Hello again, everyone. Welcome to the third hour of the newsroom. Im fredericka whitfield. Congress is taking a hard look at the chemical weapons allegations against syria. Some members just fin initialled a closed door briefing at the capitol. Congress isnt back to work until september 9th. When could we see a vote on this . We have more next from capitol hill. And not everyones supporting taking action. Protesters around the country are turning out in force to say, no to strikes. The u. S. Military has gone from standing ready to standing down as the president s decision to ask congress for approval to strike syria. Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr is with us now. Barbara, theres a different dynamic now to the syria crisis. Hows it playing out at the pentagon . Reporter well, fred, as i think you would expect, theyre looking at where all the ships are. They may switch a few ships out. They wont leave everybody sitting there but have the same number, the same fire power. Four to f
To the u. S. The terror in kenya has many wondering if al qaeda groups could again strike the United States. On fears young radicalized boys in minneapolis may be plotting terror here at home. This is the United States of america. Were not some banana republic. This is not a deadbeat nation. Frustration with washington growing, so says the senator from texas, insisting that obamacare is to blame. Plus, imagine winning 400 million, and the only one to share it with is your dog. And this. I had imaginary friends. I was weird. I did, too. I could tell. Nischelle turner goes one on one with mr. Suit and tie. Youre live in the cnn newsroom. Well talk to Justin Timberlake in a little bit. Good morning to you. Im carol costello. Frosty handshake, a thaw . It could happen. The white house has left the door open to some kind of facetoface meeting with the iranian president. The General Assembly of the United Nations is getting under way in new york city, seven days of speeches, meetings and a r
Leaks. Well find out how big of a bite the cloud breach has taken out of apple. To our viewers in the United States and around the world, welcome back to cnn. Im natalie allen. Our top story, nato leaders including u. S. President barack obama have a message for the Islamist Militant Group known as isis. Your days are numbered. Mr. Obama came out talking tough on the final day of the nato summit in wales against russian aggression in ukraine and on natos plans to destroy isis militants. Senior White House Correspondent jim acosta has our report. Reporter for president obama, this time there were no mixed messages. Were going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat isil the same way that we have gone after al qaeda. Reporter at a News Conference at the end of a crucial nato summit, the president insisted he now has a plan for taking out isis. Gone was any reference of simply reducing the isis threat. To the point where it is a manageable problem. Reporter as h
Johnson, former l. A. Lakers matt barnes, goalie. And the list is growing. Well tell you about the latest professional athlete at the center of a Domestic Abuse allegation and look back at the lenient penalties for some highprofile offenders. We welcome our viewers in the United States and around the world to our continuing News Coverage here on cnn. Im george howell. And we begin with the u. S. Secretary of state john kerry who is now in cairo. The egyptian capital is the latest stop on his tour in the middle east as he works to build an International Coalition against isis. Hell meet today with egyptian leaders and secretarygeneral of the arab league. In ankara on friday, kerry urged turkey to do more in the fight against islamic militants. Turkey participated in the coalitionbuilding talks in saudi arabia on thursday but did not sign a formal commitment. So far kerry has built a tenstate Arab Coalition consisting of egypt, lebanon, jordan, iraq and the six gulf states of saudi arabi
The move now by the u. S. Is to get those troops in to work to help train the iraqis to get them back on the offense. Chris . All right. Barbara, thank you very much. Theres also this dynamic that will be going on with iran. Whether americans like it or not. Lets bring in reza sayeh hes in tehran this morning, what do we know . When it comes to the Nuclear Talks with iran, no progress at this point. The two sides have done a very effective job of keeping the talks secret. But its clear that they want a deal done and theyre negotiating in earnest because of the long hours that theyve spent in oman and through the negotiations. But the core demands when it comes to the u. S. And iran on the Nuclear Talks remain unresolved. When you look at the u. S. , theyre demanding iran to dismantle much of its nuclearing a facility, to get rid of the centrifuges and reduce the Nuclear Enrichment capacity. Iran says were doing it all legally, its our right. And when it comes to iran, they want the u.