security council resolutions you can call those western conspiracies but i think that in the main we see lots of military dimensions to iran's nominally supposedly peaceful civilian nuclear program so i think the west is given several options here one is dialogue and one is sanctions and of course there are other options that can be entertaining it was certainly not good news this week that iran had decided to install is revealed by the i.a.e.a. more advanced centrifuges that could be used of course to make more highly enriched uranium upwards above twenty percent more like ninety percent if they decided to so i think iran needs to take a pause we need to take a look at the dialogue that came out of the and figure out whether there's not a way to calibrate back from the brink and i don't think by the way that the sanctions that have been imposed have been unduly harsh i think they are an appropriate remedy for where we are right now tim how would you like to reply to that lot said. the sanctions have led to the deaths of people and let me jump in just so you know that i'm so i'm sure

if you look at it objectively the iranian nuclear program from the very beginning was supported by western powers billions of dollars were invested after the revolution the iranians felt that they cannot throw that investment out the window and to this date there's been no evidence whatsoever that iran's nuclear program has been anything but peaceful so iran is working within the framework of international law the n.p.t. and the united states and its allies are violating fundamental human rights of the iranian people by trying to wreck the iranian economy and by trying to make ordinary iranians suffer ok tom would you like to reply to that in washington. sure thank you peter i think mohamed i disagree with a number of the things you said first of all it's quite clear from the director general amano and the rest of the international atomic energy agency board of governors reports that iran remains a noncompliance with the binding mandates that it imposed on it through un security council resolutions you can call those western conspiracies but i think that in the main we see lots of military

are western children it's a clearly a very very traumatic it's a very traumatic time for you what do you say to other parents who could well experience the same thing what do you say offer in terms of advice that this could happen to their children. no now is the same is the same is the same is the same of pollution they day day is a late all this western western children from from from their parents from their own family all this radical muslims that are on their own want to give the chance to two parents and family to see their own children so it's action time five to twelve that the international community need to stand up and react because this is like kidnapping you know do you believe you may not do you just finally believe you may never see your son again. the chance is very small i am very realistic and not only me but this is much as follow the parents and that's why the international community in the directs because it's five to twelve doing nothing doing nothing the rest is doing nothing to bring our children back they get a chance even sabbat this radical fighters to figh

envoy to the country as western powers ready for strike. washington says it has enough evidence against us and waves away comparisons with iraq you look at how the us paved the way for previous military campaigns. secretary in violence claims dozens more lives in iraq in a series of bomb attacks in baghdad are the going price of the u.s. led liberation from saddam hussein. and multiculturalism fails a stress test in the u.k. with an anti muslim lobby blocking the expansion of islam calling it violent and incompatible with today's britain. is seven pm in moscow you're watching our team with. the u.n. arab league envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi says there is evidence suggesting that some kind of chemical substance was used in an attack near damascus a week ago but sad there is no proof that the government is responsible but such an assault in itself could be enough for the u.s. and its allies to launch a military offensive against a war torn country the spy warnings from russia and the u.n. r.t. shaun thomas reports. boxcar brahimi who is the

envoy to the country as western powers ready for a strike. washington says it has enough evidence against us that ana waves away comparisons with iraq we will get how the u.s. has paved the way for previous military campaigns. tarion violence claims dozens more lives in iraq in a series of bomb attacks in the capital baghdad r t looks at the ongoing price of the us led liberation from saddam hussein. and multiculturalism fails a stress test in the u.k. with an anti muslim lobby blocking the expansion of violence and incompatible with today's britain.

