Hello again, everyone. Welcome to the third hour of the newsroom. Im fredericka whitfield. Congress is taking a hard look at the chemical weapons allegations against syria. Some members just fin initialled a closed door briefing at the capitol. Congress isnt back to work until september 9th. When could we see a vote on this . We have more next from capitol hill. And not everyones supporting taking action. Protesters around the country are turning out in force to say, no to strikes. The u. S. Military has gone from standing ready to standing down as the president s decision to ask congress for approval to strike syria. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is with us now. Barbara, theres a different dynamic now to the syria crisis. Hows it playing out at the pentagon . Reporter well, fred, as i think you would expect, theyre looking at where all the ships are. They may switch a few ships out. They wont leave everybody sitting there but have the same number, the same fire power. Four to f
And veterans of al dwied. I am jon scott. Good northerning. I am Melissa Francis in for jenna leee. The strokes taking place inside the borders of syria. The Islamic State declared its capital and the United States on its own attacking a group of fighters west of there. No word on deaths. We hope to hear more from the pentagon during a briefing scheduled to begin any moment. We have live cov rmg. Juan hudy is watching live from jerusalem. We begin with senior White House Affairs correspondent within windel. What is next . Reporter the president is headed to build a coalition on foreign terrorist fighters that will compel the nations to rein in on equipment and choke off the funding. The morning after the First Coalition strikes in syria, he noted the muslim nations are joined in the fight and they targeted another alqaeda spin off that was planning attacks on the United States. We also took strikes to disrupt plotting against the junes and allies by other opnutrients in syria. It must
Well have full details of our new stunning poll ahead. But first, the president is getting ready to lay out his plan to destroy the terror group. Hell speak to the nation this week just ahead of the 9 11 anniversary as a reminder of what the United States and its new Coalition Must confront. Isis has put out a new propaganda video showing savage fighting and heavy weapons including captured fighter jets. Our correspondents and guests are standing by with complete coverage. We begin at the white house with cnn correspondent michelle kosins kosinski. Any guess of what the president may propose on wednesday . Reporter its hard to divine what exactly this big president ial address on wednesday will tell the American Public about the overall isis plan, especially since it still seems like the bulk of the strategy, as the white house defines it, is still laying this groundwork for making a decision moving beyond iraq. So the white house says this will be a conversation with the American Peop
Accuses the former president of sexism . No charges. A grand jury decides not to indict two Police Officers who shot and killed a 12yearold boy carrying a toy gun. Will outrage boil over on to the streets . Wolf blitzer is off today. Im brianna keilar. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn breaking news. We are following breaking news. U. S. Trained iraqi soldiers liberating the city of ramadi from a brutal sevenmonth occupation by isis forces. The iraqi flag is now flying over the city center while street fighting continues in an effort to clear the city of remaining pockets of terrorist fighters. Were also following breaking news out of cleveland where a grand jury has just decided against charging two Police Officers who shot and killed 12yearold tamir rice who was carrying a toy gun. Tonight, those officers are speaking out publicly about the case for the very first time. Were covering all of that and more this hour with our guests including a key member of the House Homeland Se
Getting universal praise until viewers started to notice awkward similarities, word for word similarities, word for word for word similarities in sections of her speech and the one delivering by Michelle Obama delivered in 2008. The Trump Campaign saying nothing to see here sources telling cnn the campaign has no plans to fire or discipline anyone involved in the speech writing process. As they tries to move on, they are working for another possible insurrection. Today is the day it becomes officially official. Donald trumps name placed into official nomination. Supporters of texas senator ted cruz could try to place ted cruzs name into nomination as well. It could be messy and it is set to again in the next hour. Sarah, also on tonights schedule, two more trump family speeches to present a warmer and fuzzier side of trump. Yeah, and melania was trying to do that last night. Today the Trump Campaign is hoping to turn the pages on that. Theyre hoping their speeches will do exactly that.