the u.n.oes enjoy sweeping immunity under creteys that establish the organization signed by all member states but victim's attorneys point out that the u.n. does have a responsibility to provide a mechanism for settling disputes and they claim that has not been done in this case. the u.n. is not responding to this lawsuit that has been filed in u.s. federal court. they're choosing to stress the work that they're using to alleviate cholera and to improve the water and sanitation systems in haiti. >> reporter: the difficulty in irradicating the epidemic has been compounded by the many people who lack access to a clean water supply. popular spots for bathing and collecting drinking water is the nation's streams. al jazeera's fault linu linum ld with families who expressed what should be done next. >> how many people here know someone who is dying of cholera? >> reporter: many are also still homeless living in tent cities after the nation's devastating earthquake four years ago. the number of peop

the u.n.'s own scientists have been admitting it. back in early 2012, president bill clinton, the u.n. special envoy for haiti, conceded the u.n. was the approximate cause. our hurdle, as you mentioned, is jurisdictional. the u.n. is claiming immunity. he u.n. has immunity, for good reasons. it is conditioned on the u.n. keeping up its end of the bargain, which is providing alternative mechanisms for justice to people hurt by its operations. and in this case, the u.n. is refusing to provide those mechanisms. courts throughout the world -- and this is a developing, more and more every year, courts throughout the world are saying that if the u.n. does not uphold its end of the bargain, or if international organizations do not uphold their end of the bargain, then courts should not allow them to claim immunity. and so in this case, it's clear that the u.n. has not allowed the victims of its cholera to have an alternative mechanism for justice, and so we have now choice but to go into a national co

a u.n. secretary general joins us, under allegation of abuse by peace keepers, has very significant ongoing importance in the world. a beautiful woman goes undercover to expose abuse, and she becomes first lady. >>> i'm anthony mora. , recent dramas including home lands show the horrors of abduction. >> one of the delta's found something else. >> i'm an american. >> an even more terrifying glimpse of a kid flapping inside syria comes from the show home land is based on, the israeli drama, prisoners of war. are. >> both shows delve into the unlikely alliances sometimes formed in captivity. photojournalist jonathan was kidnapped by a group near damascus. he endured persecution. he also taught their leader how to swim. joining us is jonathan, a 34-year-old photographer with thing new york polaris agency. held by 81 days by islamic fighters in syria. glad to have you here, why did you end up going to syria? we just mentioned how many journalists have been killed there, how many are being held ho

but the u.n. has got to look into it and it will have been questioning the conviction of that your report on that august attack what are your thoughts about that u.n. investigation well i don't want to trash the report bill but i think i'm very concerned about aspects of it for example you know it was done very quickly i mean what one site only spent two hours and that wasn't enough time they didn't look at samples of dead bodies there were no autopsies taken that was rather strange i think why did they look at autopsies to find evidence and of course there is the great danger that evidence was brought in in tampa with by rebel forces because this took place in gravel areas of course so it was scientific point of view there's great question marks about your report so i think i would like to see the spent longer time the time that they need to do it really knowing what i what why is it that people need convincing that there is indeed a chance that rebels could have been behind that chemical attack.

a u.n.acked khmer rouge tribunalal in cam bode yes is in the final -- cambodia is in the final stage of its trial. they are accused of genocide and crimes against mankind. into they are looking into what happened nearly 40 years ago. >> a city of 2 million emptied in a day. its normally busy streets quiet. 17 april 1975 marked the start of a reign of terror for cambodians. khmer rouge soldiers marched into the city as victors. the people of cambodia welcomed them, happy a 5-year civil war was over. hours later they were ordered to leave to the country side. this man was living in federico lombardi at the time. >> -- living in phomn perform enh at the time. >> he remembers being forced to mark with his family. his 3-year-old son didn't survive. like others, he decide of disease and starvation. the khmer rouge was trying to create a rural utopia. they killed intellectual people, teachers - anyone accused of being a spy. few would guess that in the early days of the regime's rule. a french phot

