u.n. findings inconclusive a one sided want to fall asleep as the latest. now the team was established by the un secretary general ban ki moon and it is been headed by swedish scientist dr kay cells from the convoy of supplied united nations cars arrived at a central hotel in damascus shortly before midday on the wings day we understand that there are at least some eight u.n. investigators participating in this investigation the team was in syria last month and in a report that was handed to the united nations on the sixteenth of september it concluded that it had a clear and convincing evidence that sarin gas had been used in an attack on the twenty first of august in the suburbs of damascus in which hundreds of people were killed not up to cells from has said that they're supported was an initial finding it is an initial document and that their purpose now is to look into other allegations we do expected to examine some thirteen to fourteen attacks that took place inside syria during this thirteen month conflict the team does say that it hopes to position to its final

where the humans showed almost one hundred percent positive there are no samples taken by the u.n. team that show theron there are a few samples taken that show degradation of theron but even these are not consistent in live in both the labs there could be false positives the u.n. now as a result of all these holes in its original report needs to address these and ensure for itself that it has the proper access and time to investigate other areas of alleged chemical weapons attacks or meanwhile hey mr breton golden who's a former commander of the british military chemical defense regiment disagrees with the criticism of the u.n. report. it is true to say that sour in its pure form wasn't violent in that. place however. you know which is a very groovy a sheep products of sarin was found consistently throughout that area and the only other thing that's important to say is that the rocketry was not discovered and analyze as it was in the two other locations which grew positive the sarin and that be the case that would have been it but i also agree we need other evidence that it hasn't the

where the human showed almost one hundred percent positive there are no samples taken by the u.n. team that show theron there are a few samples taken that show degradation of theron but even these are not consistent in live in both the labs there could be false positives i started to write about it i asked questions and then i looked for other inconsistency and found them there to be found i don't think any report is perfect so what if i don't jump to conclusions ok what about the consequences of those inconsistency and what sort of impact could that have on the perception of the situation in the country. i think i don't know there are going to be huge ramifications because the political level is operating by itself right now they're looking at removing chemical weapons from from from syria so so a certain part of this process has moved to had the un now as a result of all these holes in its original report needs to address these and ensure for itself that it has the proper access and time to investigate other areas of alleged chemical weapons attack. we should to britain gordon who's

has evidence that the sarin nerve agent has been used in syria that's despite the u.n. team not yet completing its own investigation in fact they no plan to return to the site of the alleged attack with the world waiting in anticipation of the results u.n. spokesman martin the stressed the global body is the only one to establish the credible facts. the united nations mission is uniquely capable of establishing in an impartial and credible manner the facts of any use of chemical weapons post directly on evidence collected on the grounds and that relates to chain of custody this morning as i'm sure you saw and saw secretary kerry said very specifically talked about blood in here or samples of your stance of that i understand you said it seems like your lab has moved pretty fast are you saying that their lab work is is is less than credible have they shared this evidence with the u.n. as the secretary general requested all i can do is repeat what i already said but the united nations mission is uniquely capable of establishing in an impartial and credible manner the facts of a

has evidence that the sarin nerve agent has been used in syria that's despite the u.n. team not yet completing its own investigation with the world we're going to suppression of the results u.n. spokesman martin says he stressed the global body is the only one to establish the credible facts. the united nations mission is uniquely capable of establishing in an impartial and credible manna the facts of any use of chemical weapons based directly on evidence collected on the ground and that relates to chain of custody this morning as i'm sure you saw saw senator kerry said very specifically talked about blood and hair samples our girls dance at i understand you said it seems like your lab is moved pretty fast are you saying that their lab work is is is less than credible have they shared this evidence with the u.n. as the secretary general requested all i can do is repeat what i already said but the the united nations mission is uniquely capable of establishing in an impartial and credible manner the facts of any use of chemical weapons based directly on evidence collected from

