the is the executive board committee for the syrian american counciljoining us committee for the syrian american councilntre of syria near homs. the united nations security council is to be meeting later on to discuss the alleged chemical attack in syria. this report from martin patience contains distressing images from the beginning. this was the scene at an emergency clinic in douma. medics hosing down children, after an alleged chemical attack. these pictures were filmed by activists on the ground. some children were barely conscious. this baby is alive, but struggling to breathe. the medics are doing what they can. but they are overwhelmed, working in a war zone, without enough medical supplies. we received many patients who suffered from symptoms compatible with exposure to chlorine gas, high concentration chlorine gas. also, the symptoms were deteriorating in a fashion that is not compatible with pure chlorine gas exposure, and that is why our physicians are concerned about exposure to nerve gas in low concentration. president trump denounced the alleged chemical attack. 0n social media he wrote..

dr zaki lababidi is president of the syrian american council. hejoins me now from tampa, florida. the airstrikes achieved their objective? let me first say thank you for president trump and the government of the united kingdom and france for holding the red line that mrobama did not. france for holding the red line that mr obama did not. if it wasn't for this red line and unfortunately chemical weapons would have been used in syria over and over. in that context, probably the attack did achieve the objective. probably we did not destroy everything but i doubt the butcher syria has the guts to use it again now that he knows there's somebody in the white house that will hold the red line. the war isn't over, president assad is probably going to rage war against, for example, the rebels in eastern,, in douma, so granted there have been some airstrikes but there's still no change in the status quo? there will be no change in the status quo u nfortu nately be no change in the status quo unfortunately when russian air force and russian air power is supporting the butcher of syria and ir

united nations security council has voted against a resolution proposed by russia condemning the american british and french missile strikes against the syrian government. washington and its closest allies and watched more than one hundred missiles yes president trump has praised the strikes as perfectly executed syria's ambassador to the u.n. accuse the u.s. u.k. and france and undermining the work of weapons inspectors on the ground. to the three of us i say your lawyers spoilers on hypocrites you're trying to see failure in the actions of this organization to not pursue your interests you have tried to undermine the efforts of the investigative bodies. in the u.k. and france questions are being asked about the legality of launching the strikes before consulting parliament barnaby phillips has more from central london. into the dark from that base in cyprus british tornadoes headed into the night sky with storm shadow missiles which they would fire at a military facility just outside home is the objective according to the prime minister very specific in scope this is not about intervening in the civil war it is not about regime change. it

are there enough nations security council has voted against a resolution proposed by russia condemning the american british and french missile strikes against the syrian government. u.s. president donald trump has praised the strikes as perfectly executed washington and its closest allies launched one hundred missiles. and thousands of people gathered in so what for the funeral of south african anti-apartheid activist. the biggest gathering of heads of state in the western hemisphere has been taking place in peru in the eighth summit of the americas nita's from across north south and central america hope to tackle corruption and overcome differences on trade and the political process in venezuela has also been a main focus of the meeting but there are several several notable absences including u.s. president donald trump who pulled out of the last moment. john heilemann joins us live from lima so the summit has now finished what's been achieved. well the peruvian president would say what's been achieved is an agreement on corruption which is the main theme of the summit he says it's an achievement because the last two summits ended without an agreemen

interrupt this interview if we hear the syrian ambassador to the security council speaking or cut to that but in the meantime let's just talk about what the french the americans and the british ambassador said at the security council i got of i'm going to interrupt this and we'll go straight over to the security council let's listen to the syrian ambassador to the united nations security council military plane crash that claimed the lives of the two hundred forty seven people. second predicate i welcome the but dissipation of the secretary general in this very important session and i thank him for his comprehensive and accurate briefing that has a no clearly. pointed out and he and others in this council. on one have you just. did understand the title of this session and he spoke in the manner that is commensurate with the threats to international peace and security. and in light of the allegations and accusations against my country and its allies. the ambassador of the sweden said that the use of chemical weapons is a war crime. and. this is true that i agree with him my government agrees to this when i and i talk of my the media however my dear colleague an

security council to agree on the ground as the american resolution suggested there are strong indications that point towards the syrian regime we will continue our assessments on that basis in any case we se condemned the use of such weapons and that's because. of the german chancellor angela merkel speaking there here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world saudi forces have intercepted several ballistic missiles fired by who the rebels in yemen earlier today witnesses reported hearing a number of blasts in the capital riyadh have been posting videos on social media showing smoke in the sky there were no reports of casualties or damage. in the united states the republican house speaker paul ryan says he will not run for reelection when his term expires in january ryan's decision is seen as another blow to the republican party as it tries to retain its majority in the house of representatives elections later this year. a un court has overturned the acquittal of vojislav schussel finding the serbian ultranationalist guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the

