Hd490 cc1 1257 hd490 cc1 1257 hd490 cc1 1257 hd490 cc1 1257 the resources so that they can obviously be a stronger force against the Syrian Regime. Still you have theyre seeking that sweet spot as they work with congress on this one. Thanks very much for that, Brianna Keilar at the white house. Tomorrow the Senate Foreign relations issue takes up the issue of syria. Dana bash is on capitol hill. Dana, the president , its fair to say especially in the house the president facing an uphill battle. Based on what we heard in that call, anyone who said they know will take place should get out of the prediction business. Multiple congressional sources say john kerry is the administrations most passionate advocate for military action but kerry knows full well how dicey authorizing war is for lawmakers. I did vote for the 87 million before i voted against it. Reporter then senator kerrys vote for the iraq war and later its funding complicated his 2004 president ial run. Hes not the only caution
We are going to get to it in a minute. We are going to talk about the flooding in colorado. The governor is on his way now to give a press conference. Here is the interesting thing. As he is going to the press conference, he stops to help with a rescue. This coming from governor his official twitter account. Picked up four stranded people, a dog and a cat during helicopter tour of flooded area. So, we are going to get to that in a moment. We are talking about northern colorado, denver, greeley, larimer county. The governor is going to talk about his rescue in the press conference happening in a moment. These are places where people are dead and people still missing. This is the only way you are likely to get anywhere there, on horseback. The rain started wednesday and did not stop. First, the roads covered with water. The black top started to crumble. Then bridges became impossible to cross. Thousands of people, entire communities, suddenly were cut off from anyway to get out. Today, t
The country did issue this essential warning, if you will, for politicians to follow the timetable of the constitution for forming a new parliament. Does he mean that that new parliament or that new government shouldnt include maliki . Not clear, but he is telling politicians here to stick to the timetable, thats important. As for the chemical weapons, i visited that site with weapons inspectors 12 years ago. When i saw them, those weapons looked the chemical weapons looked pretty much aging and deteriorating, but they could still pose a danger, vx, sarin, mustard gas. Remembering some of those people fighting with isis were members of the very same army that filled those stockpiles. Kate in. Sure sounds like trouble no more how antiquated they are. Nic, thanks very much on the ground in baghdad for us to continue this story. Though sending special forces to iraq, president obama insists hes still keeping his commitment to not put troops on the ground there. He also is not ruling out a
Would send up to 100 u. S. Special forces into iraq. They would help advise the Iraqi Military collect intelligence on the islamic militants of the group isis which has seized territory in Northern Iraq and is advancing closer to baghdad. The special operations teams would likely be made up of green berets, army rangers and navy s. E. A. L. S. President obama currently is meeting with his National Security team right now. His statement which was previously scheduled to begin a half hour ago is now set for 1 15 eastern, in about 15 minutes. Cnn, of course, covering this story from all the angles. We begin with senior White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim . Reporter jake, as you said, the president is expected to come into the Briefing Room in about 15 minutes to lay out his strategy for the next chapter for the United States in iraq. As youve been saying for the last 15, 20 minutes, this has been a difficult chapter for the United States because of the war that began back in 2003. T
Time to question him about the attack that led to the death of u. S. Ambassador to libya, chris stevens, and three others. Pentagon correspondent, Barbara Starr, has more. Reporter Ahmed Abu Khattala was lured to a location south of benghazi, u. S. Officials from multiple agencies tell cnn. A sur ever pricing feat. Army delta force commandos, fbi and intelligence agencies were watching and waiting for days. Khattala, a key operative in ansar al sharia, the group the u. S. Blames for the 2012 attack on the u. S. Compound in benghazi. Intelligence gleaned from local libyans helped draw khattala to the location. U. S. Commandos captured him with no shots fired, no one getting hurt a surprise feat, one former libyan official tells cnn, because khattala usual surrounded himself with guards. U. S. Commandos whisked him to a navy ship in the mediterranean to begin undergoing questioning for his role in the attack and anything else he knows about terrorist activity. Officially, the pentagon wi