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
For today as you will see some higher humidity a little less wind southwest to about 10 miles per hour. And the temperatures will be cooler too in the 70s and the 80s. Things start to change toward tomorrow. Temperatures around the bay area in the 60s, a lot of sunshine outside right now. Well have more on your weather coming up in a few minutes. Right now lets check the roads with elizabeth. Reporter thanks, lawrence. Good morning. Out to antioch we go. Like i said, we are getting some more details coming in now about this crash. It is in the commute direction westbound highway 4 approaching loveridge. We are hearing up to 12 cars involved in this accident and it may be actually two separate crashes. One in the backup trying to avoid the first accident. So we are seeing some delays behind it. It sounds like at this point only one lane is blocked. But again like i said 12 cars some of which are on the right hand shoulder could definitely cause some delays. Better news for the morgan fi
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
A limited strike will send a message. Obama holds fire on syria. He acknowledges a diplomatic solution may be in the works. Hes painted himself in a corner of the leader of the free world. Maybe you shouldnt look too closely at how the policy got to where it is. An explosion in benghazi a year after the diplomatic outlook. Hurricane far out in the atlantic. This is humberto. New york city voters have given a resounding no to spitzer and weiner. He was giving a finger to a reporter at the campaign event. Investigators focussing on an ipad that cops say recorded video of the dispute. No charges are filed until we get whatever is on the ipad. Fbi arrested a former employee of the la airport. This is as close as america gets to having a royal baby. All that. Check this out. This senior makes one heck of a grab. All that matters. Today marks 12 years since the september 11 terrorists attacks. On cbs this morning. President Barack Obama Says we may be close to a settlement with syria. Thank
Ifill Margaret Warner sits down with egypts Prime Minister, as the country is divided by yet another political crisis. Woodruff good evening. Im judy woodruff. Ifill and im gwen ifill. Those are just some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by supported by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation. Committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information at macfound. Org and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. And. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ifill our lead story tonight the furious pace of developments surrounding syria gave way today to the more deliberate tempo of diplomacy. President obamas call for military action was on hold, as the wait began to see if syrias patron, russia, can deliver on putting syrias poison gas beyond use. I d