Public service by americas Cable Television companies. It is provided today by your cable or satellite provider. Former president bill clinton spoke about ongoing efforts to combat Childhood Obesity at the annual summit for the partnership for healthier america in washington, d. C. This is 40 minutes. [applause] bill clinton thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thank you, very much. Tardy upze for being here, i didnt get the memo about where i could stand and listen. I am mired the doctor, and wish to talk for another halfhour. Im very grateful to all of you. For the work you do. I want to say that i working on this Childhood Obesity issue for more than a decade. I have listened to remarks, i have been to the middle east and to asia. To put his debate with the efforts against burgeoning Public Health problems there. That therey grateful are companies that, where possible, are trying to work themselves out of a job by giving our children a healthier future. Th
Mr. Clinton i apologize for being tardy up here, i didnt get the memo about where i could stand and listen. Im very grateful to all of you. I want to say that i working on this Childhood Obesity issue for more than a decade. I want to thank all of the private sector companies. I listened backstage to all the remarks. I have been to the middle east and to asia. To participate with no one in the participating burgeoning Health Problems they are having there. I am glad that companies, where possible, are trying to work themselves out a part of their job by giving their children healthier future. I want to thank the Schwartz Foundation and the Johnson Foundation for working with us. I will say more about larry soller, the president and ceo of pha, and my good friend, dr. Howell wechsler. I am very glad that all of you are here. And glad that, in this sort of how do i say it unusual times [laughter] mr. Clinton you recognize that this is no place for alternative facts. [laughter] and i dont
Part of the actual resolution or this particular negotiation. Pelley but is this idea of the use of force credible any more after the enormous opposition you saw from the congress and from the American People . No one believes that the president would go ahead and use force in syria. Well, that was before you had the u. N. Report. It was before you had the agreement in geneva. That was before you had syria owning up to its weapons, and before you had syria signing up to agree to live by a certain standard. So if syria doesnt live by that standard, i can assure you this president of the United States is not going to take off the table unilaterally any progstiff that a commander in chief has. Pelley but this evening, russia agreed to the deal to force syria to give up its chemical arsenal and that deal will go to the United Nations Security Council now where passage is expected. The resolution is punishment for the syrian dictatorships use of nerve gas to kill rebellious citizens in augu
It off the table, but it is not part of the actual resolution or this particular negotiation. Pelley but is this idea of the use of force credible any more after the enormous opposition you saw from the congress and from the American People . No one believes that the president would go ahead and use force in syria. Well, that was before you had the u. N. Report. It was before you had the agreement in geneva. That was before you had syria owning up to its weapons, and before you had syria signing up to agree to live by a certain standard. So if syria doesnt live by that standard, i can assure you this president of the United States is not going to take off the table unilaterally any progstiff that a commander in chief has. Pelley but this evening, russia agreed to the deal to force syria to give up its chemical arsenal and that deal will go to the United Nations Security Council now where passage is expected. The resolution is punishment for the syrian dictatorships use of nerve gas to
The solution. Captioning sponsored by cbs ponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. There are Major Developments tonight on two crises that threaten to drag the United States into war. A deal has just been struck to head off an american airstrike against syria, and there is a big step forward in talks on Irans Nuclear program. Re happening late today at the United Nations, and secretary of state john kerry is in the middle of all of it. Kerry sat down with us today for a 60 minutes interview. He revealed that the United States will remove the major stumbling block that was holding up a deal on syrias chemical weapons. The u. S. Had wanted to put teeth in that deal with the threat of military force, something that syrias ally russia, refused to allow. So with regard to getting a deal in the Security Council, the United States is not going to insist on an explicit use of force. Thats correct. We have not taken the threat of it off the table, but