tommy haas in new york. our top stories at this hour. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. >> support overseas for a strike on syria. more on president obama's message as he tries to get help in europe. at home the president's team tries to convince law makers to give the okay for military intervention. a man who held three young women captive for a decade kills himself barely a month into his life sentence. . >> an attack on syria moved a big step closer much the senate foreign relations committee voted to support the president's call for action. meanwhile syria's neighbours demand international help as refugees flood over their borders. president obama is heading for what is likely to be a stormy g 20 summit in st petersburg, saying the global community has to stand up against the assad regime. >> my credibility is not on the line. the international community's credibility is on the line and america and congress's credibility is on the line, because we give lip service to the international norms being important. >> randall is outside the white ho

tommy haas in new york. our top stories at this hour. >> i didn't set a red line.the world set a red line. >> support overseas for a strike on syria. more on president obama's message as he tries to get help in europe. at home the president's team tries to convince law makers to give the okay for military intervention. a man who held three young women captive for a decade kills himself barely a month into his life sentence.

. >>> welcome to al jazeera, i'm tommy haas, here are the top storesies. the senate foreign relations committee is giving president obama the go ahead for a limited strike, limiting hostilities 60 or 90 days. it was a bipartisan vote. 10:7. secretary of state john kerry and defence secretary chuck hagel were on capitol hill, making their case before the house foreign relations committee. chuck hagel told the panel a military strike against syria would cost tens of millions. president obama said the world's credibility was on the line and spoke about the force during a news conference in stockholm. the president defended his comment that the use of chemical weapons by syria was a red line that bashar al-assad should not cross. he said he was referring to international standards. a plan who kidnapped and raped three young women in his cleveland home was found dead in his prison cell. ariel castro was sentenced to life in prison and 1,000 years after pleading guilty to hundreds of charges. those are the headlines. real money with ali velshi is up next on al j