now it seems even the united nations isn't immune to being snooped on by america's scandal plagued national security agency recently published information leaked by edward snowden indicates the world body is new york h.q. has been caught and its controversial spine at right up or down has the details. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german der spiegel the publication says that the n.s.a. surveillance of the united nations took place last summer and three weeks after hacking into the video system america's spy agency had allegedly boosted its number its number of such decrypted communications from twelve to four hundred fifty eight now for anyone who doesn't already know this spying on the united nations is illegal under international law der spiegel also reports that the u.s. maintains a monitoring program called the special collection service in over eighty embassies and consulates around the world often without the knowledge of the host country now many may be wondering

with the nation's evolution and demands for reforms it's terrorism in this situation western leaders come till they citizens we're going to syria to support terrorism now president obama in the united states has met with his national security advisers as well as his military advisers he also spoke on the telephone at length with u.k. prime minister cameron about the option of serious response if in fact it is proven that the chemical weapons were used by the syrian regime now in fact the united states has moved some military ships into the area the u.k. has also been doing some military exercises with their navy has a submarine in the area as well and turkey they have publicly stated that their foreign minister said that they he wants to get involved and is willing to join any military coalition regardless of if it is supported by the united nations or not this is what bashar assad had to say about that. if saudi arabia plays the role of the main sponsor turkey's in a different position it's a shame that just a few dollars can control such a country as turkey it's unfortunate that one gulf state is able to control a huge country which holds an important strategic position and has a

freshly exclaimed the americans and a state even spied on the united nations have waters while across the atlantic washington surveillance scandal threatens to influence the chambres german election . and try and from triumph to despair we'll look at how libya has resurrected the same control methods used by the toppled regime as the country's dragged back into chaos two years after the revolution. this is our day coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program while a foreign intervention in syria looks more likely than ever with countries including the u.s. britain france and turkey considering military action following last week's alleged chemical attack they blame the assad regime for the assault despite a found that u.n. inspectors are still yet to yog line their findings from the site meanwhile the vehicle carrying the u.n. team has reportedly come under sniper fire while heading to the area where a cameco attack apparently took place russia earlier warned the west against giving in to what it calls the opposition's provocations and interferi

the white house says that they are going to leave it up to the united nations and incidentally the unitedot agree with that original assessment earlier this year of american intelligent community. so it is a very complex problem, jeanmar tin dempsey the president's own chairman wrote a letter to a key congressman, elliot of the foreign affairs committee in the house of representatives, he says, look, we could take out assad's air force with tomahawks, we could institute a no-fly zone, we could institute a buffer zone, but the problem is, if you are taking sides, which side are you taking? it's more than just assad and the rebels, rebels themselves are explain tered in to groupings. we have heard testimony that al qaeda is operating in syria using it as a staging ground for attacks across the board never to a rack, there i iraq, and the hizbollah fax to. it does not favor. frustrated time and fame den at the united nations and elsewhere by russia's backing of the assad regime, so just as inky just a minute, no good option for his the obama administration, today simply asking the united nat

it's the case of his life - they're trying to sue the united nations. >> the united nations have a lot of money, we don't have. and they have a lot of -- a hundred thousand lawyers. we have only 12! the balance is for them. if they need to comply with the law, the balance is for us! >> the lawsuit - filed in november 2011 - claims that un failures to screen its soldiers for cholera and follow international rules on waste disposal constitute gross negligence. it's based on the un's own investigation which concluded that the nepalese base leaking sewage into the river was a likely source of the outbreak. and it's composed of thousands of stories of personal loss, each one documented by mario and his team. the next meeting is in mirebalais... the town that's home to the un base where the disease is known to have started. henrietta paul's husband was one of the very first to die. she doesn't know exactly where he's buried - back then the death toll was so high that bodies were being dumped in mass graves. today, she and her daughter lisette are filing a new claim. henrietta's only son, die

