can the prime minister tell us what work he is doing with them, with the syrian national council to make these talks in geneva happen? >> what we're doing with the council is twofold. we want to support those elements of the syrian opposition that are pluralistic, democratic and free syria. that is what our engagement with them has been all about. but we go further than that because we recognize that the so-called rebels who backed those views also deserve our support, our support in terms of training and assistance and advice. the truth is this, we won't get a peace process in syria unless president assad realizes that his regime is under some sort of pressure, some sort of threat not just from the rebels but from the millions of syrians who we must be standing up for, who want democracy and freedom, who want a better future for themselves and their children. it is them whose side we should truly be on. >> there is no difference in this house. for thed stand up innocent people of syria. , i question at issue is think the house has approached it so far in a calm and measured way and shou

backing for western governments listen across to up to one model hodge who is a member of the syrian national council thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. search in the sky the situation while thousands of rebel fighters have now joined the islamist calling your opposition group illegitimate what's your response to that. actually they've been expecting it it was a. stronger walen. on the bone on the. many days they're going to see the at and and it isn't any help from the national community that we have to expect that the people are going to be mourning dean and the other people who are feeling that. issue here. we get it we really didn't mean easy was the one who brought the people who expected the thing to be international community need a do it and then issue there would be sports exim is willing to green and these things would be things just ought to be but we're going to we've done it already to the youth. mentally able and because we don't have enough. forces only get on with. these groups but what is your coalition doing or planning to do to counter the rapid rise of radicalism in syr

change his ways positioned itself squarely against him and tried to build a coalition and the syrian national councilorn and raised inside turkey. but those efforts really didn't lead anywhere either in the sense that the syrian national council is a political force did not prove to be a very potent one and it could not really have a leadership that had much to say over what goes on in the territory. and the turkish government, i suppose, like the lebanese and the jordanian governments and the perhaps in particular is very unhappy both with the humanitarian disaster that is unfolding inside the country and the burdens that the war is inflicting on its own people and on its own interests actually. there are probably over 400,000 refugees here, over 500 in jordan and as many in lebanon that is really testing, especially those two countries, but even in turkey i think the available space to accommodate more and more refugees is becoming very limited. so turkey would like to see -- >> let me -- let me bring you in. fowas, let me bring you in. what do you think is going on in syria right now? do you belie

. >> this as the syrian national council has responded to russia's proposal during a news conference turkey. what did they say today? >> reporter: well as you can imagine, dell, the syrian oppositionco sligs not happy at all with the russian proposal. they are very spectacle. and they have reiterated very strong-worded statement that they issued today. they base said that quote crimes against humanity cannot be resolved through political concessions. they maintain that essentially this proposal does not address the key issue of accountability, that nobody is being punished for the use of chemical weapons, and take away the weapons is not a punishment. they say the violation to basic human rights must be responded to do in in a proportional way. >> who responded to this news conference and did they present use of more chemical weapons >> the opposition introduced a chief forensic doctor from an embattled city. his defection or escape from syria has been talked about for several days now. and he addressed journalists about a specific talk earlier in march, which he said chemical weapon

a number of islamist rebel brigades have withdrawn support of the syrian national council, which so far has been the main negotiating partner for the west . >> they are the highest level talks between washington and tehran in more than 30 years. >> u.s. secretary of state john kerry and the iranian foreign minister are due to meet in new york in about an hour on the sidelines of the united nations general assembly. >> joined by warm and ministers from five worldy will be addressing international concerns over iran's nuclear program. >> earlier on thursday, i ran positive president called for -- iran's new president called for the total elimination of nuclear arms. western powers believe iran is secretly developing a nuclear weapon. >> for more on this, we want to check in with our correspondent in new york. max, what are you hearing at the united nations about these high- level talks with iran? what should the world expect to come out of these talks? >> first of all, it is a lot of symbolism, of course, because it is the first time in a long time that you have high-level talks like that

