u.s. desperate for a deal. president obama chased hassan rouhani around the u.n. seeking a telephone call or meeting. they saw the red line disappear in syria with the chemical weapons, and iraq leave with no agreement. they think they have the upper hand. they want to get rid of the sanctions that are harming their country, and they feel they can get rid of the sanctions without too much main on their side and can continue with their "peaceful nuclear program", we give up the sanction, they cam to a few meetings in new york. >> you mean fake it, this is not real. is that what you are saying? >> ambassador bolten came out with an op ed saying there are two things that will happen - either there'll be a nuclear armed iran, or there has to be military action. it's almost zero likelihood that the u.s. will be involved in military action against iran. the way the talks look now, they are probably just a midwife process until we get a nuclear iran with a diplomatic fig leaves. >> let me press you on this. you think these talks are a sham. >> the rainians are hurting from the sanctions, th

today. >> there is breaking news coming out of syria. u.n. officials say chemical weapons inspectors have begun to destroy the syrian stockpile and machinery. the operation is being carried out by a chemical weapons watchdog group based out of the netherlands. they'll have nine months to complete the mission - finding, dismantling president bashar al-assad's 1,000- tonne arsenal. >> a german magazine goats bashar al-assad as having made mistakes, but no side of the war is free of blame. in an an interview, bashar al-assad says he'd welcome germany to be a mediator, and said russia is a friend of syria. he repeated insistence that government forces was not spog for the chemical weapons attack near damascus. >> taxpayers are up for millions in the trial of a shooter. $5 million is being spend to trial and convict major hasan. he admitted to killing 13 people in a shooting rampage in 2009. more than a million dollars was spent on transportation, including $20,000 for a helicopter, and $90,000 on lodging. >> a wildfire is burning out of control in san diego county california. the santa a

supporting the opposition. james bays says they are on the way to trying to end the civil war. >> the u.n. special representative lakhdar brahimi meeting with syria's president bashar al-assad - part of efforts to organise a peace conference after more than 2.5 years of bloodshed. his mission is proving difficult. assad's government says it will go to the geneva conference, but behind the scenes it's believed to be setting all sorts of conditions. and the syrian opposition is deeply divided over even whether to attend. >> we don't see anything encouraging, and that would lead us to leave that this is - in fact the other side is serious. you hear from many of our groups statements questioning the process. as we said before, we are committed to any political solution leading to the democratic transition. >> there is a date set for the peace talks - november the 22nd. will they take place? what do you think now are the chances of getting the peace conference under way in november. >> there's only two ways of ending the conflict. one is military victory, and the other is to have a negotiated

%. the world food program and the u.n.'s food and agriculture organization says the recent swarms first appeared in 2009. but a political and economic crisis that's gripped the country that year left officials helpless, too. >> all the conditions were ripe for locusts to swarm. they grew out of control. >> an eradication program starts in november. madagascar still needs to raise about a quarter of the $41 million needed for the three year plan. >> this is the best time of year to start the program, because the insects are on the ground reproducing and laying eggs. >> the reduced harvest means staple foods are more expensive, so there's more demand at feeding programs like this. w.f.p. feeds nearly a quarter of a million children a day. it could be their only decent meal, a brief reprieve from a life made harder because of things out of their control, natural and man made. >> food insecurity to families who are already struggling to make ends meet. 92% of the population have to live on less than $2 a day. while nothing like that, parts of the plains here are going to be dealing wi

u.n. security council and in nato, means that the europeans can exercise some guidance and not having the u.s. going off in its own direction without european consultation. >> pj do you think this is a serious scandal or just political posturing? >> i don't think those are mutually, there are genuine political consequences here and obviously some adjustments have already been made and will be made in terms of drawing that line. you know what is something that everyone understands, you know works to everyone's benefit and what in the view of one country or another, goes to far. these adjustments will be made, you're already seeing the signals from various leaders that they understand this is a real issue. they need something from the united states as nicholas was just outlining and there will be some adjustments made and over time this will get resolved. it will take some time and the other dilemma we have here is obviously in the drip drip drip nature of this snowden, you know series of revelations we don't even know if we're near the end of it, still in the middle of it. this is some

u.n. resolution. now what we understand is in the first few days, they're going through the inventory of chemical weapons provided by the government and sites provided by the government but undisclosed. there are believed to be 25 locations. then they're going to be deployed to the field. their first priority will be destroying the facilities where chemical weapons are produced and mixed, so as to crush the heart of the chemical program in syria. they have to do that as quickly as possible. they only have 30 days to do that, that's november 1, and it's a really tight deadline. >> if they're trying to crush the chemical heart of the program, is the syrian government cooperating with the team? >> well, accord i can to officials from opcw, they say the syrian government is cooperating just great so far. the syrian president himself has said that syria will definitely comply with the u.n. resolution to remove chemical weapons. opcw even says that the syrian government very quickly approved the list of inspectors and chemists and engineers without objections to any of the names.

