the news comes as the head of the united nations effort to bring peace to syria wants of unprecedentediolence breaking out. >> the latest government shelling of rebels in the city of homs. despite promises by both sides, the cease-fire brokered by the united nations has never existed on the ground. there is little monitors can do about this. often they cannot even move on the ground. should they be armed as in other missions? i ask the deputy united nations envoy for syria. >> frankly, their greatest protection is not to be armed. if they had arms, that would not make any difference when considering the weapons available in syria. it would not make a difference. they would become more of a target if they had weapons. >> assyrian refugees in turkey. syria may not just implode. it may explode. the effects of the country going far beyond its borders. members of the security council agreed that there have to be transitions to a new government in syria, but while america once president assad to go, russia still seems to support him. -- while america wants president assad to go, russia still

as a matter of fact the oic is the largest voting bloc e ing i united nations today. this organization states in the cairo declaration that all human rights are limited to law. and this is why, in sudan and in many other countries, christians or jews or others are being arrested or killed. so what i propose is that how can it be that in 2012, that the largest voting bloc in the united nations contains of countries that say that rights we should kick them out of the united nations and this is the only language that they understand. if you discuss with them it is seen as weakness. we should act not talk. as long as there are not countries brave enough to send them out to expel them from the united nations, we free countries like america and holland should not pay one cent of contribution to the united nations. [ applause ] >> yes, please do stand and once again recognition our magnificent guest, our brother who loves freedom and loves god

. >> the united nations secretary- general traveled to china for talks with president hu jintao, with the situation in syria high on the agenda. >> kofi annan once china and russia to get behind a united nations security council resolution aimed at stopping the fighting -- wants china and russia to get behind a united nations security council resolution. >> talks in moscow focused on measures aimed at ending the violence in syria and how to orchestrate a political transition there. president putin again expressed his complete support for the peace plan for syria. >> from the very beginning, since you were appointed united nations and arab league special envoy, we have been supporting your efforts aimed at restoring peace in syria. >> russian state television often provides detailed coverage and that's the line that kofi annan's peace plan is the best way to stop the fighting. annan told putin that it is important for the security council to reach consensus on drafting a resolution for syria. >> i have to come back when i am not carrying such a heavy load, and i hope i will have the op

russia and china deliver a double veto at the security council of the united nations as western countries tried to pass sanctions against syria more details from new york straight ahead. also this israel's prime minister extends his blame list in lebanon saying both iran and hezbollah were behind the deadly blast in belgariad. and british intelligence points far with far with the country's security committee calling for the use of cyber warfare to tackle on line criminals. live from the new center here in the russian capital this is r t with twenty four hours a day the u.s. and its allies have failed to push an anti assad resolution through the u.n. security council for the third time russia and china have once again vetoed the motion to point nine has the latest for us now from new york. many people would say it's about time the international community stood together and did something about syria so what is moscow's reasoning for blocking yet another draft resolution. well the reasoning is simple russia has said for from the get go that he would not support any resolutions on syria that

russia and china vetoed a united nations security council resolution threatening sanctions against damascus. >> in language we have heard before, russia said the draft would have opened the door to foreign military intervention in syria. >> we will get reactions in washington in just a minute, but our coverage begins on the ground in damascus. >> activists have posted videos on the internet that reportedly showed the chaotic situation on the ground in damascus. they say the army is mobilizing more forces but that anti- government forces are holding out. reporters say the fighting has spread to the presidential palace. the display of force follows wednesday's suicide bombing, which killed three key members of the regime. rebels say its days are numbered. >> the chain is breaking. the regime has lost control, and the people bashar al assad relies on are gone. the foundations of the regime have been shaken. it is just bashar who is left. >> but the regime shows no sign of easing its grip on power, and a diplomatic solution appears more remote than ever following thursday's veto of a draft reso

this is the opportunity for the united states to help with our arab league partners in trying to get a handle on what is a national security interest to the united states. chemical and biological weapons are a disaster and the sophistication of the weapons available to bad guys if the regime implodes in syria makes libya look like an technique gun show. >> chairman mike rogers, thank you. >>> president obama is still being haunted by a comment made almost two weeks ago. you didn't build that. tonight ed henry tells us mitt romney is still hammering for it and the president is still trying to get past it. at one of his nine fundraisers this week, president obama again found himself on defense over his you didn't build that comment. clarifying to democratic donors i want to promote success, and releasing a new ad charging republicans took him out of context. >> hard-working people sacrifice today meet payroll, create jobs and make our economy run. i said we need to stand behind them as america always has by investing in education and training, roads and bridges. >> top advisors to mitt romney keep pounding away. >>