the syrian national council is legitimate and i'm confident the people of syria would rule e around them. is it complicated, difficult, all those things. but is the status flow acceptable. >> rose: saudi arabia has given them support, turkey has given them support. i'll now talk about the rebels across the board and probably some of that fell into the hands of people who are not friends of the united states. and others have, are those weapons not reaching the free syrian army? >> some of them, and some of them are being vetted by the united states and some restraints have been imposed by the united states on what types of weapons. and they have been helpful. but right now, the price of a bullet is a dollar. they had not until recent days perhaps they had not received a single weapon from the united states of america. they received a bunch of mre's with an expiration date of about a month later. but here we're talking about collision costs and the equipment they're getting does not do well against tanks or fixed wing aircraft. they have a decided battlefield disadvantage. and it's clear t

security council would have to vote on a second resolution that would give the syrian president's allies another chance to meet on further action. the istanbul-based opposition alliance, the syrian national council, criticized the draft resolution, saying it sends the wrong signal to the regime. >> this resolution means the following -- assad should turn over the chemical weapons, but he can keep massacring the people with other weapons -- conventional weapons. that is what assad will understand because the resolution does not name the criminal. >> as the diplomatic wheels turn, the conflict on the ground continues to claim lives. this internet video purports to show the scene of a car bomb attack north of damascus on friday. at least 30 people were reported killed. >> let's pull in our correspondent in new york. let's do a little reality check right now. how realistic is it to expect a vote on this resolution before friday is over? >> well, local time, no problem whatsoever because the security council is going to get together at eight :00 local time. usually, they put up a vote like that at the beginning. it's afterwards that they have the speeches by the diplomats and the ministers an

the opposition syrian national council is meeting i believe the foreign secretary next couple of days. can the prime minister tell us what work he is doing with them, the syrian national council, to make those talks in geneva happen? >> what we're doing with the steering national council is twofold. one, we want to support those limits of the syrian opposition that support a pro-listed democratic and free syria. that is what our engagement with them has been all about. but we go further than that because we recognize the so- called rebels who backed those views also deserve our support, our support in terms of training and assistance and device because the truth is this. we won't get a peace process in syria unless president assad realizes that actually his regime is under some sort of pressure, some sort of threat from not just the rebels, but from the millions of syrians who we must be standing up for who want to mock received, want freedom, what a better future for themselves and their children. democracy, want freedom, want a better future for themselves and their children. all pa

the opposition syrian national council is meeting i believe the foreign secretary next couple of days. can the prime minister tell us what work he is doing with them, the syrian national council, to make those talks in geneva happen? >> what we're doing with the steering national council is twofold. one, we want to support those limits of the syrian opposition that support a pro-listed democratic and free syria. that is what our engagement with them has been all about. but we go further than that because we recognize the so- called rebels who backed those views also deserve our support, our support in terms of training and assistance and device because the truth is this. we won't get a peace process in syria unless president assad realizes that actually his regime is under some sort of pressure, some sort of threat from not just the rebels, but from the millions of syrians who we must be standing up for who want to mock received, want freedom, what a better future for themselves and their children. dosh who want democracy, want freedom, want a better future for themselves and their ch

to replace a sad with the regime based on the syrian national council so it may well be that there's some calculations in washington that although this is in some ways a huge blow to the prestige of united states as the go it alone sole superpower but it has to cooperate with the un but it has to listen to russia and china norm the less it might in certain ways actually facilitate the ongoing policy of supporting the rebels against assad and perhaps in a way in the longer term serve their interests and again we see that barack obama said the threat of a military strike should remain to keep pressure on that saddam regime while president putin insists it's hard to imagine a nation to design in the face of a night time how do you how do you see this standoff well pan out. here well i think therefore that the likelihood is that the americans french and british will agree to some slightly weaker language in a resolution that enables the syrian weapons stockpiles both to be catalogued and in some sense put in safe keeping although that's difficult in a civil war but they may hope to find