nuclear program have wrapped up in geneva representatives from the european union and the u.n. security council have asked iran to agree to international monitoring. the white house says iran proposal's contain serious and substance not seen before. further talk are scheduled for november. >>> those are the headlines at this hour. "america tonight" is up next on al jazerra america, i am john thinsiegenthaler, i'll see you tomorrow night and you can always get the latest news other al jazerra.com. >>> on "america tonight" after 16 days i've government and nation closed, closed closed, by political bickering. >> once this agreement arrives on my desk i will sign it immediately. we'll begin reopening our government immediately. >> also tonight, the senate's newest member, just missed getting in to the fray. but cory booker faces other big challenges in his new job. >> so you think you can change washington and get them together. >> i can. i think i can. >> and saving their spirit. lgbt youth say they are being targeted by the very forces that they count on for protection. >> you

what's known os the p5 plus one, the five permanent members of the u.n. security council, the u.s., u.k., france, russia and china and the one, which is germany and iran. before they sat down together, there were bilateral meetings between the ey iranians and othr nations. they are confidential right now, but each country has to respond to proposals. overnight, they went back to their captain also, some of the international representatives to oh get fresh instructions on how to proceed. with that technical information coming back to them, they will be in meetings today. >> when can we expect to see a resolution to these negotiations? >> thomas, i think we're going to see something in the coming hours. i think they're going to be reporting on progress, but i don't think you're going to see a deal here. i think that's highly unlikely. what you might see is the beginnings of a deal. it's certain that everyone is very positive about what has been achieved so far. they're trying to keep the pace going very fast. those new talks are to take place in a couple weeks time. >> james bays, joining

weapons inspection in syria. the u.n. experts on the ground continue to assess and dismantle the stockpiles there. the team says the occurian government is being cooperative in the effort. secretary of state john kerry offering his own words of support for the mission. he says the united states is very pleased with the progress and thanked president assad for complying. in a wide ranging interview with the german magazine published today, the syrian president denied using chemical weapons on its own people saying we did not use chemical weapons. this is a misstatement. so is the picture you paint of me as a man who kills his own people. >> the destruction of those chemical weapons is all part of that plan put forth by the u.n. security council. joining us now to talk more about what is being done in syria is the approximate president of pal shares fund that is a global security foundation and is in washington, d.c. this morning. yesterday, secretary of state john kerry giving the assad regime credit for compliance with the chemical weapons deal. can bashar al assad be toughed? >>

entertainment industry there. next. >>> a high honor for the u.n. team tasked with dismantling syria's arsenal of weapons. the organization was awarded the nobel peace price this week. price -- peace prize this week. it's people are still on the move. every 15 seconds there is a new syrian refugee saturating the neighboring countries. in the u.s. in columbus ohio they would like nothing more than to host his own family and he is asking the state department for help. >> this i'm an american citizen originally from syria. i would like to get my brothers and his family from syria to here. >> he makes the same call almost every day. >> i really appreciate your help. i am really need of your help. so please give me a call back. thank you very much. >> he is desperate to get his brother and two nephews and a niece out of syria and into the united states. the response? >> none. >> no response. >> no response whatsoever. and i call the department of state and i left at least three messages and nobody even bother to return the call or say "i'm sorry we can't help you at this time." >> h

the u.n. and what the ramifications were w. h , he decided no. he headed back to the united nation and threw it in their lap. >> bill, do you think any of these things will stick he has three years left. >> they are republican controversy. and they were trying to get the president involved. ronald reagan had the iran contra. and bill clinton had the lewinsky scandal and he survived and so far obama is surviving too. >> it will be interesting to he 15seewhat the next couple of mos will bring. >> straight ahead we'll hear from the husband of a woman in the central a center of a heartg story that has been a flash point of the suicide debate. >> and fantasy football . the idea of if you should be able to invest in your favorite players. so many money stories sound complicated. but don't worry. i'm here to take the fear out of finance. every night on my show i break down confusing financial speak and make it real. all next week america tonight investigates the campus rape crisis. >> serial rape is the norm on college campuses. >> i know that when i did report, i was blamed. >> then this

