the meaning of the united nations security council convened today of violence rocking eastern ukraine. stop the proceedings. two hour meeting on the united nations security council the thirteenth time the council meets on the ukrainian christmas the second time this week. we knew who was the wife and left leaning brought up with the increased chaos and violence in eastern ukraine given the goal of life and most are right in the conflict. it was in russia that called for the fashion to take place the thing the urgency of the meaning of what it called a rezoning of military haitian against its own people by the cuban government the unraveling of the criminal misadventures that week even more catastrophic consequences for the violence that has already taken place. intentions of the quilting to cuban government backing to refrain from violence point that apostasy is worth and far from leeds. i didn't want to hold the west to stop going with this situation instead of telling russia where and how to keep the troops on its own territory. again reiterated that is not easy when you have stood

approach militarily would require in the view of would require it a clear mandate from the united nations security council. is not available given the russian attitude to matters. so i don't have any new announcement to make about that. become cal solution has more distant since the geneva talks earlier this year were not successful. brahinmi andute to the work he has done or he last year and a half so he has made every effort and when the ry clear geneva talks broke up earlier this year that it was the regime to discuss a transitional government which end of onsible for the those talks. the at that time coalition were to put forward plans for a transitional government drawn from opposition and from regime. the regime have refused to do it. a political solution more distant. our message today and actions we on today and the actions we will decide on in the further meetings that will from today will demonstrate for the regime there mechanicpolitical solution. think there doesn't have to be one but there will. t is not possible for them to conquer the whole of the people of syria militarily given the shed a

rising tensions and violence in the cities of eastern ukraine pulled the united nations security councilack into emergency session. the russian ambassador to the united nations called for a swift halt to all violence and drew a skeptical reaction from the other permanent five members, like france, whose ambassador accused moscow of releasing bands of thugs on ukraine. there was more criticism from the white house. george, with the german chancellor and the american president gave a news conference much how have the powers in the west been doing in countering the moves from moscow? >> the west has been doing too little, too late. most with criticisms and tiny sanctions. we need more than words and tiny sanctions. we need substantial economic cost put on vladimir putin for the violence and disruption that state. >> what is the leverage. russia is so rich in other things. it's close to boning a self-sustaining -- being a self-sustaining place. >> russia is rich in resources but is not self-sustaining. it's dependent on selling resources to the world. if the west stopped buying russian resou

would require in the view of many countries, it would require a clear mandate in the united nations security council. that clearly is not available given the russian attitude to these matters. and so i don't have any new announcement to make about that. a political solution has clearly become more distant since the geneva talks earlier this year were not successful. i do pay tribute to lakdar brahimi and thanks to him and the work he has done in one of the world's most difficult jobs. over the last year and a half, or so. he has made every effort, and he made very clear when the geneva talks broke up earlier this year, that it was the refusal of the regime to discuss a transitional government. which was responsible for the end of those talks. the national coalition were prepared to do -- and put forward plans for a transitional government drawn from opposition and from the regime. the regime have refused to do that. that has made a political solution more distant. our message today, and the actions we have decided on today, and the actions we will decide on in the further meettion that will follow f

. >> some other news, an attempt by the united nations to act against syria's three-year-old civil war has yet again been blocked at the security council. >> on thursday, just as they have done several times since the conflict began, china and russia used their veto right to stop a resolution on serious -- syria. >> united nations wants to ask the criminal court to step in and investigate possible war crimes and crimes against humanity. >> it is the fourth time russia and china have locked united nations security council action on syria. if the resolution had passed, the international criminal court would have been able to investigate alleged human rights abuses in the conflict. it was put forward by france. the draft i have the honor to present is an appeal to human conscience, not a political gesture but a moral act, quite simply. if the council were not to adopt it, it would be an insult to the millions of syrians who are suffering, roof that some have learned nothing from history. the 13 remaining members of the council voted in a verb. -- in favor. but they did so in a knowledge that the draft would be vetoed. on the ground in syr

