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Guards were required to make rounds and check on him every 30 minutes. I think he did those girls a favor by taking his own life. President obama arrived in sweden for the start of an overseas trip that includes the g20 summit. Authorizing force against the Assad Government first of all, i didnt set a red line, the world set a red line. A huge wildfire is 80 contained. The fire may have ignited an illegal marijuana grow. The Washington Post reports al qaeda is training engineers to remotely hijack u. S. Predator droen drones. In california a wall of water swallows a part of the city of palm springs. Mccain on his phone during the first congressional hearing. Occasionally, get a wee bit bored. 350,000 worth of gold on the ocean floor. Miley cyrus is opening up about her controversial performance. Me and robin the whole time said, you know were about to make history right now. All that. And he goes into the tarp and he caught it sensational play by coming up on own we should know about . Tonights the big transfer. [ dial tone ] you hung up on oprah. You are such a pack of morons. And all that matters. If you were to be made pope what name would you choose . Stephen. On cbs this morning. Since the syrian situation is a mess i clearly am a skeptic that is the right way to go. Biological will be next mark my words. Came back to a dark dark place. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning. Good morning, norah. A shock this morning. In cleveland. The monster of cleveland is dead. Ariel castro held three women captive for about a decade. He apparently hanged himself last night in his prison cell. Castro was not on suicide watch. Our columbus affiliate is outside the prison orient ohio. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Those of you in the west. Because this was such a highprofile case ariel castro was kept away from other prisoners for his own safety. Prison Officials Say guards would check on him every 30 minutes. At one point between those checks, castro took his own life. Ariel castro was found hanging in his ohio state prison cell shortly after 9 00 p. M. Tuesday night. Upon discovering his lifeless body, the medical staff tried to resuscitate him. Castro was taken to an Ohio State University Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 10 52 p. M. Youll be confined for the remainder of your days. R just last month a judge sentenced the 52yearold to life in prison plus 1,000 years, for abducting and sexually assaulting three women. In court, castro apologized but claimed he was the victim. Youre trying to make me look like a monster. Im not a monster. I am a normal person. I am just sick. I have an addition. Just like an alcoholic has an addition. Reporter between 2002 and 2004, castro lured each of the women into his car separately. They they were 14 16 and 20 years old. For nearly a decade he held them captive at his rundown home in cleveland. During that time, he fathered a daughter with berry and forced night into multiple miscarriages by beating her. The women finally broke free in may. And at castros sentencing, night confronted her abductor. You took 11 years of my life away. And i now have got it back. I spent 11 years in hell. Now your hell is just beginning. Reporter an autopsy will be performed on castros body. The ohio state Highway Patrol will conduct the investigation and try and figure out how castro was able to commit suicide under watchful eye of guards. Norah, charlie. President obama is gaining crucial support for military action against syria. House Speaker John Boehner is backing a u. S. Strike. And the Senate Foreign Relations Committee could vote as early as today on a resolution authorizing the use of force. But the president still faces a skeptical nation. A new survey finds just 29 of americans favor air strikes. Nearly half 48 , oppose them. Nancy cordes is on capitol hill. Reporter those numbers are part of the reason that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has rewritten the resolution that the president first proposed over the weekend. They are making it much more limited. Banning the use of ground strikes in syria. Limiting the duration of any strikes. They did that in part to win over members who feel that the original resolution was simply too broad. Essentially gave the president a blank check to wage war. The new proposal from senate law marks sets a 60 day limit for military action with the option for the president to extend it another 30 days. The resolution also prohibits the use of United States armed forces on the ground in syria. It was crafted by the leaders of the Foreign Relations committee. Democrat bob men nen does and republican bob corker. You think getting the language right is the key to passing this legislation . I think getting the language right is very important. Members want to know that our boots on the ground are not going to be there and were not going to be mired down into a long civil war. This is not the time to be spectators to slaughter. Reporter secretary of is state john kerry urged his Senate Colleagues to vote yes tuesday. He wouldnt say whether the president plans to strike syria even if the Congress Votes no. He intends to win the passage of the resolution. On the case that he does not, is the plan that he were not contemplating that. Because its too dire. Reporter Kentucky Republican rand paul argued a strike might provoke assad and other u. S. Enemies in the region like iran. Kerry disagrees. If the United States of america doesnt do this senator, is it more or less