to authorizing military action, the only choice for his administration may be to go along with a new proposal from russia. brianna keilar begins our coverage. >> reporter: in a six network media blitz, president obama spoke about his latest plans for dealing with syria, telling wolf blitzer. >> if we can accomplish this limited goal without taking military action, that would be my preference. >> reporter: earlier in the week, it seemed a military strike was the only option on the table for the u.s., until this. secretary of state john kerry making a seemingly off-script comment that turned into a possible option, providing syrian president bashar al assad a way out of a military strike. >> we turn over every bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full