Abortion rights. Takes me back. With so much freedom. Good evening. Good evening everyone. Please. Thank you. Thank you. Please have a seat. Thank you. Thank you you all. Can we please applaud amanda for her extraordinary [ applause ] toward courage. We who are active in this phrase and movement probably remember amanda was one of the first women during this phrase of this movement to speak publicly about her experience. The courage shes shown continually across the country as she helps people understand the reality of all of this. I met so many women like her in these months and few years that have been so selfless in telling such a personal story in a way to benefit people that may not remain. Amanda, thank you for who you are. Thank you. For you see [ applause ] id like to thank president mackler. Thank you for your leadership of this organize. To the board of directors or emilys list including my sister maya harris. Ill also acknowledge all of the elected officials and members of c
Im Jessica Yellin in for erin burnett. Outfront tonight breaking news. Making the case for war. President obama directly addressed the possibility of a strike against syria just moments ago in an interview with pbs the news hour. We have not yet made a decision but the International Norm against the use of chemical weapons needs to be kept in place. And nobody disputes or hardly anybody disputes that chemical weapons were used on a large scale in syria against civilian populations. We have looked at all of the evidence and we do not believe the opposition possessed Nuclear Weapons or chemical weapons of that sort. We do not believe that given the Delivery Systems using rockets that the opposition could have carried out these attacks. We have concluded that the Syrian Government and if so there need to be international consequences. We are consulting with allies and international community. I have no interest in open ended conflict in syria. We have to make sure that when countries brea
jessica? rosa, thank you. and thanks so much for watching. we ll see you again tomorrow night, ac 360 starts right now. jessica, thanks very much. good evening everyone. breaking news, president obama says there is no doubt chemical weapons were use in syria or the syria regime used them. the question now what is he going to do about it? we ll take a hard look at the tough choices. also tonight, they have run from our cameras. america s worst raising millions, tens of millions they say for dying children but spending next to nothing on them. now finally they are talking their claim and how it adds up. we re keeping them honest. president obama stands where dr. king was centuries ago. we re going to speak to maya angelu joins me for an emotional insparing conversation.
violence against the police, zero tolerance. another thing that doesn t make sense to me. the lyrics from the rapper common says i hold up a peace sign but i carry a gun. he talks about guns all the time. wait a minute. hang on just a second. isn t this administration antigun? aren t we supposed to get rid of all the violent rhetoric? why? why? why on all of the people, what? maya angelu isn t around? all the people, you get this guy. okay. i get worked up. i hear news like this today and i get worked up. you have a choice. you can get angry. you can protest. you can march. people do all those things. then you vote for new people. and nothing really changes. and the more things don t change, the more upset and helpless people feel. who are you going to call on this one? what happened to common values that we don t hold people up that are standing up for