is even spied on the united nations have waters while across the atlantic washington surveillance scandal threatens to influence of cambers german election. and from triumph to despair we'll look at how libya has risen directed the same control methods used by the toppled regime as a country was dragged back into chaos two years after the revolution. well this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital on marina joshie welcome to the program well russia says foreign intervention in syria would be a mistake that would further destabilize a country and the region and a news conference in light of the u.s. and its allies considering military action foreign minister sergei lavrov said there was no proof of regime used chemical weapons largely as a shawn thomas has been following the briefing and joins us now live sean talk us through the key points that sergey lavrov made what exactly do you say well certainly marina sergey lavrov spoke very seriously about the situation he had knowledge. that there is a growing hysteria and a build up of military presence presence regarding the situ

deliciously ironic that the obama administration is spying on the united nations. here is what i think. any gathering of foreigners is a legitimate target for american espionage, unless we have agreement that precludes us from doing it. and any foreign government absent such an agreement that doesn't think we may be spying on them doesn't live in the real world. that's the way it is, doesn't

. >> america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations internal video conferencing system, and that is according to a german publication that says that the surveillance of the united nations to lace last summer, and three weeks after hacking into the video system, the american spy agency had allegedly boosted its number from 12 to 400 58. for anyone who does not already know this, spying on the u.n. is illegal under international law, and their spiegel also says there is a moderate--monitoring program in over 80 embassies and consulates around the world, often without the knowledge of the host country. now, many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations, spying on its allies, because as we have been reporting, u.s. president barack obama said himself recently that the nsa is in place to protect american security and target only potential terrorists. >> what we do have are some mechanisms where we can track a phone number or an e-mail address that we know is connected to some sort of terroris

unfortunately, what we are seeing right now is pressure repeatedly block efforts at the human -- the united nations to hold the assad regime accountable. it's disappointing, but the president says he will not allow that obstruction to prevent him from making decisions in the best interests of our national security. >> for more from washington, we are joined by our correspondent. is the mood in washington changing? >> i'm pretty sure that president obama does not like what he sees for a long time. the british, and we have to confess, the wrench governments have been in favor of military intervention and have put pressure on washington. it seems now they are getting cold feet. the united states will not act alone. to make it even worse for president obama, there is a growing resistance in congress over military intervention. there are concerns over getting involved in another conflict like the war in iraq. a group of 116 members of congress sent obama a letter urging the administration to seek congressional approval before taking any further action. >> we have heard that the united nations security c

what happened confirmed the failure of the united nations. emerged of thes apparent atrocity, britain's secretary was one of the first to call for an investigation. damascus was quick to deny it was responsible. a shocking escalation of the use of weapons in syria. we hope people responsible will one day be held accountable. i hope they blow have unrestricted access to the area and the united nations will be racing this at the un security council. >> the army and armed forces would like to say these allegations are false and baseless and such claims within the context of the dirty media war. go ahead with confronting terrorism. >> we sought advice from an expert. >> there appears to be a lot of dead people with no outward wounds that have died of something. some of the symptoms like the debt stairs are very similar to what we saw where thousands of people were killed by nerve .gents >> chemical weapons inspectors are in serious, but they do not have government permission to visit the site and may not get it. it is unclear those responsible wi

we've talked to people even from the united nations coming out of the united nations mission in syria, and they waited for the very last moment to come out today. they were given the option of staying or leaving, and today is the last that they're getting a chance to get out. the traffic has diminished. you may see behind me, the border point is flatter now, it's 7:30 at night, so at night, dark, we don't have a whole lot of movement back and forth. but i would have to say that it is a tense environment because the people who are leaving and going out in lebanon are nervous and worried about what they are leaving behind. many syrians who decided to return home at the last minute equally tense a, wondering what they would face. >> is lebanon expecting a large number of people to cross the border once military strikes possibly begin? >> reporter: well, they thought they would get that today, richelle, they thought they would get the large number coming across this being the last day. once the united nations inspectors were gone, they thought there would be an outpouring of people going

