed as a terrorist organization by the you when u.s. and some other members of the international community and we can see that the tactics were also. very similar to those that terrorists all around the world use we know that. early on wednesday. suicide bomber struck a checkpoint at the entrance of my little village and after a car exploded at the checkpoint the militants of just stormed into and we have online and i hope you can see it right now showing the rebels. the city and residents have been telling media that the same day the militants managed to take over a mountain top sophia hotel and they've been firing from. poor into what we know is that a village is a very special play. not only speaking. in terms of syrian reality but internationalist pecan

the future may hold a syria with no chemical weapons. that's great for syria.he civil war could be negotiated as a result of this. this is a may -- major opportunity to make it happen. >> and no punishment for assad? >> i didn't say that. i said we have to take this opportunity to get rid of those chemical weapons. the civil war may get settled with negotiations, but it may continue on in the bloody way it has over the last several years, but put the chemical weapons aside, and that denies him of these weapons he has used perhaps a dozen times, and he won't have that available to him. and that is good for the syrian people. >> so russia has given the unted states a way out you would say? >> i would say russia has made a very, very good and important overture, and we should recognize that, and the united states, together with russia, the eu, and the entire world ought to say let's move with this. let's make this happen. i understand that the united nation's leader jumped on that and said that's good. lets move with this. and the rest of the world should say the

action on syria. syrian regime sorr refor its backing of iran, hezbollah and even china, that is in place against the world's only super power. the u.s., whe a coalition? a sit of allies? does it not seem strange to every senator, every representative in the house of representatives that this president has not been able to find a single leader who the stand shoulder to shoulder with the united states, germany said no, britain said no, france is waitining to see what congress does. then the matter in the president's goal in striking syria. in libya, united states had a clear mission. president obama struck, purpose was on thtake out moammar gadhae change, they were that, at least in this scope. our goals in syria, not regime change but punishment. president obama said any action will be limited and proportional as he put it, we do not know if those words have any means for president obama. >> president obama said that the red line is not his, he wants a limited proportion al-milh stare strike against -

on no intervention in syria. he has actually said that recently a number of interviews and we have seen him out and about all over the place expressing his thoughts that he has kept previously behind. assad is not the endgame in syria. the goal is not to see a massive mess on the map. but he thinks that we can make this a whole lot worse than it already is. in the next year he faces the withdrawal of the united states from afghanistan and he would like us to still be there. this is one area he was quite relieved that we were there. he liked the idea that we were bogged down because we may be there and some kind of way in which we would stay, not where we would be heading out like the soviet red army headed out a couple of decades previously. he he looks at syria and probably doesn't spend every day thinking about u.s. but he spent a lot of time looking at this in the kgb, studying what the u.s. is up to. he does not think that they have thought up of anything -- thought of anything beneficial to russia. activityi

reports from damascus and syria. he is wearing her war and president francois alone says there will be no vote on the matter despite a recent poll suggesting that three in four french people want parliament to have a say on attacking syria perhaps wary of a u.k. like defeat by lawmakers or loans administration insists he alone has the power to order and at a time he's just our senior reports now on the french perspective. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order it without a parliamentary approval but france along has been under a lot of pressure from opposition to to put this issue to a vote with the opposition and also pointed out that a lot is that they want to what humiliates position of having to wait for what the u.s. says before acting i was spokesman from along the office said that the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote but what's interesting to note is that in the u.k. the prime minister is also able to order the talks without parliament the prime minister or da

military strike in syria?n official said if attacked, syria would not only strike israel but also jordan and turkey. raising the question about what happens the day and what happens if iran or hezbollah or syria strikes israel? what will the u.s. do then? a lot of concern in this region about a u.s. strike. jenna: a great question for the general coming up after the break. we'll continue that in a moment. conner, thank you. jon: so as we've been telling you, lawmakers are weighing whether or not to give president obama a green light on an american assault on syria. a senate resolution seems to give the president an out to act on his own and he's already signalled he might. military expert is here to explain what a strike by our warships, now off the coast of syria, could look like. also emergency vehicles rushing to a texas high school before classes even began this morning. what we're learning now about what happened. breaking details coming up. [ telephone rings ] heart healthy, huh? you don't like flavor? a

