in effect the goldie locks proposition here, authorizing military actions that are not too hot, too cold, too aggressive or soft. that's why we are seeing such a parsing on the wording and difficult to get wording that will get the votes on both sides of that debate. >> jim sciutto, good reporting. welcome to cnn. good to have you on the show. up next my panel. david, let me start with you, you heard the president say he did not set a red line, the world did and his credibility is not on the line, the world's is. do you buy that? >> not really. i give the credit -- the president credit today for taking a high ground and trying to shame the rest of the world into taking action. he did that effectively. but when it comes to this argument about a red line, there is a real difference.