the u.n.'that the base had failed to properly dispose of its sewage which scientists believe is the source of the cholera bacteria now found in haiti's water supply. lawyers are filing a class action lawsuit on behalf of the haiti's cholera victims in a new york federal court but they face one monumental obstacle. the treaty that established the u.n. grants its sweeping immunity being are a treaty that has been signed by all member states including haiti. for two years, haitians sought justice through the u.n. les's internal leg system they denied their claims and continues to deny responsibilities. >> peacekeepers operate under a veil of immunity and in this cholera case i think it's challenging that on the civil side if one wants to sustain the criminally community, it's best to clean up messes and this one is a mess. >> reporter: lawyers for the cholera victims say the u.n. has a moral as well as a legal responsibility. >> u.n. of course is one of the world's leaders in promoting human right

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now the u.n. security council has unanimously voted on a new resolution supporting a strength in u.n. political mission in the country and african peace keepers who are supposed to take control, take order, say it will be hard, one presence of the lord's resistance army, first started in uganda and parts of the c.a.r. >> the country is 3,000 kilometers square and we know that a.r.a. the terrorist group is using the eastern part of the country as a stronghold. so obviously, security challenges are important. >> the new resolution gives the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon 30 days to come up with a report on the country. peace keeping force of african troops into a u.n. peace keeping mission. >> apologize for not explaining the reason james popped up at the moment. i should have mentioned but the u.n. security council has now adopted a resolution asking the u.n. to establish a peace keeping force in the central african approximat republic. >>> a possible withdrawal from the international criminal

i mean if we don't trust the u.n. who can we trust but the trouble is the u.n. doesn't work in a vacuum it works in the real world and there's going to be pressure put on them by the u.s. and of course what's going to happen is we're going to get the neo cons the the warmongers coming out with any kind of mind of any kind of discretion discrepancy coming out to use as a pretext for war so i think we've got to be alert and alive to the fact that the u.n. inspectors will be put under enormous pressure they've got to be strong enough to withhold that pressure i'm afraid in an exclusive interview with r.t. spanish channel ecuador's president referral career condemned barack obama's exceptionalism and even compared his tone to that of the nazis here's a brief preview of what he had to say. you know i still think president obama is a good and smart man but only speeches remind you of the speeches the nazis made in the run up and during the second world war they considered themselves the selected supreme race such speeches and ideas pose an extreme threat. or george ga

the u.n. is now to blame. tonight, dr. nancy snyderman has the report. >>> and getting more dads involved in school. "nightly news" begins now. >>> good evening. the president and the speaker of the house fought back and forth verbally today. day eight of the government shutdown. mean chooil, all kinds of people are getting cheated out of salaries, benefits, medical treatment. and now we have learned of what may be the ultimate indignity, having to do with those that fought and died for this country. in the middle of the shutdown, the sad word that five americans were killed in afghanistan, but because of the shutdown, those 5 and 12 others killed in action since october 1st will not get the death benefit that their families are supposed to be guaranteed. we have two reports on this tonight, beginning with nbc's andrea mitchell who broke the story this morning, and is here with us in the studio tonight. andrea, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. we have been talking about the shut

engagement at the u.n. is not something you do for someone out there, but rather for yourselves and your children. a friend of mine, rich gardner am paradoxically, i love my country, that's why i am an internationalist. the secretary and i are determined to make the most of the current moment. from the very beginning of the arab awakening, he spoke out and called the leaders of the old order to listen to those, not just the young seeking change, realizing this is a long and arduous journey. the child, he experienced devastation of war in korea. i know these values guide his work and -- in this time of global turmoil. closing, the secretary- general succeeded in luring me back to the organization and his side after time away on the organization. like my wife and others know, i'm in the did to the united nations. it is a drug in my veins and i and q for your attention and i look forward to the more informal part starting now. >> thank you, my old friend. you reminded me today that we probably have known each