what prime minister cameron and with water factory later off and others are saying some sort of u.n. team with g five membership could technically go in there and securely sites and render safe and destroy the chemical weapons but it would need an agreement on all sides to do that to make sure that we realize what's being suggested the key word there which was a ceasefire wasn't it how the heck would that be broken at this stage. well i think it's in the best interests. of the whole world at the moment to get this done in this sort of fall that it must be in the best interest of the regime and the various opposition elements as well but it's as you suggest it's going to be hugely challenging but the options of are too dreadful to think about so if if this is a go hopefully united nations and a key five begin to put their weight behind it something could interact rather than just another false hope in this dreadful conflict and the other big worry here of course we're talking weapons of mass destruction even a small amount of of chemical weaponry because so much of a problem we still don't

he spoke in length about the civil war where the u.n. team confirmed use of chemical weapons. he spoke about how the international community should act together. >> now there must be a strong security council resolution to verify the assad regime is keeping its commitments. there must be consequences if they fail to do so. if we cannot agree even on this, then it will show the united nations is incapable of enforcing the most basic of laws. i do not believe military action in syria or external powers can achieve a lasting peace. nor do i believe that america or any nation should determine who will lead syria. that's for the syrian people to decide. nevertheless a leader who slaughtered his citizens and gassed children to death cannot lead a badly fractured country. >> reporter: president barack obama spoke about readiness to pursue relations with iran. >> we are not seeking regime change. we seek the right of the people to access nuclear energy. we insist the iranian government meet responsibilities under the non prelive ration treaty and u.n. security council resolutions. we

. >>> a u.n. team has returned to syria. the inspectors arrived in damascus on wednesday and the united nations has received reports on more than ten alleged cases and the team is expected to examine russian allegations that opposition groups as well as syria's government are behind some attacks. syrian president bashar al-assad admitted on monday the country built up a huge stockpile of weapons after several decades of products. the u.n. inspectors will eventually oversee the destruction of the weapon >>> at least 320 people have been confirmed dead from a powerful earthquake in pakistan. over 500 are injured. there are already reports of attacks on medical teams. >> reporter: the magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck baluchistan province on tuesday afternoon. the quake was about 20 kilometers below the surface. it was felt across a wide area even in cities hundreds of kilometers away. the pakistani government sent soldiers and helicopters to look for victims and deliver food and medical supplies. some of the worst affected areas

team. debates on a u.n. security council resolution to rid syria of its chemical weapons are still going but russia says an agreement could be reached in the coming days the main point of contention is including a reference to chapter seven of the u.n. charter that would allow the use of force against a mask is if it fails to comply with a plan and he's now reports from new york. well it seems like russia and the u.s. are a bit closer to seeing eye to eye on the syria crisis russia's deputy foreign minister says an agreement on the u.n. security council resolution the text requiring syria to dismantle its chemical weapons stockpiles is in fact likely by the end of this week now the actual text of the resolution will according to him include a reference to chapter seven of the u.n. charter which allows force but it should be stressed that there will be no automatic trigger for chapter seven measures and another resolution in fact would be needed if syria fails to comply the text of the resolution as many reso

and even a u.n. team to decide on the culpability, the blame for this attack?o come in. >> we invited come to syria first in march. and we have been asking them to come back to continue their investigation pause we have more places to be investigated. the united states, made pressure for them to leave before they finish their missions. when we invited the dedication, we wanted this dedication to have full authority to investigate everything. not only the use of the saharan or the sarin or the gas or the chemical weapons but to investigate everything about who did it and how. the united states make pressure in order to keep it only by -- was it used or not, why? because i think the united states administration if they were going to investigate they are going to conclusions that terrorists have used it and not -- >> thank you, mr. president. dennis. >> >> do you believe that syria's position as a secular state could be at risk in this conflict? >> of course. when you have this kind of extremism and terrorism and violence, that we render the whole society into mor

