. >> i saw the last day of judgment in damascus before i left syria. i saw people, the faces of people, i saw the death. i saw that. yes. >> abdul has many health issues but he's feeling well his love of teaching normally brings him here. the teachers and the children are all refugees. the adult volunteers teach 130 students from age 6 to 17. more children would like to come but there's no room and a long waiting list. while malaysia is a signatory to the pact, this is one of the many issues that those helping refugees would like the government to focus on. >> u.n. hcr is in charge of doing the refugee status determination process and once that process is finished, they will provide some services, support to refugees. >> reporter: al jazeera approached the malasian authorities and the u.n. hcr to comment on the status of syrian refugees. they declined our request for interview. 90% of refugees come from myanmar and less than 1% from syria. legal or not refugees cannot work in this country. they find it difficult to are make a living for their families.

this is a syrian refugee arriving here over a year ago from damascus. the professor taught english literature in a number of prestigious universities before the troubles began and families and friends were killed. >> i saw the last day, the day of judgment in damascus. i saw people. i saw the death. i saw that. >> abdul has many health issues. when he feels well his love of teaching brings him here. the teachers and the children are all. the adult volunteers teach 130 students from the age of six to 17. more children would like to come. there's no room and a long waiting list. malaysia is a signatory on un convention on the rites of the child. this child does not give free access to great schools. this is one that the government would focus on. >> the malaysian government moved the responsibility to u.n.h.c.r. it is in charge of doing the refugee status determination process, and once the process is finished, they'll provide services, support to refugees. >> al jazeera approached the malaysian authorities and u.n.h.c.r. to focus on the status of refugee

in damascus. >>> many syrian refugees are marking ramadan in turkey. turkey's open-door policy for displaced syrians makes it the world's biggest host for refugees. 2 million have crossed the border into turkey spending ramadan separated from family members left behind in the fighting. world refugee day has been marked in brazil by refugee families. children from syria and other nations sang song to raise awareness of the plight of the displaced. doctors in south korea say no new m.e.r.s. cases have been reported for the first time in 16 days. that suggests the infection race of the middle eastern respiratory syndrome has slowed. 24 have died and 166 infected. the focus is to ensure the disease doesn't spread further in the hospitals closely monitored. >>> fears that the dom can republic are about to depart thousands from haiti are downplayed. human rights groups says the law is prejudiced against hatians. as adam raney reports, the hatian community says discrimination is a problem lasting for decades. >> reporter: little haiti, where many have settled

envoy to syria is in damascus meeting assad he's there to try to push for a political solution to end the conflict. he also urged assad to stop hitting civilians. since 2011, human rights groups have documented 235,000 deaths in syria. half of those are people not involved in the fighting. victims such as those in the attack on dual a this time there were shouts as joy as a girl was pulled alive from the rubble of the building blown up by is assad air force while underneath her brother could still be held calling for help. >> almost 20,000 syrian refugees have fled to turkey. syrian kurdish forces now control four hommie kilometers of on the turkey-er is queen border. they are a us coulded of forcing out arabs and turk man from the town. >>> a negotiator for yemen's houthi rebels say they won't speak to the exiled government of president hadi. the united nation is his trying to persuade both sides to hold talks and resolve the conflict. we have a report from geneva. >> reporter: these are the houthis, allies of the deposed president saleh. they are in geneva for crucial talks aimed at

envoy to syria is in damascus meeting assad. he is there to try to push if a political solution to end the conflict. he also urged assad to stop hitting civilians. since 2011, human rights groups have do you wanted 230,000 deaths in syria. half of those are people not involved in the fighting. victims such as those in the attack on douma. this time there were shouts of joy as a girl was pulled alive from the rubble of a building blown up by assad's air force. while underneath her brother could still be heard calling for help. caroline malone, al jazerra. >> as we mentioned syrian doctors will be testifying in front of the u.s. congress on wednesday and here is what one of the doctors had to say. >> translator: poisonous gases mostly chlorine are being used regularly and systematically. and the aim is not to kill because barrel bombs and war planes kill a much larger number. the aim is to drive people living in the opposition areas out of their neighborhoods the assad forces are always repeating and write on this walls it is assa