many think the u.n.ould be doing something about this, but there has been a stone wall attitude to engage with this. but this may be beginning to change and we'll see thou pans out. we'll see how the continues. >> your tape will have a lot of the discovery for the lawsuit. appreciate it. thanks for being here. >>> it has been more than a decade since nigeria passed a law banning child labor, but millions of children are still believed to be working in the country. many under dangerous conditions. al jazeera met some of them working in the country's gold mine. >> reporter: this 11-year-old is one of millions of children forced to work in conditions like this. he dropped out of school when he was eight to join the ever growing number of people working in mines across nigeria. for him the pay justifies the pain. >> with the little that i earn here i support my family and care for my needs. it's hard work but what options do i have? i'm happy with what i do. >> reporter: he said that his parents are happy wi

the u.n.urity 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 ability t

back from an impassioned speech at the u.n. about. the threat iran poses to the world israeli prime minister bibi netanyahu spoke to an audience in israel at bar ilan university shockingly though the speech wasn't a bunch of fear mongering about iran you know bibi actually took the time to talk about palestine but maybe not the way you hope. so using references to palestinian leadership in the early twentieth century bibi actually tried to link today's palestinians to the nazis of the one nine hundred forty s. and despite this harsh rhetoric in the abysmal conditions of palestinians living under israeli occupation america's political support for israel remains strong so here to help me break down this issue further i'm joined by max blumenthal a journalist who's been exploring the cultural and political shifts within israel the author of the bestselling new book the lie of life in loathing and greater israel max thanks so much for coming on thanks and just to clarify the new book isn't a bestseller yet but it will be if you're viewers

federal court tomorrow. >> the u.n. is there to fight disease and poverty, but it is a major contributor to disease and poverty in haiti and refusing to take responsibility. >> reporter: what is the stance for the u.n. taking responsibility? >> i can't answer that question. >> reporter: she is one of the top officials in haiti. >> when there is blame to be made, isn't it inherent for an a organization to sometimes accept the blame, and in the case of the u.n. to say yes, it was us? >> well, unfortunately, i can't answer that question. i think here in haiti, what is more important is to deal with the situation that we're in. improving the health system in the water and sanitation, we're also improving other elements. >> reporter: little reassurance for dieumene, who says her family has received no help from the u.n. >> immunity can't mean impunity, and the victims are entitled to their day in national court if the u.n. won't give them justice within their country. >> reporter: dieumene and the other plaintiffs are counti

investigation what we actually mean is a group of u.n. inspectors driving at any particular side spending there anywhere between two and maybe five to six hours and in that very short period of time they have to inspect the side they have to collect the samples they have to talk to the witnesses and survivors and i'm sure nobody does that professional is but i have to ask you. how limiting do you think are the time and security constraints on the overall quality of collected evidence you are absolutely right and you've had a first hand view of it but what happened is that first of all we had to negotiate with the government of a cease fire for the time that the team would spend in the field with with the rebel held territories and then we had to make an agreement with the rebels to basically say look we need to talk to victims we need to first to care respond to this we need to talk to officials and we also need the space to do it in every single person who was interviewed was filmed photographed and all of their were recordings made so t

the u.n. is the lead on a number of issue, but the u.n. is in some cases could be a catalyst or even be a part of doing the job, because we will not be able to fight -- reached the goal of eradicating poverty if we do not have the help not only at bretton woods, not only ever regional relations at the european union, the private sector, with training and innovation. we need a civil society, men of youth and a background, and they play an enormously important role on actors of the world scene, and the scientific community. scientific research in general, and each and every one of you. i have a line that i use that i believe in very strong, nobody can do everything, everybody can do something. we have to realize that because i sense that in several parts of the world a hopelessness that's a situation is so difficult, the enormity of tasks is so high that you turn off the television and say i want to stop the world and get off. you have to define the problems she departs. you have to -- that is my take on the global logic of our time. >> on m

the u.n. security council. >>> mixed reviews what americans like and don't like about the president's health care plan. >>> and san francisco's commute, finding a way to get to work after another strike. >> we begin with a diplomatic show of defiance. one of america's closest allies in the middle east has suddenly refused a seat at the security council. saudi arabia's surprise, directed at the united states. kristin saloomi at the u.n. >> saudi diplomats were all smiles after winning a seat on the security council. and the saudi ambassador gave every indication his country was eager to take on the high profile position. >> we look forward to working with the rest of the international community to help our syrian brothers achieve their objectives. but equally, is the palestinian issue because we believe the pal palestinian issue is the core issue of the difficulties in the middle east. >> but the same issues syria and palestine were cited friday when the kingdom suddenly announced it would not