and another important speech, this time before the united nations general assembly last september. we believe that each nation must chart its own course to fulfill the aspiration of its people. america does not expect to agree with every party or person who expresses themselves politically but we'll always stand up for the universal rights that were embraced by this assembly. that is what our people deserve. so president obama identifies what we say as american values as being universal ones. he says that we are committed to advancing those principles but we understand that we live in a diverse world and that we cannot impose our will and that partnerships and outreach and working through international organizations is the best way to advance american interests. so through that -- through those lenses, through those frames, i would like to look a little bit more at how -- i started talking about this already. what are the lines of attack? how is romney going to go after the obama record and then we'll look vice versa. first, romney is going to argue that obama is a declinist. what d

the united nations secretary general has called on congolese ever wanted leaders to diffuse tensions over the rebellion, and one that is reported to have agreed to third-party monitoring of their border. for now, though, the standoff continues. >> now to another battle, but this one takes place inside the u.s. military. we have heard a lot about the death toll on the battlefield. according to "time" magazine, more u.s. troops committed suicide and have been killed in combat. military suicide rates are going up. every day, one u.s. soldier takes his own life, and it is the story behind that statistic which "time" focuses on this week. jim, thanks for joining us. these are extraordinary statistics. one thing we are really struggling with is the fact that suicide is more common then wrote accidents as a cause of death among troops. >> yes, it is the second leading cause of death in military theaters worldwide, and it has claimed more lives, as you said, then afghanistan. there have been more suicides this year than all years combined. most troubling thing is nobody really knows why this

. >> the united nations general secretary has accused the syrian government of violating united nations resolutions, and he again accused -- urges the security council to take action. we must warn you there are disturbing images in our report. >> this man was one of the lucky ones. according to syria's opposition, he escaped the massacre. activists say about 200 people did not. they claimed government forces bombarded the village before pro-regime militias moved in. other reports claim a rebel attacked a government envoy. whatever unfolded, this appears to be the bloodiest event yet in the syrian conflict. at -- as ever in this crisis, independent verification of what really happened is very difficult. united nations observers cannot travel to the village, but they have confirmed heavy fighting. >> this involved mechanized units, indirect fire as well as helicopters. we stand ready to go in and seek verification of facts if and when there is a credible cease- fire. >> the killings, as the mandate for the un mission nears an end. the united nations security council remains divided on how

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jenna: we certainly all are familiar with the united nations.is an organization committed to among other things, peace and security and human rights. but a documentary is raising some serious concerns about whether the u.n. is actually living up to its charter. and the filmmaker, ami horowitz, asked really tough questions about the u.n. something you think wouldn't be so tough. take a listen. >> how does the u.n. define terrorism? >> well, technically the united nations so far has not been able to define terrorism. >> the u.n. member-states have not been able to agree upon a definition of terrorism. >> definition of terrorism is very difficult thing. >> one of the pending matters in the united nations. >> my own view quite frankly is terrorism rather like pornography, you might not be able to define it but you know it when you see it. jenna: he is the man who asked that question, writer producer, star as well after the documentary, "u.n. and me" out on dvd for all to see. why couldn't they define terrorism? >> thank you for having me. i'm glad y

new questions following an investigation by the state department of a united nations agency. ls reportedly looking into shipments of computers and other equipment to iran and north korea by waive an to be secure u.n. agency, despite sanctions against both nations. k.t., great to see you today. >> hi. you can't make this stuff up. the united nations is suppose to be the organization that looks over these things. we don't sell high technology equipment directly from the united states to these countries on the sanction list, the united nations is not supposed to. they are not only selling, they are probably giving this stuff to iran and north korea. shannon: from what i understand about this agency that has been allegedly funneling the equipment. the u.s. has membership in this particular agency. did we not know what was going on? how did this happen? >> there is some 20 computers mat thread their way to iran. what the united nations does is it has -- many organizations, there is united nations development program, this is the united nations intellectual property organization. an