attack on syria. putin accused the rebels being behind a chemical attack in august that he said was carried out to discredit syrian authorities in the eyes of the west. >> i view everything that happened with the so-called use of chemical weapons as a provocation by the rebels who count on help from abroad from those countries that originally supported them. that is the reason for the provocation. i want to remind you the use of force against a sovereign state is acceptable only for sever defense and we -- self-defense and we know syria hasn't attacked the u.s. as one of the participants put it those who do otherwise put themselves before the law. >> became continues to insist assad was behind the attack and he will wait for the u.s. to response. >> assad regime using chemical weapons is not just a syrian tragedy. it is a threat to global peace and security. >> the u.s. president is due to address the american public on tuesday and try to make his best argument for an attack on syria, one that failed

syria's best friend, russia, saying that, in fact, syria will sign on to that ban.nd syria will allow the international community to take all of its chemical weapons and destroy them. and syria seems to be going along with what russia says here. and that is why everything changed today in washington, and that is why the senate has delayed its vote and the u.s. government and the president say now that the only reason this progress was made is because of a threat of u.s. military force seeming real in this case. and they're saying that is what russia and syria responded to. and if it is up to the guy who i guess saw this coming, then the senator, joe manchin pass out of here, the way forward is that the u.s. and the senate and the president should change tact to reflect this progress today. say yes to this offer from syria and russia. say yes to this offer from syria to come in from the cold and hand over their chemical weapons. lead the world in universal approval of that move. see to it that it happens and save the prospect of the use of force for if they don't fol

and that sentiment was ecoed in syria. earlier, the russian president vladimir putin warned against a military intervention. our correspondent has more now on russia's. >> president vladimir putin smoke with reporters here in russia and had some strong, clear words about the situation in syria. first of all, he said all of this talk of strikes and military intervention from the west is -- he is certain because if the syria regime is making advances against the rebels and it's tactic or technique to try to turn the tide in syria to the rebel's side. he also said that the idea of the government, the assad regime using chemical weapons is absurd. syrian government forces are advancing in some areas that surrounded the rebels. to think that in such a time they would give a trump card for those calling for intervention is up nonsense. >> the president wept on to say of course russia is against weapons of mass destruction specifically chemical weapons and in this case in particular that the global community needs to wait until t

military action in syria.nistration's word of the day was time, as in any deal will take more of it. >> i'm not going to place a date or a time limit on it. i don't have a time line to give to you. so i expect this will take some time. >> reporter: the administration's made the basics of a deal clear, syria's chemical weapons must be secured, removed from president bashar al assad's control and destroyed. however, achieving those goals now relies on a negotiating partner in russia with a gaping trust deficit in washington. a point raised by cnn's elyse labott at the state department. >> you think the russians are doing this in complete faith. >> we have a long and winding history with the russians. we're going into this eyes wide open. >> reporter: in fact, even before negotiations begin, the u.s. and russia already have stark differences. on how long assad would have to give up his weapons, whether a u.n. resolution would be binding and crucially whether a deal would include the threat of force, which russian

crisis in syria. i now turn you over to wolf blitzer who is at the white house. >>> jake, thanks very much. happening now, a "the situation room" special report. crisis in syria. i'm wolf blitzer reporting live from the white house, where i have just interviewed the president of the united states on a critically important day. what sounded like an off-handed comment from the secretary of sta state, john kerry, now potentially a way out for the united states and for syria. just ahead, the possible, possible new alternative to military action. a number of key diplomatic voices now seem willing to consider. >>> meantime, the president is pulling out all the stops with his legacy potentially on the line. will his last ditch effort to sell the case for military strikes shift the dwindling support in congress and in the polls? and my far-reaching interview with the president is coming up. you'll see it here in its entirety. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with the breaking news, a

intervention in syria. well as i said nothing official came out from the country so far we are certainly expecting some sort of joint statement during the day later on but judging by the statements made in the margins of the summit we can see which countries are supporting the strike and which countries are opposing it certainly the position of russia and china are staying the same on the case they are strongly against it just as obviously. the countries like argentina india indonesia several other states like brazil and probably mexico also not supporting the strike just as it's in the also said it would not support the military action against syria also we have a statement from the head of the european commission the mr barroso who sees no possible military solution to the problem only a peaceful solution he called on president obama to reveal his evidence of chemical weapons used by the assad forces as quickly as possible even though that hasn't happened yet as far as we understand also we have the state

