sent against not just syria in this case but against the whole u.n. system your colleague the u.s. envoy to the to the u.n. nikki haley just a few days ago said that the quote security council has proved itself to be useless what's your assessment of the comments on it. well i think that the security council has a lot of problems i think it has a lot of all sorts challenges. we can talk about the need of reform of the security council we can talk about the privilege that the permanent members of the security council have that we think that we will leave that that should be change but at this particular moment i think the main challenge of the security council hass is to unite and to create an independent mechanism in order to investigate the arledge chemical attacks but even if that doesn't war that doesn't allow the united states to take actions by its own so whatever happens if the united states takes a unilateral action it will be a violation of international law and the u.n. system should not of course accept that and as i said it will not be an attack against syria but also an

>> well, in terms of the internal u.n. systemi have exhausted all mechanisms for recourse which is also part of why i'm here speaking today. i think how the situation has been mishandled, how that happened to my, it mustn't has been to any other women. evy single accusation needs to be fairly, independently and robustly investigated. that hasn't happened to me and so i'm trying to seek my recourse outside of the system. >> you say you don't want what happened to you to happen to anyone else. >> right. >> but cnn has already spoken to a number of people who say that it did happen to them. the same or similar pattern of aggressive behavior that you're describing. has you known this was -- you said he had a reputation, did you know specifically? >> no. i know the behavior of the u.n. aid deputy executive director had always been an open secret and i don't think there is a single woman staff who hasn't been subjected to a remark or some touching that has been inappropriate. i never thought i'd be sexually assaulted and i blame myself

speaking of the u.n. system, there is a security council meeting today at 3:00. however, russia has used this system to its advantage, demanding that any humanitarian intervention happen through the u.n. system and wading through this long process of consensus in that process, the world has forgotten that a child turning 7 years old today has known nothing but war. so this is the reality on the ground. without either an outpouring of support from the american public for active military intervention or any moral leadership from president trump it seems to be very difficult for the united states to take any direct action. >> it is so difficult to look at that video right there, bob. when you see president assad and putin standing there, smiling. knowing 4,000 to 5,000 people have been killed in syria. 11 million people displaced. images of little kids laying there on stretchers getting eye washes after an attack like this. the certaintyian isyrian obsern rights compares this to a toddler throwing toys in a mill tar squall of emotion. the delink quince of u.s. actio

the safest way to inaction so if you rely on the u.n. system it's nothing is going to happen that is clear we have seen that last year after the you the u.s. attack in response to the chemical weapons attack and. there was a proper investigation and in the end when the result was clear very clearly pointing to the culprit as the syrian government the russians pulled the plug on that so if there's a u.n. process it will and again that is the rationale of cutting of cutting and cutting it out from the american perspective but again it is deeply problematic and it is technically illegal you touched on the fact that the u.s. did act syria year ago with the. attack. and we've had no major gas attacks since then since last weekend so in terms of what we're now facing internationally what does the u.s. have to consider in terms of any next move. well we had no gas attacks for about eight months and then in the beginning of this year they started again on a smaller scale this is not the first gas attack in eastern with it's the first one of which we ar

before the united states takes a unilateral action it will violation of international law and the u.n. system should not of course accept that it will not be an attack against syria but also an attack against the whole united nations system the problem is that the united states believes that it would be. of any good any law they believe that they have their own rules i do this is not the case well this is donald trump's tweet earlier about possible strikes against the syrian government in retaliation for that alleged chemical attack the president says military action could come from washington very soon or not very soon all the claims of a chemical attack on the syrian city do were made by the self-styled civil defense corps known as the white helmets russian experts have also bring to the area and they say they found no evidence that the toxic toxic substance was used as a correspondent mentioned the first group of inspectors from the international chemical weapons watchdog if you derive soon they're going to start their work on saturday syria's representative to the u.n. security council sa

the u.n. system has benefited not only from the resources but the personnel that go there. people from the cdc are working at the world health organization , really professionalizing it, helping that organization work well. there is an expectation that the u.s. cares about world stability and world progress. as we surprise people and start to pull back from those things or we say that our role in those things will have a short-term inus on our sole benefit those activities as opposed to for all of theit different members, that is potentially a problem. it creates a vacuum of leadership that people badly messed. when you ask them if you love the united states, they will say -- there is this dominant they are a dominant country that does not do something well, they get involved in things they should not, they do not get involved in things they should, everyone has an opinion about how the world's leader goes about exercising its leadership. as that engagement has gone down a lot of these forums, i think people are very must missing it -- are very much missing it. >> there is

