that does it for this edition of "ac 360." ea"early start" begins right no. v a great day. what kind of world would we live in if the united states of america sees a dictator brazenly violate international law with poison gas and we choose to look the other way? >> the high-stakes prime time speech as the syrian crisis shifts by the minute. what changed overnight since the president made his latest case to the american people? my name is matthew cordle. and on june 22nd, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzani. >> he confessed to the world that he killed a man while

driving drunk. now, this ohio man is facing a judge. and how about a ticket to mars? one way. hundreds of thousands of signing up to be part of very first martian colony, if it sounds like a bad reality show, it is. seriously, no, i'm not going, thank you. >> bye, john berman. you can tweet us. >> my million-mile trip to mars. good morning, welcome to "early start." we're glad you're with us, i'm zoraida sambolin. >> and i'm john berman. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> let's start with president obama sending a message to the american people and the assad regime in syria. addressing the nation last night, the president laid out some of his case for strikes against syria but cautiously embraced a russian plan to try diplomacy first. here's briana keerl. >> reporter: from the east room tuesday night, president obama

told americans why his administration is certain syrian president ba bashar al assad regime is responsible for a sarin gas attack the u.s. government said killed more than 1400 civilians. >> in the days leading up to august 21st weshg know assad's chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area where they mix sarin gas. they distributed gas masks to their troops. then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clear of opposition forces. >> reporter: he made the case for a military response. >> this would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective. some members of congress have said there's no point in doing simply a pin prick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send

a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. >> reporter: but facing a likely defeat in hong for a military strike, the president then argued against military action pointing to a russian-brokered proposal for syria to give up its chemical weapons. >> i have therefore asked leaders of congress to postpone a vote for the leaders of force while we pursue this diplomatic path. >> reporter: it's an extraordinary turn of events. the policy of u.s. involvement in syria's civil war began with one reportedly off-the-cough rourke that president obama made a year ago. >> a red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons moving around or being utilized. >> reporter: and it has unexpectedly turn on what appears to be another. >> is there anything at this point that his government would do or offer that would stop an attack? >> sure. he could turn over every single built of his chemical weapons to

the international community in the next week, but he isn't about to do it. and it can't be done, obviously. >> reporter: what one u.s. official initially called an off-message comment by kerry, it bore the proposal that russia that the president has yet to endorse. >> it's too early to tell whether this offer will succeed. and any agreement must verify that the assad regime keeps its commitments. but this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force, particularly because russia is one of assad's strongest allies. >> reporter: brianna keilar, cnn, washington. >> secretary of state john kerry is set to travel to geneva tomorrow to talk about all of this, the latest syria proposal with the russian foreign minister. but what about the syrian regime itself can, can it be trusted to turn over the chemical weaponses? officials say they plan to sign on with the chemical weapons

accord. so is this a capitulation or a stall tactic? nic robertson following that part of the story from beirut this morning. nic, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, the syrian state tv didn't take president obama's speech. what did they run was a ticker that said obama asked for a vote allowing for the russian gloam has to take over. his is a country whose president just owe the weekend who said they couldn't confirm or deny whether or not they have chemical weapons. now the foreign minister is saying they're willing to open up those stock files international analysts, international inspectors as well for the country to sign the chemical weapons convention. >> translator: i am authorized to reiterate our support for russia's initiative regarding the syrian chemical weapons, in compliance for the organization for the prohibition of chemical

weapons. and to reaffirm syria's willingness to fully cooperate in implementing this initiative. >> reporter: and, of course, a reality is there's a war going on in the country. difficult to imagine how any inspectors could get into the country. so syria really seems to be taking advantage of russia's initiative here. but is it a stalling tactic? certainly, the opposition thinks so. the gulf countries that want to see the convention taking over. 76 people died in syria yesterday. and the world is missing the point. that's what we're hearing from the gulf countries, john. >> and to turn officer the chemical weapons, it would take some kind of enorm us in international presence inside syria that doesn't yet exist, although that's part of these details that are yet to be worked out? >> reporter: well, absolutely. i mean, syria has dozens, we're told, of chemical weapons stockpiles around the country.

some of them are in zones or close to zones where there is fighting. look at the inspectors who were in those areas a few weeks ago they were shot at. they go into multiple site, they would need protection, tens if not hundreds of thousands of some diplomats to get boots on the ground to secure the inspections teams on the ground. look what happened at iraq. the narrative, of course, there weren't chemical weapons in iraq. but, look, i was there when the weapons inspectors were going on at the sites. the concern is when they go in the front door, what goes out the back doory they've inspected the site but who's there to secure the site? what dot authorities do, do they run the weapons off and hide them somewhere else? so it's a very, very difficult to get into to control such is a massive undispersed stockpile of weapons, john. >> and it may involve greater u.s. involvement.