comcast business built for business. >>> there's an emergency meeting at the united nations security council now. on the agenda, the crisis, clearly escalating, in ukraine. the russians actually asked for this emergency meeting of the security council. >> they asked this morning. going into it, wolf, they were looking for any indications of russia using the situation in ukraine right now with what's going on in sloventsk and the clashes of any further indication of what their next steps are. are they going to use this as a pretext for any kind of invasion, any movement into ukraine. the u.n. ambassador to the u.n. didn't mince any powers when she talked about who she thought was responsible for the unrest there. let's take a listen. >> there is horrible violence in eastern ukraine and that violence is coming as it has been for weeks now from russian-directed agents and paramilitaries and their associates. the rest of us are deeply and sincerely concerned. despite its rhetoric, russia can't be, because russia is causing this instability. >> wolf, they don't really know what russia's next step

now the united nations security council is set to discuss a report that could narrow down the search for kony who is accused of crimes against humanity. the u.s. is helping in the hunt for the rebel leader. >> this is a rare glimpse of joseph kony, often called africa's most wanted man. he's leader of the lord's resistence army, the lra, and has lived in the dense jungles of central africa for years. he's wanted for war crimes that stemmed from war over two decades. many killed, displaced rap, rapd and maimed. many children were forced to kill their own families and forced to kill for kony. >> really in the past three to four years what we've seen is that the tactics of the lra have changed quite a bit. the violence has decreased significantly in the past few years, but their history shows what they're still capable of. >> an african union force with 5,000 soldiers backed by u.s. forces have been hunting for him for years. aircraft helps in the search. it's a massive challenge that covers areas of south sudan, the central african republic and the democratic republic of congo. it's th

. >>> the united nations security council is to discuss a report which could narrow the hunt.tefanie dekker reports. >>> this is a rare glimpse of joseph kony, often called africa's most wanted man. he's the leader of the lords resistance army, the l.r.a., and led an elusive ghostly existence in the jungle for years. he's been indicted for war crimes by the international criminal court, stemming from a war waged against the ugandan government for two decades. over a million displace. vo forced to kill. >> it makes is responsible for every war crime and atrocity in the book. really, in the past three to four years, what we have seen is that the tactics of the l.r.a. has changed quite a bit. it has decreased significantly in the past few years, but their history shows what they are capable of. an african union task force with 5,000 soldiers backed by special forces have been trying to find him for years. in marched the u.s., with aircraft. it's a massive challenge. the operation is based out of uganda. covering areas of south sudan, the democratic republic of congo. it's inhospi

newspaper editors have been summoned for talks with military leaders >>> the united nations security council is outraged by the al-shabab gun and bomb attack on the somali parliament. 10 were killed in mogadishu on saturday. >>> well the libyan government is reaffirming its pledge to disband all militia. a renegade general launched an offensive against the armed groups. khalifa haftar says he wants to crush what he describes as terrorists and extremists. stefanie dekker frorps tripoli -- reports from tripoli. >> reporter: these are the libyan central shield forces, headed at the request of the general national congress to protect the capital. >> translation: we have been negotiating with all parties and are exerting every effort to calm things down. we want to ensure security inside the capital. >> reporter: it follows an attack on the g.n.c. by two militias inspired by the general. he launched a campaign to rid libya of terrorists, groups carrying out killings on members of the security forces and judiciary. he reappeared on saturday, saying he and supporters will continue their mission. >>

nigeria also currently sits on the united nations security council and is expected to request sanctions be imposed on the group. that could start next week. boko haram has been holding nearly 300 of those christian schoolgirls captive since abducting them last month and claiming they converted them to islam. so, can the girls be saved? joining us now is former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton and fox news contributor and senior fellow at the american enterprise institute. the issue could go to the security council this week. i mean, is that going to get these girls back? >> well, i think the sad answer is no. i don't see any problem in imposing sanctions on boko haram, but it's not like the group's leadership has a lot of money stashed away in swiss bank accounts that can be seized. i'm not sure if boko haram's leadership has bank accounts, and the idea that the sanctions somehow would -- would deter this group i think is far-fetched. i think the best news coming out of paris was that a number of the african countries in proximity to nigeria have agreed they got a probl

