Kerry suggests that syria could hand over its weapons of mass destruction to some kind of International Committee that would then destroy them. Does anybody really believe the syrians would do that in the russians are all over it. Puts them in the drivers seat again. Supposedly this will broker a deal. I dont believe a word of it. It is just a stalling tactic for everyone involved. And the white house is grasping at straws. And i presume todays 141 point stock market rally had something to do with moving away from war. But we will discuss that in a few moments. All these stories and more all coming up on the kudlow report begins right now. Im larry kudlow. First up, major developing news out of syria, moscow and washington this evening. Nbcs steve than did he happen s has all the details. I think youre right, this looks like a loser at this hour in the u. S. House of representatives. Theyre looking for a way to avoid a vote and along comes assads people and the russians to say you know what, we didnt have chemical weapons officially until today. But lets say we did have them, well get rid of them with the help of the russians. Lawmakers here on capitol hill are jumping to jump on that bandwagon and avoid an attack a vote. This is one where you have conservative republicans like Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and liberal democrats like house virginia democrat jim mora nflt talking along the same lines. Lets start with Lindsey Graham about the idea of the seariance getting rid of their chemical weapons. Russians told them to start with. If it is for real this is a good thing to get those weapons out of the hands ever assad or anyone else. If it really did happen, it will only be because the threat of a credible military strike against assad has forced his hand. But if it did happen, it would be a game changer in a positive way. President obama today enter veeing Network Anchors called it a possible positive development. He is still going to go on t. V. To try to sell this. With democrats like jim moran saying there is no way in can win in the house. He says lets give the russian employ a try. It is in putins interests, certainly in the u. S. Interests that chemical weapons not be used again. Its he cs conceivable we could Short Term Mission accomplished here if russia could help us where this. So far its only a rhetorical shift. But if he was to back it up by going to the u. N. Security council, i think this is a very positive development. We should seize upon it. Again, president obama himself said positive development. Down to the white house, though, no surprise. They said they will really look into this russian plan. But they say theyre very skeptical given the fact that until today, assads government in syria flatly denied having any chemical weapons. When he spoke to charlie rose, assad was still in denial. Here is some of that. Secretary kerry has presented what he says is conclusive evidence. He presented his convictions. Its not about confidence. Its about evidence. The russians have completely opposite evidence that the missiles were from area where the rebels controlled. That reminds me about what kerry said about the big lie that c l Collin Powell said in front of the world when he said this is our evidence. Actually he give false evidence. In this case, kerry did not even present any evidence. They didnt present anything. Not yet, nothing so far. Not single shred of evidence. So lets sum it up. There is assad flatly denying hes ever had chemical weapons, there is no proof he used them on august 21. And then today comes the word from the russians again who sold them much of their chemical weapons alledgedly that there could be a plan to dismantle the whole thing. Here on capitol hill, that put things on hold. Harry reid who was looking for a vote immediately after the speech tomorrow night, a senate vote wednesday, to get this thing going has said well put it off. First the report was thursday. And now we dont know when there will be a senate vote because a lot of people who back the president hope there will never have to be a senate vote because of these rapidly changing developments on syria. Back to you. Steve, first of all, thank you for that great report. And i just want to ask you you, isnt this really a stalling tactic where all the parties involve benefit . Runsbenefit, syrians benefit, president obama benefits from the stall. And the house and senate benefit from the stall. And this thing will be pushed out now day after day after day. Is that whats going to happen here . I dont know. You use the word stall and stall implies something negative. It means this is not true. That the russians will not do what they say, that the syrians are not willing to allow outsiders to come in and say, okay, there are the chemical weapons and well destroy them, that the president will allow this to go on because he knows hell lose in congress. But what if its for real . What if putin is looking around saying this whole argument with president obama didnt help me. What if i do something so dramatic that the world stops looking at the russians as the bad guys. What if assad says you know what, i could lose this civil war if i keep getting hammered by air strikes. I dont need the chemical weapons. If you believe the intel, remember the top echelon, definitely his brother and others, very senior