assad. in an exclusive interview from within syria, the head of the free syrian army, general idriss, accuses of has assad and putin playing games with the international community. he says the resolution here must be tough. if the resolution does not include the threat of force the russians are fighting that as you know, is that acceptable to you or must it have the threat of force? it must have the threat of force and this reg deem don t understand any other language. reporter: general idris says the u.n. should arrest hassan for war crimes. his group will soon present evidence that in his view the assad regime is hiding chemical weapons, jon. jon: we ll have president obama and iranian president in town. might the two of them meet? reporter: that is the big question here in this building today. there is always that possibility. the white house says there is no formal meeting set but tomorrow the secretary-general has an
peninsula in yemen have had very close ties training each other s operatives. some of the early yemeni suicide bombers were trained in shabaab camps in somalia. subsequently when the militants in somalia were being pushed by african union peacekeepers supported by the international community, they got support coming from yemen. so there s been a back and forth that s been there for some time. so i would not be surprised if not at all that dynamic was at work here. jenna: so many questions unanswered. your study completed timely and will be published next month, peter. state collapse, insurgency and counterinsurgencies, lessons from somalia. love to have you back. it will be a story that continues. peter thanks for joining dawes. thank you, general that. jon: right now heads of state from around the world are arriving in new york stock exchange for the 68th united nations general assembly. debate kicks off tomorrow with speeches from president obama
a.c.a. is the abbreviation for the health s new law dubbed the affordable care act, which for this family will be anything but affordable. jon: a lot of people waking up to surprises, i think. thank you. jenna: the deadly terror attack in kenya showing how resilient al qaeda is in africa right now and these terrorists are said to be from al-shabaab tied to al qaeda. they ve been responsible for multiple attacks and assassinations of peace activists and aide workers, including a 2010 bombing in uganda that killed 20 people. at a 2011, the homeland committee said that al-shabaab actively recruited between 40 and 50 members from here in the united states. general, a four star general and fox news military analyst, when we see that video of families running from the mall, two things go through anyone s mind. how can we help them?
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third day with an outcome still far from certain. it is a big story. we re glad you re with us, everybody. i m jenna lee. great to have jon scott back today. jon: good to be back from a week s vacation. scenes of chaos both inside and outside of a luxury shopping center in the capital of nairobi over the past three days. earlier today several large blasts rocked the mall sending plumes of smoke. the area. witnesses are hearing rapid burst of gunfire. kenya s interior minister said they killed two gunmen related to al qaeda. so far the attack claimed more than 60 people. kenyans and foreigners are among the dead. more than 100 people injured include several americans. leland vittert is following the sveltements from jerusalem for us. leland. reporter: hi, jon. a source there on the ground in nairobi tells me they think they are down to either the last gunman or last group of gunmen