Will one of them blink . Were hearing about a list from the white house of potential contenders to be the next secretary of state. Is mike pompeo leaving . Home alone, President Trump saying he was edited out of the movie. Was he serious or joking when he tried to blame the canadian prime minister. Wolf blitzer is off today. Youre in the situation room. Tempers are flaring as impeachment trial talks are stuck in limbo. President trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi are taking shots at one another on twitter but no substantive discussion to break the stalemate over the trial. Needling the president is actually part of the democratic strategy as they Pressure Senate republican leader to subpoena witnesses. The white house is working on a list of potential replacements for mike pompeo if he were to leave as secretary of state. I will be talking to mike squiggly, on the House Intelligence Committee and democrats and analysts are standing by. First, were joined by cnn congressional correspo
the evidence is and where it came from. reporter: samples from the bodies of victims according to secretary of state john kerry gives u.s. officials the evidence they need. it has tested positive for signatures of sarin. reporter: what are those signatures? how can we be sure this is a repeat of the slam-dunk that wasn t, the claim iraq that wmd? former weapons inspector who previously looked for cases in iraq says a signature of sarin is not something you can see or smell. think how any other chemical you are familiar with around the house can break down into other things. you re not just looking for smell or discoloration. reporter: kay says other than mustard gas, sarin does not burn your skin. those victims who die from it breath in because it shuts down your nerves and then yusuf kate. to find out if that s happened, to find that signature, you take blood, hair, brain tissue,
0 hello. welcome to the second hour. i m fredericka whitfield a look at the top stories. the obama administration speaking out about the disturbing videos of the attack in syria and says it s urgent congress sees the images. we ll tell you why. secretary of state john kerry pushes for action abroad and reveals information where a key u.s. ally stands on a potential allied strike in syria. members of armed forces go online to oppose a strike. descent within the military. straight ahead. secretary of state john kerry is very busy trying to get the united states to use military action against syria. we are seeking to enforce preventing chemical actions in syria and not seeking to become engaged or part of syria s civil war. syria was on the agenda and foreign affairs reporter elise is there in london traveling with the secretary. defense secretary kerry will be meeting with who today? he s meeting with mahmoud abbas. this trip was supposed to be focused on the middle east peac