. >>> the united nations said every 21 minutes a child dies in the central african republic from preventable tk*rz diseasesd many more already l die without emergency care. this is the only functionalle hospital for 140,000. much as you can see were taken by se hr*e ka rebels. things are improving. the priority is to get help to people in more remote areas. after testify access has no access of medical care. the local commander says people shouldn't see selekas a as a threat. >> we haven't killed anyone. we haven't hurt anyone. people should just relax. >> reporter: put seleka did allow this happen. the u.n. warehouses used to be filled with supplies for about a million people. everything is gone. >> we need vehicles. we need staff. we need communications. we need people who are going to manage our security then we need everything else that goes with it to inkne influence the situan the for children. >> some school cans have thanks to the u.n. help. education can change things. put in central afric africa, itl lead these children and their families back. al jazeera, central african republic.

ambassador to the united nations said that every time chemical weapons are used or moved around in syria it raises the likelihood that they will land in the hands of terrorists during a speech that she gave just a few hours ago she said that there is a likelihood that if left unchecked the president of syria will use these weapons again and again which will take the syrian conflict to an entirely new level and mrs rice also said that the reason u.s. president barack obama decided to pursue a limited strike is that the u.s. and other allies have exhausted a host of other measures but here's i think with the important question to ask if the obama administration is. rejecting the russian in syrian compromise proposal that's been tabled in the in the past twelve hours what is their plan for avoiding the use of force do they have a plan or are they just now insisting that this military strike that's been that the u.s. is ministration has been campaigning for will be carried out one way or another because so far they have not offered any alternative to avoid any military action which many coun

she came from this family where she said it was a united nations. every color was represented. she had a lot of family members who could pass for white. she was one of the darker members of her family subpoena -- she struggled with where she fit. she was born in north carolina. she struggled with racial lines. more importantly, in a world in which people had to identify as men or women, she felt as though she was something else. she felt as if she were a man trapped in a woman's body. many people today call this transgender, she didn't have that kind of language. but she was a civil rights lawyer, and she tried to use civil rights law to describe her own struggle with identity. she was a woman who wanted do the things that men did. including become a civil rights lawyer. she never went work for the naacp. she was disappointed in that, but what she came up with was the idea that the barriers that kept her out of the civil rights courtroom were just like the barriers that kept african-americans out of thing -- places reserved for whites. at first, almost no one believed her. 1944

the book act of creation the founding of the united nations i started off by playing a clip of what senator rand paul said to our two yesterday about every thinks congress is getting duped by the white house part of the problem here though is in my biggest complaint about it is you know i want to be proud of the president for bringing this forward but then they say well they won't adamantly say they're going to adhere to congressional verdict so is the vote just feed or is it just pretend and that's a pretty important thing if the president wants credit for believing in current question authority and coming forward with us he needs to say yes the binding absolutely i would never go to war if i lose the vote but it's telling that they're not willing to say that i then asked stephen if he agrees that this is all theater now i think that the president genuinely wants the support of congress because he's on a sticky wicket i mean frankly the american people don't support action on syria he doesn't have the support of the united nations. nato has been silent so congress is the only kind of stable institution which could give him some sort of

president was talking to a fend at the united nations with mean made light of the habit and admitted that he has a new one, he chews gum. every man says what three saidis honest. >> the abc7 morning news continues at 5:30 with the top stories. >> beaten into a coma outside his own home a man fighting for his life. ahead, who police believe could be responsible for the violence. >> a community mourns the loss of a young boy killed while riding his b >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. it and tuesday at 5:29. thank you for joining us. >> we will get you out the door with a check on the forecast. >> we will start with live doppler 7 hd. good morning, everyone. it is showing how quiet the weather is. cold front to the north and high clouds kicking up right now making if a color will sunrise headed into the afternoon, though, it is going to kick up breezes so hold on to the hats and steering wheels it will be bumpy. it will be interesting to see how many races they get in today because the wins should be fastest in the evening hours than during the day. we are below average inland running from 74 to 78. the bay is up to 74 and san

