And more like a question of latest. When, not if. President obama is considering a limited attack. A military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a longterm campaign. Reporter obama is steadfast, something must be done. The world has an obligation to make sure that we maintain the norm against the use of chemical weapons. Reporter secretary of state john kerry revealed unclasfied intelligence indicating that the Syrian Regime prepared for the chemical attack for days and that the attacks targeted these congested neighborhoods after being launched from areas controlled by assad, killing more than 1400 people. This is the indiscriminate inconceivable horror of chemical weapons. This is what assad did to his own people. Reporter a growing Bipartisan Group of lawmakers is demanding president obama seek their approval before taking action. The president can and should call us into a joint session. We can be here within 24 hours. A new nbc poll shows half of ame
Known as brexit others are not. Protests breaking out in scotland and leaders are bracing for what may come next. Adam shapiro is in berlin keeping an eye on the financial fallout. We begin with Benjamin Hall in london. Hi, the dust has barely even settled after that vote, already people are starting to realize what a big job this is going to be to take the uk out of the e. U. A lot of people optimistic but a lot of people very, very worried. There were clashes today on the streets of london who people who voted to stay in became angry at the result. They say the margin wasnt large enough to warrant a victory. Many feel that older voters swung the polls in a decision that will affect the younger voters. Theyve launched an online petition to hold the referendum again. The pound dropped to its lowest level since 1985. Moodys down graded the Economic Outlook from stable to negative. Saying the country faces a prolonged period of uncertainty. And in berlin today, top diplomats from the e.
We are going to discuss the growing fallout. First we start with the day after brexit. Donald trump using the shocking vote as a way to help his president ial campaign. Trump was in scotland for a second day continuing a british trip to his scottish golf courses. Se heading home tonight. He is focusing on what he calls the similarities between the british vote to leave the eu and his supporters here in the u. S. Saying people are sick and tired of the establishment. Were joined live from aberdeen, scotland where he interviewed mr. Trump. Reporter eric. Good evening. To show you how far north are in latitude its 11 00 at night. The sun is just beginning to go down. Donald trump winging his way back to new york city. Hoping people in the United States will take note of what happened here in the last couple of days and in november have the opportunity to overturn the status quo. We talked about the brexit which he told me in the short term could potentially have a detrimental effect on th
Investigators. Also, more information coming out about Michael Cohen who pled guilty to Misleading Congress. Why . He says loyalty to the president. Cnn is learning cohen has spent more than 70 hours in interviews with the special counsels team. Lets start with manaforts team in court. Cnns senior justice correspondent evan perez is following all this. You were in the courtroom. What did we learn today . Well, we learned today that march 2019, thats at least a date this socalled witch hunt the president refers to, the Mueller Investigation, thats how long we have been living with this investigation. Paul manafort is scheduled to be sentenced on march 5th. Between now and then, well see a new fight in court. Prosecutors, the special counsel, have accused Paul Manafort of lying during the time he was supposed to be cooperating with investigators. They say theyre going to lay out between now and next week, what exactly those lies are, and Paul Manaforts team, they say he hasnt lied. They
Lh manafort lied ak. Right . Reporter right, poppy. Set after a surprise announcement monday from the special Counsel Office said it was tearing up manaforts Cooperation Agreement because he lied to them and lied to fbi agents about several different topics. Now, we dont know exactly what those are and are hoping we might get some insight into what these lies entail today, and what well listen to, but this was a turn of events. Manafort was convicted of eight clowns, pled guilty. A cooperation deal. In meeting with muellers team at least nine times, appeared he was cooperating now saying he lied malt toll times. Manaforts attorney say they dont agree with the governments characterization, but one thing they both agree on, they want to move this to sentencing. Like you said. Manafort will not be there. Waived his right to appear. Last time we saw him in court he arrived way wheelchair, feet elevated and wrapped, hi attorneys intimated he had a medical condition, was, a result of his con