by the way that this is making about what this strategy is of our western partners the richest it's a look at tentatively a couple of years ago one of the most popular goals that we were address to us and some of them to china as well and i see these work calls on the russians to stake the correct side in history it is a policeman and just remember for the last six months or maybe twelve months i don't have it in my memory that mr there weren't any calls about the right side in history lessons were repeated i don't remember back tomorrow because of the process but few people understand what would be the end of the process is called the arab spring and if someone thought of this process as manageable chaos then only the last word remains now of this. word group chaos i'm not. i do not support the through juvenile theory with people of usually. conspiracy because beer is a theory but i believe that those actions that someone supports is now in the forms which the international community has to ensure a dialogue and national reconciliation within the countries but instead we see that man

it is much cheaper than western medicine. >> we don't think too much about that. we know it's cheaper than western medicine and people realize the potential of traditional chinese medicine. i think that is why people, they don't think about science and they think about their pain and about their illness and they come. they get results. so the come back again. and that is why it is so popular now. >> cuba also produces traditional herbal medicines and homeopathic remedies can some of it is based on chinese formulas. but the country has a long history of its own when it comes to using local plants for medicinal purposes. it is a tradition that can be traced back to the african slaves. this batch is an oregano syrup taken for cough and sierra. preventative medicine is another key aspect of the cuban health system. the mainstream western producer drugs and the such as vaccinations against polio and other preventable diseases. for the elderly, when cuban doctors prescribe exercise, especially tai chi. >> we like to promote this practice of tai chi in our population bec

western powers say their trip may be too little too late. peace talks canceled as three people are killed during west bank clashes. the state department and the usa the talks will continue. in china, the trial of bo wraps up. we start with the un's secretary-general, confident and local experts can get the evidence on the alleged despite the time. they have reportedly met wounded people. their convoy was forced to turn back at the point of sniper fire. western powers saint damascus's decision to allow the team access may be too little too late. the military response is one of the options in discussion. an attack last week killed hundreds. damascus has dismissed the accusation with russia warning the west against intervention. >> u.n. inspectors at a field hospital in the suburbs of damascus. this amateur video was posted online highest. activist activist. it seems to joe -- by a syria n activist. during the trial he said it was a shame of having made mistakes in the investigation admitted to some responsibility for embezzlement to state fund

. >>> firefighters in the western u.s. state of california are still struggling. they're trying to contain a wildfire that began near yosemite national park. state authorities are mobilizing more firefighters and are calling on residents and tourists to remain cautious. the fire consumed more than 54,000 hectares of forest land, more than a week after it broke out. two firefighters were injured battling the blaze. officials say the fire is spreading rapidly because the air is dry and the trees are close together. many residents were forced to evacuate as about 4,500 houses and buildings are possibly in the fire's path. more than 2,800 firefighters are now working to quell the flames. they're getting help from airplanes and helicopters dropping flame retardant from the air. >>> police in india have af rested all five men suspected of committing the gang rape of a female photojournalist in the western city of mumbai. the police made the arrest in mumbai and new delhi. the five men are suspected of assaulting a 22-year-old woman and beating her male cockt in an aband

from the fog of war to the drums of war washington and its western and regional allies are again agitating for a senseless conflict in the middle east this time against syria again it's all about weapons of mass destruction an echo of the catastrophe called iraq western military intervention in syria only make things worse. to cross-talk the war in syria i'm joined by in damascus he is a syrian academic with the syrian foreign press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of foreign policy at the friends committee on national legislation and a professor at george mason university and in new york we crossed ed he is a associate editor at reason twenty four seventh's having cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want michael in watching if i go to you first. secretary kerry is absolutely convinced the assad regime has used chemical weapons against its people he doesn't give any proof but he's absolutely convinced and now we have the drumbeat to war i think i saw this movie and it has a very bad ending you know what i mean yes certainly we did the s

western leaders have accused the syrian government of using chemical weapons. the uk, the us, france and other countries are talking about military action away from the un security council, but russia has warned against any military intervening in syria. saying such steps could have catastrophic consequences. but now western countries are closer than ever in getting involved militarily in syria's two and a half year long war. the syrian government says it has two options either to surrender or fight to the end. >>> zana is joining us from beirut. following the attack on the un convoy, their visit will be postponed until wednesday to improve the preparedness and safety of the team. >> yes, we did hear the foreign minister say the work of the inspectors will resume tomorrow, and he did blame rebel groups for not providing any assurances. rubble groups denied this of course. we heard the prime minister say that we deny our troops used chemical weapons. he said they are using this as a pretext really to launch an attack against syria. they seemed resigned to the fa