. >>> well, i'm joined in the studio now from a member of the syrian national council, welcome to youhat is your reaction to this? at least 13 of the rebel factions have rejected the syrian national coalition. >> well, i'm trying first of all to know the size of these groups on the ground, because we have many, many groups on the ground. we don't know how big, how influential, how strong they are -- [overlapping speakers] >> yes, in fact. it's -- it's the name -- it's number one on the list, and i see some names of groups i can recognize. it's a combination of two things. one of them, yes, there is a degree of failure from the coalition leadership in taking the -- the syrian revolution to a level where we can, you know, really tell the world what we want and -- and stand very strong against this regime. we don't see that strong stand. we know that recently we have not been served well by the cancellation of the plans of that strike. it -- it actually boosted the regime more, and restricting all the atrocities that happened during those two and a half years only in one thing which is t

it is also what the syrian political opposition wants to see, the syrian national council, they haveeased a statement saying that they are deeply skeptical about assad joining the convention, calling it a clear attempt to evade international action and accountability, and i can tell them they are not alone among merck and its allies who are trying to work on a clear and enforceable plan. >> all right. jonah thank you. >>> meanwhile human rights watchers warn that the talks could lead to more killings, and that efforts should be focused on ending the violence, not just on securing syria's chemical weapons. >> the announcement for russia and the u.s. talking, has also been a green light for syria to continue killing its people. and having blue helmets on the ground looking for chemical weapons would be very dangerous. >> a report says government forces killed at least 248 people in villages. in may. rebels say the number is even higher. >> reporter: rebel fighters attack government positions using mortar, they say they won't lay down their arms until president assad's regime is toppled

. >> let's look at a bigger picture, and talk to a member of the opposition syrian national council.dline is the un agree a deal to force syria to hand over weapons, but of course the detail is the most important below the headline, and that is can the u.s. and russia agree on the detail? >> well, like you said, the devil is in the details. but i don't have the exact text of the resolution, it's not good, and it is not encouraging. people are frustrated inside of syria, because number 1, it doesn't mention chapter 7 of the un -- >> remind us what that means. >> chapter 7 means -- >> the use of force -- >> well, using all means including force. so it has some teeth in it, and the americans looks like they compromise with the russians that they put a text that says forces syria, legally to give up their arsenal of chemical weapons without any mention of that chapter 7. >> because that was disputed at the time, i remember. lavrov and kerry talking about that. >> exactly. and lavrov did not want to have any language that may have any possibility of using force against syria. so here it's

and let's continue the discussion here in the studio and we have an academic part of the syrian national councilup part of the syrian coalition and we are live in the studio and good to have you with us. despite the smiles in the photo there is disagreement over syria, isn't there, are you disappointed on how the g-20 meetings panned out? >> disappointed but not surprised. it is hosted by russia and russia and china have taken a different position. i don't think it is morally justified but they have their own interest. and i think they are realizing that the way it is overwhelming against them and against their allies here in government and the regime. there is more and more evidence coming out that it is the syrian government that used the chemical weapons. and there is no escape of pointing finger at them and, you know, punching them for what they have done. >> reporter: now, there have been criticisms of the regime of course by u.n. reports, but when it comes to the moral argument, the russian and chinese line seems to be that it's also not justified to take unilateral military action outside

strong rivalries within their own ranks, and our efforts to bring them together through the syrian national councillsewhere have been very slow to produce results. on the ground in the military side, i've heard estimates of several hundred different militias, owing no loyalty to any central authority. in their ranks are very nasty types, al-qaeda affiliates, the islamic state of iraq and syria, i believe is the other name, but what kerry said yesterday was in challenging the figures being bounced back and forth between himself and the committee, he estimates or the administration estimates that the extremists are some 20%. one of the congressman said i understand it's 50%. so the numbers game is going on aband i think it's fair to say nobody is absolutely sure about the strength of the extreme its, but the opposition is a broad range. >> that is why the question keeps coming up that while president obama has made it clear that his position is he wants the assad regime to end, then what after that? >> well, you know, senator mccain has asked for a stronger position, because he said assad is not goin

you have the political organization known as the syrian national council and they are the ones who represente the ones the united states government and other organizations are dealing with. >> very quickly before i let you go. what about the syrian people? we rarely talk about them. we've talk a lot about the rebels and assad. in general, where are the syrian people in all of this? who would they support if assad were to go? >> this is what makes syria so difficult. on the one hand, it still has popular support but it is very difficult to measure that. the syrian population against the back drop of so much violence has definitely over the course of the last two years, shifted and waned. sometimes people have come out saying they want the regime gone. they want the violence to stop. others had expressed a tremendous amount of concern and fear about minority rights, christians' rights and other groups in the post assad era. so the result of that, there are growing concerns among ordinary syrians as to what could happen in the country. it is very difficult to get an accurate sense given the fac