we're seeing it towards damascus. it will head toward lisbon and howard county at 5:58 and clarksville 6:11. eventually this will track in towards columbia and southern montgomery county. we have several more hours of potentially damaging thunderstorms to get through this evening. >> i think till about 9:00. then we can be okay if you're west of i-95. we sent scott broom up 270 in the teeth of that storm. let's start with a live look outside, our live michael and son weather cam, 96 downtown, wind south, southwest at 17. yellow alert tonight, severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00, our threatening around 9 p.m. damaging wind and hail and isolated tornadoes possible but still feel by and large straight line winds will be the bigger threat. by 7:00 we still have a huge complex of thunderstorms right over the metro area encompassing the entire beltway of 495 stretching into fredericksburg. we put this into motion. by 8:00 they move into southern maryland and prince george's county. between 7:00 and 8:00 places like bowie

those storms have hail with them, a lot of reports out of damascus urbana, the storms moved on through. look to recall team four radar storms blossoming the course of the last half hour, 45 minutes. can we take it guys? zoom on into these storms and really, the heaviest in through northern portions of montgomery county, north of gaithersburg in and around mount airy, damascus columbia another big time storm south of leesburg, severe thunderstorm warning, show you the watch boxes about all of the northern and we were portion of montgomery county, right now under a severe thunderstorm warning this warning till 4:45. this one until 4:30. i expect another one to be issued here, look at the area, latesville, a damascus clarksburg urbana, olney, very heavy rain associated with this. 270 is going to be a mess the next hour or two as a result. zoom in see the purples here, where we are seeing some of this hail, around the late ville area, talk about for you go in a little bit farther here and show you what i'm talking about. north of latesville, right along the watkins road area, heads up here

i was born and brought up in syria, damascus. the army entered our house and i found them in our bedroom looking for the free syriasyria army. my dad knew he couldn't protect us because he was old. three hours later we decided to leave, so we came to beirut. we always eat here. grape leaves are my and i have four months left and i have no idea what to do. >> what do you think, will they renew your visa? >> so far, i don't think so. >> and do they the arrest you? do they take you to the border and kick you over to the other side? >> they send you back to syria. >> what happens if you go back to syria? >> most probably die. on the way or to some people get arrested or be taken to the army. >> how different is damascus from beirut? >> oh, it is really, really different, and in damascus, i was always afraid of the government, and some people died because they cursed the president. i left syria, and i found hope here, and i screamed in the streets cursing all of the politicians, and everything. it is all right, nobody is go g ing to c

damascus damascus, 5:40. moving 25 to 30 miles an hour towards the east. nothing too severe just yet. something we will continue to watch a lot of lightning associated this with this, in the district, between 6 and 7:00, keep you posted on that as well. the latest on that and when our heat finally breaks in my forecast. >>> a man is behind bars tonight charged with stabbing his father to death in front of his mother. andre pickerel low faces murder charges. prince george's investigators tell us he got into an argument with his father saturday night in their clinton home. they say pickerel low then got a knife and stabbed his father multiple times. the suspect then took off in his dad's car. he was arrested sunday morning in charles county on an unrelated charge. >>> charging documents reveal that the man who was arrested for this attack on metro's green line was also armed with a knife. the video shows 52-year-old william nelson hitting a younger man while on a train that was traveling between the anacostia and the congress heights stations. nelson was cha

>> yes, i was born in syria, damascus. one night, 3:00, the army entered our house, and i found them in my bedroom, looking for the free syrian army. my dad knows he couldn't protect us because he was old. three hours later we decided to leave. so we came to beirut. >> oh, thank you. >> we always eat here. grape leaves is my favorite. >> i saw you went for that first. >> yeah. >> it's delicious. >> yeah. it is. we come here a lot, and we talk a lot about syria. we talk about our visas most of the time. actually now i have four months left, and i have no idea what to do. >> what do you think, will they renew your visa? >> so far, i don't think so. >> and do they the arrest you? do they take you to the border and kick you over to the other side? >> they send you back to syria. >> what happens if you go back to syria? >> most probably die. on the way or to some people get arrested or be taken to the army. >> how different is damascus from beirut? >> oh, it is really, really different, and in damascus, i was always afraid of t

returning from damascus, they bring up the issue of doing more to protect civilians. he talked about the ongoing killing in syria. >>> now some of the 23,000 syrian refugee who is fled to turkey over the past two weeks have started returning home. they were forced out when it was seizeds by isil fighters. the town was retaken by kurdish fighters supported by syrian rebels. bernard smith reports from the turkey syrian border. >> deciding it was better to go home than to squeeze through the packed refugee camps these syrians crossed back on wednesday. only two days ago syrian-kurdish ypg fighters took control of a strategic border down from isil after a after a three-week battle. >> i don't feel safe going back. >> we are going back after two years. isil accused us of being ypg. >> we have been in turkey for three days without anywhere to stay. i'm not afraid to go back. i'm a civilian. i have done nothing wrong. >> most of the 20,000 syrian who is crossed are still in turkey. of those we spoke to who are going home some were nervous about being under control. others we

