The percentage might look small, but the amount of money i think is robust enough for allowing us to have a great future. The u. S. Senate prepares for a hearing today on the use of force in syria while the u. N. Endorses a military response. Very good morning to you. Microsoft is buying Nokia Smartphone business for 7. 2 billion. The deal which includes licenses of nokias patents. This is microsofts second biggest acquisition behind the purchase of skype. Microsoft will use some of its near 70 billion in overseas cash to pay for the deal. Nokia was an early supporter of Microsofts Windows phone software for its lumia smartphones. The ceo steve balmer says the Company Started discussing a deal before the noble World Congress in february. Microsoft will bring on several nokia executives including the ceo who joins the company. Hes seen as a possible candidate to replace balmer when he steps down in the next year. The nokia chairman takes over as interim ceo. As far as the stocks are con
After the president of the United States has already committed to action, the consequences would be catastrophic in that the credibility of this country with friends and enemy and adversaries alike would be shredded, and it would be not only implications for this presidency but for future presidencies as well. The president really has no one to blame in many ways but himself about the lack of public understanding of whats at stake in syria. We talk about the past, present and future. Two years ago when an opportunity to get assad out when there were dozens of al qaeda only in syria. Now theres thousands. A year from now there will be tens of thousands. Two years ago there were not 600,000 refugees in jordan compromising the kingdom of jordan. Time is not on our side, so we urge the president to up his game. Well, president obama made it clear that the u. S. Should take military action against syria, Many Americans disagree. A recent nbc poll asked americans whether the United States sh
Mobile phone rivals. And the street in mumbai because the hospitals are crowded. As the u. S. And allies press their case for military strikes against syria the people continue to suffer. The United Nation says more than two Million People have fled into neighboring countries and three quarters of them are women and children, a million refugees left in the first five months of this year alone and over 1100 111,000 fled to egypt and jordan took in more than than and three quarters have gone to lebanon and we will speak about it in a mfl and half a million in turkey and lisa is there for us and in iraq more than 170,000. And we are on the border and joins us now. So you have seen numbers there increase substantially in the time you have been there. What is expected to be the impact of more talk of military strikes . Well the impact of military action will mean there are more refugees crossing the border and coming to camps like this and let me show you here. When i arrived here two weeks
Phone market. Theme all eyes on washington again this morning. In just a matter of hours, president obama will be taking his case to the house leadership. House Speaker John Boehner and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will join the president. The president wants to punish the president of syria for the chemical weapons attack that killed thousands of people. John kerry will testify before the Senate Relations committee. He is the point man in support of limited strikes. Mr. Obama trying to win support from senators john mccain and Lindsey Graham, meeting with the president on monday. Mccain, who has been a long supporter of taking military action in syria says lawmakers must act. If the congress were to reject a resolution like this after the president of the United States has already committed to action, the consequences would be catastrophic. Mccain saying his meeting with the president was candid and he stressed the importance of degrading the assad regimes capabilities. The road ahead
Showing us another angle of what we eat. All that and much more on cbs this morning, saturday, september 7th, 2013. And good morning. Welcome to the weekend. We also have a terrific lineup of guests for you here this morning including alan alda. Well take a look back at his 11year run on m. A. S. H. And give you a preview of his brainy new tv show. Then an awardwinning chef who presides over one of new yorks best restaurants. Singer jimmy webb will perform right here in studio 57. We begin with the ongoing debate of military action against syria. President obama is back at home at the white house after the g20 summit in russia. Now president obama will prepare a speech in which hell try to convince congress. Jeff is at the white house with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. The president left russia without the broad support for military action that he was looking for, and so this speech on tuesday from the white house becomes critically important for his administration with gr