cuba was a country sending arms violation ofa in the united nations security council resolutions.e greatest violation according to the security council arms experts that has come in years of any country sending missiles and other equipment to north korea. so if they don't understand that the violation of international is not acceptable, in it dish and that in addition to a whole host of individuals who are wanted in the united states, including the killer of a new jersey state trooper, just to start the list, they deserve to be on the list and that has not changed on my perfect -- changing my perspective. tavis: they are on the level of syria? >> if you put under tons of sugar and hide missiles and maids and other military korea,nt sent to north that was intercepted in panama and then was disclosed, are you not engaging with the state that has by the international community, not the u.s., been found to be violating international norms and that has nuclear weapons, ones that we don't want to see proliferate and they are sending weapons to assist them? i don't think that resolves th

we are, in addition to that, we are going to, in the united nations security council, challenge the appropriatelevel of follow-through that is necessary to be able to fulfill what was passed in the resolution previously a few months ago in order to guarantee that delivery of aid. it is not being fulfilled. it has to be fulfilled. our patience is gone. we are going to join with other countries in an effort to try to guarantee accountability through the u.n. and making that happen. we are determined that people will be able to get aid. people who left homes, for instance, did so because they were literally under siege. they were being starved to death, civilians and others, and that is against the laws of war, not to mention anybody's fundamental values of decency. obviously not assad's. we intend to pursue this issue in the days ahead. on the issue of weapons, i'm not going to discuss what specific weapons, what country may or may not be providing or not providing. as you know, we are providing nonlethal aid, but i will say that out of today's meeting, every facet of what can be done is going to

. >>> the united nations security council says it is outraged by the al-shabab suicide bomb and gun attackn the somali parliament. at least 10 were killed in mogadishu on saturday. >>> let's take you to manger square in bethlehem where pope francis is celebrating mass with thousands of pilgrims, at the spot where it's thought jesus was born. as you can see thousands attended mass. this is his first visit to the middle east, the fourth pontiff to do so. he is arriving in a region known to be plagued by national and rivalries. let's listen in a little bit to the ceremony for a while. [ singing ] >>> and this is live pictures, if you just tuned in - live pictures out of bethlehem, manger square where pope francis is celebrating mass. let's bring in our correspondent at main ger square. no doubt exciting to be there with the pope. give us the idea of the numbers there at the moment. . >> reporter: thousands of palestinians and tourists have shown up - all different nationalities. thousands were lined up on the streets as the pope mobile drove along. the pope did stop at the contested separatio

. >>> the united nations security council is holding an emergency session after russia called for a meeting on the crisis in ukraine. john terrett is live at the united nations. what happened. >> good afternoon from the united nations. the russians called for the meeting of the security council to get their ideas out there, into the international headlines on the television programs in tomorrow's newspapers, and that they have done. the russian ambassador talking about how the west needs to rethink its position vis-a-vis ukraine and the area disputed in eastern and southern ukraine, and talked about how ukraine itself is not abiding by the april geneva agreement regarding the whole situation. now, that seems to be the way the russians handled the whole thing at the united nations. you might say attack is the level form of defense, because they constantly go on the attack as they did today. in response we heard from the uk ambassador talking about the proportional unmeasured response by kiev and the hypocrisy coming from moscow, that he called breath taking. samantha power is the u.s. ambass

the united nations security council also holding an emergency meeting of the growing crisis in ukraine at the request of russia in its second request a week the un undersecretary general for political affairs jeffrey feldman read a statement by the un secretary general ban ki moon in a bun urged all sides to exercise maximum restraint and appeal to those with grievances to voice them peacefully. he also called for all parties to respectfully ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. i bought also announcing that felt and will travel to kiev and moscow next week to promote de escalation. the rest is a to the un calling upon the west to stop its destructive policy toward ukraine. he also called for the self acclaimed powers in kiev to swiftly hold alternative operations. the us ambassador to the un saying that the current violence in ukraine is caused by the militias supported by russia and the us supports the government's assault on anti government protesters ukraine's ambassador to the un is blaming the anti government protesters for the current violence meanwhile china's envoy

