administration to push congress to rewrite them? >> congress has an opportunity now to support the president. if, in fact, the security council resolution is introduced, and it will be, and if the united states and france in effect test the credibility of the syrians and the truthfulness of the syrians, congress could pass a resolution that would eventually back the united states, challenge the syrians to give up all of their chemical weapons to an objective third party, not to the russians. >> who is this? the u.n. that would be -- nato? could nato be involved? >> taito could be. >> the russians wouldn't want that. >> the united nations is a safe common ground. but congress could say that the syrian government has to comply or else it will face serious consequences from the united states. president obama said yesterday something very important. he's got to leave the threat of force on the table in order to get this deal done. i think that's the most critical point. >> what does he say to the american people tonight? this is now -- we've had all this developing. yesterday it was he was preparing the nation the case of why he's got to strike today. tonight now all of a sudden that might not be the facts on the