likely that assad does it again . You want to answer that question . I dont think its known. Is it more or less likely that he does it again . I think its unknown. Its unknown senator, its not unknown. If the United States of america doesnt hold him accountable on this, with our allies and friends, its a guarantee assad will do it again. A guarantee. And i urge you to go to the classified briefing and learn that. Reporter military briefers have practically set up shop on capitol hill. Walking any member who wants it through a classified look at the intelligence in an attempt to garner more votes. We have the ability to get a couple more briefings later this week. I look forward to those. And then i will decide. Reporter house members will get their chance to grill secretary kerry in a hearing that gets under way in a couple hours. But its still too soobn to say which way the house is going to go in the end. Its still technically in recess. Most members are back in their home districts where theyre getting an earful from constituents. In some cases, were hearing that members are getting phone calls and emails that are running 1001 against striking syria. Nancy, thank you. Inside syria, theres growing concern this morning about those air strikes. Elizabeth palmer is the only American Network correspondent in damascus. Shes getting a firsthand look at the human toll from the chaos. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Syrias now been at war for two years. And people in damascus have been putting up with an escalation in fighting. Now we can hear the sound of the fighting in the suburbs all day. Great big explosions and flashes of light. Life kind of takes over. But its not normal by any means. There are power cuts. Morpters come out of the sky. And hole neighborhoods have been emptied by the fighting. Last month, we went to visit this area, an inner suburb. About 80 of the people have gone from there. We visited a couple of days ago. Its heavily damaged. The only people who are staying behind are armed civilians guarding the neighborhood. So the 300,000 people who left that area have come many of them, into the center of damascus, where theyre living in very squalid and overcrowded condition, often in converted schools and factories. But theyre managing to stay safe. They think the threat of american air strikes could alter the equation completely. Its the same poor people in the countryside. We visited these people in sweda a few months ago. They had collected in a safe area which was, in fact a converted childrens camp. But, still, a very tenuous grip on life. None of them have been working. They dont necessarily have steady supplies of food and water. So consider their position. At the moment, theyre managing to stay safe. Whether or not they support president assad, what theyre afraid of is american air strikes will alter the equation so the stability they enjoin now will be upset and they will be hurt or killed in the chaos. Norah and charlie. Elizabeth palmer thanks. Minutes ago, president obama defended his plan to strike syria. Speaking in sweden the president said hes confident congress will authorize an attack. He believes the world cannot be silent in the wake of last months chemical attack. And the president says he will continue to engage with russia president putin, even though theyve, quote, hit a wall in their relationship. Major garrett is traveling with the president in stockholm. Reporter president just wrapped up a press conference with the swedish Prime Minister here in stockholm. He went out of his way to sort of take himself out of the entire question about military action led by the United States against the Syrian Regime for its alleged use of chemical weapons in an attack on august 21st that left up to 1500 civilians ted. The president said this red line that has been so much a part of the conversation about Syrian Chemical Weapons isnt his at all. First of all, i didnt set a red line. The world set a red line. The world set a red line when governments representing 98 of the worlds population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent and passed a treaty forbidding their use, even when countries are engaged in war. Congress set a red line when it ratified that treaty. Reporter mr. Obama took his rhetoric a step further. Saying his credibility is not on the line in syria. But the International Communitys credibility is on the line and that of the american congress. He also said its way past time to try to negotiate a way out of this or shame the syrians into changing their behavior. Military action is necessary the president said to punish their behavior and he intends at the proper time to do so. Charlie and norah. Thank you very much. Cbs news political director john dixon joins us now. Lets look at the politics of this. Whats the significance cantor and boehner and whats happening within the republican members of the house. Its significant for the president because what theyre trying to do and we saw secretary of state john kerry do this yesterday, is pull this away from politics. Say this is about americas role in the world. They keep using the word norm. The idea is this line has been crossed and the world we must react. This is an offense that is larger than politics. When john boehner and cantor, the two leaders in the house, or the republicans, support the measure, it pulls it away from politics. In the nittygritty vote by vote, getting republicans in the house of representatives to back this president they dont like John Boehners help is only kind of marginal. Because he said to those