actually one community and then it makes the world so much smaller and much more tangible for people to understand. unicef is currently desperate for donations for syria. it is our duty as human beings to give back. join the movement. impact your world. cnn.com/impact.
the navy yard gunman says she s glad he can t hurt anyone else. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. two days after aaron alexis opened fire, the pentagon chief now acknowledging that red flags were, in fact, missed. starbucks serves up a new message for gun owners. the ceo explains to cnn why he s changing his policy on weapons in stores. and so much for the handshakes and working together. is russia putting a deal on syria s chemical weapons at risk? we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we could get the autopsy results of the navy yard gunman at any moment. a spokesman says the d.c.
the president of the united states is expected to attend a memorial service for the victims of the navy yard shooting on sunday. wolf? joe johns over at the navy yard, thank you. let s get to the syria crisis right now. russia is slamming a new united nations report confirming the use of sarin gas in syria, calling it, quote, distorted. the united states says the report bolsters its claim that the syrian regime was behind a deadly chemical weapons attack last month. russia is promising to present new evidence suggesting the rebels in syria were to blame. all of this raising more questions about the fate of that u.s./russian deal for syria to give up its poison gas stockpiles. jim sciutto was in geneva with the secretary of state john kerry when the deal was reached. he s back in washington right now. jim, what is the latest? what s going on on this back and forth? reporter: what we re seeing now is what were private
the battles ahead. what we now have is ideological fight that s been mounted in the house of representatives that says we re not going to pass a budget and will threaten a government shutdown unless we repeal the affordable care act. house republicans announced plans to vote to block the signature domestic achievement, obama care. the law is a train wreck. as part of abill to keep the government running past the end of the month. the latest impasse leaves the president facing growing concerns about his ability to get things done on capitol hill. nine months into the second term, his agenda appears to be in trouble. even if diplomacy prevails in syria, the abbreviated effort to win congressional approve for strikes saw resistance from republicans and fellow democrats and it was democrats who helped squash obama s top choice to head the federal reserve, larry
summers who pulled himself out of contention. many have troubles in second terms but he has had support until now and now the democrats are showing they are more shaky. the push for new gun control measures and a comprehensive overhaul of the immigration system also stalled. let s stop the threats. bashing republicans over the budget as the navy yard shooting unfolded miles away tone deaf. new york times columnist maureen dowd writing the man that connected so electronically in 2008 cannot seem to connect anymore. what does this mean for the president? the president needs to change the discussion and i think he is trying to after syria much more to the republicans are extreme and cooperative and change the focus back to the republican party.