. >> in the united nations security council one of russia's most reliable partners, whether it's iran and nuclearization and syria and the future of war there has been china. must that continue? >> it's been that way for many years. the years in the state department, that was always the case. the two countries line up together all the time. that's the case for a long time. the question as to whether that can be changed goes back to the issue of what other big powers do. europe has a bigger economy, if you take the european union together. india is emerging. the united states and the other countries have to play sk skillfully to balance all the new factors in the world. >> thank you all for being with me today. that brings us to the end of this edition of "inside story." thanks for being with us. in washington, i'm ray suarez. >>> go, go, go. do it. >> they regain control of an airport from proceed russian separatists. at least 40 people are killed. >>> hello from al jazeera's headquarters in doha. i'm jane dutton. ahead, battling against low voter turnout. reports egypt is extending p

united nations security council has made tuesday by the deteriorating situation in ukraine agreed to write is to moscow russia to rein in armed separatists to continue to fuel a rise in key cities in the country's eastern regions groups of militia unarmed civilians are increasing in number springing up in more and more cities across the region seizing buildings. mountain road blocks. shedding whole towns and communities off from the rest of the country there are increasing reports of torture kidnappings and violent clashes. off to phil's been sporadic and ambassadors from other council nations by counting the pennies to claim to russia's justifications were based on a new level of distilled to its national rule. this is deeply irresponsible rhetoric intended to threaten and intimidate the ukrainian government and provided but this pretext for further legal breaches of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity. ukraine's ambassador was consensus that artsy rei in eastern ukraine might be similar to the one implemented by russia in abkhazia. that reminds you that ukraine has neve

there is a united nation's security council to discuss what is going o. russian said the ukranian military should be stopped. and the ukranians said it is the russians who need to stay out of things. 40,000 russian troops are on the border waiting president putin's order to invade and he will give it if they are threatened here in ukraine. >> thank you, leland. >> growing debate on the obama care enrollment numbers and we look closer on who signed up and then there is this. >> they are threatening to kill our kids and blow up schools and all of the other stuff. i am like speechless hearing about it. >> a murder plot stopped in a small town high school. new details on the suspect and what police say he was planning. >> new job sales out for april. and what they tell us about the strength of the economy. and what do you think about the state of the economy and jobs in this country. are you seeing improvements where you live? go to fox news.com/happening and share your thoughts. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here

. >>> the united nations security council has improved sanctions against the group boko haram five weeksschoolgirls. the sanctions include travel bans and freezes. they said it's an important step in efforts to defeat boko haram and hold murderous leadership accountable, as she stated. in the capital abuja, we were told how is scene is being seen in nigeria. >> because sit the nigerian government that requested the security council, for the government it's a very important thing. by declaring boko haram a terrorist group linked to al qaeda, they have a responsibility to come in and help nigeria in the fight against boko haram. but on the other hand, when boko haram sees little significance on what it can actually do to the group. one, the finances of this group are not known. what is actually known is they raid banks and steal money from local banks. they do use cars. they hardly use official financial roots for financing. the second thing, the way in which they acquire arm as. this is not officially known by the government. there are cases in which they raid military barracks. that's so

we are, in addition to that, we are going to, in the united nations security council, challenge the appropriatelow-through that is necessary to be able to fulfill what was passed in the resolution previously a few months ago in order to guarantee that delivery of aid. it is not being fulfilled. it has to be fulfilled. our patience is gone. we are going to join with other countries in an effort to try to guarantee accountability through the u.n. and making that happen. we are determined that people will be able to get aid. forle who left homs, instance, did so because they were literally under siege. they were being starved to death, civilians and others, and that is against the laws of war, not to mention anybody's fundamental values of decency. obviously not a sound's -- a ssad's. we intend to pursue this issue in the days ahead. on the issue of weapons, i'm not going to discuss what specific weapons, what country may or may not be providing or not providing. as you know, we are providing nonlethal aid, but i will say that out of today's meeting, every facet of what can be done is going to be