that was the united nations briefing there in new york city.rt following the fact that the u.n. weapons inspectors have arrived back in the netherlands and are also going do be meeting with some of the u.n. officials there to talk about the information that they have gathered. again, mandate states clearly that the inspectors are not supposed to decide who is to blame for chemical attacks but just to decide whether or not chemical attacks had actually taken place. we are bring something the congressman that has been watching the events as they unfold. i know that -- you have some very big concerns about what lies ahead. let's talk a moment about your reaction to what you just heard from the united nations. >> i don't think that this press conference helps a president obama and secretary cakerry bit. they are going to do a chemical analysis of the samples they gathered and make no conclusions yet. just suppose that -- with what the president has said, with what vice president biden has said, with what secretary of state kerry has said, they have

and check up through united nations team.hen russia reduced it, the attack at the same time, the same day that was considered to be attack a chemical attack and spread between security council members. 15 council members on wednesday received a photo from space that those rockets came from territories controlled by opposition and came to the territory controlled by the opposition. so there is no connection with syrian government. why those military preparations and the united states declare about it. i can't hear any arguments. >> if i ask you about the russian response, what the russian response might look like following the foreign minister comments that intervention in syria is possible without the backing of the united nations if a coalition were to intervene in syria what would russia's response be? >> i think that even declaration of such kind, it is violation on international law. it is war against united nation's charter. united nation's charter absolutely clear, reduced it and only security council has the right, leg

we go to the united nations security council. then the chinese and the russians, they are back to square one. i think that no matter how used in this, there will not be a legal basis behind any intervention. the americans, british, and french might as well be on the same page. the united nations security council has hit a dead end. >> thank you for joining us from washington. also thank you for joining us from moscow and here in the studio. thank you for being with us here. >> we are going to investigate the different positions on life. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> an exclusive report. >> the week in france. join us for the latest news from france. every friday. 

ambassador to united nations, john bolton. i'll ask him about it. >>> an inferno burning near the northern border of yosemite national park covers well over 200 square miles. that breaking development just hours ago. it is now the size of the city of chicago. just overnight it grew by more than seven square miles in size. firefighters faced with strong winds in the forecast for tonight. forest land, homes, lives, all in the path of the so-called rim fire. >> 15 minutes to be out of our house. we only got our kids, our animals, a little bit of pictures and of paperwork we really needed. it was hard. >> it is a lot now. just moved in three months ago. we're just getting on our feet, getting stable. >> adding to the sense of alarm, crews only able to contain the fire by about 7%. as you may know. it has been a very active wildfire season with 50 burning currently across western states, you see on the map. reports dense smoke from some fires is pouring into reno, nevada, creating major health concerns. visibility so bad there they

offices and now even the united nations headquarters a nuvi leaked document reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s all out spying effort . platts says libya months two years since the fall of gadhafi we report on how the government is a reversion to the colonel savage method is to crush dissent while the countrysides in chief in economic turmoil. live from moscow this is our cio it's me tom would say it's good to have you company with us the soft and let's take a look at the bulletin by the authority of the united nations appears to be facing

also ahead learning from us the united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al-qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. and the japanese government is forced now to step in to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain a recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. all over a good heavy company this hour this is our team broadcasting live from moscow around the world on our top stories are just saying the breaking news this u.s. president barack obama's council the one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin is out he's going to teach you can know with the details live from washington and eco piskun off in moscow as well are they gonna first of all how did washington explain its decision take us through that side of the developments today fir

radio four s today programme and he said that the united nations security council has not been united on syria and has not shouldered its responsibilities on syria and on the question of whether it was possible to act without complete unity on the united nations security council he replies oh dulcie yes it is now no firm decision has been taken on what the response will be or indeed when it will be but the timetable if you like for the next couple of days is this prime minister david cameron has cut short his holiday and he'll be returning to london and then on wednesday he's going to be chairing the national security council meeting and it's going to be there that you'll have all the key decision makers and after that meeting on wednesday you can expect that we'll have perhaps a clearer idea of exactly what the plans will be moving forward now we're still not talking about direct intervention here so no boots on the ground in syria what is being discussed the is a more limited form of military action in the form of its thought pinpoint tomahawk missile strikes now by no means has the

