Crisis poses to our stability both in europe and the u. S. . Of course the issue of foreign fighters returning to our countries is a very direct threat, and we have to address that. We decided at the wales summit that we will strengthen our cooperation on intelligence and information sharing to the counter that threat, but obviously increasing instability in the region will also have an impact on the overall euroatlantic security and this is a reason why it is relevant that nato allies take action and try to create an International Coalition to counter isis. Both nato and carnegie solicited some questions via twitter, and i will pick a couple of them that are relevant to our conversation here. The first one i wanted to touch on is from a gentleman named tommy steiner, Senior Research fell fellow, what is natos role in an antiisis coalition . Thus far nato as an institution has, he argues, stayed on the sidelines. Why is that and is that accurate . Has this been a coalition of the willi
Searches for ways to tighten gun control laws. This time the words need to lead to action. A daring prison escape in Downtown Chicago. Two inmates escaped a highrise prison with a rope made of bedsheets. Bullet proof backpacks cost up to 300. Very entertaining. Somewhere Clark Griswold is going, perfection. This is a ridge of high pressure. I just popped a button. Miss universe 2012 is usa and all that matters. Some who have made that list yours truly, that ought to tell you something right there regarding the credence that we should give time magazine. On cbs this morning. I was named man of the year by waste of time magazine. Captioning funded by cbs welcome to cbs this morning. There are now 12 days to the fiscal cliff deadline and there is no deal between the white house and congressional republicans. In fact the speaker of the house is pushing for a vote on his own plan b today that has president obama fired up. Major garrett is at the white house. Major, good morning. Reporter go
Everybody fellow americans and welcome to the full court press. Here we go on thursday, december 20. How about it. Four shopping days left until christmas. And lot to talk about because finally we see some action here in washington, d. C. I was there yesterday in the White House Briefing room when president obama announces a task force on guns. He put Vice President joe biden in charge. He gave them only one month to come up with a set of recommendations that he would then push through congress. And then he opened up the floor to questions and all the White House Press corps wanted to talk about was the fiscal cliff. Come on it just shows how out of it they are. They cant get outside the beltway. They dont know what the American People really care about all right. Well get into that and a whole lot more here. But first, before we get to your calls, well take time out to get the latest, today current news update from Lisa Ferguson joining us from los angeles. Good morning, lisa. Hey bil
The courage that the teachers, the principal in newtown showed on friday. Finally, some real answers about the benghazi attack that killed four americans. We now know more than reason for the grossly inadequate security. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. We begin with president obamas call to action against what he calls the National Epidemic of gun violence amid the trauma over the Newtown School massacre, he has put Vice President biden in charge of the agenda that could be submitted to Congress Next month. And a growing number of americans want action from the government. A brand new poll shows that 52 of u. S. Adult dults favor major restrictions on guns, making all guns illegal versus 47 last august. Lets turn to our White House Correspondent brianna keilar. Shes joining us. The president came out and didnt mince very words. Reporter no, wolf. This is the first time that president obama has laid out a time line. He appointed Vice President biden to lead this group of c
Dashing through the snow it is Holiday Travel, folks, threatened by a blizzard. You have to put up with the snow and the singing. The once promising talks b bogged down again with less than two weeks to go. And getting to the bottom of the benghazi fiasco. Hearings set to start in a matter of hours from now. Good morning you to. Sorry about the singing this morning. Welcome to early start. Its 5 00 a. M. In the east. Shes been singing all morning. Were going to begin with this storm. The cause behind all the singing. It is a big one. It is pounding the nations midsection and threatening to derail Holiday Travel plans for millions of americans. What bad timing. A blizzard warning in effect for half a dozen states. Colorado has already been clobbered at 156 mile stretch of interstate 70 had to be shut down in both directions yesterday. Look at that. The storm is also hitting iowa hard overnight packing wind gusts over 50 miles an hour. The wind part of the real problem here. Some places