united states is lessened by doing this action. >> he said majority of the syrian people just want to live in peace. is it our job to make sure every other sovereign nation lives in peace. >> if you listen to the speech he said we're not the world's policeman. we're not the world's policeman. what is interesting to me as well as hypocrisy on a couple different levels. what he said about u.s. exceptionalism in the last couple years sort of apologized for a flexing our muscles now he's making that case. if you look back dana says let's pretend you didn't hear anything he said up until this point. i knew he was so against what george w. bush was doing. so unabashedly against everything george w. bush was doing i would say that is hypocritical. he believed the kountd tri is stronger when acting through congress. i don't think anyone watching, democrañ, republican, independent believes that that is the way he feels. i can go on and on. and i did think his best line was this, our troops would not have to face chemical weapons. that hit me. great line, though. >> probably -- . >> our military, that is not an immediate concern. >> we have a couple minutes left.

united states is lessened by doing this action. >> he said majority of the syrian people just want to live in peace. is it our job to make sure every other sovereign nation lives in peace. >> if you listen to the speech he said we're not the world's policeman. we're not the world's policeman. what is interesting to me as well as hypocrisy on a couple different levels. what he said about u.s. exceptionalism in the last couple years sort of apologized for a flexing our muscles now he's making that case. if you look back dana says let's pretend you didn't hear anything he said up until this point. i knew he was so against what george w. bush was doing. so unabashedly against everything george w. bush was doing i would say that is hypocritical. he believed the kountd tri is stronger when acting through congress. i don't think anyone watching, democrañ, republican, independent believes that that is the way he feels. i can go on and on. and i did think his best line was this, our troops would not have to face chemical weapons. that hit me. great line, though. >> probably -- . >> our military, that is not an immediate concern. >> we have a couple minutes left.

united nations. what does this mean? >> reporter: human rights activists say every minute one person around the world is killed by gun violence. that's why they have this treaty, as you said state john kerry today signed it, the u.n. arms trades treaty aimed to prevent gun violence and deal with small arms trafficking around the globe. it specifically deals with trying to stop national export controls of different countries in troubled hotspots and conflicts, dealing with small weapons and arms. the secretary of state did address the american concerns that this treaty would violate our second amendment or impinge on gun rights. he said that's not the case, that the treaty imposes standards on other governments to make the world safer. >> this is about keeping weapons out of the hands of terrorists and rogue actors. this is about reducing the risk of international transfers of conventional arms that will be used to carry out the world's worst crimes. this is about keeping americans safe. >> reporter: it impact everything from small arms to attack helicopters. >> trace: what else are the critics saying? >> critics are really dashing this. the national rifle association said

every syrian. >> i personally called the foreign minister of syria and i said to him, if as you say your nation has nothing to hide, then let the united nations in immediately. instead for four days they shelled the neighborhood in order to destroy evidence. >> he can turn over every bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week. turn it over. all of it. without delay. and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do it, and it can't be done obviously. >> we would not be at this point without a credible threat of a military strike, but i welcome the possibility of the development and john kerry will be talking to his russian counterparts. i think we should explore and exhaust all avenues of diplomatic resolution of this. >> i believe that absolutely allowing the use of chemical weapons on a significant scale to take place without a response would present a significant challenge to -- a threat to the united states national security. >> several hundred of them were children. young girls and boys gassed to death by their own government. and this attack is an assault on human dignity.

every syrian. >> i personally called the syrian minister and said to him, if as you say your nation has nothing to hide then let the united nations in immediately. instead, for four days they shelled the neighborhood in order to destroy evidence. >> take and turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community, in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he is not about to do it. and it can't be done, obviously. >> president obama has consistently demonstrated his commitment to multi-lateral diplomacy. he would much prefer the backing of the united nations security council to uphold the international ban against the use of chemical weapons. but let's be realistic. it is just not going to happen now. >> we would not be at this point without a credible threat of a military strike. but i welcome the possibility of the development. and john kerry will be talking to his russian counterparts. i think we should explore and exhaust all avenues of diplomatic resolution of this. >> several hundred of them were children. young girls and boy

