member states, which is now suffering from the brutal violation of the -- [indiscernible] -- of united nation's charter. the statements on ukraine's joining the united nations as one of the founding members, which was delivered at the san i quote,o congress -- ukraine has really been the subject of -- [indiscernible] -- by the aggressor, therefore they shall except -- [indiscernible] it has been a long time since that landmark event. but today, i have put a goal that my country has become the object of the external aggression. this time, the aggressor is the russian federation. , formering country strategic partner that pledged to respect sovereignty, territorial integrity, independence, and the borders of ukraine. ais country used to be guarantee of ukraine's security under the budapest memorandum, whereby security guarantees and provides to my country in exchange for the voluntarily reinstallation of the nuclear arsenal -- of the -- [indiscernible] -- nuclear arsenal. it is entrusted by the u.n. charter and sustaining peace and security. in fairbury 2014, russia conducted open and unprovoked

as all other ravaged areas, the tired heart of liberated nations fight to regain strength and vigor. and the strong part of the united hand to help, a welfare specialist from australia, a doctor from cuba, and a nurse from belgium, a child expert from england, a therapeutist from ohio, from canada, norway, south africa, china, operating despite the handicaps of varied languages, and learning constructed new lessons in international teamwork, for it very wisely has been said that nations will learn to work together only by actually working together. and by providing treatment of artificial limbs for the crippled and disabled, a nd teaching occupations that will allow the men to stand on their own feet again, even though the feet themselves may be artificial. and with a donated shoes, learning to be shoemakers so that they may later serve their own villages. and so the post of rehabilitation begins to beat again in the areas warped and withered by war. it is a pulse that beats feebly at first while little men labor and strike with whatever is at hand or can be brought to hand, and the mounds of supplies seen in the doc

of the united states. nearby, the united nations headquarters stands by new york's east river. cretary-general and the u.n. chief protocol take there majesties into the great chamber of the united nations general assembly. statesman of more than 100 countries have stated their views. afghanistan has proved over the years to be one of the strongest supporters of the united nations. within this council chamber, ambassadors work to preserve the peace of the world. there majesty's 12 day visit to the united states of america draws to its end. they will fly 12,000 miles, halfway around the earth, to return to their mountain kingdom. home awaits. the arrival of the royal plane in kabul stirs loyal hearts to beating faster. familiar banners, friends, loved ones, mountains, who can count the myriad cords that tie us to our homeland? it is the end of a long and successful journey. his majesty, king mohammed zahir, first in to the united states of america, is now safely home. thanks be to allah. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the nation

too many men and nations comes a conviction that the world simply cannot survive another war. thus, even as they have a hope of ending war forever, the unitedions look to the first organization created in their name. unrra, the united nations relief and rehabilitation administration. the only major source to which the united nations pump into the veins of arteries of stricken people around the earth. emergency items of relief and rehabilitation serve as the plasma of peace. items from six continents and seven seas. an outpouring from each nations heart, to each war stricken friend and neighbor. hundreds of private relief and welfare organizations lend their efforts along with the contributions of governments themselves. all over the ravaged areas, the tired heart a liberated nations, fight to regain strength and vigor. the strong heart of the united nations working hand in hand to help. a welfare specialist from australia. a doctor from cuba, and a nurse from belgium. a child expert from england. a therapist from ohio. canada, norway, south africa, china, operating despite the handicaps of varied languages, and learning constructive new les

yield when we unfurl the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family of nations as a sovereign member state of the unitedions [applause.] >> however, the political process to lead to that day is deadlocked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put the blame otisisis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent vie lenses in jerusalem he said was caused by israeli incursions around the mosque and he told the chamber that, as israel had not been ape biding by the oslo accord, he won't do so either. >> they leave us know choice but to insist that well not remain only ones committed to the implement of this while israel violates them. we declared we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and that israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying power. >> is this the bombshellp president abbas said he would drop? how will it change the way his palestinian authority work on the ground in the west bank? what will be the reaction from palestinians there and in gaza. al jazeera spoke to an official from hamas. >> i think it is just words just a speech because all of

