he said that many syria is there. whatever happens in syria spreads spreading all over the region in syria libya egypt television. gas fields in syria. so a company of. serious. question in the war on terror may be good for israel's expansion but the u.s. just gains new enemies. to speak to how can you be against its interests traditionally the democrats got more than two thirds of the campaign contributions that flow into their federal elections from the aggressively israeli faction and that was earmarked support for israel was the condition of taking that money a clean break document was issued by you mean and the neoconservative mostly americans who also happen to be dual citizens people like wolfowitz and perle scooter libby all of those people and this document proposed. regime change in these middle eastern countries. overthrowing all of these independent middle eastern countries and imposing imperial control these people really do want to create greater israel the phrase israel working with its partners. agains

let's talk more about syria. joining us to discussion the conflict is the director of the orient research center in dubai and former consultant to the syrian foreign ministry. thank you so much. so you spoke last night with people close to the syrian regime. do they believe the u.s. will strike? >> reporter: there is a certain level of denial discussing the issue with some of the people close to the regime itself that obama is too weak, the west is too weak, the west is withdrawing from the region, the west is reengaging with the russians in a new strategic way. that at the end of the day taking into account the economic crisis, taking into account what happened in iraq and afghanistan. obama is just raising the stake and will never hit. this is one paradigm of the discussion. the other is yes, there is a lot of panic if you scratch all the arguments and get deeper, you will find real anxiety because i think the regime itself doesn't offer any logical reply, my logical retaliation to the american attack. the main

al qaeda affiliated groups fighting here in syria. against the regime of bashar assad but mostly for their own radical islamic state it's known it's believed to be the vast armed the most successful and at the same time the most aggressive opposition force here in syria and it's listed as a terrorist organization by the you when u.s. and some other members of the international community and we can see that the tactics were also. very similar to those that terrorists all around the world use we know that. early on wednesday. suicide bomber struck a checkpoint at the entrance of my little village and after a car exploded at the checkpoint the militants of just stormed into and we have online and i hope you can see it right now showing the rebels. the city and residents have been telling media that the same day the militants managed to take over a mountain top sophia hotel and they've been firing from. poor into what we know is that a village is a very special play. not only speaking. in terms of syrian reality but internationalist pecan

the future may hold a syria with no chemical weapons. that's great for syria. the civil war could be negotiated as a result of this. this is a may -- major opportunity to make it happen. >> and no punishment for assad? >> i didn't say that. i said we have to take this opportunity to get rid of those chemical weapons. the civil war may get settled with negotiations, but it may continue on in the bloody way it has over the last several years, but put the chemical weapons aside, and that denies him of these weapons he has used perhaps a dozen times, and he won't have that available to him. and that is good for the syrian people. >> so russia has given the unted states a way out you would say? >> i would say russia has made a very, very good and important overture, and we should recognize that, and the united states, together with russia, the eu, and the entire world ought to say let's move with this. let's make this happen. i understand that the united nation's leader jumped on that and said that's good. lets move with this. and the rest of the world should say th

reports from damascus and syria. he is wearing her war and president francois alone says there will be no vote on the matter despite a recent poll suggesting that three in four french people want parliament to have a say on attacking syria perhaps wary of a u.k. like defeat by lawmakers or loans administration insists he alone has the power to order and at a time he's just our senior reports now on the french perspective. the french president a lot is constitutionally able to order it without a parliamentary approval but france along has been under a lot of pressure from opposition to to put this issue to a vote with the opposition and also pointed out that a lot is that they want to what humiliates position of having to wait for what the u.s. says before acting i was spokesman from along the office said that the president hasn't yet decided whether or not to ask for a vote but what's interesting to note is that in the u.k. the prime minister is also able to order the talks without parliament the prime minister or da

and that sentiment was ecoed in syria. earlier, the russian president vladimir putin warned against a military intervention. our correspondent has more now on russia's. >> president vladimir putin smoke with reporters here in russia and had some strong, clear words about the situation in syria. first of all, he said all of this talk of strikes and military intervention from the west is -- he is certain because if the syria regime is making advances against the rebels and it's tactic or technique to try to turn the tide in syria to the rebel's side. he also said that the idea of the government, the assad regime using chemical weapons is absurd. syrian government forces are advancing in some areas that surrounded the rebels. to think that in such a time they would give a trump card for those calling for intervention is up nonsense. >> the president wept on to say of course russia is against weapons of mass destruction specifically chemical weapons and in this case in particular that the global community needs to wait until t

