the u.n. envoy to syria also says he's quitting with kofi annan blaming the international community's failure to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as the battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about to escalate according to the un. foreign media coverage of the conflict is criticized as inconsistent by some syrians rebel atrocities all growing a largely unreported while the lion's share of the blame for the killing is being placed on damascus. the controversial trial of members of a woman's punk band charged over and anti putin's stand in the main orthodox cathedral in moscow is to hear explanations for the accused lawyers for the three pussy riot members are to present defense arguments today. time now for some sporting action dimitris here with the latest. hello there welcome to the sports update here in our company again the top stories . at russia claimed the gold medal of the summer olympics. shines in the one hundred kilogram category in judo. yet another girl the greatest o

reuters is reporting that lakmar brahini has accepted to become the new u.n. envoy.this important? some of our viewers might rep him as the u.n. envoy to iraq and afghanistan during the u.s.-led war in iraq. so this is a familiar figure, a career diplomat in his late 70s. is it a mission impossible for him? many people are saying, you got to be brave to take this on. possibly somebody who's going to face the same exact issues as kofi annan. >> i'm sure you talked to ben wedeman today, as i have, and i said the people on the ground in syria, in places like aleppo, the news sort of falls on deaf ears. it doesn't seem to impact them much, what they've seen thus far with regard to the u.n. also, you know, the civilians. they appear to be innocent young men, women, and children appear to be targeted by the government in places like aleppo. let's just look at some of his reporting. >> okay. >> reporter: the shelling and air raids have no rhyme or reason. the rounds smash into crowded neighborhoods, far from the front lines. mohammad delaha was in a back room when his apart

in bringing peace to the lebanese civil war in recent times he was a u.n. envoy sent to the iraq invasion of afghanistan i beg your pardon in two thousand and one he was also sent to iraq in two thousand and three less success there as those conflicts raged on for many years of course afghanistan still a scene of bitter and ferocious violence at times now it looks like he would provide a different outlook than kofi annan did and of course was very keen to speak to both the opposition and the asaad government due to ties in his personal life and his own personal politics it would seem that but he me would possibly be looking for a type of closer ties with the syrian rebels now his daughter a former c.n.n. and b.b.c. news correspondent herself is married to a jordanian prince one of the sons of the king of jordan jordan of course a place that's been accused of smuggling weapons and arms into syria to help the rebels there also the place the place of choice for those wanting to defect from the assad regime to go so it would suggest that those close ties with the lik

kofi annan resigned as u.n. envoy saying the country was never willing to embrace his plan. >>> investigators for the irs say they may have added more than five million dollars to identity thiefs who filed false tax returns for 2011. 1 1/2 million fraudulent returns went undetected a million more were discovered in time in one case a single address in lansing michigan was used to file more than 2,000 tax returns, more than three million dollars in refunds went there. in another case hundreds of returns were deposited in a single bank account. >>> firefighters battling a growing wildfire in shasta county near reading hope to have a handle on the fire by sunday. right now it is 20% contained. 300 firefighters continuing an all-out assault since it broke out wednesday it shutdown the freeway almost 12 hours. flames are threatening 100 homes. investigators the fire has destroyed one building and appears to be human caused. >>> let's check in with mike for a look at the forecast. it is ironic that st. louis has been as hot

the u.n. envoy to syria says he's quitting with kofi annan blaming the international community's failure to get nice to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as they battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about to enter its main phase according to the due out. while the mainstream western media coverage of the conflict has brought on tuesday shows of bias from some in syria rebel atrocities are going to launch their own reported while the lion's share of the blame for the killing is being placed on damascus. on the controversial trial of members of women's punk bond charged over an anti-government stunt in the main alters the seizure in moscow just ahead the nation's for their pleas to lawyers for this to repress arrived members o.-g. to begin presenting the defense sampling methods. up next a former soviet soldier a prisoner of war in afghanistan tells a story of his life that's in our special report. is this it. do they live here. you know i did see of my has been away from his home