. >> the united nations security council is meeting at this hour.s comes hours after france invited ukraine's new president petro poroshenko. today hundreds of people landed in doneskt. it comes one day after dozens of people were killed in a battle between separatist and ukrainian troops at the city's airport. >>> thailand, the military leader is threatening critics can prison time if they engage in protest. crowds are holding rallies every day. they started monitoring the internet. now activists and journalists were all summoned by the military after they took power stating that it staged a coup to end months of unrest. >>> the pakistanial ba pakistans split from the main group. the group's former leader was part of the tribe. he was killed in an u.s. drone strike last november. to complicate pakistan's efforts to reach a lasting agreements with the taliban. >>> and in france, they say illnesses were spreading and mistake shift camps needed to be clean. they were home to hundreds of syrian, afghan and african migrants, and now they have ngo where

. >> we do need to secure an additional united nations security council mandate.elieve that can be done quickly. i hope i can be done quickly. and it's very, very important to begin to -- to deploy those troops as rapidly as possible. hopefully within the next weeks. >> reporter: the conflict is being fought along ethnic lines between the president's tribe and the rebel tribe. these people have been here since december too afraid to return to their homes. he made it clear to those behind the fighting that this unspeakable human cost is unacceptable to the global community. >>> a former british foreign secretary and president of the international rescue committee joins us now. first of all, are you optimistic about direct talks between the two as perhaps signalling the end of this con flik-- conflict near? >> good afternoon. my organization has 600 staff across south sudan meeting immediate humanitarian need. first of all it is essential that there is the political urgency that secretary kerry has brought to juba today to bring a halt to the horrifying level of vio

international community will continue to press the regime to abide by its obligations under the united nations security council resolution 2118 into the decision on the executive council to complete the removal operations. from the beginning we pressed the regime and we will continue to press the regime to complete expeditiously the removal operations as a result of its own inaction and the regime didn't empty the final site when the environment was more secure than it is today. the u.s. and our international partners remain ready as we have for months to assist with the elimination. we also call on the regime to destroy the facilities that remain in tact. so we are continuing to press on this and to fully expect the regime and its sponsor in russia to ensure that the removal of the remaining 8% of chemical weapons and precursors are finished and that those chemicals are destroyed. >> you said this could have been done earlier so this is kind of an excuse? >> yes. >> we didn't get a chance to ask you yesterday that the economy contracted in its first quarter and they haven't looked at whether it was a huge par

that a negotiated solution we and russia and the united nations security council envisioned being implemented in. >> we tried this in geneva, did we not? and it failed. >> it did because assad was not prepared to negotiate seriously. you -- youonly make will only negotiate seriously if he is losing on the ground. >> or if he is not winning. when i say there is no military solution, when i say there will not be a clear-cut victor, either the opposition our government. in all likelihood, and we have points in the past where we seemed to be approaching this, the two sides will be ready for negotiation, write for a negotiated solution, when both sides don't see that they have the prospect of military success. agoou recall, about a year may of 2013, secretary kerry was in moscow and agreed with president putin andlavrov that that we ought to push the two parties to a negotiating table. it took the parties and took the russians and indeed, the opposition, a long time, many months to be able to be willing to come to the negotiating table. by that time, and the opposition was very fragmented, very un

. >> russia and china move today to block a united nations security council resolution on syria. this resolution would have referred the bloody three-year-old conflict to the international criminal court, for possible war crimes and crimes against humanity, prosecutions. our diplomatic editor joins us live now, and james, we with have seen this movie before. if you would, take a moment here and walk us through this? >> well, this was an important moment, the first time in more than three years of bloodshed, all of those deaths, all of those crimes, and the u.n. security council have the chance to refer the hold file, everything done by every society, to the international criminal court that then could open a case. it went to a vote, a majority, 13 voted in favor, two voted against, but those two happen to be china and russia, that have a veto. >> i think i really am ashamed. in the sense to tell them, we are sorry. my country, france, that for said it publicly. we are willing to engage into a military operation. in the end of august, last year, after the chemical attack by the re