grade affiliated with the free syrian army, one of the moderate fighting groups that the syrian national councilitical opposition works with. and also supposedly the other powers like the west of the gulf countries are backing. they are still in their own locked stalemate position right on the turkey border and a truce there is holding but no progress is being made in that area. >> reporter: thanks very much for that update, anita is in turkey on the syria, turkey border for us. boko haram fighters in nigeria in military uniforms shot and killed 87 people and there are checkpoints outside of the town and gunned down people as they tried to escape. and it's in the nigerian capitol and we are live from there, please tell us more about the latest attack. >> well, like you said, 17 people were actually killed in the town itself and that set the people on sort of set the whole town into confusion. people are running in all directions. after conducting the operations in the town, the gunman suspected gunman moves to the highway, which is a very important connecting point between the states and other n

secular perhaps more western friendly organizations, such as the free syrian army and the syrian national council. that is something that major countries in the region are watching very closely and more importantly, there's no guarantee and there's no certainty as to who will replace bashar assad either through democratic means or continued violence. >> ayman mohyeldin. thank you. >>> let me bring in our panel. we have john and the chairman and co-founder of vote now.org. gentlemen, thank you. you wrote in a blog that you oppose taking military action against syria. what is your chief reason? >> first, it's not in my heart as someone who's been to iraq a couple of times. secondly, we asked our members, 360,000 people, and 78% of them say no. operationally it's very hard to do what the president are going to do. you're going to strike them with airstrikes that hurt him but don't take sides in the civil war. several months ago we opposed the president arming these rebels. when i was in the army, these rebels fought us. in 2012 they came into iraq and killed parts of the iraqi army. they are a fragm

i notice that the syrian national council have condemned that behavior and they ought to punish the people who perpetrated it. the united states of america, if we are more involved than i think we can have a greater influence on their behavior. again, i do not -- all things are horrible. but if you visit these refugee camps, as you did, anderson, and you hear the stories of the calculated dogma and doctrine of rape, murder and torture that is employed by bashar al assad, it is horrendous. >> senator john mccain, i appreciate you being on. thank you. >> thank you, anderson. >> let us know what you think about tonight's reporting. follow me on twitter. up next, seeking justice for shareece morales. she was raped by her teacher at age 14. >>> also ahead, the death of a teenager in georgia was ruled an accident. the second autopsy told a different story. we'll hear from kendrick johnson's parents ahead. woman: everyone in the nicu -- all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you

loose term, i don't have you to look at the political movement which is represented by the syrian national council. you to look at the free syrian army which is a group of various defectors and others who have joined the ranks, and you have to look at those who are looking at this as an ideological struggle to advance islam, and more importantly to be part of a larger jihadist movement. and they're drawing on several others from across the region and across the world to join that fight. in making that distinction, you can understand the ideology between each one of these groups, what they're trying to achieve inside syria. and in that video, that video, believe it or not, is actually not the first time we've seen these types of images. we have seen many disturbing images over the course of the last two years of summary executions, torture, and some very horrific pictures and images involving children, soldiers as well. so to assume that the rebels that are fighting to topple the regime of president bashar al assad are somehow beholden to universal human rights or that they're going to uphold human

can the prime minister tell us what work he is doing with them, with the syrian national council to make those talks in geneva haven't? >> what we're doing with the syrian national council is twofold. one is that we want to support those elements of the syrian opposition that support pluralistic, pluralistic democratic and free syria. that is what engagement with them has been all about. but we go further than that because we recognize that the so-called rebels who back those use also deserve our support. our support in terms of training, assistance and advice because the truth is this. we won't get the piece process in syria and less president assad realizes that i could his regime is under some sort of pressure, some sort of threat from not just from the rebels, but from the millions of syrians but we must be standing up for the want democracy, freedom, a better future for himself and their children. it is them who side we should be truly are. >> mr. speaker, there is no difference within this house for the need to stand up for the innocent people of syria. the question, the question,

