a serious crisis a crisis in syria there's no crisis in syria there's a civil war in syria and that's a matter to address in the international diplomacy tool kit but what we have is a serious constitutional violation we have a constitutional crisis in the united states the president united states is violating the constitution he violated it and wasn and impeachable offense when he attacked libya if he attacks. syria as he proposes to do without an act of congress declaring war that's yet another impeachable offense and right now the congress the united states has before it a requirement in the constitution to call for a constitutional convention immediately do you think that congress will give a nod of yes to an approval to a syrian action. this is going to be interesting to follow because there's two third conflicting political interests the outcome will have nothing to do with morality nothing to do with justice nothing to do with u.s. national security nothing to do with international or constitutional law what we have is the republicans in congress and they have a conflict at this

while western warships and fighter jets move to within striking range of syria as the u.s. and britain seem set on military action if you want inspect there is confirm a chemical attack to place. also greece needs another massive money boost from viewers just as the people of pre-election germany get fed up with explanations on why it's ok to pour in their cash. to take off for the skies high tech as the world's finest aircraft and best buy is descent of moscow for one of the years key air shows. five pm in moscow you're watching r t m arena joshua welcome to the program while the blame game surrounding the alleged chemical attack in syria is gathering pace syria's foreign minister insists that rebels and foreign mercenaries fighting with them are behind the alleged atrocity once again refuting washington's assertion that it was the regime the calico assault claims have already damaged efforts to find a peaceful solution with the u.s. postponing a meeting with russia to discuss the revival of talks in geneva are listed often of has more in doubt. russia and the u.s. have be

said nato does not play into to dissipate into military intervention in syria. secretary of state john kerry said but both haiti on president obama believe a military strike on syria needs to be discussed directly with the american people fast and let's not take a look at will the u.s. public thinks about the issue over the hearts of those americans who took part in the wrong issues paul don't want an intervention in syria at all only twenty percent are in favor as asked whether assad should bear tanks if he's implicated in chemical weapons used just under thirty percent of americans said yes the british parliament wasn't convinced that an attack on secret should happen and let's not talk to a labor m.p. mahmoud it was among those who voted against a military strike on syria mr mahmood thank you very much indeed for joining us here on r.t. so why did you make a stand against british participation in a military intervention in syria. well the key thing as far as military intervention in syria is concerned first of all can i make clear that any form of chemical we

quote cannot go on and search syria says it wants the u.n. investigate it wants the u. . and to also investigate who carried out the attacks and not just whether they were carried out the syrian ambassador to the u.n. also said he he had. he had requests that u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon that these one thousand investigating the alleged use of chemical weapons to also investigate quote story more locations where the syrian soldiers inhaled the nerve gas last week on the outskirts of damascus but it seems at this point calls to investigate and to give diplomacy a chance are falling on deaf ears in the u. whereas the u.k. and in france before but it's also important to remember that before every. u.s. intervention in the last fifty years there was a high ball flies misinformation and discrepancies and every time washington would present its case for war as the ultimate truth leading people to believe that waging war was the only way to peace but was it take a listen to a report. as the u.s. is preparing an attack on syria striking similar

and syria could invoke that one. anybody could invoke those things and the point is it's not just the u.n. is not supporting this you don't have the arab league their belief has refused to endorse any kind of military action nato for that exam for that for that purpose it has not issued any statement in support of this you don't even have the in the american polling data there's very little support among the american citizenry for any attack on syria i don't quite understand. thinks he has really solid grounds for this outside of the fact that he feels he has to you know validate his red line that you know he essentially is just amazing thing somebody has to do something somebody has to do something that's what it gets down to pepe go ahead because obama's credibility is on the line right now and he's looking like a complete buffoon foreign policy wise. his credibility is already gone come a look at the n.s.a. scandal and by the way have you heard anything about the n.s.a. scandal this best week or so of course not i

