must give some cause for comfort, doesn t it? it does rive comfort, doesn t it? it does give some- comfort, doesn t it? it does give some. the comfort, doesn t it? it does give some. the key - comfort, doesn t it? it does give some. the key word i comfort, doesn t it? it does give some. the key word is| comfort, doesn t it? it does - give some. the key word is some cause for comfort. it is a proof of life moment for peng shuai knowing people were able to speak to her live which is a very positive development but we are still having a lot of questions, but also for the reasons we wondered about peng shuai in the first place, namely, the accusation she made against a former senior official in the chinese communist party. though some still not been addressed and nothing in the ioc statement released mentioned anything about those accusations or where they stood or the possibility of investigating now. it really did was offer a short three paragraph statement that really, honestly, sou
dana mentioned this, i will use the powers of the government. this guy who put out the statement has better things to do right now than put out a four paragraph or three paragraph statement that says that. i also think that this falls on white house staff, too, it is important that the white house is disseminating accurate information. why would the president s homeland security adviser briefing him on things that were not actually particularly accurate, even at the time. i think the national weather service was pretty clear when they tweeted out in response to the president s tweet that they did not want alabamans to believe they were in the path of the hurricane because they were not. to have that map sitting in the oval office that was days old, why? to be clear, the map he tweeted out before he put out, the map he tweeted this afternoon from which the statement is based, it says august 28th on the map.
and the russian federation need to be able to get along and figure out where those areas are. so we see a great difference between what this outgoing administration is trying to achieve in these last few days and what the new administration is going to do. it wouldn t be surprising to see the sanctions undone with the stroke of a pen. i was handed a statement coming from the president of the united states, from the office of the press secretary saying this and it s a four paragraph statement so i won t be able to read all of it to you but i ll give you a portion of it. today i have ordered a number of actions in response to russian government s harassment at cyber elections aimed at the u.s. election. these actions follow repeated private and public warnings we have issued to the russian government and are a necessary and appropriate response to efforts to harm u.s. interests in violation of established international norms and behav r behavior. respond to that. this is just an an
three paragraph statement from the president says in part, we made important progress, much more work remains to be done, the united states will continue working with russia, united kingdom, france, other nations to ensure there are consequences should the assad regime not comply with framework agreed on today. if diplomacy fails, the united states remains prepared to act. that is a statement from the president of the united states today after this agreement on syria was announced. we are told that the national security adviser, susan rice, briefed the president on the details of this. the statement also indicates that the president called secretary kerry as well as the u.n. ambassador to talk about this. again, as we talked about just a little while ago here on cnn, there are already questions being raised in washington, d.c. about how this might be enforced
even with an agreement more difficult. matthew chance, cnn, geneva. diplomats were all smiles in geneva. in washington, it s more complex. the president said it s an important concrete step toward the goal of moving chemical weapons to be destroyed. joe johns joins me now from washington with the complicated reaction there. the white house, are they going to frame it as a win/win? i think the white house the framing it as a good start, a move in the right direction. actually, the four paragraph statement put out used variations of the phrase important step. it s measured, but optimistic. in anticipation about the criticism about the lack of u.n. enforceability, they point out there s time to give it teeth.