states, which is now suffering from the brutal violation of the fundamental norms and principle of united nations charter. the statement on ukraine's joining the united nations as one of the founding members, which was delivered at the san francisco conference, emphasized, i quote, ukraine has repeatedly been the subject of bloody invasion by the aggressor who have sought to capture its territory. end of quote. it has been a long time since that landmark event, but today i have to recall that my country has become the object of the external aggression. this time aggressor is the russian federation, neighboring country, former strategic partner, that legally pledged to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity, independence, and viability of the borders of ukraine. this country used to be a guarantor of ukraine's security whereby security guarantees were provided to my country in exchange for the voluntary reconciliation of the world third nuclear arsenal. moreover, this state is a permanent member of the united nations security council, which is entrusted with a u.n. charter. in february

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thank you. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> we the peoples of the united nations determine to defend from war. ing in spanish] >> [inaudible] >> accordingly our respective governments through representatives >> the united nations. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the meeting of the general assembly is called to order. in accordance with the decisions taken and its second meeting on the 18th of september this year the general assembly will hear annual report of the organization and agenda and secretary general of the united nationses ban ki-moon. >> president of general assembly, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, the general assembly has opened with a powering achievement. agenda including 17 inspiring sustainable goals. our enemy is clear, our mission is possible and our destination is in our sight. extreme poverty by 2030. a life of peace and dignity for all. what counts now is translating promises in paper into change on the ground. we want this and much more to the vulnerable, forgotten people in our world. we out this for -- [inaudible] >> and impatience with the leadership can be seen and felt. we out t

control of the major pal stun cities was transformed to the newly created palestinian authority. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nations of the state of palestine. following a decision bite u.n. general assembly observer states, there are two, palestine and the holy sea, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by palestinian president mahmoud abbas, and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield. a day you when we unfurl the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family of nations as a sovereign member state of the united nations. >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is deadlocked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem which he said was caused by israeli incursions around the al-aqsa mosque and told the chamber as israel had not been abiding by the o oslo accord signed 22 years ago, he would now not do so either. >> translator: they leave us no choice but to insist we will not rem

the united of nations is paying a surprise visit to israel, arriving a few hours ago in the country. he met with prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who responded that israel has only been acting in self-defense. terrorism,ace of israel is acting to defend its citizens. we are not using excessive force. if the international community truly wants to help end the bloodshed, it must affirm israel's proven commitment to the status quo at the temple mount and right to self-defense. it must hold president abbas accountable. anchor: unesco is currently considering a proposal to consider the western wall as a muslim holy site. the text was submitted by arab countries to the cultural body. the western wall is at the base of the most sensitive holy site and is revered by jews. but the mosque inside the compound is the third holiest site in islam. has been urged not to take decisions that could further inflame tensions. in syria, the u.s. and russia have signed a document to avoid conflict between warplanes over the country. the issue was raised as soon as moscow carried out air raids in the cou

there's a lot of bureaucracy at the united nations. there's a lot of things that don't get done. i'm not going to surprise any of your viewers by saying war has happened under its watch and war is going to continue to happen. but in that 70-year history that just ran through, there are certainly examples of the u.n. having some successes. it plays a critical role in the elimination of smallpox. it has the sort of legitimacy that allows it to do tribunals that have prosecuted everyone from slobadon milosevic and others. but are there epic failures despite the approach to trying to resolve them. syria, libya, a number of disasters including in yemen, which we still haven't seen any sort of end in sight to. >> i think syria, by all accounts is a glaring example of one of the big failures of the u.n. so, jim, when you look at the 70 years of united nations, do you feel that overall the good outweighs the bad? >> i do, jonathan. you know, have bad things happened during the time of the u.n. over these 70 years? yes, of course they happened. would they have happened without a u.n.? yea

the head of the united nations calm weeks of violence between israelis and palestinians with a visit to do is him. there he met with the palestinian president. he will talk with the prime minister on tuesday. also, coming up this hour. unfair and illegal. starbucks they must pay back taxes. october 21, 2015 is the day that marty mcfly jumped back to the future. with more underway, but first, the news. we will start first with that surprise meeting between moscow president -- russian president putin with the syrian president. a military campaign now underway against a lot of -- islamists militants. >> i want to thank you for sending that to us and supporting us during unity and independence. your efforts starting with the political ones early in the crisis have made the situation lester dramatic than we expected. -- lester maddock than we expected. less dramatic than we expected. >> let's bring in shaun walker who is in sochi today. aun: it was really an element of surprise about the russian accidents -- actions in syria. nobody was expecting this, nobody knew he was coming to moscow.