dressing to the side now and admit that this is the end of the line for diplomacy as far as the united nations security council is concerned? >> yes, you would not find anybody who put diplomacy to rest entirely in this case, but it is clear that there is no common ground for any meaningful compromise in the security council that would actually have an impact on the ground in syria. the positions from russia and the west are just too far apart, and it is safe to say at this moment that the peace plan from the united nations special envoy kofi annan has failed. >> as always, thank you very much. tunisia's former dictator has been sentenced to life in prison. a military court found him guilty of complacency in the killing of 43 protesters during the jasmine revolution, which led to his downfall. >> it is the fourth time he has been sentenced, though it looks unlikely he will spend time behind bars because he fled into exile when he was toppled in 2011. the germans agreed again on thursday to open their wallets for a fellow eurozone members in trouble. >> that is right. germany's parliament appro

ambassador to the united nations? >> those conversations are private, no, i have not confronted them with that particular question because the question is clear to me. >> rose: the british ambassador -- >> we talk all the time, we talk all the time. >> rose: but this is diplomatic conversation among us, even privately, we cannot really spill sort of -- >> rose: but what are you saying? >> well, what i am saying is that definitely the situation in syria is excessive, because it is seen as containing very high geo political sex, the, sex sex steaks, stakes, cut off iran, it would correct the geo political, unwanted geo political consequences of removing saddam hussein, it makes israel feel safer if things go right, on that end if things go wrong then everybody may feel less security, including israel. and this is one of the reasons why we do not subscribe to this kind of policy, and the problem, and all the have toes and the whole confrontations in the security count is i was trying to say that, with all of the have toe

[click-click] [♪...] >>> since the united nation's foundation created nothing but nets campaign in 2006ers had joined and literally millions of people to raise $20 billion. and distribute some 2 million bed nets to children and their families in africa. >> ted turner talking about the united nation's foundations campaign to fight malaria worldwide. ted turner is back with me now. what do you think of america as a business model at the moment? the reason i ask is there's a battle going on now, i think, for the way forward for capitalism in america. i had howard shultz from starbucks come on and outline capitalism where it's incumbent to bring jobs back to america. to open factories here not in china and so on. and i think he was eluding to companies like apple who have ten times as many employees in china than america. what do you think of the concept? >> i'm working so hard on the survival issues that the financial issues and a lot of other areas, you can't be an expert on everything. and i'm not an expert on finance. i -- i believe that we should be doing business with everybody. >> do

have arbitration at the united nations and let them handle it and then be bound by what those decisions are. i mean, if everybody started shooting everybody that they had a disagreement with, all we'd be doing is shooting each other. is there there's enough of that anyway. but that doesn't accomplish anything kpepexcept gets peoplet and escalates into war. >> what would you do to iran? >> well, first of all, i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we have 2,000 or several thousand nuclear weapons. i ran has none at the current time. it's okay for israel, but it's not okay for iran. that's -- they're not treating everybody equally. and you -- you have no strong position except force rksz only by force can it be done. we've already voted at the u.n. and the security council to get rid of nuclear weapons. let's get rid of them. leapt's get e get rid of ours and iran will stop. if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe. at least safe from a nuclear attack. i mean, if we have full scale nuclear exchange, it's going to destroy life on earth. all life. maybe there will be a few cockroach

united states as well. that's where it becomes a national security concern for the united states. guest: and john says any concerns about assad's biological and chemical weapons, you just addressed part of that issue, how real are the concerns? guest: no, they're very real. this is not a situation like iraq where which had a weapons of mass destruction program, discontinued it and then when the united states invaded, very little if nothing was found, and in this particular case, we know that they have this stockpile. they haven't actually openly hid it, it was developed by the iranians and most importantly by the soviets and this has been one of the major concerns, and these weapons can be used as a deterrent for others to attack that regime on the way out. and we're really worried now that as bashar leftist hour disintegrates he could get them or god forbid get them near hezbollah or other parties which could use them in the future or even the present, use them against israel or other allies of the united states as well. guest: if you're listening to c span on the radio, our conv