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the u.n. system gets back within 48 hours on a determination of whether or not a vessel actually needs to be searched or not. and then it goes to the e-hock process. we have seen particularly the last six weeks significant progress on that. and we're looking forward to reducing those times even more. we do need, we need shippers in the region to know how long it will take and how long -- that will hopefully get more shipping back into the port. particularly cargo. senator flake: thank you, mr. chairman, for holding the hearing. thank you for the testimony. following up on senator coons' estions with regard to aqap, it strikes me -- it is difficult, we're working at cross-purposes there. can somebody give me an assessment of aqap and their position relative to their ability to project force toward the homeland, as was mentioned now versus two years ago? what position are they in? secretary karem: off the top of my head and i can't give awe good intercase of the current strernt now versus two years ago

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use of toxic chemicals they include difficulty breathing and destruction to the central nervous system the u.n. health agency says this is based on reports from its partners in do it's the man the immediate unhindered access to provide care for the victims allowing fisher has been following all developments in washington and he joins us live now so i've been various developments there's the trump tweets there's what's been said in the news conference or at the white house do we have do you think a clear idea of what exactly the u.s. administration plans to do in syria and when. no that's the very simple answer we do and we know that there have been meetings we know that the being phone calls between president mccrone and prime minister theresa may with the white house that's been going on over the last forty eight hours or so we will get another readout from the white house in the next couple of hours to say that there have been more meetings of that came particularly as we know that theresa me has called this emergency cabinet meeting in london and some of the more senior security advisors th

use of toxic chemicals they include difficulty breathing and disruption to the central nervous system the u.n. health agency says this is based on reports from its partners in duma demanding immediate on him that access to provide care for the victims and i want house correspondent can really help it has been monitoring events for us and so president trump suggesting that a missile strike could be imminent what's the latest that we're hearing from washington now. well we are told that there has been updated guidance from the white house there will now be a daily press briefing that was not previously scheduled so we are hoping to get some clarification on the tweet that really left a bit of a collective gasp when many read it early this morning here in washington i imagine around the world trying to make sense of whether or not the president just use social media to almost in essence declare war certainly there's a lot of nervousness as the president's taunted russia but we know for days he's been working out a military response there has been this effort to build some sort of a case using vi

use of toxic chemicals they include difficulty breathing and disruption to the central nervous system the u.n. health agency says this is based on reports from its partners in duma it's demanding immediate unhindered access to provide care for the victims we have correspondents want to bring events for us from washington moscow and on techies border with syria first though let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly how get so those who are hearing that president trump has made his intentions regarding syria very clear. he seems to enjoy building up this sense of suspense but how imminent could any potential military action be. well the white house is saying that in fact the still all options remain on the table so this also said the president's tweets are official white house policy so this is being taken very seriously many though very gaffes the president using social media to essentially almost declare war trying to make sense of whether or not this is another negotiating tactic by the president who often speaks very brashly boldly and then dials back his rhetoric but so far we've

they include difficulty breathing and destruction to the central nervous system the u.n. health agency says this is based on reports from its partners in do that it's the man being immediate unhindered access to provide care for the victims well i was there as alan fischer has been following events in washington and joins us now and allan we understand more meetings are going on in washington d.c. what more can you tell us about them well of course you've heard that donald trump has been speaking to present mccraw and prime minister me there have been a number of conversations over the last forty eight hours between the three also security advisers to donald trump of the meeting in the white house in the last few hours that committee was chaired by mike pence the vice president general dunford who's chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and james mattis who is the defense secretary they were there as well they're obviously looking at all options as we've heard from the press briefing as far as the white house concerned all options remain on the table she was asked specifi

u.n. security council they calibrated how the system worked and they felt they could deal with it then came the wild card and the wild card you've just mentioned is president trump and his language i can tell you that from high level sources at the u.n. it was immediately after that trump speech in the general assembly that the north korean foreign minister sought a meeting with the u.n. secretary general and at that meeting the north korean foreign minister for the first time suggested that a senior u.n. official travel to pyongyang something the u.n. had wanted to achieve for over a year so most diplomats i've spoken to say the unpredictability of trump changed things one other point about a potential meeting between kim jong un and donald trump as we see these two leaders chatting alone and together on that bridge in korean with no interpreters is that already president trump has floated doing exactly the say he has floated the idea that he could meet with kim he'd need an interpreter they both need interpreters because they don't speak each other's language but with no other officials a

