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Its all happening now. Jon but force, secretary of state john kerry expected to speak about 90 minutes from now as we await the release of declassified intelligence assessment of the chemical attack in syria that killed hundreds of people, many of them children. Good morning im jon scott. Good to be here with you, jon. Big news day. Im Alisyn Camerota in for jenna lee. President hopes this will make the case of a military strike against the assad regime despite british it law makers voting again...

Speaker of the house of representatives. The speaker pro tempore the prayer today will be offered our chaplain, father conroy. Chaplain conroy let us pray. God of the universe, thank you for giving us another day. Quicken our spirits so that we will know the blessings of living together in unity and peace. We have our personal aspirations and ideas of what is best. Grant that we might know the satisfaction of sharing our Common Concerns and experiencing the joy of mutual accomplishment. Bless th...

The threemonthlong standoff. This was the deadliest day in decades there leaving 25 people dead and hundreds injured. Vice President Biden has called ukraines president urging him to pull back government forces. The u. S. Is threatening sanctions. Protesters are furious their president is taking cues from moscow in refusing to sign a trade deal with the European Union. They want his powers limited. Well have a live report from this chaos in Independence Square in just a moment. If you happen to ...

Prime minister Nuri Al Maliki in a tough spot without a lot of places to turn for help. A lot of people think hes put himself in that spot. The United States has no interest in gulf war number three. American naval resources are moving into the persian gulf in case they are needed. Then, of course, there is iran. An iraqi official tells cnn hundreds of iranian troops have deployed to help the fight alongside iraqi forces. A very bizarre development. Given the two countries history, by the way. T...

To more effectively address emerging threats from the middle east and north africa. It has been our willingness to work through multilateral channels that kept the world on our side. President obama told graduates at the u. S. Military academy at west point that our reduced presence in afghanistan allows washington to redirect resources towards the changing face of global terrorism. The commander in chief laid out plans for a 5 billion Counterterrorism Partnership. Its intended to help train oth...

This isnt just about talking. We want to ensure that concrete steps are taken to address these underlying barriers to trust. I briefed the president today in the oval office about the situation in ferguson, shared with him the perspectives of people in Law Enforcement and Justice Department officials who are there on the ground. We talked about programatic issues that we want to announce relatively soon and about the need to bring our people together. This is a difficult time for people in fergu...

High noon here in the east. 9 00 a. M. Out west. Welcome to weekends with alex witt. New today, president obama is considering changes to the planned troop drawdown in afghanistan. Secretary of defense Ashton Carter made the comments today in that country, his first trip there since being sworn in. Heres what he said. Our priority now is to make sure this progress sticks. That is why president obama is considering a number of options to reinforce our support for president ghanis security strateg...

That they had hijacked to get themselves out of paris on wednesday. The same car has been found in this location and then they fled on foot into the forested area. Exactly about a 30minute distance from that location is where this intense gun fight and hostage situation is taking place. Again because there is a hostage involved we have to believe that there is control of the gunfire, but we know there have been shots fired. So gregg, the chase we were just talking about, do you know if this chas...

Those in the danger zone. And Rudy Giuliani declares i am not a racist but now he says president obama was raised by socialists and he isnt backing off from his claim that the president doesnt love america. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. Breaking now, new and detailed plans for an upcoming ground offensive against isis. This is not a leak. Its coming directly from the pentagon. The war plans call for iraqi and kurdish fighters to Work Together in a battle this spring to push isis ...

Hes a president who has done a horrible job. Everybody understands that. Hillary clinton is worse than obama. She said i want to put the coal miners out of business. I want to put the coal mines out of business. Shes saying i want to put the steel mills out of business. Shes made it her job. Is that offensive . Its very offensive. Im sorry about that. Pocahontas. Elizabeth warren. I think shes as native american as i am. Shes a woman thats been very ineffective other than shes got a big mouth. T...