syrian government disclosed 23 chemical weapon sites. the head of the opcw u.n. team said the country has so far been cooperative. >> we had very good meetings with the syrian government at most senior level, there is continued strong cooperation with the secretary general with opcw and opcw has confirmed in recent statements and we build on this because we have one shared goal which is elimination of the program, which is of benefit to all and particularly the syrian people >> reporter: but not all are convinced as evidenced on abc's this week. >> in fact, in syria, the chemical weapons are being catalogued. the inspectors are in there and putting a stop to the program. >> we will see. i am a skeptic. i think like a lot of other people are. and i know there are friends in the region who are worried. >> syria is believed to possess around 1,000 metric tons of chemical weapons including mustard gas and saron, which they denied for years. they also continue to deny any involvement in the august 21st chemcam weapons attack that killed 1,400 people there. under threat of u.s. mili

hundreds of millions of users accounts, the head of the nsa said he was unaware of the program. >>> u.n. peace envoy met with syrian president bashar al-assad. he's trying to drum up support for peace talks in geneva. their meeting came as a damascus suburb is under siege by government forces. we have more. >> reporter: this is a rare moment of relief and cooperation between regime forcin forces, rl groups and aid organizations. priorities has been given to the sick, elderly and children. officials say the civilians were taken to temporary shelters. one of the women involved in the cease-fire negotiations said all the parties created well. >> and from the people, from the inhabitants, that they would prefer to go out, because it's not only a matter of eating, but also it's a merit of security. so we began on this basis, and everybody was a part of it. >> the government is eagle for show that they participated and facilitated the withdraw. >> the people now leaving are the last people leaving after the agreement of national security, social affairs and the damascus county governor. >> ot

risk everything for a better life. not since 1994 have there been so many refugees. the u.n. says half of all refugees come from five countries. afghanistan, iraq, syria, somalia and the sudan. that war remains the number one cause for their flight. afghanistan, though, tops the list. one in every four refugees worldwide is afghan. the majority of those are in pakistan and iran. frequently the routes are dangerous, often in cramped conditions on small boats or trucks. along the way refugees may face bribery and abuse. shipp wrecks in the mediterranean killed hundreds of migrants, putting pressure on european leaders. the danger has not stopped people risking everything they have in hopes of reaching a better life. >> and thousands of asylum seekers particularly from afghanistan and the middle east head to indonesia to make the dangerous voyage across the indian ocean to australia, heading to a new life - fleeing war, political unrest and poverty. indonesia can refuse to accept them because it has not signed the 1951 u.n. refugee convention like australia has. that leads to pugling

returning from a self proposed exile to run for office. >>> outrage against the u.n. has led now to a lawsuit. they claim the cholera was introduceed during a peace string system. tonight we look outside the belt way to understand what happened to our health. other government health car support that could be life threatening. >> reporter: thinking you're immune from the government shut down. with monday's out break of salmonella you might not be. close to 300 people got sick because of bad chicken. it may prove cdc director that we are "less safe." >> we know they're here to protect americans, their health and safety. when there's a threat we try to find and top the threat and we're always working to prevent the threat from happening again. what we don't know is what we don't know. and so when we close down 2/3 of the of the people we have to worry about what we're missing. >> an sal n salmonella out brean happen at any time. fewer staff members are working to catch food-born illness. and the seasonal flu monitoringing is shut down just as the flu season gets started. michelle was dia

arabia rejects a seat on the u.n. security council. the fall out at the united nations. >>> the fight to save oysters. the expensive tactics one state is taking to preserve the industry. let the wedding bells toll. same-sex couples will be able to get married in new jersey after the state's highest court refused to delay a lower court ruling. the governor, chris christie said the decision should ultimately come from the voters and not the court. new jersey now becomes the 14th state to allow same-sex marriage. >>> dick cheney says he took the possibility of a terror attack to heart, quite literally. the former vice president told cbs's "60 minutes" he had the wireless function of his heart defibrillator disabled. he asked his cardiologist to do that because he worried terrorists would hack it to give him a heart attack. he has had five hacks and got a heart transplant two years ago. >>> al water shortage in zimbabwe is becoming even more severe. the capitol is now on the verge of becoming a city without water. osama benjave reports. >> this is neither a rab or a recycling factory. it

launch strikes in syria, the inaction one saudi official said they wouldn't take a seat on the u.n. security council. >> whether or not saudi arabia takes the seat on the security council is of course its own decision. >> there are analysts in washington warning the obama administration not to take this lightly. >> i think the americans make a mistake undersometiming the importance of this decision, because the saudis not people who take risk easily and not make statements that they aren't very concerned about. >> the u.s. exports $17.9 billion of goods to saudi arabia, and the u.s. import the equal $55.6 billion. much of that from oil, but the u.s. is now the world's largest producer of oil, reducing some of saudi arabia's influence. the oil markets have barely moved on the latest moves. saudi arabia has looked to the u.s. for most of its military hardware. in fact, just last week, the u.s. agreed to sell $6.8 billion worth of missiles, including bunker buster bombion to the kingdom. if this is more than talk, that order could be canceled. >> saudi arabia is also lashing out at th