yield when we unfurl the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family of nations as a sovereign member state of the unitedations (applause.) >> in his speech to the general assembly president abbas put all of the blame otisitsis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he said was caused by israeli incursions around the mosque and told the chamber as israel had not been abiding by the oslo accord signed 22 years ago, he, now, wouldn't do so either. they leave us know choice but to insist we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements while israel could not wutsly violates them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying power. >> is this the bombshell he said he would drop or an independent empty promise? there are more questions than answers. how will it change the way his palestinian authority work. what will be the reaction there and in gaza. ays spoke to an official from hamas? >> just words. just a speech because all of the time you are ta

up next, a look at the strengths and weaknesses of the united nations. plus, russia promises to increase air strikes in syria and claims to hit more isil targets in its fourth day of air strikes. >>> just hours ago the united nations general assembly wrapped up a week of speeches and deal making. high on the agenda were humanitarian crises from syria to europe to ukraine and conflict all over the world. here's a look at some of the ambitious goals some leaders agreed to and the u.n.'s ability to respond to global needs. >> i really wanted to have some global discussions, how we can bring a sense of hope to those helpless people, millions of helpless people. i think if we are united, we can do it. >>reporter: the secretary general set the stage for the 70th general debate of the united nations general assembly backing a new sustainability plan and a goal to end extreme poverty by 2030. a grand vision for an organization struggling to solve current crises including a war in syria that's led to the largest refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. >> we s

when we unfold the palestinian flag in its proper place, among the family of nations, as a sovereign member state of the unitedns. [ applause ] >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is dead locked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all of the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem, which was caused by israeli incursions around the al aqsa mosque. and he said since israel was not abiding by the oslo accord, he would not either. >> translator: they leave us no choice but to insist we will not be the only ones who abide by these agreements. we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements, and israel must assume alling of its responsibilities as an occupying power. >> reporter: so is this the bomb shell he said he would drop or just an empty promise. how will it change the way his palestinian authority work on the ground in the west bank. and what will be the reaction from palestinians there and in gaza. al jazeera spoke to an official from hamas. >> i think it was just words, just a speech. he was talking

of that. >>> prosecutors in the united states have announced there will be corruption charges against united nationsials including the head of the former u.n. general assembly. the officials are accused of being part of a bribe which are scheme. the former general assembly president and antigua diplomat are at the center of the charges. >> reporter: the official charges have now been handed down. this is a scandal that is going to shock and rock the united nations, because the job of president of the u.n. general assembly is one of the main jobs here in the u.n. system. a mainly ceremonial job for one year. they preside over the work of a body that represents all 193 countries that are members of the united nations. john ash had this role from september 2013 to september 2014. he introduced world leaders, including president obama, but the allegation is that while doing the job, he was also taking bribes, a total of more than a million dollars of bribes, and the u.n. now, i think will have to look at its systems and procedures. it emerges in the indictment that mr. ash was the only person who was th

we unfold the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family the nations as a sovereign member of the state of the unitedns. >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is deadlocked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem which he said was caused by israel incursions around the al-aqsa mosque and told the chamber as israel had not been abiding by the oslo accord signed 22 years ago, he now wouldn't do so either. >> translator: they leave us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements while israel continuously violates them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and that israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying power. >> reporter: so is this the bombshell that press abbas said he had dropped or just an empty promise? there are now more questions than answers. how will it change the way his palestinian authority working on in the west b

of war. nation'sn the united charter. >> [applause] president poroshenko: achievement of this noble goal will be the cornerstone of ukraine nonpermanent membership in the united nations's security council for the period 2016-2017 if elected. ukraine will remain a reliable and consistent partner guided by the global agenda. convinced that an organization with the dignity, the confident steps, strengthening its goals for order, peace and prosperity. let god be with us. think all of you for the attention. -- thank all of you for the attention. [applause] >> [speaking foreign language] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] >> the un's general assembly also heard from mahmoud abbas who used his time to talk about israeli-palestinian conflict. >> i shall not be able to discuss in detail how many wars have been issued by successive israeli governments. where do you see this happening? why is it happening? we do not respond to the israeli occupation and brutality with the same. we're working to spread the culture of peace b

