Various actions that might be taken to help enforce that norm. His comments came a short time after the white house released a declassified version of an Intelligence Report. It detailed the evidence against syrian leader Bashar Al Assad fors. What we know about the alleged chemical weapons attack in damascus last week. Its something the secretary of state john kerry says matters to all of us he called it a crime against conscience its are will its findings are clear as compelling. Dont take my word for it all of you, read for yourselves the evidence from thousands of sources. Harris that report claims Syrian Chemical Weapons workers were on the ground three days before the attack preparing for it. And on the day of the mass killing, regime members prepared by putting on their own gas masks. The u. S. Also claims to have intercepted communications from a senior syrian official who confirmed the regime used chemical weapons expressed the u. N. Might point out. 100 videos purport to show
I just see what i really saw . Captioning spons captioning sponsored by cbs vening news this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening. The commander in chief says hes weary of war but hes preparing for it and preparing the American People for it. Today, to justify a possible military strike against syria, president obama released an intelligence assessment that says the u. S. Has high confidence that the syrian dictatorship attacked civilians last week with nerve gas, killing 1,429 people including 426 children. Those numbers, according to the administration today. What is the evidence . Well, the report shares only a small portion of what the Administration Says it has. Mr. Obama says the assad regime must be held to account, but he has not yet made a final decision on how or when to do that. We have a team covering the story and were going to go first to david martin at the pentagon. Reporter with five Navy Destroyers now in position to launch cruise missiles, s
You go back through, you have Lyndon Johnsons daughter is there, it sort of goes up through history. Rosalynn carter. Think its remarkable that so many people from both sides of the aisle are there. The one person whos not there is barbara bush. Barbara bush is not. George w. Is there with his wife laura, but well, barbara bush and nancy reagan famously had a difficult relationship in the white house. And so, you know, the bushes were rarely invited up to the residence. When they were the Vice President. I dont know the reasons for her not being there but its interesting to note that shes not there out of all these other first ladies. There may have been other reasons, in fairness to her. Yes, yes. Again, all of these about 1,000 people in this room at the Ronald Reagan president ial library. Nancy rereagans funeral about begin. This is a funeral she initially discussed with her husband and even in the last six to eight months or so, she had really gone through every single detail, beg
Hillside that looks downslo slog valley to the pacific ocean. We have seen Johnny Mathis arrive, wayne newton, and its going to be that kind of day. Media luminaries, political and entertainment. A lot of our friends and colleagues and coworkers are out there to pay tribute and say farewell to this woman known to many of us. Chris matthews is among our contingent. Chris, at the funeral for ben bradley, bob woodward said this feels like the end of the 20th century. What do you reckon today will feel like in that room . Well, i guess it is about the 1980s. Especially in that time in which politics was so different than today. And we had all the arguments we have today, but they were conducted differently. I always thought that tip oneil and Ronald Reagan, my boss for all those years, the democratic speaker of the house and the republican conservative president disagreed on practically everything, but there was a national sense of urgency. The cold war still going on and problems like soc
Bushs tradition. There is not going to be the big funeral procession we saw for Ronald Reagan or jfk. What he did here was in honor of the office, as opposed to himself. To that point, its no secret and overto overtalk about it because its a solemn moment, but the dysfunction between the bush family and the current president of the United States. Today he is going to spend time with the bush family. The late george h. W. Bush might have told his son to take them a little bit to get there, but of course the current president of the United States will be part of this. To join the conversation, just about the man and his respect. Eight years as Vice President. Four years as president and his son was president. The words presidency and white house and the institution has been part of his life and was part of his life for so long. You under underestimate his level of respect for the dignity of the office. It is so appropriate and fitting that he is coming to washington on this airplane. He