>> welcome from me, david foster, al jazeera. the plea to help the homeless and the hungry. u.n. security council said aid needs to be allowed now. >>> leaders of the u.s. congress are meeting at the white house. >> reporter: hello, in london with the latest from europe including the leader of greece's golden dawn party in court charged with forming a criminal gang. >>> plus berlusconi calls back the attack and gives a big vote of confidence. >> also inspiring architecture as new building strifes to be named the word's best. >> well, we begin with syria, the united nations security council calling for aid deliveries to be allowed in the country immediately. presidential statement adopted by the 15-member security council calls on all sides of the conflict to cooperate. it was issued only days after the u.n.'s first legally binding resolution on what's happening in syria concerning chemical weapons. here's what the u.n. humanitarian chief valerie amos had to say. >> as those dying and those displaced and fleeing the country continue to rise we need the whole international communi

never been done before. u.n. inspectors have never had to go in and seize a control and destroy weapons of mass destruction while fighting was still raging. >> others though are skeptical about president bashar al-assad's reasons for cooperating with the international community. suggesting he could be disposing of his arsenal for political gains. there is a position, he's got this bracket around him protecting him from attack until he has made good on his promise. it would be so labbous and difficult that bashar al-assad could calculate absolutely that this process going into 2014 could actually see him coming out on top. >>> way to deter an attack by a nuclear armed israel. but disposing of them quickly and efficiently is the priority of the international community. an agreement between prussia and the u.s., this may be coming at the cost of a long term political settlement. it's not certain the scheduled peace tok talks in will take ple as said. imran khan, al jazeera. >> mixing and filling equipment for chemical weapons. >>> divers have pulled 83 bodies out of the water off t

bill. and a second team of weapons inspectors will go to syria, u.n. general secretary

left for somalia with a relative thought to be an uncle. the u.n. monitoring group say he may be a relative, the most wanted operative in the region who was killed in 2009 in a u.s. strike led by the navy seals. as far as the others go, we know al kami and numar are known to be members of a hynian group, from the u.n. monitoring group. as far as questions being answered by these names and video, they aren't because thwh the government was saying 10 to feet raided the supermarket, not only that, they also said that five were killed. were these peel killed or not in the initial stages? on day 2 or day 3? what happened? still, these questions remain unanswered along with what exactly happened so the hostages in that -- to the hostages in that supermarket at that time of shear horror. >> that was andrew simpmons. the somali government facing a difficult fight against al shabaab. the group controlling vast parts of somalia's countryside. with the help of ethiopian groups in charge around mogad h mogadushu and along the borders with kenya and ethiopia. director for the center of politica

and politics. the u.n. ambassador was at the airport monday morning to greet his secretary of state, john kerry, who's in paris to update colleagues on the progress of the palestinian, israeli talks. things have now turned around in a way that have embarrassed him, because he's no doubt going to be asked about these revelations later on monday. it was only last month that john kerry was describing france at the u.s.'s oldest ally because of its willingness to take part in any strike against the regime in syria. that, i suspect, has changed somewhat now with the ambassador being called in. the interior minister says these revelations are shocking, and the matter needs to be taken further and the foreign minister agrees. during the day, there will be more diplomatic activity between the u.s. and france and i'm sure lemond will follow up this story with further details in the days to come. >> one of china's biggest cities totally shut down by smog. students are being kept home from school, businesses shuttered. that city is home to 11 million people. that's like the population of new y

bid the senate in late june. now to syria, u.n. weapons inspectors are working in dangerous conditions night. fighting is rageing near damascus. at least 19 people have been killed since monday. the fighting under scores the risks. they are trying to find sights where they continue their worth on dismantleing syria's chemical weapons. >> the. >> the president of kenya is washing a swift response to last week's attack on a nairobi mall. >> it stretches out by the air force. >> the kenians are just over a year. >> the militants aren't likely to have a direct contest against the weapons. the kenians haven't pushed farther in to al-shabab territory either. >> it's cautious when coming in to somalia. it's back in 2006. if they are coming too hard and the casualties to band together and giveen them out. >>> after al-shabab first kidnapped aikidnapped aide workd killed tourists. the west gate attack is question on the plan. >> our position in somalia, the country went to somalia because the al-shabab activities are -- with that said, and therefore we were not posted out and we will