the u.n. envoy to syria says he's quitting it with kofi i'm not blaming the international community's failure to unite to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as the battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about to enter its main phase according to the u.s. . while the mainstream western media coverage of the conflict has some serious claiming bias rebel atrocities are growing largely unreported while the lion's share of the blame for the killing is being placed on us gets. a controversial trial of members of a women's punk bomb charged over an anti government stunt in the main all spics the feature in moscow is to hear explanations for the accused noise but the difference a reclusive member is also present the defense arguments today. up next a former soviet soldier on prisoner a war in afghanistan tells the story of his life in our special report next. is this it. do they live here. you know i did see of my has been away from his home village of unfrosted in ukraine for nearly thirt

i'm karen tara this is our team with your top stories the u.n. envoy to syria says he's quitting the way of kofi annan blaming the international community's failure. to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as the battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about according to the u.n. . for the media coverage of the conflict is criticized as inconsistent by some syrians rebel atrocities are going largely unreported while the lion's share of the blame for the killing that's being placed on damascus. the controversial trial of members of a woman's punk band charged over and and type. in the main orthodox cathedral in moscow is to hear explanations for the accused lawyers for the three pussy riot members are defense arguments today. and up next a former soviet soldier and prisoner of war in afghanistan tells the story of his life that's in our special report. is this it. do they live here. you know i did see of my has been away from his home village of unfrosted in ukraine for nearly thirty years. in the spring of one thousand nine hundred three

u.n. envoy kofi annan quit his mission blaming russia, syria's ally, while vladimir putin refused to yield in talks with david cameron who sat down with matt lauer. >> we should send a very clear warning to the syrian leadership if they on any scale use chemical or biological weapons very severe consequences could follow. >> reporter: many in congress say this is not america's war. >> american intervention, american words, are not going to resolve this. this is really something that has to be worked out more on the ground by the leadership, itself, and by the neighbors. >> reporter: but there is broad agreement that the u.s. would step in immediately if assad were to use chemical weapons. still, by sending the cia the hope is that the rebels would stand a chance of winning without putting u.s. troops in the middle of another civil war. brian? >> andrea mitchell in our d.c. newsroom with the latest tonight. andrea, thanks. >>> still ahead for us as we continue from london, was there an early warn

the u.n. envoy to syria says his questioning with kofi annan blaming the international community's failure to unite to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. while the mainstream western media coverage of the conflict has brought accusations of bias from some in syria as rebel atrocities go largely unreported. on the trial of members of a women's punk band over an anti government stunt and moscow's main also is cathedral is set to hear the defense with the controversy bringing a sharp division. but the cold case that everyone seems to have an opinion on both here and russia i'm deplored in the latest you way in with their view has been president vladimir putin join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing case. public grows it really improve over the host countries rescission has the print details and business of the twenty plus. international news and commentary from moscow this is all she was me thanks for joining us the u.n. on the arab league are looking for a new joint envoy to s

the u.n. envoy to syria says he's quitting with compu and none blaming the international community's failure to unite to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. while foreign media coverage of the conflict is criticized as is consistent by some syrians as rebel atrocities go down tree and revenge and. a trial of members of a woman some punk band or an anti person stunt in moscow's main also looks cathedral continues but the contrasts and bring in sharp divisions of the cold case that everyone seems to have an opinion on both here in russia and to broaden the latest to weigh in with their view has been president vladimir putin join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing case. this is all c. coming to you live from moscow hello and welcome to the program the u.n. and the arab league are looking for a new joint envoy to syria after kofi annan said he'll step down at the end of the month the diplomat blamed a lot of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan for syria w