poolesville come heavier rain north of you right now, damascus is going to get it. the storm has been through frederick county, walker's phil, so maybe germantown will get a little bit, gaithersburg. we are watching this southwest of washington, harrisonburg, the storm activity trying to fire. that could be affecting culpeper , manassas, late tonight. that will be close to 1 a.m. 92 and sunny in washington. with the high humidity right now it feels like mid 80's. the work and school we, do not need the jackets, cool in the afternoon. one more warm day before we get the relief. that will be tuesday. wednesday, more storm chances. the complete outlook in a few minutes. kellye: justin from alexandria, a school closure, hammond middle school is closed because of air conditioning problems. 12-month employees still need to report but camden middle school is closed tomorrow. one person is dead and another fighting to survive after somebody drove up to a crowded park and opened fire. this was at the ardmore rec center in springdale. roz plater has been there since the story

kellye: a damascus woman tells "7 on your side" she has had it. she has been fighting bats if her apartment. jonathan: she says they get in through the building ventilation system and if two or more of the creatures which shouldn't make it better but they slip in the 9-year-old son's bedroom and she called "7 on your side." horace holmes stepped stepped stepped in to help. horace: felicia says she has a problem with bats that are getting in the apartment she shares with her 9-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. the first one appeared one morning last summer. >> i come out and there is a bat flying in circles. horace: last february they found another one. she got animal control to catch and dispose of it. then another snuck in. the straw that broke the camel's back her and her family monday when two bats started to come in club this bench over the top of her 9-year-old son's bed. >> one tested positive for rabies. i don't want to know. >> she and her children had to go through round of rabies shot as a precaution after the bat appeared in the ap

so fawzi lands in damascus. c-span: northern border of? >> guest: of israel on the southern border of syria, and fawzi goes to damascus and very quickly ascertains from the syrians that the syrians know nothing of this. the syrians aren't on alert. he actually takes a small plane up to look at the border doesn't see any israeli forces massing there and he reports this to nasser. nasser decides for political reasons to ignore the advice of his chief of staff and to act as if the soviet warning is true that israel indeed intended to invade syria and he send his entire army into sinai, sends 100,000 men into sinai, a thousand tanks. c-span: and the sinai is about how far from jerusalem if you got in a car and drove? >> guest: if you got in a car and drove it would be about five hours. c-span: and if you got all the way to the end? >> guest: the closest point is about two and a half hours, take it back. c-span: how long does it take you to drive across to sinai? >> guest: sinai is like about four or five hours from tip to tip. c-span: so now m

this palace in damascus is 12km away. this time bashar al-assad's forces used elephant rockets - named after the noise they make when launched. the improvised weapon is made by attaching rocket motors to larger bombs, increasing its destructive effect. the effects on people is clear in the local hospital, where scores of children are among the injured. across the world the u.s. secretary of state john kerry summed up what the international community thinks of such attacks. >> i think everybody's patients are wearing thin with respect to the extraordinary deprovity of the -- depravity of the weaponry and mechanisms for delivery which bashar al-assad used against his own people. >> reporter: the question is what can be done to stop attacks like this and from the continuing use of chemical weapons, dispute a u.n. deal to get rid of the stockpile two years ago. >> members of the society is expect to give evidence on wednesday, showing that bashar al-assad is using chlorine on civilians. the u.s. ambassador to the united natio

isis continues to push further west taking control of the ancient city of palmyra within range of damascus. it's the first time syrian's military has lost the city to isis while u.s.-coalition air strikes has helped push isis out, the u.s. is not working with syria's military. instead, supporting rebel forces fighting assad's government and isis. retired major general john allen said the u.s. policy in syria is to help the syrian people to determine their own future. >> however that process unfolds, the outcome in damascus will not include bashar al assad. >> while the u.s. is not supporting the syrian government iran is. militia fighters from lebanon but if the military doesn't strike back they will continue to spread closer to damascus, burning and killing everything in its path. >> john huddy thank you. >>> a failed attempt to turn the taliban five. in a controversial release of six gitmo prisoners to uruguay. is this putting the u.s. in >>> i didn't want to close guantanamo in the first place. i didn't because at that time you'll recall we had a bipartisan agreement that it should be c

