Stopping. Particularly here in denmore, new york. You see Correctional Officers staging the area surrounding the prison. We had to go through three separate checkpoints. We had to go through state and local authorities checking every vehicle leaving and entering here. You may be able to see temporary flood lights set up. That actually marks the very spot where this manhole is located. This is the location where sweat and matt are believed to have used this as an exit point. Authorities believe they actually used several tools to dig through about a 24inch wall in the rear of their cell. From there, they entered a steam pipeline and they cut through the pipeline to access underground tunnels and drains as well. We know the u. S. Marshals service has filed warrants for the men for unlawful flight. We also know that the state of new york now hoping but will come forward with any help they can. Even offering a 100,000 reward for the two individuals. Two priorities this morning, track them
Bashar al assad used chemical weapons on his own people. We heard from the top diplomat in this country, the secretary of state john kerry saying specifically, 1,429. That was the new number today. Thats the number of People Killed in that attack on august 21st of this year. Hundreds of them children. Reason enough, according to secretary kerry, for the United States to do something about it. The American People are tired of war. Believe me, i am, too. But fatigue does not absolve us of our responsibility. Just longing for peace does not necessarily bring it about. And history would judge us all extraordinarily harshly if we turned a blind eye to a dictators wanton use of weapons of mass destruction against all warnings, against all common understanding of decency. These things, we do know. This is, of course, one of the huge new developments on syria today. Keep in mind, we just heard in the last hour from secretary kerry. This hour, we will get news from the president. He is schedule
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Military strikes, the debate so heated, stakes so high, lawmakers are trickling back to washington about a week early. In fact, an afternoon hearing with Top Administration officials, secretary of state john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel, and joint chiefs chair general Martin Dempsey all will be there. Were covering all the angles this morning both here and abroad. Lets begin with cnns White House Correspondent Brianna Keilar. Good morning, brianna. Reporter good morning, carol. This meeting is expected to take place here at white house in just about 45 minutes. This is important, the second day of meetings here with key lawmakers at the white house. Well see john boehner as well as House Minority leader nancy pelosi and youll have the Top Democrats and republicans from key congressional committees. The point that president obama will be making is that he needs their help, and without it, a message may be sent to not only syria if there is no retaliatory strike, but also to othe
The frustration has not gone down. In fact, its gone up as the weeks go by. Reporter yeah, you can imagine. I mean, their stress levels are off the charts. They have been going through this emotional roller coaster now for 22 days. They still havent seen any physical evidence. It is literally troo lly drivin kraszsy. Theyre trying to figure out what is going on. They feel like some of the information thats being held back from them, but authorities have continued to say, we are telling you everything we know. And we know, ourselves, there are 26 countries that are helping in trying to find any kind of physical evidence of where this plane might be in the southern indian ocean at the moment. Theres a lot of frustration as you might imagine on the part of investigators looking into this. Trying to find out and finally solve this mystery. But when it comes to the families who are from china, and that was the bulk of the passengers on the plane, their families feel even more left out. We w