most of the activity has been into virginia, western maryland and western pennsylvania as well. some of the stores -- storms quite hefty. a lot of heavy rain at moving through pittsburgh. the main focus for the storms this evening will be from hagerstown west. right now a severe thunderstorm watch across western , and a few warnings popping up, this area shaded in yellow. i would watch out whether or not garrett county could eventually be included into the stronger thunderstorm activity. for tonight, expecting the thunderstorms to remain scattered. mostly cloudy skies through the rest of the night. a couple of isolated showers possible after 10:00. a humid weather pattern. will remain sticky tomorrow as well. mid-'80s with a lot of cloud coverage. as far as tomorrow goes, most of the storms will be in the afternoon and some could bring heavy downpours. we will be stuck in his pattern at least through friday. a cold front could hopefully change all of this. it this moves all the way down into maryland, we may have pretty nice weather on the backside of the storm system. until tha

well we have a problem don't we well we have so she of paths from western european country is joiningthe psychopaths the religious bigoted psychopaths who are already there i mean they come from priests head off the other day a catholic priest with a kitchen knife to chanting support of women and children were actually looking at some of these people you know from the stone age you can't expect them to adopt paula meant to democracy what they had before was a not a very pleasant regime it was corrupt and it was autocratic but it was secular and all the people now better off now than they will before none of the no this is the trouble that we go on doing these things who who did benefit from our interference in these matters the answer is it's not the people we should have persuaded the current regime assad regime to liberalize perhaps when it came to their attitude to the democracy so on and several but where we are in the situation now it's called nothing but death and mayhem and worse western television western radio covers it up i haven't seen any reports on the beheading of these

arms sold the western arm delivery gould's on maybe already since two and a half years or maybe even before the weapons are already delivered they are delivered every day and what is taking place now sounds for me a little bit like a legal justification for this taking place so i don't believe that this will bring a strong change on the battlefield it just will bring a change maybe in the official discussion insight that you. more news coming away with me and the team in just over half an hour from now and meantime next and his view on today's global economy that's after the break. remember we talked about clothing for regular folks like you and me that can make you invisible to drones well freedom fashions as i like to call them are continuing to expand although the fact that our drones infrared eyes are very scary the more common street cameras are way more likely to want to average day violate your privacy and thus they invented the justice cap this hat blocks your face with the lights from face recognition software all the camera will see is an anonymous glowing ghost i personall

envoy to the country as western powers readying for a strike. washington says it has enough evidence against assad and waves away comparisons with. the us paved the way from previous military. also sectarian violence claims dozens more lives in iraq in a series of bomb attacks in baghdad a look at the ongoing price of u.s. led liberation from saddam hussein. multiculturalism fails a stress test in the united kingdom with. blocking the expansion of it calling it incompatible with.

the military is certainly getting ready for a possible western attack. >> the white house has said the intelligence documents they have proved there was a chemical attack tom a and they came from assad's -- from assad's regime,t they weren't a slam dunk. what does that mean? >> that is a throwback to do thousand two, when intelligence supposedly conclusively proved iraq had weapons of mass destruction under saddam hussein. as we know, that was later proven to be false. that expression came about referring to false and incorrect intelligence information. from the british prime minister david cameron, he is saying there is not a 100% conclusive intelligence that assad did use chemical weapons. this expression really does refer to the supposes conclusive proof that assad had chemical weapons. a number of questions still have to be answered. not only whether or not assad carried out the chemical attack, but also who owns the chemical weapons at the moment inside syria. >> you are joining us from lebanon, a country that has been caught up in the growing syrian crisis. what are you hearing f

president hassan rouhani is widely seen as a moderate politician particularly significant detail where western leaders are concerned after years of strain diplomatic tensions now in what is seen as an attempt to easing that isolation the government had sent out invitations to e.u. countries including britain with tend to be a swearing in ceremony. excluding the west and israel now the position was that only tehran a base of diplomats would attend but the u.k. cannot send anyone at all the reasoning given by the british foreign office is that we does not have an embassy in tehran but this has been criticized by members of the opposition labor party here particularly the shadow foreign minister douglas alexander had called this judgment as well as a missed opportunity adding about diplomacy involves meeting with people with whom you disagree now in light of the steps upward that to run appears to be taking it moving this invitation to european leaders as well as appointing a foreign minister with relations with washington a summer reading. really wanting to rebuild those relations with the us an