. eastern. we'll bring that to you. >>> in news conference say the head of the u.n. inspectors plan to visit 20 sites in syria in the next coming weeks. >>> therthere is a new study tht says u.s. adults are falling behind in reading as well. >> reporter: adults in this literacy class are catching up with skills they'll need in the 21ster centuriy. they're not alone. the measured and compared reading skills, math skills and the ability to resolve problems. researchers found that the u.s. ranked below average in all three categories. in literacy the u.s. ranked 16th out of 24. twenty-first third from the bottom in math skills, and 17th in problem-solving using technology. along with basic reading and math participants were tested onlooking at mileage. if. >> reporter: the literacy director said these core abilities are necessary for jobs. >> in everything, every job is computerized in some way. of course, it's also going to affect their person lives because if you can't read you're not going to do e-mail. you aren't going to be able to read documents at work or even do thing around the c

. the u.n. estimates more than 2,000 people were killed in the u.s. drone attacks, 400 of them civilians, tony? >> randall, how does the u.s. justify the use of these drones? >> first of all as a man of law the u.s. says that america is still at war with al-qaeda, and the second justification is that it keeps american troops from being on the ground and being exposed to danger. >> randall pinkston for us, thank you. >>> it is being called the last push for peace but it is proving to be a difficult sell. the friends of syria met in london hoping to bring the syrian opposition on board. al jazeera's barnaby phillips has more now from london. >> reporter: the foreign ministers who met in london call themselves the friends of syria, but they are certainly not friends of the syrian government, and they've longed struggled to find an opposition with whom to do business. william hague tried to reassure those who came to london. >> we include moderate armed groups represented by the syrian national coalition continue to need our strong collective backing. there can be no peaceful colle

defendants claimed they suffered. there is an international treaty the u.n. convention against torture. under that treaty people who say they were tortured can actually bring legal claims for relief to get some sort of compensation in the largest sense of the word. however because this is a military commission and because both sides have sworn to protect national security secrets operations method that sort of information, there is a big question about how this information can be brought into evidence if at all. there are some procedural motions that have been filed for the defense to get as much if not all of the information possible. the prosecution as you might expect is pushing back because not all may not be relevant. they will decide exactly how to strike the balance about giving the defense everything that it says to need in order to defend its clients and to address the prosecution concerns that national security methods and operations not be violated, not be made public and put the u.s. national security at risk. it's a matter that could dominate this pretrial hearing for the

two recent u.n. reports on drones, one of which indicated that as many as 450 civilians may have been killed in u.s. decade. >> u.s. counterterrorism operations are precise, lawful and effective. >> white house spokesman jay carney said the it administration disagreed with the claims and cited a speech by president obama made last may. >> he addressed why the united states may choose to under take strikes used by loans. he said conventional airpour or missiles are less precise. >> nawaz sharif is in the in u.s. scheduled to meet with president obama on wednesday. a vocal critic of the drone program, he called for the u.s. to end the drone strikes, saying they imposed a major impediment to relations with the u.s. >> joining me now for more on the reports on drones are letta taylor, the senior counterterrorism researcher at human rights watch. she authored the report entitled "between the drone and al-qaeda", and michael lewis, a navy pilot who testified before congress on drones and is a professor at the ohio northern university, pettit college of law. he is in the colombus ohio studio

ask the u.n. to condemn the u.s. trade embargo on the island and 22 time they sought it and the ban has been in place since 1962 and president obama said he wanted to improve relations with the island and 188 condemned the ban and u.s. and israel and the tiny state of pilow supported it and they hope the lifting of the embargo will allow exports of tobacco and coffee. >> we have good coffee produced in cuba and increasing exports would be good for the country and the block has had an effect because as you know we can't sell to the united states, which is a big coffee consumer. >> if you are a coffee lover here is news to give you cause for celebration, the global price of coffee beans has four-year low thanks to a crop but how does that translate into savings for us consumers? and we report. >> reporter: if drinking a cup of coffee is part of your daily grind it could be an increasingly cheaper habit and that is thanks to the sun. dry weather has been helping improve growing conditions in brazil, the world's largest producer and exporter. production this season will exceed demand by

five members. u.n. security council, we have asked them to keep our plan confidential, too. >> jonathan, the meetings in syn geneva. what do the western powers want and do they have an idea of how far iran is willing to go to concede to international demands? >> well, there are all sorts of technical details in this. but to sum it up, what they want is proof that iran cannot pursue a nuclear weapon. yes, they say they can have nuclear energy for civilian purposes but they must come up with proof they are not able to produce a nuclear weapon. i don't think we are going to get a deal here in the next two days but everyone is hoping progress will be made. they know there is a pretty tight timeline for the iranians who come here to negotiate. there are hard liners circling in tehran who would like to see this all fail. we are being told by diplomats. it's possible after these talks, if they make some progress, there could be fresh talks in a matter of weeks. >> james bays joining us life from geneva. joining us to discuss how iran's charm offensive could affect the negotiatio n