out these kinds of extra judicial killings and what is frighteni frightening, it shows the syrian national councilrol and if a military strike or arms are given to these groups, what's to guarantee these guys won't carry out more killings like this? >> thank you so much. appreciate it. she brings up a good point. people don't really have a good sense yet of who is on the ground and who has the weapons and if they are motivated by revenge, there is no one that will stop them from doing those kinds of things. >> and local commanders in different area that is don't come under any umbrella, the rebel leading that group apparently said on the cell phones of the soldiers they found videos of looting and mistreatment with civilians and that is still a barbaric way to deal with the situation and remember that the guy that was eating the organs of another soldier as well. there is a lot going on on both sides. >> absolutely. former defense secretary donald rumsfeld, one of the architects of the iraq war, now he is questioning president obama's leadership during the syrian crisis. a lot of people finding th

in an op-ed in the "washington post," both the leaders of the free syrian army and the syrian national councilhe argument why the united states congress needs to authorize president obama to use military strikes. they say president assad only knows green lights and red lights. for the past 2 1/2 years, the commus international community's indifference has allowed him to kill his own people. some syria opposition members we've been speaking to here in the region, they say the regime cannot be trusted. along with russia, they're simply trying to manipulate global public opinion. they keep saying the syrian regime has signed many previous agreements. there was that kofi annan plan th that called for the regime to withdraw from certain areas. they didn't live up to that either. so no belief the syrian government will allow the international community full control over its chemical weapons. they say this is a stall tactic which the united states and other countries should not fall for. >> joining me now is florida congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz. great to have you here. a lot of fast moving

>> then we'll have to help the syrian national council get rid of the jihadists and extremists, and two years ago, by the way, they weren't there. a year ago with the momentum on their side, until 5,000 hezbollah, iranians stepped it up. it's going to be tough, it's going to be difficult, but to believe that the syrian people who are moderate are willing to be governed by al nusra is a misreading of -- >> this deal, which the president supports, a winner or a loser in your mind? >> i think it's a loser because i think it gave russia a position in the middle east which they haven't had since 1970. we are now depending on the goodwill of the russian people if bashar al assad violates this agreement, and i am of the firm belief given his record that is a very, very big gamble. >> senator mccain, thank you very much. as always, i appreciate your time. i want to bring in the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, democrat from new jersey, robert menendez and senator roy blunt will join us in a moment. chairman menendez, you heard senator mccain, and you said this past week anyth

the opposition syrian national council is meeting foreign secretary the next couple days. n the prime minister tell us what work he is doing with them come with the syrian national councils make those talks in geneva have been? >> what we do this syrian national council is twofold. one is a lot disparate elements of the syrian opposition that support a pluralistic democratic and free syria. that is what her engagement has all about. we go further than not because we recognize the so-called rebels who back those views also deserve our support. our support in terms of training and assistance and advice because the truth is this. we welcome the peace process in syria and less president assad realizes his regime is under some sort of pressure, some sort of thread not just an above post, but the millions of syrians who we must be standing up for who want democracy, who want freedom, who won a better future for themselves and children. it is then decide we should be truly on. >> there's no difference within this house because they need to stand up for the innocent people of syria

that, if we look at those remaining in power over the next two years, they recognize the syrian national councilyl: lack of involvement and lack of opinion. is that a fair assessment? >> i think so. saudia arabia, one of the biggest funders and biggest supporters of the rebel movement, this is the conundrum that we have. you have the arab league and the organization that does not recognize a solid. you have america building up the expectations. america will have to have a very delicate conversation. we have accepted that he can remain in power if he gives over his chemical weapons. how they go about interfacing with saudia arabia and the fact that they will still support the rebels. we heard that they are now starting to see various support from the cia. that is an added complexity. cheryl: you are talking about and at this point and added channel. thank you very much. elizabeth o backe has been fired by the institute for the study of war for lying about her resume. she joined us on august 30. her research has led to significant media exposure. she does not have a doctorate from georgetown unive