of that there were some taliban at the time, and they were getting shot at. >> prosecutors in the united states have announced corruption charges against united nations officials including the full head of the u.n. general assembly. the officials are accused much being part of a bribery scheme. from the united nations james bays reports. >> it is a largely ceremonial and prom job presiding over the general say systembly, chairing meetings, including those involving the world leaders. >> the assembly will now hear and address his excellency barack obama. >> but it is alleged that john ashe as faking more than $1 million in bribes from a chinese billionaire property dealer. >> mr. president, president secretary general. >> sometimes for than cash. sometimes he was paid in other ways. he also allegedly had the bribers pay for luxury vacations for himself and his family and paying the hotel in new zealand anew zealand--in new orleans at $850 a night. >> like all presidents of the general assembly. >> we obviously just learned of these series allegations this morning. of course, the secretary general was shocked and deeply troubled to learn this morning about the a

general assembly represents all of the countries and territories of the world that are members of though united nations3, and he was chosen for the role of president because he had done a lot of service here at united nations for antigua, his country. he was here last week when all of the world leaders were here, treated then as a dignitary. our understanding right now is he is now behind bars, stephanie. >> james bayes at the u.n. on this developing story. thank you. >>> a european court's decision today could make it a lot more difficult for american tech companies to do business with europe. it ruled that european law fails to protect its citizen's personal data in the united states. the ruling is a victory for this man. he has fought for years to get the european law thrown out. >> in the beginning we were just putting facts up on the website, what we got from facebook, the little complaints were drafted over two nights, and suddenly you are in this whole privacy debate. >> reporter: the case eventually ended up in the european high court, the 27 year old student argued that his data protection rig

of this, but i read recently, that the u.s. is saying there will be other charges too. >> yes. it possibly could go further and so real shock here at the united nations because the president of the u.n. general assembly, yes, it is normally a mainly ceremonial job, but it is one of the big jobs at the united nations. he sits in front of that body which consistents of all the countries and territories that are u.n. members. 193, and he served as each president does, for one year. between september 2013, to september 2014. chairing all the meetings of the general assembly, including when world leaders gathers in new york, introducing those world leaders including introducing president obama. so the fact that someone is important has been charged is causing shock. what is also causing shock is the detail of the allegations which was announce add short time ago. >> first, they paid him money. lots of it. from 2011 to 24 tone, they allegedly transfers over $1 million, in cash and wire transfers to the bank accounts new york, often in installments up to 200,000, or $200,000, or at a time. as alleged, ash spent his cash lavishly on himself, and on his famil

of the general assembly. this is something that is going to shock the united nations. mr. ash, i saw only last week at the high level woke at the united nation, is a former president of the general assembly. he was one of the dignitaries there, now facing serious charges. >> do get back to us if you find out more information. >> after more than a week of fighting in kunduz in afghanistan, it's still contested. afghan forces have taken territory but haven't established control. let's go to one of the first international journalists to reach kunduz. you've gotten to the airport, i think, i expect not much further, because it's very dangerous there. >> there is strong fighting going on. we could hear bullets. we could hear gunfire, artillery almost every second. afghan security forces struggling to get control of the city. they are fighting with taliban almost in every single street of kunduz city. i talked with some afghan security officials here in kunduz. they are telling us the reason that they are going so slow, because they are facing lack of leadership, lack of coordina

among the family of nations as a sovereign member state of the united nations. >> however, the political process to lead to that day is deadlocked. in his speech the president put all the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem which he says was caused by israelis and told the chamber that israel has not been abiding by the oslow accords and he would not do so either. >> they leave us no choice but to insist that we will not remain the only ones committed to these agreements while israel continuously violates them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and that israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying power. >> so is this the bomb shell he said he'd drop or just an empty promise. there are now more questions than answers. how will it change the way his palestinian authority work on the ground in the west bank and what will be the reaction from palestinians there and in gaza? al jazeera spoke to an official from hamas. >> i think it is just words. just a speech. because all