investigator for the u.n. human rights council said that several hundreds of civilian versus been killed by u.s. drone strikes since 2004. in a report that will be present to the u.n. general assembly next week, let's go to john terrett, what ar is the u.n. calling on the united states to do so? >> reporter: to explain why there has been so many killings of civilians by these drones or pilotless aircraft. we're talking about two separate administrations and it goes above foreign policy. then the affect of that foreign policy of people overseas, on the end of it. we have the reports on human rights issues and council terrorism issues, and the report going before the assembly on the 25th will say that there are far more people killed than the u.s. admits to. according to the report, 450 civilian versus been killed in pakistan, afghanistan and yemen. since 2004 according to his report the pakistani government says 400 civilian versus been killed by drones or pilotless aircraft, and in his conclusion an additional 200 civilians may well have been killed over that figure of 400. >> wha

economy. the leaders began a public relations drive with last month's u.n. speak by the president hassan rouhani who said peace was within reach and that iran's nuclear facilitieses did not threat he end the world, five powers will be at the table tuesday, john kerry told them the pro israel lobby on sunday that, quote, words must be matched with actions. and i believe firmly that no deal is better than a bat deal . for mo on this i am joined by jim walsh a research associate at m.i.t.'s security studies program and with us from washington, d.c. that reason hunter from georgetown university and a distinguished scholar with the carnegie course of no, i want to start with you, there has not been any real deal between the u.s. and iran for a railroad long very long time. iran has caused us lots of problems in iraq, iran remains steadfast enemy of israel. it backs hezbollah and lebanon and assad in syria. do you think secretary kerry is on the right track when he says publicly a couple of days before these meet that goes no deal is better than a bat one? >> i think that obviously if y

rule of law. the rule of law with an academy deem ya context and the u.n. context has been discussed for a very long time. i think it is very important because like you mentioned, in every country people have to live by the law. to understand this lawful and the educations to the rule of law, which especially are the basis of every human being's life is very important. >> what inspired you to do this? was it your work as a criminal prosecutor? >> it is also as my background, my education background, as well as my role as a prosecutor as well as a diplomat. i can see that the issue of rule of law is very important for every country, and it is very important for every country to "consider this" issue very seriously. >> you're the force behind the bangkok dialogue on the rule of law. it's an international conference that will take place next month in thailand. what do you hope to accomplish? what do you think can be done? i know you have a lot of world leaders that will be there. what do you hope will happen? >> thailand has attached a great importance on the issue of rule of law, crime

drone strikes than putting people on the ground. it was indicative at the u.n. general assembly speech that the presidentblied very clear he wasn't pivoting from the middle east. the middle east remains important american vital interests in fighting and destroying terrorism is at the e sentencenter of those interests >> i am curious to know your thoughts. we understand it was by feet boat from the sea on to the beach storming a sies house of al shab. b why do you think they chose that and not using a drone or possibly a missile strike? >> well, there could be a number of reasons why drones weren't used. it might have been simply the fact that this was in a civilian area and they couldn't do the collateral damage assessments to the satisfaction of the commanders. there might have been too many civilians that were killed. it may have been such an important target that they not only wanted to take the target out but also wanted to get the target and bring him in for intelligence purposes which doesn't happen after a drone strike. it may have been a combination of all of those, but it may

. the defense wants to be able to bring into the discussion the u.n.'s convention against torture, which would allow their clien clients, the five men accuse did of planning the september 11th attack, to game some sort of redress for the torture they say they suffered when they were in cia custody between 2003 and 2006. one part of the strategy was for one of the defense lawyers to bring in an outside counsel who specializes in international war crimes including the matter of torture. however, cheryl boreman was not allowed to bring in toby cadman to talk about what he saw and what he could bring to the local proceedings. here is some of what mr. cadman had to say to reporters. >> if you don't deal with these issues now, it's going to cloud the entire judicial process. and i think this is a very defining moment for the u.s. i think everybody looks at the u.s. as the beacon of human rights and democracy and this is really setting the u.s. back almost into the dark ages. >> reporter: even though the five defense teams have already entered a number of motions trying to get more evide

ships in a south korea port. u.n. secretary says weapons experts may be needed to deal with the chemical stockpile.