syrians carrying it out. we have also heard the american ambassador suggesting that the un security council has failed in itsbjections, she said. would you see this going out? that has to be the next bed to another the diplomatic process forward. you saw general mattis last evening when he first spoke about the strikes, he immediately turned to the need for diplomatic progress. brad baritt is rushed by russia and iran. and turkey. there is no sunni arab or american vice president, so i would think that these three countries, britain, france and the us, the arab world would want the qualities into diplomatic faction to argue for a ceasefire and argue for political talks. there are 12 million homeless people in a population of 22.1; million in syria, this is a brutal war, it must stop and that is the next the diplomacy, as well as tending to the refugees, europe has done a great deal, my country must done a great deal, my country must do much more on that front. he has said that is what must be done now, what you think these have actually achieved. what have we achieved, other than showing some action? we're n

syrian government in recapturing these from go to. moscow in syria in the aftermath of these strikes a calling for an emergency u.n. security council meeting citing american aggression what could come of that i mean given how syria and russia are both equally demonized if you like what was the best we can hope for out of this u.n. security council meeting. nothing will come out of it the western media and i think one thing that we now know is that the western media has nothing there's no democracy in the west the corporate media in the state run media they will tow the line you saw the british prime minister after she spoke the the time time newspaper and the times newspaper as well as the b.b.c. what sort of soft ball questions they were getting and over the past few weeks over the past week think tanks and the western media have been basically mimicking their regimes in advocating an illegal strike the un security council of course is meaningless because the united states will carry out attacks whether they have permission from the un security council or not western think tanks the western media will mimic the government line so there's there's no hope

the president of the united states hassan shibly is a syrian american civil rights attorney, executive director of the florida branch of the councilamerican islamic relations and he was personally impacted by the ban. hassan shibly / civil rights lawyerit almost prohibited my uncle from coming with his children - they were planning a family vacation the current version of the travel ban restricts travel from iran libya somalia yemen syria north korea and venezula. alexandra limon / @alexlimonnewspresident trump has frequently defended his executive order on twitter and the white house says it's still confident the court will uphold the travel ban.marc short is white house director of legislative affairsmarc short / white house director of legislative affairsits not to be punitive, its to be protectionary of the american people and make sure that terrorists are not coming into our country.shibly challeges that saying the ban actually hurts america.hassan shibly / civil rights lawyersteve jobs is the son of a syrian immigrant and he built the most valuable company in this country, his father would have been banned in the first musli

is there a united nations 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 . while the united states supported by its 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. 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 all trump has praised the strikes as perfectly executed the u.s. and its allies one hundred missiles targeting a scientific research facility in damascus and to chemical weapons storage facilities in their homes the first coordinated retaliation for last saturday's suspected chemical attack on dum

council. they are due to meet today. some people said bidders unlikely that america would lodge action before the app and. but the syrians believe they are under attack by the americans working with other actors and the region? that as right. donald trump said that this tweet yesterday talking about achin reading the chemical attack to syria, and saying that vladimir putin, russia, and run, were behind assad regime. there are certainly a lot of players any area. and we no, of course, a little at videos allegedly showing tomahawk missiles comic russell of the non—, and win the russian aircraft and the skies of syria, as well, so that as a confusing picture. you mentioned these rallies, but of course utas these rallies, but of course utas the saudis as well, who are unfolded the saudis as well, who are unfolded the region. these are very complicated picture. —— you have the saudis. as the most difficult thing to find out what a sapling and the area and sell. with the problem yesterday with the reported chemical attack. there were reports that one under and 50 people who'd been filled. six people who'd been filled. six people who'd been filled. reports they were not tel

security council has voted against a resolution proposed by russia condemning the american british and french missile strikes against the syrian government. has president donald trump has praised the strikes as perfectly executed washington and its closest allies the more than one hundred missiles. and thousands of people gathered in the funeral of a south african anti-apartheid activist winnie mandela. which on a natural top story the u.s. that missile strikes on syria the russian president vladimir putin has discussed the situation with his turkish counterpart to one by phone and he repeated russia's position that the strikes violate international law and u.n. rules. has more from moscow. the russians are looking at what happens they're assessing the impact of these strikes and they're thinking this could have been a whole lot worse than it was if you think back to the beginning of the week and all the kind of hot talk that was being thrown around the russian ambassador to lebanon saying that russia would be shooting all u.s. missiles out of the sky if they came anywhere near syria that it would actually be striking back aga

