. >> the assad regime's use of weapons of mass destruction violates the universal norm at the heart oflobal order and demands a strong response. >> syria surrendering chemical weapons would avert a strike. the syrian president warns of repercussions if the u.s. decides to launch military strikes. assad also denies his government wa behind last week's chemical weapons attack. russia proposes that syria hands over control of its chemical weapons and the foreign minister says they'll do it. and those are the headlines this hour. more news next hour. "inside story" is next on al jazeera. ♪ ♪ >>> two years on the nuclear crisis at the fukushima reactor in japan is far from over. we'll examine the latest effort to continue the radiation. from washington, this is "inside story." ♪ >> hello, i libby casey. the 2020 summer games have been awarded to tokyo. a surprising choice because japan is still recovering from one of the worst nuclear disasters the world has ever known. efforts have redoubled in recent days, and the japanese government has committed to making it all safe. this weekend came

. >> that violates a universal norm at the heart of our global order and it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. this debate is good for our democracy. >> and while bush didn't directly address syria, the former florida governor did pay tribute to the 12th anniversary of 9/11. >> we were all tested that day, but we never lost our enduring loyalty to the constitution, its protections and its freedoms. america has undergone many chapters, many trials, things the founders could have never imagined, and yet the constitution remains as relevant as ever and brings clarity to the complexity of modern america. >>> talking about races, the race to lead the nation's largest city went to voters on tuesday. surprise, surprise here. new york will not be in the hands of anthony weiner. this morning it is unclear if it will be enough to avoid a runoff. republican joe lhoda won the republican nomination. two politicians looking for redemption did not get that. weiner finished a distant fifth in his race for mayor and eliot spitzer lost his bid for city

inhuman use of weapons of mass destruction against innocent men, women and children violates a universal norm at the heart of our global order. and, therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. >> if there are no consequences, assad gets the message he is free to use these going forward. >> the evidence is powerful. and the question for all of us is what are we going to do about it? turn our backs? have a moment of silence? where a dictator can with impunity threaten the rest of the world he's going to retaliate? >> what do you make of these comments? you even saw hillary clinton. >> everyone was out today. susan rice, hillary clinton, john kerry. susan rice said there is no negotiating with these people. hillary clinton, on the other hand, said maybe we should sit down and negotiate this. i'd like to find out where the american people are now. in the last poll, 48% of the american people against attacking syria. guess what, we went from 48% against to 63% opposing attacking syria right now. so it's gone up 15%. 70% of republicans oppose.

regimes inhuman use of weapons of mass destruction against men women and children violates a universal normthe heart of our global order and therefore it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. achieving a political solution that ends the conflict is in the interest of the united states. the president and i discussed these challenges today. i continue to support his efforts and i hope that congress will as well. >> joining me now the washington post, a helpful voice to be held for the president. >> she raised the idea that it could be the president's threat of military intervention that is leading the side talks around russia and syria and having international oversight around chemical weapons. i do think that the white house in some ways in selling these efforts is suffering from message muddle. i think you have had a lot of different explanations for why this is a good idea, whether it's moral, whether it's america's place in the war or national security. whether it's a proxy war. you had dennis making that argument on the sunday shows. in some

think the first thing we must address is the chemical weapons, which was the whole idea of the universal normen violated by syria. >> okay. but when you see reports in the wall street journal about elite syrian units moving around their chemical weapons stockpiles, how concerned are you that whatever is presented by the assad government will be truthfully representing what they have in total? >> well, i think that's the whole issue behind secretary kerry's meeting as well as the foreign minister from russia and the agreement that was reached that in a week there will be an inventory and agreement as to the size of the weapons and we also know that u.n. forces are supposed to be on the ground. or inspectors on the ground no later than november and all the weapons turned over and potentially destroyed by mid-2014. we can only assume that the intelligence that our secretary has is in line with what this agreement was struck. so at some point we've all called for a negotiated resolution. in calling for that negotiated resolution we have also got to admit that the negotiated resolution reflects th

that violates the universal norm at the heart of our global order and it demands a strong response fromthe international community led by the united states. this debate is good for our democracy. as our founders knew, fervent arguments are the lifeblood of self-government. how could a republic last if citizens have no opinions about the issues of the day? or were too intimidated to express them? for example, the delegate that because additional convention debated passionately about how to balance the need to provide for a common defense with their fears of excessive executive power. thrownere men who had off a king's cure any and were and of standing -- tyranny were wary of standing national armies. yet they had also seen how the articles of confederation had failed to unit of -- provide a unified foreign policy, putting their aspirations for unity and sovereignty at risk. as benjamin franklin famously said at the signing of the declaration of independence , "we must indeed all hang together or most assuredly we must all hang separately." in the federalist papers, james madison argued t

inhuman use of weapons of mass destruction against innocent men, women and children violates a universal normheart of our global order. and therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community, led by the united states. second, the international community cannot ignore the ongoing threat from the assad regime's stock piles of chemical weapons. whether they are used again against syrian civilians or transferred to hezbollah or stolen by other terrorists. this is about protecting both the syrian people and our friends in the region. the world will have to deal with this threat as swiftly and comprehensively as possible. now, if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control, as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians. that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay or obstruction. and russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account. it is very important to note that this discussion that has taken hold today about potential international control over syria's stockpil

