their destruction. and in this one instance they withdrew from a sulfur factory, a sulfur plant, but they ensured to cause maximum devastation to the plant, which in turn resulted in large plumes of toxic, poisonous gas being released. gas that ended up impacting hundreds of people who had to seek out medical assistance. and they had trouble breathing. they were choking. in fact, some hospitals ran out of oxygen. the images that were left behind, what we saw when we went to the sulfur factory, was quite surreal, because on the one hand you have these massive rock-like yellow structures and this liquid that is almost shimmering underneath it. that s a result of isis placing explosives inside what was a massive mountain of sulfur. and the expanse of the destruction just in this factory ranged about three miles.
president putin buddies with this murderous dictator in the first place? it s a longtime alliance that goes back to when assad bought weapons from russia. that deal reportedly continues to this day. one russian lawmaker said today that russia, quote, couldn t refuse bashar al assad and keep on seeing how people, women and children are dying. never mind that it s assad s own forces who are killing them, bombing entire towns, murdering children with poisonous gas. according to the human rights watchdog the number killed in syria s civil war is approaching 250,000 people. now today russia is sending its military to keep the man behind all the bloodshed in power and attacking forces that the united states supports. a complicated, multilevel conflict with numerous competing interests and goals just became more difficult to manage for the u.s. coalition. and much more dangerous to american forces. the russians have done an end around the united states and
let s get to it. good monday afternoon from the deck. theout is willing to work with any nation, even iran and russia, to take out isis and bring peace to syria. that the word from president obama at the united nations general assembly, response to a surprise weekend announcement that caught american officials offguard. russia and iran are teaming up with iraq to share intelligence on the islamic state, and those nations left the u.s. out of the loop. but president obama said any deal to fight isis must also get rid of syria s dictator, bashar al-assad. iran and russia are huge backers of the syrian dictator, even though he killed innocent men, women and children, sometimes with poisonous gas. according to the pentagon russia increased its support for assad, sending in all sorts of military equipment to boost his brutal regime. president obama says he rejects the mindset of russia s
this man said. at 12:42 inside another shelter, people huddled together, listened as volcanic debris rained down. officials warned another blast could send boulders up to 2.5 miles from the crater. survivors making their way through a moon scape, carpeted in a thick ash nearly two-feet deep in places. ontake is one of some 450 volcanos that make up the ring of fire in the pacific ocean, responsible for 90% of the world s volcanic eruption. we saw their power firsthand when we traveled to indonesia. when you re this close, you not only that boom, but you feel it. in japan, the search suspended. more than 500 rescue workers forced off the mountain by dangerous levels of poisonous gas. now watching and waiting for conditions to improve. gloria riviera, abc, washington. a dallas hospital has isolated aid patient who it says is exhibiting sign of the ebola virus. the patient s symptom and travel history suggest he or she may actually have ebola. the cdc expect the results of
point made before my segment that when congress is legislating a war and dictating terms of how to execute it, that has not worked well in history and doesn t put the full opportunities in front of our commanders who are charged with executing missions the civilian authorities give them. for secretary kerry to say it s going to be unbelievably small telegraphs how weak the red line will be and senator mccain is saying we need to do m rebels. there s a lot of questions about their affiliate and what a world would look like if they took control. jon: president obama that would have us believe that poisonous gas has never been used before. iraq and iran were lobbing each other with poison gas during their long war and president reagan didn t do anything about that. yeah. there s been equivocation from the american side over the years on this particular issue. that said, i think the chemical aspect and its use is probably the most one of the most