damascus. 59 miles per hour also in the town of damascus. these are both severe level of wind gust reports n. is very close to the area where the person suffered the terrible car accident where the branch came down on the car. doppler estimates of how much rain we got, the purple is an indication where the rain fell at at least 2 inches in those areas. now we're back to the sunshine. it's 80 degrees in downtown washington. 77 in leesburg and win chester. the dew points have fallen, too, so it's nice and comfortable out there. as i mentioned it's not going to last long. i'll tell but the change in the weather coming up in the first alert seven day. back to you. >> thank you, erica. some of our neighbors to the north can't even enjoy today's weather because they're busy cleaning up debris up and down the east coast. wendy gillette has more on that. >> reporter: this video from cherry hill, new jersey shows the force of the fast moving storm system that passed over the philadelphia area during the

isis continues to push further west taking control of the ancient city of palmyra within range of damascus. it's the first time syrian's military has lost the city to isis while u.s.-coalition air strikes has helped push isis out, the u.s. is not working with syria's military. instead, supporting rebel forces fighting assad's government and isis. retired major general john allen said the u.s. policy in syria is to help the syrian people to determine their own future. >> however that process unfolds, the outcome in damascus will not include bashar al assad. >> while the u.s. is not supporting the syrian government iran is. militia fighters from lebanon but if the military doesn't strike back they will continue to spread closer to damascus, burning and killing everything in its path. >> john huddy thank you. >>> a failed attempt to turn the taliban five. in a controversial release of six gitmo prisoners to uruguay. is this putting the u.s. in danger? our panel weighs in, next. here at td ameritrade, they're always working. yup, we're constantly making thinkorswim better. like a custom screen

so in the long term, if either side in syria wins, with islamic state or the damascus government, that is bad news for the kurds. but actually, the state they have created their is perhaps the only successful so far of the 2011 uprising in syria in that it has gotten rid of the dictatorial regime of assad, but it hasn't been taken over by extreme islamists. units of their army are made up of women. women get 40% of the jobs in government. that it is a secular society. so it's long-term future is debatable. it will come under a lot of pressure. at the kurds have a lot of achievements to be proud of. amy: patrick, last month the daily beast had an article criticizing you, alleging you discount any syrian national opposition to the al-assad regime and your positions -- position is that -- "bashar al-assad is at war with jihadi terrorism; the west has erred in supporting his opponents; and to support the opposition is to support isis." ahmad goes on to say -- for cockburn, the situation in syria is stark -- you are with the regime or you are with the terrorists. he is an enthusiast for the

we've spoken to many people who were in the gas attacks at damascus. we've heard the horrible stories. the choking, the burning throats, the vomiting the blood from the ears and from the nose. climbing over dead bodies in the middle of the night. and yet, no one came to help them. when a red line was drawn, nothing was done. >> translator: america promised to help and did nothing. >> so says a rebel general in charge of supplying elements to the free syrian army. >> translator: the whole word did anything. because of obama there with no more red lines to draw. he is using chlorine battles. >> recently president obama was asked about assad's use of gases. >> there was no military response that you appeared to promise. no retalulation on the part of the u.s. now there's a possibility that assad has once again used chemical weapons. what did you tell these leaders here who are disappointed? >> it's true we've seen the reports about the use of chlorine bombs that had the effect of chemical weapons. chlorine itself historically has not been listed as a chem

and 64 in damascus. on satellite and radar you can see the heavy rain making the approach from the south and west. the system looks like a nor'easter, the kind of system we get in the winter or early spring. it's going to wind its way up the coast and bring strong winds on the back side of it. more than an inch throughout the entire beltway by noontime. towards culpeper and fauquier counties. the rainfall gets heavier. and we'll have 2 1/2 inches on the ground in winchester and almost three in downtown washington. waldorf and la play the looking at three inches of rain. the winds will gust at 20 miles per hour through the afternoon. and getting stronger in the evening. gusting to around 30 miles per hour. on sunday the winds become westerly and that's going to dry us out. we have the one day of intense heavy rainfall. a high of 78. it's a yellow alert day. sunday we're back to the breezy and sunny conditions. a pleasant one with a high of 82 degrees. upper 80s on monday with tons of sunshine and the suns