nic robertson watching the situation in beirut. thank you so much. >> what whole concept of boots on the ground nobody wants. breaking overnight an explosion in benghazi, libya. on one of the country's main streets. that blast happening a year after an attack on the diplomatic outpost in benghazi. that attack left four americans including ambassador christopher stevens dead. it's unclear if anyone was killed or hurt in that explosion. >> a new report claims that extremist groups including al sa reya. and they believe terrorist groups targeted the consulate in advance of the attacks. numerous have been identified and several sealed indictments have been issued in recent months. well, it is september 11th, and that means solemn ceremonies across the country to mark the 12th anniversary of taxi on the

world trade center and the pentagon and shankville, pennsylvania. we have a live picture from the world trade center site. the 9/11 memorial, many will pause there, and at the pentagon in shankville to remember the dead and to remember all of the heroes. the world trade center site looks very different today than after the attack. this time video shows construction of the new one world trade center rising 104 stories and almost complete. it is expected to open next year. >> they will is shine those lights. >> i was just over, the museum is as expected to open next year as well. >> it's amazing the work they've done at that site. 12 years. the white house easing sanctions against iran for the second time this year. humanitarian services, goodwill activity and athletic exchanges all relaxed. the obama administration is calling it a commitment to reinforcing ties.

and it may have something to do with the new iranian president hassoun asanni who wants more with the u.s. and the records show the nsa routine avoided court procedures by tracking thousands of phone calls for a three-year period without determining if the calls could be connected to "the new york times." no one had a full understanding of how the tracking program actually operated. breaking news from the tropics. indeeria petersons is here. good morning to you. >> i'm looking at breaking news. what? >> what's going jon >> we have the first hurricane. we were so close to breaking the record for the latest hurricane possible, that was gustav in 2002 it formed at 8:00 in the morning today. unfortunately, if you're trying to beat the record, 75-mile-per-hour winds for humberto you can see currently moving to the north-northwest at

8 miles an hour. it's far out in the atlantic. take a look at the cone here still hanging on but eventually turning into the west and weakening in cooler waters. two things not good for hurricanes which we do not like hurricanes. keep in mind, as gabrielle reforms, we have a tropical storm out there. and maybe bringing heavy rain into nova scotia, but not before dumping heavy rain in bermuda today. and other big story, the heat. look at the morning temperatures, not the afternoon highs. we want to see how above normal we're expected to be. pittsburgh, 11 degrees above normal. d.c., 95 degrees, 14 above normal. things are always changing here. it's not going to last very long. >> indeeria dragging herself out of the sick bed to bring us the breaking weather news. >> we appreciate it. here's a question this morning, would you want to live

out the rest of your life on mars? >> no. >> more than 200,000 people worldwide now say yes, sign me up. they have submitted their video applications to be part of the mars one procht. under 50,000 of those folks are from the united states. a committee will whittle down the list when all is said and done, only 2,000 will take part in the rigorous training that will eventually have them blasting off for mars in 2023. and they never return back to earth. the organizers say they may pay for it with a reality show. >> i don't want to editorialize here, but i think this is a load of -- fill in the blanks here. i don't think anyone's going to mars. sign. you >> it's so much fun to talk about it. a reality show and a ton of money. what are they going to do with all that money? >> absolutely. they're not going to mars. good luck with your endeavor. to be completely objective, i hope it works out but it's not going to.

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killing a man while he was behind the wheel. today, he may get his wish. pamela brown explains. >> i killed a man. >> reporter: matthew cordle's youtube video confession where he admits to killing 61-year-old vincent canzani in a drunk driving accident has gone viral, viewed more than 1 million times. but his first court appearance. >> i'm sorry you all came to this whole big thing. but there's nothing unusual. there's no reason to be arraigned here today. >> reporter: had cordle pleaded guilty, everything might have gone differently. judge julie lentz said she was thrown for a loop when he changed his plea from guilty to not guilty. >> we're not going to take an arraignment. run downstairs and pick a new judge so he gets a sentence from another judge. >> reporter: she said cordle doesn't deserve new treatment, he should come back for another day for arraignment. cordle wag originally charged with driving under the influence

