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Strike to achieve a clear objective. some members of congress have said there's no point in simply doing a pinprick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. >> reporter: but facing a likely defeat in congress to authorize military strike -- >> however -- >> reporter: the president then argued against taking action, pointing to a new russian-brokered proposal for syria to give up its chemical weapons. >> i have therefore asked the leaders of congress to post...

Faith and trust in the russians and syria is a big, big stretch. i think most americans including the president are not whenning to do that, and neither do they trust them and they want to verify. so, you know, we are -- it's up in the air. we don't know when congress is going to vote what they're going to vote on, we don't know what the russian plan is going to end up looking like, we don't know what the timeline is going to be. there's way more questions answer that there are answers. it becomes hard to explain, and that comes on top of two weeks of a lot of fumbling by the administration. i...

And also, obama confusing winding response to syria. stephen colbert also had something to say about this, and why a focus on chemical weapons may not be enough. >> tonight we're stepping away from the conflict syria, because apparently, so is the united states. a lot of details still to be worked out, and we'll get into those tomorrow, but the upshot is that america will not attack syria for gassing its citizens if they give up their chemical weapons. it's like, if you decapitated a co-worker, so they're taking away your ax. but, you get to keep your job, and your hatchet. >> there you have i...

Sal lid because there are people who have doubts about it. that said, as you say, the american people, according to the new cnn/orc poll, do not believe it is in the u.s. national interest to attack syria, but i do think when it comes to members of congress voting on this issue, there is going to have to be more of a case made connecting publicly, not just behind closed doors, publicly the horrific images, the horrific images we've seen this weekend in those videos of the sarin gas attack with the assad regime. now, the theory, the prevailing theory from the obama administration is that damasc...

Vigil for syria. pope francis presiding over the vigil at st. peters square telling the crowd violence and war are never the ways to teach. meanwhile, the obama administration pulling all the stops as they look for support to take military action in syria. the full court press involved efforts at home and overseas. ahead of the speech to the nation and the white house on tuesday. opposition to attack syria is running high. how does the president turn it around? john is a columnist for the national review magazine and co-author of "who's counting." good to have you. >> thank you. >> white hou...