were allegedly called when it was alert that had not a few dozen but more than 1,000 people were dying from this attack. What if theyre just looking around saying were not going to use these weapons anymore. Well keep control of the country by giving up the weapons. Im not saying thats what theyre doing, but if its true, its a win, whin, win, not a stall, stall, stall. Youll pardon my skepticism, but well pursue that with our guests. Many thanks. During todays interview, the syrian president also warned of retaliation for any potential u. S. Strike on syria. Take a listen. Will there be attacks against the american bases in the middle east if there is an air strike . You can expect every. Not necessarily through the government. Not only the go. S are not only the not the only player in this region. You have different party, different factions. Are not onl only player in this region. You have different party, different factions. Are not onlyy player in this region. You have different party, different factions. You have to expect that. Tell me what you mean by expect everything in that. Expect every action. Including Chemical Warfare . That depends. Lets get right to our distinguished guests. General wesley clark and ambassador nicholas burpns. General clark, do we really believe after all these years, father and son and hostility and iran and russia backing that assad is just going to willynilly turnover all his chemical weapons to some commit and ity and it will be destroyed . I believe that it could be worked if there is a good strong congressional resolution from both houses. Give him a time mission, put the people in there, clean him out. And then youve always got the hammer to bring down if he doesnt comply. Thats the perfect outcome and it does address the issue of the future use of chemical weapons. Thats what were looking for. Before i get to nick burns, let me follow up. They dont have a resolution that gives the president the hammer. I believe you call it a hammer that would strike down if it doesnt work in 30 days. He doesnt have that. There is a catch 22 here. They wont vote unit they think the vote will pass. Now Everyone Wants to wait to see if this i think crazy idea that assad will give up his chemical weapons with russia right in the middle of everything. I dont believe there is no hammer because nowhere along the line they have to have a vote at some point. That was the whole purpose of this exercise. The president has the authority to use force. It was better if Congress Gave him the resolutions. Th this should indicate to all the doubters that when the president takes leadership positions as hes doing in this and the United States leadership is on the line, people listen. Maybe some people in the United States congress dont get it, but the rest of the world gets it. The United States can make a difference in this. Should make a difference. Has the power to make the difference. And now you have putin and assad trying to get out from under the hammer coming down. So i think the congress ought to line up behind the president and lets do it right. Womell put. Nick burns, do you agree with general clark . I do. I think that wes is right that we have to combine the threat of force and did i proceed massey. If assad is going to give up his chemical weapons to a third party, hell benefit for one reason. He fears american air strikes. So president obama was right to threaten the air strikes, but now the devil will be in the detail. The president has no option but to look at this seriously once its been proposed by the russian federation. But who is going to present these weapons, will all be turned over. Will it satisfy us that everything in that country has been inspected. It will have to be a tight final frame. If the congress can now vote to give the President Authority to strike, should assad not fulfill his end of the bargain, that would put us in the strongest position because we had to keep the threat of force on the table to get him to complete this mission if he is serious about giving up all of his weapons. Nick burns, with all the greatest respect that i have through youfor you, the syrians wont especially let the ub i. N inspectors take a look at the carnage. Were supposed to believe assad might turnover chemical weapons and thats it . We dont have to trust or believe. The whole point of this is if hes serious, we test the proposition, hold his feet to the fire, ask a lot of tough questions. And in a tight time frame. So this is not just naively believing in a dictator who has lied to the whole world for decades, he and his father, about the chemical weapons, its about actually exposing them and making them deliver these weapons. And if they dont, i think the United States should use force against syria. Complete met taamorphosis. Assad said they would retaliate. From your experience, what does that mean and what will happen . Inflammatory rhetoric, but what else has he got. He doesnt dare attack israel. Hell get clobbered. If he does anything to the United States, hell get clobbered. Maybe there will be some effort at terrorism. Thats whats going on in the region all the time anyway. This is talk designed to intimidate a population who havent been following the issue. Of course hell say this. What else would he say . Im totally helpless, go ahead and hit me . No, he wont say that. So, yes, there