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A strike is meeting stiff resistance to russia where the president is in intense meetings and dr. sanjay gupta near the border witnessing the desperation on the ground. we tart at the pentagon with that breaking news overnight about a reported plot by iran directing militants to attack u.s. interests if there's a strike. cnn's chris lawrence following it for us. good morning, chris. >> reporter: hey, good morning, chris. yeah, "the wall street journal" is reporting that the u.s. has intercepted communications from iran directing militants in iraq to attack the u.s. embassy in baghdad and other...

Don't want you to go to war. >> reporter: a house democratic leadership source insists to cnn the majority of lawmakers are still persuadable but they have not yet been briefed. the problem for the president, how many especially fellow democrats are reluctant even after attending classified briefings intended to persuade them. >> what will our allies do? i know 37 nations said they would support us, but what does support mean? >> reporter: democrat tull si gabbert is a combat veteran of the iraq war. >> i've seen firsthand the extreme costs of war both overseas as well as at home is something ...