This is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. Pelley good evening, president obama is opening a new front in his battle to get congress to authorize military action against syria. Hes taking his case directly to the american people. The president said today he will address the nation from the white house on tuesday. He made that announcement in st. Petersburg russia at the end of the g20 economic summit. The strike against the syrian dictatorship would be punishment for a nerve gas attack two weeks ago that the Administration Says left 1,400 syrian civilians dead. Elizabeth palmer is the only American Network reporter inside syria as the country braces for a u. S. Attack. She spent time today with militias that support the dictatorship fighting rebels who rose up more than two years ago. Reporter heres how the Syrian Government doubled the size of its fighting force in less than a year it issued guns and bullets to civilians. The main job qualification unwavering support for president bashar alassad. This is the front line. And behind me are members of the National Defense force and they are defending their neighborhood, trading fire with opposition fighters who are only 20 yards away down the street. A snipers bullet clipped the mosque. The fighters thought theyd spotted him and opened up. Later, when things were calm, four of them agreed to talk. Two years ago they worked as a cook, a shopkeeper, a construction worker, and a car wash attendant who didnt want us to show his face. But when war ruined their businesses, they traded unemployment for crisp uniforms and a job on the front lines. So the bullet went in here and came out here . Wow. The area of tadamon was shattered last year when the opposition fighters battled their way in. Six months later, the Defense Force pushed them back out with Syrian Military backup, something they still rely on. In a battle just last week, they asked for the armys big guns again. The syrian army has assigned tadamons Defense Force their very own liaison officer. He didnt want his face shown on camera, but he did lead us into his bulletscarred command post. Do you see it as an extension of the military now . They were created to assist the troops, he said. And they know the area so well they actually lead the army. In that role, these men brim with patriotism and confidence and were keen to tell me they dont believe america will attack. Why do you think they wont . Well, it would be the start of world war iii they said and we think u. S. Must now be thinking very hard about that. Pelley elizabeth is joining us in damascus. Liz, when this war started two years ago, it was a massive popular uprising, people have wondered how assad has hung on. Is this one of the ways . Reporter it certainly is. He has a core body of support, especially here in damascus. The fighters are offered a hundred dollars a month if they want to take the salary. A lot dont, theyre just volunteers and they are completely supported by the community, fed and looked after by the people that they believe theyre protecting. Pelley Elizabeth Palmer more insight from damascus tonight. Thank you, liz. When president obama announced last saturday that he had decided that the United States should take military action. He also said that action would be limited in scope. But david martin at the pentagon tells us tonight the scope appears to be widening. As syrias military hunkers down in anticipation of an american strike, the pentagon is looking for new targets to hit and new ways to hit them, including with manned aircraft. The original strike plan called for launching several dozen unmanned cruise missiles from u. S. Navy destroyers in the eastern mediterranean. But syrias military has started moving potential targets such as rocket and missile launchers to make them harder to hit, hiding them, putting them in civilian neighborhoods, even burying them, all in an effort to limit the damage. That has forced the pentagon to find other targets and to consider using more powerful weapons like this 2,000 pound bomb which can only be carried by aircraft but is able to destroy buried targets. Jets aboard the Aircraft Carrier nimitz in the red sea as well as Long Range Air force bombers based as far away as the United States are capable of carrying those weapons. The risk to pilots would be low since the weapons can be fired from distances outside the range of syrian air defenses. But adding aircraft would make what has been billed as a limited strike of short duration a more complex and costly operation. Keeping the nimitz at sea, for instance, costs at least 25 million a week. Pentagon officials insist adding aircraft and switching targets would not change the basic mission which is to convince syria never to use chemical weapons again. Pelley david martin at the pentagon. David, thanks very much. The commanderinchief is heading home on air force one this evening looking back on a day when he struggled to rally support for a strike. Among the 20 leaders at this weeks economic summit, only a few support military action. Alternatives to an attack are being proposed, including giving the syrian dictatorship a chance to give up its chemical stockpiles. Our chief White House CorrespondentMajor Garrett asked mr. Obama about that. Are you, mr. President , looking