and fighter jets gather on syria's doorstep with the u.s. and britain for action if you have inspectors confirm a chemical attack took place. that says damascus insists rebels and foreign mercenaries are behind the alleged chemical attack accusing washington of lying over claims it has undeniable evidence of government involvement. also greece needs another massive money boost from europe just as the people of germany get fed up with explanations about why it's ok to pour in more they can't. take off for the skies high tech is the world's finest aircraft are the best pilots to send here old moscow region one of the years he shows. in this is r.t. international our top story tonight syria could be subjected to a military strike against the assad government within days that's what western powers of reportedly inform the country's opposition british warships are being deployed to the u.k. base in cyprus which is less than two hundred kilometers indeed from the syrian coast test for a seller report. events are developing fast and statements comi

to syria's substantive questions being raised. continuing, in consultation with the president, we expect the house to consider a measure the week of september 9. this provides the president time to make his case to congress and the american people. with that we will take a short break and talk about congressional authorization and what was said today by the president in the rose garden. >> having made my decision, i'm mindful that i'm the president of the world's oldest constitutional democracy. i long believed that our power is rooted molt just in our military might but in our example as the government of the people, by the people and for the people. that's why i made a second decision. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure

gathering toward an intervention in syria after the u.s. is trying to figure out how to respond to the alleged chemical attacks in the area of good which is east of damascus last week now we're hearing reports that military commanders have sealed an agreement on the scope of attacks with allies and with syrian opposition on the ground that could look like three days of cruise missile strikes aimed at sending a message to assad not at toppling the government or the regime or crippling the military now we're expecting to hear from the u.s. secretary of state john kerry at some point on wednesday so that he can present more evidence why the united states believes that it was the assad regime that carried out this chemical weapons attack so far they have not been able to present any convincing argument but they say they have no doubt that it was the assad regime one reason that may be aside from the videos that everybody's been able to see on you tube and pictures and witness accounts the web site foreign policy is reporting that there were cal

against syria militarily. he says it will happen thanks very much in the report now with immediate reaction there from new york well we can talk on the phone to ortiz she is in damascus right now so obama is saying that he definite want to take military action he doesn't know when he's going to put it through congress what is the reaction there i know it's very early early hours that this announcement only just be made by a bomb a book what do you gauging there in damascus at the moment. could have been great you know i have to say we've been hearing obama. a group here and. at the beginning. seemed a little bit nervous and of course. what i know at the end of teaching people kind of relieved because. basically was a bomb i would say seek authorization from congress for taking military action against syria although he does. he think. a right thing to do a military response to what is going on in syria but anyway that means a delay in any trial and attack again here and this is why people. here in moscow. under

inspectors there we're doing the same in syria we actually called on the inspectors in syria to abort their mission certainly paving the way for an easier strike on our end so we don't kill any u.n. inspectors but it's it's a little spurious to say that we have the evidence when the inspectors actually don't have the evidence so yeah we're seeing echoes like you mentioned in the intro this is a replay on iraq how do you account for all of this because it sounds like a complete sham. well it's just it sounds like they're going to they're going to damascus even though they maybe they don't want to so it's interesting to see it's kind of like who's who's leading this you know because you look at american intervention in syria and it isn't really there's not really american strategic interests there so you know is this going to be a repeat of libya where it's kind of the europeans leading us along and congress isn't going to do anything about it we know that already and so that kind of leaves it leaves the president's foreign policies in with anyway and it's kind of his it's another thing

is a sign says parliament rejects prime minister david cameron's call for military intervention in syria. and demi monde obama is considering charging the hated with a limited military strike on syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons a despite growing reluctance from its allies. also emergency crews and rochelle so far east to work around the clock trying to keep floodwaters at bay and evacuated residents as the worst solution in a century takes a heavy toll on infrastructure. the morning you're watching argy live from moscow you're with me let's take a look at our first the top story. as u.s. forces are poised for a possible military strike on syria washington's key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated immersion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the u.k.'s involvement in any a sold now intervention was a rejected by a margin of a thirteen so with thirty members of cameras party turning against him our parliament refused to sanction british involvement in syria even if un inspectors conclude that damascus was indeed responsible for the

led military interin syria. but what we are hearing from the other side of the english channel on the continent is slightly different. from paris, we are hearing that the french president gave an interview to french daily in which he made some very strong statements including french -- that france will be part of anything that happens in syria. france is ready to strike syria. and that possibly a site could happen as soon as wednesday, which is interesting because that's also the day that the french parliament will come back from their summer vacations early, to also vote on this. of course, it was a major upset for prime minister david cameron here, but the language coming out of prance is quite different. it is possible that the french unlike the iraq war, will actually support some sort of military intervention in syria. and that's just a complete opposite from ten years ago. however, having said that, the germans have now come out saying that they don't intend to -- participate in any kind of military interv