crisis in syria. i now turn you over to wolf blitzer who is at the white house. >>> jake, thanks very much. happening now, a "the situation room" special report. crisis in syria. i'm wolf blitzer reporting live from the white house, where i have just interviewed the president of the united states on a critically important day. what sounded like an off-handed comment from the secretary of sta state, john kerry, now potentially a way out for the united states and for syria. just ahead, the possible, possible new alternative to military action. a number of key diplomatic voices now seem willing to consider. >>> meantime, the president is pulling out all the stops with his legacy potentially on the line. will his last ditch effort to sell the case for military strikes shift the dwindling support in congress and in the polls? and my far-reaching interview with the president is coming up. you'll see it here in its entirety. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." we begin with the breaking news, a

will take military action against syria but first the u.s. leader says he will seek authorization from congress speaking in the rose garden obama said that he believes he has the authority to carry out a military attack without approval from congress but he feels that going before congress having a public debate debate having a vote would make the country stronger if if there was actually a national conversation taking place about obama's intended military strike against syria now the u.s. leader says that he feels comfortable carrying out an attack against a syrian targets without the approval of the united nations security council u.s. officials believe that any security draft resolution allowing for the use of force against syria would be vetoed by russia and or china now obama says his plan military strike is not time sensitive that means that it could happen one week from now it could happen one month from now but ultimately the u.s. president says the syrian government will pay consequences for allegedly carrying out a chemical weapons

used in syria is overwhelming. what exactly does syrian gas do to a person's body? we'll explain why it's so toxic and deadly. next. >>> i can share with you today blood and hair samples that have come to us through and appropriate chain of custody from east damascus from first responders, it has tested positive for signatures of sarin. each day that goes by, this case is even stronger. >> sarin gas is one of the most toxic chemical weapons. even a fraction of an ounce can kill a person. senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen tells us how dangerous it can be. >> reporter: fredericka, one of the reasons why serin gas is so lethal is that you don't know that it's coming. it's odorless, tasteless. you usually don't know you've been affected until you get sick. here are some of the things that happen. people's pupils dom a pinpoint. they get headaches, excessive sweating, con convulsions, res teary failure. people can survive and that means they didn't get that much or can get away that doesn't have gas. your gla

must execute a military strike against syria now all three top u.s. officials admitted to congress members that that there are risks to acting against damascus militarily but they say that the risks of not acting are even greater now during his testimony secretary kerry warned u.s. representatives that a lot of u.s. military action could actually fuel extremist fighters it was in what came across as a scarier somewhat frightening scenario for the american public kerry said that if the united states doesn't strike syria countries funding the opposition such as saudi arabia and qatar will begin giving more money to quote extremist fighters and caused. if we fail to. those who are working with us today with the syrian opposition we've been working hard to keep them from funding that elements those who are others and so if we back off we've failed to enforce our word here i promise you. the. respect of the moderate opposition versus that will dissipate immediately and people resort to anybody they can try and help them accomplish their goal and we would h

strikes on syria. >> we declare that we oppose any aggression and war against syria. this is our message to our brother who is in charge here in syria and also to the whole world. >> iran has repeatedly warned that if the u.s. attacks syria, israel could be drawn in to the conflict. syria is iranian aid to hezbollah in lobe no one. we heard today for the tires time from another sear crane ally, vladimir button peter sharp has more from how course. >> reporter: this is the first time we have heard from president paout up discussing syria. the last time it was brought up was at the g8 summit in ireland when he met with obama the talk was of a peace conference that's long gone and long passed and i think now president putin realizes this is possibly the last chance, possibly the last chance he's got to deliver his verdict on a possible strike. hostilities could begin at any time. so he took this opportunity to appeal to president obama. >> common sense speaks for itself. the syrian government forces are advancing. and some regions they have circled the rebels. under the

