Chemical weapons attack in the world since Saddam Hussein gassed his own people back in 1988. And looks like is the key phrase here. Its hard to prove. It is hard to tell conclusively when chemical weapons have been used especially if you are trying to tell from a distance. In that iraq case it took four years for experts to confirm that chemical weapons were, in fact, used then. Physicians for human rights is one of the first groups to get into the site. They collected soil samples and tested them. The soil samples did show trace evidence of the elements that sarin gas breaks down into over time. And with those soil samples they were able to conclude that Saddam Hussein had used sarin and also mustard gas, like from world war i, mustard gas, on the kurdishiraqi population. They estimated that saddam killed about 5,000 people in that gas attack. Lots of countries have sarin gas or have had it. The United States and russia both used to mass produce sarin during the cold war. Now sarin i
Plus a thousand years. He had pled guilty to 937 counts of rape, kidnapping and murder. He will never be a free man. But the staggering moment came today when one of the three victims, michelle knight, spoke about the horror of the basement, the horror of the monster who kept her there and used her. I missed my son every day. I wondered if i was ever going to see him again. He was only 2 1 2 years old. When i was tooken. I cried every night. I was so alone. I worried about what would happen to me and the other girls every day. The days never got shorter. Days turned into nights, nights turned into days. Years turned into eternity. I knew nobody cared about me. He told me that my family didnt care, even on holidays. Christmas was the most traumatic day. I never got to spend it with my son. That was michelle knight. Her captor, who sat in chains throughout the proceeding, took issue, believe it or not, the prosecutors characterization of him. Lets watch him in action. I am not trying to
Leak news that president obama is delaying a promise to issue an order before the election. Is the press buying into the spin . Political coverage in high gear as the fall election season is underway with republicans still favored to capture the senate. Is the press playing up certain issues and playing up others . Our new segment midterm media madness. And a president ial interview on meet the press, and outrage over the hackers would leaked the nude celebrity photos. What about the Media Organization that run images, endless images, of the stars . Arent they exploiting women . This is media buzz. President obama getting hammered by the media and told reporters he wanted to destroy isis but he also used this language. We can continue to shrink isis sphere of influence, effectiveness, financing their military capabilities to the point where it is manageable problem. He is drawing plaque for words like manageable. Liberal Washington Post columnist accusing president obama of happy talk
State historically republican getting help from several highprofile Business Leaders there who say they support her economic plans over donald trump. Mike emanuel is live in omaha nebraska with more for us today. Reporter nebraska is a conservative state but there is an opportunity potentially to pick up an electoral vote if Hillary Clinton can win one of the congressional districts here in omaha. Clinton will have help from a big business name in billionaire warren buffett, that after she campaigned over the weekend with Businessman Mark Cuban and former new york city mayor mark luber spoke on her behalf at the convention. Clinton speaking out about the controversy between the con family, a Muslim American lost a son interact and donald trump. To launch an attack as he did on captain cons mother, a gold star mother who stood there on that stage with her husband honoring the sacrifice of their husband, i dont know where the balance are, i dont know where the bottom is. The new cbs poll