Captioning sponsored by cbs this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. You just heard the secretary of defense say it, u. S. Military forces are ready to go if and when the president gives the green light for a strike against syria. This would be punishment for that chemical weapons attack last week that left more than 300 syrian civilians dead, many of them women and children. Vice President Biden today became the highest Ranking Administration Official to declare that the assad regime was behind that attack. The Syrian Government denies it. U. N. Inspectors have not finished their investigation. So what evidence does the United States have . David martin has found out at the pentagon. Reporter before the u. S. Acts it plans to publicly reveal some of the intelligence which vice President Biden said today proves who is to blame for the mass casualties in syria. There is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria, the syria r
Are meeting to agree on gas emission. On monday the president s of the u. S. And russia spoke one on one. Vladimir putin called Climate Change one of the greatest threats humanity is facing. Meanwhile, the white house has outlined several new Counterterrorism Measures including a new Senior Adviser to president obama. Robert mali. Other measures include tight tightening security for visa programs. A man who had been in touch with the cousin of the attacks ring leader said more violence was planned for jewish areas, transport networks and schools. The leaders were killed in paris. The hunt is still on for a surviving suspect in the paris attacks. New information is emerging about an dell salah and his where ashts. Reporter the search for him, a global man hunt thats turned up few leads. French intelligence authorities are now working under the assumption he may be in syria, but belgian officials are not convinced. Still searching neighborhoods in his hometown of bruzles. A day after the
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