the u.n. envoy to syria also says he's quitting with kofi annan blaming the international community's failure to unite to find a peaceful solution to the crisis. while foreign media coverage of the conflict is puerto sized as inconsistent by some syrians as rebel atrocities go largely unreported. the trial on members of a woman's punk band over an anti putin stunt in moscow's main orthodox cathedral continues but the controversy bringing sharp divisions that's the cold case that everyone seems to have if they don't both you and russia deplored in the way in which they view this dream president glad to be of join me in a few moments for all the latest on this ongoing face. below and welcome to our team am karen tara and i've got your top stories this friday beginning with syria the u.n. and the arab league are looking for a new joint envoy to syria after kofi annan said he'll step down at the end of the month the diplomat blamed a lack of consensus at the u.n. for the shortcomings of his peace plan f

u.n. has confirmed their formal durian foreign minister brahimi will replace their coffee and nine as an envoy to syria meanwhile international observers in the. we are winding down their mission after the u.n. security council decided not to prolong it the move is viewed as disappointing by russia which sees the mission as key to finding a political way out of the war artie's an associate should reports from new york. regretfully for russia we have to see the united nations security council did in fact decide to not prolong the mission the mandate of the observer mission in syria of the united nations now there were two conditions for this mandate to keep for them to keep functioning on the ground and these were and end to the violence as well as ending the use of heavy weaponry and of course we know that this unfortunately has not occurred as of yet the united nations will however maintain a presence on the ground in a different format this will be a civil mission that they will put in place the details of which are being discussed now russia's position in all of this is quite simple. monday

killed every day the violence is continuing so it doesn't matter what your question who is the u.n. envoy unless britain and america and the west powers and their allies change tack and actually support covielle and supplant russia was it china was what if the west wasn't a problem for just. a little of the comment from the latest statement has come out from the un one of the last lines is the un remains committed to pursuing through diplomacy an end to the violence they see. led solution that meets the legitimate democratic aspirations of its people how much of a wakeup call for the security council members about the need for more consensus and less internal squabbling is this a fact of resignation today while there must be a wake up call but the trouble is is that the u.s. is hell bent i mean you were referring to reports in the documentary that president obama's. operations there the u.s. is helping out one thing and that is you know toppling president sat and so long as we're not going to get syria as i've said already got democratic elections got a framework there's no reason for any

motion passed have been general assembly does nothing to ease the conflict this comes after the u.n. envoy to syria kofi annan announced that he was stepping down casting doubts over the future of the peace effort and the situation has more from new york. this resolution apart from condemning the security council for failing to move the syrian peace process forward also condemns the syrian government for failing to stop using heavy weaponry as well as condemns the syrian government from for not withdrawing from civilian areas among the ones that voted against this text was of course russia russia believes that the behind the humanitarian facade of this resolution lies the militarization of the opposition and russia says this resolution is not helpful and that the country supplying weapons to the opposition are well known to take a listen it is a this resolution exacerbates the confrontations and solving the syrian crisis it's not helping the sides enter into dialogue find peaceful ways to solve the crisis in the interests of syrian people this resolution is not helping you because it contr

the u.n. envoy to syria says his questioning with kofi anon blaming the international community's failure to unite to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as the bottle for the syrian city of aleppo is about to enter its main phase according to figure. while the mainstream wastes and media coverage of the conflict has brought relations of violence from some in syria rebel atrocities are going to launch your own report while the lion the blame for the killing is being placed on skates. on the controversial trial of members a women's punk band charged over onto a government stunt on the main altar that's the federal and moscow is to hear explanations for their cues to and those with us to replace arrived members are due to begin proceedings the defense. next step exclusively speaks to weaken legs whistleblowers mother christina song about the fight for her son and america's role in the pros. thank you very much christine perhaps for being here today with us in this show. just to start h

interesting selection for several reasons first of all we do know that in the past this man has served as u.n. envoy to iraq and afghanistan where of course as we're well aware the conflicts and the violence continue and also his daughter actually a former employee at c.n.n. . is married to a family to a royal member of the jordanian royal family and of course this is important in the in the sense that we know that this is a country that's been accused of supporting the armed groups on the ground so this is quite an interesting twist we're going to have to wait and see what kind of approach this man takes but we do know that he has already said that he would like a different official title from kofi annan because he doesn't want to be seen as somebody just filling his shoes he believes that kofi annan approach was a failure and he wants a different mandate and a different name so we're going to have to wait and see how this man works in the crisis from now when he takes the position what mandate officially expires at the end of this month taking a look at the news from around the world the police ha

