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Cases be attractive to republicans, its not going to go forward. so this is part of a real arm twisting that has been playing out for a period of time with rules changes in the senate, and its not the end of the road. they can bring it back again, but it is a real setback today. it also would face a very tough road in the house. so this is a political argument democrats can also make that if this does fail, as we expect and sources tell us, they can make that claim that democrats are trying to r...

>> she recently revealed her opposition to new sanctions against iran should it fail to meet deadlines to end its nuclear weapons claus. she wrote, we must give diplomacy a chance to succeed while keeping all options on the table. new sanctions could rob us of the diplomatic high ground we worked so hard to reach. president obama threatened to veto affbill in the senate that had 15 sponsors, including democrats, but a handful have withdrawn their support after arm-twisting from the president and...

With some much-needed humanitarian gestures. i talked to one key analyst this afternoon, asked him from what you are seeing today, is there any kind of hope? he said none whatsoever. i noticed a softening the foreign minister spoke perhaps the cohost of this conference with the u.s. in russia gives arm-twisting to get them in light of little bit but we should be hearing from senator john kerry shortly. gregg: thank you so much. jenna: command heels of a shooting at purdue university, we have rep...

Release. so why are we talking about their new freedom on the last day of 2013? for one thing, washington did not want to send them back to china for fear the uighurs would be tortured, if not worse, by the chinese government. other countries caved in to chinese arm twisting and refused to take them. in 2009, the obama administration fought a judges order to release them in virginia, though administration officials did spend years trying to find homes for them in other countries. many advocates ...

Incognitos, one of his closest friends, the two got together to watch the dolphins game against the san diego chargers. pouncey missed game because of illness says incognito is anxious to rejoin the team. jon: a new case rocking college football. they are investigating florida state quarterback jamis winston in allegations with a. the state attorneys office is in contact with the alleged victim. arthel neville. >> there was alleged arm-twisting not to talk but apparently that didnt work. well te...

Thanks. jon: so there you heard it from the speaker of the house and the republican leadership team in the house. they are hoping that this deal goes forward but obviously they didnt want to get into a lot of the nuts and bolts of the legislation as proposed. meantime the president apparently plans to do a little bit of arm-twisting himself. the white house is announcing that at about 3:00 this afternoon, the president is going to meet with the democratic leadership team, 3:15 eastern time today...

The major news networks including our own, wolf blitzer. he will address the country on tuesday night. so look for a very busy, busy first 48 hours of the week as the white house tries to take center stage, control the message and do some political maneuvering and arm twisting to begin to get the votes it needs. don? >> lets talk more about the votes. what about a tally in congress? whats the best estimate where things stand in the house and the senate? >> reporter: here at cnn we love to keep t...

Hes ready to strike syria with or without an international consensus. >> 1400 people were gassed. if were not acting, what does that say? >> reporter: but he declines to say what he will do if congress voted no. >> i think the week started off very well with support of the house leadership, john mccain, lindsey graham. but as its gone on it has the challenges that it faces. >> brian todd subpoena early on this saturday morning. brian, i understand the president has a lost arm-twisting to get con...

Today, joan, it struck me your view is hes probably not going to win the support of congress. do you think the president will go ahead with an action against syria without the support of congress? >> no, i dont think he will. i have no inside information. i could be wrong but the sense i get from him, he decided to make this decision. hes coming to congress. he knew it would be a tough lift. im not going to rule out he gets the vote. next week when he makes the case, if he makes a better case th...

The obama administration is going all out to rally support for a military strike against syria on capitol hill. >> this debate is about the worlds red line. it is about humanitys red line. >> reporter: at the white house. >> i would not be going to congress if i wasnt serious about consultations. >> president obama got a commitment of support from several republican leaders including house speaker john boehner. >> the use of the weapons has to be responded to. and only the united states -- has t...