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Called upon the united states to drop any potential threat to attack syria, so the conditions are going to increase, i think the momentum, if there was any momentum, for the president to take military action as little as possible, as second tear kerry said, i think thats a false threat at this particular point, unless the president has the vote to back it up. >> so would it have been smarter, for lack of a term, for the president to perhaps go ahead and let congress vote and however it votes, he...

All right. we have to get serious here. did president obama seal the deal with the american public? or will he still struggle with support for a strike on syria? were going to break down this primetime speech, next. [announcer] theres no hiding the goodness of the latest from

Would be a speech arguing for a military strike, but being pulled between a war-weary american public and his credibility and the u.s.s credibility and instead became a speech to buy time. from the east room tuesday night president obama told americans why his administration is certain syrian president bashar al assads regime is responsible for a sarin gas attack the u.s. government says killed more than 1,400 civilians. >> in the days leading up to august 21st, we know assads chemical weapons p...

Live in washington with more on the presidents speech. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. you heard president obama make a case both for military action, but also against military action pursuing this diplomatic route. to that point, right now when you talk to white house official, really the focus, although they do continue some consultations of congress, the focus has really turned to this meeting that were expecting secretary of state john kerry and his russian counterpart...

This pennsylvania field where that plane went down, and the passengers and crew tried to wrestle control of the aircraft away from the hijackers. ah. a reading of the names in shanksville, pennsylvania. and we cannot forget. its been one year since the deadly terror attack in benghazi, libya, on the night of september 11, 2012, armed men stormed the american consulate. mortar and rocket fire destroyed much of the complex. u.s. ambassador christopher stevens and three other americans were kille...

Strike to achieve a clear objective. some members of congress have said theres no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesnt 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 congress to authorize military strike -- >> however -- >> reporter: the president then argued against taking action, pointing to a new russian-brokered proposal fo...

Faith and trust in the russians and syria is a big, big stretch. i think most americans including the president are not whenning to do that, and neither do they trust them and they want to verify. so, you know, we are -- its up in the air. we dont know when congress is going to vote what theyre going to vote on, we dont know what the russian plan is going to end up looking like, we dont know what the timeline is going to be. theres way more questions answer that there are answers. it becomes har...

And also, obama confusing winding response to syria. stephen colbert also had something to say about this, and why a focus on chemical weapons may not be enough. >> tonight were stepping away from the conflict syria, because apparently, so is the united states. a lot of details still to be worked out, and well get into those tomorrow, but the upshot is that america will not attack syria for gassing its citizens if they give up their chemical weapons. its like, if you decapitated a co-worker, so ...

Sal lid because there are people who have doubts about it. that said, as you say, the american people, according to the new cnn/orc poll, do not believe it is in the u.s. national interest to attack syria, but i do think when it comes to members of congress voting on this issue, there is going to have to be more of a case made connecting publicly, not just behind closed doors, publicly the horrific images, the horrific images weve seen this weekend in those videos of the sarin gas attack with th...

Vigil for syria. pope francis presiding over the vigil at st. peters square telling the crowd violence and war are never the ways to teach. meanwhile, the obama administration pulling all the stops as they look for support to take military action in syria. the full court press involved efforts at home and overseas. ahead of the speech to the nation and the white house on tuesday. opposition to attack syria is running high. how does the president turn it around? john is a columnist for the nati...