People are missing in the philippines. Its been a week since super typhoon haiyan ravage the the country. Food and medicine are arriving in the devastated communities, aids groups say they face huge challenges getting help to people in remote areas. U. S. Military say its rescued 3,000 people and delivered more than 100 tops of food, water and other supplies to hardest hit and isolated towns. International humanitarian groups are on the ground giving medical help to survivors. We turn to craig leeson at cebu. Hopefully you are there still. Do you feel like help is getting to the people who need it . Early Morning Light filters to the deck of the mv gemini6. It fails to make the sleeping crew. Theyve been up most of the night loading supplies for a rescue mission, bringing relief aid to a Remote Island of bantayan off the northern sip of cebu. It was one of a dozen islands to be decimated by typhoon haiyan. I can only imagine what the people have been experiencing, and other suffering,
That a diplomatic solution may be in the works. There are highlevel meetings in geneva tomorrow. But he wants the military option just in case. We have Live Team Coverage this morning. And we begin with abcs Tahman Bradley in washington. Good morning, tahman. Reporter good morning, diana. Good morning, john. It was a rare primetime address. The president of the United States speaking to the American People about the need for military action in syria, even as he explores a diplomatic solution. From the east room of the white house, president obama told the nation, the strike on syria is on hold, while he gives diplomacy a shot. Over the last few days weve seen some encouraging signs. In part, because of the credible threat of u. S. Military action. Reporter syria says it has agreed to a russian plan to turn over its chemical weapons to international authorities. Sensing the proposal may be his best option, the president says he will continue talks with russian president vladimir putin,
Eliminate syrias stash of chemical weapons. Calls for inspectors on on the ground by november. And all of syrias weapons to be destroyed or removed by mid2014. And syrias president Bashar Al Assad has to submit to a comprehensive report of all of his regimes chemical weapons stockpiles within a week. Secretary of state john kerry made clear this morning that he believes that plan will work. But only if the Syrian Regime cooperates fully. In the case of the assad regime, president reagans old adage about trust but verify. [ speaking latin ] that is a need of an update, and we have committed here to a standard that says verify and verify. There can be no games, no room for avoidance or anything less than full compliance by the assad regime. While there is nothing in the framework that threatens military action if syria doesnt comply, the agreement does open up the possibility of United Nations Security Council action for any violations. Be the United States has made clear all along and a
Construction project thats ever been undertaken, or at least its certainly up there. Captioning funded by cbs this is the this is the cbs morning news for wednesday, september 11th, 2013. Good morning, good to be with you, im annemarie green. Well, in a 16minute speech president obama told a mostly skeptical nation that one way or another syrias chemicmical weas threat must be removed. He says the dip employee man it plan holds promise but if that fails, the u. S. Has a moral obligation to use military force. To my friends on the right, i ask you to reconcile your mite with a when a commitment to americas miltary with mite with a failure to act when a cause is so plainly just. To my friends on the left, i ask you to reconcile your belief in freedom of dignity for all people, with those images of children writhing in pain and going still on a cold hospital floor. For sometimes resolutions and statements of condemnation are simply not enough. Well, tomorrow, secretary of state john kerry
World trade center at the pentagon and near shanksville, pennsylvania. A moment of silence at ground zero 15 minutes ago marking the first time the plane hit the World Trade Center and the second moment of silence will happen in a couple of minutes. A short time ago, relatives began reading the names of the nearly 3,000 people who died at ground zero. Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton remembered the day. I will had always remember walking through Lower Manhattan and the day after those attacks. The air was acrid, the thick smoke made it hard to breathe. In pennsylvania officials broke ground or a new Visitors Center near the memorial for the plane that crashed in shanksville destined for San Francisco. At the pentagon the American Flag unfurled on the side of a building at sunrise. The president and the first lady along with the Vice President observed the moment of silence on the grounds of the white house just moments ago. Also happening today on the 9 11 anniversary, the whi