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The u.s. says nearly 1,500 people, including at least 400 children, were killed in a chemical weapons attack outside the syrian capital damascus last month. the obama administration says america cannot turn a blind eye to such a volatile corner of the world. >> that poses a serious national security threat to the united states. and to the region. >> reporter: president obama insists this is a limited strike. there will not be boots on the ground. he said this is not iraq. this is not afghanistan...

>> brian: all right. on a lighter note. >> steve: not exactly. but we are switching gears. the veterans affairs department, you know, we have told you over the last couple of years how -- how many disabled american veterans and heros have to wait almost two years to get their claims processed. now there has been an investigation. as it turns out, a whole bunch of these disability claims processors have gotten giant bonuses for just working the machine, getting them processed quickly, some of the...

Retake first lace in the al east. moving on to football. reilly cooper has apologized for comments he made at a kenny chesney concert. he used a racial legislature that was caught on amateur video. michael vick said i believe in forgiveness and forgive in him. . finally on a much lighter note. wait until you see this. the uconn womans basketball team made another trip to the white house to celebrate the championship win. s it ate huskies eighth trip to the white house in 20 year and third ti...

To do is sort of like give this narrative of us being criminals and being bad people when we are not, we are good student, my parents are good people. i think he is really afraid of this country changing but needs to get over that fear and he needs to understand his own responsibility as an elected official. and how he needs to be inclusive of everyone and that is hateful and racist. >> new jersey governor chris christie take ago shot at the republican party calling their views on national secur...

Serious. photos of tsarnaev, dzhokhar tsarnaev at the moment he was apprehended released by a police officer there on scene because he wanted to counter the image that was on the cover of "rolling stone." hes been relieve of his duties for now. do you think thats just reaction to him reesing these photos? he said he wanted to create balance there. >> they have to have rules. they cant just take the law into their own hands or photos. they have to follow their own protocol. he should be suspended...

Constitutional guaranteed liberties in the process. most of us know cirque du soleil, known for acrobatics. over the weekend, an aerialist lost control and plunged to the hour. it happened at the show ka at the mgm on saturday. the acrobat had been dangling from a catwalk that was hidden above the stage, when she went into a freefall. her death is start to be the first in the companys three-decade history. a lighter note here. new york city, a helicopter belonging to a charter company made a...

>> sad news. >> steve: it is indeed. lets move on to something else. a little happier. we talked -- >> brian: i hope a lot happier! >> on a lighter note. >> steve: we got big doings out at a stadium in the new york city area. people have been waiting for the big announcement. >> everyone year we like to say thank you to the fans for making us number one. we announced earlier that were moving from city field to year, uptown to the bronks. saturday, july 13. the twist this year is that its also su...

In a school. >> the push back is big brother surveillance, that people will be worried that the government will be watching them. theres some discussion to be had here. on a much lighter note, i got my kid an unmanned helicopter toy. very interesting report. thank you very much. in the next hour, president obama is expected to take questions in the briefing room. well be bringing that to you live. hes supposed to take to the podium around 10:15 a.m. a special announcement youre going to want t...

The cooler side, only in the 40s and 50s in the northeast. 50s and 60s across the midwest with more lighter showers moving in. snow is going to develop back through montana and the dakotas and we are looking for, again, those temperatures to stay on the cooler side as we head into most of next week but, again, we are going to keim an eye 0 out for the flooding as the rivers crest and then go above the flood stage and start to recede. this is going to be an issue he is pegs ly with more rain all ...

Detroits prince fielder comes to mind. i sat down with prince during spring training where he revealed he had been bullied as a little boy. our conversation began on a lighter note. >> jim leland told me is fans dont realize how athletic you are. why do you think they dont know that? >> you look a certain way, its fine. as long as i know im working hard and trying to get better every day. >> i think i was watching one game and you ran into someone and afterwards you hugged the player. >> when he...