whistleblower edward snowden it says that the national security agency has been listening in on the united nations and he's made a point not in new york has the details on this latest revelation. america's national security agency allegedly cracked the encryption guarding the united nations' internal video conferencing system that's according to german newspaper der spiegel the publication says that the n.s.a. surveillance of the united nations took place last summer and three weeks after happening into the video system america's spy agency had allegedly boosted its number its number of such decrypted communications from twelve to four hundred and fifty eight now for anyone who doesn't already know the spying on the united nations is illegal under international law spiegel also reports that the u.s. maintains a monitoring program called the special collection service in over eighty embassies and consulates around the world often without the knowledge of the host country now many may be wondering why is it that the united states would want to spy on the united nations would spy on its allies becaus

at this hour, that is the syrian ambassador to the united nations addressing the security council therehich is meeting to determine what to do next. >> all of the details related to this situation. i am in your hands. >> reporter: do you want the team to find out -- assign responsibility for the incidents? and when did angela kaine request to visit guda? there seems to be some disparity there? they are saying there was a five-day delay. >> mr. angela kaine concluded an agreement with the syrian government with regard to her visit, and the visit was granted. she was granted with her team to to go to the locations where the chemical -- where the allegations of the use of chemical weapons -- are there. so there were -- there were no delay whatsoever, and she was granted access to the locations that she and the other doctor wanted to visit. >> reporter: where did these gases come from? >> you may be aware that long time ago, a couple of very important information spread all over the media, and nobody spoke about it, but we conveyed it if i recally speaking in official letters, among these o

as the world waits to hear what they found, the united nations appears to be getting ready -- rather, the united states appears to be getting ready for a strike. u.s. secretary of state john kerry and president barack obama making the case to take action yesterday. we're covering every angle of the crisis in syria. barbara starr at the pentagon, jill dougherty at the white house, nick payton wash at the united nations in new york and fred pleitgen joining us from beirut, lebanon. let's begin at the pentagon. barbara, what moves has the military already made to get in place for any possible strikes? >> well, fred, by all accounts everything is in place. it's simply awaiting a decision from the president to execute an order to strike. there are still five u.s. navy warships in the eastern mediterranean, about 40 tomahawk cruise missiles on each of them. these are very precise weapons guided to their preplanned targets by satellite coordinates, 1,000-pound warheads on them, so very lethal. the target list, by all accounts, will include command and control centers, regime elements, weapon

of sanctions are not imposed immediately, then we will lose our power to deter. >> the united nations secretary- general called on syria to give chemical weapons inspectors immediate access to damascus suburbs where the alleged poison gas attacks occurred, but members of the united nations security council failed to pass a binding resolution. russia toss foreign ministry questioned the account of the rebels of the foreign attack -- russia's foreign ministry. >> a political solution is the only way to stop the violence and spilling of blood in serious. it's the only way to protect the syrian people. >> for russia, that means no intervention in syria's internal affairs. >> we will go back over that russian connection and a few minutes, but first, we go to max hoffman, covering washington. here we go again with this talk about a red line with chemical weapons in serious set by washington. any chance this time that the u.s. is going to move and take action? >> there is really no sign for that at the moment. the only official word we've heard from the white house actually was from the depu

of the united nations. of the united nations there was a chemical weapons attack. secondly, there are two types of reports that are circulating at different stages around washington and congress. you have an unclassified briefing that is circulated to congress detailing as best as can be revealed by the -- assad and his commanders were directly responsible for ordering this chemical weapons attack. then there's a classify report that's circulated to the leadership of congress which is being briefed to these members. the real problem is that between the leadership getting that classified briefing and the rank and file members who are signing petitions wanting to passage of war powers resolution, the so called media frenzy over whether the president has congressional support is a gap that i think the president is trying to fill right now. >> p.j., do you think this president can do something effectively, diplomatically speaking when you look at all the players here, those that are with us, those that will sup

united nations tells r.t. it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. also headlining to the japanese governments now forced to step in to help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain a recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. could even tell no one in now on the button this is kevin zero in broadcasting from moscow and you're watching r.t. international good to have you with us our top story than the big one tonight u.s. president barack obama has canceled a one to one with his russian counterpart vladimir putin that was shed jeweled for next month the decision prompted by moscow giving temporary refuge the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden was met with disappointment in the kremlin is r.t. with the details from washington and for the moscow side of it it cannot. washington has been thinking for a while on how to best punish moscow for snowden this morn

