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good evening from new york, im chris hayes. today that u.s. military began a long expected military campaign zaria and iraq against iranian proxy forces and the islamic revolutionary guard corps, sometimes known as the -- force. the retaliation for that drone attack over the weekend went three american army reservist 48 and a dozen more injured in the airbase in jordan. the strikes that killed americans for himself as part of a series of extended between various militant groups backed ...

Brings up is an issuer here, but at the same time, you have desperate people fighting for their life. and if there are terrorists trying to infiltrate these refugee groups, youre talking about a tiny number, right? >> youre talking about a tiny number right now, poppy, but the problem is, the fighting in syrias actually getting worse, around damascus, duma, in the eastern regions, its enormous, the casualties in august are hired in the war. thats going to mean more roaf ugees coming to europe. t...

>> live coverage of the big stories stateside and around the world in the next hour of your "new day" starts right now. >> if you are just joining us we want to wish you a happy sunday morning and thank you for sharing a little bit of your morning with us. i am christi paul. >> i am victor blackwell. we have got to start with the still fresh deal to get rid of syria and getting rid of the chemical weapons. john kerry is trying to soothe concerns there. >> and damascus is closer to jerusalem th...

Here, don, but theyre not able to get to that area just yet. theyre in negotiations with the syrian government and with the opposition to try and get safe passage into those areas, don. >> well, theres been some question about whether this really is -- can this really be a coincidence, the rebels were reportedly hit boy chemical weapons and the regime troops are hit just a few days later. >> reporter: yeah. yeah. i mean, it does seem a little bit awkward. however, the regime has been saying for ...

Awkward to all of a sudden find a chemical weapons stash in an area thats been under siege for such a very long time. but again, who knows? its very difficult to tell at this point in time. there is no hard evidence, and the thing thats troubling about all of this, the longer all of this takes, the more difficult it will be to gather evidence. because while all of this is going on, there is still a big military operation under way by the syrian military. they are firing artillery into the same a...

Allegations from the regime come just two days after the opposition said the regime had killed some 1,300 people through chemical attacks on the outskirts of damascus. its still really unclear what happened there. the more evidence comes out, the more videos come out, the more testimonies come out from people, especially from that wednesday incident, it appears more and more likely that some sort of chemical agent appears to have been used. doctors without borders, for instance, is coming out an...

United states. probably an idea of how the government will respond to the words coming out of geneva today. and as for the rebel fighters who have been active all across this country, again, as weve been watching in the last several days, they have flatly said, too, that they would not participate in any transitional government, which would include assad. the stalemate continues. >> rick: greg palkot streaming live from damascus, thanks so much. >> arthel: we go to egypt where islamist mohammed ...

So much for having me on the show. and i am honestly just speechless. it was kind of surreal. i dont really believe that im back here. the last time i was in front of a tv camera was in prison when they tried to put me on national tv. >> look, i want to start at the beginning. there you were in ma d.a. mas kus. i read some of the harrowing descriptions of when you were arrested. tell us about it. what happened. what did they do to you, where did they take you? >> well, after it was taken, i was ...

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