strike on syria. the obama administration is making the case tomahawk missiles could be used to reduce president assad's ability to use chemical weapons but some critics say the only with to secure those weapons is put boots on the ground. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon and has who are for us now. how does a limited strike prevent assad from using chemical weapons again? what would be the goal? >> reporter: it is really not clear, jenna. general dempsey said it would take 75,000 u.s. troops on the ground to secure the chemical weapons. there is no plan to do that now. there is no part of the limited strike using tomahawk to go after the chemical weapons stores which are stored underground by the way. here is defense secretary chuck hagel yesterday on the hill. >> if assad is prepared to use chemical weapons against his own people, we have to be concerned that terrorist groups like hezbollah, which has forces fighting in syria, supporting the assad regime, co

what syria is, syria was in the soviet sphere of influence for a long time. russia believed it inherited syria as part of its diminished sphere of influence. having america attack syria would be a humiliating event for russia. because it can't defend its client state. its client state of many decades. there's serious currents of resentment and feelings of weakness and this lashing out -- >> this is sort of a mini mini cold war mentality. the proxy, that's what that was all about. >> we're in the 80s in some ways. >> if the u.s. is this divided over syria, what lesson do you think russia draws about how we'd react with iran? >> well, what russia thinks? you know, this is the thing. to say this in president obama's credit, the only reason vladimir putin came up with this possibly fake solution to a real problem is because he must have had enough of a sense that obama might be from his perspective crazy enough to go do this. and so i mean, we are here. >> crazy or -- >> no, crazy, bold, strong, whatever he -- look obviously, these things have developed because p

they distrust the rebels in syria, they don't like them. they fear an islamist - the spread of extremist islamist groups. they see this to a certain extent as a proxy struggle with the united states influence in the middle east. also of importance is the principle of non-inference into sovereign affairs of another country. the relationship they have is important economically, not least through the sale of military hardware. for all of those reasons i imagine that foreign minister wallim will get reassurances from the russians that they stand by him. >> you mentioned the importance of the allies. in that sense could a military strike on syria backfire against president obama. could the allies prop up the syrian regime, go in and put everything they have no propping up assad and create a world war 3 by proxy? >> well, we are getting into a lot of hype thet calls, and hopefully we won't reach all of them down the road. it's important to put this in some sort of context. the russians repeatedly and clearly said they have no desire to get milita

our subject is syria. what began there two and a half years ago as part of the arab spring has turned into an all-out civil war. now has come the shocking evidence of poison gas attacks. a fatal escalation that has led president obama to ask congress to authorize the limited use of military force. and if we take action, where and when does it stop? historian and analyst andrew bacevich is here asking those questions.[ a graduate of west point and vietnam veteran, he served in the military for 23 years before becoming a professor at boston university. his books include "the limits of power" and "washington rules." his latest, "breach of trust." andrew bacevich, welcome. >> thank you very much. >> well, i'm pleased to have this chance to chat with you for a lot of reasons. one, i don't know who else has more cred than you. what would a 23-year graduate of west point offer us now regarding the dilemma in which obama finds himself, regarding syria? >> well, i mean, if i could have five minutes of the president

against syria. what gives? >> well, congressman, let me just begin very -- i'll try to be very quick here. first of all, i regret to say i don't want to make this debate about what's happening in terms of regime change and the larger issues. i just want to clarify. a fruit vendor who was tired of corruption and of being slapped around, started the arab spring in tunisia and they threw out a dictator that had been there for a long time. in tahrir square, a bunch of young people with modern technology with googling each other and facebooking who organized. it had to do with a generational revolution of people looking for their freedom, their opportunity and their aspirations to be met. same thing happened in syria. and in syria that opposition was met with violence from assad. and so that is what has happened here. the moderate opposition is in fact committed to democracy. it's committed to protection of all minority rights to inclu incluesive incluesivei inclusivity. this is not about regime change.

difference in syria. so you have a policy that's kind of ineffective, even for those of us who believe in it, and we believe in it not because it's a great policy but because the alternative is much worse. that would be my case. if we don't do this, the credibility with iran is very bad. and the second thing i'd say-- to go back to mark's argument about the economy-- i do think the president should make a case yes the economy needs to be refurbished and we need to invest at home but america can't withdrawal wrau from the world and the world becomes a much more dangerous place unless we're an aggressive force in the world, and that aggressiviveness and assertiveness will be gone, at leaf for a time. >> woodruff: is that an argument that will win votes? >> >> it may win votes in the congress. i'm not sure it will win votes in the country. >> woodruff: we haven't even talked about that. >> congress has to hear from them. let's be very blunt about this-- there are people in congress in the republican party wh

