the united nations has caused for a pause in the fighting. >> the united nations lifted its .all siege tactics constitutes a war crime. >> the united nations estimates some 2 million people are in danger of coming under total siege. 200,000 people in rebel controlled east aleppo and over one million in the government western part of the city as well as hundreds of thousands in the suburbs. >> saudi arabia has resumed airstrikes in yemen following the collapse of peace talks with rebels over the weekend. the airstrikes signaled the end of a fragile truce which was declared by the united nations in april. top lawyers and pakistan have launched a nationwide strike a day after a suicide attack killed more than 70 people. the blast happened at a hospital and was claimed by a fraction of the taliban. >> prayers continue across the country. many of them from lawyers in solidarity with the dead. the tears have turned into deep frustration. lawyers spray blood on their shirts. the beginning of a boycott. >> those who believe these scared orll become nervous, god willing we will stand shoulder t

with respect to the united nations is a general recognition that the united nations with the political issues. it is the being question. and clearly from my point of view a world without the united nations would certainly not be better off. >> once again he has created an extraordinary panel. two aspects one is that external and the other is the internal. were talking about democracy. that's an internal thing. i like to ask a question particularly of the turks on the panel i lived lived there many years ago. one of the things that american seizes the following. you have the leap if you will you would equate it with being liberal. the nationalist sick in nationalistic in many cases. and then what was really unknown to americans in the past and made to the turkish a large part of the population is religious. it's about 99.9% is. within the religious part of turkey which is the majority there are of course divisions some head mentioned that. so let's call that today. and then you have the secular. these are three large elements. it strikes me that the balance in the relationship between t

amy: as the united nations wars of a humanitarian crisis in the besieged syrian city of aleppo, we will speak with a syrian-born doctor who recently returned from aleppo. >> i thought we were entering hell. , it was 10not hell times worse than that. amy: then hillary clinton taps former interior secretary ken salazar to head her transition team. salazar has backed the keystone xl pipeline, the transpacific partnership, and the expansion of fracking. >> i think hydraulic fracking is very much a necessary part of the future of natural gas. because without this new technology, the amount of natural gas that we have available here in the country is a very diminished amount. amy: we will speak to investigative journalist david sirota in ken salazar's home state of colorado. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. russia's defense ministry says it has used a base in western iran to carry out air strikes in syria. the ministry reported the strikes hit targets in aleppo, idlib, and deir al-zour provinces. the strikes

we made diplomatic protests to the cambodian government through the united nations. very possible diplomatic means was utilized. but at the same time, i had a responsibility and so did the national security council, to meet the problem at hand. and we handled it responsibly and i think captain miller's , testimony to that effect is the best evidence. ms. frederick: governor carter. mr. carter: well, i'm reluctant to comment on the recent report . i haven't read it. i think the american people have only one requirement, that the facts about mayaguez be given to them accurately and completely. mr. ford has been there for 18 months. he had the facts that were released today immediately after the mayaguez incident. i understand that the report today is accurate. mr. ford has said, i believe, that it was accurate, and that the white house made no attempt to block the issuing of that report. i don't know if that's exactly accurate or not. i understand that both the the -- both the department of state and the defense department have approved the accuracy of today's report, o

also coming up, the united nations authorizes an additional 4000 troops for its peacekeeping mission in south sudan but the government in juba says they won't be welcome. and scientists identified the greenland shark as the longest living vertebrate animal reaching ages of war hundred years and more. -- 400 years and more. sarah: i am sarah kelly. thank you very much for joining us. thai authorities have detained people for questioning after a string of bombings targeting popular tourist spots. at least four people were killed in explosions. police say they received some intelligence about possible attacks in these areas, but he was not specific could they also said they have ruled out links to islamist terrorism to the bombings, as the country struggles with a political and economic crisis. in a resort town, there are fears that this could affect visitor numbers. reporter: an unwelcome interruption on thailand's paradise beaches. and while police look for clues in the seaside town, tourists and locals are reacting to the string of explosions that have taken place across southern tha

