u.n. security council control as secretary of state john kerry begins high level talks with his russian counter park. is putin pushing the decision on syria to the united nations? has the u.n. lost its credible on the world stage. >> a dramatic increase in the use of swat teams made the people lease are supposed to protect less safe? >> fewer than one ofify models was a person of color. has diverse city gone out of style in the fashion industry? we'll ask a super not he will straight head. we begin with syria. russian president vladamir putin is at the center of the syria storm. he's won a big battle by forcing the debate back to the security council where russia's veto gives it a voice in any internationally response. the paralysis on the civil syrian civil war raises questions. >> russia and china have flexed their veto power, raising questions whether the deep divides between word powers an the security council render the united states powerless. u.n. secretary admitted the failures. >>

the u.n., but the u.s. could still take action without u.n. approval. the report by chemical weapons inspectors into the attack in august could be submitted on monday. the u.n. secretary-general ban ki-moon said it would overwhelmingly show that chemical weapons were used. talks between russia and u.s. entered a third day in switzerland. u.s. officials are quoted as saying both sides are coming to an agreement. >>> this was the scene in geneva where we expect to hear from the russian foreign minister and u.s. secretary of state john kerr, and we will, of course, go to that news conference as soon as that begins. >>> for weeks now the white house has been saying it knows the syrian government is responsible for poison gas attacks, but as we report, some politicians are questioning that intelligence. >> reporter: matthew is a former foreign service officer and captain in the u.s. marine corps. he was the first united states official to resign in protest over the afghan war, but his government co

the u.n. to acknowledge the human rights violations of syria. >> we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the united nations is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. >> the president trying to talk tough today. did he succeed? charles krauthammer and i will analyze. >>> my point is that he should not be playing golf with men and women in uniform are still getting killed in afghanistan. >> i know the pressures of the job, and to be able to get outside and play golf with some of your pals is important for the president. >> former president bush disagreeing with monica crowley and sticking up for barack obama. monica will be here to respond. >>> also tonight, is america a mean country? and controversy over may brand-new book, "killing jesus." you are about to enter the no-spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. president obama, the tough guy. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. s

the u.n. to acknowledge the f syria. >> we cannot agree even on this, then it will show that the united nations is incapable of enforcing the most basic of international laws. >> the president trying to talk tough today. did he succeed? charles krauthammer and i will analyze. >>> my point is that he should not be playing golf with men and women in uniform are still getting killed in afghanistan. >> i know the pressures of the job, and to be able to get outside and play golf with some of your pals is important for the president. >> former president bush disagreeing with monica crowley and sticking up for barack obama. monica will be here to respond. >>> also tonight, is america a mean country? and controversy over may brand-new book, "killing jesus." you are about to enter the no-spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. president obama, the tough guy. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. speaking at the united nat

well the u.n. becomes very important al-arian so the main question is is russia going to veto anything in the u.n. security council that would harm their client syria and prevent a political settlement that's a big question what mass happen at the security council is most importantly one language that says you've got to get these weapons out they have to be destroyed there has to be a date certain for that to happen a secondly an arms embargo hopefully a so that weapons keep staying out of syria third and now i'm getting into wishful thinking possibly a diplomatic talks for power sharing for a political settlement which eventually moves assad out and and gets that country back on a path towards some kind of. democracy some kind of political resolution where all of these massive killings don't happen these refugees. so that's the u.n. now becomes that much more important because the framework of an agreement has to come from the u.n. security council but as one of the five members along with the u.s

u.n. on day three of the assembly. the president said no nation should possess nuclear weapons. he also called on israel to admit it has a nuclear bomb. the report. >> the first world leader to take to the podium at a u.n. nuclear disarmament conference in new york this thursday, hassan ronny -- rouhani put the spotlight on israel. >> almost four decades of international effort to establish a nuclear weapons free zone in the middle east has regrettably failed. urgent practical steps toward the establishment of such a zone are necessary. israel, the only non-party to the nonproliferation treaty in this region, should join without further delay. >> israel, the main culprit, rouhani claims. he said a deal on his country's controversy it was possible within months. >> the only way is to introduce a timeline. the shorter it is, the more beneficial for everyone. if it is six months, that is still good. it is a question of months, not years. >> he assured the general assembly that iran's nuclear

