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As the president continues to drum up support for military action against syria. an unlikely group is taking a stand against him. one of the largest campaigns on behalf of the military veterans and their families has started a petition urging congress to vote against syrian intervention, their reasoning, they dont believe a missile strike would do anything to rid syria of chemical weapons. when a group whose soul purpose is looking out for the military and loved ones and defended president obama...

Off to a journal in new england where henry cabot lodge who had not run for office was one of the editors there. so they encountered each other and little did they know they would square off against each other a generation later. >> and that would define the debate he had with congress over the role of the united states in trying to have international agreements. i want to read more one thing, seldom had the american body of politics been so frachios. some so opposed to the president they game k...

War with the united states over this. particularly given that our goal here is to make sure the chemical weapons are not used on children. >> we are lucky to have three star admiral and congressman joe sestak with us today. as a former congressman, right out of the gates, if you were in congress today, how would you be preparing to vote on an authorization of force? >> i would support the president. i think the president was fairly inartful in how he drew the red line, that if the syrian governm...

Considering it is because of a threat of an american strike. >> it is only because of the threat of force that we are discussing today and that threat is more compelling if congress stands with the commander in chief. >> the president believes we need to keep this threat, this reality absolutely on the table. >> with the white house still pursuing authorization for the use of force to keep the pressure on, congress is scrambling to draft an alternative after the senate delayed tomorrows key vote...

Thats merrill edge and bank of america. hes been called too academic to relate to the average american. he led america through a war to end all wars and instituted the kind of lasting progressive policy changes that should make him a watermark on u.s. history. instead hes seen by many as a failure. does this sound familiar? 100 years ago it was woodrow wilson and our next guest writes that he was the most misunderstood president ever to take the office and a man the current president in congre...

Diplomatic solution to syria with relief and that is the story today. i wanted to pick up where peter left off. these latest developments with russia and syria and john kerrys off the cuff remark that has become a real potential solution. how has that changed the game for the president and what he needs to accomplish in the speech tonight? >> i think it changes it dramatically, particularly on the hill. he no plonger is facing the problem of having a defeat of vote which gives him wiggle room. h...

Believe it is members of congresss duty to follow the commander in chief in these sorts of matters. this has been very difficult for all of them. >> i think the prospect of any kind of weapons inspections can be heartening. and for people who remember foreign policy history, we have been down this road before and the inspections regime, iraq, these are real things that happen sometimes to prevent a war or delay a war for people who arent overly cynical. thats separate from whether you have a reg...

Than woodrow wilson. a lot of similarities between the challenges he faced and obama is facing today. he was also a communicator and gave 60 press conferences to the american people. >> in the first are these two m? when you compare wilson and obama facing different challenges, how do they differ? >> i think they differ in one big way, which is wilson believed very strongly in sustained dialogue. it was always a conversation going on between wilson and the american people and the congress. wilso...

Vote, probably next week. it sounds like they are trying to come up with a resolution since the negotiations have been going on between the united states and russia and syria. so that it would create some sort of a system to endorse that for the senate. from what i understand in the house, it seems unlikely they would actually bring up some ig to vote on at this point. >> john, the majority of americans are zbens a strike and feel the situation has been mishandle d which is why yesterday with th...

Over and over again this is not a real thing. this is very -- were skeptical of this, no meat to this, what the russians are saying, playing a game here. then towards the end of the day, that language began to shift towards, well, the president did talk about this last year at the g-20 with mr. putin. so i think -- you have to look at putins sort of ability to game out american politics and give him credit for that at least. >> okay, so putin at the moment when were about to say, congress is say...