scientists say u.n. peacekeepers are to blame for spreading the disease that killed about 8,300 people and infected hundreds of thousands more. as we explain, the victims will have an uphill battle to hold the u.n. responsible in court. >> reporter: they are farmers like this man and haitians whose lives are more challenging because of cholera. >> translator: before cholera i was pretty healthy. since that my life is changed because now i always have headaches and stomachaches. >> reporter: they and thousands of other haitians are looking to the united nations to pay compensation for the damage inflicted by the disease, which came to their country in 2010. 8300 people have died. >> translator: we filed a complaint against the u.n., but we still have not got justice. >> reporter: scientific evidence points to this u.s. base on the banks of the river as the source of haiti's cholera epidemic. it came from nepal, as did the u.n. peacekeepers who they found moving the la teens in the weeks after the outbreak

we followed these images and rumors that the u.n. was to blame on a base of a town near the capital an capitol and saw . workers cleaning up a sewage spill and we if if i filmed thd asked the u.n. if they had anything to do with the out break. within months the investigation have been done and the scientistingscientist tisescientists have done surveye u.n. has refused to acknowledge the issue. >> they are not telling you anything about this. the lawsuit ghet gets filed and explain what it's asking for. >> it's the latest step in an ongoing process. the lawyers representing families of the victims who died from cholera started with legal claims against the u.n. in december of 2011. the u.n. refused to respond to those claims for a year and a half. finally responded and abruptly dismissed the claims out of hand. finally the this is the latest stage in the process and it's prep stifrepresentative of what. why are you going back to haiti. it's fallen from the head linings buheadlinesbut the disen impact. it's killing a thousand haitian a

the u.n. held a press conference in manila on friday. officials called for about $47 million in emergency international assistance. authorities say more than 200 people died in the magnitude 7.2 quake, which had its epicenter on bohol island. a u.n. team on the ground says more than 52,000 buildings collapsed. they say 344,300 people remain evacuated. the united nations says there's an urgent need for more settlers and relief supplies, such as food, water and medicine. >>> anti-government forces in syria say people living in an opposition strong hold near damascus are on the brink of starvation. government troops have surrounded the town since around january. this has prevented food and fuel from reaching the approximately 9,000 people living there. this footage is said to be recorded there last month by an anti-government activist. it shows image also of severely

because the opcw and the u.n. have no mandate to destroy that, it will probably mean that a u.n. member state will have to provide technical and operational support. >> this is a positive development, omar, the fact that syria met the deadline. >> it is, indeed. i remember when i was speaking to one of the spokespersons for the opcw. he said his plan or the chemical watchdog's plan was on track and they were optimistic that the whole russia-u.s. deal will come to bear the fruit of destroying the chemical weapons. he did mention, i remember a few weeks ago, that by november 1st syria will no longer have the capacity to make - produce new chemical weapons, or even mix and fill war heads with nerve agents. i have to also be a bit suspicious with regards to the second phase, because we were talking about syria declared. we will have to wait and see if the chemical weapon wach dogs or other states provide intelligence that says syria has more than what it declared. it will be interesting to wait and see that. >> omar, thank you, omar al saleh live there in istanbul. >> i'll take you n

a u.n.says syria will meet a looming deadline to destroy the chemical weapons and equipment. it's supposed to be completed three days from now. >>> the u.n. special envoy to syria is due to meet members of the opposition the day after he met president assad in du damas. he is trying to bring together all sides of the conflict for proposed peace talks in geneva but so far he's failed to convince several opposition factions, rob reports. >> reporter: once more he faces what many would call a near impossible task, a return to damascus trying to muster some or indeed any enthusiasm for talks in find ago i way out of syria's crisis. but 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 even want to be involved. >> the international community wants to support the syrian regime in geneva two. they don't want to weaken them really. that's why we completely reject this conference, when we see real

