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And opposition was not unified under a common set of uniting principles, the international community wasn't unified for a successful political transition in syria might look like and they said there is not a u.n. security council consensus on syria and now there is. are these good arguments inert case? >> no. they are bureaucratic arguments. is the international committee unified in syria? are we seeing eye to eye with a letter written's russia? with the bashar al-assad government, the iranians? is the opposition unified? they are killing each other. it is stunning to me. this administration h...

Them are opposed. >> so much focus on russia. is there any sense of what they might do if the u.s. goes ahead with a str >> reporter: right, the one thing they said they won't do is actually go to war over syria. that's something that the foreign minister said was not on the table. what they might do and something president putin earlier this week suggested they might actually increase their military support for the syrian government. the russians have withheld providing a very highly advanced air defense system to the syrian government. putin in an interview this week said that might change i...

He has a lot of work to do. one thing under consideration a nationally televised address to the nation about syria. jonathan karl, abc news. >> joining us from the turkish-syrian border, abc's molly hunter. good morning, molly. let's start where you are. it's starting to sound a lot like the u.s. could take military action with or without congressional approval and it may not be as limited as we have all been hearing. now, you're in turkey -- a big u.s. ally in the region. how are they reacting? >> reporter: diana, turkey would welcome a larger streak. now turkish prime minister has not commit...

Expected to last at least two days will potentially include an aerial bombardment of missiles and long-range bombs fired from b-2 and b-52 bombers flying from the united states. that in addition to a relentless assault of tomahawk cruise missiles fired from the four navy destroyers in the eastern mediterranean. those ships are loaded with nearly 200 missiles. plans call for firing the vast majority of them. as one senior national security official told abc news, this military strike could do more damage to assad's forces in 48 hours than the syrian rebels have done in two years of civil war. t...

Case on syria. we're told he is considering a high-profile address to the nation on the need for military intervention. >> president obama facing challenges on the issue at home and at the g-8 summit in russia. abc's jonathan karl traveling with the president. >> reporter: president obama's first encounter with vladimir putin lasted a scant 17 seconds. smiles aside, the white house sees zero chance of changing russia's staunch opposition to attacking syria. >> any progress on syria today in the talks? >> we were talking about the economy this afternoon. >> reporter: later, mr. obama headed to ...