in the u.n. to see stop working with the chemical watchdog in the hague this completely counters what we agreed on was john kerry namely the chemical watchdogs decision and then a supporting resolution from the un a c. but without a chapter seven. the russian foreign minister said that the team of u.n. experts who were in syria last month investigating reports of alleged chemical attacks actually couldn't complete their job in its entirety caving into the pressure from the likes of the united states who seem to be determined to push their agenda in only one direction. which all parties are blinded by an ideological goal to remove the assad regime they want to show the big can call the shots in the middle east. they are mostly concerned with proving their own supremacy and not the task that we are driven by which to solve the syrian chemical weapons problem. on top of that russian foreign minister has said that there is a high chance that the syrian rebels themselves could produce chemical weapons

the head of u.n. mission here mission of experts which came and investigated the incident but never did so on the three subsequent incidents and then sell strong was asked to look into the and eventually factor this new evidence into the final report of self from his mission it never happened in fact still the u.s. is pushing for a response based on this u.n. investigation just last week the u.s. and russia agreed to a six point plan to rid syria of its chemical weapons the mask is pledged to move forward and has so far complied a chemical weapons ploy if you like by the west and by the by the jihadist was. was countered effectively. russia resigned to damascus saying ok you want to chemical weapons you've got the chemical weapons it's interesting today just look at the free syrian army disavowed that agreement and with a lot of the chain and do it with the other tools you can not give up their chemical weapons in this whole dispute and then john kerry the u.s. navy state is not even pushing on that i

russia says the u.n. report was rushed and ignores relevant evidence of other chemical attacks in syria the deputy foreign minister called in damascus this week confirmed un inspectors were informed this material which was killed by syrian authorities was he's handed over to aka sellstrom the head of u.n. mission here mission of experts which came and investigated the incident but never did so on the three subsequent incidents and then sell strong was asked to look into the and eventually factor this new evidence into the final report of self from his mission it never happened in fact still the u.s. is pushing for a response based on this u.n. investigation just last week the u.s. and russia agreed to a six point plan to read syria of its chemical weapons damascus pledged to move forward and has so far complied a chemical weapons ploy if you like by the west and by the by the jihadist was. was countered effectively. i rushed there in damascus saying ok you want the chemical weapons you've got the chemical

. >> a report from u.n. weapons inspectors set to be released this morning is expected to confirm the use of chemical weapons in syria. now, this as the u.s. russia deal calls on syria to provide full details of its chemical stockpile in just one week. >> the raising of the costa concordia is finally underway. the cruise ship went down off the coast of italy, killing 32 people. crews are trying to get the wreckage back upright. >> it's part of what's called america's suicide belt. what's being done to help people living in remote areas of montana get access to desperately needed mental health care. >> we begin this morning in colorado, where massive flooding has displaced more than 11,000 people. now, nearly 1200 residents are still unaccounted for. rains stalled rescue efforts on sunday, as helicopters were grounded, and other missions dealt with mud slides and flash floods. president obama ordered federal disaster aid for tin counties, including boulder, el paso and larmier. many communities of underwater.

russia says the u.n. report was rushed and ignores relevant evidence of other chemical attacks in syria the deputy foreign minister called in damascus this week confirmed un inspectors were informed this material which was collected by the syrian authorities was discreetly handed over to orcus sellstrom the head of u.n. mission here mission of experts which came and investigated the incident but never did so on the three subsequent incidents and then sell strong was asked to look into the and eventually factor this new evidence into the final report of self from his mission you can never happened in fact still the u.s. is pushing for a response based on this u.n. investigation just last week the u.s. and russia agreed to a six point plan to read syria of its chemical weapons damascus pledged to move forward and has so far complied a chemical weapons ploy if you like by the west and by the by the jihadist was. was countered effectively. i rushed her and damascus saying ok you want to chemical weapons you'v

the u.n. secretary general said he didn't know the cameras were still on. >>> and thousands forced from their homes. in colorado, water topping dams, the search for 80 missing people. and we begin with new signals from the white house about what to do with about chemical weapons in syria. secretary of state john kerry is staying a third night trying to come to agreement with russia over syria. but no longer, if syria does not comply. mike mccarra has more on the story. >> it will not be authorized by the united nations. from president obama on down has said it's only the credible use of force, has brought russia to put forth this proposal that has changed the course of events over the past week or so. john kerry yesterday at the outset of those talks with sergei lavrov says there should be consequences if syria doesn't follow through. president obama his only public appearance in the white house with the emir of kuwait. here is what he said about the issue. >> i shared with the emir my hope th

for the u.n. general assembly he will have with him the only jewish member of try aye ran'iran's parliament consig the last president publicly denied the holocaust. north korea says it is

