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>> bret: well, thanks for being on the panel with us. here are some the s.r. bing poll highlights. highest intensity on the panel was when charles said that the president will not act if the authorization vote does not pass in congress. independents disagreed with republicans on the limited strike turning out to be not so limited during nina's comments. women agree a little bit more with what howie said that congress would agree more if this was happening under the bush administration. men and women both love the pandas, women slightly more and it was a nonpartisan issue. that's pretty good. w...

Get answers. i spoke moments ago with marco rubio who lean and and sounded like he was going to be for this authorization vote and then vis-a-vis still not sure because he has some questions still. but, i think for the most part, you did see even some of the most traditionally liberal democrats, surprisingly, very much for this. barbara boxer for example, i went back and looked. she was a senator in 2002 who voted against the iraq resolution. she made clear she thinks this is very different, it's not an open-ended vote and something she thinks is very necessary. you heard that from a lot more ...

Know about the military capabilities and so forth. they cannot talk about it in open session. there will be classified briefing with this same panel of senators tomorrow and they hope to get answers. i spoke moments ago with marco rubio who leaned in and sounded like he was going to be for this authorization vote and then he said he's still not sure because he has some questions still. but, i think for the most part, you did see even some of the most traditionally liberal democrats, surprisingly, very much for this. barbara boxer for example, i went back and looked. she was one of the -- a few...

Wanted to force them to join with him. there were almost 200 members of congress that signed letters seeking authorization. so really what you had is the president siding with those rank and file members over their leaders in terms of seeking an authorization vote. believing even if we are to strike syria as a country, that there should be a debate in congress. that the president should not go it alone without the international community and without congress behind him. >> politico's jonathan allen, thanks. >> my pleasure, richard. >> let's bring in our political panel. susan, why aren't the g...

That democratic leadership will not pressure democrats in the house to support the president on the authorization vote. >> peter, the next big day to watch i understand what you say for briefings would be tuesday, if they don't start convening earlier as we saw today. >> reporter: that would be next tuesday, september 9th, on the congressional calendar when the house and senate are supposed to come back, both are to convene at 2:00 p.m. but there are many meetings scheduled through the week before that. harris? >> thank you. i am harris faulkner. stay with fox news, foxnews.com for updates on ...