the u.n. security double is calling on the syrian government to allow immediate access for humanitarian aid. aid organizations warn of starvation in the country. and u.n. inspectors, find and destroy chemical weapons. >>> president obama will meet with congressional leaders in 30 minutes to talk about the government shutdown. house speaker boehner's office said the white house invitation appeared to be a sign the president might be backing down on his refusal to negotiate changes to the affordable care act. but white house spokesman jay carney said the president will not be offering any concessions. house democrats unveiled an immigration reform bill for 11 million undocumented workers living in the united states. it tightens border security. minority leader nancy pelosi said she's hopeful that republicans and democrats will now be able to come together to pass legislation. >>> millions of people tried to log in for government-backed healthcare but there were glitches. government officials say

the u.n. security council is calling to allow immediate access for humanitarian aid. serious humanitarian is rapidly declining. we're live at the u.n. headquarters here in new york. kristin for two and a half years as you know the security council was silent on syria. now we have this statement on humanitarian situation. what has changed? >> reporter: well, tony, the situation has gotten increasingly desperate inside syria, very hard for the security council to ignore. we're talking 4 million people who don't have enough to eat, and by the u.n.'s estimates they haven't been able to get to about 2 million of those people to get them any aid whatsoever. so an increasingly desperate situation for the security council to deal with. humanitarian groups are lobbying very hard for the council to make some sort of a statement to put pressure on the syrian government to improve access. they say they've been denied access to these areas that they need to get to. the council on the heels of an historying

every year when world leaders gather to address the u.n. general assembly the u.n. kicks into here. this year iran's new president, hassan rouhani, distancing himself from his predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad, rouhani went on a media blitz that cast him as savvy with media dialogue. a wate "washington post" op-ed written by rouhani. and took the step of interviewing an democrat. it reflected the country's divisions. but this time it fell into line with the new dominant rhetoric of reconciliation. and then the israeli counter offensive. prime minister benjamin netanyahu, who used the u.n. stage to tell those at home and abroad that rouhani's push was just a charm offensive and a dangerous one at that. we start with the media beehive that is the u.n. headquarters in new york city. >> he's been in the job for two months but the gathering at the u.n. was for all intents and purposes hassan rouhani's debut on the world stage. it provided 25 minutes to deliver his speech unfiltered through whatever news outlet chose to carry it and what did he before and after the speech was part of the s

experts from the opcw and the u.n. started their work following a resolution by the u.n. security council. they face the challenge of doing their job as syria's civil war continues. opcw director ahmed will motivate the organization to work even harder. >> the peace prize brings untiring effort, stronger commitment and greater dedication. >>> people around the world have been reacting to this announcement. we spoke to a japanese specialist in chemical weapons who was involved in the establishment of the opcw. he's a former commander in japan's self-defense forces. >> it is very good news not only for the opcw but also for all the parties of chemical weapons convention. in addition, as you noted, opcw has a very tough mission in syria in order to eliminate all of the syrian chemical weapons and its capability within a year, under dangerous conditions of civil war. when i was a member of japanese delegation for chemical weapons convention, before the establishment of opcw, nobody and no country expects such a very big price because its main mission and objective was the eli

it prompted the u.n. skirt secuy council to consider intervention. >>> sudan's president has launched a stinging attack against opponents of economic reforms. cuts to fuel subsidies doubled costs overnight. we have reports from khartoum. >> reporter: the capital in the eastern state that the president chose to make his first public speech since eruptions last winter. >> each time there is a problem they wear their suits and ties and say this time the man it done. we clearly explained why prices have increased. they saw this as an opportunity to bring down the government. they have agents, thieves and bandits and declared that khartoum has fallen. khartoum will never fall. protesting. >> reporter: calls for freedom, peace and justice is growin gro, and they're having a hard time containing them. they announced that they would step up street pressure. >> we agree the revolution will continue. we've set guidelines for protests. we have new means for social disobedience and we're devicing a plan for a constit