i fear that a lot of people trust the u.n. to do that. the u.n. doesn't have a terribly effective record. are you worried? should the american people trust u.n. to oversee this new rug plan? >> the u.n. works sometimes. other times it doesn't. the record is mixed. the question is what passes in the u.n.? >> nothing if you're russia and china. >> france tabled a resolution in the security council today that basically embased the russian proposal that the syrians get rid of their weapons with international supervision and that if they didn't, then force was authorized by the u.n. security council. i thought that was great. it called russia's bluff. what do you think russia did? they said that was unacceptable. they don't want a mandatory resolution with teeth in it. they want it to be a presidential statement of kind of appealing to syria. >> senator santorum, do you -- >> credibility with this entire proposal. >> do you trust the u.n.? >> no. >> pick an issue. the answer is no. >> exactly right. >> 172 successful peace keeping missions and negotiat

a u.n. report says there's no doubt that chemical weapons were used in syria adding that warheads for the siren loaded rockets could have been improvised devices this is russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition should be made to sit down for peace talks with the government. and under fire r.t. continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in a damascus suburb. a welcome you're watching r.t. this evening with me and. now twelve people are confirmed dead after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. let's get the latest now from our to. the sea sam we understand the area wristed in lockdown but also two of the gunmen we believe still at large. right well things are quieted down here actually we just saw this stream of people here we suspect is the people who are still inside the buildings told to shelter in place they're now being released but things are quiet and down the next police briefi

u.n. sent a team of inspectors to syria to verify the use of the nerve gas sarin. eight years ago in 2005, also, the u.n. security council authorized sanctions against syria. resolution 1636 punished syria for a terrorist attack in lebanon that killed a then former prime minister of lebanon, but chemical weapons being so horrific may have struck a nerve in world opinion enabling president obama to elude the u.n. and build international support against syria unchallenged by the u.n. by the way, the u.n. was the brainchild of former president franklin deleanor roosevelt who conceived of the world body, the u.n., as a way to prevent a third world war. british prime minister winston churchill joined him in the effort. the u.s. is the largest contributor to the united nations. get this, $4.3 billion this year alone constituting 22% of the u.s. budget. question. let's assume congress authorizes unilateral military action against syria. should commander in chief obama then take the case to the un

part of a u.n. report says its inspectors are certain of chemical weapons use in syria this is russia's foreign minister says the syrian opposition should be made to sit down for peace talks with the government. and under fire continues its series of reports from the heart of the syrian war this time our correspondent joins syrian troops dodging sniper fire in the damascus. international news and comment twenty four hours a day you're with. four people have been confirmed dead and eight injured after a shooting at a navy yard in washington d.c. witnesses say a gunman was shooting from the fourth floor of people in a cafeteria reports claim two or three gunmen may have been involved in the attack that unconfirmed at the moment several civilians and police officers are among the victims approximately three thousand people who work at the building where the largest of the navy's command systems is situated but let's now get some reaction live from a political commentator john wright live from the u.k.

or he me the u.n. mediated for syria he says no action must happen can america really go it alone when it comes to a strike on syria. well actually this is more a question about power politics can america go along of course they did before and they can they have the means to do it the question is do they have a legal grounds. also the whole issue of proof even when a country has undeniable proof it has to go to the u.n. security council with that proof it does not give them a reason to attack even if the u.s. congress votes that does not give them the legitimacy to attack another country that you are the u.s. congress is a policy of the. country and that's. a mistake you know if i can just jump in here briefly i'm running very low on time but quickly to ask you quickly to ask you a fishelson saudi arabia and qatar have offered to bank roll any u.s. strike an intervention in syria why would that be the case how do you read that. well it's a pure and simple the real reasons why the u.s. and saudi arabia

and while all eyes are on the u.n. floor, the haggling over syria's chemical weapons continues in the back room this hour. key u.s. and russian diplomats meeting to talk about a u.n. resolution again. what's the holdup here? >>> and the politics lead. president obama has called him his unofficial secretary of explaining stuff. this hour, former president bill clinton will try to help him do that for obama care but what can he say to a wary, weary public that has not been said already? good afternoon. i'm jake tapper. welcome to this special edition of "the lead" in new york city. we'll begin with the world lead. a very eventful hour is ahead. it could be a defining one for the obama presidency and you will see much of it unfold here live. here's what's happening. in about 15 minutes, secretary of state john kerry will hold a bilateral meeting with the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov as they try to hammer out an agreement on a united nations resolution that would require syria to give up its chemical weapons for

s anastasia -- let's start with the u.n. security council. we are hearing reports that a deal may be reached on syria. the russian foreign minister address reporters within the last hour. what did he say and what are you hearing in regard to this deal? >> well, sam, finally confirm a diplomatic breakthrough has finally been reached on syria resolution to now be voted on by the security council. the russian foreign minister had confirmed that a text has been agreed upon by russia and the united states. this was something that was worked on for days if not weeks because of a major disagreement on whteether the use of force should be mentioned in this resolution. russia'position has been that this is out of the question and military intervention or use of force or simple chapter 7 of the u.n. charter should not be mentioned in this resolution. whereas, theue u.s. believes the opposite. they did agree that the use of force will not be mentioned in this text. basically, the security council today will already start putting together the document th