narror: in 2007, the united nations declaration on indigenous rights was adopted. [cheers and applause] which includes the right to language. luis: [speaking spanish] elisa: [speaking spanish] narrator: in the wild semi-desert of northern namibia, a rare and elusive species. simson: we have to move backwards. we have to move backwards. narrator: solitary and sometimes aggressive, the black rhino is on the critically endangered list. simson: if they kill 1,000, 600 per year, that's the end of the rhinos in namibia, actually. narrator: the black rhino's twin threats, poaching and drought. narrator: namibia, southwest africa. its landscapes, mostly uninhabited, haven't changed in millions of years. hollywood movies have filmed these mountains to depict pre-historic life. talking of pre-historic, there's an animal that traces back to those times still living in this area, but it's endangered. and in the semi-desert wilderness of northwest namibia's kunene region, it's not easy to track down. simson: that's where he was walking. that's the spore. see 3 toes. narrator: m

the united nations is now calling for a new 48-hour pause in fighting in syria... to get humanitarian aid to civilians stuck in war zones. rich edson has the latest from washington. video of a stunned five-year-old boy in pulled from a destroyed building and sitting in an ambulance is now making global headlines... going viral on social media. the images were reportedly recorded wednesday... after the child was pulled from rubble in aleppo...following air strikes. meanwhile, for the third straight day russian warplanes flew from iran to strike targets in syria. russia says the fighter jets hit isis targets including fuel, command and ammunition facilities. and the united nations is now calling for a new cease fire in syria...to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries. de mistura says: "no humanitarian aid is reaching anywhere syria at the moment." the u-n says no aid convoys have reached syrian war zones since before august. u.s. officials announced thursday secretary of state john kerry will meet next week with russia's top diplomat... to discuss the fighting in syr

and then he was -- at which the united nations was adopted. or approved.mmission, which laid the foundation, i mean, actually started to put the building blocks together including the location in new york. he represented the united states at that commission where great men from all over europe and candidate -- andre gromiko were there. they used to gather at our home because we had access to the commissary. an extraordinary group of people. but he was in on the birth of the united nations and incidentally, he died 20 years later just a couple of blocks from our home in london in 1945. that was '65, still serving the united nations in this country. >> and we want to talk about adlai stevenson and his effect on the democratic party. here he is in 1952, talking about the democratic party. >> i have been pardoned by the conduct of this convention, you have argued and agreed. because as democrats you care and care deeply. but you have disagreed and argued without calling each other liars and thieves, without destroying our best traditions. you have not spoiled

were other exceptions to the unanimity role, but this is crucial in comparing the leak to the united nations. this fact israel he noted because the assumption is that the league's history proved no collection of nations, regardless of the natures, can leton the political will to someone else maintain and secure peace or enforcement until a full-blown crisis errputs. this charge is also unfounded, or founded on shaky ground. it seems to escape the attention of the latter-day critics that the leak was designed to include the united states of america, the greatest economic, moral, and military power at the moment of its creation. that the united states of america was absent. this is massively important. first, the league was designed with america at the center. in part so that france and britain were able to cooperate. rehabilitated to germany and revitalize europe because of the structure of their economy. wanted to keep germany prostrate because they had been invaded twice in a generation. the defense alliance that the united states negotiated to get france onboard was null and void when the

the united nations is evacuation of a suburb of damascus, syria. they reached a deal to get around 5,000 people out of a suburb that has been under siege. the united nations says it was not involved in the deal and the people are being evacuated need protection. >>> coming up, this noon, we have heard a lot about the broncos quarterback situation. but, how is the coach feeling about the rest of the team? we will hear from him. taking a raft trip with our ,, >> broncos have the day off as they prepare to take on the la rams. trevor siemian will start, but we don't know who will play second. the quarterback position is not the only question. we are wondering about the running backs. sounds like a recipe for early season struggles but the head coach says not so. >> i think we have played well. you know. i think we walked on the field two week ins a row. right down the field. that is pretty good. that's what you want to do. and you know, i believe in us. i believe in our team. we got a lot of questions to answer. but, that's ball. that's football. not

we have taken the initiative and in southern africa today, the united states is trusted by the black frontline nation and black africa. theis trusted by the other element in southern africa. the united states foreign policy under this administration has been one of progress and success. i believe that instead of talking about soviet progress, we can talk about american success. may i make an observation part of the question you asked? i don't believe it is in the best interest of the united states and the nato nations to have a communist government in nato. mr. carter has indicated he would look with sympathy to eight communist government -- a communist government in may do. i think that would destroy the think that may -- strength of nato. >> unfortunately, he made a statement that is not true. i have never advocated a communist government for italy. is an instanceis for deliberate distortion and this has occurred in the defense of the president. it is not a fact, i've never advocated any cuts of $15 million in our budget. mr. ford has made a political football out of the budget. a year ago, he cut