but a new u.n. report opening up the ante world update it describes torture and ill treatment often leading to death a wide spread in libyan jails and the means of abuse are said to be the most frequent way to get confessions right after a rest during the first days of interrogation about eight thousand prisoners are held behind bars without any trial while on suspicion of having fought for the ousted leader moammar gadhafi and the u.n. investigation has shown that at least twenty seven people have been tortured to death in the prisons eleven of them just in this year alone all being done by militias that triumphed in the eight month civil war. the u.s. has expelled three in venezuela and diplomats from its territory just a day after booted out the same amount of american officials from its country known as well and leader nicholas my daughter accuse the envoys of plotting to sabotage the economy the u.s. embassy denied the allegations and fearing an assassination attempt last week canceled his spee

u.n. secretary says weapons experts may be needed to deal with the chemical stockpile. plus. >> i am in spain, people here are accusing the government of sabotaging years of progress in renewable energies and putting a tax on the sun. ♪ but first the world's second and third largest economies warned the united states sort out your debt crisis and do it fast and china and japan predict problems if they do not resolve the deadlock or borrowing capacity soon and this was the cooperation summit in bali and the president should have been there but he stayed home to try to sort out his problems and this is a report from bali. >> reporter: the apex summit has officially been wrapped up, the leaders are all going home and we are left with the question how is this apex summit going to be remembered if at all. it was interesting to hear from the indonesia president when he opened and he said what we normally remember and what leaders usually remember are the food and they have at the dinner and it w

u.n. general assembly a resolution was passed over syria's chemical weapons u.n. inspectors are now on their way to take inventory and dispose of them the latest ahead. we're just hours away from a government shutdown with the house and senate still at a standstill over the spending bill parts of the federal government will soon to close more on this shutdown showdown calling up. and government use of domestic drones seems to be expanding millions of dollars have been spent on you weigh these for the f.b.i. and local police departments more on the drone spending later in the show. it's monday september thirtieth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you are watching r.t. u.n. weapons inspectors are due to arrive in damascus syria tomorrow to begin taking inventory of the country's chemical weapons arsenal it is the first step in ridding the country of all of its stockpile as part of a unanimous u.n. security council agreement know that agreement passed after a point of contentio

. >>> u.n. inspectors missed an important deadline in dismantling syria's quepts program, they were unable to reach two of the 23 locations because of security reasons. they are currently destroying equipment used to manufacture the weapons. the inspectors didn't say exactly the if syrian rebels or the government were responsible, just that they are still negotiating access. the syrian government has agreed to destroy or remove its entire stockpile by 2014. the first report contains new details about the extent of the country's chemical weapons program based on information the syrian government provided to the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. syria says it has 24 facilities at 23 locations around the country. 2.3 million pounds, 230 unfilled chemical bombs in stork storming. syria has agreed to remove all of this by mid 2014, william butler is a former weapons inspector in iraq. ambassador good to see you. >> good to see you john. >> you've read this report, what stands out

president's speech and global attention every year the u.n. general assembly brings together world leaders the may never talk to other circumstances but do they hear each other on the honest about their intentions when the world is watching do they care about finding a solution or is their agenda the only things that matter with syria is a litmus test we can now see whether the u.n. still makes. our guest today is it that issue ok russia's and lloyd to the united nations mr churkin it's great to have you on the program with us today. now the resolution on syria is obviously so the resolution on syria is obviously a victory for russian diplomacy but the resolution has in a way also restored the u.s. credibility that was kind of lost in recent years so with the inability to make a joint decision it one time thing do you think or will we see more decisions like that well i hope we will i mean the most important thing about this resolution is that it's really paving the way for the implementation of this project of eliminating all chemical weapons

