More than a week. Welcome back to the news room. We start with syria defending its actions. The foreign minister addressed reports a short while ago and said the regime is cooperating with u. N. Inspectors trying to determine if there have been chemical attacked in the wartorn country. The u. S. Says there is undeniable evidence such attacks has taken place and is weighing a military strike against syria. He says that isnt justified and would serve the interest of Al Qaeda Linked groups and israel. He denied the government tried to get rid of evidence of chemical weapons use. Some people have said that the Syrian Armed Forces have used chemical weapons. I have denied this in my conversation where mr. Considerry and i would like to repeat that no state in the world would wish to use weapons of mass destruction against its own people. Now, following that press conference with me a little earlier on. Hello again. Start off by taking us through the main points syrias foreign minister made.
I dont care if i get impeached in the congress, ive got to get this done. Captioning funded by cbs this is the cbs morning news for thursday, august 22nd, 2013. Good morning. Good to be with you. Im an marie green. Opponents of Syrian Government Bashar Al Assad say they attacked rebel held positions near damascus this morning. This follows yesterdays chemical attack. Scores appear to be killed but its impossible to get an accurate toll. The Syrian Government denies using chemical weapons, but video appears to show people in the aftermath suffering from telltale signs of a chemical attack. Were warning, some of the images we are about to show you are graphic and they are disturbing. Jurica duncan has our report. Reporter syrian claim the g bombed the same areas where an alleged chemical weapons attack took place yesterday. The grisly images posted to youtube yesterday showed men, women, children either dying or alreay dead. Rebels say chemical weapons killed as many as 1300. Cbs news ca
Woodruff and we look at the personalities driving the politics and gridlock in washington with two authors and veteran political journalists Robert Draper and mark leibovich. You do wonder, when people are in office, when people are in power, who are they really working for . Are they in it to serve the public good, or are they in it for selfservice . Woodruff thats all ahead on tonights newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by moving our economy for 160 years. Bnsf, the engine that connects us. And by the alfred p. Sloan foundation. Supporting science, technology, and improved Economic Performance and Financial Literacy in the 21st century. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Suarez president obama took aim at the soaring cost of college today with an ambitious plan to rate sc
According to the head of the mission, they will need an official request from the united nations, but at the same time they will also need a approval of the syrian government. Now the un investigative team, it really took months of negotiation with the syrian government. So it is not clear whether the team will be able to investigate. Its hard to independently confirm what hand on the ground, but this doesnt the first time that rebels accused the government of using chemical weapons. The government has accused the them of using these weapons as well. Undoubtedly the ongoing conflict would only lead to more escalation. Thank you. In egypt former egyptian president , Hosni Mubarak was ordered to be released from prison. Its possibility he could be free, however, his legal troubles not ever. Jonathan betts joins us from cairo. What has the reaction before to this news, jonathan . Yeah, it is a huge development, the reaction at cairo is waiting and seeing. Two years ago the country celebra
A military judge sentences private Bradley Manning to 35 years in prison. The former intelligence kiwikil. Mike viqueira, prosecutors wanted more than that. Lets manning the maximum sentence according to lind would have been 90 years. The prosecutes asked for 60. [ technical difficulties ] and an altruist in the name of transparency. Some 700,000 documents were leaked, among them, richel as you know that video of the attack on 11 individuals who ended up being noncombatant. A mistake on the part of these pilots, he has a camera slung over his arm, did one of the journalists. That video, while the advocates Bradley Manning. There are protests already being planned throughout the course of the day. One outside the white house this evening who say he is being unjustly maligned. These charges are totally unjustified. They put him on something of a pedestal, although it has to be noted as far as the American Public see what the impact of a case like this will be. Thank you so much. Okay. Th