military strike against syria.e promised to take that message back to washington next week and vote against the white house plan to strike syria. david hawkins, aljazeera, michigan. >> ahead, richard murphy speaks to us. for the latest, you can always go to aljazeera.com. >> a bomb has exploded in front of egyptian minister's home in cairo in a possible attempt on his life. six people were injured in the explosion. two attackers were killed by police. witnesses tell aljazeera a car bomb was set near the interior minister's convoy. >> the cleveland medical examiner confirmed that aerial castro hanged himself with a bed sheet. he had just started serving a life sentence as punishment for kidnapping and torturing three young women for a decade. those three women have not spoken publicly. we visited the cleveland neighborhood castro called home to see the impact his death is having on people there. >> on the 2000 block of seymour avenue in cleveland, flowers offer no hint of the painful history of the house that once s

soldiers in syria. could iran help me. >> charlie: supplies, weaponry. >> we always have this kind of of -- >> charlie: hezbollah fighters have been here. >> in the border -- only on the border where the terrorist attacked them on the border with lebanon. this is where hezbollah retaliated. this is where you have cooperation. that's good. >> charlie: hezbollah forces are in syria today? >> on the border area of lebanon where they want to protect and serve and cooperate with us. but they don't exist all overseer i can't. they cannot exist all overseer i can't. from any region that they exist on the border. >> charlie: what advice are you getting from the russians? >> about? >> charlie: this war. how to end this war. >> looking for a solution, we have this advice and we are convinced about it. >> charlie: do you have plan to end the war? >> of course. >> charlie: which is -- at very beginning it was fullly political when you have these terrorists the first part of the same plan which is political should s

places mean syria. although because it will come you know large would continue to keep the relative peace for the this is why it's a symbolic religious a very cool term but not only. here. for a long period. of. oh. this may look like an ordinary farewell amongst friends but the man in the long as lama coat is a suicide bomber leaving on his final journey. this is his last conversation with his elder brother in a car that is supposed to take him to the roles of the central prison in aleppo syria and then explode sending him to paradise according to his beliefs these clips were found on a laptop taken from one man seen in the food age who is now in a syrian prison he calls himself rush on and says he came to syria from a former soviet republic to fight. a group called murat approached me a year ago and convinced me that muslims in syria are being oppressed and killed and that i should go and take up arms against assad for world jihad and help establish a caliphate that will extend worldwide to europe ame

they don't have any idea of a syria they intend to create. i am quite sure that that is simply not on the agenda to create a new syria or to fundamentally alter the present balance of power within the country they're talking about degrading certain capabilities of the syrian government. if they if they are serious about doing that of course that means a much more fundamental commitment to getting involved in war that they have exhibited so far so you know there are obvious contradictions here in the official position of the obama administration on one hand trying to emphasize the limited character of what they are planning to do and on the other hand claiming that somehow this will make a difference i don't know how they can square that circle. in washington as well when you square the circle. i'm not sure i can square the circle either but i can tell you that the l c c's position as the largest network of nonviolent activists in syria our position is that we would support airstrikes if they were to fundamentally degrade the capability of the

will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress but he feels that going before congress having a public debate debate having a vote would make the country stronger if if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria now the u.s. leader says that he feels comfortable carrying out an attack against a syrian targets without the approval of the united nations security council u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force against syria would be vetoed by russia and or china now obama says his plan military strike is not time sensitive that means that it could happen one week from now it could happen one month from now but ultimately the u.s. president says the syrian government will pay consequences for allegedly carrying out a chemical weapons

over all crisis in syria. a mill industry solution is not an option. >> the arab league is due to meet in the egyptian capitol to discuss the crisis in syria but there's little unity of how they respond to the chemical weapons attacks. saudi arabia and other uniteed the emirates support military enter jennings but libya, iraq rule against using force. what is expected then from the the arab the league? >> reporter: on sunday, first of all the meeting will be at ambassador level and later in the day the foreign ministers consider a draft text put forward by the ambassadors. already we know that -- a lot are saying the arab league have as far last tuesday in an ambassador's meeting. an issue which con tkepls what it called the haoe news crime can carried out by prointernational prohibited chemical weapons. i laid it at the feet of the assad government of in syria. it was suspended from iraq t lebanon and al tkp*e ria. i think the feeling today is that there won't be any show of unity. there will be a discussion

