Attorney general eric holder has authorized an additional autopsy on the body of missouri teen Michael Brown. The announcement comes after another night of unrest in ferguson where hundreds of protesters were out. Look at that, clashing with police through thats a haze of tear gas. Tensions in the city remain high after last weekends Fatal Shooting of the you know armed black at the scene. Natasha is live in ferguson, missouri. Can you tell us a little bit more about this autopsy . What do we know . Reporter good afternoon, morgan. Another autopsy of Michael Browns body has already been conducted, but an attorney general holder said because of the extraordinary circumstances surrounding browns death and at the request of his family, a federal medical examiner will conduct an independent examination, an independent autopsy of brown, and it will be done so as soon as possible. In the meantime, for a second night in a row, there was violence here in ferguson which included a breakin of th
The Obama Administration is looking for congressional approve. To launch a limited attack on syria in response to the use of chemical weapons. The secretary of state made his care to the Senate Committee today, and will get to that story in just a moment. But we begin with an al jazeera investigation. Documents obtained by al jazeera reveal that the state department knew of Systematic Security problems at u. S. Diplomatic posts including benghazi and failed to correct them. Some of the key findings include an intelligence database, and not been truly functional for a number of years. And many of the installations do not have state of the art secure Telephone Communication links. In addition, the report found that several of the outposts in africa and the middle east had an immediate need for an intelligence analyst. And this is not the first time that many of these concerns have been raised. Al jazeeras invest guy tiff reporter has this exclusive report from washington. April 1983, a v
Prbltiomemorial. In his speech to the nation tonight, president obama officially changed course. He asked congress to delay a vote to authorize a military strike against syria and said hell spend time exploring russias plan for syria to destroy chemical weapons. Military action against the government of liter Bashar Alassad is in the Core United States interests. If we fail to act, assad will, it could be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons. But even as he made his way for strikes the president announced that he would ask congress to but aside his request to use them. While brokering a deal with russia. This initiative has the potential of removing chemical weapons without the use of force. To take control of its chemical weapons. We are ready to announce the location of the chemical weapons to stop production of chemical weapons and to show these production facilities to representatives of russia and other United Nations member states. Secretary of state john ke
Syria. Well tell what you they focus on and when their final analysis will be complete. President obama said today in the white house rose garden he has made a decision on what he wants to do to syria after that governments alleged use of chemical weapons. After careful deliberation, i have decided that the United States should take military action against Syrian Regime targets. This would not be an openend the intervention. We would not put boots on the ground. Instead our action would be designed to be limited in duration and scope. But i am confident that we can hold the assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons. Deter this kind of behavior and degrade their capacity to carry it out. Before that can happen, however, the president said he will seek congressional approval. Mike joins us live now from the white house. Given that the president himself, mike, said today that he has authority to act without congress, take us behind the white house strategy and thinking in
We begin with the very latest developments in the crisis in syria. Secretary of state john kerry went on all five sunday network talk shows today to say that preliminary tests prove deadly sarin gas was used to kill more than 1400 people in damascus. The arab league, a group of Foreign Ministers from several gulf countries, ended their meeting in cairo with a call for International Effort to end the violence against the syrian people. Meanwhile in washington, congressional leaders will hold hearings in the days ahead on president obamas request to launch a military attack. No votes are expected before september 9th. Syrias Opposition Coalition says dictatorships like iran and north korea are watching closely to see how the free world responds. Weve got more on all of this from al jazeeras Jeanne Meserve in washington. Reporter syrian president Bashar Al Assad meaning with a prominent member of the Iranian Parliament says his country is cable of confronting external aggression from the