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Success. thank you very much. well talk to you soon. bill: the selling of a strike on syria continues at this hour. leading members of the administration heading into another classified briefing. another update on that.

Comprehensive strategy. he was concerned about half steps that wouldnt have strategic objectives. but i would be very surprise fed wasnt supportive of some sort of strike in syria given the dynamics and concerns there needs to be a response to chemical weapons. martha: it would appear senator mccain is central to president obama gaining the support he need in congress. lets take a hissen from this quote at speaks to what we are talking about here. the syrian rebels on u.s. military action. this ...

Past august. our coverage continues on americas newsroom. there was a lot that was said off the last 40-50 minutes or so. im bill hemmer and welcome to americas newsroom. martha: im martha maccallum. indeed a lot was said. you can sense the president reframing his argument for congress. hes speaking to that audience at home as the house prepares to listen to his argument for a strike in syria. lets listen to what he said this morning. its slightly different when it comes to the red line. >> i di...

Holland of reuters. >> thank you, mr. president, thank you, sir. have you made up your mind whether to take action against syria whether or not you have a congressional resolution approved? is a strike needed in order to your credit bit and will you enlist the support of the prime minister for support in syria. >> i didnt set a red line. the world set a red line. the world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the words population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent and...

To that degree you are beginning to see some sort of internal cleavages between the regime especially in response to the chemical weapons and this could be a hopeful start for the future. martha: one last question before i let you go in terms of support in other areas of the middle east. how much support do you believe we have in this mission? >> i think it go back to what our strategy is and what our objectives are. a number of our allies in the region including saad yesterday arabia and qatar ...

John mccain go that route? >> reporter: they knew he was concerned in one direction here that the president is being squeezed as you say. on one hand he has antiwar democrats from the left saying, why are we intervening at all? then you have folks like john mccain, saying intervene but dont make this a symbolic strike a shot across the bow as the president said last week. decimate assads military. the presidents team fanning out on hill. you saw secretary of state kerry and defense secretary hag...

Were going to do in syria it doesnt come from president obama. it came from john kerry. i thought i was watching president john kerry telling the american people what exactly was going to happen. this is a situation where president obama is essentially standing alone not only in the united states but on the world stage. this exact situation warrants an oval office address which he hasnt given to us. we had the rose garden address but he really has to sit down, make his own case to the american p...

American people feel confident that any military action the u.s. may undertake will achieve its defined objectives? lt. general tom mack american any, former assistant vice chief of staff, fox news contributor. general, good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: what would you say to renee? how do you answer that. >> i think rene has got an excellent question. i dont know that we can. the fact is trying to achieve an objective of trying to achieve a shot across the bow is so nebraska a bo...

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