envoy to the country western powers ready for a strike. washington says it has enough evidence against saddam waves away comparisons with iraq we look at how the u.s. paved the way for previous military campaign. sectarian violence claims dozens more lives in iraq in a series of bomb attacks in baghdad looks going price of the u.s. led liberation from saddam hussein. and. his fails a stress test in the united kingdom with an anti muslim lobby blocking the expansion of islam calling it violent and incompatible with today's britain. very good evening my name is kevin irwin this is our t.v. our top story then the u.n. arab league envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi says there's evidence suggesting that some kind of chemical substance was issued in an attack near damascus a week ago but there's no proof at this point that the assad government is responsible but such an assault in itself could be enough for the u.s. and its allies to launch a military offensive against the war torn country despite the u.n. in syria saying the inspectors need more ti

but western powers are now suggesting an attack is eminent.e analysts even say that the list of targets and final plan are ready. the uk, the us, france, and others say they are convinced the syrian government is to blame, but the un's top diplomat is calling for patience. >> the use of chemical weapons by anyone for any reasons under any circumstances would be an atrocious violation of international law. it is essential to establish the fact. a united nations investigation team is on the ground now to do just that. just days after the attacks, they have collected valuable samples and interviewed victims and witnesses. the team needs time to do its job. >> reporter: but it may be too late with western leaders determined to punish syria for what they say is an atrocious crime. the threat of international intervention has not stopped violence on the ground. there has been more bombardment in the damascus, and there is more news of suffering. the syrian national coalition is accusing the syrian government of using phosphorous bombs. >>> live to b

the iranian people over the past two years the country as phrased its toughest most comprehensive western penalties to date the most painful have been punitive measures by the us and e.u. tarnishing iran's oil exports and its trade and banking sectors which crippled the country's economy in twenty twelve alone iran is thought to have lost at least fifty thousand billion or revenues the resulting economic recession has caused a significant rise in prices for basic food items such as bread milk and meat the country's medical institutions claim this sanctions make it difficult for millions of people with serious health problems to obtain their drugs if the reporters that last year six million iranians suffering from serious diseases such as multiple sclerosis him of fear and counsel could not access the medicine they need despite signals from iran's new leadership washington for a spot has shown no inclination to abandon any sanctions on the contrary just days before ronnie's inauguration u.s. norway has passed a bill toughening them the bill would see iran's oil exports slashed by another o

syria's president rejects western finger pointing over the alleged chemical massacre outside damascus saying flags not assumptions should come first as u.n. weapons inspectors head to the site. bugs planted to seize the e.u. offices and now even the united nations headquarters a nuvi leaked document reveals another front in the n.s.a.'s all out spying effort . platts says libya months two years since the fall of gadhafi we report on how the government is a reversion to the colonel savage method is to crush dissent while the countrysides in chief in economic turmoil. live from moscow this is our cio it's me tom would say it's good to have you company with us the soft and let's take a look at the bulletin by the authority of the united nations appears to be facing a serious challenge from britain and turkey which say they are ready to join a potential military intervention in syria even without u.n. approval u.s. or ships already converging around the war torn state while syria's president says there are absolutely no grounds for action against his country joining me live and now it is

showers in western maryland. we hit 91 in the city. hot summer like weather but there are changes ahead many we see showers and storms near west virginia. that will be the kind of day we have. a partly sunny start to the day but things change. more on that and a look in detail at your most accurate weekend forecast coming up. >>> new information about the man who walked into an atlanta elementary school yesterday armed with an ak47. >> we have more on his background, his medical condition and the woman with nerves of steel who talked him down. >> classes resumed at the school. the man accused of terrorizing them, michael brandon hill, faces terrorist threats and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. hill has a history of mental health issues and a troubled past. his brother said it was only a matter of time before he went off. >> i couldn't tell you what his mind-set was when he went in there. i can tell you he's got a long hex of medical disorders and including bipolar. >> reporter: we're learning more about that hero book kee