. he addressed the u.n. general assembly tuesday saying his country is ready to stand alone to defend itself against iran. >> when it comes to iran's nuclear weapons program, the only difference between ahmadinejad and him is this, a wolf who thinks he can pull the wool over the eyes of the international community. >> in last year's u.n. address, the israeli leader declared a red line against iran demonstrating how close iran was to building a bomb. netanyahu urged the international community to keep up the pressure on iran's leaders and force them to give up nuclear ambitions. >> an exchange between the president of iran and the founder of twitter. jack dorsey tweeted out to rouhani, good evening, our citizens of iran eager to read your tweets. >> his account responded: >> it's time for our business block. how are the markets continue to go react to the government shutdown? >> investors didn't seem bothered yesterday, but today, stock futures are pointing lower, indicating a negative start when trading begins. the dow will open at 15191 tuesday. the index rose 62 points. the s

chemicl weapons. the challenge that u.n. insuspecinspectors to face dead. the u.s. will hold back cash asises dance to egypt until the country makes more progress to democracy. >> the deadline will be met. that is what the organization says that is working to rid syria of it's chemical weapons. so far they are cooperating with inspectors. barn by phillips reports from the major. >> the hague the head of the prohibition of chemical westminster. gives his first pr progress rept on the mission to syria. >> this is an extraordinary administration for it's unprecedented and we are at the beginning o of the difficult process? >> can you tell us about the interaction between the officals and the syrian government. what is the nature of the dialogue and the contact you are having with the syrian government? >> the cooperation has been constructive. the original team of 19 inspectors has been reinforced by a further 12. it's a small team. it will rely on the syrian government and the u.n. to provide it with security as it tries to move around th country. there were many questions that officals

understanding of what needs to be done in syria. we report from the syrian border. >> the u.n. secretary has outlined plans to increase the number of chemical weapons inspectors in syria. his plans involve around 100 experts, administrators, as well as security officers to take a staging base in cypress where they will work on dismantling syria's stockpile of chemical weapons. there are already 35 inspectors working in syria, so now this plan requires approval from the united nations security council. >> on a related subject, a u.n. body has warned to the number of syrian refugees would increase up to 5 million people by the end of 2014. the u.n. also predicts has by the end of 2014, more than half of syria's 23 million people would be either refugees or internally displaced. >> u.s. and russian officials are trying to push for syrian peace talks in mid november. it is not clear if they can get all the sides to the negotiating table. >>ar jen teen i can't's president is set to undergo surgery to remove a blood clot in her brain. the sitting-year-old leader suffered a head inju

components in a safe and secure way in the middle of a war zone. it's never been done before. u.n. inspectors never had to go in and seize, control and destroy weapons of mass destruction while fighting was still raging. >> others are skeptical about bashar al-assad's motives for cooperating with the community, suggesting that he could be disposing of his arsenal for political gains. >> he has a bracket around him, protecting him from attack until he delivers on the promises he made on the chemical weapons, and the process of getting another security council resolution through would be so laborious and difficult that bashar al-assad could calculate that the process going into the middle of 2014 could see him coming out on top. >> syria's stockpiling of weapons could be seen as a deterrent attack on israel. on the outskirts of damascus - disposing of chemical weapons is the mission of the international community. >> this may be coming at the cost of negotiations for a long-term political settlement. the u.n. syrian say it's not certain that the talks will take place in geneva. >> b

one official said they wouldn't take a seat on the u.n. security council which seemed to baffle the white house. >> whether or not saudi aware ara arabiatakes a seat on the sy council is their own decision. >> reporter: still analysting warming the obama administration not to take it lightly. >> it was be a mistake to under estimate this decision of the saudis are not people that take risks easily and do in the make statements that they aren't very concerned about. >> reporter: but there are strong economic ties between the two countries. the u.s. exports $17.9 billion of goods to saudi arabia and the u.s. imports from saudi last year equaled $55.6 billion. much that have from oil. but the u.s. is now the world's largest producer of oil. reducing some of saudi arabia's influence. the oil markets have barely moved on the latest news. and saudi arabia has looked to the your honor for mos u.s. fors military hardware, last week the u.s. agreed to sale $6.8 million of missiles. including bunker bombs to kingdom. if this is more than talk the order could be canceled. so far washington doe

former president arrested again, a day after-granted bail. a plan for a country in crisis the u.n. security council aims at ending the turmoil. >> and barbar in london, the stories we are following in europe, could a similar be pill be used to fight the degenerative brain diseases like alzheimerss. britain clamped down on migrant taxes to public services. >> with the sport one of the greatest ever we will have reaction and analysis out of india. later in the program. hello republicans say they are offering president obama a temporary deal. the measure would allow the government to borrow more money for a limited time. house of represents said the president must agree to negotiation over opening services can have been shut down for close to two weeks. >> over the course of the last ten days we have been trying to have conversations with our democrat colleagues. they don't want to talk. president doesn't want to talk. we tried to offer a bills only to have them rejected by our counter parts over in the united states senate. so what we want to do is offer the president today the abil

