diplomat, william jordan. by the way, the crackdown suddenly getting the attention of the international community with the death of a french resident in police custody. he was picked up for breaking the nighttime curfew. authorities say he was killed by a cellmate. hollywood stars also among the 130,000 to sign online petitions for john grayson, who has been on hunger strike. he was trying to enter the gaza strip last month. the border crossing has been partially reopened since yesterday, but only partially. that had been well shot after the ouster of mohamed morsi by the army backed authorities. at this point, we were talking a moment ago about sinai and about the situation at the border with -- and you can see those images of the crossing from wednesday. again, you get a sense when you look at this that we are back -- is as if time has rolled back to where it was before. >> i think, sure. military rulers in cairo want to make sure sinai stays as calm as possible, especially given that gaza is such a flashpoi

diplomat in syria, william jordan. from brussels,, a member of the european parliament. welcome to the debate. and she has been a war reporter in iraq and afghanistan. and the international affairs editor, douglas herbert. you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. back in 2007, senator obama was quite clear. this was an interview with the boston globe at the time. he said, the president does not not have the power under the constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation. pretty straightforward. then came intervention libya. this time, obama was sitting in the oval office and he had a different outlook. there will be times when our safety is not directly threatened, but our interests and values are. we know the united states as the world's most powerful nation will often be called upon to help. and then saturday, obama's decision to go to capitol hill before he ever goes to syria. >> while i believe i have the authority to carry out this military action without

but start with you, william jordan. what's about to happen at the security council, i do not know how many resolution so far regarding syria. they are setting conditions on what they will sign on to. >> they are a good sign that we are back to diplomacy at the forefront in terms of trying to deal with the crisis over the chemical weapons issue. returning to do with chemical weapons as opposed to getting it mixed up with everything else going on in syria. i think that the international community through the security council needs to be the forum for trying to figure out how to deal with this immediate thing despite the politicking that is going on in washington, the posturing that is still going on there. the possibility that the u.s. might act in some way. diplomacy is where we ought to be on this. >> we can go to our correspondent who is in damascus and has been covering the story for -- for us from there. a frenzy of activity going on in the western determining chancellery's and the security council. in damascus was f

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use of chemical weapons combat that is extraordinarily dangerous with jordan israel lebanon and our interests. now myrlie evers-williamsthe widow of civil rights leader medgar evers and the late historian manning marable recount the civil rights movement described in the autobiography of medgar evers. the civil rights leader was murdered in 1963. this is a little more than an hour. [applause] >> thank you. it is wonderful to be here this evening. i am going to read very briefly three short excerpts from the autobiography of medgar evers that captures different aspects of what the book covers. "the autobiography of medgar evers" was a labor of love for both myrlie and myself because medgar evers was more than simply a pioneer of the black freedom struggle. he was indeed a central figure in american history who has yet to be fully recognized for the giants that he was. this evening i would like to speak for about 20 minutes. myrlie is going to follow with her own personal reflections and comments on her experiences and the struggle were civil rights working side bayside with the central figure of american history maker w