the heat is expected to affect the western portions of the u.s. 32 for you in los angeles.ally in europe, an upper cold has caused severe floods. take a look at the situation. storms and rain have concentrated in the east and south of spain. 70 millimeters of rain fell in valencia where water rose to people's ankles. there were strong gusts of 78 kilometers per hour. unfortunately, the situation will remain unsettled across this area. more rain is likely mainly during the midpart of the day. scattered thundershowers also across the black sea region and wet and windy conditions will approach the northern areas of the uk starting friday afternoon. but balmy conditions in terms of temperature across many locations. here's the extended forecast. >>> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks very much for joining us.  >> good afternoon. i'm james harmon, president and ceo ceo of the wilson center. it has occurred to our speaker and me and maybe some of you that today is the second anniversary of zero dark 30. it was on may 2 at 12 :00 a

decade what accounts for this arab nationalism the advent of the arab spring or the logical outcome of western meddling and outside interventions. across the christians in the arab world i'm joined by michael maloof in washington he's a senior reporter for the world net daily and a former analyst for the defense department also in washington we have matthew feeney he's an assistant editor at reason twenty four seven and in london we crossed todd he is the president of arab lawyers association in the u.k. our gentlemen cross-talk rosen if you can jump in anytime you want michael can you just give us a broad stroke history of what's happened to the questions in the middle east over the last century will focus the last ten years later go ahead. well i think the christians generally have been big in decline at one time they were particularly in lebanon for example they were the majority today they are not only a minority they are also very fractured and i think that we see that christians generally are we've seen it also in iraq where they they've had a tremendous exit over over a period of time d

syria's president rejects western finger pointing over an alleged chemical massacre outside damascus saying facts not assumptions should come first as you want weapons inspectors had to the site. bugs planted at embassies and offices and now even the united nations headquarters a newly legal document reveals another front in the n.s.a. is all wild spying effort. plus as media marks two years since the fall of gadhafi we report on how the government is reverting to the colonel savage methods to crush the sand while the country slides into konami turmoil. it is three pm in moscow you are watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program. now the authority of the united nations appears to be facing a serious challenge was countries including britain and turkey saying they're ready to join a military intervention in syria even without u.n. security council approval u.s. warships are already come converging around the war torn state after washington officials accuse the syrian government of unleashing deadly chemicals against its own people last week meanwhile the u.n. the convoy

press or western television channels what we know is different groups vying for supremacy people are desperate to try and put a cover all of what has been created by the libyan disaster in the fall of gadhafi trends have formed take tunisia we all remember mohamed bouazizi the fruit vendor who set himself on fire in december twenty ten his death sparked mass protests followed by the president fleeing in mid january twentieth eleven now again the death of an opposition leader sparked protests in july twenty third teen they haven't let down still this week tens of thousands are on the street demanding the resignation of the government in egypt similar to two thousand and eleven and mass protest mubarak he's out twenty third seen mass protests morsy is also out and violence reigns with the help of the military. the fact that morsi violated human rights does not justify overthrowing him and especially if together with the overthrow we get more violations of human rights road unless you are an investigator on towards your one mendez there he told r g the most worried he is it's about coun

the western great lakes, you actually saw a tornado in minnesota. there was tornado watches issued there into thursday evening. well, that threat's still going to shift off to the great lakes, but this one is what i want to talk about because that's the next big weathermaker, nots just heavy rain and thunderstorms expected on saturday and sunday across the upper midwest, temperatures are going to come down. going to feel more like it should in september. chicago down to 23. toronto at 21. even new york you're going to be seeing a little dip in the temperatures going into midweek. here into europe actually a cooler forecast is in play here. if you're out there towards the northwest, we have a storm system coming in off the atlantic. you can see that cold front stretching through there. it's bringing windy and breezy conditions across much of the uk, also rain showers for you. much of central and eastern europe much fairer weather here. isolated thunderstorms popping up across the mediterranean, but that cold front as that pushes through, well, we are