at any of these ideas or are we on a fast track to military action as soon as congress renders its judgment one way or the other . Im not itching for a military action. Recall, major, that i have been criticized for the last couple of years by some of the folks who are now saying they would oppose these strikes for not striking. And i think that i have a well deserved reputation for taking very seriously and soberly the idea of a military engagement. So we will look at these ideas. So far, at least, i have not seen ideas presented that, as a practical matter, i think would do the job. Pelley even on the road the president has been lobbying members of the house and senate to approve his plan, but nancy cordes tells us hes not getting much help from the congressional leadership. Reporter Senate Leader harry reid and House Speaker john boehner both support military strikes. But theyve kept their public statements and their private lobbying to a minimum. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says members need to decide on their own. Some people will never be for anything and i totally respect that. But i do not believe that we can ignore the use of chemical weapons. Reporter the silence from leadership makes constituent voices register even louder. Please oppose any action in syria. Reporter republican James Bridenstine says he agrees with the voters who spoke at his town hall in oklahoma. So far what i havent seen from this president is him define for us what is our National Security interest in syria. Reporter in arizona, senator john mccain, who supports intervention, went toe to toe with angry voters for the second straight day. We see this over and over again we got iraq, we got afghanistan. What have we accomplished . I would say that if now that the president of the United States does not, after saying that the United States is going to act, doesnt, then, again, i wonder about that message that is being sent. Reporter leader reid did tell us in passing today that he thinks the resolution will get the 60 votes it needs in the senate next week. But, scott, members and aides over in the house say that they believe the vote there is heading in a very different trajectory, a trajectory of no, at least right now. Pelley nancy cordes at the capital. Thank you very much. We have a correction involving a picture that we showed you last night. It was a photo from the New York Times the times said showed Syrian Rebels executing soldiers loyal to the assad dictatorship. That much is still true, the times now says today it got the date wrong. It wasnt this year, it was from 2012. Economists expecting a better jobs report today but this is what we got. The Unemployment Rate last month fell to 7. 3 the lowest in four and a half years, but that was largely because a lot of people took themselves out of the work force and are not counted as unemployed anymore. Add back in those who have given up the hunt for work along with people forced to settle for parttime work and the underemployment rate was 13. 7 . The number of jobs created was less than expected at 169,000. Well, tonight, Mark Strassmann tells us about one industry that is seeing a lot of jobs growth, and thats automobiles. This is basically the beginning of the plant. Reporter jessie davis started on the Assembly Line at this v. W. Plant in chattanooga. Today this 37yearold mother of three is a supervisor. Ive jumped three levels in three years. So its made me that much more hungry. Reporter you started out here building cars, you ended up building a career . Correct. Reporter five years ago, chattanooga beat out 400 other cities to become the home of this plant. It cost v. W. 1 billion to build. More than 2500 workers here assemble the passat sedan. They belong to the manufacturing middleclass america is trying to rebuild. V. W. s plant workers with overtime average 50,000 a year. The main jobs that were here were like heavyduty, nasty manufacturing jobs and theyve gone. Theyre few and far between now so volkswagen coming in as a team member making 14, 15 an hour it was a big jump for a lot of people in this area. Reporter these jobs are nonunion and pay less than auto union or National Averages but any new manufacturing jobs are hard to create. Over the last year, the economy has added just 20,000 of them. Tennessee had to offer v. W. More than 363 million in incentives to build this plant. What has been the impact of this facility on this community . Some of my team members that i came in with three years ago, they maybe came in and like their glasses were kind of broken, their teeth might have been a little bit frayed, kind of brown. When you look at them now you know they have like designer glasses on, their smiles are beautiful again and their confidence level has changed. Reporter today, the United Auto Workers announced its in talks with v. W. To establish a Workers Council in the plant. 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Isnt the church inserting itself into politics here . What were talking about is speaking in the Public Square about political issues and the moral values that are part of that and there are values that need to be spoken about and there need to be policies that need to be developed that reflect a just, compassionate society. Reporter demographics are also part of the motive. 