i hope when the smoke clears we will still have a majority in the senate. >> okay. and beyond the race in congress, what is congress doing and the white house about the situation in syria that we're monitoring very closely? warning of a potential blood bath in syria yesterday. russian consequences if russia and assad's forces continue the clear military escalation there. haley called the actions in the region those of cowards interested in a bloody military conquest. joining me now is a republican lawmaker who has called on the was to do much more on syria. thanks for being here. we spoke a few weeks ago. you sent a letter imploring the