mr. assad doesn t have a lot of capability. he doesn t have a credible means to threaten the united states. back from the brink? a russia broker deal with syria now on the table. the president tells cnn it could have hurt the strike but what will he say to you tonight in his major address? we have the latest. domestic disturbance. george zimmerman briefly back in police custody after his wife calls 911 saying he was threatening her with the gun. we have the dramatic call ahead. the new iphone set to be announced today and we have all of the details what to expect and will there be a new much more affordable version. your new day starts right now. this is new day with chris cuomo, kate bolduan. welcome to new day. it s tuesday, september 10th, 6:00 on the east. wow, what a difference a day makes. yesterday the president was
weapons to the international community, in the next week, turn over it. but he isn t about to do it. a spokesman said it is a rhetorical argument but russia heard something more. by late morning its foreign minister promised to encourage its allies syria to accept it. translator: we are calling on the syrian authorities to not only but weapons under further storage but we have passed our offer to the syrian board minister. reporter: who declared his country on board. translator: i declare that the syrian arab republican welcomes russia s initiative on the basis that the syrian leadership cares about the lives of our citizens and the security in our country. reporter: at the end of the day some powerful american voices were, at least in theory,
the dramatic shift that could now avert u.s. air strikes on the assad regime. president obama is set to address the nation this evening. this is a huge high stakes address that was supposed to be the president s final push to convince the country and the congress to finish syria for using chemical weapons on its own people but now it seems everything has changed because of what was either a diplomatic breakthrough or a diplomatic bungle. a senate vote to authorize military action is now on hold. the russian government has jumped all over what is called a rhetorical slip by the american secretary of state. cnn s senior national security correspondent jim shuto breaks it all down for us. he could turn over every single bit of his chemical
the u.s. does not want to play games and the deal could not be a reason to get congress to delay military action but it may be just that. the u.s. may not trust syria or russia but it does not want to look like it s dismissing a serious diplomatic issue. what is president obama s response to all of this? i have to say it s unlikely we would have arrived at that point where there were even public statements like that without a credible military threat to deal with the chemical weapons use inside of syria. if we can accomplish this limited goal without taking military action, that would be my preference. on the other hand, if we don t maintain and move forward with a credible threat of military pressure, i do not think we will actually get the kind of
surrendered its stockpiles to international control, that would be an important step, but this cannot be another excuse for delay or object instruction. reporter: a sentiment shared bit president. we don t want just a stalling or a delaying tactic to put off the pressure that we have on there right now. reporter: but that pressure, at least for now, seems to be subsiding as the senate postponed their wednesday vote on syria. meanwhile, experts wonder if the russia proposal is a bunch of empty words. you would have to have a cease-fire and long period u.n. inspectors would come in and seems to me almost unimaginable. syria s foreign minister says syria welcomes the proposal but the question does remain this morning, will that government actually open up its weapons