officials in montgomery county on the hunt after people report seeing a black bear in damascus. maryland wildlife officials say the sightings are only going to go up this time of year. an early summer young bear start to mark your territory. leon: you are looking at an airport where we understand dylann roof is being loaded on a plane to be taken back to charleston where authorities will be take -- waiting to take them into custody and interrogate him as to what happened at that church in charleston last night when the shooting happened were nine people were killed. we were looking to see whether or not he's been walked out of the building. we believe that is the car. we do not know which car it is. doing it which card is? ok, we have cars and the tarmac and we understand that he is in one of those cars. we will be watching to see if we can catch a side of him being walked from the car in to the point where he will be fun back to charleston. tonight we have new testimony from a victim of jesse matthew. and would makes today's court appearance so worthy is it is a second time thi

turkey enjoyed warm relations with damascus, so much so, held joint committees and voted to scrap resistance. anka ratificationa has all but cut off ties with tel aviv. sinjar amir is a professor of turkey relations. >> turkey is not a medium power not a world power. turkey cannot take the behavior of a world power. you cannot take party for one side and try to change the situation in one country. >> reporter: aimmediate dir beidoku. >> based on certain venues, values like democracy. values like supporting human dig it this. >> reporter: turkey's foreign policies have not only helped define the ak party answer rule, but in world policies, it has won turkey a lot of support but also a great deal of criticism. >> says that the criticism is unwarranted. >> many actors they blame turkey and turkish leadership for changing its foreign policy orientation but this is not the case. when we look at the regional environment in which turkey is located, we see that the other sides of the relationship, other actors were changed dramatically. >> there's no doubt that turkey's role on the world stage has g

on a clear day you can see damascus and the village at the base of the mountain came under fire a couple days ago. there is a working agreement to stay away from that village. but the civil war that has been raging for years, difficult to predict how it goes and the druze watch this very carefully. >> thank you. >>> pope francis is bringing climate change to the forefront. coming up next a look at the controversial letter that has the world talking. >>> pope francis is weighing in on the global debate over climate change. the catholic leader will release a long awaited and highly controversial public letter called an encyclical in a few hours from now. >> drawing his weekly audience at the vatican on wednesday he said the planet is being ruined and it's everyone's duty to protect the place we call home. >> for more on the story let's bring in delia gallagher who joins us live from st. peter's square this morning. and pope francis is expected to talk tough on climate change. how seismic and powerful a statement is it that he is dedicating his encyclical to this one topic? >> reporter: wel

also in montgomery county lightning strikes a home in damascus and starts a fire on kings valley road. a family and several pets were displaced. >> i was in the family room and i heard a bang and crack in the house shook. i ran upstairs and there was the fire. leon: she says it could have been worse. one firefighter was injured, but the word on the condition, but he is expected to be ok. steve: it was a wild evening. we had hail, lightning, gusty wind, heavy rain. a break from the heat for a few hours. leon: what an exchange. steve: tomorrow, another hot and humid day, and this week and rain for father's day. sorry. hot today, 91 degrees was the high earlier, well above average this time of year. hard to believe the last seven days we have only had one day below average. the rest of the days were 90 or better, the record 99 setback in 1994. right now come 77 degrees at reagan national, the wind out of the south southeast at five. the dew point level still hanging into the lower 70's. that is why it feels uncomfortable and will stay that way overnight through the day. 70 to dulles, 73

tom: for civilians have been killed in the -- killed in damascus today, right in the heart of the city. in the northern city, remain locked in battle. government reinforcements have been poured in. the city of the provincial capital until a few years ago was home to tens of thousands of people -- was fourth -- was home to 300,000 people. was a year ago the islamic state organization announced that it had arrived -- it had revised a form of islamic government. territory now straddles both sides of the syrian iraqi border. , it has been a decisive first year for the islamic state group. the jihadist group established itself as a self-proclaimed caliphate. months earlier they had taken the syrian city. in early june the second largest city, with its treasure trove of threat -- treasure trove of weapons and money. >> among many jihadist groups. turning an idea into a reality. reporter: early july the group's leader would order all muslims to obey him and to support a state that is growing daily. now in control -- now in control of 300,000 square kilometers, the group has managed to take th