he had an historic stand of the american passenger to the united nations. he was made a member of the cabinet, this is the chair that commemorate spot. somewhat difficult relationship that he had with the kennedy administration. >> you referred to the dynasty, the stephenson political dynasty. here on the wall or some artifacts. whitevernor stevenson's said -- his grandfather was vice president of the united states. under grover cleveland. he ran again in 1900 under william jennings bryant. this is grandfather stevenson's hat. >> thank you for joining us tonight. live from libertyville, we will work our way it over to the barn on the family farm. we are currently in the study. next to it is a barn. this is a working farm at some point. we will work our way over there where there is a new display about adlai stevenson. first, we want to show you some campaign commercials so you can see some of the video of adlai stevenson. these are from 1956 and 1952. one of them was felt right here in this study. >> i am sitting right here in my own library. thanks to tele

ultimately led, of course, to president kennedy's appointment to him as the ambassador to the united nationsg in "the contenders." this is our ninth in our 14-week series. adlai stevenson is our focus. our guests, senator adlai stevenson iii, newton minow who worked with and for adlai stevenson for years and was former federal communications commission chairman under jfk. and, of course, well-known you a tore and historian, richard norton smith. we're going to take this call from sally in chicago. hi, sally. >> caller: hi, let me correct something, i was born and raised in chicago, but i live in california. and i'm calling because i -- adlai stevenson's 1952 election was my first presidential -- in other words, when i was eligible to vote. so i went door to door and did whatever i could. i was crushed that he didn't win. but on retrospect, i thought he would contribute so much more on the world stage as a statesman. and, in a way, he did. but i will never forget how disappointed we were. one other thing, being a chicagoan, i worked at the "tribune" tower when the dewey-truman election result

cannot do that, so all issues need to be addressed by the u.n.. >> i have great respect for the united nations general recognition that the united onions effectiveness political and security issues, not humanitarian issues or economic issues, is being questioned. the world without united nations would certainly not be any better off. has createdn, yonah an extraordinary panel. two aspects. one is the external. the other is the internal where we are talking about democracy. i would like to ask a question. i lived in turkey many years ago. i've met turkish friends of all political stripes. one of the things that an american sees is the following. elite, secular, equated with being liberal, the nationalistic in many cases. is reallyave, what unknown to americans in the past and may be unknown to the turkish elites. a large part of the turkish population is religious. turkey may be the most muslim country in the world, 99.9% muslim. that is quite an extraordinary figure. my own feeling is within the religious part of turkey, there are, of course, divisions. some have mentioned gulenists. vs's call

almost a folklore that ambassador stevenson was seri s seriously contemplating retiring from the united nations and i wonder if he ever discuss that had with his dad and what his sense is of his dad's intent. >> yes. first, you know, i think these labels, conservative and liberal can be very misleading. arthur schlesinger used to call my father conservative. what he had was integrity. when i served in the center, we weren't democrats, republicans, right, left, for the country. we were products of the enlightenment, ideology didn't play much of a role. but to -- to your point he did not tell this to me, but i did hear from a very, very, very close friend that he was planning to resign from the united nations at the end of the year largely because he was very uncomfortable advocating policies that he spend, you know, vietnam and he, of course, died of '65, july of '65 but i think he was planning ton resigning. can i etly, that would not have been his way at all but because he couldn't continue to advocate policies that he didn't support. that has to be the last word. adlai ii is buried in bloomin

united nations. this is terrible. in my own country, atlanta, georgia, i would say is one of the most heavily trafficked places in our country and in selling slaves. we have the largest airport on earth, and all a lot of our passengers come from the southern hemisphere. a lot of them are dark skinned or african-american and they can , be sold cheaply to a brothel. the average price for a female sex worker who is dark skinned is only $1000. the new york times did an analysis about a year ago that showed that a brothel can only get $36,000 a year profit from her. there are between 200 and 300 girls sold into slavery in atlanta every month. in we have discrimination our military forces, as well. it is all countries that are guilty. and we know that we have something similar on college campuses with sexual abuse being prevalent. and rarely, rarely, even the most enlightened campuses, harvard, yell, princeton, as well as other colleges, they have a serious problem, as well. rarely is a rapist on the colle