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this initiative has the potential to remove the threat of chemical weapons without the use of force, particularly because russia is one of assad's strongest allies. >> president obama joining forces with russia to solve the chemical weapons problems. explosion overnight outside a government building in benghazi, on the anniversary of the consulate attack there that killed four u.s. citizens. they've got him on the ground. police are here. they're trying to hold him here. >> this is simply amazing, folks, a teenage girl grabbed while walking to her bus stop.

she's safe after a witness takes down that attacker. >> good mon. >> yes that say superhero. you can imagine. >> good morning, i'm john berman, this is "early start." >> i'm zoraida sambolin. >> the situation in syria and the remarkable turn of event now has the president putting a pause on it. he addressed the nation last night, laying out the case for why he says the u.s. kneeleds to send a message to syria's leader and his allies that the use of chemical weapons crosses the line. send that message but apparently not quite yet. with growing opposition to his call for an air strike, the president said congress should hold off taking a vote for now as diplomats work through a russian plan of giving chemical weapons stockpiles to international monitors. but the president still trying to win the votes he might need if diplomacy fails. >> to my friends on the right, i

ask you to reconcile your commitment to america's military might with a failure to act when the cause is so plainly just. to my friends on the left, i ask you to reconcile your belief in freedom and dignity for all people. with those images of children writhing in pain and going still on a cold hospital floor. for sometimes resolutions and at the same times of condemnation are simply not enough. >> the diplomacy is getting a chance here with secretary of state john kerry whose inadvertent remark launched that effort to forestall any u.s. strikes. heading to geneva to work with his russian counterpart. as they work through the proposal that syria turn its chemical weapons over to the international community. cnn's jill dougherty is in moscow. what is the russian government saying about this potential

deal? >> you know, the government isn't saying anything directly. but you do have their parliament, their congress talking about this today. in fact, there was one interesting comment by one member of the parliament saying this essentially boxed obama in, that obama, this legislator says, never expected that the syrians would take them up as quickly on that russian offer. and also criticizing the united states answd the president for keeping the option of military action in his back pocket. so that's, i think, pretty representative of what the feeling is here, zoraida. >> and jill, what can we expect from john kerry's meeting tomorrow? >> you know, they wanted to get to it very quickly that's why you have secretary kerry basically jumping on that plane, going to geneva. and then from russia, minister lavrov will be going and sitting down and talking about concrete details because if this is to work, they have to figure out

precisely would you would you get the chemical weapons together. out would you assess where they are? how many there are. how would they be destroyed. and also issues like, if you do have to go in there, you need -- the u.n., you need to protect the people who go in to collect those chemical weapons. so all sorts of issues like that. and we're told that they will have experts, technical experts with them. and then finally, after they work this out, it could take at least two days. then they would go to the united nation. there's certainly a press for action very quickly. and apparently, the russians have worked out some of this. but we hope to hear those details when the two men is the down. >> all right. jill dougherty, live in russia, thank you very much. an explosion rattling benghazi, libya overnight this is a yee after the day after an outpost was attacked leaving four americans including ambassador stevens dead. an explosion happened in the middle of the city leaving a

foreign ministry and a major bank damaged. it's unclear if anyone was kiltd or if anyone was injured during that explosion. it is a somber day in this country as we mark the 12th year since the september 11 attacks. in new york city, the lights will illuminate that. this is a look at the 9/11 memorial. the families will gather here to read the names of the fallen in honor of the here rose of that day. there will be ceremonies at shanksville, pennsylvania. 12 years after the attacks the world trade center site looks very different today. the new tower is at its full 104 stories and is expected to open to tenants next year. 35 minutes past the hour. it is the end of the political road for two embattled new york politicians. anthony weiner, eliot spitzer both lost their primary

elections. spitzer the former governor who resigned in a public scandal wants to be new york city's top official. weiner who responded in an off-color conversation. >> that's an interesting way of putting it. he texted pictures of his -- >> i know. everybody knows. both have been in the lead when they first entered their races. but controversy and criticism from their opponents brought their numbers way down. >> i'm proud to run a campaign over the past nine weeks that many thought was incapable from the very beginning. >> we might have come up a little short in this campaign. if you keep fighting, i'm going to be keep fighting because we're going to keep new york the capital -- >> and weiner was still fighting giving a local television reporter the bird as he drove away. are we seeing that -- >> somewhere back there is a man flipping the bird, we're told by