here he is. >> we're not going into syria. i don't see any route by which we slide into syria. i don't see the slippery slope. people say you will get dragged in. i do not see that. >> he doesn't see it but a lot of people. do boots on the ground. the pentagon said it would take 75,000 troops to secure syria's chemical weapons stockpile if it went that way. obviously a civil war. 100,000 people have been killed. can you guarantee there won't be boots on the ground? >> there is no guarantee. the bottom line is this. what my constituents in west virginia, common sense americans can say, if money or military might would have changed the direction of that par of the world, we would have changed it by now. $1.6 trillion, we've spent. been there 12 years, lost thousands of lives. we don't want to go down this road again or even the appearance of going down the road again. the other thing, a super power is more than just super military might that you can use whenever you want to to show the rest of the world how strong. it takes super resistance, super restraint, super negotiating, so

syria. i remind the ga leaders have agreed that any such report should be investigated professionally, objectively and results should present to the security council of un where corresponding conclusions will be made. with the seriousness of the situation, we and syria are convinced that the opportunity, their opportunities for political settlement are still in place. >> reporter: and we are live for us in moscow, so barnabie, we heard comments there but if you say -- if you had to underline what came out of that meeting, what would you say it was? >> in essence that russia still stands by syria without a slither of a doubt. also perhaps there is a battle for world's opinion going on. you heard one vote from john kerry and the other vote from moscow this morning. at times the minister seems to be speaking over the heads of a local audience to a much wider audience, thanking the pope and thanking elaborates in europe for skepticism and thanking british british public and more doubts in minds

susan rice is now giving guidance on syria. she said today in action in syria will embolden north korea and iran. this anyway we can keep such trite out of the mouth of u.s. officials forevermore? >> i think there's a credibility problem they have created themselves and i think susan rice was doing her best to address it. i feel when you look around and remember they are the two key people pushing and pushing on doing something about libya. hasn't turned out so well. now she is a different position, she will be much more careful about what she is saying. she didn't have a choice today. >> i do think what this shows is lame-duck status of president obama begins today and the coronation of the secretary clinton begins tomorrow. lou: who will have much more on the lame-duck status as we will ask her to stick around. we would like her to stick around. thank you. presence push for the strike against syria will take up with the congressman was among the very first to demand this vote that approaches on capitol hill. >> a triple digit

hello and welcome to crossfire where all things considered i'm peter lavelle stumbling in syria there can be no doubt the obama administration would very much like to strike syria and strike a hard problem is if you actually buy into the administration's so-called common sense reasoning surrounding assad's alleged use of chemical weapons what is the administration's real aim and has it painted itself into a red line corner. to cross-talk the continuing crisis in syria i'm joined by flynt leverett in washington he's a professor of international affairs at penn state university and co-author of going to tour around why the united states must come to terms with the islamic republic of iran also in washington we have ivan eland he is a senior fellow and director of the center on peace and liberty at the independent institute and in tel aviv we cross to mayor javedanfar he is a middle east expert right gentlemen cross talk rules and effective means you can jump in anytime you want and i very much encourage it flynt if i can go to you first that syrians have agreed in some way or another th

washington fails to get the world on its side for an attack on syria with scant support from the g. twenty in the e.u. russia is taking a firm stand against saying the syrian rebels are provoking a foreign intervention. party sees the brutality of that civil war first time there's the syrian army tries to clear an ancient christian village of al qaeda linked rebels. also in the headlights officials in afghanistan say a nato air strikes killed civilians including women and children something the alliance denies we take a look at the legacy then that coalition troops are set to leave an out war ravaged nation when they withdraw forces next year. polling stations close here in moscow acting city chiefs. and opposition figurehead alexina velvia facing off as the key contenders in the capital's first mero lecture that nearly a decade. thanks for watching the artsy network my name is kevin owen you're watching or rather by the top stories of the last seven days of first than it's been a tough week for u.s. secretary of state john kerry has been trying to convince the european union to get