there have been more sightings in damascus and in frederick. >>> bears just hanging out, and if it's a baby, you know there's a mama jay round too. >> watch it. >> yeah, stay away from the bear. >> this has gotten a lot of traction on social media be, the picture of the hail stone. only the fourth time we've had hail this big in the state of maryland. it's a four-inch hail stone. it's also sliced in half. you can tell how many rings it has, and that means how many trips it's gone up and down in the thunderstorm. when it become tuesday heavy for the updraft to support it, it falls to the ground. so if you so a have an up draft supporting something like this, that is a huge hail stone for this part of the country, be no doubt. and, again, only the fourth time in maryland state history that we've had hail four inches or bigger. >>> live look outside. it's 84, but it is still pleasant. dewpoints in the 50s. winds out of the west-northwest at 14. it have ail going for us tonight. yellow alert for tomorrow afternoon and evening. thursday isolated storms 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. i might exten

syrian governmental forces are accused ever using so-called elephant rockets in duma just north of damascus. rockets is the recent addition of improvised weapons. >>> gathering over a electoral reform plan. if it passes, the city will be able to vote for its own candidates in hong kong but only if china vets the candidates. >>> bank notes in indonesia allegedly handed over by australian officials to people smugglers at sea. >>> let's go back to the conflict in syria. while the government comes up with a new type of improvised weapons having is tangible consequences on the ground as juliana rufus reports. >> reporter: it was a television controller's nightmare. a cyber attack of epic proportions. 12 channels taken off air. how did a french tv station end up being brought down by hackers? the answer may lie on the war torn streets of syria. as syria's uprising started so did another conflict. a cyber-war. activist rami jara was one of its first casualties. >> in my arrest i spent three days where i was tortured but on the second day i was taken in for interrogation. the questions were firm th

. >> city of damascus has been under siege for the past two years. the city in idlib problems of struggled to release an injured child after she was trapped under rubble. >>> launching air strikes in various part of anbar province to try and retake it from i.s.i.l. in the city of samara, five i.s.i.l. destroyed and killed more than 65 members of the group. >>> u.s. state department spokesman john kirby despite the recent advances by the armed group. >> we know that the most important boots on the ground in iraq are going to be iraqi boots on the ground and prime minister abadi has also made that clear that is army which he wants to fight i.s.i.l. our president our commander in chief has made clear that there's not going to be u.s. troops on the ground in a combat role. that doesn't mean we don't have troops there as you well no, 3,000 there as advisors and trainers trying to help the iraqi security forces go after this enemy. i do not see that change but we're going to be monitoring that as we execute it every single day but i see no change in that f

there is a location on the southern border with jordan and proximity to damascus makes it strategic for all sides. >> if there are falls, it's a nail in the cove jig of the regime. it's an opportunity for the regime to exert control. showing that it's not a dead duck, it has fight left in it. rebels surrounded barracks and seized an important scare. the square is the north-western gate of government-controlled parts of aleppo city and has taken rebels two years to win control. >> more than 300,000 are believed to have been killed in syria's war. with each gain comes more barrel bombs, and civilians continue to pull bodies from the rubble. >>> our correspondent is monitoring developments. if we look at aleppo the square that the two sides spent two years fighting over is that key to taking the whole city? >> apparently it is quite strategic, that it's taken two years for the different rebel groups fighting in aleppo city to take control of the care. it's close to government offices. there must be a reason for why it is so strategic for the rebels to take the scare. it must provide access

the problems i am tip to damascus make it strategic for all sides. >> if there are falls that's another nail of the coffin in the regime as far as the rebels are concerned but an opportunity for the regime to exert its control to show that it's not a dead duck, so to speak. it still has some fight left in it. >> in northern aleppo, an important square is seized. it is the northwest part of aleppo city and taken over two years to win control. more than 300,000 people are believed to have been killed in syria's war. with each rebel gain come for barrel comes and civilians continue to pull bodies from the rubble every day. >> a retired jordan air force general joins me now from amman. good to have you with us on the show. i'd like to ask you about this two pronged defensive by isil fighters against kobane. what do you make of it? is it hamas? >> well, it's very natural what's happening. these expansion of these forces, the kurdish force protectionist unit and isil units, also rebel units, sometime, somehow will clash and fight each other. if you look at the map of syria it's very hard to f