a team of researchers. a montana accused of pushing her newlywed husband off a cliff is due in court today. jordan linn graham faces a hearing in missoula. authorizes say she fought with her husband just days after their wedding. it was a fight that ended with him apparently going off a cliff face first. police allege she lied about reporting him missing. friends said the relationship between the two seemed awkward. >> anytime we asked codey how the relationship was, he always said it was good. we would always have group activities have people over. go out for dinner, have people over for cards and stuff like that. and she was just -- she was very quiet. she wouldn't engage in conversation. she acted miserable. she didn't want to be there. >> according to police, graham texted her friend the day her husband died, writing, quote, if you don't hear from me at all

tonight, something happened. >> wow. all right. new charges for a detroit convict accused of stabbing a sheriff's deputy also carjacking a woman. abe braham pearson is face with charges of assault, robbery and impersonating a police officer. he was in court, about to be sentenced for armed robbery when sources said he used a sharpened comb to stab a deputy who had just taken off the handcuffs in the neck. he stole his uniform, escaped he allegedly carjacked outside. the department is now reviewing its procedure. a roller coaster ride where a woman died over the weekend is set to reopen this weekend. now that six flags found that mechanical failure wasn't the cause of her death. rosa esparza died in her seat,

the family is suing the park saying the ride was unsafe. is synthetic pot the blame for killing three people and making many more sick in colorado? the drug known as spice may have sickened 75 people since august. the formula involved is said to be hundreds of times stronger than previous recipes. the cdc has sent a five-member team to that state to conduct an investigation. also in colorado, voters there have thrown out the leader of the state senate. john morse and another senator angela guerin have succeeded in elections. gun rights advocates pushed hard for their removal after they backed the state's strict new gun laws there passed there in the aftermath of the aurora shooting massacre. other news have been good it comes to tropical weather. but now, we go to the big time meteorologist indira petersons.

>> this is a big race. we tiply get our first hurricane in august. now we're september. the latest we've ever gone, september 11th, gustav at 8:00 in the morning. this morning, we haven't have one yet. maybe, we thought we would break that record but now, looks like gustav holds that record. hurricane humberto is now here. the first hurricane of the season. 75-mile-per-hour winds. moving north-northwest at 8 miles per hour. it's off the coast of africa currently. let's take a look at the path. still looking at it as a category 1 hurricane. taking a turn to the west and getting cooler waters and starting to weaken. but it's expected to weaken over time. other big stories, the he, we are feeling it. it is hot already, right? >> yeah. >> 15, 20 degrees above normal today. new york city, 16 above normal at 94. here's the change, we're going

to see a couple fronts kicking through the area. with that, we'll see temperatures go down. i know for some of us, it's way too hot. above normal to lower. >> i thought she wanted the heat? if this is a drug that i'm on is making me hot. that's a good thing. it's a good thing. >> feel better. >> i do, thank you. an atlanta auto parts store manager is being called a hero this morning for what he did to help a teenage girl. >> this is great. >> john lingerfeldt was walking to a store when he saw a 16-year-old girl being followed by a man. the gran apparented grabbed girl, she got up and ran into the store. that's when lingerfelt got into action. >> she was in hysterics, crying, her neck was all red. i asked what had happened, what occurred. she didn't know, like i said in hysterics crying.

about that time, i seen the suspect coming back up the street, i grabbed her, i said is that the same guy? >> they got him on the ground. the managers are out here, they're trying to hold this man until somebody gets here. >> that's incredible. >> the suspect is in custody this morning facing a battery charge, lingerfelt said it was all adrenaline that led him to do this. he was thinking about his own 16-year-old daughter. that brought the whole thing home for him. >> there are a lot of people that don't take action. good for him. 42 minutes past the hour. coming up -- >> i would never, ever, never did, never would. >> the first person to come from cuba to florida without a shark cage. playing defense after being accused of cheating. how she explains herself coming up next. tty bold flavor. i love bold flavors! i'd love it if you'd open the chute! [ male announcer ] progresso. surprisingly bold flavor