no one disputes that chemical weapons were used in syria. the world saw thousands of videos, cell phone pictures, and social media accounts from the attack. and humanitarian organizations told stories of hospitals packed with people who had symptoms of poison gas. moreover, we know the assad regime was responsible. >>> vladimir putin disagrees. quote, no one doubts that poison gas was used in syria, but there is every reason to believe it was used not by the syrian army, but by opposition forces to provoke intervention by their powerful foreign patrons, who are besiding with the fundamentalists, unquote. >>> question, the u.n. reported this week that war crimes are widespread on both sides of the fighting in syria. giving that background, is it conceivable that putin may be right and obama wrong about who ordered the saran attack in syria? >> no. >> it's conceivable. it's just not true. the u.s. and european intelligence agencies collectively agreed that it was somebody within the syrian government that did this, not the rebels. the question

in one day from syria. now, as you can see, the traffic has slowed down. but we're also told with that threat still remaining the number of people going back into syria is small as well. >> the u.n. reports more than half of those 2 million syrian refugees are children. we're monitoring developments in the situation in syria but first some of the other news of the day. man turned up dead on the side of the road. police say her friends dumped her there after she had an asthma attack. now those friends could be in a lot of trouble. plus a programming note. fox news will be airing part 1 of a series time line of terror commercial-free tonight in prime time. it's a realtime look behind the attacks of 9/11 and america's response that's tonight 9:00 eastern in hannity's normal spot right after o'reilly. no, no, no! stop! humans. one day we're coming up with the theory of relativity, the next... not so much. but that's okay -- you're covered with great ideas like optional better car replacement from liberty mutual

okay, syria. blame israel. >> wow. >>> next up, are more americans outraged that miley cyrus is twerking than they are about syria? maybe. miley cyrus attracted 12 times for attention than syria following her vma performance citing results from an expansive survey of web traffic to over 100,000 online publishers. while she didn't mention miley sooe rus, sandra day o'connor talked about how americans are. said quote, the more i read and the more i listen, the more apparent it is that our society suffers from an alarming degree of public ignorance. and she pointed out that quote, less than 1/3 of eighth graders can identify the historical purpose of the declaration of independence. and it's right there in the name. for her part o c'connor has sout to fight for icivics.org which has games to teach students about american government. >>> finally, rush limbaugh is at it again. this time he's using the racially charged phrase shuck and jive to describe obama's policy. let's take a listen. >> when it com

and try to reset the international agenda on syria. i'm skeptical this is serious, in part because collecting all of syria's chemical weapon supplies is a month, years long process, that could drag on and on and on. we saw that with saddam hussein in the '90s, and gadhafi with the wmd, and syria now. it's not a serious proposal that will necessarily solve the problems. >> shepard: two things, though. it seems serious from russia. i wonder why russia would do such a thing because it is almost a life raft for the president. just got a news alert from the rueters news agency showing there's another poll that shows only 16% of americans are in favor of this. 16% in favor of entering a war. that the congress i at least this moment against. makes things tough. why would russia help him? >> it does give the president a way out if he chooses to go down nat -- that path. it shows from a russian perspective they are trying to play a positive role in the international community, they're trying to play a positive role in the middle east at a time

we don't know it syria will agree to that. if they do russia will work with damascus to achieve that. >> sergei lavrov earlier attended a joint news conference with the syrian foreign minister. he reported the russian proposal, but it is far from clear whether that means the assad regime will agree to the new plan. the next in a fast-moving chain of events occurred in new york. the russian plan became an un one, with support from the secretary-general. >> i'm considering urging the security council to arrange for the transfer of chemical weapons and stocks to places inside syria, where they can be safely stored and destroyed. >> if syria says yes to transferring its chemical stocks to international control, how quickly an the un take control of those stocks. what is the time frame? >> the proper way for syria to dra -- agree to the proposals. then the international community will have a safe action. syria, first and foremost, must agree positively to this. the un secretary-general makes it sound simple. if syria hands over its

troops to be included on the ground in syria. all this on the day the crucial hearings began on the power of the president si. president obama marshalling big guns trying to make the case for a strike on syria. >> forcing assad to change his

military action in syria. we will be live at noon eastern and have it right here on c-span was secretary of state john kerry in a defense secretary chuck hagel, and joint chiefs of staff chairman martin dempsey. the return to chapel hill to answer questions from members of the house. here's what some of the members of congress are tweeting about the issue -- we would like to hear from you. how should your congressional representatives vote on the syria issue? we will take your comments on facebook. we will read some of those comments throughout the day. 's parliament will debate whether that country should join the u.s. and launching strikes against syria. no parliament vote is scheduled. france's constitution does not require such a vote for military intervention unless the last longer than four months. some lawmakers have asked the to call onedent anyway. the british parliament voted last week against military action in syria or method that issue came up today during question time. we will show you as much a

