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State: Syrian president 'out of touch with reality'

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    Jonathan Hunt reports from New York

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-- stop murdering his people for a moment to give a speech.

There's global backlash today after a rare public speech by the Syrian president Bashar Al Assad his first since June.

Yesterday Eli laid out what he called a -- -- and which included mucus a constitution.

And a quote national reconciliation conference.

At the same time the Syrian president urged his supporters not to give up the fight against the rebel forces -- -- called murderous criminals.

Now the United Nations Secretary General says he's disappointed by Carolina sun has no plan at all to end the suffering of series innocent men women and children.

Human rights activists now say the civil war has killed more than 60000.

People since it broke out nearly two years ago.

She talks were correspondent Jonathan Hunt is with us and -- but some of the rhetoric from aside just astounding and some response from the United States.

Yes it did the same thing we've heard again and again it appears to be Groundhog Day in both Damascus.

And Washington president a sad.

Talking once again about the way he says he is committed to what he calls a national dialogue but at the same -- time.

Condemning anyone who fights his regime is either a terrorist or a criminal.

Officials here in the US condemning that kind of rhetoric but refusing to consider at the moment.

Any change in policy despite the fact that the number up.

Of Syrians killed in this civil war is now estimated at something like 60000.

The sort of -- -- here.

I don't want to get into a numbers game it is a horrible.

Brutal.

Tragedy what is going on Syria -- it is -- -- regime that there's fundamental responsibility.

Which speaks to that completely callous attitude that he took in -- speech just.

Completely ignoring the fact that at any moment he could silence his own guns.

And clearly there is no Johns I've told the president is sad is about silences and gunship.

Yeah it as part of this the Israelis there there in the middle of an election season so there's that.

But they're constructing or Netanyahu -- to construct a fence along the Syrian border yeah I remember Israel -- -- northeastern border with Syria along the area known as the Golan Heights.

Now prime minister Netanyahu says he is very concerned about the number of radical islamists said to be fighting in Syria.

And the chances for them obviously to infiltrate.

I Israeli territory from that northeastern -- so he says.

They will build a -- -- of Colson north of Syria also has great concerns about -- bit of violent spillover.

-- patriot missiles given to the -- by NATO.

Are beginning to -- that along with troops and other equipment from other NATO countries and the United States does -- great concerns still -- among all the countries in the region that this could become a regional conflict and your concerns all over the place.

-- -- hunt thank you.

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