accountable. this is what the international community wants to do. we want to hold him accountable. we want there to be some consequences. what is that? is that just going to war? is that bombing? is that killing more people? i m not there yet. so the bottom line tonight is the president is stepping up this lobbying campaign. why? well, dong comes back to session at the beginning of next week and you know the president is getting on air force one tomorrow night to go to sweden and on to russia for the g-20 summit bottom line is he gone for the rest of the week another big leaders with leaders and parties. he sees the clock is ticking. he has to change some minds over the next 24 hours. harris: maybe now is the opportunity talk with rush sharks thank you. the pentagon hard at work laying out those plans for a possible military strike should president obama give the go ahead, team fox coverage continues with jennifer, how is the pentagon reacting to the delay? well, harris, on the
warns any military action could have consequences extending across the middle east, speaking to a french newspaper he compared to a powder keg adding in the event of a strike quote the whole world will lose control of the situation. chaos and extremism will spread the risk of a regional war exists, end quote. still, we are now getting word of more u.s. warships moving through the area including a nuclear powered aircraft carrier. we have team fox coverage with jennifer griffin at the pentagon on the next potential steps. first though ed henry at the white house. first it sounds like the president is counting on now republicans to go along with military action. that s right, harris, these are republicans in the house that the president has kept at arm s length for five years. they have been bitterly opposed to him on policies like domestic healthcare and policy agenda as well. today he had john mccain as you mentioned a rival from the 2000 will campaign here with lindsey graham, someo
have intercepted communications from a senior syrian official who confirmed the regime used chemical weapons expressed the u.n. might point out. 100 videos purport to show 100 bodies nerve exposure to nerve agents. you have seen videos on this news program and elsewhere. obviously difficult to watch. they show people with no physical visible injuries survivors foaming at the mouth. denied all the allegations that we just mentioned accuse the u.s. of using them to justify a military strike u.n. reports weapons inspectors have finished gathering chemical weapons was used. they are expected to report back in the coming days. the white house is clearly readying the nation for military involvement. team fox coverage now with the crisis in syria. jonathan hunt is in our new york headquarters. first though to ed henry at the white house.
we will not repeat that moment. and the man who was in charge during that moment spoke to fox news earlier today about the possibility of striking the government of syrian leader bashar al assad. i was not a fan of mr. assad. he is ally of iran. and he has made mischief. the president is going to have to make a tough decision. former president bush faced his own tough decision a decade alone bypassing the human security council after france threatened to veto. now it appears france may be only partner against syria. we have reported british lawmakers voted against taking part in potential strike against syria. team fox coverage continues now with correspondent john than the hunt. the u.n. weapons inspectors could leave syria at any moment. the united nations has said that those weapons inspectors will be out of syria by saturday morning. it is now just after 2:00
destroyers and one assault ship in the mediterranean sea waiting to launch strikes against syria. today leaders made clear this is where all of this is heading as they released a report evidence that shows the chemical used chemical weapons last week. history will judge us all extraordinarily harshly if we turned a blind eye to it a dictator s wanton use of weapons of mass destruction against all warnings, against all common understanding of decency. but president obama today also ruled out having u.s. boots on the ground, team fox coverage of the crisis in syria continues now. leland vittert is live in our jerusalem newsroom. first though let s go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon. jennifer, what signs are there already that assad is moving assets out of way of military strikes? well, harris, there are reports that he is already busing prisoner to air bases outside of damascus to serve as human shields. assad has had days to prepare and to listen to