an advance team of u.n. inspectors have kicked off their mission in syria writing in damascus to oversee the elimination of the country's chemical stockpiles though the experts have a very tough task ahead to try and find and destroy about a thousand tons of toxic arms in a country that still at war the u.n. security council approved the mission last week as part of a syrian chemical disarmament resolution it's after all the poison gas attack outside damascus of a deadline to destroy all facilities is the first of november that many find that timeline a bit too ambitious it is the narrowest window that any u.n. team has had to face in any nation but russia's ambassador to the world body. he told r.t. the challenging time frame will work if indeed all sides take part. this is a difficult schedule but i think there is reason to believe that this is a realistic schedule provided there is cooperation from the syrian government which we see as the year and also provided there is required cooperation from various

the u.n. inspectors didn't even request to see not there of those bodies they didn't want to see the autopsies they didn't want to go to the morgue and. this is how this can explain the reasons why such a request from a. there were so many victims who were still alive that there was really no need to to exuma bodies and basically to tissue from them because there were so many victims who were alive but we had also complete case history meaning that the victims were able to tell how they were affected what they felt what the symptoms were which is much more powerful than taking tissue from from the from the body well. in my humble opinion autopsies are very very rich source of any sort of information and war over the u.n. inspector side a lot of stories about a lot of interviews about how many people were killed at some point and they report they say that. they were like. a family of forty people killed in them and yet for some reason they make absolutely no after it's you go and see those bodi

the u.n. is investigation has shown at least twenty seven people have been tortured to death in the prisons eleven of them this year alone by militias that are trying to win the eight month civil. rights has expelled three venezuelan diplomats from its terror tree just today out of caracas booted out the same amount of american officials from this country venezuelan leader nicolas maduro accused there and boys of plotting to sabotage the economy the u.s. embassy deny the allegations fearing an assassination attempt to murder last week canceled his speech at the u.n. headquarters in new york diplomatic spots are nothing new to them as well and america both how without ambassadors but without ambassadors in each other's company since twenty ten. teacher protests in brazil turned violent after police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse crowds in rio de janeiro the last american countries undergoing an educational crisis with a shortage of teachers estimated three hundred thousand and over

the problem is the amount of power the u.n. general assembly has over other countries, which is not big at all. >> that is a good point that you bring up. as i understand it, the resolution would be nonbinding. so how effective will it really be? x that is true. that is the biggest problem, because the u.n. general assembly does not have the kind of power to be binding on any kind of document that we seek him out of it. critics of this are saying it is pointless because it won't really affect the u.s.. it is also a strong message, because first of all, this is the first time many countries in the international community come together to voice their outrage. it is also a big body and certainly there could be further steps where this could be taken if the document is generally -- is passed through the general assembly. there could be pushes to update the international legislation that all these countries are signed up to. that would certainly have some kind of impact on the u.s. if he chooses to follow its own international treat

the u.n. has urged stirran government to remove hurdles. we're live from the u.n. headquarters. kristin, for two and a half years the security council basically silent on syria. now we have this statement on the humanitarian statement just days after the resolution of the destruction of the chemical weapon, what has changed? >> the humanitarian situation is becoming increasingly desperate and hard to ignore for the security council. we have reports of children dying of starvation. earlier last week i should say the organization "save the children" put out a report that 4 million syrians are now at risk because they don't have enough food to eat. on top of that there are reports of hospitals being bombed so the wounded can't be treated. the list goes on and on and on. the humanitarian groups have been pushing the security council for this measure for a long time. they've been asking for some help to try to get better access into these areas where it's so desperately needed. the security council was able to respond after the unity of the chemical weapons resolution. there are some

u.n. delegation rejected netanyahu's accusations. he said that unlike israel, iran would not attack another nation. >> they are the greatest threat to the security of -- >> safi said israel should not even think about attacking iran. netanyahu has become even her to vocal on iran afrowani showed he is taking a different approach to dealing with the u.s. the iranian president took a call from president barack obama last week. it was the highest level contact between the nations since they cut off diplomatic ties more than three decades ago. >>> thousands of people were caught unaware when a giant tsunami battered japan's northeast coast in 2011. among them was a veteran diver who spent years teaching people how to survive such disasters. his experience gave him a renewed sense of purpose. >> reporter: june abe is a 54-year-old professional diver and instructor. on this day, he and his wife visited a local primary school in miiyagi prefecture. they've been teaching how to save lives in water