The Republican Party just had its first todd aiken moment of the campaign. Scott walker announced he intends to sign a 20 week abortion ban now moving through the state Legislature Even if that bill makes no exceptions for pregnancies resulting in rape or incest. Most people that are concerned about that its in the initial months. In this case its an unborn life its an unborn child im prepared to sign it. Walker did not say how he knows, most women become pregnant due to a rape or incest are most concerned about what to do for the initial months of the pregnancy. Those comments come less than a week after walker defended Wisconsin Law that requires women seeking an abortion to undergo a mandatory ultrasound. The media tried to make that sound like that was a crazy idea. Most people i talk to i find people all the time get out their iphone and show me a picture of their grandkids ultrasound and how lovely they are. Thats a lovely thing. We still have their first ultrasound picture, its
Than humans. Well, i guess thats sometimes true. Good thing he doesnt take himself too seriously, this being the colbert report, it did not end there, oh, no. What about an animal thats already dead like a cow thats been sentenced to death for a murder . Or a pig that commits suicide from listening to too many of your songs . You shouldnt laugh at that. I know a lamb thats a [ bleep ] could i eat that lamb . No. If you stick your grandmother in an oven, she will probably be tasty, but is that any reason to eat your grandmother . You see the hilarity youre missing out on, jimmy kimmel . Outfront next, democrats blame the republicans. Republicans blame the democrats. How Speaker John Boehner drops an abomb. Oscar pistorius charged with premeditated murder in the death of his girlfriend. Why the case may never go to trial. A hot air balloon accident in egypt. We have dramatic pictures for you tonight. Lets go outfront. Good evening. Im erin burnett. Outfront or should i say out back tonig
Strikes against the is asad regime. Chuck hagel and john kerry and Martin Dempsey facing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in the first public hearing of the force in syria. Well tap into the Global Resources of cnn to bring you the most complete coverage of the crisis in syria. We begin this morning with Brianna Keilar live at the white house. Good morning, brianna. Reporter chris good morning to you. White house officials that ive spoken with feel positively about their prospects of hammering out an agreement with congress that would allow them to militarily strike syria but they admit there is still a lot of convincing to do. Two key republicans voicing new optimism about president obamas plans in syria after a meeting in the oval office. Senator john mccain, the president s former rival, now a key ally in the fight to get congress on board for military action. We want to work to make that resolution something that majority of the members of both houses can support. Reporter bu
Nice to see you this morning. Lawmakers are gearing up for the biggest Foreign Policy vote since the iraq war. Secretary of state john kerry making the case for military intervention in syria, appearing on a series of sunday morning shows. He said syria used sarin gas on its own people. But some members of congress are expressing sharply divided opinions on a draft resolution on whether to give the president the go ahead. I think we now have to be careful, you dont want to tie the president s hands. I know because the clarity of where all of this goes. That is still unclear to me. There are a lot of risks here. The downsides. Its important for america and important for the world. And the process were going to go through is going to help strengthen our response. Tracey potts has the details from washington. Any indication that congress will be returning early from their vacation. Reporter some have already have. Some law mayesers were part of a weekend briefing. More than a hundred came
Consensus is not a given. It will be catastrophic if we turn down and reverse a policy announced by the president of the United States to the world. An action that was going to take place is then negated. I think it does horrendous damage to the credibility of the president of the United States. Its at least 5050 whether the house will vote down involvement in the syrian war. I know because the clarity of where all of this goes. There a lot of risks here. The downsides are great. We cannot make this about the president versus congress or him shuffling off responsibility. We can have all of those debates at another time. This is about the credibility of the United States of america standing up for an antiproliferation and use of chemical and biological weapons. I think members of congress were divided in terms of what does that mean . Is this a treen go to war . What is the objectives of going to war. What authorization are we giving our president . In syria the situation continues to d