interviewed. his response was rather telling. >> he says the president does not intend to go forward with strikes without approval from congress. i want you to listen to this for yourself. the portion of this interview that has a lot of people asking some questions about the president's intentions. >> after the events of august 21st, we reached out to congress and had conversations and the one thing we heard is they wanted their voice heard. the president had the authority to act but it's neither his desire nor intense to use that authority without congress backing him. >> there's been numerous e-mails going out clarifications of the point of view there. they do not want to get ahead of the president but they are calculating whether or not he gets one or both chambers if he decides it's going to go to strike. >> if he does get a no vote and