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Consensus, that chemical weapons have no place on the battlefield and certainly no place in attacking innocent civilians. >> reporter: lawmakers say their constituents are overwhelmingly against using force in syria. republican senators lamar alexander and roy blunt are the latest to announce they will vote no. their colleague from indiana says this is all about the president backing up his rhetoric. >> im certain if the president had not drawn his red line we would not be having this discussion...

And theres a sense preds obama needs to do something to convince the american people. its very much up in the air whether there are going to be changes, wolf. but i suspect maybe thats something youll get a sense of when youre here later today. >> thanks very much. that interview, by the way, will air 6:00 p.m. eastern in "the situation room" here on cnn. lets go to capitol hill right now. a lot of action last week with hearings on syria. now all 535 members of congress, the house and senate...

Senate side where they are reasonably optimistic. heres the presidents biggest problem. the house of representatives. 255 members currently say they are undecided but already on record, 153 nos, including 121 republicans and 32 democrats. only 25 yes votes on the record in the house right now. thats trouble for the president. 17 democrats and 8 republicans. lets take a closer look at some of the analysis. look at several different groups here. in the senate right now, there are 42 members who ar...

Firefighters try to control that blaze. well get you the latest when we get it. now over to bill. bill: martha, well give you a snapshot what subpoena haing in congress for where we believe the vote count stands on syria, this is according to "the hill" down in washington, d.c. what youre looking at now, out of 100 u.s. senators now, this is on the senate side, some would argue is a easier climb at the moment, you have 26 yes vote, two to one democrats to republicans there. the undecideds right ...

The major news networks including our own, wolf blitzer. he will address the country on tuesday night. so look for a very busy, busy first 48 hours of the week as the white house tries to take center stage, control the message and do some political maneuvering and arm twisting to begin to get the votes it needs. don? >> lets talk more about the votes. what about a tally in congress? whats the best estimate where things stand in the house and the senate? >> reporter: here at cnn we love to keep t...

Members tomorrow, all senators later in the week. when chief of staff dennis mcdonough said that video should a matter the decision-makers. >> in terms of turning a blind eye, i hope before any member of congress makes his decision how to vote, they look at that video you all made available too the world yesterday. take a look at that. if members of congress want to say there should be consequences for this action they have to vote yes on this action. >> for those who talked about watching the v...

>> all right, barbara starr at the pentagon for us, thank you. meanwhile, the president is betting that those videos are going to convince congress to go along with a strike on syria. for the first time since that gas attack, both the house and the senate are going to be on the job monday. so, cnns emily schmidt is joining us now. and emily, thanks for being with us. i know cnns keeping a running tally of the vote? do we have any idea where that count stands this morning? >> reporter: christi,...

Conscience. whens the right thing to do as a vote of conscience and not play politics in it. >> you support the president. you will vote yes for a military strike? >> no, no, no. i said im undecided on this. yes, i support the president in general, on the whole. but what i do as ive done when bill clinton was the president and we had the kosovo issue, as i have done with george w. bush, with iraq and afghanistan, and im doing with president obama, with libya, i make decisions based upon the info...

Congressional team have reported, full-court press, briefs, meetings, phone calls, back and forth between administration officials and the hill, both parties trying to get that support for what the president wants to have happen. we had a bit of a look at it ourselves at cnn. heres our calculation. in the senate, 25 yes at this point, 20 senators, no, 55 undecided, if you will. but if you go across capitol hill to the house, you see a much bigger problem emerging for the administration political...

Away now from the president. in the senate, updated numbers. 25 members said they will vote yes to authorize a strike. 20 will vote no and youve got 55 undecided. in the house, this is looking a lot worse. 24, yes, 119 will vote no. 270 are undecided and 20 unknowns, so the president and his team making calls to weekend to members of congress, trying to sell this. theyve just ticked toward another reminder this is an uphill battle. >> and so, i wonder, do we know whether senator prior has said a...