i don't think that was the mandate of the u.n. team to investigate. >> what about the plans for removing syria's chemical stockpiles? is that a step in the right direction? >> i think it is a step in the right direction. it is very ambition -- very ambitious. the timetable is incredible. we are trying to go through a very intensive and energetic exercise. this is not going to be easy at all. going to be difficult and dangerous to do. but if it works, it will take out of the equation chemical weapons and hopefully open up other news for other types of arrangements. >> thank you very much for joining us area >> on the ground, the situation on the border between syria and turkey turned tense after it was confirmed turkey shot down a syrian the military helicopter that it says entered its airspace. >> the chopper was detected two kilometers inside the order. the turkish air defense said it issued several warnings before its warplanes fired missiles. the helicopter reportedly crashed on syrian the soil. relations between damascus and ankara

leave officials say the six member u.n. team will travel by road to syria later today. a report by the inspectors following the previous visit said the nerve agent sarin gas was used in an august attack near damascus. the united states and the allies, a syrian president bashar al-assads regime was behind the attack that killed 1,400 people. >> in pakistan a convoy of 60 military vehicles with relief supplies are on the way to a remote district in the southwestern part of the country where thousands of people were injured and left homeless after a huge earthquake. the 6.7 earthquake struck yesterday afternoon and officials say the death toll rose overnight to 210. >> governor brown has signed legislation to deter the press from harassing the children of celebrities and other public figures. halle berry and jennifer garner support the legislation. last month, both women testified before the state legislature their children are harassed constantly by papparazzi. the law increases penalties for taking photos and video without consent and in harassing manner. violators face

they wouldn't want u.n. teams coming under fire. i don't think this will halt the negotiation. it just makes everything more complicated, as you say, and it already is pretty complicated. >> thank you so much, martha raddatz, reporting out of washington. in the atlantic tonight. hurricane humberto is the first hurricane of the atlantic -- in the atlantic this season. it's expected to keep moving away from the u.s. tropical storm gabrielle is out there near bermuda and expected to steer clear of the american coast. but the third system in the gulf of mexico may bring heavy rain to parts of texas next week. >>> next tonight, diana nyad is taking on her critics. we all cheered her epic swim from cuba to florida at the age of 64. and then the skeptics began questioning whether she could have gone so fast 110 miles in 53 hours. abc's gio benitez now. he talked to diana nyad and he did the math. >> reporter: diana nyad is passionately taking on her critics. >> we did this thing squeaky clean, gio. >> reporter: the big question, how did she cut a full day from her predicted swim time?

u.n. investigation team that recently returned from damascus has announced that atta lising the samples from the site of the alleged syria come syrian chemical attack will take up to three weeks and many countries as well as the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon have asked that no military action be taken before u.n. experts present their conclusion u.s. officials say the president made a last minute decision to seek the approval of lawmakers obama originally intended to decide on military action against syria without congressional consent the president's under public pressure on the home front as most americans don't appear to share his confidence that military attack is necessary over half of those americans who took part in a reuters poll said they don't want any kind of u.s. involvement in syria only twenty percent were in favor asked whether assad should be attacked if he's implicated in the use of chemical weapons less than thirty percent said yes obama maintains the he wants a limited military strike with no u.s. boots on the ground but political analyst phyllis bennis says things co

u.n. investigation team that recently returned from damascus has announced that atta lising samples from the site of the alleged syria come syrian chemical attack will take up to three weeks and many countries as well as the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon have asked that no military action be taken before u.n. experts present their conclusion. u.s. officials say the president made a last minute decision to seek the approval of lawmakers obama really intended to decide on military action against syria without congressional consent the president's under public pressure on the home front as most americans don't appear to share his confidence that a military attack is necessary over half of the americans who took part in a reuters poll said they don't want any kind of u.s. involvement in syria only twenty percent are in favor asked whether assad should be attacked if he's implicated in the use of chemical weapons less than thirty percent said yes obama maintains he wants a limited military strike with no u.s. boots on the ground but political analyst phyllis bennis says things could change q

the human sampling showed almost one hundred percent positive there are no samples taken by the u.n. team that show theron there are a few samples taken that show degradation of theron but even these are not consistent in live in both the labs there could be false positives the un now as a result of all these holes in its original report needs to address these and ensure for itself that it has the proper access and time to investigate other areas of alleged chemical weapons attacks meanwhile hey mr breton gordon who is a former commander of the push ministries chemical defense regiment disagrees with the criticism of the un report it is true to say that sarin it is pure form wasn't thought and in that. place however. which is a very gracious products of sarin. i think the other thing that is important to say is that the rocketry was not discovered idolise as it was in the two other locations which grew into a positive for sarin and that being the case are sure that that would have been but i also agree with the russian. scientists not be published and i don't know that pieces so we do see