38 of american catholics are hispanic. That number is growing. California congressman jeff denham says he wont submit to pressure to vote for the Senate Proposal he considers flawed. 41 of his constituents are catholic. I think the biggest challenge with the senate bill is their Border Security piece. That is by far our top priority. Both houses, both parties agree that Border Security should be number one but just throwing money at the problem doesnt solve it. Reporter but the window for congressional action is closing quickly. There are only 39 legislative days left until the house adjourns this year. 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A formula 1 car is more dangerous than your family sedan. But thats where the sport is at. This isnt for the average sailor. Reporter the stakes have never been higher. Each team has spent 100 million. Earlier this week, team u. S. A. Was penalized for breaking the rules by adding weights to their boat during warmup races. You guys have been called cheaters. What do you say to that . People can say what they want. I dont agree with the sanctions. But the fact is ive moved on. Its given us motivation. Reporter theyll need it. As part of the penalty, team u. S. A. Will begin the finals two races in the hole. Carter evans, cbs news, San Francisco. Pelley Peyton Manning made it look easy last night. The Denver Broncos quarterback kept throwing touchdown passes again and again, seven in all, tying a record. No one had done that in 44 years. The broncos beat the super bowl champion Baltimore Ravens 4927 in the n. F. L. Opener. 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Next on kpix 5 weather talent appears at wx center with generic pinpoint filling monitor then we take special pelley finally tonight, Architects Design homes, construction workers build them, and then theres the woman youre about to meet. Her special talent is filling homes with love. Heres Steve Hartman on the road. Reporter from all four walls, success smiles down on 50yearold social worker connie going. These are just some of the more than 1,000 tampa bay area foster kids shes helped match with adoptive parents. Every child is adoptable. Theres a family for every child. Reporter its your job to find without that family is. Yes. Reporter but when you get a kid like taylor sighs reporter that heavy sigh punctuates a tenyear struggle over this kid. For ten years connie tried to help taylor get adopted to no avail. It was always what somewhat my fault. But i didnt realize that, you know, when i was growing up. Reporter neglected by drug addicted parents, taylor and his two sisters entered the foster system in 2003. This footage is from a local news segment aimed at trying to find the siblings an adoptive family and eventually they were adopted. Someone took all three but then gave taylor back. Said he had anger issues. Connie eventually found him another family, but they returned him, too. Same reason. I was just so mad because i thought that they werent going to keep me. I was just trying to test them. Reporter but they were going to keep you. Yeah, i know. When you feel youre not lovable and youre up against someone loving you, thats a pretty scary thing. Reporter throughout the whole process, connie never gave up believing there was someone out there for taylor, someone who could see his potential and help him realize it. After that second family returned him, she stopped looking. All i could think about was how he was feeling and how he was blaming himself again. Reporter connie says she felt so bad for taylor she got this ache, this physical ache in her stomach. But it was a pain that came with an epiphany. She says she realized right then and there she couldnt be his caseworker anymore. The next day, she made arrangements to drop him as a client and take him on as a son. Youd looked all over for somebody to parent him. And it was me. Reporter their adoption was finalized earlier this summer. Connie, divorced with two biological children, welcomed her first boy with open arms. Of course, taylor still had his anger issues. That mirror in his bedroom didnt break itself. But most of the madness has stopped as of a few weeks ago after taylor told connie he was running away from home. He goes im leaving, i hate this. I said im not sending you away, taylor. And hed look at me, take his backpack off and go back in. laughter and im, like, yeah, this is where i belong. She knows my worst side and she still cares about me and still loves me. I put mom because i couldnt fit connie. Reporter sounds like someones adopted a new attitude. Steve hartman, on the road, in st. Petersburg, florida. Pelley and thats the cbs evening news for tonight. For all of us at cbs news all around the world, im scott pelley. Ill see you sunday on 60 minutes. Good night. Captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by Media Access Group at wgbh access. Wgbh. Org san bruno disaster tonight ande admits critical mista after promising to take steo protect the public. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im Juliette Goodrich in for elizabeth cook. Kpix 5s len ramirez joins live in san bruno and reports officials are conce pg ande is still puttig bay area neighborhoods at r [sf insert san bruno pipeli disaster video] pg and es