. >>> the storm's aftermath also keeping a family out of their home in damascus maryland. that is going to last for months. lightning hit their house, sparked a fire yesterday. the homeowners say a lot of rain also seeped into the house during the fire, so they have to clean up some heavy water damage as well. >>> storms also ripping through the colesville and white oak area. check this out. high winds knocked down trees damaged house and knocked out power to there. one neighbor described it to news4's zachary kiesch as chaos like a steamroller came through. coming up later this hour, zack will join us live with one of the worst hit spots. when you're out and about this weekend, you can still monitor the radar on your phone. just turn on the alert for our app and we will keep you updated. >>> well, now to the church shooting in south carolina where the healing process is under way in communities from charleston to the nation's capital. we also learned more about the young man believed responsible for all that pain. dylann roof watched his bond hearing from closed-circuit t

his palace in damascus is 12 kilometers away, but this team elephant rockets were used named after the distinctive notice they make when launched. the i.e.d. is made by attaching motors to bombs increasing its destructive effect. the effects on people is clear in the local hospital, where scores of children are among the injured. across the world, u.s. secretary of state john kerry summed up what much of the international community thinks about such attacks. >> i think everybody's patience is wearing thin with respect to the extraordinary depravity of the weaponry and mechanisms for delivery, which assad has used against his own people. >> the question is what can be done to stop suffering from attacks like this and from the continued use of chemical weapons, despite a u.n. backed deal to get rid of the stockpile two years ago. members of the syrian medical society are expected to give evidence to the u.s. committee on foreign affairs that their being used on civilians. the security council is considering another resolution to stop it. >> to make it very clear to the world that just be

we had wind gust of 59 miles per hour in damascus. german town is 51. 53 miles per hour at cedar elementary school. there are plenty of storms across the area. the region is under a severe thunderstorm watch until 11:00. this was a huge thunderstorm warning from montgomery to east to howard to tip of the district. the storms will get stronger moving east/southeast. so far everything looks like it will stay north of the district. the district, western suburbs will get the storms potentially later but there will be individual cells and not a huge cluster that may have the wind gusts of 50 to 60 miles per hour. hail and torrential rain and lightning as well. that is a feature we will watch in the evening. right now this segment to new jersey is a big jackpot part of the storm. then we h that are smaller, but they are very intense. these are the ones that will overspread the entire area just ahead of the cold front that is approaching our area a little bit later this evening. the second part of the severe weather alert is temperatures. cr

when we first got a call, it was sighted outside damascus, maryland. over the last week to 10 days we've been getting numerous reports. >> it's not something you see every day. we never expected it here. >> reporter: even though the bear wasn't a welcome sight at the daycare, people who live near the woods are keeping their eyes peeled and they say they're excited to see it. >> i'm happy. i'm glad that there is food and that he feels safe. i just want him to be safe. >> reporter: the department of natural resources believes the bear is just 3 years old weighing in at 200 pounds. neighbors say an animal this large is rare, but they do see plenty of other wildlife. >> i live right back where the trees are. we have fox back there, snakes. we have everything back there and it's wonderful to be able to watch them. >> reporter: dnr doesn't have plans to capture the bear. vanessa herring, wusa9. >> the department of natural resources says they'll let that bear move out of the area on its own. >> probably a good idea. >>> the june 30th deadline for that iran n

we have spoken to many people who were in the gas attacks in damascus and we have heard the horrible stories the choking, the burning float, the vomiting the floodblood from the ears and the nose climbing over the dead bodies in the middle of the night. no one came to help them. when a red line was drawn nothing was done. >> america promised to help but they did nothing. >> so says abdul as sari a reshlb el general. >> the whole world did nothing. with respect to obama no more red lines were drawn. he used chemical attacks on syria now he is using guarini barrels. >> president oesh was asked about assad's alleged attacks on cloer reason barrels. >> assad deployed chemical weapons there were no response from the u.s. now that he once again used chemical weapons what do you tell the leaders who were disappointed last time? >> it is true we have seen reports about the use of chlorine in bombs that had the effect of chemical weapons. chlorine itself historically has not been list he had as a chemical weapon but when it is used in this fashion can be considered a prohibited use of that pa

we spoke to many people who were in the gas attacks in damascus. and we have heard the horrible stories, the choking, the burning throats, the blood in the ears climbing over dead bodies in the middle of the night. and yet no one came to help them. when a red line was drawn nothing was done. >> america promised to help but they did nothing. >> so says this man, a rebel general in charge of supplying elements to the fsa, the free syrian army. >> the whole world did nothing. with respect to obama, there are no more red lines to draw. bashar al-assad used more than 700 attacks on supervision. >> and may 2014 president obama was asked about assad's alleged use of the chlorine bombs. >> more than two years, there was no military response that he appeared to promise. no retaliation on the part of the u.s. now there is a possibility that assad has once again used chemical weapons. what did you tell these leaders who were disappointed before? >> it is true we've seen reports about the use of chlorine in bombs that have the effect of chemical weapons. chlor