the u.n. envoy to syria, abruptly quit today. the president has given the u.s.elligence community orders to get involved. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is watching all of this from the pentagon. as the fighting escalates and syria's largest city olipo, for the first time, assad's fighter jets are seen firing on the civilian areas. the situation became too much for-up peace envoy kofi annan who resigned today. >> the clear lack of unity in the security council, changed the citizens for the effective exercise of my role. >> reporter: the conflict in syria may be entering a new phase. opposition fighters seem better armed and more organized than before. the amateur video appears to show one fighter holding an advanced shoulder-fire missile. presumably fa-7. as of yet, none of the surface-to-air missileles brought down syrian plane or helicopters. senior u.s. official tells fox that president obama has signed what is known as a finding directing the cia and other agencies to provide support to the syrian opposition fighters. the cia declined to co

the u.n. envoy to syria says he's quitting with coffee anon blaming the international community's failure to you nice to find a peaceful solution to the conflicts this comes as the battle for the syrian city of aleppo is about to undertake its main phase according to the uighurs. the defense proposed to present its side in the trial of members of a female punk band over an anti-government stunt on the main netflix cathedral in moscow the case is being keenly watched both in russia and the board with all things believed was unafraid while others say it's a test of tolerance for political protest in the country. accusations of discrimination in the nation that overcame decades of apartheid with white south africans claiming that now the victims of a racial abuse of inequality. up next i'll see exclusively speaks to what we can lakes whistleblowers mother christina about the fight for her son and america's role in the process. thank you very much christine have for being here today with us in this show

the new u.n. envoy for syria confirmed earlier this week he has admitted he has a tough job ahead with the first task overcoming divisions within the security council the current u.n. observer mission mandate for syria expires later on sunday president assad has made a rare public appearance at a damascus mosque seen performing. prayers his outing comes amid reports quoting opposition officials that british intelligence is aiding rebels to attack regime forces apparently the turks are being used to pass information and moscow is strongly opposing u.s. calls for a no fly zone over syria saying it could lead to a catastrophe washington's support of the rebels is being complimented by internet sites taking in donations but as reports they're not telling the whole story. ever thought about adopting someone why not a syrian rebel as this headline says for just one dollar a day you too can help a syrian rebel oust president assad these days you have a good number of organizations which present themselves basi

the new u.n. envoy for syria confirmed earlier this week has admitted he faces a tough job ahead when the fear is charles go overcoming divisions within the security council this as the u.n. observers wind up their mission in syria president assad has made through a rare public appearance at a damascus mosque seen performing. comes amid reports quoting opposition officials that british intelligence is aiding rebels to attack regime forces apparently the turks are being used to pass information and moscow is strongly opposing you was calls for a no fly zone over syria saying it could lead to a catastrophe this is the rebels claimed responsibility for this week's blast near the hotel where you and observers were stationed on a boycott says the ongoing violence in that country has provided al qaeda with yet another stage for his attacks blasts and gunfire daily occurrences here in damascus but once the explosion right next to the u.n. headquarters was something out of ordinary it took place at a have only

new man a fresh plant all here his former foreign minister could replace kofi annan the u.n. envoy and try to revive the peace process and turbulent syria. firsthand report from the disturbing scene in central russia where a muslim sect kept almost thirty children in an eight story underground and they can tell without daylight for a decade. and gaza stand to lose their only in line flying to the outside world after war violence bronze age up to seal off a massive smuggling tunnel man who fell to the blockade and we try. to have lines of sports next with maytree. follow the sports on our teeth thanks for joining us this hour in the program. making history at russia's sofia and. takes over in boxing as they both lose their respective final about. one minute forty two point nine one seconds can endeavor be she set a new world record in the men's eight hundred new cases. of the same ball retains his to proud of me telling the title. made just to make. it to the london games first why russia has moved up to the fourth place thanks to a mirror of victory in the women's wrestling she won