agency's director is denying the allegations. a diplomatic push is underway to end the war in syria. a u.n. special representative meets with ser vinnie president in an attempt to get him to participate in peace talks. >>> the red sox are world champions. >> for the first time in more than 90 years the boston red sox win the world series in front of the hometown faithful at fenway. ♪ ♪ >>> welcome to al jazerra america, i am stephanie sy. nearly a month after the roll out the government's health care website is still causing headaches for people who are unable to sign up for coverage. president obama is on the defensive and his health secretary has apologized, mike sresreuviqueira is in washingtoh the story. >> reporter: the website launch was called a did he back the. but the president went on offense defending the new health care law and drawing parallels with another high-profile launch that had its share of problems. before there was obama care, there was romney care. the massachusetts law that was a model for the affordable care act, visiting boston, president obama says the compa

reauthorised. james b. comey is the 7th director of the federal bureau of investigation. >> the u.n.'s special envoy to syria is in damascus on his latest round of diplomacy, trying to bring together all sides in the conflict to peace talks in geneva. rob matheson has the story. >> many called it a near impossible task - a return to damascus to muster some or, indeed, any enthusiasm for talks finding a way out of syria's crisis. it's not just a matter of getting two sides to the table. before that he has to try to knit together a fractured rebel opposition - much of which doesn't want to be involved. >> translation: the international community wants to support the syrian regime in geneva, they don't want to weaken them. that's why we reject the conference. when we see promises toppling the assad reej aim leading to an -- regime leading to an international court, then yes we will negotiate it. first there needs to be a statement. in the absence of political solution the military solution is the only one on the table. >> elsewhere in syria the deadline for destroying equipment used to pr

you, sir. >>> secretary of state john kerry and the une u.n. envoy are pressing for a international peace conference. they met in london saying a transitional government is crucial. the target date set by the u.n. with more on today's meeting. what can you tell us about the meeting today, fil phil, and wht happened? >> secretary of state kerry met with the u.n. envoy to discuss a wide range of topics on syria, most importantly trying to find an end to the civil war. and both of those gentlemen urgessed all ourges -- urged ale players involved to meet in switzerland for a geneva two conference. >> special representative and i agree as do many others there ts no military solution in syria. we believe it's urgent to set a date, convene the conference and works toward a new syria. we also are expressing my own point of view, because he is the negotiator and it's not his point of view to say this, but, we believe that the president assad has lost the legitimacy necessary to be able to be a cohesive force. >> and the presence of president a saaa assad is a major sticking point for the opp

about it and what was going on in the u.n. and what the ramifications were w. h , he decided no. he headed back to the united nation and threw it in their lap. >> bill, do you think any of these things will stick he has three years left. >> they are republican controversy. and they were trying to get the president involved. ronald reagan had the iran contra. and bill clinton had the lewinsky scandal and he survived and so far obama is surviving too. >> it will be interesting to he 15seewhat the next couple of mos will bring. >> straight ahead we'll hear from the husband of a woman in the central a center of a heartg story that has been a flash point of the suicide debate. >> and fantasy football . the idea of if you should be able to invest in your favorite players. he called 911. emergency responders resuscitated him despite a do not resuscitate order. he still died four days later. >> advocatessen bot. >> ed advocates on both sides of the issue have spoken out. barbara's husband joe is. >>> joining us and and we have the director of compassion and choices. gwen and joe thank you f

. >> in order to be satisfied with respect to the u.n. sanctions, to the demands of the iaea as well as to our own security requirements, we will need to know that actions are being taken which make it crystal clear, undenybly clear, fail safe to the world that whatever program is pursued is, indeed, a peaceful program. >> it is a make or break moment for the future of detroit. a federal trial is underway that will determine if detroit's bankruptcy filing can move forward. if so it will be the biggest in u.s. history, and the bankruptcy itself is quickly becoming a costly affair. >> reporter: in the motor city first came the debt and then the bankruptcy, and then the bankruptcy bill. and it's soars like detroit's skyline. the city council dutifully continue meeting but since the state of michigan took over motown's finances it appointed emergency manager kevin orr who calls the shots and he has handed contracts to lawyers and bankruptcy experts worth more than $62 million and counting. only his office knows the real total. >> my question is has it even exceeded $62 million? i don't have th