Decided to strike, then he wanted to ask congress for its authorization, now this. Schieffer i think its fair to say the people at the white house are feeling better tonight than where they were two days ago when they faced an almost certain humiliation of having congress turn down the president s request to use force. They have managed to finesse that and have even managed to get Bashar Alassad to say that he does have chemical weapons. He said before he didnt even have them. Pelley and we will see the president walking into the east room of the white house in just a few seconds. Here he comes now. The president of the United States. My fellow americans, tonight i want to talk to you about syria, why it matters and where we go from here. Over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of Bashar Alassad has turned into a brutal civil war. Over 100,000 people have been killed. Millions have fled the country. In that time, americas worke
Bulldozers were used to carve outline. Its when they tie all these lines to gether that containment will be 100 . Were going on the fires edge and making sure we have the primary control line in to prevent anything from getting over the line. Reporter right now youre looking at a large burned out area. It was burning hot yesterday. Today there is not much to see. We have the containment number of 45 . There has been work going on all day long so we expect within the next hour to get an update. Coming up at 6 00 well show you some of the damage here in the state park as we made our way to the summit. Weapon dont know yet when those evacuated will be allowed back in. Paul chambers will be live coming up to how theyre reacting to another day of waiting. It is prompting the same smoke advisory as yesterday. People should reduce their exposure to smoke. If the air smells like smoke spend more time inside with the air conditioner set to recirculate. Anyone with respiratory or heart problems
Gauging reaction. We begin with ken wayne on the president s first address in two years. Reporter the president wasted little time explaining why the Syrian Regime should be held accountable. The images from this massacre are sick ening. Men, women, children lying in lines killed with poise an gas. Reporter president obama said that syria has admitted it has chemical weapons and theres ample proof that president Bashar Alassad used gas on their own people. They distributed gas masks to troops and fired rockets from a regime controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clean of Opposition Force snooze the president said failure to act will lead to the spread of chemical weapons by other dictators. Our troops would face the prospect of Chemical Warfare on the battlefield and it would be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and attacks civilians. He said that military action would be limited. A targeted strike, deterring the use of ch
In fact, we are just we just got a picture of it. We will show it to you soon. Lets take a look at 880 north and southbound. Still not quite backed up to the coliseum. Bay bridge toll plaza looks good. At 4 30 lets go back to the desk. New this morning Richmond City Council Approved a plan to do something no other u. S. City has done. Ktvu alex savidge is live in richmond with what this means for hundreds of struggling homeowners there. Alex. Reporter yeah potentially good news for those home ordinary reasons. This meeting did get very heated. It went into the Early Morning how weres. Around 300 people wanted to weigh in on this controversial plan. So many people they had to move the City Council Meeting to the richmond memorial auditorium. The meeting didnt end until early on this morning. When the city Council Voted 43 to move forward to use eminent doe manen if cities will use doe mane. Will use its powers of Eminent Domain and restructure the loans. Richmond about half of all homeo
Cooling trend. Will bottom out on the temps. Today will be cooler. A lot of 60s. I know concord at 63. San jose 61. Even San Francisco 63. Coast, bay, inland doesnt matter. The low is down toward las vegas. That is producing more clouds and rain down there. Some will difficult off toward the north bay and the east bay. Breezy to windies at times. 70 ann 80s in locations that were closer to 100. Here is sal. All right, steve, good morning. We do have a look at 880 southbound is moving well after an earlier crash. Just after Marina Boulevard blocked three lanes. They just cleared the lanes a few moments ago. One person was taken to jail suspicion of dui in san leandro after this crash that blocked almost the entire freeway. In fact at one point it did block the freeway. And again one person was arrested there. Lets move along and take a look at interstate 880 north and southbound here traffic is moving along very nicely. As you drive through bay bridge toll plaza westbound is looking goo