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Into congress, we've changed our mind, we want to take military action. >> that's not going to happen? >> nixon used to give these speeches on vietnam and he we found out later the telegrams were fake. president george w. bush really didn't persuade people to support going into iraq until after our troops were already in harm's way. what the president can do though, what he has not yet done is layout in an intellectually clear way, why this would be necessary, why chemical weapons are so different that we have to step in as he would say. what the goal is, and what could possibly come of it. in...

>> i'm not going to engage in monday morning quarterbacking. i think the president to his enormous credit, recognized the constitutional role of the congress and deferred to it. by the way, i would say to mike rogers, his leadership, the republican leadership, no one tied their hands. i called on them to call us back in session and not wait until the ninth of september. and got no response. so it wasn't just the president. the republican leadership could have done that if though thought it was a priority. and i think the president has tried to use this time as productively as he can making num...

Republicans in the house. it's not an easy position to take especially with the public. but he came out pretty strongly against the president and the administration's handling of the situation so far or lack there of. here's what he said yesterday on "face the nation". >> do you think the president hurt his case by saying he wanteded to go to congress? >> i think the way it happened was misty fiing to me. the president announces it on a saturday. doesn't call congress back. if you were going to do that, call them back for a serious national security debate. i think that had to happen and revie...

Calendar year but recognize the stakes here are significant. the hope with interviews the president is doing today, the six anchors walking behind us here across the north lawn within next five to ten minutes or so really make the president as it was described to me, the closer in the words of one adviser, have the real opportunity to make his case to the american public. they hope that when members of congress who have been at home finally come and see the evidence and intelligence for themselves, that and the sort of washington world will help influence the responsibility the white house bel...

We just talked about the international support for syria. and it's an uphill battle at home. only 41% of americans currently approve of the job the pld is doing on foreign policy overall. those numbers have been falling and new polling shows over the course of the last week or so public opposition to specifically the proposal to strike syria has swelled from 48% of americans to now nearly two-thirds, according to chuck todd, the administration is worried that losing this battle with congress could also be bruising for the remainder of his presidency. right now the president is getting ready to...