you need the united nations with you. and of course, the president's cynicism and skepticism about the iraq war was part of his political calculation as he became president of the united states. so, imagine this national security team and again, a lot of them are new to this job. kerry, new, hagel, new, for example. sitting there and deciding whether they in fact are going to go it alone without the security counsel. and without great britain, without the allies they would like to have and you know, a president at this time has to seem resolute, absolutely sure of what he is about to do. it seems to me in watching them over this past week, they've been spending an awful lot of time talking about i understand how you're border weary, your concerns because they've been there, but if the president comes out today and gives the american people an update on where we are, i think he has to seem resolute and assured in what he's about to do. >> what could he could do now and i have no idea if he's going to do this, but just based

cheryl: a statement we are getting from the united nations, chemical experts from the united nations,ing to expedite analysis of syria samples, they must maintain scientific integrity, all analysis of these samples by chemical experts must be completed before anybody at the united nations makes any type of conclusions. elizabeth -- still not ready to confirmhere was a chemical attack in syria. >> even with the un inspectors team coming out of damascus with the samples and everything you will still take at least a week to report back any sort of conclusion of signings. to this degree you are finding some delays, motivations to keep pushing the decision for any sort of decisive action and frankly it is going to take some time for the un to come back with anything that could push either side to come up with a workable solution. cheryl: peter bob brooks, same question. we get these statements from the united nations, up to a week before we get some type of confirmation of a chemical attack but most americans a gun to youtube and look at what they have seen and it is hard to dispute the im

the united nation's team will begin a fact finding mission to determine if gases were used but the united states is concern today is too late. u.s. officials argue days of heavy bombing around the area likely destroyed evidence of a chemical attack. the defense secretary says that president barack obama is considering a u.s. riresponsibility. >> president barack obama has asked the defense department to prepare options for all contingencies. many lawmakers are cautious about military action. >> the number one chief objective should be to secure and destroy the weapon f. we have to do it militarily, then, last resort, so be it. >> i will do the cruise missile strikes. i think you can do that without boots on the ground. >> some in the international community including russia say the u.s. should not take action unless the u.n. team releases its findings. marle hall, cbs news, united nations. >> they oppose it in the civil war. the pole taken last week shows about 60% of americans say the u.s. should stay out of the conflict. only 9% sup port getting involved. president barack obama is consi

the united nations tells r t it's investigating reports that kurdish civilians have been massacred by rebels in syria this is al qaeda linked groups their push to create a breakaway islamic state. the japanese government is forced to step in and help the operator of the crippled fukushima power plant contain a recently revealed massive leak of radioactive water. this is r.t. coming to you live from the russian capital i'm marina joshie welcome to the program while we begin it with breaking news how barack obama has canceled a one to one with russia's president vladimir putin that was scheduled for next month the white house claims the decision was prompted by moscow granting temporary refuge to the fugitive whistleblower edward snowden well let's now bring in our correspondent your piskun often has more on this igor what sort of reaction can we now expect from moscow well since the speculation about president obama canceling his one on one meeting with vladimir putin somewhere around the upcoming g twenty summit in st petersburg began on the scene as russia granted temporary asylum to

what happened confirmed the failure of the united nations. emerged of thes apparent atrocity, britain's secretary was one of the first to call for an investigation. damascus was quick to deny it was responsible. a shocking escalation of the use of weapons in syria. we hope people responsible will one day be held accountable. i hope they blow have unrestricted access to the area and the united nations will be racing this at the un security council. >> the army and armed forces would like to say these allegations are false and baseless and such claims within the context of the dirty media war. go ahead with confronting terrorism. >> we sought advice from an expert. >> there appears to be a lot of dead people with no outward wounds that have died of something. some of the symptoms like the debt stairs are very similar to what we saw where thousands of people were killed by nerve .gents >> chemical weapons inspectors are in serious, but they do not have government permission to visit the site and may not get it. it is unclear those responsible wi