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He's spoken to david cameron and hollande. the french will now be supportive. i think the president is still trying to gain public confidence. >> how much do you think the president when he takes to this podium is speaking to the world and not just the american people? >> reporter: absolutely both. you saw president putin, he's now trying to cast doubt. he said it's a joke. there's no way that the assad regime would do this. they already had the upper hand. why would they do this? the president wants to put his cards on the table. he did address this yesterday in the white house when he was me...

New york, john geramendi from california, both of whom echoed the sentiments, which are the president needs to further consult congress and get congress's approval prior to launching any sort launching any sort of strategical attack. how do you feel about that if the president goes forward without that congressional approval? >> i have great respect for both colleagues. they're both good friends of mine. i respectfully disagree with them. i think the war powers act gives the president the ability to launch whatever he needs to do and has 60 days to come to congress. this has happened many time...

Four to five ships in the mediterranean after congress says go ahead? i mean, the entire big picture what's happening here potentially, are you more comfortable with that if congress says go? >> certainly. that's the constitutional responsibility of the 535 members of congress, senate and house, that have that constitutional responsibility to declare war. and in fact, this is an act of war. we have done this in the past. it was done after 9/11 with the authorization use of force, it has been ignored far too often and we've had presidents simply assuming that they have the authority to go launc...

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With conversations from the very, very beginning, and tomorrow, there is a classified briefing at the capitol in washington to tell us some more information. so i'm very comfortable with the fact that the administration has been having robust discussions with members of congress and the senate, and i look forward to having more of those. >> with regard to that meeting that is scheduled for tomorrow on capitol hill that you're mentioning, is there a chance that that meeting could come after the fact in terms of military strikes having already happened? >> well, i don't really know. i suppose th...