the united nations has mentioned it there is a -- but it is a worrying development. >> what would youay the international community needs to do to help these displaced people? >> on the political front they have been largely silent on the recent developments. that is of course raising political uncertainty among the people who do not know if the piece -- peace process is still on. it has been challenging for those security constraints. people feel the international community is not doing enough to help them deal with the aftermath of violence. anchor: talking about the situation in south sudan. thank you very much. in syria nuke claims of chemical weapons in the country's civil war. a rescue group claims there has been a toxic gas attack. of these unconfirmed images you are saying, the aftermath of the attack near the site where russian military helicopter was shot down monday. the rescue groups say 33 people were affected by the chlorine gas attack. the syrian national coalition accused the government bordering the attack. the russian military has launched a series of airstrikes. fig

. >> united nations is the point agency? how does a person, guilfoyle. >> yeah. >> if you are in the middle of syria and bombs and rockets going off and you have to get out of your house because isis is going it cut your head off, how do they get to a u.n. office to fill out a form? how? >> that's the problem part of the process. they have facilities whereby you can go ahead and submit paperwork and actually pretty well known for people to do that. >> is it mobile? do they have u.n. on the ground? >> the state department also has representatives. people that can assist with this process to make sure that it is easy versus cumbersome. >> there is actual united nations officials on the ground afghanistan, iraq and syria. dangerous places? >> they will knock on your door. >> they will knock on your door. >> once they have accepted your referral. >> but you have got to find them. that's the thing. the fog of war it's not easy find them. >> apparently they are finding them. >> just 1% last year. >> right. >> and we did it from ju

another concern for the united nations. this wednesday, a rebel-held area was believed to be the target of a chlorine gas attack. >> it is not for me to assess who did it and whether it actually took place although there is a lot of evidence that it actually did take place. we have official u.n. addressing that. but if it did take place, it is a world crime -- war crime. >> if the reports were accurate, it would constitute a violation of a u.n. resolution to dismantle the syrian government's chemical weapon arsenal. molly: next, iran's top diplomat is currently in turkey. the foreign minister is holding talks with his turkish counterparts in the most significant visit by a foreign official to turkey since last onth's failed you. let's bring in jasper mortimer for the latest. what did we hear come out of that press conference from the two politicians? reporter: it was basically a matter of positive sounding words, but nothing more than that. he said "iran has the constructive role to play in the permanent solution we want in

major party nominee in the history of the united states of america has -- now don't cheer, just listen -- has known less or been less prepared to deal with our national security than donald trump. and what absolutely amazes me, what absolutely amazes me, that he doesn't seem to want to learn it. this man is totally, thoroughly unqualified to be president of the united states of america. this guy's shame has no limits. he's even gone so far as to ask putin and russia to conduct cyber attacks against the united states of america. he's even showered praise on saddam hussein one of the vilest dick taters of the 20th century. he would have loved stalin. he would have loved stalin. >> vice president biden getting heated there. afterwards a notable shift in tone, clinton toured his childhood home. the vice president held court in the kitchen telling stories about the old neighborhood while hugging the current homeowner. >> democratic senate minority leader harry reid came back with the republican nominee with scathing rhetoric as well blasting trump as an unpatriotic drain on society who has earned nothing and helped no one. and challenged trump to take the

following referrals from the united nations refugee agency, just over half the applicants to the u.s. are approved. an estimated five million refugees have fled syria since the civil war began there five years ago-- the most going to turkey, jordan, lebanon, and germany. turkey's involvement in the syrian war intensified today. turkish tanks and warplanes pounded positions controlled by a rebel kurdish militia supported by the unites states. turkey says 25 kurdish militants were killed, while a human rights monitoring group said at least 35 villagers also died in the attacks. turkey has said it is just as concerned about curbing kurdish expansion in syria as it is about fighting islamic state militants there. searchers in earthquake- devastated central italy say they believe they've located more bodies in the rubble of hard-hit town of amatrice, but are unable to reach them. no survivors have been found today in the wake of the wednesday quake struck which killed at least 290 people. italian prosecutors have opened a building-codes fraud and negligence investigation after some buildin