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regimes inhuman use of mass destruction against innocent men, women and children, violates a universal norm our global order. and therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community, led by the united states. >> now, again, dana, there is a generalized explanation of the abhorrent assad regime but no explanation about why air strikes are the solution. and we just heard general mccaffrey say the military measures being proposed, he thinks they're unlikely to achieve the desired political purpose. >> right. i think if you take a step back, you can say that no matter what case the administration was making, things are just so dysfunctional in this congress, they may have overestimated the congress's ability to do anything important, even something such as a war. but we're in this situation that we're in now, and i think they have done a better case of laying out what actually happened there with the chemical weapons. i don't think among the detracto detractors, people opposed to an attack, you're hearing them say they don't believe the evidence. they do believe that. what

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first, as the president has said, the assad regime's inhuman use of mass destruction violates a universal normt the heart of our global order. and therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. second, the international community cannot ignore the ongoing threat from the assad regime's stockpiles of chemical weapons. whether they are used again against syrian civilians or transferred to hezbollah or stolen by other terrorists. this is about protecting both the syrian people and our friends in the region. the world will have to deal with this threat as swiftly and comprehensively as possible. now, if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control, as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians, that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay or obstruction. and russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account. it is very important to note that this discussion that has taken hold today about potential international control over syria's stoc

inhuman use of weapons of mass destruction against innocent men, women, and children violates a universal norm heart of our global order. and, therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. second, the international community cannot ignore the ongoing threat from the assad regime's stockpiles of chemical weapons. whether they are used again against syrian civilians or transferred to hezbollah or stolen by other terrorists, this is about protecting both the syrian people and our friends in the region. the world will have to deal with this threat as swiftly and comprehensively as possible. now, if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians, that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay for obstruction. and russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account. it is very important to note that this discussion that has taken hold today about potential international control over syria's stockpil

inhuman use of weapons of mass destruction against innocent men, women, and children, violates a universal normthe heart of our global order. and therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. second, the international community cannot ignore the ongoing threat from the assad regime's stockpiles of chemical weapons. whether they are used again against syrian civilians or transferred to hezbollah or stolen by other terrorists, this is about protecting both the syrian people and our friends in the region. the world will have to deal with this threat as swiftly and comprehensively as possible. now, if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control, as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians, that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay or obstruction. and russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account. it is very important to note that this discussion that has taken hold today about potential international control over syria's stockp

. >> that violates a universal norm at the heart of our global order.strong response from the international community led by the united states. this debate is good for our democracy. >> reporter: the former and possibly future presidential candidate was awarded the 2013 liberty medal at an event hosted by elizabeth vargas. her remarks focused on the dangers of partisan gridlock. >> when we let partisanship override citizenship, when we fail to make progress on the challenges facing our people here at home, our standing in the world suffers. >> reporter: the event featured a performance from singer aimee mann. ♪ and another possible presidential candidate jeb bush, the chairman of the national constitution center also spoke. >> hillary and i come from different political party and disagree about a few things but we agree on the wisdom of the american people, especially those in iowa, new hampshire and south carolina. >> reporter: hillary clinton met with president obama this week and held a fund-raiser at their washington residence. >> interesting how je

inhuman use in weapons of mass destruction against innocent women, men and children violates a universal normur global order. and therefore it demands a strong response from the international community led by the united states. >> reporter: clinton, a potential 2016 presidential contender, is expected to discuss the issue tonight in philadelphia. she will be given the liberty medal. this year by another possible presidential contender, jeb bush. in washington, shoshana walsh, abc news. >> the crisis in syria is the subject of the presidential address to the nation. abc news will carry it on air and on-line as well. sudden >>> back to the news at home. an incident that led to george zimmerman being detained at a house with his estranged wife. >> reporter: police called to george zimmerman's home after his wife made this terrified sounding 911 call. >> i don't know what he is capable of. i'm really, really scared. >> reporter: police called to zimmerman's home after this terrifying 911 call. >> i don't know what he's capable of. i'm really scared. >> reporter: you can hear shellie zimmerman des