still, top united nations officials tried to change their minds in the days leading up to the vote. they've since gone from hopeful to critical. >>> the u.n. secretary-general expressed regret, arguing that other nations have a collective responsibility to the people of syria and that the u.n. will continue to try to end the violence there. special envoy kofi annan says he's disappointed the security council could not unite to take a strong and concerted action he's been pushing for. catherine kobayashi spoke to united nations's respond. >> there was no breakthrough at the security council. >> no, not only was there no breakthrough but quite frankly the future of diplomacy in resolving the crisis in syria is in question. sense the process started in syria 16 months ago, this is the third time russia and china have vetoed security council resolutions. the council has always wherein divided on syria, with the west insisting on regime change and russia especially on assad's side. even after the vote, both sides accused each other for failing to unite the security council. >> translator:

service for those three months and struck me immediately then as it has many others that the united nations is in a sense bush house at large. there we were with so many speaking and broadcasting in so many languages reflecting the very events of the discussion of the united nations itself. it's easy of course to be almost overwhelmed way in thought, and i think watching, listening to it as we did, that last broadcast just now, it was a reminder the essence of it has not changed, i think. the clarity that i hope we always put at the heart of it. >> the impash y'allty, the independence. so i've always got in my mind the ugandan farmer potentially listening to every one of those broadcasts and i think in getting across, making sense to the world. if you liken it to the world service listener, and it obviously will continue. >> thank you very much. >> joining me now from bush house is rob. rob broomby. what's the reaction from staff been like having made this last broadcast? >> well, i can tell you a few moments ago, the news reader emerged quietly because we were on air in this gallery then w

>> i think war should be avoid at all cost and we should do everything to get the united nations to the deal with conflicts before people start resorting to violence. violence begets violence. it's easy to star wars and difficult to stop them once they got started. i think we ought to renounce the war and have -- let the courts handle it and have arbitration that the united nations and let them handle it. just like what you do in the united states. if everybody started shooting everybody they had a disagreement with, there is enough of that anyway. that doesn't accomplish anything except get people shot and escalate into war. >> what would you do about iran if you were the american president. >> i believe in total nuclear disarmament. we all have to play by the same set of rules. we have several,000 nuclear efforts. it's okay for israel to have a hundred but not okay for iran to have two. they are not treating everybody equally. no strong position except force. only by force can it be done. we voted at the un and the skurs council to get rid of it. let's get rid of ours. iran will stop

one, he could have fled or made arrangements to flee or contacted the united nations or the united states or someone saying he wanted out. or he wanted to negotiate. or, two, the russians could have indicated they were willing to abandon him. neither of those things has happened. so, now, we are on the course to a more horrible war. >>shepard: the bubble, now, the bubbling is whether he will use chemical weapons. but the bigger question could be, whether the troops would actually use them if he orders them deployed. >>guest: the regime if the army decides it will not carry out orders from the commander in chief. since it is an army that is led by the minority that rule the country, but is still 70 percent sunni, there are only a certain number of troops who are deemed "reliable," and therefore the troops are spread very, very thin in the areas that need to be protected because they are not, for example, in the golan heights and the israelis claim that jihads are sneaking in posing a threat to israel. so israel, which is not terribly worried of the use of chemical weapons against its own p

the problem with that is the allies in the united nations themselves won't act until the united statesakes the lead. i think romney is saying that he is willing to take the lead and pull the others along not wait for them to join us. >> president obama is saying what he really i mean his people are saying what romney really wants is permanent war. he likes the idea of being deployed everywhere and echos of president bush. is that a fair charge? >> it is not a fair charge and actually as dan mentioned he has been a bit vague on what he actually would do in afghanistan. it has been a charge in the campaign. they decided last year with the premature pullouts in afghanistan and the pullout interest iraq. >> total. >> total pullout that they will run a campaign that the tide of war has receded, i'm the president of peace. the problem with the campaign and what it seems to me if you look around the world the tide of war is not receding. >> one important distinction worth emphasizing, mitt romney used the word credibility and it is an idea that democrats for a long time have denigrated as a f

live reports from the state department, the united nations, and team fox coverage on what could an big day. >> feds say drought conditions in two-thirds of this country will lead to higher food prices later this year and beyond. details ahead. >> a new report suggests lazy people who it is on couch all day have the same risk of death as smokers. and if you do both, slit your wrists, i guess. >> that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." >> but there is breaking news now on fox news. a mideast analyst tells fox news the syrian regime could fall in 36 hours. the white house says president assad is losing control and, today, what could be a sign of things to come: a bomb tore through a national security building in the syrian capital reportedly killed three top government officials including the syrian president's bashar al-assad's brother-in-law. it happened not capital city of damascus not far from the presidential palace, syrians say the television reported it was suicide terror attack but the rebels say they planted that bomb and they spent a month

