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Follow through, is president obama willing to act alone? he hasnt shown the willingness to do that in the last two years. >> the worry of the republicans is that he hasnt pulled the trigger and he hasnt acted unilaterally. the president tried to bring us through this diplomatic chain of event and now were going to get assad to put his weapons in the int tha international control. >> come on, donna. >> very consistent all along. >> now russia is calling the shots and this this is a chance for put...

And it comes as the president has asked congress to hold off on a syria vote while diplomatic efforts are underway to put syrias chemical weapons under international control. but the president could need to return to that military option if negotiations fall through in which case hell need the support of house republicans, many of whom, of course, are very much opposed to a military strike. the president did step up his meetings with members of congress after proposing that congress vote on the ...

20 ponce. how does the united states secure those chemical weapons to make sure they dont fall into the wrong hand and the next step up, this isnt a civil war. its a proxy war with iran and russia. its turning into a regional conflict. all of that has national consequences for the united states. >> i hear you saying that. ill tell you, when we look at these poll numbers, mr. chairman, the american people clearly dont hear that, believe that, or know that on some level. when you ask them the ques...

Not blessed them. they said, hey, you need to do a better job selling this. the leadership had been silent. theres no international cavalry either. it makes perfect political sense now to say, congress, you asked for this vote. step up, do the right thing. >> here is the hot potato of its interesting. to give you a sense of how funky the coalition on this could end up being, here is ted cruz who has never had anything good to say about president obama, this was him yesterday reacting to the anno...

It had been described as the legacy of your father for these different political lines. safest place in the house. medgar had taught them that. i went to the front door, the >> actually, it is. force of the bullet had pushed that is good and bad. him forward in his car, and with the strength of whatever, he was >> how is it good? able to move himself to the door >> its good because everyone with his keys in his hand. can sort of immerse themselves thats what we saw. and say we do believe in dr. ...

And each hopes to meet with their represents and hope they not only will the representatives listen but that they will also help push for change within the organization. im going with a group from florida meeting with representative allen grayson. >> hi, how are you doing? >> how are you doing? >> very good. >> what youre doing is youre setting an example. its you against this enormous huge institution that employs over a million people and has a billion of dollars of its pocket. its you against...

House and seem to be prepared for some sort of action. >> perhaps the president could start and then congress needs to resolve it and ascent to it. weve got to move and move quickly. >> its time for up to take a step up and take responsibilities here, too. my guess is they will. ive been talking with them recently this week. >> the pentagon has updated its military options on syria, including updated target list and the use of cruise missiles. these are options. it will be up to the president to...

Partisan districts frankly will reward this kind of shenanigans. >> its only gotten more shrill, more racist or feels free to express their racism. i want to go to something michael said about the leadership stepping up on this. when steve king made his idiotic remark about calves the size of cantaloupes, very colorful. we all remember it, right? people did step up and say there is no place in this party for that kind of language. why doesnt john boehner ever say that about the birther movement?...

Positions that they know have no basis in fact or no grounding in reality. so the fact of the matter is it draws the party down. it stereotypes us further into the idiot class who cant figure out that americas changing and how to become a part of this change as opposed to resisting it. >> joan walsh, you would think to yourself, at least theyll be penalized by the voters, the congressmen involved in this bade behavior. they will represent hyper partisan districts which frankly reward this sort o...

Michael said about the leadership stepping up on this. when steve king made his idiotic remark about calves the size of cantaloupes, very colorful. we all remember it, right? people did step up and say there is no place in this party for that kind of language. why doesnt john boehner ever say that about the birther movement? instead when he took over, he said its not my business to tell people who what to think. he puts his arm around birther in chief donald trump and goes golfing with him. at t...