used in syria is overwhelming.at exactly does syrian gas do to a person's body? we'll explain why it's so toxic and deadly. next. >>> i can share with you today blood and hair samples that have come to us through and appropriate chain of custody from east damascus from first responders, it has tested positive for signatures of sarin. each day that goes by, this case is even stronger. >> sarin gas is one of the most toxic chemical weapons. even a fraction of an ounce can kill a person. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen tells us how dangerous it can be. >> reporter: fredericka, one of the reasons why serin gas is so lethal is that you don't know that it's coming. it's odorless, tasteless. you usually don't know you've been affected until you get sick. here are some of the things that happen. people's pupils dom a pinpoint. they get headaches, excessive sweating, con convulsions, res teary failure. people can survive and that means they didn't get that much or can get away that doesn't have gas. your glands

well with syria and syria isn't the only subject poisoning relations between the two countries right now xan i mean is it well know the two countries have had let's say there's been troubles with of the now famous reset one of the topics is edward snowden the president did have some choice words to say about that he said that u.s. intelligence messed up their efforts to try and capture snowden saying that they could have allowed him to travel to a country where his security was not insured or they could have just intercepted him made an error but instead they blocked access and stopped his travel which it was a mistake on their part he did say that snowden was in touch with russian officials as far back as hong kong but the president himself did not know that snowden was in route to russia until two hours before that flight landed he also said that he is not working with or that snowden is not working with russian security officials inside the country although russia did granted temporary asylum and although since snowden has been inside russia his visit has been shrouded in secrecy

>> now in washington debate's attacking syria. these protestors hope far diplomatic way out. >> the policy is difficult. i understand that, but you have to have that as your mission. you need peaceful resolution to these kinds of conflicts. they're political. they're very difficult and we need a humanitarian response. >> reporter: they are less than two weeks to make their case. w>> we say no! whether it comes today, tomorrow or monday! >> reporter: many of the protestors we've spoke with in times square say they're afraid the u.s. is headed for a prolonged confrontation with syria and they don't want to repeat the iraq war. al jazeera, new york. >>> and keep it here on al jazeera for continuing coverage on the crisis in syria. you stay up-to-date on our web-site, al jazeera.com. >> the wild part yosemite national park is burning out of control. we will tell you why it's harder for firefighters to battle the flames. >>> plus a battle save a different kind of forest. what they are doing in indonesia from keeping the rain forest fro

we will be helping syria as we're already helping syria. we're going to supply arms. we're going to cooperate in the economics there. i hope ws also can provide humanitarian aid and support 0 civilians, civilians being hit particularly hard. >> the russian president also made clear as far as he was concerned, the g20 was broadly on his side. only five countries which were listed back to the american calls for a military strike against syria. ten minutes after his press conference ended, however, barack obama rose to make his case for action. arguing inaction in the face of use of chemical weapons was more dangerous then military action. as for figures, the white house suggested this evening 11 of those participating in the g20 today backed some form of strong military response. now, barack obama used his press conference to talk about the moods in the meeting and the fact as far as he was concerned, majority of those present believed bashar assad was behind the use of chems -- chemical weapons. >> for the first time in many years -- it was unanimous that chemical weap

the dirty little secret here is that china purchases most of syria's oil, syria gets about $15 million or so every week from the oil which it uses then to pay off mr. putin's armed supply factories for the arm supplies coming in and being transported into syria from the russian navy and russian cargo fleet. >> very helpful background. thanks for spending time with us today. >> good to be with you, as always. >> we have russia as our next best hope for dealing with syria, which confused some people. we'll get into how likely that is to work out and what the rest of the world is thinking about this. more to come here on wednesday, september 11th. [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪ for my pain, i want my ale

boots on the grounden side syria. on the ground inside syria. training would likely take place nearby in a country like jordan for instance or one of our allies. remember as the white house pushes for a potential military strike on syria, some lawmakers including john mccain say the u.s. needs to do more to both train the rebel fighters and arm them. it is the top story at the bottom of the hour. jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon. jennifer? >> shepherd, before the first tomahawk has been fired there appears to be mission creet. u.s. military trainers started setting up a program to train the syrian opposition in jordan in march. one of the major obstacles in launching this type of operation according to u.s.ish ifs is they are having serious problems with trustworthy groups, the main reason the cia has not provided weapons to the syrian opposition until now. the training of the rebels is not part of the limited airstrikes being considered. >> there are no plans right now, we are not contemplating the boots on the ground in syria. i will s

