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Does that send the right signal? >> well, i don't think the president changed his mind on the principle objective, which is making sure that we take action to prevent the repeated use of poison gas in syria and prevent the erosion of the -- >> but to wait until congress has come back in town and voted sends a certain signal to our allies and our adversaries. >> as the president did say, it does mean he's going through some procedures to confer and consult and get authorization from congress. i will say, andrea, i was of the view that the president has the power as commander in chief to take ve...

Necessarily match up with the case he made. does the case he made warrant something more than a precision, targeted operation? >> it's really interesting, steve. the secretary's comments, and i listened to them very carefully as you did earlier today, suggest that syria is engaged in a pattern of indiscriminate use of chemical weapons that compels more than merely a targeted, limited response. afterall, it's not -- this is not -- remember, the red line was crossed months ago on a more limited use of chemical weapons. when jim just reported that there's almost 200 cruise missiles and tomahawk m...

Look, this is a guy who was running in the primaries labeled himself on staged a severe conservati conservative. his policies certainly follow suit. the guy who showed up on that first presidential debate was someone who suddenly backed away from his tax plan, is in favor of covering pre-existing conditions. >> joy, 30 seconds. >> we're going to say "did he do enough?" did barack obama do enough? the structural forces in this campaign still favor obama. did he do enough to stabilize it? >> nice picture there, by the way. >> i appreciate it. >> if you guys had a daily operation -- >> we're onli...

well, and we are keeping an eye on that women's olympic soccer happening right now in london. hello, everyone, i'm fredricka whitfield in for suzanne malveaux, and we are taking you around the world in 60 minutes. this is the scene in aleppo, syria, today. intense fighting between the rebel forces and government troops. the military is sending 2,000 more troops in an effort to retake the city. meanwhile, turkey announced, it is closing the border with syria, and thousands have fled across the border to escape the violence. the al qaeda-linked group known as the islamic state of ira...

gripping a huge part of the country right now. hot and hotter. that's what the national weather service says that we can expect for the next several days, and you need it know this. at least 16 states under heat advisories or warnings today. adding to the misery, nearly 2 million people without electricity in the d.c. area and surrounding states. deadly storms battered that area over the weekend killing at least 16 people. our brian todd is outside in that heat in the d.c. suburb of wheaton, maryland. brian, what's the biggest problems you're seeing right now? >> reporter: right now ...