still around laytonsville and damascus and dayton. just kind of pushing away from olney this moment. some light activity. light activity on the other side of the river, unerville. we've been watching this the past hour. -- upperville. we've been watching this the past half-hour. it's kind of wimpy, if you will. on our storm track i, aldie about 7:19. chantilly about 7:43. we'll come back and talk about the warm front busting through tonight. what it can mean for your morning commute and we'll talk about whether or not the remnants of bill could affect your father's day plans. >>> it is d.c.'s top cop with a public plea today asking for your help to identify these three men seen in a metro bus video. police want to talk with these persons of interest about a shooting of a teenage boy. the surveillance video shows the three men follow the victim off the bus at 29th and nailer in southeast. our bruce johnson with an exclusive interview with the victim's best friend who was with him on that bus. we're not giving his name or his address fo

peace envoy arrived in damascus for fresh talks with government officials. trying to end the four-year conflict. eu interior ministers have gathered in luxembourg this tuesday, discussing how to tackle europe's growing migrant crisis. disturbing asylum-seekers more evenly across all 20 -- distributing asylum-seekers more evenly across all 28 european states. 250 migrants on the border of france and italy remains unclear. the two countries clashed over where they should go. for days they have been camped on rocks in italy. thomas waterhouse has more. thomas: a punch in the face for europe. that is how italy in's interior ministry has described these african migrants, stranded on the ukrainian coast, caught in a to the medic -- on the mediterranean coast. french border police blocked the passage into france. >> i do not know what life i am going to have. i want to settle in france. i am asking that france open its border. >> on monday, france's interior minister said border officials turn the migrants away because european law dictates new arrivals should be p

some storm reports coming in, a tree down, reports of hail toward tuscarora, wind damage around damascus and hail around i-70 around mount airy and lisbon. we'll zoom in. this is reports at 5:50, 2-inch diameter tree hims down. we know they have a history of producing damaging winds and small hail. it's still 95. these storms are moving into an incredible environment, wind southwest at 16, dew points in the 70s, not a good sign. headlines, yellow alert tonight, no surprise there. i think the severe threat will be between now and end at about 9:00. the only exception will be our friends into southern maryland. it might end around 10:00 there. main thefts, damaging wind, hail, isolated tornadoes possible, but i think the main threat will be straight line winds. on the day planner once we get through tonight, we'll be in great shape, 74 at 9:00. we're lopping off at least 10 degrees between now and tomorrow. 89 thursday, okay, isolated storm, 87 on friday, better chance of storms. next seven days showers and storms on saturday and sunday. that will keep temps down around 80, 82 monday, back

allowing men older than 40 and women of all ages to cross the border without permits and we looked at the damascus gate one of the main entrances to the old city of jerusalem and prayers began just moments ago. tell us about the crowds there. >> reporter: i think she is having a hard time hearing us. can you hear me? and it appears we are having a difficult time connecting to her. we will get back to you shortly. in the meantime the u.n. says it needs $1.6 billion in humanitarian aid for yemen to prevent a catastrophe. comes as the war in factions resume talks in geneva to try to reach a truce but deep divisions remain and scuffles broke out on thursday after a shoe was thrown at the head of the delegation and we report from geneva. >> reporter: from the mountains of sanaa to the united nations in geneva the journey that sums up the houthi rise to power, houthi is a senior member of the houthis or the parties of god as they call themselves. his fighters are troops loyal to former president saleh have a growing influence in yemen. and is a charm offensive saying he is here to talk about peace and t

through the ages and it could destroy it >>> a car bomb reportedly killed 10 near the syrian city of damascus. this film is said to show the motels after. a mosque was -- moments after. a mosque was targeted >>> the u.n. says civilians in syria are being hurt by all side in the war. people who are not involved in the fighting are being devastated by sievures imposed by the military, rebel groups and i.s.i.l. >> reporter: there's no doubt that millions of people have been affected by the war in syria. some of them hit by barrel bomb attacks launched by the government. a recent u.n. report says there has been such an attack on aleppo every day this year. rebel groups used weapons in residential areas thatindiscriminately. the report said military groups have been put under siege by blocking off access to food and other supplies. the u.n. gathered evidence from 4,000 witnesses and compiled a confidential list of perpetrators. >> in this devastating prospect we advocate the need to stop weapons, particularly barrel bombs, dropped by government authorities, on the other front, the nongovernment gr