57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters here in new york. Good to be with you. Im annemarie green. Well, facing the growing foreign crisis in syria, President Trump hinted at action, but he wouldnt show his hand. Mr. Trump called tuesdays chemical attack an affront to humanity that changed his attitude toward president assad. He blamed assad for the deaths of at least 86 people, an action he says cannot be tolerated. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal that people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that crosses many, many lines, beyond a red line. U. S. Officials say chlorine gas with traces of the nerve ajen agent sarin was likely used in the attack. Ambassador nikki haley warned u. S. Would take action. The attack happened about 60 milesen from the border with turkey where some of the victims are now being treated. Holly williams is there. Reporter the problem for the u. S. Is that it doesnt have any good opti
Little bit better. Im glad that they are actually getting involved now. Reporter but, she is still leery about the lack of information from mosaic officials and the dep. The sink hole opened in august leaking more than 200 million gallons of contaminated water into the florida aquifer. The public was not notified about this potential environmental disaster until weeks later. After 8 on your side broke the story. Do you regret not telling the public sooner . Absolutely. Our staff was outdated law. So, the governor gavetous proposed rule, the new emergency rule. That is what we are following now. It concerned me they didnt notify us and they are suppose today be protecting us. Reporter well, if the company does not comply with all of the stipulations, they could be fined as much as 10,000 a day. Stacie . So, have they paid anything up front to guarantee that they will follow this order . Reporter yeah, as of now, if the price to fix all of this goes up, they will have to pay more. All ri
This is the look from the New Port Richey camera. The flag is flying. We warmed up to 71 degrees. The late club shows the same thing. The palm trees are blowing, blue skies, 71 degrees. Hard to beat it especially when we have had so much cloud coverage. Not all the cloud coverage is way down here near the bahamas and we dont see anything on the radar here locally. With all of that sunshine it has really warmed up quickly. It was chilly now were at 72 lakeland. 76 tampa. 73 bradenton. 78 sarasota. Much warmer than this time yesterday. We are 10 degrees warmer than 11 am. Mostly sunny and pleasant through friday. A great stretch of whether. Hold on. We have strong cold front coming through on saturday. I dont expect much rain but i do expect it to bring in a florida chill with much cooler air. We will talk about how much in Pinellas County to investigate the storm spell that sent millions of gallons of sewage into tampa bay the summer. It happened during hurricane hermine. Counties disch
A natural gas explosion at a bp plant in mississippi. Flames lighting up the sky. A pair of workers were on duty at the time but theyre actually okay. Some nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution. Fire is contained. All fuel lines have been cut off. No harmful chemicals have been detected in the air. Well stay on top of this. New developments in the race for the white house. Donald trump is making what some are calling a shift in one of his signature proposals. Seeming to soften his controversial call to ban muslims. This as trump pivots to the general election. His campaign is sending conflicting messages about what the immigration ban will now entail. We get the latest from lana zak in washington. Reporter donald trump is giving a speech on the economy today. Well also be listening to changes to his ban on muslims. Donald trump may be walking back his controversial call to ban all muslims from erngt the united states. Eric trump explained. The difference with somebody of a mu
Plant in mississippi. Flames lighting up the sky. A pair of workers were on duty at the time but theyre actually okay. Some nearby residents were evacuated as a precaution. Fire is contained. All fuel lines have been cut off. No harmful chemicals have been detected in the air. Well stay on top of this. New developments in the race for the white house. Donald trump is making what some are calling a shift in one of his signature proposals. Seeming to soften his controversial call to ban muslims. This as trump pivots to the general election. His campaign is sending conflicting messages about what the immigration ban will now entail. We get the latest from lana zak in washington. Reporter donald trump is giving a speech on the economy today. Well also be listening to see if the candidate himself artdss changes to his ban on muslims. Donald trump may be walking back his controversial call to ban all muslims from erngt the united states. Eric trump explained. The difference with somebody of