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welcome back, everyone. 45 minutes after the hour. and diana nyad is answering her critics. >> yeah. >> those who say she bent the

rules in her record-breaking swim from cuba to florida without a shark cage on a conference call with more than a dozen fellow marathon swimmers, nyad and her crew responded to questions how she seemingly sped out during the journey, how she got by without food or water and whether anyone touched or helped her? >> i swam, we made it, our team, from the rocks of cuba to the beach in florida in a squeaky clean ethical passion. i would never, ever, never did, never would perform, or go about any swim i've ever done, including the current one from cuba on anything but being adamant about the basic tenet of what we think is fair and square. >> apparently, the people on that call are now going to determine whether there is anything that happened during this swim that could have nullify the record, wherever those records are actually kept. >> i mean, i tend to believe

her, just because she's tried and failed repeatedly. >> i couldn't do what she did, no matter if they would have gave her a hand or not. who am i am to talk about. apparently it was different this time. she did differently. let's see what's coming up on "new day." chris cuomo and kate bolduan join us. no shark cages there either, guys. >> no shark cages here. good morning, guys. >> i'll hope over the line of journalism and say, i'll take a stand. i don't think there's any overwhelming proof that diana nyad did what she said they did. i think you got to back off. if you can't prove it, you got to leave it alone. we have much bigger things to worry about today. at least we know the outcome of diana nyad. she reached home. what we don't know is what's going to happen in syria. the president laid out his speech in prime time last night. about 15 minutes. many questions afterwards. we had an instant poll.

we'll take you through what the numbers show. of course, a little skewed, of course. the people who watch the speech will be heavily democratic. april lot of democrats have concerns what to do in syria. so we'll take you through the situation, break it down with experts and take a look at the questions that arise with this potential diplomatic situation. how realistic it is and what options are on the table. and the timing. >> timing is a big question. also another political story but a very different political story, anthony weiner saying good-bye to his failured mayoral campaign. and has quite a sendoff message to his campaign and the media, probably. we have the video, everyone's going to be talking about this morning. plus, we're going to take a look at last night's the other failed political comeback here in new york. eliot spitzer. >> more than anything else, we want to remind everybody it's 9/11 today. we all know what it marks, we all know it's mixed meaning with

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52 minutes past the hour. i'm not going to read this because i think you are so much more excited about this. >> we're going to the world cup! we're going to rio, baby, for the seventh straight time. the u.s. men's national team going to the big show. andy scholes joins us now, landon donovan, eddie johnson what a game.

>> hey guys, not only did the u.s. punch their ticket to the next world cup by beating mexico last night, they did it at the expense of their biggest rival. u.s. got on the board on the 49th minute of the game on the header by eddie johnson. and then about 30 minutes later, off the cross, landon donovan puts the game away. u.s. won 2-0. they're now headed to their seventh straight world cup. mexico, meanwhile, is in danger of missing the world cup for the first time in over 30 years. on the lineup section of "bleacher repor bleacherreport.com, you can read about the hefty fine that the nfl handed down to suh. he earned the reputation of one of deadliest players. he once stomped a player on the ground and kicked another in the groin on thanksgiving. suh was planning on appealing the fine. big game on sunday.

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do you have more you want to talk about this morning? >> i have so much more i want to talk about. >> that's it for "early start." >> it's time for "new day." take it away chris and kate. good morning, guys. we'll see you in a little bit. >> pull up two chairs, zoraida. we'd love to have you. everybody else, it's the top of the hour, that means it's time for your top news. ♪

i will not put american boots on the ground in syria. >> on hold. the president addressing the nation, a vote on a strike delayed. but can syria be trusted to hand over its chemical weapons? we have reaction this morning. breaking news. the first named hurricane of the season has formed. humberto, nearly tying the record for the longest the atlantic has gone without a hurricane. we're watching the track. flipping out. anthony weiner losing big time in the new york mayoral race but then caught on camera giving one last final good-bye to the press. >> your "new day" starts right now. ♪ >> announcer: this is "new day" with good morning. welcome to "new day." it is wednesday, september 11th, 6:00 in the east. today is, of course, 9/11, the day americans swore to never forget. here, live pictures of the 9/11 memorial in downtown manhattan, families beginning to gather

there ahead of today's ceremony. we'll bring you key moments of that ceremony live as they happen. we'll bring you inside the 9/11 museum which still isn't open. we'll talk about that. most of all, our hearts and thoughts are with those affected on this day, 12 years ago. >> absolutely. we'll also be hearing from diana nyad, defending her swim in her very own words. skeptics have been challenging her story. last night, cnn was there as she answered all of their questions. there is one thing she revealed that could cost her the record. all of that, coming up. we also have brand new video of the confrontation between george zimmerman and his wife. take a look at this. the moment he's taken back into police custody if only for a short period. new details on just what haed and perhaps why. that's coming up. up first, president obama pushing the pause button on syria, but he said he's not letting assad off the hook. the headline in the nationally televised address, the president told