so the u.n. is really or since they are working around the clock to try and figure oh out what's happened but you will have to remember that their mandate is only determined if chemical weapons were used and they will not look to who used the chemical weapons and that is calling on as the making regional country as well as western powers to say we do not need to wait for the u.n. inspectors because they do have evidence like the u.s. as well as turkey. they have their individuals spell skwrepbs that said tp*b assad's regime did carry out the chemical attacks on them. >>> also not really considered the effect on civilians and refugees if any the u.s. military strike. can you give us an update on those refugees who already left the country? >> yes, we spend an spire day on tuesday talking to refugees on the turkish/syrian border and outside that and the stories we are hearing and the conditions we saw are appalling. i remember one person telling me that we've been bombarded by all sorts of weapons

we need a u.n. mandate. if you act without mandate, you are in a very bad situation, especially for a country like france which is a permanent member of the un security council. >> we are going to pick up on this point of the u.n. mandate. we can go to damascus. lucy fielder, who is based in beirut, which is in normal circumstances a short drive to the syrian capital. first of all, before i ask you about how people are seeing the debate going on here from where you are, how are things in damascus? >> this is a very tense, very quiet city. one that i knew well and always knew to be very thriving and bustling. over the last 24 hours i have seen so many businesses and shops and restaurants close down. the streets are empty. particularly at night, they become completely empty. there are roadblocks everywhere in the center of town. very difficult to move more than a few streets for checkpoints. an atmosphere of great tension, obviously. enormous concerns about the gathering support for a military strike. also a s

the u.n. and their mandate to go check out what happened with the inspectors was to find out whether chemical weapons were used, not who used them. i know you'll talk about this with ambassador bolton. there's new reaction now in the u.s. and around the world to president obama's delaying his decision on a potential strike on syria. he's decided to ask congress to first authorize any military action. france saying it will wait for the u.s. decision on how to act. and israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country is ready for any possible scenario. first to connor powell who joins us live from our mideast bureau. what's the reaction there? >> reporter: this move by president obama generating anger, confusion and even some just, you know -- confusion across the entire area of the middle east. particularly in israel. prime minister netanyahu said the country is, quote, calm and self-assured and the country really is prepared for any scenario. president obama's decision to postpone a

the u.n. security council on monday. the secretary general ban ki-moon said it will overwhelmingly show that chemical weapons were used in an apparently unguarded moment he also said what he thinks of the syrian president bashar al-assad. >> he has committed many crimes against humanity. and therefore i am sure that there will be surely the process of accountability when everything is over. but at this time, first and foremost, we have to help the fighting stop and dialogue, talking begin. >> a diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. >> reporter: in those comments when ban ki-moon i think thought he was off the record, he made it quite clear that he thought that the report he is going to get from those chemical weapons inspectors who went and carried out their investigations inside syria, would be a report that overwhelmingly showed that chemical weapons have been used in syria. diplomats are telling us they believe that ban ki-moon may get that report over the weekend.

ambassador to the u.n. samantha power who told a senate committee that are her new role would include challenging the crackdown on civil society and abroad including venezuela well we've already heard from him. president evo morales who is called on latin american countries to recall their ambassadors from the u.s. in response to this incident now president morales was caught in a similar situation this summer when several european union countries denied their at their airspace to his jet now that's allegedly because the u.s. suspected that n.s.a. whistleblower edward snowden was on board president morales his. airplane now the bolivian leader had to land in austria after portuguese authorities wouldn't let the president's plane land for refueling in lisbon french authorities also wouldn't let the plane enter their air sprees airspace mr morale is says the latest incident against the venezuelan president demonstrates that the u.s. is predisposition to humiliate other governments in apparence own state telev

no u.n. resolution on the handover of syria's chemical weapons should allow the use of force according to russia's foreign minister meanwhile his deputies in syria discussing the deal is new reports of possible rebel involvement in chemical attacks emerge. a mass shooting in the u.s. capitol leaves thirteen dead with a learned gunmen targeting a heavily guarded naval facility the motives behind the attack still unclear. and are taking speaks exclusively to the lawyer of whistleblower edward snowden this week pieced together the details of the fugitives every day life months after his revelations lifted the veil on the n.s.a. sweeping snooping activities. hello good evening it's good to have you company watching r.t. coming to life from moscow. now russia's deputy foreign minister is meeting syria's foreign minister in damascus as reports say the syrian government gave its allies crucial information about the use of chemical weapons in the country. has more from damascus. there's a negation be