syria is in a cross rods. it's not a syrian civil war it's about our interest, appeasement of iran versus containment of iran. to the nothing be al qaeda jihadists have been empowered. there's a vacuum. the narrative is not about al qaeda versus assad. the majority of syrians millions that have risen up in damascus and aleppo, these are millions that want to do neither of the fascism of islamism. so we're basically by saying we don't want either side we're ignoring the millions, the millions in egypt that want rose up against the military regime of hosni mubarak and the millions that rose up against the brotherhood. if we want to defeat islamism and see the freedom agenda of president bush continue to rise in the middle east who else, a post-american world where we let the darwin doctrine of the most vicious weeks degade and give the opposition. there is bad folks: but the majority of them are syrians that are diverse. >> do we trust that the administration would do what is necessary to make sure the operation

notional t damascus syria. national is one of the few international correspondents reporting from the front lawn of the syrian conflict she's witnessed fighting in the ancient christian village of mali that has become a battlefield for the syrian army and the opposition you can follow her on twitter to keep track of developments. on the. norway has elected a new parliament with a center right coalition winning a landslide victory of the ruling labor party the conservatives who now form a new government along with the anti migration progress party over this group once had among its members the mass murder hundreds braving and massacred seventy seven people in terrorist attacks two years ago and norway is just the latest state to join a european wide lean to the right ortiz has more. two years ago norway suffered the worst massacre since world war two a brutal assault unleashed against a summer camp for young people claiming seventy seven lives the perpetrator was extreme rightist anders breivik who claimed to ha

i think many don't think we should go in syria. and so, of course, it's very smart for him politically. because he will have some cover. we'll have debates, i went to congress and if congress votes that way, who knows, it's 50/50. if congress votes no, what can he do? he wants to go with what the american people want. and if they say yes, well, then he says, look, i have the approval of congress. i am good. either way it's a better situation for the president. >> stand by because we continue to watch the white house wait for this situation that will he ledger in the meantime, french president says he is waiting for the u.s. congress for their decision on any military action that they may take in france regarding the situation in syria. meanwhile, the syrian opposition saying the government forces have now moved the chemical weapon to his new locations just within the last 24 hours. speaking over the past hour in turkey, the main syrian opposition group is saying that chemical weapons were moved to at least two new locations. a doct

syria says its buddy russia can check out all the chemical weapons but can syria be trusted and will this plan put an end to the threat of war? >>> plus the president's speech is supposed to explain why the u.s. should use military force. that was the plan originally. but what's he going to say now? stay with us. always see life in the best light. every time of day. outdoors, or in. transitions® lenses automatically filter just the right amount of light. so you see everything the way it is meant to be seen. maybe even a little better. experience life well lit, ask for transitions adaptive lenses. and now, there's a plan that lets you experience that "new" phone thrill again and again. and again. can you close your new phone box? we're picking up some feedback. introducing verizon edge. the plan that lets you upgrade to a new verizon 4glte phone when you want to. having what you want on the network you rely on. that's powerful. verizon. upgrade to the new moto x by motorola with zero down payment. we know in the cyber world, threats are always evolving. at first, we were protecting n

it could have helped syria democratize. we let them down, and now the only people, 70% [indiscernible] >> patrick clawson, we have done a lot of discussing about syria on this set over the last month, and when it came to syria, everybody described a sort of maelstrom of descent into this horrible extremist, intolerant view of these fighters who are occupying the p the one hand, ys very dark situation in syria. we have had a discussion trying to point to perhaps positive signs between iran and the west. they are contradictory. >> one of the unfortunate realities is that it is more likely that the west can't reach a nuclear deal with the islamic republic in iran if the west agrees it will not support civil liberties and democracy inside iran. and the developments over the last month in syria, as sad as they are, certainly suggests that there is limited enthusiasm in the west for supporting those who are more moderate and fighting for civil liberties inside syria. so this may suggest to the iranian government, actually we coul

