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The united nations, they know that russia blocks everything in the security council, and the united nations is rendered imtent. imp tent. i think the president doesn't want to do too much because frankly, the public is tired of war and i don't advocate boots on the ground and neither does the president. i think a reasonable strike is what the president should do, and i think he will. >> i want to hear from secretary of state john kerry. listen to this, and then i'll ask you a question, congressman rigell. >> our intelligence community has carefully reviewed and re-reviewed information regardin...

U.n. and going it alone. congressman rigell, do you feel the evidence is strong enough to go forward without seeing this iraq-style blunder. you have a lot of americans wincing at this saying, here we go again. >> i don't think it's in dispute that chemical weapons were used or that the assad regime's fingerprints are upon that horrific cloud that enveloped that neighborhood in damascus. now, i think the question, of course, is upon which method do we proceed here? i find it troubling and really sadly ironic that the british parliament has a robust and spirited debate, and yet the halls of con...

The syrian officials are culpable. there's no doubt in my mind that they did this, and they did this as a strategic planning because they were trying to clear the damascus suburbs of people who support the opposition, weren't being very successful, so they use poison gas as just one more tool in their arsenal. i think it's disgraceful. i think the civilized world should not stand for it, and i think the president is right when he says that we're drawing a red line, and if they go beyond that red line, it's a game-changer. they have gone beyond that red line. >> congressman rigell, you say the ...

This. new york congressman eliot angel is the ranking democrat on the house foreign affairs committee. congressman scott rigell is a republican, represents virginia's second district. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> i want that start with you congressman engel, you say the president has in this brief been given enough information to you that you believe he should strike now, that the u.s. should strike now. what's the rush? why not wait for congress? >> well, i don't think it's a rush. i think there is ample precedent for many, many years, certainly starting back when preside...

Is for him to call us into join session, would give us the opportunity to allow for a more rigorous examination of the data and the case to be made. so i am open to the act but at this point, the answer would be no. >> all right, congressman rigell as well as adam smith. thank you so much. appreciate your time. interesting, richard, because there is a window here that the president is planning on going to russia, st. petersburg. that's on tuesday for g-20 summit. and you've got the british parliament voting on this tomorrow. so you've got a five-day window. would that be enough time for member...