. >> 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 raise its children in a world where we don't follow through on the things that we say. president obama was refering to his own statement in what he said a little over a year ago when he drew that proverbial red line in the sand with the syrian government youing chemical weapons. if they were to, then there would be consequences. many people believe that the president is in a position where he says what he says and now he has to back up his words. >> washington has a lot of naval power on standby in the mediterranean and that was before oba

how are can u.n. teams going to work safely in this type of environment. >> >> that's the issue.going to one of the sighteds for the prooevious inspection. we're going to see a really complex series on the ground. or it may go very smoothly. some of these sights could raise the whole question of who was behind what bit of violence. and that could get really tricky. >> their ambassador to the uchlt n. speaks at the general assembly tomorrow. what will be his tone? defiance? cooperation? >> you'll get a mix of both, i think, probably. they agreed to get rid of their chemical weapons before. bd they're going to go along with what the u.n. has told them to do. you'll see a lot of them having a go at the israelis. they'll say the only reason they had these weapons was to defend themselves from israel's nuclear weapon program. one of the things slipped in was a suggestion of a peace plan. that was endorsed by the security council. >> so what do you think -- what does he think of iran's headline-making new leader? >> israel says this is iran making time. they're going to try to relax. t

u.n. inspector's team does not. the credibility of the u.n. inspector team is much higher than that of the syrian government. >> reporter: the russian government has not said how it will check the syrian evidence nor the time needed to do it. just saying that it exists may have the desired effect of creating uncertainty. al jazeera, moscow. >> even though the u.n. report on the august 21st attack did not say who carried it out, it was very detailed. human rights watch says that information can be used now to show who fired the rockets that carried the sarin gasp two of the rockets hit areas of damascus. the u.n. documenting the angles in which the rocks landed. based on that information human rights watch say the rockets' flight path can be calculated, it suggests that they were fired from the base of a syrian republic guard 104th begay less than 10 kilometers away. >>> we will gather to the author of that report and emergency director human rights watch. >> you need to look at the holistic nature of the evidence. rockets were used which are on

u.n. and there. team on the ground to to basically justify any action going through international laws now in a separate statement after a meeting with the human rights council a nonprofit organization vladimir putin talked about the united states congress and the fact that they are in the process of debating that the use of force and have actually drafted a resolution to be voted by the full congress later on this month he basically said that it was an acceptable to even consider using force outside of u.n. conventions this is what he had to say. it was the question of the authorizing the use of force is being discussed by the congress and the senate so it is an absolute commonsense substitutional in international law the congress and no country can sanction such a thing what they trying to authorize is aggression because everything outside the u.n. security council is aggression and. put in his often come under fire for what is thought to be a strong alliance with a bashar al assad regime he had this to

. >> reporter: later today, that report from the u.n. team that investigated the august gas attack is expected to show chemical weapons were used. it won't place blame for the attack but will indicate who had the about to deploy them. that's expected to help build momentum for the resolution that will be proposed today at the security council to take action. >> summers is out of the running to become chair of the federal reserve. summers was considered the front runner to replace. that paves the way for the president to make a historic choice. bill is at the white house. good morning. >> good morning charlie and norah. >> reporter: the summers nomination was done in by fellow democrats. three democrats have come out now opposing the nomination. that means it probably would not have gotten out of committee. summers got the word or figured it out. he was seen as the front runner, the president's favorite. the president defended him last month against criticism. a lot of democrats did not like his support of deregulation which they think helped

