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
The breaking news as bloody fighting rages against isis on a growing number of fronts president obama formally asks congress for authorization to wage war against the terror group. We heard him spell out what he wants to do at the white house a little while ago. The go ahead to keep pounding isis targets from the air along with strict limits on Ground Combat operations. The president calls for a vote but its not clear if a divide in congress will buy into his strategy. Senator Bernie Sanders is standing by live along with our correspondents and analysts. Lets begin with the very latest. Our senior White House Correspondent jim acosta joins us. Jim . Reporter in the first call to congress to authorize war in 13 years, president obama is making it clear the battle against isis wont be a repeat of iraq and afghanistan but the president is also leaving a lot of the details, in a word, fuzzy. President obamas proposal to authorize the war on isis opens a new door. To more than just air stri
You have just been listen to president obama making possibly one of the most important speeches of his presidency. He just spelled out his case to congress for using military force in the war against isis. This is the First Time Since the iraq war that the full congress will vote on a commander in chiefs request for the authorization to deploy military force. The president seeking congress go ahead. Its mostly will getting buyin investment from congress and the American People. After all, u. S. Jets have been bombing isis fighters for six months or so. The president says he can continue to do so even if congress shoots down his proposal. He also made clear that the campaign is working. Make no mistake, this is a Difficult Mission and it will remain difficult for some time. Its going to take time to dislodge these terrorists especially from urban areas. But our coalition is on the offensive. Isil is on the defensive and isil is going to lose. This authorization further defines the missi
Well, good friday evening to you from our headquarters here in new york. Day 78 of the Trump Administration saw both praise and condemnation in the wake the president s decision to send 59 Cruise Missiles into syria. Arguably the biggest consequence from a geopolitical standpoint. The strain on the already lets call it complicated relationship between washington and moscow. A putin spokesman kaeld called this a, quote, significant blow to relations with the u. S. And here in new york, that was on public display today at the united nations. We strongly condemn the illegitimate actions by the u. S. The consequences of this for regional and International Stability could be extremely serious. It could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. It could be that russia has been incompetent ten in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. Or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. The United States took a very measured step last ni
From a geopolitical standpoint. The strain on the already lets call it complicated relationship between washington and moscow. A putin spokesman called this a, quote, significant blow to relations with the u. S. And here in new york, that was on public display today at the united nations. We strongly condemn the illegitimate actions by the u. S. The consequences of this for regional and International Stability could be extremely serious. It could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. It could be that russia has been incompetent ten in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. Or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. The United States took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more. But we hope that will not be necessary. The Trump Administration is signaling a new round of sanctions on syria is forthcoming. There are also reports tonight the pentagon is working to determine whether russia, as you may