abbas sent to the secretary-general of the united nations to put the palestine states under the u.s. system of protection. security council received a letter saying that this is being considered. as window to secretary has heard in this regard of the appropriate study. we don't the secretary-general will officially convey the result of this to the security council. thank you very much, mr. president. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: i would like to thank you for your statement, and i know could afford to the ambassador of france. [speaking french] >> translator: mr. president, i would like to thank jordan for having taken the initiative of attending this meeting, and i would like to thank the man for his briefing. the president of the france has constantly over the past few months then warning against the risk of a new wave of unrest in the middle east. now we see that happening. against the backdrop of expansion of the settlements which is illegal which compromises the viability the palestine state and the absence of a peace process. we have mobilized that in order to draw

a reasonable one is 1945, the founding of the united nations. you see a poster here that was world war ii era, it was talking about the preamble of the charter of the united nations, on the right and bigger print. it says, we the peoples of the united nations determine to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors have resolved the parties to any dispute, shall, for the ball, -- first of all seek a solution. world history is not like a light switch, there are no on or off switches. you will know that the big patterns start somewhere further back, a moment in which he knew template -- a new template is made and a trend picks up. if the trend is really powerful like the industrial revolution, even though some people are still hunting and gathering, that trend will ultimately prevail or become a dominant reality. we want to know where that starts in world history. oddly enough, we need to go back to the american revolution. this is not because the united states was the first post colonial nation, which it was, b

for korea itself has been a beneficiary of the postwar order and a trusted partner of united nations.journey korea embarked on in the seven decade since the war has been a process of bringing to life the values and ideals of the united nations, and also history of the korea-u.s. allies to continue to evolve. the korea-u.s. allies has created, defended the values of democracy, the free market system and human rights of the korean peninsula and develop into vibrant economy through the ashes of war. our two countries adventure together on this great journey spanning 70 years and now we stand poised to make another leap forward. the journey ahead will be charted together by our two countries as staunch borders in the service of humanity. distinguished guests, countless opportunities and challenges will await us along our quest. as our wealth grows with economic interdependence, and as the frontiers of space and technology are gradually pioneered, mankind in this era of hyper connection has enjoyed unprecedented levels of abundance. we know only too well that risks and challenges abound in

of state, who was the one who said the settlements are illegal. but even prior to that, the united states is a member of the united nations by treaty in terms of constitution, articles six and state specifically that all laws, treaties and international conventions to which the united states is signator look to be the supreme law of the land. and so when the united nation's charter addresses the in admissibility of the acquisition of territory by force. do not get any clearer than that. and u.n. resolution 242 and 338 is the israeli government has accepted in which we helped to grant in the fall of 1967. specifically repeats the acquisition of territory by force, which the israeli government has accepted rhetorically but implemented zero. >> thank you. i would like to thank the panelists for our discussions today. i think we raised very interesting critical questions regarding the status of palestine. thank you. [ applause ]. if you missed any of this discussion, it is available on our website, c-span.org. members of a columbian university task force investigated possible state buildings for iraqis in kurdistan. the economic, security challenges working to

violence -- there can be no alternative to settlement including negotiation of the united nations. [ audible ] was made in september condemning terrorist attacks which took place in sana'a, and the killings of the members of the international red cross organization. unfortunately we failed to agreement on the common statement on the 21st of september as a result of the escalating violence and destruction resulting from shelling in the residential areas. a resolution was adopted which extended for a year, u.n. mission in liberia. and there is a common understanding that we would incrementally choose this motion and bring it to the conclusion. the solution was adopted which expanded the [ inaudible ] of another u.n. mission for libya. the situation in the country which is characterized by the split between two confronts camps, and isil gained more ground, that requires more efficient measures made by the international community to find political solution to this crisis. we actively support [ inaudible ] in his activities and we hope that his attempts aimed at political settlement would