u.n. a c. but without a chapter seven. the russian foreign minister said that the team of u.n. experts who were in syria last month investigating reports of alleged chemical attacks actually couldn't complete their job in its entirety caving into the pressure from the likes of the united states who seem to be determined to push their agenda in only one direction. which our partners are blinded by an ideological goals to remove the assad regime they want to show the big can call the shots in the middle east. they are mostly concerned with proving their own supremacy and not the task that we are driven by which to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem. on top of that russian foreign minister has said that there is a high chance to the syrian rebels themselves could produce chemical weapons and homegrown laboratories has also said that those who have essentially created the syrian are continuing to cover its tracks all not hold our mr lavrov has said that it does not seem like the western powers are interested in pursuing the diplomatic solution off the matter right now. weste

u.n. a c. but without a chapter seven. the russian foreign minister said that the team of u.n. experts who were in syria last month investigating reports of alleged chemical attacks actually couldn't complete their job in its entirety caving into the pressure from the likes of the united states who seem to be determined to push their agenda in only one direction. which all parties are blinded by an ideological goals to remove the assad regime they want to show the big can call the shots in the middle east. they are mostly concerned with proving their own supremacy and not the task that we are driven by which to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem. on top of that russian foreign minister has said that there is a high chance that the syrian rebels themselves could produce chemical weapons and homegrown laboratories has also said that those who have essentially created the syrian army are continuing to cover its tracks all no hole however mr lavrov has said that it does not seem like the western powers are interested in pursuing the diplomatic solution off the matter right n

u.n. investigation team results are in and he says that at that time the global community can then discuss the situation and act in a lawful manner that any unilateral action would be against international law he also said that he was surprised about the situation last week in the british parliament where they debated and then voted down military action for the u.k. in syria he says that he was surprised but he was pleased and it shows that there are rational minds at play in the government and that that debate needs to happen he also appealed it to president obama not just as a president but as a nobel laureate winner of the nobel peace prize let's not forget that barack obama is nobel peace prize laureate of the. be taken into account before making the decision to stop bombing syria which will lead to civilian casualties so russia continuing to stand in their position that the world needs to wait for the u.n. investigation to take place the world needs to act globally it looks like now that president obama will be sending it back to congress and so we will wait to see if that spirited de

the u.n. team of weapons inspecttors prepareed the report. the syrian if the assad for that attack but he denies it. they will share the report with its members in the afternoon. its relief will come two days after the u.s. and rush trurb support [ cheers and applaus ch. >> president obama defended the chemical weapons agreement but facing a lot of criticism. even some fellow democrats have doubts. we have the latest from washington. >> reporter: president obama appearing on abc's "this week" says a remarkable distance traveled in a short period of time to prevent another use of chemical weapons in syria but he acknowledges "we aren't there yet" the president embraced putin's cooperation on reaching a framework agreement to seize and destroy syria's chemical weapons. >> this is not a cold war. this is not a contest between united states and russia. if russia wants to have some influence in syria, post-assad, that doesn't hurt our interests. >> in the republican senator john mccain couldn't disagree more. >> i that it's a loser. i think it giv

if the u.n. team were unable to remove the weapons within the specified time frame, then the u.s.ld go to syria. at the same time, a lot of wariness, a lot of skepticism. here is harry reid speaking from the floor this morning. >> al-assad regime must act quickly to prove their offer is real, not merely a ploy to the late military action or actions from the united states senate. >> for the first time, this as the president called for the congressional authorization, the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, spoke up about the issue and laid into a withering criticism of five years of president obama's foreign policy. at the same time, he was cautiously encouraged by this russian proposal and said it is worth exploring. here is mitch mc connell. >> let me remind everyone, even if this is agreed to, it's still a long way off to reaching an agreement at the united nations. so syria gaining entry to the chemical weapons convention and to eventually securing and destroying the stockpile. >> he said that his own state of kentucky has had experience with destroying chemical weapons an