Off. Reporter with news from europe including drumming up support, the 100,000 people protest against austerity in warsaw. An agreement at last, russia and the United States have reached a deal to rid significant i cant of its arsenal weapons. It took three days of talks in geneva, but secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart foreign minister sevgey lavrov. Russia and United States agree with a plan to put Syrian Chemical Weapons out of use. Secretary john kerry said he wasnt under any illusion, but the job can be done. The world will expect the assad regime to live up to its commitments. As i said outside of these negotiations, there can be no games, no room for avoidance, not anything less but full compliance from the assad regime. Reporter what if he doesnt comply after three days of talks with secretary of state john kerry, foreign minister sevgey lavrov watered down the u. S. Agreement. We understand that the decisions we have reached today is only the beginning o
There can be no games, no room for avoidance or anything less than compliance. We keep the pressure on the assad regime. This is an extraordinary achievement. You dont negotiate with your best friends but your enemies. I want to thank president putin for his willingness to pick up on the possibility of negotiating an end to syrian weapons of mass destruction. Major breakthrough today on efforts to secure sir whys chemical weapons. U. S. And russia announcing a deal to bring them under international control. The principles that the United States and the Russian Federation have agreed on today can with accountable followthrough allow us to expedite the elimination of syrias chemical weapons. Providing this framework is fully implemented, it can end the threat these weapons pose not only to the Syrian People, but also, to their neighbors, to the region, and because of the threat of proliferation, this framework can provide greater protection and security to the world. Its an astounding tu
Wednesdays attack happened. We know that the regime was specifically determined to rid the damascus suburbs of the opposition. And it was frustrated that it hasnt succeeded in doing so. We know that for three days before the attack the Syrian Regimes chemical weapons personnel were on the ground. Making preparations. And the Syrian Regime elements. And putting on gas masks and taking precautions associated with chemical weapons. And we know where the rockets were launched from and at what time. We know where they landed and when. We know rockets came only from regime controlled areas and went only to opposition controlled or contested neighborhoods, and we know, as does the world, that just 90 minutes later all hell broke loose in the social media with our own eyes, we have seen thousands of reports from 11 separate sites in that damascus suburbs, all of them show and report victims with reading difficulties, people twitching with spasms, coughing, rapid heartbeats, frothing at the mou
Times over the past year. Well be taking all of this up and considering why the president is suddenly trying to pass responsibility for his own ultimatums and threats to assad, and his decision to authorize punishment with Foreign Affairs Committee Member congressman ted yohu who pressed secretary of state john kerry on the president s plans in a hearing held today. The syrian resolution passes the senate Foreign Affairs committee after members capitulated to the demands of senator john mccain. General dad grain joins us to assess the strike plan but we begin tonight with the latest on the president s pitch on military strikes against syria and another attempt to distance himself from his own decision. The president today actually put the responsibility on the international community. Heres mr. Obama earlier today in stockholm, sweden. I didnt set a red line. The world set a red line. My credibility is not on the line, the international communitys credibility is on the line. And americ
Times over the past year. Well be taking all of this up and considering why the president is suddenly trying to pass responsibility for his own ultimatums and threats to assad, and his decision to authorize punishment with Foreign Affairs Committee Member congressman ted yohu who pressed secretary of state john kerry on the president s plans in a hearing held today. The syrian resolution passes the senate Foreign Affairs committee after members capitulated to the demands of senator john mccain. General david grain joins us to assess the strike plan but we begin tonight with the latest on the president s pitch on military strikes against syria and another attempt to distance himself from his own decision. The president today actually put the responsibility on the international community. Heres mr. Obama earlier today in stockholm, sweden. I didnt set a red line. The world set a red line. My credibility is not on the line, the international communitys credibility is on the line. And amer