the u.n. envoy to syria says his quitting with kofi anon blaming the international community is they did to unite to find a peaceful solution to the conflict this comes as their basile for the syrian city of aleppo is about to escalate according to the gulag. while foreign media coverage of the conflict has criticized as inconsistent by some syrians rebel atrocities are launch me under pool so that while the lion's share of the blame for the killing is being placed on the. controversial trial of members a women's plan chaunged over ninety pretend stunt in the main also thinks that the jewel in moscow is to explanations for their feast noise to the three piece arrived members on to present to france arguments today. and up next right now piece about in his gas discussed the true value of nato on the global political scene stay with us. and you. still. want to. follow in welcome to cross talk a little about nato and its critical crossroads and its summit in chicago this military alliance decided many

u.n. arab league special envoy has been appointed. does that mean that plans have possibly changed? >> reporter: there changing. they're changing because they have to change. the acceptance is at the u.n. that the last peace plan is sort of dead in the water, kofi annan's peace plan. he resigned because he couldn't get agreement at the u.n. security council between china, the u.s., russia, britain and france couldn't agree. so the new u.n. envoy is very experienced, well respected, many years working with the arab league. the u.n. point person before and after the taliban, in iraq. but he hasn't put forward a new plan on the way to approach this. so, we don't know what he's going to come up with. it's a tough one for him. >> we've certainly been following the plight of the refugees. what does the situation look like there? do we have numbers on how many are fleeing across the border? >> it's getting worse, 3,500 in the last few days have crossed the northern border into turkey because a lot of the fighting is in the north part of the country. about 170,000 have fled to turkey, iraq,

u.n. special envoy. the question is what will this new u.n. envoy be able to do that kofi annan was not able to do? there is a lot of skepticism this conflict will be able to come to an end in the near future and that there will be a peaceful ending ultimately in syria. i think there is a lot of concern and president obama felt as though it was necessary to come out with very strong language today. there are also domestic issues that were discussed during that news conference, that impromptu news conference that president obama had, and one of them was the topic of romney's tax returns as you know the obama campaign has been pressuring mitt romney to release more tax returns. he was asked why that was so important. here is what he had to say. take a listen. >> i think that is what the american people would rightly expect is a sense that if particularly when we're going to be having a huge debate about how we reform our tax code, and how we pay for the government that we need, i think people want to know that everybody has been playing by the sa

u.n. as the envoy to afghanistan as the united states invaded the country following nine eleven he was again sent to iraq in two thousand and three for the invasion of that country representing the u.n. on that occasion but it's also interesting to look at what type of an envoy he will be kofi annan had quite openly spoke to both the syrian rebels and the assad government now if we look a little bit better he means personal life in his personal contacts we might see a different approach from him brahimi is daughter of former b.b.c. and c.n.n. correspondent is married to wear one of the sons of the king of jordan. strong family ties there jordan of course a country that has been linked to the smuggling of weapons and other arms into syria into the hands of the syrian rebels and jordan of course a haven a place of choice for those defecting from the assad government to go so perhaps we could see brahimi focusing attention focusing his attention on speaking to the rebels as opposed to the way that kofi annan tried to do it with speaking to both the rebels and the assad government but it looks l

u.n. is looking for a new envoy to syria after kofi and then issued his resignation. ays he will step down at the end of the month but took a parting shot at the u.n. security council, saying that their divisions made his mission even more impossible. fighting continued between syrian government forces and rebels of damascus and aleppo. our diplomatic correspondent reports. >> five months ago, kofi annan was given a herculean task, to make peace between syria's president and opposition rebels determined to bring him down. it turned out to be a mission impossible and today