americans say something every day. the current administration cannot be trusted. >> at the u.n. security council, u.s. ambassador nikki haley lashed out at the syriane for its repeated use of chemical weapons. russia agreed to oversee the destruction of that arsenal in 2139 denies the regime has used them since. >> the assad regime keeps dropping chlorine bombs on innocent men, women, and children. just these past few weeks, when the regime seized eastern due to, there were credible reports. speak about the white house on the western made sense similar statements about isis being all but defeated in syria. for the u.s., this signals a withdrawal of troops before too long, that russia, with its entrenched military bases, shows no sign of getting out of syria, chris. >> chris: amy, thank you. up next, can amazon stockholders sue president trump over criticism that is costing them money? first, beyond our borders tonight. there are concerns in the u.s. about iranian influence in next month's parliamentary elections in iraq. last month, defense secretary james mattis said iran has funneled money into iraq to try to sway votes. the future of u.s. milita

syrian government is a very paranoid group of people and look at the united states and view france and britain as almost american lackeys. by contrast, having the three countries stand together in the united stations security council was a very good signal to the russians that it's no the just russia and the united states. >> is it the u.n. and the resolution that was formed basically founded this attack, or made reason for this attack, in the last 24 hours, is it still effective? and if so, what should be the next step coming from the u.n. given the action that we've seen just within the last four or five hours? >> well, in a perfect world, the united stations security kcouncl would all agree that expert investigators would go and determine who was responsible for what we saw on our video screens last saturday night, april 7th. but the russians have always rejected allowing the experts to make a judgment. and so, in the absence of a russian agreement, i don't think there's much the united nations can do, frankly. >> and finally, the ref ugeeref. over 5 million. i was looking at what that mean, everybody in many picking up and moving to another state. that is still happening to these millions of people. >> you kno

american ambassador to the un. the russian ambassador to the un said the strikes threaten the prospects of a brokered political solution for the syrian conflict. let's hear what he told the security councildate from the united nations security council, and in violations of the un charter of norms and principal of normal law, aggression against the sovereign state was carried out, which is on the front line in the fight against terrorism. just as one year ago, when the shayrat airbase in syria came under attack, the us used as a pretext the stage chemical attack against civilians. this time in douma, damascus suburb, a russian military expert did not find any traces of chlorine or any other toxic agent when they visited the site. not a single local resident was able to gain from that a chemical attack had actually taken place. karen pierce, the british ambassador to the un, explain the involvement of britain in the military strikes that took place overnight against the syrian regime. acting with our american and french allies, in the early hours of this morning, the united kingdom conducted coordinated, targeted and precise strikes to degrade assad's chemical weapons and deter the future

syrian president bashar al assad is warning of quote grave repercussions to such american threats moscow so far is denied the use of chemical weapons describing those claims as fabrications but the u.n. security council wants an urgent and impartial investigation by an international chemical weapons watchdog but it's syria and its russian ally interesting they have welcomed it and in a few hours member states will be voting on washington's proposal to establish a new inquiry we're looking at in a moment first with coverage from neighboring lebanon. tomahawk missiles launched by the us military hit the syrian air base on the morning of april seventh two thousand and seventeen it was the first time the united states directly targeted syrian government forces since the start of the conflict the raid was in response to this. president donald trump said the air base was used to launch a chemical weapons attack over one hundred people among them women and children were killed in the northern town of on the base was damaged but apart from that the strike didn't we can the government or its allies and it didn't prevent further chemical attacks the latest on saturday night reportedly killed dozens of people i

weapons attack by syrian president bashar al- assad's regime.omar jimenez reports the u-n security council is planning an emergency meeting later today. president donald trump: "my fellow americans. a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikespresident trump announcing targeted airstrikes in syria.nats sirens in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack in the country last weekend that reportedly left dozens dead. president trump: "the purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread, and use of chemical weapons."the sites targeted in this?:-a chemical warfare technology center in the damascus area.-a chemical weapons ástorage site west of homs-and a nearby command post also a chemical weapons storage siteofficials saying the strikes are meant to deter the further use of chemical weapons...and come a year to the month after a similar set of target strikes in 2017. defense secretary james mattis: "it was done on targets we believe were selective to hurt the chemical weapons program." these attacks were done in coordination with the united kingdom and france.general joseph dunford, chair

syrian defense minister, it is the american defense secretary. how coherent is this administration? on december 10, 2012, six years ago, we conveyed a formal letter to the council so before the--, terrorist groups claimed sarin in 2013, we informed you that the united kingdom and france have launched allegations claiming they might have used syrian weapons. we warned such an investigation would provide chemical weapons to armed terrorist groups and then claim that the syrian government had used those weapons. what has happened in this past -- villages and towns unequivocallyrm what we had wind of five years ago. united states, united kingdom, and france have been so eager to hold one meeting after another. this is part of a deep crisis. they want to involve other council members in this crisis. these three countries create in the security council a big elephant of lies and d.c.. this elephant is living and this chamber and is stamping with its huge feet on that credibility of this council. it seems this calls for supporting terrorists. these countries because the terrorists wanted this meeting to be held before they were forced to reach an agreement with the sy