other issue is a concerning tiger supervision and they're asking for a tighter system a type to regime that would give the u.n. inspectors to be to to go into military bases and other suspected areas in short notice and another issue it safe is it what they like to talk about is the sunset the provision they're saying that this is a deal that will end in two thousand and twenty five and we want to have something that will be open ended and we don't want something that will expire because once this will end the end he remains will immediately jump up there for oprah and so these are the main issues a lot of these issues are not new netanyahu has long wanted the u.s. to take a more confrontational stance on iran now with pump aoe in charge it looks like he's going to get it what kinds of steps can we expect. well i think in israel at least everyone is waiting for the ring in response to an israeli air strike in syria if you remember earlier this month israel struck in a base in in syria four uranian were killed and we are waiting for their response and depending on the rain response will be the israeli response

kind say a family of five were given identification documents but haven't been granted system ship as despite the u.n. warnings that the community still faces discrimination and persecution and men mom more than seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled to neighboring bangladesh following emerge a crackdown last year attackers disguised as united nations peacekeepers have decimated two car bombs at french and u.n. bases in mali and in timbuktu on saturday one peacekeeper was killed and at least ten french soldiers were wounded and no one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. still ahead head on al-jazeera u.s. led strikes on syria set social media alight parte hello have reaction from around the world. and how an influx of syrian refugees is helping to boost jordan's economy and what force. through trying to a rave you can. i do not. and if any should be gone. hello rain has been and will be falling on lofty dozen nations through iran and up towards the caspian sea the good curl of cloud here that's a fair old indication obviously in the next twenty four hours starting so see if you

exposure to toxic chemicals they include difficulty breathing and disruption to the central nervous system the u.n. health agency says this is based on reports from its partners in tuna is demanding immediate unhindered access to provide care for the victims and i want house correspondent kelly health is monitoring events for us in washington so as we were hearing there president warning of impending missile strikes in syria any further indication of what the u.s. might do. well we are and this being widely reported that the u.s. defense secretary general james mattis is headed to the white house or is at the white house i can tell you i watched carefully for him between our news bulletins in the last hour to see if i could catch a glimpse was unsuccessful so we've not been able to independently confirm the media reports here in the united states that in fact the defense secretary is here at the white house we're hoping to get further clarification on that at a white house press briefing that is scheduled for about ninety minutes from now what i can tell you though certainly is with those tweets t

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u.n. inspection teams around. even as they were conducting the most intrusive system of arms control in history the inspectors missed a great deal in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of all of the organisation was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and that when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because the plans already to take some action military action against iraq the bottom line is that the pentagon is hardly keeping its lack of evidence on whether the attack even happened a big secret never mind the perpetrator behind it all that matters sticking to the tried and trusted path the problem is that the united states believes an act it would be. of any any at all they believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case the threat to use force you another action the goals against the united nations charter also we are concerned about the possibility of escalation that this could go out of control and we might end up with why there a conflict that done the one that's already been suffer in syria it will not be an attack against syria but also an

system. i was on a welcome to the program well the u.n. security council has rejected a bid from russia to condemn the air strikes on syria carried out by the u.s. the u.k. and france russia called the emergency meeting over what it said was an illegal use of force the u.s. says that the operation cripples syria's chemical weapons program and warns its forces are locked and loaded ready for more strikes if damascus uses poison gas again. all it took was a show of hands. i'm dry as bait to keep the u.n. condemnation on the u.s. . failed overwhelmingly. only bolivia and china backed the vote to advance and local the russian and u.s. ambassadors refused to give an inch and a sign of cynical distain a group of western countries decided to take military action without waiting for the results of the investigation russia condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack against syria where russian military personnel are assisting the legitimate government in its counterterrorism that from society through its actions the united states makes an a

system. i'm out on a welcome to the program well the u.n. security council has rejected a base from russia to condemn the air strikes on syria carried a by the u.s. the u.k. and france russia calls the emergency meeting over what it said was an illegal use of forth and the u.s. says that the operation crippled syria's chemical weapons program and war and its forces are locked and loaded us ready for more strikes if damascus uses poison gas again all it took was a show of hands to go in but are. and with that russia failed in his bid to get the united nations to condemn the u.s. led strikes in syria sort of cynical the stay in a group of western countries decided to take military action without waiting for the results of the investigation russia condemns in the strongest possible terms the attack against syria where russian military personnel are assisting the legitimate government in its counterterrorism efforts i spoke to the president this morning and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again the united states is a lot and