. >> a test vote on syria pulled. if the confidence isn't there in the senate how much worse is it in the house? we'll ask a democrat who is still undecided. this is crisis in syria, "decision point." >> i'm jake tapper. welcome to this special hour, crisis in syria, decision point. who could have predict wed would be here. we have taken a sharp turn in the argument. it's less than 24 hours now before president obama speaks directly to the american people. a senior administration official says that he will still make the case for congress to authorize force in syria even after this happens. secretary of state john kerry on a trip to london was asked this about the assad regime. >> is there anything at this point that his government could do or offer that would stop an attack? >> sure. he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week. turned over, all of it. without delay, and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do it and it can't

we are pro democracy, pro a pleuralistic syria, a syria that has the rights of syria protected, the freedom of religion projected and the facts, if the facts do matter, the only true report that came out of syria out of this incident was actually published by a journalist who i understand, and i'm not a journalist here, i understand this is a pretty decorated journalist that writes for associated press, npr, among others. and i would encourage the listeners to look into that report. >> doctor, i do thank you very much for joining us right now. again, speaking on behalf or at least in support of the assad regime. i want to bring in right now farah atassi, political activist and member of the syrian national coalition. she is an advisor to rebel general idriss and she supports the idea of strikes in syria. let me first of all ask you to respond to the doctor we just heard there, who suggested there's a difference between opposition and terrorism. what do you say to that? >> first of all, i am a pro strike against assad regime. we should be clear here that this strike is not towards syria, the

cautious optimism talks on syria's chemical arsenal continue into a third day with america. with force to make it. a financial burden terrorist threat. to open the doors. of the euro crisis builds to a new crescendo bailouts deadlines and overwhelming debt threaten to tear apart. worldwide news live from moscow. thanks for joining us today u.s. officials say washington reportedly will not insist on a u.n. resolution threatening syria with the use of force in order to make it drop its chemical arsenal the first sign of progress towards the disarmament talks. in geneva and now the president assad is ready to join the chemical weapons convention the u.n. secretary general says he's optimistic the next round of talks could happen in october. she reports now on what both sides have agreed upon and what they have not. it's been a question of will they or won't they in geneva and so far there's been no answer to that question john kerry and sergey lavrov were locked in tense negotiations throughout the day and into the night more than fifteen hours of talks took place and now those

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happening and i'm going around syria and with all the updates on our website scroll through our syria timeline for everything you need to not. only. with america blaming the syrian regime for kind of katanga the you asked national security adviser susan rice expressed concern that israel could also be attrited the use of chemical weapons also directly threatens our closest ally in the region israel where people once again have readied gas masks. she's also chemicals could easily you fall into the hands of terrorists also he has received information from a number of sources that rebels active in syria are planning to launch a chemical attack on israel it would be used as a provocation against the syrian government and our correspondent paula sneer has more now from tel aviv for. i've spoken to both the israeli foreign ministry as well as the army spokespersons universe and i was asking them for they reaction to the reports we have that there is an imminent threat being planned by syrian rebels originating in territory in syria that is controlled by the syrian government against israel

>> let's go to syria first. syria didn't sign it so there's no way they're going to be enforced. they didn't sign it, they're not beholden to it. hypothetically you'd have to get two-thirds of the u.n. national security to vote on some kind of enforcement. but i read anything about it and the enforcement there's no teeth to it. well, they'll make some recommendations on what to do. >> so the world signed this but it's a symbolic thing. >> right. >> could he be charged with war crimes at the hague? could they get him for gassing kids? >> good luck. the u.n. security council would have to make some kind of recommendation. and on there you have russia and china -- >> you have milosevic in the baltics and they have him because he was ethnic cleansing and -- >> but you didn't have to get him to cooperate. you have to get russia to make him do what russia wants and say agree to sign on to this and get rid of the weapons and supervise it through the u.n. >> but you're always going back to the u.n. >> so this chemical treaty is a bunch of baloney. it doesn't mean anything to anybody? >>