instead one result of the strategy pursued by the assad regime. the united nations commission on inquiry of syria has documented that the assad regime is using barrel bombs, bombardment of homes, hospitals, and medical facilities to terrorize the civilian population. as millions of families are displaced multiple times and with the casual numbers now approaching 300,000 syrians that have been killed, the number of people fleeing the country will only rise. mr. chairman, i agree with you. the ultimate solution here is for assad to leave. we know that we need to have -- and i believe he should leave for the hague and be held accountable for his war crimes. so we need to work on a political solution. i know the president is in new york today meeting with world leaders to talk about a political path forward, but in the meantime we do have the humanitarian crisis and there is no end in sight to people trying to flee, as you said. what everyone would want, a safe environment for their families. syria's neighbor next door iraq, the people requiring assistance has grown to

he meets the chief justice of the united states and many other leading members of the national governmentr majesties meet many friends of the afghan people during their visit to washington and to the united states. later the united states secretary of state and mrs. dean rusk hold a formal dinner for their majesties. official washington pays its respects to afghan royalty. the white house in washington is both residence and office for the united states chief executive. the two leaders meet several times to talk about matters of common interest to our two countries. economic development and social progress are among the most important subjects that they discuss. washington has many parks and memorials. this one commemorates abraham lincoln. 100 years ago, lincoln became one of the greatest presidents of the united states, a man of infinite patience and determination, he led his country through the greatest crisis: a civil war. today their majesties visit the lincoln memorial. to understand any country, one must learn about its past leaders. abraham lincoln had great power of expression. hi

korea itself is been a superior -- beneficiary of the first world order and a trusted partner of the united nations. the journey korea embarked on any seven decades since the war was a process of bring it to life the values and ideals of the united nations. the korea-u.s. alliance has defended the values of democracy, the free market system, and human rights, and developed into a vibrant economy through the ashes of work. our two countries have adventured together on this great journey of 70 years, and that we stand poised to make another leap forward. the journey i had will be -- journey ahead will be shaped by our two countries as staunch partners in the service of community. countlesshed guests, opportunities and challenges will await us along our quest. as our wealth grows with economic interdependence, and as the frontiers of space and technology are gradually pioneered, mankind in this era of hyper connection has joined unprecedented levels of abundance. but we know only too well that risks and challenges abound in our world. as threats both old and new become abundant, problems both regional

of afghanistan and iraq, and the u.s.'s united states unwarranted support for the inhumane actions of the zionist regime against the oppressed nation palestine today the terrorists would not have an excuse for the justification of their crimes. it is urgent for the united states government instead of explaining the truth of the region and throwing about baseless accusations and pursue ing other dangerous policies in defense of its regional allies who only cultivate the seeds of division and extremism, this must be brought to an end and its actions must be made compatible with the realities of region. mr. president, despite many problems in our region today we believe in a promising future. we have no doubt we can overcome obstacles by wisdom and prudence and as well as bit use of new and powerful capacities and by relying upon our civilizational roots and our serious resolve. we in light of divine revelation have faith in humanity's bright future in which people live in peace, tranquility, and spirituality. we believe in the will of nations to pick the path of goodness and purity. we believe that ultimate victory will be won by tho

of breaching the agreement signed in 1993 which were meant to provide a basis for peace. our diplomatic h editor james bays. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nations, the the state of palestine, following a decision by the u.n. general assembly observer states, there are two, palestine and the holy sea, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by tal stun vinnie president mahmoud abbas and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield a day when we inform the -- unfurlal palestinian plaque in its proper place among the family of nations as a soften member state of the united nations. president abbas put all the blame on the israel is and said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he says was caused by israeli incursions and told the james bertha israel has not been abiding by the is oslo accord they will not either. >> translator: we will not be the only one following these, while israel vie let's them. we therefore declare that we cannot be bounds by these agreements and israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupied power. >> reporter: is

the prime minister of israel's major address before the united nations general assembly. a fiery speech, he slammed the iran nuclear deal, telling those nations who had spoken out in favor of it, in his words, check your enthusiasm at the door. >> the response from nearly every one of the governments represented here has been absolutely nothing, utter silence. deafening silence. perhaps you can now understand. >> a dramatic 44-second pause by the prime minister of israel in his address before the united nations general assembly. jim sciutto's our chief national security correspondent who's with us as well. jim, this is a vintage, as has been pointed out, netanyahu speech before the u.n. every year, he comes. he always does something dramatic. the consistent theme over these many years is that iran, under the ayatollah, the supreme leader marks no bones about it, they want to destroy the only jewish state. and he speaks about that. >> right, he has a talent for the dramatic moment. you remember him with the placard showing the iranian progress on the nuclear bomb it also a

