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And i know how seriously they have been taking this and the decision, which as you reported was the subject of a great deal of thought. while there was precedent that presidents could act with impunity, and as you pointed out, in recent years it seems to have gotten to be more of the case that the presidents would act and bypass congress, and congress has been willingly complicit. the president made the right call to get congress engaged. we'll work together over the weeks to come, and i think we'll come up with a decision that the american public will support, and ultimately that's what our f...

>> good point. colonel jack jacobs, jim miklaszews miklaszewski, thank you both so much. that does it for this special coverage this hour. craig melvin is up next with more on the president's statement today with the session regard syria. thank you very much. yep, everybody knows that. well, did you know some owls aren't that wise? don't forget i'm having brunch with meghan tomorrow. who? meghan, my coworker. who? seriously? you've met her like three times. who? (sighs) geico. fifteen minutes could save you...well, you know. i missed a payment. aw, shoot. shoot! this is bad. no! we're good! th...

Going to happen. and everything i've seen and what has been reported, friday night the president changes his mind, which is he is apt to do. and you mentioned earlier that he then goes golfing after making the public announcement. so it's a good long-term decision. but in terms of the optics and these messages being back and forth, it really seems like it's the president himself who's creating that. >> and everyone was on board from the national security council as well as the vice president, the speech to the american legion, echoing the passion and the strength and resolve that we heard from...

So he did reverse from what had been anticipated by his whole team, both at the pentagon, the state department, and at the white house. >> yeah. i don't know. i mean, that's inside stuff that i'm not sure about it. i do know that the president never said, we're going to strike. he said he was working his way through the process. but it certainly presents a challenge, whether it's a change of position or not because of the delay that you mentioned. it's difficult. but, again, congress wants to have a say in this. if they do, that takes time. >> and you know very well that the speaker has not sh...

That's what we'll be working on this week. i know the white house will be working with congressional leadership. we'll be getting classified briefings over the course of the week to prepare for the debate the week to follow. but i think the president has done the right thing. when we are united in military action, we are very strong. when we are divided, we're not strong. >> let me ask you a political question. you were democratic chair. is it the right thing to do for the president and the vice president to go out right now and be playing golf while we've got all of our forces who had been on...