This is the cbs morning news for tuesday, september 23rd, this is the cbs morning news for tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. Captioning funded by cbs good morning, im susan mcginnis. Cruise missiles launched from u. S. Warships and drones began last night, there were 14 in all. Many of the targets were or around the militants selfproclaimed capital in syria. The pentagon said the targets included headquarters, Training Facilities and a finance center. Today, president obama travels to the United Nations to try to rally more support for the push for isis. Marlie hall reports from the u. N. Reporter the u. S. And several allies launched their first air strikes against icis in syria. Pentagon said a mix of fighter jets, bombers and tomahawk missiles were used. Syria said some of the strikes hit targets in raqqa. Primary targets are command centers in raqqa. Training facilities. Known targets. Reporter the Video Campaign comes after weeks after targeting isis in neighboring iraq. The presiden
Case in the United States now, as we know it is, why are we having news conferences like this, and why are we also afraid . If theres no chance of an outbreak, what is it about this disease that frightens you and us . Ok, so we are having the press conference because we need to get information out because theres a lot of fear, and the reason theres a lot of fear is that there are many things when you have outbreaks its the unknown, the cataclysmic nature of it, mainly, it is acute. It kills in a high percentage, and it kills quickly. That in and of itself almost intuitively makes people frightened. The other thing that makes people frightened can this happen to me without my even knowing it, without my having any behavioral change at all . Thats the kind of thing that we have to keep over and over again emphasizing. We respect your concern. We understand your concern, but the Evidence Base tells us that that is not going to happen, and we have to say that a lot. We have to say it today
The event brings together ideas authors, and innovators to look at the latest trends in technology, culture, and business. Here is kerry shteyngart talking about his immigration status. In 1980, being rushing russian was the worst thing that you can be. I was sentenced to eight years of hubris school that for a crime i did not commit. When i was sentenced there, it was so bad being a russian, being a commie, i had to pretend that i was born in east berlin. I was trying to convince german kids there that i was german. [laughter] 10 years later, i show up at oberlin college, this small Marxist College in ohio. Being an immigrant was the coolest thing you could imagine. Nobody wanted to be the heterosexual white male. So i got as russian as you could be. I wore the whole thing with the bullets and all of that come up i tried to annex another college. [laughter] it was productive. That is part of the washington ideas for an airing tonight at 8 00 p. M. Also a conversation with the founder
Lets finds out whats on your monday, labor day . Good morning, guys. Quick look at storm scan3, this will actually show you the store a little better than just seeing my face would. You can see, obviously been some showers, some storms rolling on through here through the last couple of hours, they continue to make their retreat. It doesnt mean we are in the clear. In fact, actually seeing two additional days here of the potential for more showers, storms, while round has moved out, a left over in a couple of spots. Again, it will be a running theme, as will the heat, as will the humidity. So we have to talk temperatures and the steam factor. I like call it the friz factor. That will be very noticeable for you out there today. Full details for you specially if you got maybe any cook out plans out there for the next couple of days. Guys, back over to you for now. Thanks, katie. Lights out at two Atlantic City casinos. The board walk feature becomes the first of three casinos shutting dow
Controversial law. Why the fight could move to arkansas next. This is Aljazeera America live from new york city, im stephanie sy. It could be a historic day for relations between the u. S. And iran. Secretary of state john kerry and other top diplomatics in switzerland have until midnight local time, thats about 11 hours from now to reach a framework deal on limiting Irans Nuclear program. Lets go to james bays in lausanne where the talks are taking operation. James, what is the sense youre getting there are the differences narrowing . I think the differences are narrowing, but theyre still trying to work out something that they can present in the form they can present it to the public. As you say, 10 and a half hours left. This has been such a protracted and complex and controversial series of negotiations, on and off for 12 years, for the last couple of weeks, 12 days of negotiations, seven different delegations in the hotel behind me, they are getting close but they are not there un