and the president of the united states sent some of his top national security advisors to congress to testify under oath in open hearings to explain. and after all of those efforts the president saying he would welcome congress's voice in this debate, having the administration write the legislation, to send it to congress, sending his secretary of state, secretary of defense and the joint chiefs of staff head to testify in front of congress. and what has congress done? nothing. i don't know when congress is going to meet again. i know they often take fridays and mondays off. so maybe on tuesday they can have a meeting and discussion about what should be on their agenda. jim? >> reporter: is this 50 -- fewer than 50 and no more -- >> all right. that is white house press secretary, josh earnest giving us more details about the special operations forces that will be deployed to syria he says it will be less than 50. he says they do not have a combat mission. i want to go live to mike viqueira at the white house. mike? >> reporter: you can expect that josh ernest would be getting sufficie

of terrorism. >>> and choosing a successor to ban kim moon, secretary general united nations. y this is one of the hardest glass ceilings for women to crack. ♪ >> good evening, i'm antonio mora. president obama today made a scathing statement on russia's military involvement in syria, saying russian president putin is trying to prop up the weakening regime and warning russia will get caught in a quagmire. he told reporters the only solution in syria is a political transition, that includes opposition groups. president putin also took some heat from european leaders today. they used a meeting on ukraine to warn him that kremlin air strikes in syria must be aimed at isil. russian defense ministry officials insist that air strikes are not hitting civilian targets and that they did strike 12 isil targets today, but most of the locations, again, were away from isil strongholds in the east. zana holder reports on russia's strategy. >> reporter: the russian defense ministry says it's destroying isil control areas. >> the russian strikes are done after thorough recognizance whether it

of state who was the one who said that the settlements are illegal. but even prior to that, the united states is a member of the united nations by treaty in terms of constitutionarticles 6, states specifically that all laws treaties and international conventions to which the united states is a solemn cig -- signatory are the supreme law of the land. the united nations charter is specifically addresses the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force. you are not getting any clearer than that. resolution 242 and 358, do israeli government has accepted, specifically repeats the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, which the israeli government has accepted, ret -- ret >> thank you. thank you, dr. anthony. thank you. [applause] >> and coming up in just a couple of minutes senate judiciary committee hearing with sentencing and related issues, proposed bill would create two mandatory minimums and a ten-year sentence for what's being called interstate domestic violence that results in death. we have it live for you starting in just a moment on c-span. congress back this week u to work on measure that would prevent a default on the the

no question, saying, the two basic facts were true, and a lot of people who were in that unit, so-called champagne unit of the air nationals put together for the specific purpose of making sure that people who joined that unit wouldn't have to go to vietnam. and so the story is true. but i recognize, a lot of people this far back would say it was a scandal, something wrong with it. the basic truth of the story there was nothing wrong with. "the boston globe" had put it in print as early as 2000, but nobody in television had ever touched the story until about the time we got to it. as you pointed out, nbc did 90 minutes before we were on the air, did a version of the story. >> there was a lot of different threats of that story being pulled. >> i think it's important to also node up to and including this time former president bush has never denied the basic facts of the story, nor has anybody in his family or in a close circle around him. they say well, the documents were forged, that's game, set and match, but up to and including now, they have never denied the story, because the story was true, it was truth. >> that chara

president. >> you have been listening to live continuing coverage of the united nations general assemblyere in new york city. that was syria's deputy prime minister speaking. he is the voice many have been waiting to here, especially since the topic of the syrian war has been the number one topic of discussion at the u.n. that war in its fourth year now. and taking an unexpected twist with russia entering the conflict this week by launching air strikes inside syria. the deputy prime minister saying syria welcomed the russian help, and went on to scold many of the world powers for standing by, basically, and accepting the carnage and horror inflicted by terrorists inside syria, he says. joining us is al jazeera america national security contributor. doug, what did you take away from this? >> reporter: what we had was an argument for the prosecution or argument for the defense. like any good lawyer, he took all of the facts that were convene yenth for his case and tied them into a narrative. they are fighting terrorism. the sanctions that are put on syria, doubtlessly do strike the common