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does launch a unilateral military strike against syria without u.n. approval then the country policing the world will be in clear violation of international law reporting from new york bring up or not artsy. coming up saying goodbye to get mo today to nice have finally been transferred from the notorious facility that still isn't being close we've got a report on that right after this break. well. it's technology innovations all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew. i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. speak your language. news programs and documentaries in spanish what matters to you breaking news a little turn a tip angles keep these stories. so you hear. the spanish find out more visit. but again two inmates from guantanamo bay prison have been returned home to algeria one was cleared for transfer from the infamous facil

they might be killed and raped in syria. this camp i'm in is all the fault of assad, the militias, they are all to blame. >> reporter: that anger has lead some authorities to take measures. aid agencies have also noticed and tried to manage it the best they can. >> to deal with these long-term displacement issues, we try to provide the refugees with a sense of community as they manage their own life. we promote this kind of management. >> reporter: as part of the long-term process, many refugees have taken up manual labor jobs. it allows them to buy groceries and other goods. so this place has the feel of a permanent town, but the more permanent it becomes, the more issues arise. this camp has a very different atmosphere than the ones that have just been set up. there, there is still a sense of relief that they managed to escape war. here there is a sense of anger, and the longer they live like this, that anger is only going to get worse. and with any other solution still to be achieved, time stands still for the refugees, w

syria's battlefront is moving north radical jihad of kurdish villages and. out of massive. emirate there. also the guantanamo bay hunger strike. as the pentagon continues to spend taxpayers' money on the prison. planes. and gay rights activists in the west call for a boycott of next year's winter olympics in sochi the new russian. propaganda to minors some even going as far as. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories in our weekly program this is our t.v. guide to have you with us u.s. russia have suffered a major freeze this week at least that's what washington is claiming barack obama has accused moscow of a cold war mentality and even called for a pause in the relations russia on its part is demanding america like adults and believes there are no signs of awe still of. his commentary. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hit a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as

to syria they cross borders and we must find out how more than a thousand taliban fighters into syria and how well kind of members escaped from iraqi prisons and entered the country so there's international will to get all the islamists and terrorist elements into syria to change the military and political equation of the country downplay the syrian revolution we asked the foreign fighters al qaeda and down the nursery front to syria we won't allow any extremists or terrorists to dictate their agenda on the future of syria. are you certain that the f.s.a. really can control the extremist elements fighting alongside your movement we need help and that we need help to get rid of the syrian regime an extremist elements are against terrorism and massacres we don't want to kill people supporting the government because there syrians we want all extremists to get away from syria it posthaste syria there is no place for islamists in the country. and in the meantime damascus has agreed to allow the un to investigate three syrian science where chemical weapons have allegedly been used at the u.

. >> hands off syria! hands off syria! hands off syria! >> whatever they're saying on the streets right now it does now seem a strike against syria is in the hands of the united states congress. jim acosta is covering events for us at the white house while dana bash is in our washington bureau. and, jim, the timing of this decision simply fascinating and based on what you're hearing, really last minute. >> very much so, john. this was a very dramatic development that took place here at the white house yesterday after his administration was essentially moving in the direction of eminent military action, perhaps as soon as this weekend. the president made a different decision. at 7:00 last night he really made a last-minute decision to slow down, buy himself some time, and seek authorization from congress. according to senior administration officials who explained how all of this played out to a group of reporters, within the last hour, it sort of takes a little bit of time to explain but it's worth listening to. at first the story first sta