resolution on syria, and a sticking point on the use of force. >>> also, the search for syria's chemical weapons. does anyone outside the bashar al assad regime know where they are right now? >>> plus, joe biden's latest off the cuff zinger. what the vice president and possible presidential candidate said about republicans. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's get right to the breaking news on syria. senior obama administration officials are now saying they do not expect russia to agree to include anything in a u.n. security council resolution that would trigger the use of military force in syria. that comes as talks between the secretary of state john kerry and the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov in geneva, switzerland are kicking into overdrive. our chief national security correspondent jim sciutto is traveling with the secretary. he's joining us live from geneva right now with the very latest. jim, what is the latest? >> reporter: well, wolf, this u.n. security council resolution development is significant because if true, it would remove the major disagreeme

of syria to continue are such it may. lead to slow many other countries and creating this if eating of of helplessness and awe and openness pnas in the region and feeding of if you could defeat just feeding in the in the region that is going to be a good of either situation if i may i just have a couple more question about within lebanon situation do you see the group of federalists long as your natural allies and you see it as a threat to lebanon. for the history. of his teens who were sent. into or seven and it took all. but a scene in camp in lebanon in the north and they fought the lebanese army and at that time was a prime minister and which was. really putting an end to to this to this. let's say attack that was made that lead ultimately to the destruction of the camp but it was much better than leaving this let's say. that to spread all over in the end eleven we. live in ease. and and effectively. we muslims and levon. and this for months they were they want. to live together work comp. in the country with all the

cautious optimism talks on syria's chemical continue into a third day with america. forced to make it. as a financial burden terrorist. guilty conscience. to open the doors. of the builds to a new crescendo as fresh missed deadlines and overwhelming debt threaten to tear apart what little stability there is. a very warm welcome to you from all of us here at. the worldwide headlines live from the russian capital u.s. officials say that washington reported. resolution threatening syria with the use of force in order to make it drop its chemical arsenal as the first sign of progress as the disarmament talks. in geneva and now the president assad is ready to join the chemical weapons convention the u.n. secretary general says that he is optimistic the next round of peace talks could take place in october. now reporting the what the sides have agreed upon and what issues they refuse to agree. it's been a question of will they or won't they in geneva and so far there's been no answer to that question john kerry and sergey lavrov were locked in tense negotiations throughout

you are watching our special coverage on the fate of syria we begin tonight with a speech from president barack obama will be addressing the nation and just a few moments on what the u.s. response should be to the use of chemical weapons in syria obama has been pushing for support of his plan to launch military strikes against the country yet the talk comes just a day after new developments have arisen hinting at a possible diplomatic solution for the war torn country and while obama tries to win support from the public and congress the american people still have questions why intervene now over to you over two years into the civil syrian civil war and after one hundred thousand people have already died in the conflict has obama's rhetoric changed since he began calling for the strikes is russia's proposal for syria to hand over its chemical weapons stockpile to international control a workable solution is russia taking the reigns in this conflict or is obama going to react to the crossing of his red line and will military response remain an option as a diplomatic solution the u.s. and r

the syria sorry so complex, things changing hourly. we wanted to get a sense of wa do people think and have a good handle on what's going on? our new cnn/orc poll asked people how they understand the president's policy on syria. 53% say somewhat, 15% say not much and 13% say they don't get it at all. >> goodness. president obama going all out to explain his position to the american people as we have seen and making that nationwide address tonight that dana was pointing to. but lawmakers saying no, generally speaking to a possible military strike in syria if the diplomatic efforts don't work. >> so in the house, the number planning to vote no has now jumped to 166. in the senate, the tallies up to 29 no votes. and my guest, one of those lawmakers who has a lot of concerns about a possible military strike inside of syria. bernie sanders is an independent from vermont, caucuses with the democrats. scenario, good to he sue you here. we know that you are in a hurry, you're on your way to meet with the president in about 15 minutes or so wit

the best way forward in syria. general keen, what do you think of the president's plan as he has laid it out? short term, limited, basically focused on attacking assad's chemical weapons capability, not regime change. >> well, first of all, i don't like the fact that we have given the enemy time to harbor their significant military resources. the operation should have been over by now, much less extended another few weeks. secondly, i did support limited action if the objective is to reduce significant military capability. i was suggesting that assad would never believe he would use chemical weapons and have to give up his air power. that's within the means of these instruments thatter we are doing. shut down his airfields, airplanes, logistic infrastructures, supports, all of that. that's still obtainable to a certain degree. we have to work hard, i believe, to make this strike very effective. i think it should be tied to something as strategic in terms of moving the advantage to the opposition forces and not just