Pivots from iraq back to syria im told by several officials there have been multiple meetings at the nsc in the last week focused on syria. Secretary of state kerry is trying to get everyone from allies from russia to iran to a political road map. Were not talking about a military strike to get rid of him. Im told theres talk about expanding the trainandequip program coming up for the rebels. The white house is pushing back on the idea of a formal review. Take a listen to Deputy National security adviser ben rhodes. Theres no formal or strategy review of our syria policy. What there is, is a strategy for degrading and ultimately destroying isil that requires us to take a hard look at what were doing on a regular basis. Weve had regular meetings that the president has joined with his National Security team on this issue. And syria has been an important subject at those meetings. So call it a calibration, call it a review. One official called it a quote vigorous assessment. I think there
Good morning, im carol costello. Thank you for so much for joining me. We begin in geneva, switzerland where the shooting of unarmed missouri teen ager Michael Brown has taken center stage after browns parents made an emotional plea for the United Nations to intervene. U. S. Delegation is appearing before the u. N. Committee against torture which fights cruel or degrading treatment by government authorities. The u. S. Group says Michael Browns death as well as Police Actions during the subsequent protest violate that u. N. Committees convention. Cnns Erin Mclaughlin is in geneva with more. Reporter carol, the u. S. Delegation is expected to answer tough questions today, some of which were ferguson specific. The panel of eight independent experts asked them yesterday about the steps taken to review Police Practices following the events in ferguson. They also asked him about the distribution of military equipment to local forces, perhaps a reference to the Police Response to the protests