The uns secretarygeneral is calling on the u. S. Am a britain, and france to live weapons inspectors more time to do their work in syria. After discussions today, russia called the British Initiative premature. The u. S. Says it has intercepted communications that prove the Assad Government was behind a chemical attack. But the Syrian Ambassador to the United Nations denies the charges and says the u. N. Inspection will prove it was in fact rebels who launched gas attacks. Meanwhile, people in damascus are stocking up on supplies out of fears that any u. S. Attack would hit civilian areas. The u. N. Inspectors have resumed their work in a damascus suburb, determining if chemical weapons were used in an attack last week. U. N. And Arab League Special Envoy says their investigation had up 30 had already produced onekey piece of evidence. It does seem that some kind of substance was used that killed a lot of people. Hundreds, maybe more than hundreds. Some people say 300, some people say
Streets become very narrow under these conditions. And whether you stay or out, it can be very treacherous. This morning, history is blanketing boston. Millions wake up to over six feet of snow falling in the city since mid january. Making the past 30 days the snowiest month in history. No City Administration has ever dealt with this much snow in a very short period of time. The region bearing the brunt of the third snowstorm in just three weeks, sending them into a statewide emergency and closing schools again. If ive learned one thing over the course of the past two weeks, its Mother Nature makes the rules. So much snow in fact the Massachusetts Governor says you could fill up the patriots home stadium 90 times over with the snow theyve already removed. On the road vehicles bury edied, as transportation is at a near standstill. This commuter train struck after snow piles on the tracks. They were sending a rescue train to try to push it back into the quincy station, and that got stuck
I have elise labott and Major General james spider marks cnn military analyst. Great to have you both on. Were waiting in anticipation of what the sec def might say. What isnt being said specifically is who are what the russians are targeting. What are your sources telling you . Well, theyre telling me that this is not a target for strategic enforcement if you were toing going after isis. If you look where the strikes started in homs, this is not an area that isis is really on the ground. These are more areas for the Free Syrian Army, even al nuthra, which to be fair is considered a terrorist group by the United States. Again, these are groups against Bashar Al Assad. This is not an isis campaign. This is to shore up the Syrian Military which has been very weakened over the last many months on the battlefield. Lets call it what it is. Lets do that. The russians have inserted themselves in this conflict. When they deploy aircraft, theyre going to have ground to air weapon systems to pro
Strength expected to become a hurricane by the time it hits. Welcome to our viewers. In the United States. Of course all around the world. This is cnn newsroom. Donald trump has said he has no plans to replace the attorney general Jeff Sessions before the midterm election. A new tweet mocking sessions shows the president is concerned about democrats chances in november. And that he still thinks the Justice Department protect him and his supporters. Cnn reports. Reporter President Trump staying out of the public eye today. While going after his attorney general behind closed doors. Criticizing Jeff Sessions for indicting two republican congressmen. One who is accused of Insider Trading and another who is accused of brazeningly misusing Campaign Funds for personal expenses arguing it could hurt his party in the midterms. In a tweet that stunned washington. Trump writing two easy wins in doubt. Good job, jeff. That criticism as he preparing to hit the road to stump for republicans amidris