syria. it was announced yesterday that five the council's permanent members including the u.s. and russia had come to an agreement on a resolution and it's now going to be brought before the other members of the security council for consideration. reuters has a story on a resolution saying the major sticking point up to this point was russia's opposition to enforce compliance with the threat of sanctions or military force. the article goes on to say the draft resolution makes the measure for removing weapons legally binding but provides no automatic enforcement of syria fails to comply. instead the security council would have to draft a second resolution and we will take a look now inside the room. the security council meeting and watch as they all come together. just take a look here as is the meeting comes together. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we are live at the u.n. in new york city at

international is very good to have you company so many developments over syria today syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it puts its chemical weapons stockpile under international control u.s. secretary of state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme earlier today as a way to avoid a military strike on syria but then in a parent you turn the u.s. state department issued a retraction saying it wasn't a genuine offer thomas reports. it started off as a day of a meeting of the ministers both from the western side and with russia and the syrian foreign minister in fact they met earlier today that is. and is sergey lavrov coming out of that meeting they both agreed that syria would work with russia to stop a strike from the west and also syria had agreed to come to the negotiating table with no conditions that's big news but the biggest news is that syria has agreed to release their chemical weapons arsenal to the international community let's listen to what. i had to say about that i have listened to the russian foreign minister statement and i want to say that we welcome his

must execute a military strike against syria now all three top u.s. officials admitted to congress members that that there are risks to acting against damascus militarily but they say that the risks of not acting are even greater now during his testimony secretary kerry warned u.s. representatives that a lot of u.s. military action could actually fuel extremist fighters it was in what came across as a scarier somewhat frightening scenario for the american public kerry said that if the united states doesn't strike syria countries funding the opposition such as saudi arabia and qatar will begin giving more money to quote extremist fighters and caused. if we fail to. those who are working with us today with the syrian opposition we've been working hard to keep them from funding that elements those who are others and so if we back off we've failed to enforce our word here i promise you. the. respect of the moderate opposition versus that will dissipate immediately and people resort to anybody they can try and help them accomplish their goal and we would h

strikes on syria. >> we declare that we oppose any aggression and war against syria.s is our message to our brother who is in charge here in syria and also to the whole world. >> iran has repeatedly warned that if the u.s. attacks syria, israel could be drawn in to the conflict. syria is iranian aid to hezbollah in lobe no one. we heard today for the tires time from another sear crane ally, vladimir button peter sharp has more from how course. >> reporter: this is the first time we have heard from president paout up discussing syria. the last time it was brought up was at the g8 summit in ireland when he met with obama the talk was of a peace conference that's long gone and long passed and i think now president putin realizes this is possibly the last chance, possibly the last chance he's got to deliver his verdict on a possible strike. hostilities could begin at any time. so he took this opportunity to appeal to president obama. >> common sense speaks for itself. the syrian government forces are advancing. and some regions they have circled the rebels. under the circ

syria's likely to loom large over the g. twenty summit in st petersburg where the world leaders split on how to solve the conflict and suspicions of the u.s. putting the notorious surveillance of the. white house and more advocates give the hard sell to american lawmakers on president obama's syria strike plan but the pentagon's call to backtrack on serious accusations against russia. plus some making money by so i have prize seeing a you'll prove a c week he beats reveals how tech firms up helping governments get inside online live imagine what they himan lives wreckage. from a mosque this is ard to you with me tom would say let's take a look at our top story this hour. five russia's historic city of st petersburg is hosting the leaders of the world's a top twenty economies where they'll take on some of the today's the biggest challenges. u.s. intentions are to get involved into syria's wall will no doubt dominate the sidelines of the g. twenty this year let's get more now from what's going on there right now with our team.

in particular i've spent an enormous amount of time on syria. the syria builtability act of 2003, which i authored, is the landmark statement of american policy towards syria and imposed sanctions on damascus in large part due to chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction. in march of this year i introduced a bipartisan bill that would authorize the president to arm vetted members of the opposition. when i talk about syria, i'm speaking from years of experience, hours of hearings and scores of meetings with u.s. and foreign officials. mr. chairman, we've all seen the images of the lifeless bodies of syrian men, women and children, at least 400 children neatly lined up in rows wrapped in white sheets. their bodies appear to have no out ward physical injuries, entire families killed in their homes in a blink of an eye. our intelligence agencies have assessed with high confidence that these innocent civilians were killed by sarin gas, a deadly nerve agent classified as a weapon of mass destruction by the u.n. security council and outlaw

