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Could do. >> strong words from charles krauthammer, as russian president vladimar putten in a speech dismissed the sanctions brought by the united states after approving a draft bill for thenexation of crimea. bret baier has the report. >> are we coming to a breaking point between obama and putin? obama is threatening to issue more sanctions if russias government doesnt stop. what happens now? >> it is interesting, it is hard to imagine, there was a background briefing when the sanctions were un...

Already in there. you have "the wall street journal" report last week that the saudis are going to send shoulder fire missiles. what are you left with? the administration gave us a background briefing on friday and they are talking about a u.n. resolution but they admit that it will not have sanctions or military action attacked to it. so where is the teeth? who is going to follow that resolution? >> tragic story and it looks like its only going to continue to get more tragic. gayle, thanks. > ...

Steps we can take to apply more pressure to the assad regime, and were going to be continuing to work with all the parties concerned to try to move forward on a diplomatic solution. >> keep in mind the presidents not admitting that hes had the wrong policy, but hes saying that he needs a new approach. but in a background briefing by senior administration official over the weekend, they indicated theyre still casting around for some ideas, mentioning only that a, quote, wide range of policy tools...

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Is not on the line, the international community credibility is on the the line. he dodged a question about what he would do if congress doesnt give him the green light. what were you takeaways? >> well, i think it was clear that the president was trying to depersonalize the syria issue aa little bit. that red line explanation is one senior advisers made over the weekend right after, you know, when they held a background briefing about the presidents decision on saturday, when he made that announ...

Henry who has been at the white house all morning, has also come out from a background briefing, with brand new details on the situation with syria. stick around. >>? a world with many dangers, this menace must be confronted. after careful deliberation, i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets. [ male announcer ] its the adt end of summer sale. labor day is here, and getting back to a predictable routine can leave your home vulnerable when y...

Andrea will be bringing us more coverage at 5:00 p.m. right here on msnbc. now we want the latest from the white house where kristin welker is standing by. >> reporter: thank you. >> as were learning more about how the president made this decision, one of the thing i find interesting is there was consensus among national security team that they did not want to engage congress. where did that shift take place? >> reporter: well, youre right. all signs coming out of the white house in this admin...

The question you asked, how did we get here? it is because the president changed his mind. the president had second thoughts about this and chuck todd is reporting this as well. after a background briefing at the white house and basically, took a walk with his chief of staff, dennis mcdonagh around 5:00 last night and began talking about going to congress. what was very persuasive for him was the eight-hour debate in parliament the day before. the fact that david cameron had taken to it parliame...

Dramatic alteration to the way the law was supposed to work and implemented. can he do it via a tweet from africa and once again, we are left asking where is our president on it? you know, we havent heard from him on, he didnt come out with respect to syria and now we are arming the rebels and so many times recently, he had major announcements and we dont get to see or hear from him. >> it is working for him. his numbers may not be that great, but the leading from behind approach and the deputy ...

Overseas. the administration very careful in how theyre responding to this. i should point out that josh earnest, principle deputy spokesman will be gagling, giving a background briefing with reporters a short time from now aboard air force one as the president heads out to north carolina. but earlier a senior administration official not confirming, not denying the existence of this order but pointing out in a statement that "information of the sort described in "the guardian" article has been a...