CNNW The Situation Room September 7, 2013
0 the congress wasn't behind him. i think he felt the need at that point to try to strengthen his hand and in doing so, he went to the congress to try to make sure that we as a nation could be seen as speaking with some sense of consensus on this. whether congress will join him or not remains to be seen. he's got to make his case and will do so tuesday night when he speaks to the nation and will continue to lobby hard for congressional support. >> thank you, sir. we appreciate that. we'll have much, much more. it is the top of the hour. you're in the "cnn newsroom." i'm don lemon following b...