system. in a security council meeting, russia's u.n. ambassador repeating their wild claim the chemical attack was faked by foreign intelligence services. >> translator: just as one year ago when the airbase in syria came under attack, the united states used as a pretext the staged chemical attack against civilians. >> reporter: adding, their inspectors found no traces of toxic agents when they visited the sites. and blocking a u.n. investigation into who's responsible. >> james longman joins us now live in beirut. very close to syria. independent investigators are in syria to collect evidence on the suspected chemical attack? >> reporter: that's right, tom. chemical inspectors were due to start their work today in douma, an area of opposition that the syrian regime claims is fully back in their control. tom. >> james longman reporting from beirut. james, our thanks to you. >>> i want to now bring in military contributor, steve ganyard. we just heard the syrians claim they shot down u.s. missiles. the pentagon refuting that and you say

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fuel and other forms of welfare get stolen by middlemen a trackable accountable system is clearly in the public interest the u.n. idea argues hard would fill that vacuum only a few media outlets have really pursued that story so we've heard only in public use and let's scroll on. the wire and they reported on the explosion so you know for poor people because their fingerprints also is a lid on this is certainly mad they've indicated that you know that is where people aren't getting lesser so the actions there are instances where leaders are finding that their fingerprints get script easily because of the manual labor that they do so for people problem with absolutely necessary to get welfare they've been delayed but apart from the in the in the local language newspapers we're not seeing that most of the port drugs and we're not getting enough of broader port does taking place. journalists covering the story are having to tread carefully two months after that tribune report was published the editor of the paper resigned he gave no reason but sources of the paper said the pressure on him after the out how to expo

u.n. security council. russian officials claim that soviet-made air defense systems intercepted 71 cruise missiles launched in last night's strikes. the u.s., britain and france fired off a series on of missiles around 9:00 p.m. eastern time last night, that's 4:00 a.m. syrian time. the strikes were supported by nato. u.s. officials say they carefully targeted syrian president assad's chemical weapons facilities. >> they will had lose years of research and development data, specialized equipment and expensive chemical weapons precursors. the strike was not only a strong message to the regime that their actions were inexcusable, but it inflicted maximum damage without unnecessary risk to innocent civilians. >> right now, this is a one-time shot and i believe that it has sent a very strong message to dissuade him, to deter him from doing this again. >> the syrian government released video a short time thing ago of destruction at what they say was a scientific research center used for educational purposes. >> covering the story for us, han nichols at the pentagon, jonathan allen with nbc news. hans, what's th

commander that the americans, some americans have been there and taken urine and blood systems from survivors. even though the u.nthe opcw doesn't have the evidence, it appears the american government does. >> melissa: thank you. >> jon: nearly a dozen republican lawmakers calling for the prosecution of hillary clinton and james comey. so will the attorney general, jeff sessions take action? we'll talk to one of those lawmakers next. mitzi: psoriatic arthritis tries to get in my way? watch me. ( ♪ ) mike: i've tried lots of things for my joint pain. now? watch me. ( ♪ ) joni: think i'd give up showing these guys how it's done? please. real people with active psoriatic arthritis are changing the way they fight it. they're moving forward with cosentyx. it's a different kind of targeted biologic. it's proven to help people find less joint pain and clearer skin. don't use if you are allergic to cosentyx. before starting cosentyx you should be checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms of an infection. or

supplying syria with its s three hundred missile defense system air defense system so if if it is left there that it's a u.n. security council resolution and perhaps supplying with syria with an air defense system that is actually already in place in syria because the russians are operating one there then i think that suggests that the russians are looking at what has happened over the last few hours and apart from the obligatory bluster that they have to go through condemnation except for they're not actually that unhappy with this in ario as it's played out because essentially it's allowed the u.s. and its allies to blow off some steam to say that they've taken decisive action that they've given. bashar al assad's chemical weapons program a bloody nose but we haven't had this wider escalation and that you know the i was looking perhaps possible earlier on in the week the russian assets were moved out the way syrian assets were not hits particularly severely and iranian assets of course were also moved out the way so russia has not felt the full force that it perhaps it was worried it was going to feel at

