All of the news of the day. I and introduce you to some of the important newsmakers of the day and most importantly, give you a chance to sound off and tell us what the issues mean to you by giving us a call at 86655press. Our interactive townhall here on current tv. I have to tell you, whether you are a union member or not, if you are a working class american, a middle class american, the republican war has declared war on you. It started in wisconsin. Is spread to ohio. It has hopped up to michigan they are out to destroy working families families, and we intend to fight back. We will get into that and you bet. A lot more. Lets get the latest. Current news update from Lisa Ferguson out in los angeles. Hi, lisa. Good morning to you. Hey, bill. Good morning to you. Good morning everyone. President obama is begin talking his fiscal cliff plans today. He will be on a Conference Call from the white house with a Bipartisan Group of mayors and Community Leaders. The group will focus on how
The fight against obesity epidemic getting bigger and bigger. Thousands of syrians living abroad are casting votes ahead of next weeks president ial e elections. Poll all but certain to rubber stamp bashar al assad. In lebanon thousands have blocked to the embassy in beirut that is the one and only polling station there. Lebanon is home to more than a million syrian refugees. Only 40,000 are on the register. We are looking at voting in jordan where nearly a quarter of the population is syrian. You have a fraction, 35,000, estimated 35,000 who are actually registered to vote. Lets go to beirut. It was chaotic two hours ago. It looks the same now . Its still chaotic but a little more under control. We are in front of the Syrian Embassy. You can see the people going in to the embassy a couple of hours ago, the crowds were on top of each other, desperate to get in. Some of them, some supporters support Bashar Al Asaad. Some believe he has prevailed after three years of fierce battles. For
Would like to see Hillary Clinton as the next u. S. Commander and chief. I dont think theres ever been anyone in history that is better prepared. From san diego, california, wesley clark is our guest on talk to al jazeera. General wesley clark, welcome to al jazeera. Lets start with syria, looks like a diplomatic path forward reading chemical weapons. Does the threat of the u. S. Take military action still need to be on the table. Absolutely. This is a long and arduous path within you know, we have experience in this, because when we went into iraq, in 1991 at the end of the gulf war, the u. N. Create add special commission. And it took them several years to dig through everything, and make sure they had it all. Now, if bashar at asaad really wants to cooperate, he will just put all the material out, he will put all his troops there, they will be lined up with for inspection, all the records will be present, all the manufacturing will be open. But i think thats unlikely. And i think he
Chemical weapons attack. Our closest ally, britain, will not be involved leaving a short supply of potential partners. Here are the latest headlines. President obama says he hasnt made a decision on the timing or scope of any action that. Also it is not out of the question that we would hear from the president on the situation in syria. Some time during the course of the day. We have a new poll that reflects the american peoples opinion, about where they want to see this go and reflect some of the problems in the obstacles that the president faces as he tries to address and consult this issue with congress. 80 of the American Public according to this nbc poll say that the president needs to come to congress to get specific authorization for any perspective military action in syria. 50 , think the president should not intervene with only four pest in favor. 42 in favor. So a number of challenges. Overwhelming number that 80 of people that want the president to get congressional approval
The day began with bells and a moment of silence, to mark the 12th anniversary. Similar ceremonies were held at the possibility upon and in pennsylvania this morning. A mixed day on wall street, the dow has a Third Straight trigle gain day. As fears ease of a military strike in syria, those are the headlines at this hour, consider this, is coming up next, and you can get the latest news on aljazeera. Com. To do about the crisis in syria. Even if the asaad regime agrees to give up its chemical weapons is the plan workable. If it is, will everyones least favorite option end up happening. Also we have heard a lot about the u. S. A. Spying the nsa, in particular, but it okay for schools to monitor their students social networks . If that protects them from bullying. We will check in on the tracking of teens. As america mourns its losses one man went from hero to vail lain. Was the negative coverage of the head of the company that suffered more than any other on that horrible day wrong . He