tend to think about christianity as if it's a western religion and there are some of the arabs who have taken. christianity as a religion they forget that jesus was a not a he was the abraham was born in iraq but the turbulent situation there principly the political situation and most certainly the external factor of the biggest disaster for instance was the two thousand and three invasion of iraq by the us and europe which caused the decline of not just only the christians but you have almost four million iraqis outside the country as far as the christians are concerned almost fifty percent of the iraqi christians have escaped western embassies tend to give exit visas or entry visa to their countries if they are christians they would give them more readily and these are all factors that affect the situation when you look at the christians say in palestine you find the israeli policy of discrimination against the christians is a major cause to the extent that for instance. who is a palestinian archbishop or was that he was sent out or either to go to prison or be banished to the vatican

among western elite russian russia. is the name of the game i think that if russia was an american ally this would be happening it's political i think this guy said there's eighty countries. on gay rights than russia stephen fry isn't talking about that he's praising david cameron for knowing right from wrong they become i went to saudi arabia last year was greeting with the saudi arabian king as in see what i speak of saudi arabia you can be executed if you go on the sexual so i think it shows double standards when it shows this kind of russia. i think among the western elite that they looked at russia they patronize that this idea that russia people are more homophobic they're racist it's nonsense it's not true and i think that this law that russia's past is the same or we have a britain under this is such a government there will be some sort of evolving well could there be some sort of misunderstanding around those protesting against i mean are those who are protesting right now fully aware of the fact and in fact wh

hassan rouhani of iran has said he will press forward with efforts to ward off military action by western nations against syrian president bashar al assad irani was quoted as saying military action will bring great costs for the region it is necessary to apply all efforts to prevent it. now according to state t.v. reports president president rouhani said both iran and russia would work in cooperation to prevent any military action against syria meanwhile the united states and its allies continue to prepare for a potential strike though president obama told p.b.s. yesterday that he did not want a prolonged military intervention the white house if we are saying. in a clear. and decisive but. very limited way we send a shot across the bow saying stop doing this back and have a positive in fact on our national security over the long term and may have a positive impact in the sense that chemical weapons are not used again on innocent civilians now the white house announced that it will brief members of congress later today on plans to move forward with military strikes and will release evidenc

but also the way we do politics china's trust on harmony and common sounds is predicted still sad western individual is an illiterate bowling but will china continue to practice self-restraint once its muscles the only going well to discuss that i'm now joined by being founding dean of the chan kong graduate school of business thank you very much for your time sir now i think the difference between american and chinese approach is best expressed in terms of games theory americans really believe in being either a loser or a winner but i think china's mentality is a bit different i think the one central. chinese way i think about global covenants is the sir confucius notion of diversity is maybe the precondition for harmony so one china was the center of global economy global civilization your time in town and a town dynasty china surely never imposed anything any other country because confucius thinks you live the way you live i leave it where i live. diversity is a precondition for civilization to advance we all can make mistake together then you can think right maybe five hundred years l

and western gay communities demanded russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest against the new law against homosexuality propaganda. some even going as far as comparing him to hitler . we are highlighting the week's top headlines here on our t.v. welcome to the weekly with me life in moscow talk of cold war punishment and a fractured relationship of this week perhaps the worst for us russia ties in years but both washington and moscow have different takes on the situation obama is talking about reassessing relations as the russian side believes it's all being blown out of proportion. it's. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have paid a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we've heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign minister lavrov both held a news conference on the same day at the same time in different venues of

madness to pump arms into a situation which is already out of control and we have i'm afraid the western governments to blame for a lot of this a lot of this problem what they don't seem to understand is when they go into these because when they influence these countries they don't seem to have any and game strategy so all we manage to have done in syria is see the complete destabilization of the rizzi regime we've seen murder we've seen mayhem we've seen revolution now we're seeing refugees pouring across the border because we don't understand how to deal with the problems of the middle east i think the whole policy was driven as these things very often are by the cia i knew could almost see the british prime minister the british foreign secretary read their instructions direct for the washington state to puff there's a whole pot boiling of problems out there and we don't ever seem to understand that now we've got another mess in syria we have a mess in iraq we've got a mess in afghanistan we've got a mess and egypt and we've got a message in libya why don't the western powers learn fro