united nations and i asked do you think they're lying or fabricating the evidence and he responded, very interesting, he said i did not say that. suzanne and michael, one thing that keeps cop coming up, every time they bring this up, they bring back iraq and that is sort of their default response and they say last time around the evidence wasn't there and we don't want to make the same mistake twice. >> the warm greeting we saw when we saw the president smiling with putin and shaking hands and trying to talk a little bit, is he trying to warm them up for a side bar meeting? do they think that would be advantageous at all? >> what we heard from administration officials is president putin and president obama plan to meet on the margins as they call it and that's sort of a i guess you could say a metaphor for the relationship right now. it is very much on the margins. they are not supposed to have a pull aside or any bilateral summit. if there is a conversation it is going to be almost impromptu. i heard from administration officials obviously they will be trying to set it up in advance and it is not going to be very formal nonetheless and one thing that i think you can make at this point is

every minute and he is hoping there is one in the white house right now. >> the white house national security advisor said that a nuclear armed iran is unacceptable to the united states, but bilateral discussions between president obama and iran's president are possible if the discussions can advance american objectives, and that right now the objective is to make sure iran meets its international obligation, with that obligation being staying away from building a nuclear weapon. here in washington, lawmakers are saying they want to proceed with any diplomacy very carefully with the safety of israel as a primary concern. >> we need to make our decisions and consultation with israel. it is in fact israel that they threatened to wipe off the globe. it is important we stay locked with israel as we approach these new signals from iran. >> the white house says the president has no plans to meet with iranian president in new york. >> they are walking around the hallways together and there is a lunch with the secretary general where they could be in the same room. remember a couple years ago hugo chavez walked up to our president and we will have to see what happens.

every syrian. >> i personally called the foreign minister of syria and i said to him, if as you say, your nation has nothing to hide, then let the unitedions in immediately. instead for four days they shelled the neighborhood in order to destroy evidence. >> he can turn over every single built of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, turn it over, all of it, without delay and allow a full and total accounting of for that but he isn't about to do and, it can't be done obviously. >> we would not be at this point without a credible threat of a military strike but i welcome the possibility, the development and john kerry will be talking to his russian counterparts. i think we should explore and exhaust all avenues of diplomatic resolution of this. >> i believe that absolutely, allowing the use of chemical weapons on a significant scale to take place, without a response would present a significant challenge to, threat to the united states's national security interests. >> several hundred of them were children. young girls and boys gassed to death by their own government. in this attack is an assault on human

united nations, is likely to trigger a major conflict with war. is this the up unview? >> i don't really want to comment on every individual politician's and minister's comments on this around the world. we have repeatedly said there must be a political constitution solution to this crisis. that ultimately, the -- a military solution is not an option. at some point they will need -- there will need to be a political discussion solution. the sooner that can hatch happen, the better. >> two questions. you said that the oppositioning re not part of the observers monitoring the process but there are guidelines that specify what the mechanism should be and the guideline was derived from the u.n. and the syrian government? >> the syrian government's mechanism have guidelines that encompass any investigation underneath that mechanism. the guidelines are online. also, the key part here is that this is all being done in the strictest adherence to the standards that exist for verification as laid down by the organization for the prohibition f chemicals. >> can i finish a second question? you say half the u.s. shares information that secretary kerry was sharing today on nbc? >> i don't know. i would simply say, member

said he would do. >> if the president of the united states and the secretary and the national security team didn't feel confident this was the right step and they weren't going to press with everyone in their body to make this vote happen and have a successful outcome, they would not have been as strongly out there this weekend. >> right. well - and i understand that, but just the decision to go to congress when you say that you don't need to puts at risk the credibility of this president, of the administration, and of future administrations. correct? >> well, let me -- >> doesn't it? >> let me flip a positive, if i may here, matt, is that the benefit of going to congress and having a successful vote is that you are showing the unity between the representatives of the american public and the executive branch. >> and you think what we saw yesterday shows - is a big display of unity between the administration and representatives of the american public? >> well, we certainly know there's a range of opinions in congress -- >> well, i don't see how that strengthens the ->> -- but we're looking towards what the final vote is. >> in fact, even if the vote is yes, if it's split as badl