resolution but syria's neighbor turkey said they will join an international coalition against syria even if the security council doesn't give the go ahead reaction now from little brother on there he is from other bread peace movement and has just returned from the turkish syrian border would have thank you so much for joining us here on r.t. to discuss the situation in around syria so. bring us the mood at the turkish border at the moment. yeah of course the people are free. at a turkish border in the province of how to get large elevates minority. which it defies themselves very much with the regime in damascus of the same group and of course they're afraid. yes of a military action which could cause a set of the government takeover in damascus. yet they seem themselves. in a kind of position with. a government take this government supporting opposition and so do afraid to even talk about a possible. turkey in a sort of turkey where it will turkey supports military intervention and in syria and say they have intelligence that asa did use a chemical weapons so what would what implicatio

are we moving too fast on syria? >> i think my sense is the administration wants not only to be sure that the inspectors get the freshest possible evidence, that's why they're pleads they got started, but in fact, they were delayed several days by getting per mission from the syrian government. now, they're there, and i think nobody wants to take any action when the inspectors are still in the middle of their work. our administration is also aware that it doesn't want to lose public support over the outrage which has been very, very high since the attack over a week ago. >> and yet there is a situation in the united nations. should we wait for the united nations security council to do something? >> well, it's so predictable. >> and will they do anything? >> the british are taking it to the council in the next day or two. it's so predictable that the russians are going to maintain their position along with the chinese and there will be no resolution out of it. >> you've been in diplomatic circles. how can russia conti

syria will not bow to the west that's why it's been said it is syria they can as soon as it's required now one big round will be next it's not ridiculous it's not worth it unless you you and the way this is completely ridiculous let me just say let me get a word in edgeways please it's time to get a word on injuries legitimately look here it's time to protest i think it's important to point out that libya i think that emerging markets you have made your point let's certainly have its work police. yes thank you i think anyone can in fact there are lots of videos which have been uploaded by syrian doctors as well as it hospitals there was a video published by i.t.v. news the other day which showed clear examples of kids talking while they were suffering from an attack of a chemical weapon i mean this idea you had that your this gentleman is saying that there's not this is a lie about that one of these there is a clear litmus now we have been your evidence which is we publish to you tube and it's all for the best and it probably was very said in the new york times but there had are you ca

is ready to act against syria even without a mandate from the u.n. security council and these words are just underscoring that well the u.n. security council to know what's expected to come from the. that's right the five members of the united nations security council are meeting for a second day in a row that's the u.s. the u.k. france china and russia now they are discussing the text of britain's. u.n. security council draft resolution which is has presented now according to reports this. draft resolution condemns the august twenty first alleged chemical weapons attack on rebel held areas in syria it blames damascus for the chemical weapons attack and it also seeks council authorization for all necessary measures to be used by the international community to protect syrian civilians from chemical weapons now all necessary measures under chapter seven of the u.n. charter allows for the use of force that freeze was also used. to counsel resolution that paved the way for the u.s. the u.k. and france to launch a military intervention into libya now the

evidence of a chemical attack in syria is found but no proof the government was behind it says the u.n. envoy to the country as western powers readying for a strike. washington says it has enough evidence against assad and waves away comparisons with a look at how the u.s. paved the way for the previous military campaign. also headlining the 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 anti muslim lobby blocking the expansion of islam calling it incompatible with today's britain. over again even if you just joined is just your moscow money kevin now and this is r.t. international the un arab league envoy to syria lakhdar brahimi says there's evidence suggesting that some kind of chemical substance was used in an attack near damascus a week ago but there's no proof that the assad government is responsible for such an assault in itself could be enough for the u.s. and its allies to launch a military offensive

and its allies are per pairing to attack syria -- preparing to attack syria. this raised concerns over supplies in the middle east, which pumps one third of the world's oil. >> they are pricing in an attack on syria, which is basically seeing as a given. the only question is when, who is going to be involved, and what form the attack is going to take. but the markets are taking it as a given. i think brent could go up by another five dollars or $10. simply based on the anticipation of an imminent attack on syria. >> syrian oil output is not much of a factor, as more than 30 countries produce more oil. syria's production has artie fallen to less than 15% of what it was. syria's oil output has dropped to 50,000 barrels a day from 350,000 barrels a day when civil unrest first began two years ago. it is the spillover effects. traders are concerned any strike on syria may distress other parts of the middle east and threaten exports from a region that produces over 35% of the world's oil. saudi arabia, the largest supplier of oil in opec, has backed opponents a seri

