Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20161208:02:42:00
Year later. a horrific sarin gas attack in ada madamascus suburb left hundreds dead, including many children. the president ordered the military to get ready for a strike. >> the u.s. will punish syria. >> the obama administration says there must be a response. >> the president who wanted to end america's wars in the middle east was having second thoughts about starting a new one. he proposed what some saw as a delaying tactic, seek permission to fight from congress. some of his staff worried it was a mistake. obama stood his ground, convinced that the american public was as weary of war as he...