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Is it the u.s., for russia, for everyone? >> well, christi, the u.s. and the international community would say its an end to use of chemical weapons in syria. some supporters of that would say its a win for assad because as you said, theres no military action, this doesnt do anything to address the syrian civil war and the 100,000 people that were already killed but it does have very strict measures in place to make sure that the syrians get rid of their chemical weapons. >> okay, but if the syr...

In the most recent cnn poll. the approval rating for congress is much lower than that. but, victor, right now, were seeing both sides blame each other. theres been talk of grandstanding on both sides. heres what president obama had to say about congressional republicans yesterday. >> i realize that a lot of whats taking place right now is political grandstanding, but this grandstanding has real effects on real people. >> now, speaker boehners office said much the same thing about president obama...

Here. there would be some effect. if you went to a national park or to a monument or to a museum connected with the federal government, you might find that theyre closed. if you need a loan your business, for your home, thats backed by the federal government, you may find some delays with that. if you need a new passport or new gun permit that could also be delayed, there might even be delayed with some government checks like social security. although lawmakers generally try to keep that from ha...

Who said they expect the syrians to keep their end of the bargain and allow fair access to inspectors. the point, though, this resolution doesnt authorize military force if syrias said to be in violation and does leave the issue of exactly how you would decide if syria was in violation a little bit fuzzy, wolf. >> it only speaks of consequences. it doesnt necessarily authorize military force, right? >> reporter: absolutely. thats not in the trigger at all. it does say that future deliberations o...

Weapons. but that word, those words legally binding are very important. apparently do not include the automatic threat of force which the united states had originally insisted upon. nick payton walsh is at the united nations tonight. this meeting was in jeopardy today them didnt know if they would be toward come to the table. now it looked like it is back on track. how significant is that? is this a done deal? >> it seems to be a done deal. a bit of last minute jitters in the haig where they had...

Resolution that had an absolute forced trigger and even if the resolution doesnt have that trigger, the u.s. can reserve the right to act to use military force if it says that its necessary and thats the direction were being pushed by u.s. officials now. >> are they talking again tomorrow? is next for kerry in all this? >> it goes into tomorrow, another day and then thats -- like i said, a good sign because they said they wouldnt be talking if they didnt have something to talk about and werent m...

Photograph. the monkeys name is darwin and we should use his name. >> very well-dressed. >> well, the coat for me is what set this story over the edge. originally, i thought the monkey had escaped naked and picked up the coat somewhere in ikea and i realized ikea doesnt sell a monkey sized coats. >> maybe in the childrens section. i dont know. up next, really a stunning development. measles cases in the united states are on the rise. this year on track to be the worst in two decades. health of...

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Resolution that had an absolute force trigger. and even if the resolution doesnt have that trigger, the u.s. can still reserve its right to act to use military force if it says that its necessary. and thats the direction were being pushed by u.s. officials now. >> so are they talking again tomorrow? whats next for kerry in all this? >> reporter: it goes into tomorrow, another day. and then thats like i said thats a good sign. because they say they wouldnt be talking if they didnt have something ...

Strikes or not. i think people are looking to america to be the bigger person and explore the diplomacy avenues first, and then talk about military strikes and make sure that foreign policy is structured and everyone understands what military strikes will achieve. >> shepard: sir, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> shepard: the white house and the u.s. senate are back in session today. lawmakers weighing whether to authorize military action against syria. the senate can vote as early as tomor...