ambassador to the u.n. samantha power who told a senate committee that are her new role would include challenging the quote crackdown on civil society unquote broad including and as well while speaking on state television president or also alleges that the u.s. government is putting up a lot of barriers making it very difficult for one of his ministers to obtain a visa in order to travel to new york next week for the u.n. general assembly debate not otoh the van is where you can deliver the u.n. so much of the u.s. laid out conditions so you don't issue a visa to one of my minutes since we're not going to the u.s. space tourists but is delegates representing your country. so the u.s. embassy must issue visas for the entire delegation if i have to take diplomatic measures against the u.s. government i will take them to the most drastic level if necessary but i'm not going to accept any talk of aggression the united states government must understand it doesn't mean you don't do well we've already heard from b

the u.n. security council holding an emergency meeting to discuss this. we see the president leaving from capitol hill. it's a long way from yesterday and started with what seemed like an off the cuff remark by secretary of state john kerry that syria could avoid a strike by giving up chemical weapons. but u.s. officials spent the day playing down the comments, auld them rhetorical. not a real proposal. then russia jumped. offered up a plan to turn over the chemical weapons to an international group, and by the time president obama sat down with reporter from the networks, it went from a rhetorical statement to a game-changer. the president told chris wallace he discussed the plan with russia's president last week. today, secretary kerry talked up the idea, claiming it came about only because of pressure from the united states. >> it is the threat of this force, and our determination to hold assad accountable, that has motivated others to even talk about a real and credible international actio

the russian president bypassing the u.n. to strike syria said ignoring the security council and beginning an attack would be an act of aggression we've got the full details of wide ranging interview. his debate taking action on syria as the country's president claims he's the only one to give orders and is determined to strike but only if washington decides to. new revelations by wiki leaks expose a huge snooping industry that's been selling spyware through before a terror in governments around the world so they can track down all opposition groups. live from studio seven here in moscow were just turned eleven pm this is. president putin has warned against a military attack on syria without the u.n. security council's approval the russian leader said punitive measures can take place only under international law and if there's solid evidence the syrian regime gassed civilians. reports. president vladimir putin was doing an interview with the associated press and russia's first channel and in that interview he strongly caution

or a u.n. resolution on syria stresses that all parties in the conflict need to comply with the disarmament and nonproliferation requirements author and historian gerald hones says ensuring the rebels cooperate with the most challenging task that's the weakness of this peace process recall the just a few days ago the so-called rebels officially with the more extremist faction basically saying that the less extremist factions to somehow be purged in expelled the extremists faction of course is spearheaded by the al nusra front close to al qaida keep in mind as well that some of the so-called chemical facilities in syria or under the jurisdiction of rebel forces if the rebel forces are not part of this process it's unclear to me how it can be resolved that is to say how can chemical weapons be destroyed not the least how can these chemical weapons be found if the rebels are not part of the process. meanwhile u.n. inspectors back in syria to investigate allegations of several more chemical attacks

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the u.n. asserts that only it is able to provide a credible answer on whether toxic gas was used in syria last month as the u.s. ramps up its case for a military strike while continuing to blame the assad regime. he was a member of the arab league refused to go along with his syria attack including iraq which is still witnessing the effects of the u.s. led invasion. radiation levels on the rise of japan's crippled fukushima nuclear plant his reading show exposure could cause death in as little as four hours. on the locals as debt ridden greece may need a third bailout despite the country already struggling to meet the terms of current payments and its jobless figures remaining the highest in. six am in moscow bring you today's top stories and a look back at the week's news after being turned down by key international allies president obama's move to gain domestic support for a serious strike he's asked congress to ok an attack aimed at punishing the assad regime for allegedly using chemical we

the busy amount of bias that they feel this shown has asked the u.n. inspectors to come back do you think they will. i think they'll have to i think you'll be too embarrassing not to one of the this whole issue has gone off at a tangent i mean it what is weird is in the background the syrian civil war continues and yet these huge noisy debate about chemical weapons also goes on i think the united nations for its own credibility will have to send people back and with regard to the u.n. security council we hear that russia will now give this information to the security council. do you think they will examine it. don't have to yes i can't see how they could possibly refuse to examine it. and in terms of the response that would come out what do you anticipate because it is it is actually very difficult because it appears that everybody has given their argument and sided with either the assad government or the rebels so it would require people wouldn't to go back on what they thought initially. are you asking me whether i think that. president obama is goin