joe and his counterpart in the air, the navy, and the merchant marine of every one of the united nationse dangers of u-boat infested seas. he has surmounted charges in the desperately defended beaches. he has fought his patient way through the ultimate in fortified zones. he has endured cold, hunger, fatigue. his companion has been danger, and death has dogged his foot steps. he and his platoon commanders have given us an example of loyalty, devotion to duty, and indomitable courage that will live in our hearts as long as we admire those qualities in men. >> and now the long and happy road home. for dwight eisenhower that road was paved with the cheers of the people of the allied countries. in his own homeland the hero's welcome awaited him. america's greeting for a favorite son. here the story of dwight d. eisenhower might well have ended on this note of triumphant acclaim for a job so splendidly done. but america had other tasks waiting for its favorite soldier. eisenhower succeeded general marshall as the army's first post war chief of staff. he expressed the belief that one of greate

head of the general assembly president of the general assembly, was one of the key figures of the united nations and worked with ban ki-moon nearly every day of the year. they were in touch in some way or other. >> so james, fill us in more. why is ash so important. >> because the u. n. general assembly is the body that represents all of the member states of of the the united states. 193 different countries. it is a ceremonial job but a very important one. every september when the news session of the general assembly starts you have world leaders. you saw it last week here in new york. and the person who is the president is the president who presides over that meeting. jon ash was the one introducing all those world leaders including president obama. so he had a very very important role. he was back here last week. i saw him during one of the meetings here last week. then he was a dig that story now he is behind bars. james as always, thank you very much. the death toll is death from those rains over the last few days. the major concern at this hour, is dams across the state. more than a dozen h

deeply troubled to learn of the allegations of john ash, which goes to the heart integrity of the united nations>> when he finished his term of the assembly, john ash told me that the u.n. needed major change. >> any organization, including this one, if it's to survive, it has to reform. >> some say that his arrest and the allegations against him make that reform more urgent than ever. no one was given advanced warning of the arrests. ash had previously served as ambassador from his country and here at the united nations, and he was highly respected. in fact h. he was elected as the president of the u.n. general assembly, the u.n. ambassador, susan rice said that we couldn't be in better hands, and it was those hands, it's alleged that took bribes. but the criminal investigation is not closed. the united states attorney's office warning that there could be further arrests. james bays, aljazeera, united nations. >> richard strom was a former executive convicted of international bribery, and he went with the government to expose other crimes, and now he's an anti-bribery consultant. you went to pr

of syria. he says and makes clear that the sir ian government attended previous peace talks, those talks in moscow that were not brokered by the united nationsand not seen by most of the international community as proper talks and the talks last year that were lead by the then mediator of the united nations, but those talks broke up in geneva, because the syrian government was not prepared to go to the phase of talking about political transition. the opposition wanted to talk about it. the syrian government wouldn't talk about it, and that's why the geneva talks last year failed. >> james, does that mean that we're further than ever away from a diplomatic solution, just some of the things he said that the only way to work things out was with syrian talks, he also said we can't take part in diplomacy while we fight terror? >> reporter: i think we are further away, not because of the position of the syria government. i think this was a most predictable speech by the syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister. i think we're further away for a different reason, it happened maybe as a coincidence or maybe not, while we have been here in ne

turning 70, the relevance of the united nations world body today. today. >>> over 200 landmarks in 60 countries are being lit up in blue. it's to mark the anniversary of the united nations. christine gallan, communications manager - thank you for joining us. how is the u.n. going to celebrate the anniversary. >> we are celebrating with a tremendous train of blueing around the world, that has started already almost 24 hours ago in the pacific, in australia, new zealand and now new york, where you mentioned - empire state, and through to san francisco. it's just a symbol. what it means is the solidarity, support for an indispensable organization. >> what is the biggest challenge for the u.n. going forward? >> i would say two challenges. the conflicts in the world, the planet is complicated. and it has to face a tremendous amount of challenges such as change and development. and also it needs the support of all the member states. they are key challenges. how to get the support, to get the energy to work at the same time, and how to ensure that things ar