meanwhile, the united nations has warned of a possible humanitarian catastrophe.leppo has become the focus of a five-year long conflict. the syrian government launched a huge offensive last month to take control of the city, but the insurgents counterattacked and managed to break the siege. catherine: staying in the region, russian bombers taking off from iran have carried out strikes inside syria for a second day. this is coming to us from a news agency quoting russia's defense ministry saying it has claimed stateb two islamic command posts and killed more than 150 of his fighters. with russia increasingly active in syria and backing up separatists in ukraine, we are asking what q strategy -- what vladimir putin's strategy is in all of this. thanks for being with us. firstly, let's look at russia's role in syria. a new call on russia and the u.s. to get a cease-fire deal for syria. how likely do you think that is at this point? i doubt very much that any of the parts concerned would actually follow to the letter the calls for a cease-fire. unfortunately, the conf

the united nations now, the security council does not prevent wars. and they are violating a lot of universal declarations of human rights. those two things i think can be changed. reacheve that once we political idealism and fairness and amnesty and friendship. i think we will have a reaction against -- that will make our country better. [applause] -- clinton: what about the the carter foundation, we are government,ors, not and we do things with government and work closely with , isis is a nonstate actor read one of the columns that i think -- problems that i --nk that is being presented is how to reply in how to deal country inif every the world followed the same norms and they don't, more people made. i think that do you believe that we should have a national actorsion that nonstate like the gates foundation -- they are in a lot of countries and have done a lot of good, too. have you ever given any thoughts about therelationship standards governing what we do? mr. carter: the carter center stressed to have international standards on election and we

earlier this year, united nations accused turkish security forces of carrying out human rights violations against civilians in the majority kurdish southeast. in one instance, the u.n. says as many as 100 people were burned to death while attempting to take shelter during a turkish military offensive in the city of cizre. the u.n. also says there have been reports of turkish snipers intentionally shooting at civilians, including children. vice president biden just returned from a trip in turkey. secretary of state john kerry is in geneva today, where he's meeting with the russian foreign minister about a possible cooperation agreement in the ongoing fight against isis in syria. this comes as the syrian observatory for human rights says at least four civilians have died in multiple barrel bomb attacks in aleppo. amnesty international says the assad government frequently drops barrel bombs in civilian neighborhoods. we will speak with vijay prashad about turkey, syria, and the u.s. elections after headlines. in italy, the death toll from wednesday's 6.2-magnitude earthquake in central italy

why isn't more being done by the united nations, by the international community to stop this?irst of all, i hope these images will be serving as wake-up calls for all of us. we sometimes talk about figures, 300,000 people killed in the war, but we need to see the realities on the ground. the child in shock at his brother dying. so i hope this image will play the same role as the girl with napalm over her body in the vietnam war and the young boy ayran kurdi. this war will only end if it's solved and discussed on the level of security council, u.s. and russia in particular. and then the countries in the region, turkey is one. then you need, of course, the people on the ground. participants to the conflict jt you brought up the subject of aylan kurdi because people will remember this image, the little boy, the toddler, washed on the shore on the beach dead. another victim of this atrocity. trying to flee. and the perverse reality is that he was trying to flee and he died like that. and this child stayed and his brother died and this child is covered in blood and dust. and the qu

united nations officials say the floods have affected 120,000 people mainly in the eastern part of theountry. many are taking shelter in makeshift tents after their homes were destroyed. roads connecting the capital khartoum with the countryside have been cut off preventing food and medical relief from getting through. officials say the situation has led to a growing number of children becoming sick. many experts believe the severe weather is connected to global warming. leaders in africa say they'll look for ways to minimize damage from natural disasters at the upcoming summit meeting with japan. >>> a storm in the pacific is heading towards tokyo. let's bring in our meteorologist robert speta. we're seeing sunny blue skies this morning. perhaps the calm before the storm. what can we expect up ahead? >> yes, definitely this morning things are quite quiet across the tokyo area, but if we look just a little bit further toward the south and the islands, winds are already starting to pick up here 60 to 70 kilometer winds have been reported. as you look at the satellite picture this has we