with the united nations the logger monitoring a cease-fire, one high level defection will not transform syria, but many more just might. >> so what impact could this latest military defection and hillary clinton's tough words have on the assad regime? joining me to discuss it is a man who formerly served as the u.s. ambassador to syria. thank you very much for joining me. let's start with the significance of the defection -- is this the sort of a drip drip defection that will eventually bring down the regime? >> it is not a drip drip defection, but psychologically it is very important because he is the son of the former minister of defense for 30 years who was the sunni face of the regime. therefore, they claim that this is a multi-sectarian, pan/arab -- pan-arab regime, not a narrow one. so the defection is a further stripping away of the veneer of legitimacy. >> presumably it is important because he is part of the inner circle, not just a military figure. >> he was part of the inner circle. he was sidelined some months ago, but what amazes me is that the regime, knowing his father and

jonathan hunt live at the united nations this evening and the special envoy to syria kofi annan todayhe has failed. >> a former u.n. secretary general didn't want to use the fward himself but after months of saying give the peace plan a chance, give the peace plan a chance. he did actually admit in a briefing to the security council today it clearly has not worked. listen. >> we had not been success. so far. we have so far not succeeded in ending the violence and moving forward and there are still the fights today and i urge you will governments to work together to work together to press the parties. >> so now there are two competing resolutions being drafted for the security council to look at. a russian one that other western nations say is completely toothless, fairly pointless. a british and u.s.-backed one that the russians will not agree to under pretty much any circumstances. so tonight, shep, this is still very much the disunited nations. >> and now kofi annan is reduced to asking, of all nations, iran to help. >> now, he says he has another 6 point peace plan and went to iran

that's the third te they've gone to the united nations.e everything we can to get russia and china to support this. it seems clear to me that they are not going to. but i also agree very much, that if f we act, we need to act with a coalition. given the background of everything else we have going on in the middle east. we shouldn't act unilaterally. >> what people say, is because china and russia, clearly huge powers in the world, have dug their heels in. they, if you talk to them, say we don't trust this opposition. we think many of them may be terrorists. some of them may have links to al qaeda and so on. can we trust the opposition rebels? do they have a point? >> i don't think we know enough about the opposition. yet. and it's not likely for sure. there is a population of about 6 billion people. syria's 20 million people. that population in libya is fairly homo genius and in syria you have sectarian differences. where you have the minority all white regime that has been governing and repressing 75% sunni for decades. >> still 70% of th

the developments in syria are creating new pressure on the united nations to act. later today the security council is scheduled to vote on a respect lawtion aimed at ending -- resolution aimed at ending the 17-month crisis. but russia has veto power and opposes the demand for military sanctions becaused russians fear they could eventually allow the use of force. u.n. envoy kofi annan has been in moscow meeting with russian president putin. he's hopeful a peaceful resolution will be reached in syria. randall pinkston, cbs news, the united nations. >> there are reports that several other officials, including a former syrian defense minister were killed in the blast. syria has already named a new defense minister who vows to cut off the hand of anyone threatening his nation. >>> still to come when the news continues, if you thought there was a tough crowd at the howard theatre, try auditioning in front of thousands of people in a metro train station. >> and the gsa tightens the purse strings following our investigative report into questionable bonuses. we'll be back.

the government of mali has appeals to the united nations to take action after al-qaeda linked extremists destroyed holy sites in the city of timbuktu the west african nation has seen constant attacks since it was taken over by a military gender in march middle east expert of the army as a kiwi blames the nato backed revolution in neighboring leave it for the violence in mali. all of this of course is belated to a war that was waged against libya last year doing twenty eleven which brought about the displacement of many of the two iraq forces who have been settled in libya for many many years they were well armed and of course with them entering the situation inside of northern mali is further destabilize and polarize the situation and sap and know what the currents are and of course affected the capital up of mochel as well if the us had not in a beam in libya last year we would not happy current situation that we have right now in mali. the deadline for julian assange as extradition to sweden has passed but the whistleblower remains holed up in ecuador's embassy in london has defined a