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>> peter alexander from 1600 pennsylvania for us on a sunday afternoon. pete, thanks so much. while the president works to convince the american public, action in syria is necessary, secretary of state john kerry is overseas trying to build international support. he talked about the danger of allowing syrias chemical weapons use to go unchecked. >> the message to hezbollah, iran, assad, will be that nobody cares that you broke this 100-year-old -- nearly 100-year-old standard, and youre using we...

Of eavesdropping and satellite images, why dont they just put some out there. >> the brain trust is going to be back in just a few minutes. well find out what they think the president needs to say in his address tuesday night to the nation. and also probably what the president will be saying tuesday night. well ask you guys to play soothsayer, if you will. congress, if you havent heard, congress returns tomorrow with syria at the top of their agenda. ill talk to one senator who thinks we need ...

Much broken over there having nothing to do with us and yet it seems to be up to the united states and nobody else to try to fix this problem that just may be insoluble. >> one of the things you write about, david, is also that what appears to be some of what a lack of focus on a coherent long-term strategy for the middle east as well. >> the basic message for years interest this administration is, im going to get you out of the middle east. we are going to pivot to asia. the middle east doesnt ...

At over the last 48 hours and as a country collectively we think with our heads maybe, not so much our hearts now? >> well i think it is beth. the message and the messenger. i think david was being rather generous. i would say the president bungled this. david gregory said there is a lot of dig zagging with this administration. i think we see smart power get dumber by the day on this and president obama announcing what those targets will be. craig, im sure have you seen the reports to that al-as...

Going to be enough to sway a reluctant congress to sway a war-weary public? >> i dont think so. earlier here on your network, on msnbc with david gregory, he spoke to tom udall from new mexico who voted firmly no on this resolution. leslie sanchez, a liberal democrat from california, shes going to vote no on military intervention in syria. in mr. mcdoneoughs, statement, clearly the president of the united states saying he would draw a red line. that was ignored. do we have any assurances that th...

Congress and senate votes for strike but house votes against it? where does that leave president obama? unfortunately, because of his lack of leadership, we dont know. >> dana milbank, is that true, do we not know? or are do you think are or you hearing the president will strike nonetheless? >> i think the president has it strike the house. i dont see how we get out of the log jam where everything is broken. no, once you are explicitly told no by congress, you dont do that which which they told ...

Chemical weapons. and does he think the united states will actually strike. a live report from the middle east ahead. also, congress gets back to work tomorrow. ill ask one congressman why he is still on the fence. ill ask a senator who backs a strike. why now? good sunday afternoon. im craig melvin. we start in washington where the white house is working hard to convince congress and the american public, white house chief of staff, the white house chief of staff, denis mcdone now, and charlie r...

To wait until the u.n. inspectors produce their results. >> which could be two weeks. >> and they want to wait for another security council resolution. whatever the broader issues here, the way this has been sequenced and handled by the white house has been, frankly, disastrous. i believe the story about that friday walk between the president and denis, but you had kerry out there pushing everyone expecting strikes, now we pull back and go to congress. now you have an address to the nation tuesd...

North korea, with others. so whatever got us into this situation, and i agree that its been handled -- its been a real debacle so far, were at a point if they dont do something, the reverberations go far beyond syria. >> lets talk about something you wrote this week that caught our attention. you wrote if the president cant convince congress, it will be because essentially he should have made a more personal and passionate case for strikes sooner, saying in part, quote, what may doom the preside...

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