it on our terms when our interests are involved and not when someone blows the whistle at the united nations. president clinton: i believe the evidence is that our deployments have been successful in haiti, in bosnia, moved to kuwait to propel invasion, i sent the fleet into the taiwan straits and head the north koran nuclear threat. the united states are in peace because of the careful deployment of our military resources. announcer: at 6:00 p.m. eastern on american artifacts, we'll take a tour of arlington house with national park service ranger matthew pen rod. built by george washington's step grandson, it was the home of robert everyone lee who moved no the family. >> he declared this house as a federalist house. it was to have the ideals of george washington and that included, once again, the idea that this nation would exist forever and that no state had a right to leave it. o how ironic is it that that man's daughter would marry robert e lee who became the great confederate general and perhaps the man who came closest than any other man in history to destroying the nation that was cr

we turned it over at the united nations. president didn't have much to do about it. haiti we spent about $3 billion. we got an alarm call there two weeks ago, you got to send down more people because the president found out there are death squads on his own property so we need more protection from america. bosnia, northern ireland, there's no cease-fire. in bosnia i still there's still lots of problems in bosnia. we agreed to train and arm the muslims so they could defend themselves. the policy you had when you ran in 1992 you haven't done that. we're behind which means americans can't come home. >> first of all, i take full responsibility for what happened at somalia. but the american people must remember that those soldiers were under an american commander when that happened. i believe they did the best they could under the circumstances, and let's not forget that hundreds of thousands of lives were saved there. secondly, in haiti political violence is much, much smaller than it was. thirdly, in bosnia, it is a virtual miracle that there has been no return to war a

we formed united nations to prevent war. we wanted to treat everybody fairly. we have pretty well abandon both of those things as well. united nations, the security council does not prevent wars and even our own country is violating a lot of the -- universality's of human right paragraphs. i think these can be changed. idealism ofl fairness, amnesty, friendship, i think we will have a reaction to make our country even better. [applause] what about, let's foundationthe carter -- we are nonstate actors, not government. we do things with government. we have worked very closely with government, but isis is the one state actor. think the problems that i being presented by all of the rises, conflict related to one state actors is how to apply norms to them and dealing with them when if every country in the world follow the same norms and they do not, more people made. ydi die. have somenk we could sort of international convention ? take the gates foundation that has done a heck of a lot of good. have you ever given any thought to that? we are supposed to have interna

they're calling for the united nations to end a culture of silence and dishonesty that allows relief workers to be targeted with impunity. reporter: one humanity is the theme of the motto to recognize aid workers. they hope it reflects the need of global solidarity to deliver hope where it's needed most. the day aims to pay tribute to those doing dangerous work with n.g.o.'s. officials warn even though they can mobilize almost immediately, funds are lacking to meet the huge demands for aid. >> we have the capacity, we have the skills, we have the people to be able to deliver. people with real life-saving and protection needs tonight. we're nowhere near funded enough to meet the needs that will be identified and assessed. reporter: in the central african republic, for example, where a civil war has caused millions to flee their homes. sudan too where n.g.o.'s delivers medication. aid is being blocked from reaching the key city of owe leapto. they can't get help to those who need it. they were granted asylum in germany. now, they're at the u.n. headquarters in new york to ask global le

so what he does is he goes to the united nations, the united nations, and asked for a force to be sent to prop up and support and defend the people of south korea. now, the united states is going to do all the heavy lifting here. we will have more men and more equipment, we'll spend more money than any other country in the world defending south korea. that's what's going to happen. since it is technically speaking korea is a police action, as the united nations called it, it's not an officially declared war because only congress can do that and of course truman didn't go to congress. what's going to happen is most of the fighting in 1950 is a back and forth. the red arrow shows you the penetration of the north koreans deep into south korea and then general mcarthur, general douglas mcarthur is going to land over here on this eastern coast. he's going to land there and cut off the north korean forces in the southern part of the country. be very successful with that and then ac-arthur decides not to be satisfied with just simply driving the north koreans out of south korea. he decides to

so what he does is he goes to the united nations. the u.n. and asked for a force to be sent to prop up and support and defend the people of south korea. now, the united states is going to do all the heavy lifting here. we will have more men and more equipment, we'll spend more money than any other country in the world defending south korea. that's what's going to happen. since it is technically speaking korea is a police action, as the united nations called it, it's not an officially declared war because only congress can do that and of course truman didn't go to congress. what's going to happen is most of the fighting in 1950 is a back and forth. the red arrow shows you the penetration of the north koreans deep into south korea and then general mcarthur, general douglas mcarthur is going to land over here on this eastern coast. he's going to land there and cut off the north korean forces in the southern part of the country. be very successful with that and then ac-arthur decides not to be satisfied with just simply driving the north koreans o