targeted to ethnic cleansing amid mounting reports of al-qaeda linked fighters attacking their villages in syria. moscow comes under pressure from the global gay community who want the winter olympics taken away from russia over the introduction of what they call a fascist style law against homosexuals. and i welcome you watching r.t. with me andrey pharma. now relations between russia and the us suffered a major setback this week at least according to the american side first president obama canceled a one on one summit with vladimir putin and then even called for a pause in the relationship russia while expressing disappointment over these developments insists however there are no signs of a return to the cold war. as the details. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hit a new low on friday the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and the russian defense minister arrived in washington as planned to meet their u.s. counterparts and we heard two different messages coming from president obama and foreign

involvement in syria? >> well, i have to say, that having watched fox news and fox business over the last 2 1/2 days and seen many of my contemporaries and certainly some of our experts in that region, talk about this, you can see that our ideas, our opinions, our analysis, our recommendations really vary from one end of the spectrum to the other. i think the one issue that we always struggle with it, what is the desired outcome? if it's destabilize assad a little bit, a limited strike may not work. if it's to hurt him badly, then we threaten retaliation from iran and hezbollah and probably verbal retaliation. there's no easy answers to what we're facing here. this goes back to the president a year ago, they're drawing a red line in the sand without believing that he'll have to act on that red line. i'm very concerned that we're going to do something that we get blowback on unless we do something very, very moderate. >> is there any situation, this crisis two years in, enormous casualties in syria as you k

staff inside syria. other preparations are being made, if there were air strikes, i'm being told, by sources, that they're getting ready for even more refugees who could be fleeing syria if there were to start to be air strikes on damascus. they're making preparations at all the borders including preparations for medical facilities. remember, there already are close to 2 million refugees in the neighboring countries. >> james, thank you as ever. james spade is there with the latest from u.n. headquarters in new york. in the u.k. the british prime minister is telling members of parliament why he thinks the west should intervene in syria. it's over to barbara in our london broadcast center. barbara. >> reporter: yes, david cameron said evidence pointed towards the syrian government carrying out the chemical attack last week that killed hundreds, but he said it would be unthinkable that britain would launch military action against syria in there was overwhelming opposition in the united nations security cou

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i don't think that their problem is really syria per se as much as. they are they're really becoming hysterical for the for what was appearing to be a new world order starting to happen or starting to shape in the middle east then they cannot bear the idea that their alliance that they decided to take. for in the in the early two thousand towards two thousand and one with the with the extreme islamist governments and install installed. puppet governments around the middle east that that alliance is not really working well and it's now a serious serious risk of collapsing there's the there's the alliance of syria with iran with the resistance. group or league let's say in the middle east is really prevailing and they they realize that if syria if syria doesn't fall as they planned it it will back backlash on them. and read the american leverage in the area will start to shake we've seen that happening in several areas in several countries in the middle east where they've lost they they they lost their leverage clearly they at the start employed in the

takes against syria it will be illegal under international law the u.n. security council is yet to receive the results of the u.n. investigation but even that investigation will not reveal who to blame for the horrific attacks that took place. only has a mandate to ascertain the use of chemical. weapons but not by whom they were accused so the key question will still remain up in the air even as we receive the results of that investigation but the u.s. has already made and made its judgment about who is to blame but not not the judgment as to what to do about it got it got it understood thanks for the future can our correspondent washington d.c. well though we talked about the international reaction the u.k. has ruled out military action against syria as we know last night the prime minister was dealt a huge blow by parliament which rejected his plan to support the u.s. if it chose war the motion followed mounting allegations of a mass chemical attack near damascus largely being blamed on assad's government r.c. serve first followed that crucial session i

western warships and fighter jets move to within striking range of syria as the u.s. and britain look set to go bar the war torn state saying it's time to mass because should finally fall. the warmongering comes as un inspectors probing an alleged chemical attack which western powers blame on the syrian army will speak to the head of a fact finding mission that searched in vain for rocky weapons of mass destruction a decade ago. talk of the third greek bailout creates a headache for europe's political elite as chancellor merkel attempts to appease indignant german taxpayers with an election looming. and a major air show gets underway outside moscow with cutting edge technology world class flying skills on display to an expected half a million strong audience. it is three pm in moscow watching r t with me marina joshie welcome to the program now it looks increasingly likely that syria will face a military onslaught with the british media now reporting that war planes and transport jets are being deployed to the u.k.'s air base in cyprus lying just a hundred kilometers