u.n. inspection teams around. even as they were conducting the most intrusive system of arms control in history the inspectors missed a great deal in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of all of the organisation was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and that when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because the plans are ready to take some action military action against iraq the bottom line is that the pentagon is hardly keeping its for lack of evidence on whether the attack even happened a big secret never mind the perpetrator behind it all that matters sticking to the tried and trusted path the problem is that the united states believes an act it would be. any any at all they believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case the threat to use force or union other action the goals against the united nations charter and also we are concerned about the possibility of this coalition that this could go out of control and we might end up with why there a conflict that done the one that's already been suffer in syria it will not be an attack against syr

traditional system means a sharp increase in costs. russia's ambassador to the u.n. has lashed out at the u.k. over its handling of the script poisoning mostly in a benz or had a heated exchange with the british envoy after moscow was once again that access to the probe. room to quote from william shakespeare's henry the sixth suspicion always haunts the guilty mind allow me to return the literary flavor today the russian account if you kate behavior is a rewrite of george orwell's one thousand nine hundred eighty four dated to the modern day and modern russian mecca. when i listened to some of my colleagues it seems this is no longer alice in wonderland it's alice through the looking glass. and britain has released a document revealing that neither it nor the o.p.c. w. investigation was able to determine the exact origin of the agent used in the salzburg attack at the u.k. still insists that russia is responsible claiming that only moscow could have produced the substance. russia's responded with some of its own revealing evidence let's take a look at some of what m

u.n. inspection teams in iraq. even as they were conducting the most intrusive system of arms control in history the inspectors missed a great deal and in my last attempt to enlarge the membership of the of the organization was convincing iraq and libya for example to join in and that when i am no system member states it was a shock to the americans i believe. because the plans already to take some action military action against iraq the bottom line is that the pentagon is hardly keeping its lack of evidence on whether the attack even happened a big secret never mind the perpetrator behind it all that matters is sticking to the tried and trusted path the problem is that the united states believes an act it would be. of any any at all they believe that they have their own rules and it is not the case the threat to use force in our union other action the goals against the united nations charter and also we are concerned about the possibility of this coalition that this could go out of control and we might end up with why there a conflict that done the one that's already been suffer in syria it will not be an attack aga

u.n. report from last year. of the country has no access to clean running water. that's caused a widespread cholera epidemic. yemen's health care system is under extreme strain the young are worst hit. but a little bit what would even before the war more than one in five newborns died now the death rate can hit seventy percent because of the current situation in the country yet at a center. for ayesha and her family the future looks bleak without help an already critical situation could become desperate. in france three months of rolling strikes by rail workers is underway and they've taken to the streets of paris to protest president manuel micron's efforts to modernize one of europe's top economists the stoppages will hit productivity and just as a report revealed today that foreign investment in france has hit a ten year high investors see the country on the road to reform ask the french and health only shake their heads. tuesday morning at the gods are leon a major train station in paris. it's the first day of rolling strikes which are likely to continue for months. for some of the cuts is catastrophic something needs to be done w

u.n. report from last year half of the country has no access to clean running water that's caused a widespread cholera epidemic yemen's health care system is under extreme strain the young are worst hit. but i'm a little bit what would even before the war more than one in five newborns died now the death rate can hit seventy percent because of the current situation in the country yesterday at a center there will be at. for ayesha and her family the future looks bleak without health an already critical situation could become desperate. france is facing months of disruption as rail unions begin a strike to protest against president manuel that calls plans to overhaul the economy thousands of commuters had difficulties getting to work this morning after most trains were cancelled international routes are also affect it. tuesday morning at the godly on a major train station in paris. it's the first day of rolling strikes which are likely to continue for months. for some of the cuts this catastrophic something needs to be done we're victims we haven't done anything wrong we need to get to work like everyone else this is normal. france's nati

also all the pieces that's legal on the german traditional system it means a sharp increase also in employment costs. russia's ambassador to the u.n. has lashed out at the u.k. over its handling of the script poisoning vassili bens your has a had a heated exchange with the british envoy after moscow was once again denied access to the probe. to quote from william shakespeare's henry the sixth suspicion always haunts the guilty mind and allow me to return the literary flavor today the rational account if you keep behavior is a we write of george orwell's one thousand eight hundred. eighty eight and the modern day and modern russian method. when i listen to some of my colleagues it seems this is no longer an alice in wonderland alice through the looking glass. seems endless that back and fro will britain's of course released the document recently revealing that neither it nor the o.p.c. w. first occasion team was able to determine the exact origin of the agent used in the salzburg attack of the u.k. still insist that russia is responsible though claiming that only moscow could have produced the substance russia that was responded wi