is a certain amount of risk, but the risk is manageable, its small. The United States and our allies in the region can handle this. And this is a very important moment. Will is a World Structure that the United States has constructed. Treaties, the u. N. , all of this. And this man is violating it. The United States needs to at that time lead in enforcing the treaties that we created after world war ii. So this is a big moment for america. I dont know why, nick burn, but it is reminiscent of the jfk cuban missile crisis. You recall the cuban missile crisis, we were shown, we the American People, the united nations, were shown clearly pictures of russian missiles or russian setups or russian grounds in cuba. We knew that. One of the things the administration has not done, and i owe a shout out to christopher for noting this, we havent done that. The United States neither the administration or anybody else has shown the American People i dont understand a shadow of a doubt that these were chemical weapons and that they were only assads chemical weapons. Do we need a could you buban mi crisis moment to persuade people . The two are not comparable as you well know. Jfk i think made an extremely wise decision to pull back from confrontation with the soviet union and to resolve the question peacefully back in october 1962. This is different. Assad cannot threaten the United States. There is no strategic capacity that he has that can hurt us. But we have to make an example of him. But there were pictures. I only raise this because we saw the miss siile he silos in cuba. But theed a pla ed a plia ad done that. When . They have shown photographs of the 1429 victims. Secretary kerry a week ago friday made a strong case that syria was culpable. I dont think anyone seriously doubts that syria used chemical weapons. The only question is what do you do about it. And i agree with general clark are the United States is the leader, we have to show toughness here. But of itness can toughness can with wisdom. So if they will give them up the chemical weapons peacefully, that is a better solution. I thought john scar kerrys h was splendid and i happen to believe what he said. But you can talk to house members and senator, they havent even been shown the evidence. Because as i understand it, its not just a bunch of bodies lying on the ground. They actually have electronic intercepts and communication intercepts where we can plot this whole they think out. To me, if thats shared with the American Public, maybe thats what the president wants to do tuesday night. He has to let the American Public see this, so that we know that it is absolutely assad and not al qaeda or some jihadist group. Thats all im saying. It was similar in the sense that people could see those silo. General clark, ill give you the last word. What the hell will happen here in your opinion . I think that the president will give very strong evidence in his remarks tomorrow night. I think congress is going to have another day to look at this. I think Public Opinion will turn. And i think the United States congress will go the right tht thing and support the president in con of tone of the critical in dealing with the structure of international relations. Thanks to both of you. Both of you terrific. And i appreciate it. Now, well switch gears and i want to talk about the market because there is a reaction to all of this. Whatever happens in the world affects stocks. 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Ight back into the august 2011 scenario where were looking at a treasury default. Right back into the august 2011 scenario where were looking at a treasury default. Tea party wouldnt dare do it and republicans can run down the clock. I see where youre going. I appreciate it. They could have a progrowth agenda. They could have things like repatriation of corporate profits and delaying obamacare. Right after fried chicken. It could happen. True. Why do you think the market went up . I think the markets already discounted the war. Weve seen in recent wars where the market has gone up once the fighting took place. I think that would happen here, as well. I just think we have a wash in cash. People dont want to invest in bonds and we see a pick up in takeover activity. Think thats where well see a lot of action. Companies want for add scale but they dont want to hire people. The American Economy is still 2 if you ask me. Jobs numbers are not great numbers. But the World Economy somehow looks a little better. And i want to go there. I think that has Environmental Issues are involved in that as investors look around where to go. The economy doesnt look better in the sense growth isnt any faster. Just theres less risk. So that creates a platform where individuals and firms could for the first time in six years consider actually hiring somebody, making real capital investment, because the platform of the world has finally calmed down. So now from that if we start seeing some decent economic statistics, the first time in six years, we can actually believe them. Because now that the platform of the world has calmed down, the private sector can come back in, we can get a real business so youre go ahead. I think were seeing green shoots o s in germany. Stocks are 20 cheaper. I think the election in australia was big news. Progrowth agenda there is big and i really think t