and emergency meeting of the united nations security council was convened today over the violence rocking eastern ukraine artist and wraps up the proceedings for us. a two hour meeting of the united nations security council the thirteenth time the council meets on the ukrainian crisis a second time this week the traditional blame game ensued with the u.s. and west blaming russia for the increased chaos and violence in eastern ukraine accusing moscow of lies and militarizing the conflict in the meantime it was russia that called for this session to take place basing the urgency of the meeting on what it called a resuming of military is the sion against its own people by the kiev government citing unraveling events as criminal misadventures that could lead to even more catastrophic consequences than the violence that has already taken place according to russia the spoken intentions of the cool pointed kiev government voting to refrain from violence point to hypocrisy as words stand far from deeds this friday at the un russia called for the west to stop toying with the situation instead of t

that mean we shouldn't have a united nations security council supported actions? might that have worked in rwanda ? might that have worked in other countries? maybe, but i am for that and not for more iraqs. i am not for more afghanistans. plenty wayslenty, for the united states to do with /11 thattan after 9 did not involve us going in. we could have been negotiating with the taliban to hand us over osama bin laden. i have talked to a lot of diplomats who said that might have accomplished if we gave them a little more time. job tot, but is it our go knocking off the taliban and? no. so we could have solved that problem diplomatically if we gave it some time, but what happened? we had a president that instead of trying to calm passions, instead of trying to tell people that in this great hour of we got on thes, megaphone and called for war, so the revenge motive was inflamed. maybe there is no other way around it,. >> we are out of time. thanks to our panelists here. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2014] [captioning performed by natio

is also supporting a new diplomatic plan, and next week the united nations security council will voten sending syria to the international criminal court, to be held accountable for war crimes. james bay reports. >> during three years of violence in syria, there's absolutely no doubt that appalling crimes have been committed by both sides. murder, rape, imprisonment, hostage taking, torture and mutilation. but no one has been held to account. at a heating this week, at the united nations, a syrian american doctor talked about his work in aleppo just a month ago, and showed graphic evidence of crimes. >> this child had bone fragments embedded in his skin, but he did not have any fractures he told me he saw his best friend explode in front of him, so we were pulling out bone fragments of his best friend. >> we will start with the first one, and this is how the picture looked. >> human rights then presented evidence in the form. a slide show, showing where barrel bombs war dropped from an 80. at first, front line areas were targeted but then further attacks were used as a weapon to terror

ordered invasion and occupation leader saddam hussein, the united states, along with the united nations security council, demanded the halt and pullback of forces under the threat of military action. after saddam hussein defied the united nations security council's demands, the united states, along with its nato and arab allies, began operation desert shield, followed by operation desert storm. 100-hour land war which expeled the iraqi forces from kuwait. approximately 700,000 members of the american armed forces served as part of operation desert storm and operation desert shield. of those 293 died in theater and 148 were killed in action. h.r. 503 authorizes the national desert storm and desert shield war memorial association to build the national desert storm and desert shield memorial as a commemorative work on federal land in the district of columbia to honor the members of the american armed forces who served on active duty and those who made the ultimate sacrifice in support of our country. honoring those who served and those who died is a duty shared by all americans, regardless of political aff

what is also interesting in the united nations security council, both russia and china vetoed an efforty western countries, france and the u.s., to send to the international war crimes tribunals the crimes against humanity by syria. so putin is making some geopolitical moves, ganging up on the united states on europe, with china. so he's all over the place. but again, he has that option with that endless supply of gas that russia has. >> and do you think that will be an effective strategy? can strong enough ties to china insulate russia from this kind of external pressure? >> well, only if ronan, the united states and europe say okay, we're going to change our policy. we're going to use our energy abundance in the united states to our advantage. we're going to start exporting our natural gas and petroleum which we haven't been able to do. we're going to have some lick qui fied natural gas terminals with our allies in eastern europe that feel abandoned and feel squeezed by russia, like poland, other surrounding countries. but we have to be smart about using our shale gas with environment