u.n. report from last year half of the country has no access to clean running water that's caused a widespread cholera epidemic. yemen's health care system is under extreme strain the young are worst hit. but i'm a little bit what would even before the war more than one in five newborns died now the death rate can hit seventy percent because of the current situation in the country yet at a center. for her family the future looks bleak without side health an already critical situation could become desperate. many across south africa are in mourning today following the death of winnie mandela the ex-wife of former president nelson mandela she was a towering figure in her own right in the fight against apartheid but she was also embroiled in a number of controversies in more recent years she died peacefully at a hospital in johannesburg at the age of eighty one. a couple united in their fight for freedom winnie mandela's battle against apartheid would dominate her life with husband nelson mandela. just two years into their marriage and nelson began serving a life sentence on charges of sabotage and plotting to overthrow the government when

u.n. report from last year half of the country has no access to clean running water that's caused a widespread cholera epidemic. yemen's health care system is under extreme strain the young are worst hit. but i'm a little bit what would even before the war more than one in five newborns died now the death rate can hit seventy percent because of the current situation in the country yesterday at a center. for ayesha and her family the future looks bleak without help and already critical situation could become desperate. time for sense for its news now and in football fire nick visits of the in the first leg of their champions league quarter final this evening byron are on the verge of winning their sixth straight bundesliga title but it's been five years since they won the champions league in recent seasons spanish sides have always been the stumbling block. fire and haven't won the champions league since twenty thirteen every season since they've crashed out against spanish sides but coach pine case is keen to point out the things were very different when he was last in charge. when i was here in two thousand and twelve and twenty thirtee

also in these is absolutely illegal and to me traditional system it means a sharp increase also in employment costs. by russia's ambassador to the u.n. has lashed out at the u.k. over its handling of the script poisoning case receiving a benzema had a heated exchange with the british after moscow was once again denied access to the price up. to quote from william shakespeare's henry the sixth suspicion always haunts the guilty mind allow me to return the literary flavor today the rational account of u.k. behavior is a wee ring of george orwell's one thousand eight hundred eighty eight for the modern day a modern russian. when i listen to some of my colleagues it seems this is no longer an alice in wonderland it's alice through the looking glass. meanwhile britain has released a document revealing that neither it nor the a p c w investigation was able to determine the origin of the agent used in the cells attack but the u.k. still insists that russia is responsible claiming that only moscow could have produced the substance however in response russia has provided some rather revealing details particularly the type agents were in fact

u.n. verification and inspection mechanism process together. the system gets back within 48 hours on the determination of whether or not the actual vessel needs be searched and automatic goes to the process. we have seen particularly in the last six weeks significant progress and we are looking forward to reducing those times even more. what we do need is winning shippers in the region to know how long it will take and that will hopefully get more shipping back to the airport particularly port of hodeidah cargo. >> thank you. senator flake rates thank you for holding this hearing. following up on senator coons question regarding aqap, it strikes me it is difficult and we are working, somebody give me an assessment of aqap and their position relative to their ability to project for the homeland as was mentioned now versus two years ago, what position. >> off the top of my head i can't give you a good indication of their current strength now versus two years ago. i think we did see at the beginning of the conflict there'll diminution of the pressure applied

systems. the organization of the prohibition of chemical weapons, another u.n. agency has sent a team to syria to investigate. mattis was asked whether the pentagon could confirm the use of chemical weapons earlier today. >> have you seen evidence that the assad regime has used a chemical attack? >> we're still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies. >> is the u.s. military ready for a strike? >> we stand ready to provide military options if appropriate as the president determines. thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much. >> russia is threatening to target u.s. warships or bases that fire on syria. remember, there's 2,000 u.s. troops in eastern syria. russia haas been jamming the gps of u.s. drones. a delegation of russian lawmakers are in damascus meeting president assad. it's not clear what their message will be. the russians are claiming the images from douma are fake. >> shepard: thanks, jennifer. let's go to john alterman, director of the middle east program at the center for strategic studies. a bipartisan nonprofit researc