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Brooke, its very likely the senate is going to do pretty much what they did before. it just will make it perhaps a lot more difficult because theyre going to be voting on their own pocketbook, which of course, is the whole point. >> and ultimately, the question is, you know, who blinks? who stops the pinging and ponging back and forth and says, okay, we give in? lets continue the government funding after, you know, the midnight tonight deadline. dana bash will be watching every step and iteratio...

Is uncertain or people who are very, very poor, the great bulk of people who are uninsured right now, if you dont get out there and pick a plan and get involved, you are going to be fined by the federal government for not doing so. so the time for choices really is even with all this turmoil, upon people coast to coast. >> it starts after midnight tonight. tom, thank you. good explanation. coming up, the key players in the shutdown standoff are faring very poorly right now in the american publ...

Shutdown? the thing im nervous about is if we cant negotiate the smaller deal about a government shutdown, i think theres going to be catastrophic risk. >> we have to go. thanks so much. thats it for "the lead." were still waiting for president obama to speak. it should be about a minute, minute and a half. i will turn you over to wolf blitzer right now in "the situation room," who will usher in president obama. thanks for watching. jake, thanks very much. happening now, with the government sh...

Some republicans are worried if they push this issue and it leads to a government shutdown, it will be bad news for republicans. our new cnn/orc poll shows nearly three-quarters of americans happens and lasts for a few weeks, it will cause a crisis or major problems for america. more than half, 51% of folks would place responsibility on republicans. just a third would blame the president. this morning, republican and democratic leaders in house and senate will be meeting to talk about these upco...

Two of our most closest allies, france and the united kingdom. we will wok in consultation with russia and china to present a resolution to the u.n. security council to get assad to give up its chemical weapons and destroy them. >> giving an iffy thumbs up to the russian plan today and no one in the american public heard about until 36 hours ago. he argues this would not have been the option without the threat of military action by the united states, a threat the president says must not waiver. ...

Welcome back to our special "crisis in syria decision point." tonight the president laid out his case and how to handle syria. after the speech cnn and orc conducted an instant poll to gauge the publics reaction. here is what we found when we asked speech watchers if they favored approach the president described in his speech. 61% said they favored his approach. 37% say they opposed it. look at this. we also asked whether the president made a convincing case for u.s. military action in syria. 47...

What weve seen over the last decade is because of the heroism of our troops, because of the enormous sacrifices of them and tear families, america is safer than it was right before 9/11. but we still have threws out there. >> president obama there in his interview with our own west virginia on the crisis in syria trying to make the case for taking action over the chemical weapons attack there. >> and tonight, hes going to address the nation at 9:00 eastern. as he does, there are those questionin...

Chemical weapons. one thing is a near certainty -- our latest polls show that not only a majority of americans oppose taking military action against syria, but also revealed brand new insights into this crisis. joining us with more, brianna keilar is at the white house. and cnns political director, mark preston, is in our washington studio. so, the pulse of the people is so critical because so many of these congressional members have been getting an earful from their constituents right before co...

Children in their bed, we open ourselves up to even more fearsome consequences. >> a new cnn/orc poll shows nearly six in ten americans oppose military action against syria. white house officials say they want congress to go out on a limb, despite what may be a trial balloon from secretary of state john kerry for syria to give up its chemical weapons, an idea that was immediately embraced by russia and then syrian officials. >> that would be terrific. but unfortunately, the track record to date,...

Chemical weapons. two cohosts of cnns new "crossfire" are here with us as we count down to the debut of their new show that airs just about one hour or so from now. plus, cnns dr. sanjay gupta is right in the heart of the syrian refugee crisis and an unfolding humanitarian disaster. im wolf blitzer. youre in "the situation room." congress and the american people are still very, very leery of a u.s. military strike on syria in retaliation for its alleged chemical attack last month. the obama ad...