will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress but he feels that going before congress having a public debate debate having a vote would make the country stronger if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria now the u.s. leader says that he feels comfortable carrying out an attack against syrian targets without the approval of the united nations security council u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force against syria would be vetoed by russia and or china now obama says his plan military strike is not time sensitive that means that it could happen one week from now it could happen one month from now but ultimately the u.s. president says the syrian government will pay consequences for allegedly carrying out a chemical weapons attac

however, syria is connected regionally. it's a battle field for proxy war that includes iran, iraq, saudi abribe ya, lebanon and turkey. so the concern the markets have is that the syria instability and all the human tragedies there will have adverse regional effects that will destabilize the only market and impact our economy. >> all right. so mohammed, there is syria, that the very important, but also, you just heard in all of our reports there is negotiation over the debt ceiling. there is also this fed stuff going on, tapering, a new fed chairman coming up. as you look at all of these trouble spots, which could be most disruptive for the market in the u.s. economy? >> the most disruptive thing is for many of them to happen. so at our last count, we identified eight important uncertainties. you already mentioned three of them, the debt ceiling and continuing resolution in syria. in the last few weeks we talked about two fed uncertainties, who will succeed ben bernanke and will the fed taper and how? when you put the whol

the british parliament says no to intervention in syria after the prime minister fails to convince lawmakers to take military action against president asad over alleged chemical attacks. despite losing support of its closest ally the us signals it's ready to go it alone boosting naval forces in the region and preparing for a possible strike. and more misery for thousands of stricken families in russia's far east where it's feared the floodwaters which have devastated the earth towns won't receive before winter. four pm in moscow you're watching r t a marina joshie welcome to the program as washington tries to drumming if up support for possible intervention in syria its closest allies the u.k. has ruled out military reaction prime minister cameron suffered a dramatic defeat in parliament which rejected his plan to support the u.s. if it chooses war while the hope he lost by a slim margin two hundred eighty five to two hundred seventy two but scores of m.p.'s from his own conservative party joined those voting against intervention in syria the motion followed mounting allegations of a mass ch

is preparing to act on syria. we are following escalating developments for you as the stock market is in the final hour of what looks to be the worst month for dow and s&p 500 since 2012. >> i will point out market's response to syria remarks has been muted, also very few traders out there on this friday before labor day weekend. >> seems there was a mild reaction to the downside. bob pisani noticed when john kerry was taking a harder line, the dow dropped ten points. when he took a softer stance and reiterated no boots on ground, not open-ended, words like that, it seemed like the market came back to where it was prekerry's speech at the moment. where we're sitting at the dow is we're off by just 0.2%, down by 26 points. the nasdaq is down by 27 points. off by 0.7%. and the s&p 500 is down by about 4 point. let's get to bob pisani because you've been watching tick by tick the developments and all the speeches we've been hearing, rhetoric with regards to syria. give us a bit of a walk-through as to what we need to

government's a war cry is silenced as prime minister david cameron's calls for military intervention in syria. president obama struggling for international support to with his plan for a limited military strike against syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons. and. also emergency crews in russia's fought used to work around the clock trying to flood watches at bay and evacuated residents as the word delusion in a century takes. its eleven am in the russian capital you're watching are to live with me. as u.s. forces are poised for a possible military strike on syria washington's a key ally has withdrawn its support british lawmakers have defeated a motion by david cameron's government effectively ruling out the country's involvement in any assault intervention was rejected by a margin of thirteen with thirty members of cameron's own party turning against him column and refuses to sanction british involvement in syria even if you inspectors conclude that damascus was indeed responsible for the use of chemical weapons early in august and attack of that reportedly killed hundreds of civilia

inspectors there we're doing the same in syria we actually called on the inspectors in syria to abort their mission certainly paving the way for an easier strike on our end so we don't kill any u.n. inspectors but it's it's a little spurious to say that we have the evidence when the inspectors.