we urge you to press for the addition of boka haram and another militant group to the united nations security council al qaeda sanctions list. as religious leaders gathered in the nation's capital to pray for the missing girls, questions remain about how a collaboration between the u.s. and nigeria will work. for more on the situation in any engineer yeah, i bring in writer and huff tinge ton post contributor loyal la add soya and kevin maroone with the youth organization global kids. kevin, i want to start with you because i think the story here today is about the u.s. cooperation, the u.s. coming in and sort of bringing in i guess what you'd call the big security guns, coming in with drones, with additional help, military, not military aid but sending in members of the u.s. military. the thing that makes this story so poignant and the reason it's become belatedly such a big international story is the actual plight of these girls and the issue of human trafficking. as horrific as it is, what are these girls facing? it has been almost 30 days. >> as you mentioned, it is finally the world is paying at

ground and reaching a political settlement while the people who commissioned him, like the united nations security council and the arab league, was divided. some of them were actually providing weapons undermining his own mission. >> just quickly looking at a statement here from the president of the syrian national coalition. they'll be talking about the idea of a political process. those sides are still committed to the idea of a political solution here? >> reporter: well, the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon today blamed both sides, the government and opposition forces have failed the syrian people. however, if you hear the statement from the president of the syrian national coalition, he says that his coalition is still committed to a political settlement. that he shared brahimi's frustrate with the lack of engagement with the syrian government and he will discuss ways to put more pressure on the government. if you talk to the syrian government, we spoke to one official who wanted to stay anonymous and didn't want to reveal the name. he said they were not surprised by the resignation. brahimi made hi

. >>> nigeria is asking the united nations security council to formally black list the group of boko haram after the kidnapping of 270 schoolgirls last month. the government has been reluctant to seek international help in fighting boko haram until recently. the request is linked to a 2011 attack on a u.n. building in nigeria that killed 24 people. >>> hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by these boko haram attacks. fearing that their plight may be forgotten by a world focused on finding the missing girl. we travel to the northeast of nigeria to meet people that lost families and possessions. >> reporter: cut with a machete and left for dead, he lost his home, job, and partially paralyzed following an attack on his community in borneo state last year. four of his children can't attend school. he's one of hundreds of thousands of made hemless by violence in the northeast. people live in fear they've been forgotten. >> reporter: all i want is food, shelter, education for my children. finding boko haram is finding the missing girls is equally important. i hope the world

. >> sreenivasan: the united nations security council todayç condemned the islamist militant group bokof nigerian school girls.ç this came as more criticism mounted against the government for not doing more to rescue the students. >> brown: frustrated nigerians were out again today, protesting in lagos. they demanded action to find the missing girls, even as u.s. and british teams arrived to help. that effort will be limited at best, as pentagon spokesman, rear admiral john kirby, pointed out today. >> we're not talking about u.s. military operations in nigeriaç to go find these girls. that's not the focus here. the president was clear he wants to help in any way we can. this is the-- this is the helpç that nigeria has accepted, and we believe it's the appropriate step right now. >> brown: it's been almost a month since the islamist group boko haram attacked chibok village in the northeast, and made off with more than 300 girls. roughly 50 managed to escape, but this week, boko haram's leader declared the rest are slaves, and will be sold. today, nigerian president goodluck jonathan

security council could threaten any chances of peace reimport miller explains western countries call it a necessity russia calls it a publicity stunt on thursday the united nations security council will be voting on a france sponsored dropped resolution to refer syria's civil war to the international criminal court now a vote is required because the i.c.c. prosecutor cannot investigate the situation in syria without a referral from the fifteen member council now back in march we want to vest again expanded their list of suspected criminals from both sides of syria's three year conflict concluding that their evidence was solid enough to prepare for indictments fifty eight countries have issued a statement in support of the french draft however a russian envoy to the u.n. which has threatened to veto the resolution calling it a publicity stunt the fact that there is an illusion is going to vote what it got is simply but was it a step which will have a detrimental effect on fortunately our joint efforts in. trying to resolve politically the crisis in syria russia's concern is that the prosecution of parties currently fighting a civil war may end up inflaming tensio