western leaders have been trying to convince l lmakers a aut syria. they believe syrian forces killed hundreds of civilians in the suburbs of damascus with chemical weapons. british prime minister david cameron went to parliament hoping to get approval from military action, but failed to convince enough lawmakers. members of the coalition government proposed a motion that would have authorized british forces to join a strike. the majority of lawmakers rejected the motion. >> it is clear to me that the british parliament rejecting the views of the british people does not want to see british military action. i get that and the government will act accordingly. >> they appeared to all but rule out british involvement. barack obama hopes members of congress will be more receptive to his plans. they are consulting with lawmakers on whether to attack syria and hope to prove to forces to use chemical weapons. a spokesperson said secretary of state john kerry and other senior officials are explaining the results of the government's analysis. >> the president c

still another participant in that session says it appears plotted at western, not specifically u.s. influence. >> we're taking it seriously, which i think you'd expect us to do. yeah, there's a significant threat stream, and we're reacting. >> the latest threat will likely revive america's memories of the scary second week of last year when islamists rioted at three western embassies, culminating on the fatal attack on the u.s. consulate and annex in benghazi. >> it is possible we may have additional days of closing as well. of course depending on our analysis. individual u.s. embassies and consulates will announce whether or not they are open or implementing restrictions or other measures. >> president obama is at camp david this morning, returning to the white house later today, said to be receiving regular briefings on the al-qaeda threat and our response. chris? >> the terror alert comes as russia has granted nsa leak edward snowden temporary asylum.

support western stability western oil and military interests they're managing the crisis they don't have this isn't completely instigated by the united states these are complex social forces at play and in struggle with each other but certainly the united states and the pentagon see the gyptian military is their ultimate card in the middle east for u.s. interests and among everyone weighing in on the situation yemeni nobel peace prize winner tahlequah carmen said that the egyptian army is overthrow of morsi was a death knell for the arab spring revolution and in terms of a democratic process kind of moving forward in the region do you agree. neither morsi nor the generals who overthrew morsi have a way out. gyptian crisis why is there mass poverty why is that forty million people living on two dollars a day why is there so much poverty in egypt it's because egypt is trapped by the neo liberal capitalist policies dominated by the i.m.f. the world bank wall street to be out of egypt's crisis is not with the military or with the muslim brotherhood there has to be a new leadership a lea

they're uneasy with the idea that western countries could launch strikes against syria. ai joins us from the business desk. what's the latest? >> investors really on edge, catherine. we saw stocks tumble left and right, markets pummeled 2% in each. as for wall street, the dow jones industrial average closed out 14,776, which is down 1.1%, and the nasdaq closed out 3,578, down more than 2%. well, let's see how japanese stock markets are reacting. we head over to ramin mellegard for that over at the tokyo stock exchange. ramin, how are stocks at the open? >> more of the same negative reaction right here, ai. let's go straight to the opening levels for august 28th. you can see exactly what i'm talking about, down over 2%, 2.37% for the nikkei. 13,220 and over 2% for the top ix, as well, weighed down by the political risks. investors shifting money into what they consider safe haven assets, such as u.s. bonds and yen. and the stronger japanese currency is pushing stoke ostocks lower. oil prices also rising. traders fear a possible intervention in syria could cause further in

envoy to the country as western powers ready for strike. washington says it has enough evidence against us and waves away comparisons with iraq you look at how the u.s. paved the way for previous military campaigns. sectarian violence claims dozens more lives in iraq in a series of bomb attacks in baghdad are going cries of u.s. led liberation from saddam hussein. and multiculturalism failed a stress test in the u.k. with an anti muslim lobby blocking the expansion of islam calling it violent and incompatible with today's britain.