syria is a signatory to this protocol. that norm needs to be reestablished by demonstrating this is not acceptable behavior and also warning the regime not to do this again. >> brown: john mearsheimer, a limited, punitive strike? >> no, i disagree almost completely with what ivo said. i think the united states has no strategic interest in this particular case. our core strategic interests are not at stake. there's no compelling moral case for intervening in syria. and very importantly, it's not clear that using military force is going to do request good. when president obama was asked what this strike is likely to accomplish, he basically had no good answer to that question so my bottom line is that the united states should work diplomatically to try and settle this war but it should stay out militarily to include a limited strike with cruise missiles. >> brown: hisham melhem, you have argued a limited strike might not be enough. >> a limited strike, a punitive strike that will will keep bashar al-assad in government, mayb

military strike against syria. in the last few moments, an interesting development one ever president's key allies, british prime minister david cameron went before his parliament. he was saying directly in his words, no smoking piece of evidence to prove the syrian government was hyped this chemical attack. he said in the end it will be a judgment call for the u.s., u.k., and others whether to move forward with a military strike. he also suggested as you did a moment ago, this could take a few more days because david cameron was talking about some more delays. take a listen. >> it is this house that will decide what steps we next take, if you agree to the motion i have set down, no action can be taken until we have heard from the u.n. weapons inspectors, until there's been further action at the united nations, and another vote in this house. >> reporter: so if you go through all of that, the u.n. inspectors are not expected to leave syria until at least saturday. david cameron laying out other conditions best u.n.

how would syria respond? what about our frenemies, russia and china, who are syria's side and given the company the russians keep, can the u.s. afford to? tom foreman joins us. >> we could lob the muscles, that would be it, the message would be sent but there are many variables that could change the equation. the very first one you have to talk about is the reaction. >> it's clear syria will respond militarily and strongly diplomatically. i think what's most important is syria has three really strong allies in the form of russia, china and iran. they provide support to syria and have some quite some time. we would anticipate that support would continue and at the end of interest strike, syria may come out strong aer than it is befor the strike. >> they could bolster their support, more weapons, more support and they'd have the pretext to do so, saying we were just attacked by a super power, of course we can send you more things. >> without the implementation of a no-fly zone, that could occur. >> that would b

should intervene in syria, if it's proven that the syria government used whim call weapons. 68% of you said no, and 32% of you said yes. ambassador, the numbers closely reflect the reuters' poll. why do you think americans feel this way? >> as i said earlier and as chris hill said, they are very wary and wary of the involvement in these sectarian ethnic struggles, and which cross -- which transcend boarders. you have iraqi sunnis backing different groups, you have shiites and alois working with iraq and iran. and the american people rightly understand that we don't have the answers to this. nobody does. >> one question i was asked was why would bash shard assad do this? knowing it would anger the international community and could bring retaliatioretaliati. >> because he feels immune. he did it on the one-year anniversary of president obama drawing a red line about chemical weapons. he feels safe enough to carry out this kind of atrocity. this was done on purpose. it was done to signal that he feels secure in his position, and the u.s. is an insignificant player in the region, and he wi

strikes syria. still the government urged for cam and most doubt israel will ever be hit. >> the last thing on the regime's mind will be drawing israel in to the circle of conflict and that's with the enemy than the syrian rebels. >> reporter: along the border, extra israeli troops have been called in while the government readys its missile defense system. >> so he dies with the family. >> reporter: back in jerusalem the pleas die on edge. >> wrong. >> so she left short one gas mask for their new life far from california. in jerusalem. al jazeera. >> keeping track of children who have become refugees in syria and the activities that they use to help them forget about devastation. >> an interesting debate. coming up, a school where students don't read books. instead they use ipads almost make >>> president obama said the chemical weapons in syria are a challenge to the world. a strike could take place in days. mike viquera joins us from the white house. >> reporter: intelligence sources say there's h