during an address to the united nations security council, president obama blames the attack on the video. and on september 26th, published reports show intelligence agencies and administration officials knew terrorism was to blame within 24 hours. kelly? >> tragedy after car bombs explode in two small syrian villages reportedly killing at least 23 people, including 14 children. this footage showing the ex extensive damage to buildings, rubble-covered ground and car wreckage. it isn't clear if the bombings were coordinated and no one has claimed immediate responsibility. syria's civil war is in its fourth year with an estimated death toll of over 150,000. >>> the violence in the ukraine going to a whole new level. ukraine launching a major offensive to take back control of one of its eastern cities. meanwhile, fierce fighting between government supporters and pro-russian forces leaving dozens of people killed and dozens more injured. leland vittert is streaming live in donetsk, ukraine, with the latest. leland? >> reporter: molly, certainly what has been an insurgency by those pro-russian

it's a negotiated solution of the sort that we and the russians and other members of the united nations security councilenvision. >> charlie: we tried in geneva to get a solution, and id failed. >> because assad wasn't prepared negotiate seriously. >> charlie: he'll only negotiate seriously if he thinks he's losing on the ground. >> or not winning on the ground. >> charlie: okay. and that's why i say there isn't a military solution by which i mean there will be a clear-cut victor, either the the opposition or government. in all likelihood -- and we've had points in the past that seem to be approaching this -- that the two sides will be ready for negotiation or ripe for a negotiated solution when both sides see they don't have the prospect of military success. if you recall, about a year ago, in may of 2013, secretary kerry was in moscow and agreed with president putin and lavrov that we ought to push the two parties to the negotiating table on the basis of a framework that had been previously negotiated in geneva. it took the parties and it took the russians and indeed the opposition a long time, many m

the russian government says it will be tone expected vote today from the united nations security council to refer the syrian conflict to international criminal court. talk you and officials have collected a list of figures to target for indictment on war crimes charges, mostly from the syrian government. but the russian ambassador told reporters his government will stand in the way. it is a publicity stunt. it will have a detrimental effect on our joint efforts, unfortunately, and trying to resolve the crisis in syria. will be russia's fourth straight veto of a un security council measure on cereal. u.s. agreed to support the resolution after ensuring that israel would not face prosecution related to its occupation of syria's golan heights. vowed tot obama has tackle the scandal engulfing the department of veterans affairs over a lengthy delays of medical treatment for service members of facilities nationwide. the v.a. has come under scrutiny after it emerged health clinics in arizona and colorado use elaborate schemes to hide records of patients who waited too long for care, causing doz

assessment of what is happening, >> brown: russia also called an emergency session of the united nations security council, where ukraine's representative sharply disputed moscow's claims. >> we reject all attempts of russia to blame the government of ukraine for allegedly failing to implement the agreements. and we state that, despite numerous calls of the international community, the russian federation has taken no efforts to de-escalate the situation and implement geneva agreement. >> brown: meanwhile, in a washington speech, defense secretary chuck hagel pressed nato allies to increase military spending in response to russia's actions. >> we must not squander this opportunity or shrink from this challenge. we will be judged harshly by history and by future generations if we do. >> brown: hagel said the events in ukraine have "shattered the myth that the end of the cold war brought permanent security to europe." and we assess where things stand with richard burt former u.s. ambassador to germany. he's now managing director at the consulting firm mclarty associates. and david kramer is president of free

i have forces ianti-kiki he have southeast and let the prime minister to call on the united nations security councilemergency session to look at the situation. we have to remember that one permanent member of the u.n. security council is russia. when they had tried to take action, fringes the vote on independence in crimea russia used that veto to stop movement forward. >> to say as well that wasn't the only violence today. coal mines in the east have also been attacked. >> reporter: you are right. and it's significant because the miners are really the life and blood of the region. just earlier this week, the richest man in ukraine, called on some of his 300,000 employees, many of them miners to walk through the streets in one city in the south east to make sure that the pro independence, the anti-kiev forces people, no longer held sway there. now, for these armed groups to take on four mines and to ask the miners for explosives, one presume in order to continue their attacks against ukrainian government troops is a risky move. because they risk alienated the miners who have already proven themselve