but maybe we'll just have to decide to separate from the united nations.. except to criticize. >> the president's war on drugs is throwing thousands of suspects behind bars. senior international correspondent ivan watson shows us how the jails are bursting at the seams. ♪ >> reporter: this is a performance being staged for us at the kazon city jail in the philippines capital manila. we've been invited here to take a look at some of the exercises this very overcrowded detention center performs every day with its inmates. it's built to house around 800 people. there are more than 4,000 incarcerated here. awaiting trial. take a look. ♪ now we'll look at the conditions that the inmates here are living in. sir, this is one of the cells? >> yeah. >> come on in here. excuse me. sorry. there's barely room to walk here. take a look at these incredibly crowded conditions. 85 adult males living in -- sleeping in this small room. tuberculosis is in this jail facility. there's a separate tuberculosis ward where there are more than 70 patients currently living in isolat

amy: according to the united nations, more than 3,700 civilians have have been killed in the yemen conflictsince saudi arabia launched its offensive in march 2015. the united states has been a key backer of the saudi military bombing. earlier this month, the u.s. approved the sale of more than $1 billion dollars of new weapons to the saudis. since taking office, the obama administration has approved more than $110 billion in weapons sales to saudi arabia. while secretary of state john kerry is heading to saudi arabia, pressure is growing over the obama administration to cut off support for the saudis. bills have been introduced in both the u.s. house and senate to cut off funding to saudi arabia. last week, the new york times and the guardian editorial boards called for the u.s. and british governments to end their support for saudi arabia's war in yemen. in an editorial titled "america is complicit in the carnage in yemen" the times wrote -- "congress should put the arms sales on hold and president obama should quietly inform riyadh that the united states will withdraw crucial assistance i

nation? yeah? >> [ indiscernible ]. >> yeah, by comparison to germany right now, the united states looks quite unkind. uncharitable. we're debating whether to take zero or 10,000 syrians. there's the debate. >> i don't know about -- [ indiscernible ]. >> right. so it's become a security issue, refugees equal an anxiety about national security clearly. mara? >> also refugee law and policy sits at the intersection between domestic and foreign policy. so you're saying something to the american people about what it means to be american that we are accepting of people in difficult situations around the world. and you're also saying something at the international stage about what america is willing to do in order to help the people around the world. and which causes they're willing to help from where they're willing to accept people and which issues they view as issues that would constitute refugee status. >> nicely put. you summarized the stakes in the individual refugees, right, exactly. elizabeth? >> i don't necessarily agree with this, but in the rhetoric they're seen as dependents and it's also an eco

-- the united nations was founded with just 50 countries, more or less. let's remember. because that was all there was in terms of independence and sovereignty in the world at that time. and since then, another 150 or so have been added. so that is a good index, the current u.n. membership stands at nearly 200. where have all these countries come from? out of the dismantling of old colonial empires. at a time when they were the first ten or 20 among them, when they were just becoming independence and sovereign states in the 1940s, turkey always with that same head start of 25 or 30 years in terms of social, economic and political development, was launching its own experiment in transitioning to a one-party democracy, which a lot of the rest of the third world would embark upon much later. this new turkish democracy was not without its downs as well as ups. there were military coups in 1960, 1971, 1980, a so-called post modern coup or light coup that is to say a very forceful ultimatum which forced the government to resign in 1997, punctuating this difficu

a good friend of mine, clarissa ward, last week at the united nations saying it's held on earth, it'sand been playing these videos for five years hoping something will change. until this war ends it won't change and these kids will be stuck in that city. >> cal perry, thank you so much for that. >>> and thank you for watching this hour of msnbc live. i'm chris jansing in for tamron hall. right now on msnbc, "andrea mitchell reports." >> and right now on "andrea mitchell reports," watergate, new questions about ryan lochte's alleged holdup. >> and the guy pulled out his gun, he caulked it, put it to my forehead and said get down. i put my hands up, i was like whatever. >> but overnight his teammates grounded in brazil by the police and new details breaking this hour on what really happened. we'll have the latest from rio. >>> under new management, behind in the polls, donald trump shaking up his campaign. trump's new ceo a former wall street deal maker turned into conservative firebrand with a mandate to let trump be trump. >> i am who i am. i don't want to pivot. you have to be you. >