." >>> no doubt the united states will strike against syria in syria. president obama and secretary of state john kerry presenting the evidence making the case for u.s. military action. horrific new video surfacing showing another -- another attack in syria, this time involving a school and an apparent incendiary device. and my interview this hour with senator rand paul. he questions the goals of a strike on syria and says the president should not act without the support of congress. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." the united states government today declaring its high confidence that the u.s. did carry the devastating chemical attacks that killed 1,400 people, more than a third of them children. an intelligence estimate says the u.s. was able to track preparations by syrian chemical weapons personnel and the tomb firing of rockets. president obama today insisted he has not made a final decision on how to respond, but he also made it very, very clear the u.s. is p

now the blame game surrounding the alleged chemical attack in syria is gathering pace syria's foreign minister insists that rebels and foreign mercenaries fighting with them are behind the alleged atrocity once again refuting washington assertion that it was the regime accountable assault claims have already damaged efforts to find a peaceful solution with the u.s. postponing a meeting with russia to discuss the revival of talks in geneva are just losing confidence has more and up. russia and the u.s. have been scheduled to meet in the hague on wednesday now this is to discuss setting up an international conference on finding a political solution to the crisis in syria now on monday a u.s. state department official indicated that the meeting would be postponed because of ongoing consultations over an alleged chemical weapons attack in syria and that russian meanwhile had expressed regret about that decision the deputy foreign minister had said that working out the political parameters for a resolution on syria would be especially useful now with the threat of force hanging over that c

and syria then retaliates against a u.s. base in one of the neighboring countries against israel against a u.s. plane against who knows what do we really think the u.s. is then going to sit back and say well no we said that this was only a one off we're not going to respond that pulls the u.n. in sorry that pulls the u.s. when the u.n. is being excluded that pulls the u.s. directly into a civil war with great. great danger for the region for the world absolutely phyllis we have so many things coming out right now so many different parts of information that we're only starting to put this bigger picture together and i appreciate you coming in and helping us build that narrative phyllis bennis director of the new internationalism project at the institute for policy studies thank you so much thank you while one of the obama administration official after another comes out to speak against the syrian government america's greatest ally great britain is not on board with the idea of using military force in syria yesterday the briti

senior leaders including the special envoy on syria said any military action inside syria would require international authorization. so it will be all about the u.n. today and whether or not the u.s. and its allies can get those votes for that authorization. >> ayman, thank you. >>> we're getting a new vantage point of that massive wildfire near yosemite and it has grown overnight. nbc's miguel almaguer is near the foreign line. he spent much of tuesday with crews fighting the flames through the air. >> reporter: this fire is roughly 230 square miles bigger than the city of chicago and all along the ridges we can see more spot fires. no doubt this is growing. it's certainly quickly on the move and you can see from the fuel load down here there are hundreds of thousands of acres that could still burn. we're going to make our way down to the south side. this fire has been burning for about a week and a half, no doubt this could burn for weeks longer. crews may not be able to access so much of this terrain down there. it is fairly rugged. very rocky below and from the air you get that uniq

syria's moving to the. villages are being raised to the ground by radical jihadists who. hits a six month milestone as the pentagon continues to tax payers money on the prison claims the u.s. still plans to shut it down. and gay communities demanded russia be stripped of the right to hold the next winter olympics in protest over the new law against homosexuality propaganda. we're running down the world's top headlines of the week here on r.t. . in moscow welcome to the program talk of a cold war punishments and a fractured relationship of made this week perhaps the worst for u.s. russia in years but both washington and moscow have very different takes on the situation where obama is talking about relations the russian side believes it's all being blown out of proportion. as the story. this week when president obama canceled the bilateral meeting with the russian president in september u.s. russia relations have hit 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 an

but it proved to the people of syria and the government of syria. to us and a half even the so-called liberal and terrorists that they have been to syria have been militarily defeated. because of the situation go to good for the stated and now they are committing the same situation what we have seen in two thousand and three before the war in iraq. they themselves supplied the gods to the terrorists and now blaming without any fact on the ground even bypassing the un security council to plot attacks syria ok let's now go back to carla del ponte as you know claims here and her allegations washington in the one hand seems to be convinced that the syrian government help for control of the chemical stockpiles and does that mean that her allegations allegations by carla del ponte today are wrong or possibly the weapons the rebels allegedly used did not come from syria what's your take. i think dr khan that she was quote united states just invents in order to to to achieve it is objective it has invented the most destruction weapon we have seen that in th