members, youre on your own for this. Youve got to do this because, as he said this is the United States are we going to see the rise of a Libertarian Movement within the Republican Party here because people like rand paul and cruz and others . Weve seen it already. There used to be something called a Foreign Policy consensus. Both parties agreed on a way forward when these National Party moments came up. There is no such consensus. In part because the libertarians on the republican side are joining with gloves on the democratic side. Its the rise of those libertarians, in particular, the kind of charismatic ones like rand paul who give voice to this argument. That argument has a lot of purchase out in the country where people are worried about a backlash. Worried if we start sending missiles, chaos will be unleashed. There are a handful of polls out that show the American People overwhelmingly oppose u. S. Air strikes. Even arming the rebels. Americans dont want anything to do with syria. Do you think the president will end up giving an Oval Office Address . We see his aides saying hes going to do the fullcourt press to sell this. I think he has to. A lot of these members are saying youve got to do it or you dont have my vote. He may not get very far in convincing the public. If you look inside the pew poll, 74 say theyre worried about a backlash. You can tailor this operation any way you want. Meaning a risk to National Security . Yes, there will be a kind of pandoras box that will open. You can change this resolution any way you want it doesnt get at that question. Thank you john. The white house is launching a major push with some big star power to get the word out about the health care law. Next month, Americans Without Health Care coverage will be able to buy it through insurance exchanges. Jan crawford is in washington. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. These exchanges are really the main way that nearly 50 million americans who now are uninsured are going to get coverage. If they dont sign up this whole new Health Care System con doomed. That is why the Obama Administration is turning to a traditional ally hollywood, for some help. Exclusive. Reporter during the health care debate, a cast of celebrities from the website funny or die turned out edgy videos supporting the president s initiative. One took on big insurers. Why is obama trying to Reform Health care when Insurance Companies are doing just fine making billions of dollars of profit . Reporter other videos lampooned opponents of the president S Health Care plan. I cant afford insurance. But that doesnt mean i want the government to make it affordable. Reporter now the Obama Administration is asking funny or die started by comedian will ferrell, to create videos to help build support for a law many polls show is deeply unpopular. More than half of uninsured americans are young people under age 35. A prime demographic for funny or die and the insurance exchanges. They need these people. They need their premiums to cover those who are sicker and have higher costs. Reporter president obama has enlisted other celebrities. Amy poehler, Jennifer Hudson and Oprah Winfrey have been briefed at the white house. Singer katy perry retweeted a barack obama tweet to her 42 million followers. Even the super bowl champs the Baltimore Ravens will lend their support. This is highly unusual for an act of the federal government. Its not at all unusual for a political campaign. President obama and the white house know that they have a major selling job ahead of them. Reporter republicans who are trying to stall the laws rollout are fighting back. Karl roves superpac released its own video aimed at young people. At obama care we believe in saying the word Affordable Health care so that young people will love us and sign up. Reporter celebrities not the only ones getting involved. President obama, the first lady the Vice President , theyre all going to hit the road in the coming weeks. Today, master campaigner president clinton, hes kicking it all off just about an hour from now with a speech in little rock arkansas. The question of attacking syra is commanding the nations attention but it did have the senates attention on tuesdays hearing. Except for one senator. A Washington Post photographer caught senator mccain playing poker on his smart phone as secretary of state john kerry, defense secretary chuck hagel and joint chiefs chairman Martin Dempsey testified. After he was caught mccain tweeted, scandal, caught playing iphone game at threehourplus senate hearing. Worst of all, i lost. Thats the way to handle an embarrassment, isnt it . It is it is. It was a long hearing. He made a joke about it. But he got caught. Theres lots of photographers in those senate hearings. It is time to show you some of this mornings headlines. Al qaedas battle to stop american drone attacks. Cells of al qaeda engineers are looking for ways to shoot down jam or remotely hijack the unmanned planes. The Los Angeles Times says 1 in 4 deaths from Heart Disease and stroke from this country can be prevented. Thats 200,000 lives at stake. The cdc says keys include quitting smoking, controlling Blood Pressure and cholesterol. The New York Times says kodak is done with bankruptcy this morning. Gone are the cameras and film that made kodak famous. The new kodak is focused on products like commercial printers and touch screens for smart phones. The Boston Herald says a judge is ordering Lance Armstrong to answer questions about using performance enhancing drugs. 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