57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, facing the growing foreign crisis in syria, President Trump hinted at action, but he wouldnt show his hand. Mr. Trump called tuesdays chemical attack an affront to humanity that changed his attitude toward president assad. He blamed assad for the deaths of at least 86 people, an action he says cannot be tolerated. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal that people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that crosses many, many lines, beyond a red line. U. S. Officials say chlorine gas with traces of the nerve ajen agent sarin was likely used in the attack. Ambassador nikki haley warned u. S. Would take action. The attack happened about 60 milesen from the border with turkey where some of the victims are now being treated. Holly williams is there. Reporter the problem for the u. S. Is that it doesnt have any good options in syria. Its tried diplomacy, both with the Syrian Regime and with its ally russia, and that hasnt succeeded in ending this conflict, which has already killed hundreds of thousands of people. Now, another option is some kind of direct military intervention with the regime, that is, air strikes. The problem is it would likely increase the likelihood of a collision with russia and ha helps explain why the u. S. Has very deliberately avoided that option so far, instead focusing its air strikes and its troops on the fight against isis. Now, the syrian war zone is a very fractured and complicated place with lots of different militias and rebel groups. The u. S. Supports some and others it has labeled terrorists and in that environment its very difficult for the u. S. To find effective and reliable partners on ground. Holly williams, cbs news, an tack ya, on the syria turkey border. Ahead on cbs this morning, well discuss the situation in syria with President Trump, rather his option, with former secretary of defense ash carter. Another Foreign Policy issue on the front burner is north korea, a topic sure to be high on the agenda when President Trump puholds his first summit with chinese president xi jinping. Mr. Trump says hell deliver an ultimatum to china, that its time to rein in north korea. One other policy note. Mr. Trumps chief strategist steve bannon says he has succeeded in returning the National Security council to its traditional role. Bannon issued the statement after trump removed mi ed him fe role. Mcmaster has made it clear he doesnt share bannons position. Today, Senate Democrats have enough votes to block gorsuchs nomination but republicans can unilaterally change Longstanding Senate rules eliminating the sixvote requirement to nominate a Supreme Court nominee. The latest negotiations on health care came up short at least for now. The white house conservative and moderate members have been talking, but a meeting last night was canceled. Speaker paul ryan said yesterday there is no deadline. This is one of the most prominent promises we made as a party, so thats why we really arent going to take one step back and call it day. Were going to keep going, keep talking, keep trying until we get it right. When congress returns, theyll face a more pressing issue. Government funding runs out two days after they get back. Well, the latest round of Severe Weather that hit the south is moving today. It caused significant damage in parts of South Carolina, kentucky, and georgia, but no serious injuries are reported. Hena daniels is here in new york. Hena, good morning. Good morning, annemarie. Its the second time this week Severe Weather has taken aim at the southeast. Now the National Weather service is warning several parts of the midatlantic coasts of high winds and torrential downpours they predict are coming. As night fell, Severe Weather was still rolling through scott county, kentucky. Another day of pounding rain and high wind battered the already waterlogged area. Tornado right here. About a dozen tornadoes were reported in the midwest and south over the last 48 hours. This one hit in missouri. Another touched down on southwest georgia. I saw the top of the home peeling off, so we knew it was a real serious storm. In alabama, it continued even though the rain had stop. Some parted were hit with baseballsized hail. The state governor declared a state of emergency and called the National Guard to help deal with the destruction. Many felt lucky to be alive. Not one of us had a scratch. I was right. Everything was okay. We were okay. And hundreds of flights in the region were canceled yesterday, but normal operations have since resumed. Annemarie. All right. Thats some good news. Hena daniels here in new york. Meteorologist eric fish of our boston station wbz is following the storm. Well, wednesday, a pretty damaged Severe Damage day. A lot of reports of wind damage and tornadoes across much o the midwest into the southeastern states. Well still be watching a chance for that Severe Weather as we head through today. Those storms making their way into North Carolina and the midatlant midatlantic. A look toward the evening, heavy reports in new york city and boston and enough cold on the backside of the storm where the snow cranks up north and west. Well take a look at the snow totals in a second. Focusing from eastern North Carolina up through much of eastern virginia and as far north as southern new jersey. Thats the greatest risk area for any of those wind damage reports. Now, terms of snow, we look to the north and west. Michigan is where we could see a half foot of snow, but a couple inches down through the mountains in South Carolina over the next couple of days. Im eric fisher, cbs news in boston. 