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that violates a universal norm at the heart of our global order and it demands a strong response from the international community led by the u.s. is good for our democracy. knew, founders do, -- fervent arguments are the life blood of self-government. how could a republic last if citizens had no opinions about the issues of the day? or if they were too intimidated to express them? for example, the delegates at the constitutional convention debated passionately about how to balance the need to provide for a common defense with their fears of excessive executive power. these were men who had thrown off taking's tyranny and were wary of standing national armies. seen how the articles of confederation failed to provide a unified foreign policy, putting their aspirations for unity and sovereignty at risk. as benjamin franklin famously said at the signing of the declaration of independence, we must indeed all hang together or most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. in the federalist papers, james madison argued that america united with a handful of troops exhibits a more forbidding po

that violates a use -- a universal norm, and demands a strong response from the international community, led by the united states. this debate is good for our democracy. ferventounders knew, arguments are the lifeblood of self-government. how could a republic last if citizens had no opinions about the issues of the day? or were too intimidated to express them? at example, the delegates the constitutional convention debated -- of hillaryents clinton earlier tonight in philadelphia at the national constitution center. from about an hour and 45 minutes ago, the president as he addressed the nation on syria. his remarks lasted 15 minutes. >> my fellow americans, tonight i want to talk to you about syria, why it matters and where we go from here. over the past two years, what began as a series of useful protests against the repressive regime of bashar al-assad has turned into a brutal civil war. over 100,000 people have been killed. millions have fled the country. america has worked with allies to provide humanitarian support, to help the moderate opposition and to shape the political settle

norm. host: jeremy mayer from the george mason university talking about the powers of military.ing your calls as well until 8:30. up next, democrats line hi. caller: you have four questions. i really believe no matter what president obama had done, we would have found him somewhat wrong. think -- why haven't we thought of to be a strategy that he's using to gather time to get more data, to decide what he want to do. also to have a strategy to have an in and out plan if we were to go to war and have a time frame. why haven't we thought of those factors? guest: well, this may well be one of the advantages that the obama see he has chosen. that he does get time. it's going to be september 9th before congress does come back. he's gained more time to rally international support. i think the president had a good point that whether this is a week or month, if the united states act, there will be severe consequences for the use of chemical weapons. he maybe playing the fox. he maybe gaining time through this strategy. if he ends up on television after losing a vote in the house of repre

indisputable norm of conduct which in the same way that complex of exclusiveness and supremacy of one's own customs in the area of human rights should be abandoned and instead the universal criterion shrine in the universe of declaration of human rights should be used as a guideline if moreover it is important to respect the traditional values that are common for all religions before it is obvious that a genuine partnership is hardly achievable but are relying on the foundations of economic cooperation the prevailing majority of states are interacting within the w c o and in this sense they are operating already in the common economic space this creates prerequisites for working towards a harmonization of integration processes in various regions of the world because instead of trying to artificially pit them against each other by creating a new division lines of russia proceeds exactly from this understanding this joint work with its partners towards establishment of the eurasian economic union i think russia touches great importance to achieving the millennium development goals and drafting on their basis the global development agenda for the post twenty fifteen period.

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norm. host: jeremy mayer from the george mason university talking about the powers of military.ing your calls as well until 8:30. up next, democrats line hi. caller: you have four questions. i really believe no matter what president obama had done, we would have found him somewhat wrong. i think -- why haven't we thought of to be a strategy that he's using to gather time to get more data, to decide what he want to do. also to have a strategy to have an in and out plan if we were to go to war and have a time frame. why haven't we thought of those factors? guest: well, this may well be one of the advantages that the obama see he has chosen. that he does get time. it's going to be september 9th before congress does come back. he's gained more time to rally international support. i think the president had a good point that whether this is a week or month, if the united states act, there will be severe consequences for the use chemical weapons. he maybe playing the fox. he maybe gaining time through this strategy. if he ends up on television after losing a vote in the house of repres

norms against used sarin gas. >> you have a sense of the republican universe.ear benghazi, irs, somebody invoked fast and furious at this, too. when i hear that invoked, i'm hearing republicans who are just against this because it's obama. but i know there is also a strain of -- there is this sort of genuine strain of noninterventionist libertarianism. what's your sense of the republican party and how this balances snout. >> i think it's real. in 2000, ron paul loves to point this out, george bush was running for president, we had just gotten through a presidency that did humanitarian interventions, he was asked in the second debate with al gore whether he would interview in somalia. he said, no, because that turned into a nation building exercise and he won the election. after 9/11 you don't see the force of the republican party, apart from neoconservatives, behind humanitarian intervention. you don't. the benghazi answer, i think that's been limited compared to what you heard in the '90s. that was the -- the going theory for every intervention in '90s he was

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