and then the syrian national council that is made up of the muslim brotherhood. it is complicated. and one thing i want to point out is the threat to u.s. homeland security by a military strike. we heard the secretary of state saying it is in the national security to conduct the strike. you will radicalized the home grown threat. >> it is something that you don't want ultimately. >> we'll be right back. diagram [ 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 aleve. [ male announcer ] look for the easy-open red arthritis cap. >> so we are three weeks away from a key obama date when americans can enroll in the health insurance exchanges. but the people who were supposed to help enrollees are n

in fact, the head of the syrian national council also addressed the body in which he said that the internationalnity must do more as punitive measures against the syrian government. that's been the position of saudi arabia. they've really been pushing for the international community to lift up to the charter of the organization to protect civilians and to no longer hide behind the excuse that military action inside syria would constitute foreign military intervention. that's a term that's been used in this region mostly in reference to the way the u.s. has conducted foreign policies. there seems to be a consensus that they want more action from the international community and so certainly they are now throwing their weight behind president obama's call for a possible military strike as early as next week once the u.s. congress convenes and discusses the matter. >> ayman, thanks for that. that's the latest from beirutbe. we apologize for the delay on that. the russians have come out saying that u.s./syrian strikes would delay the peace for a long time. they condemn the chemical attacks. the arab

that is the syrian national council. those are the umbrella organizations which fall underneath it.re the ones that the united states government is dealing with. so, too, are western and arab countries. many people have recognized them, many international governments have recognized them as the official representatives of the syrian people in organizations like the arab league. the aim or at least the hope is that if there is regime change, it would be this political opposition that could quickly move to damascus and try to create a government that can then ultimately bring in many of these various rebel groups and others under the command and control of a new government. however, that is going to be a very tall order because we simply don't know what the more extremist rebel groups will likely do. will they acknowledge it, will they recognize it? will they turn their weapons against those to have taken power? that's going to be the ultimate test. that's why there's so much concern among the opposition rebel groups. >> "the new york times" released video this week showing rebels exe

the united nations council required syrian to destroy chemical weapons stockpile. if they fail to comply, the council will move a second resolution to approve military action or sanctions. inspection of chemical weapons stockpiles are set to begin next week. from the white house, for the first time in 30 years, top leaders in iran and the u.s. are talking. president obama spoke with the iranian president. he believes the countries can reach a resolution. newman measures making them laws among the toughest in the nation go into effect. there is already a lawsuit that will be heard in baltimore on tuesday. opponents say it violates gun rights. a law requires fingerprints to state police to get a license to buy a handgun. guns to a different band. a film is bringing back bad memories for decent residence, "blue caprice." it is based on the d.c. sniper attacks. roz plater talked with people as they left the theater. what was the response? >> it is emotional for them. thatitle refers to the car the snipers used in the killing spree. even though it was powerful, it was h

>> generally the syrian national council are more than eager to do that. on again? >> syrian opposition group, how can you give me some comfort they can be trusted? >> i know these people. the institute for the study of war, general keen and others, those people have been in and out of there. they are doing the bulk of the fighting. they are in the areas not controlled by al nusra and kooid spending time trying to enforce law rather than fighting. we know who they are. saudis know who they are. they are getting weapons to them directly. there's no doubt in my mind and there should be no doubt in anybody's mind that the free syrian army is not an extremist group and nor are the syrian people given to extremes. they are very cultured modernist nation. they are not going to stand for some kind of extremist government. >> donny deutsch, let me play devil's advocate for a moment. the president said he's going in. then he paused and said, i want to get congress behind me. i'm going on the congress you're going to get congress and the senate dragging and they are

number one, we have to have the free syrian army and the syrian national council comply with commitments they've made that they will secure and get rid of chemical weapons. the second thing is that they have to commit to human, to respect human rights. and we have to be a very big player in that. especially when it comes to the inevitable conflict between all these jihadists that are there and the free syrian army. we're going down to assist the free syrian army. third of all, we are going to have to have commitments about protection of christians and alawites, because we cannot unleash once that bashar al-assad collapse is a bloodletting, bloody massacre of these people. as you know right now, bashar, one of the strategies is to establish that crescent along the coast of there. and that is a real possibility that that could happen, particularly if the russians continue to help them. by the way, one shipload into the russian port that comes in regularly is six months worth of supplies brought in. the way that we are bringing them into, into the free syrian army. again, i think there's a