syria. and giving go. the senate will be before nothing you know syria has to get something. for that so the process will continue final. settlement but you know the opposition is heavily financed by the saudis and the west the western countries aren't even hiding it that they're actually supplying arms to the syrian opposition. no real beginning and. graces. face. i see. if they go. you know it was decided. that there were. talking about extremists. isn't. that he defines to opposition in two different groups there are the ones who care for the syrian people who want good for their country and then there are you know the jihadist extremists who actually kill and torture people but they also call themselves opposition do you agree with that definition. i think there is no two sides syria the extremists who are. coming from everywhere. you know to do the war. you know fifty percent of them. so those was some people of syria. i'm not fighting. for the democracy they are fighting for an extremist. islamic regime. you know. of the people of syria you know we're just so recently s

syria is not alone. syria has major allies in many places.f america decides to attack syria, syria's allies would take action into their own and attack america's interest. in the same way that al qaeda acted on its own and attacked america on 9/11. he was really trying -- it's an awkward and misleading analogy with 9/11. but the big point he was trying to really say, look to americans, look, i will defend myself. i will use everything at my disposal. i will use every action, all my allies on my side expect the worst case scenario. instead of saying so he used the notion as 9/11 to say to americans, look you experienced 9/11, you might experience another moment of 9/11 if you decide to attack america all out war against my country. >>> also talk about the signals we're seeing from the state department and now russia, regarding a proposal that came out sort of unscripted but some diplomacy is unscripted that we could divert it intervention if a stockpile was put under control. does it show even the threat of force is actually potentially moving

there is confusion about what is happening in syria so as an expert on syria, tell us what is reallyappening. >> i don't know. i don't know. i do think that there is one thing i know for sure is. this if you. we have i guess. as what we so many and can we what wee have. that's what exactly. take that to the bank. >> i am sure i could. dr. payne. that is what i was afraid of. it a pores you are coaching the president on that. this is not dr. robert payyne. welcome mr. double talk derwood fincher. thank you for being here and great to have you back. well, i am glad that a strong contingent of republicans and democrats so the utter folly of the military action in syria. and sad that there are those who think that lighting the fuse to release the military bring the united states to an undefined mission and unknown outcome and untrustworthy administration makes sense. the only way president obama is transparent as he promised is the duplicity with which he has governed. without hint of shame he takes the position that suits his political ambition. he railed against the government as a san

in syria there is a sunni-shiite divide that plays itself out in syria. and yet our public opinion by and large really ever since the uprising, which did not like assad, they favor the rebels mostly him and nonetheless they don't want to see an international intervention. they don't trust the intentions in particular of the u.s. they think we will be doing it for the wrong reasons that nobody really believes that we would have intervened it would be over chemical weapons. they see what happened in iraq. by and large there was a public that did not want to support it, and that is why the arab league institution could not formally supported despite the pressure from gulf states. and then you have egypt, which obviously is the most populous arab state, influential historically. it is going through a lot of transition. certainly does not like assad and has criticized him. but after the overthrow of the muslim brotherhood in egypt and the overthrow of resident morsi -- president muslim, you have a sentiment in egypt that is so anti-muslim robin hood it trumps

mediated through syria. also echoing the same sentiment but why am i giving you these details when i can cross over to aussie's and he said no way she filed this report about the rough up to the twenty thirteen g. twenty economic summit or bowling operation but was meant to be a two day summit focusing on how to revive the global economy how to reverse economic global downturn turned into a two day debate on syria that's putting it lightly almost all of the round tables the discussions the bilateral meetings in one way or another came down to syria and whether or not a u.s. strike on up. damascus was in fact something that they should support a lot of different views here president putin sacked down with obama despite speculation that the two won't meet and it has to be said their views not only of the chemical weapons attack back in august but in how to deal with syria as a whole couldn't be more opposing. i was elected to end wars not start a u.s. military intervention in syria dominated talks at the g twe

strike on syria. the obama administration is making the case tomahawk missiles could be used to reduce president assad's ability to use chemical weapons but some critics say the only with to secure those weapons is put boots on the ground. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon and has who are for us now. how does a limited strike prevent assad from using chemical weapons again? what would be the goal? >> reporter: it is really not clear, jenna. general dempsey said it would take 75,000 u.s. troops on the ground to secure the chemical weapons. there is no plan to do that now. there is no part of the limited strike using tomahawk to go after the chemical weapons stores which are stored underground by the way. here is defense secretary chuck hagel yesterday on the hill. >> if assad is prepared to use chemical weapons against his own people, we have to be concerned that terrorist groups like hezbollah, which has forces fighting in syria, supporting the assad regime, co