this was the last briefing buyout going humanitarian chief valerie amos. she used it to criticize the divisions within the council itself. >> the failure to stop the violence has undermined the credibility of this council and eroded confidence in the international community to take its responsibility seriously. >> reporter: she called for an arms embargo targeted sanks and a referral of the situation in syria to the international criminal court. invited to the meeting the u.n. refugees agency's special envoy the actress angelina jolie. >> i wish that some of the syrians i have met could be here today. >> reporter: officials hoped presence would force the vice us back in to the international limelight. she and all of the other briefers stress that ultimately the only solution in syria can be a political one. the man charged with finding that stefan seemed unhappy with an al jazerra report quoting a former senior political adviser as saying he's completely out of his depth. after briefing ambassadors he announced he was giving up on his ceasefire or freeze p

all of them. >> so a series of new proposals on syria but humanitarian coordinator valerie amos' ideas would most surely be vetoed if they were to be put to security council. stefan de mastura admits he has nearly an impossible task. >>> miernlg bastion of the syrian regime. abdullah al-shami reports. >> using it as an attack position against ols fighters. >> translator: this area was one of the first to revolt against the regime and was badly damaged. now it is time to launch ocounterattack. >> reporter: captured three main government checkpoints around the city to cut the last government supply road. >> translator: our main objective is to destroy checkpoints. if we succeed in that we will cut all supply roads from opposition forces. >> reporter: launched with the aim of controlling the following the idlib city march 28th. recent gains but cities have been won and lost multiple times in these endless conflicts. abdullah al-shami, al jazeera. >> omar accado acknowledge captured when he was 15 years old. sentenced to eight years old when pled guilty to killing an american soldier. tran

all of them. >> reporter: so a series of new proposals on syria but humanitarian coordinator valerie amos's ideas will most certainly be vetoed by russia if they were put to the security council. and de mastura admits he has a nearly impossible task. james bays, al jazeera, new york. >>> last major bastion of the regime, abdullah al-shami reports. >> this vast area of the village to the north and south once a peaceful country side it is now become a battlefield. government forces have been using it as an attack position against opposition fighters. >> translator: this area was one of the first to revolt against the regime and badly bombed and targeted. now it's time to counter-attack. >> reporter: opposition fighters launched the attacks by firing artillery. they captured three main government checkpoints around the city, aimed by cutting the last government supply road. >> our main objective is to destroy check poots near the city. if we succeed in that we will curt all supply lines. >> in idlib a coalition group was launched. this latest push follows capture of idlib city on march 28th. b

this was the last briefing buy out going humanitarian chief valerie amos. she used it to criticize the divisions. >> the failure to stop the violence has undermined the credibility of this council and eroded confidence in the international community to take its responsibility seriously. >> she covered for an arms embargo, targeted sanctions and a referral of the situation in syria to the international criminal court. invited to the meeting, the u.n. refugee agency angelina jolie. >> i wish some could be here today. >> officials hoped her presence would force it into the limelight. she and all of the other briefers stressed ultimately the only solution in syria could be a political one. the man charged with finding that 150e78d unhappy with an al jazeera report quoting a former senior political advisor saying he is completely out of his depth. he announced he was giving up on his cease-fire or freeze plan and now he has a completely new proposal. >> this is not a compromise. this is not a general eve is a treaty. this is one to one between myself and my team

valerie amos is relief coordinator for united nations. relief is on the way but she says it can take days. >> whenever you see disaster on this scale, there are people that we are not able to reach as quickly as we should. the local communities will try to help each either. there are places where we will not be able to get aid perhaps before the end of the week and people will be in a very difficult situation and the first people that they will criticize will be their own government. we are working to ensure that we support the quoft as much as we government as much as we can that we identify where those needs are that we try to get to those outlying areas. but it will take time. it will take time. >> amos says in addition to human tairntshumanitarian relief, united nations is committed to helping those in inpal. inpal. encouraging this, and, she, i nepal. saw, up close, with her, and she left the funeral, she was surrounded by 3, 4, 5 bodyguards and looked frightened, as local >> welcome back, i'm john siegenthaler. we're following break

this was the last briefing by outgoing humanitarian chief valerie amos and she used it to describe the continues itself. >> the failure to stop the violence has undermined the credibility of this council and eroded the ability to take responsibility. >> she spoke of arms embargo and targeted sanctions. invited to the meeting the u.n. refugee agent certainly envoy the actress angelina jolie. >> i wish some of the syrians i have met could be here today. >> she hoped that her presence would bring the crisis back in the international limelight. she and others stress the only resolution is a diplomatic one. >> after briefing ambassadors, they have a new proposal. >> this is not a council this is a series of consultations one to one between myself, my team, and one each delegation from each country but also each delegation from the syrian environment, all of them. >> so a series of new proposals on syria but humanitarian coordinator salary amos' ideas would almost certainly be vetoed by russia if they were put to the security council. as for the new plan from special envoy, even he admits th

s humanitarian chief valerie amos told the security council she would endorse a sanctions and arms embargohough she's been beleaguered and she's leaving her post. richard roth, cnn, united nations. >>> former u.s. olympian and reality star bruce jenner says for all intents and purposes, he is a woman in an abc news news exclusive interview with diane sawyer. jenner said he has always been confused by his gender identity but that his brain is much more female than he is a male. it's a subject that never came up on his rid reality show "keeping up with the kardashians." >> are you sorry you did that show? all this time, you had something -- >> i had the story. we'd done 425 episodes, i think over almost eight years now. and the entire run, i kept thinking to myself, oh, my god, this whole thing, the one real true story and the family was the one i was hiding. and nobody knew about it. the one thing that could really make a difference in people's lives was right here in my soul. and i could not tell that story. >> jenner is expected to share his new life as a transgender woman, i should say i

humanitarian coordinator valerie aix amos. >> the government continues to kill maim rape and take syria to new lows that seemed unimaginable years ago. people become numb, to numbers that should shock us into action. >> sitting next to ms. amos, including the special envoy of u.n. hcr who maps to be actress angelina jolie. >> torture starvation, the targeting of schools and hospitals. but these crimes are happening every day in juniors. the security council has powers to address these threats to international peace and security. but those powers lie unused. >> she was there i think because the u.n. know that the media are not covering every twist and turn of the juniors crisis in thesyria crisis isdoing in the way the al jazeera is doing. >> james bays. >> 500 people have been killed since the conflict began 140 child soldiers have been recruited. resources there are now stretched to the limit. >> there is a semblance of law and order here. despite no clear governance in yemen, a bomb disposal unit has come to work. not far from here is a military base that was hit in in an air strike t

thank you to reverend amos brown and naacp and the aclu from california and just cause and a number of other speakers. valerie from the mission police collaborative and many others. i just wanted to start briefly by saying that these text messages demonstrate to me that racism and home phobia and other issues are a significant problem and maybe a culture within the police department and our justice system and i feel that we cannot let this poison the justice system. i think it's important that the law enforcement agencies and others here today up hold civil rights for officers for justice and it must be under a system free of bias. free of bias that is also conscious bias and unconscious biaslet public defender will point out but to me what is more worry some we don't have a clear picture of how the clear biases from police officers play out on the streets or in the courts. at this hearing we will discuss how the police departments and agencies and community groups have historically come up with strategies to address these biases within the institutions and the culture of policing and law enforcement. i think