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Well, pepsi quickly pulled its new ad featuring kendall jenner. It was slammed on social media after its release this week. Critics said it trivialized protesting, especially because it mimicked an incident involving a black lives matter demonstrator. Pepsi apologized saying, clearly we missed the mark. On the cbs moneywatch now, a stun gun maker branches out into body cameras and youtube tv goes live. Jill wagner is at the New York Stock Exchange with that and more. Good morning, jill. Good morning, annemarie. Also fed officials said the stockmarket could be overvalued. Well, that snuffed out a wall street rally yesterday. The dow sank 41 points. The s p lost 7. The nasdaq fell 34. General electric may want out of the light bulb business. Its cofounder Thomas Edison founded it. They have been interviewing investment banks to try to sell its Consumer Lighting business, cocould bring in 500 million. The stun gun maker taser also makes body cameras and is officering Police Departments a oneyear free body camera stile run. If they sign up, theyll get equipment and online data storage. If the officers decide to keep the cameras or damage them, theyll have to pay full price. Today they change their name to action axoo. Youtube offers its schlts it shows shows from the major networks. For your now its available in new york, los angeles, chicago, san francisco, and philadelphia. Facebook has a new plan to stop revenge porn. It h use a photo matching system to prevent intimate photos from being posted would permission. When previously reported it would be taken down, flagged, and stopped. And university of utah is offering fulltime scholarships to gamers. The first varsity esports games will play Popular League of legends and play collegiately. Excuse me, annemarie. Now your hard core training will be sitting in basement and eating doritos. I think this is the best news for kids small i think so. Jill wagner at the new york city. Thanks a lot, jill. High school scoop. The students uncover a story that leads to their principals resignation. Heres a look at todays forecast in some cities around the country. Counts house pets were swept up this week in the disastrous colombian landslide. Volunteers are finding animals of those who have died. And there are some new cool cats to meet at the Smithsonian National zoo in virginia. Ten cheetahs born to two moms last month are making their debuted. Overjoyed zookeepers say the litter increased the population by 50 . A cute 50 too. Journalists at a high school are discovering fast. They discovered their principal made false claims about degrees she received from a college. I think it was an eye opener especially to the community what was going on and we had our voices heard here at the high school. The reports prompted the principal to resign. The students were praised. 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April is distracted driving awareness month. A new study finds using a smartphone while driving more than triples the risk of being in a crass. Chris martinez reports. Reporter witnesses say the drive of this pickup truck admits he was texting right before this crash last week. The mini bus was filled with members of a texas church coming back from a retreat. 13 people died, including a friend of ruth baras. Its just hard to realize shes gone. Reporter a new study finds texting or even talking on the phone while driving are common causes for accidents. A Company Collected smartphone data from hundreds of thousands of drivers. Ha i found phone distraction occurred in 52 of all trips that ended in a crash. And drivers used the phone for an average of more than two minutes before the crash. At 65 miles an hour, you know, it takes four seconds to go the length of a football field. Reporter traffic fatalities in the u. S. Were dropping but now the number of deaths were driving and experts believe distracting driving is a major factor why. Every age group is increasingly texting. We even see a measurable percentage of drivers over 70. Reporter ken kolosh wants to see a ban but there needs to be a cultural shift. Reporter because the Research Shows unplugging behind the wheel can save lives. Chris martinez, cbs news, los angeles. Well, coming up after your local news on cbs this morning, maralago diplomacy. We will go to West Palm Beach as President Trump gets ready to host titus president at the resort. And the challenges of holding a highprofile meeting there. Plus, well meet a traveling librarian whos delivering books to children across the country. And gayle sits down with oscarwinning actress Julia Roberts. Thats the cbs morning news for this thursday. Thanks for watching. Im annemarie green. Have a great day. Have a great day. Jurks captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com well, get ready for rain, storm scan three shows Severe Weather moving toward our area we will tell you when storms are expected to arrive and the places that will get hit the hardest. Step up, everybody need to step up. A community is still in pain after a quadruple shooting that left three people dead, rally taking place calling for an end to the violence. Coach of the newly crowned South CarolinaWomens Basketball team returns to philadelphia for a visit to the old stumping ground where a party is being thrown today for dawn staley. Today is thursday april 6th, good morning im jim donovan. Im rahel solomon. All that plus brand new attraction in philadelphia opens up today but first lets check weather and traffic. Laurens in f