of self-defense and in accordance with article 51 of the united nations and or when the security council approves such action. >> the syrian ambassador to the united nations has been speaking out listening to what's been going on there in congress. skrefry attacked the u.s. position. >> the appointed american administration to anticipate on the out come and the findings and some of the findings -- how could the united states of america act from outside the context of the united nations? we are not asking president obama to the bully of the world. why not waiting until until they have finalized the its mission. >> we understand that laboratory tests are under way in europe right now. part of that investigation by the united nations in chemical weapons used. president obama says he won't wait for thaeupb vest tkpwaeugs but it's just possible those samples will be in time for that congressional vote. per perhaps the u.n. report is not quite as certain and spell skwrepbs. >>> venezuela's president has blamed sabotage for power cuts in about 75% of the country. on twitter he said the opposition is behind what he calls an electr

number one, we have to have the free syrian army and the national council comply with the commitment they have made that they will carry and get rid of chemical weapons. the second thing is that they have to commit to the respective human rights and we have to be a very big player in that, especially when it comes to the inevitable conflict between all of these jihadist to our there and the free syrian army. third of all, we are going to have to have commitments about protectionof christians because we cannot unleash once the shark once bashar al- assadcollapses a bloody massacre of these people. as you know, one of the strategies is to establish the crescent along the coast there. that is a real possibility that it could happen, particularly if the russians continue to help. --ce you come into the russian one shipload into the russianport with six months worth of supplies brought in the way that we are bringing them into the free syrian army, again, i think there is a grave --nger of serious dissolving of syria dissolving into different pieces, as you know. that is something where i

national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria. now the u.s. leader says he feels comfortable carrying out an attack against syrian targets without the approval of the united nations security council. u.s. officials believe that any draft allowing for the use of force would be vetoed by russia or china. it's not time sensitive. that means it could happen one week from now or one month from now. but he said the syrian government will pay consequences after carrying out a chemical attack. >> i have decided that the united states should take action against syrian regime targets. this would not be an open ended intervention. we would not put boots on the ground. instead our attack would be limited in duration and scope. >> the team of u.n. experts that have been investigating the august 21st, alleged chemical weapons attack just returned from damascus and have not yet concluded if chemical weapons were used. the results of their findings may become known in the next few weeks. what president obama is basing his judgment on is an independent investigation that washington has done into the alleged kep cal weapons -- chemical weapons attack. president obama also said that the u.s. cannot

but a full on united nations security council resolution that says, the syrians admit they have chemicaleapons, and now the united nations is cop -- condemning them. so the russians have to sign off on that. really? that's as big a fantasy as what we were talking about 30 minutes ago. mike emanuel on capitol hill. that's my understand ago of the broad framework. >> any understanding is they're essentially trying to have the russians put up or shut up, and i talked to some senators who were at lunch with the president of the united states earlier today, and they say the president told him he wants to give this russian proposal more time at the u.n. security council. so there will not be a vote on the use of force resolution, which was struggling here on capitol hill, anytime this week. the president does believe that the threat of the use of force makes a diplomatic solution more likely, but at this point, he wants to at least give that a little more time to see if it's legit or whether it's the russians playing games. bottom line, i've heard from some senators that the president believes

now, i think we can convince the syrian national council if it is in their interest because the transition could lead to the genuinely free elections and change for syria. but we need the regime itself to realize that it is in his interest, because there is no victory that he can win against his own people. and for that to happen, we do need to take and the world needs to take a very tough response to the things like the chemical weapons attacks. now i accept that britain can't be proud of any military action on that front. but we must not in any degree give up our other revulsion of the chemical weapons attacks that we've seen coming and we've expressed this point in every form to the member. >> mr. speaker, nobody disagrees with revulsion on the use of chemical weapons. as i said, the question is how to deal with it. now, now, the thing i said to the prime minister is that given the difficulty -- given the difficulty of giving direct talks moving between the syrian government and the opposition, where there isn't the case for getting their regional partners involved. now we all know that