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Okay, you've heard about getting tickets for texting and driving. how about eating and driving? new jersey's the latest state looking into slapping motorists getting distracted behind the wheel. it would also include things like smoking and putting on makeup. is this a good idea or an overreach? >> i think it's -- now we've stepped over the line. look, i think the states have a responsibility to protect drivers, bad drivers from other drivers. for example, you can't jump in the car after drinking ten budweisers. that's clearly something the state should mandate. this other stuff, putting lipst...

Thing that counts is the end result. it doesn't matter how messy it is. >> and that's just not true, greg. bottom line, the american people see a government that is going from crisis to crisis, that is rudderless, where there's no leadership on the democratic or republican side, and confidence in institutions, which has already been low, is getting worse. >> and here's the key thing, greg, about this, what took place. the american people, as john said, the spontaneity with which they've responded. normally, historically, when a president gives a speech or the administration says we have to tak...

Little bit at least to get some time to see if they can make a better case. >> john, i know you want to get in. >> well, at least the challenge for the president, addressing the skepticism. and it is hard to get the president, through his reluctance, his own reservations about doing this. we thought that is what today and tomorrow were about. now, to charles's point, the president has a challenge, how long do you leave this out there? how long do the russians and syrians get to come up with a credible plan? because not only does it affect your appearance on the world stage, but i talked to a h...

You have to draw a red line over chemical weapons. that message seems to have gone, as john said, in a lot of these interviews. it was all about the russian plans. >> i agree, it puts an extra burden on the president tomorrow night. if you want to bring people to engage in conflict, you have to issue a clarion call, you have to rally people with a sense of what you're trying to do. why it is so important. and here is have a huge complicating factor, why it is important, and the president is going to seem ambivalent about what he wants to do. but i think the real question at the end is what is ...

In fact, talking to lawmakers, we've seen more coming out against voting for military authorization than saying they would vote yes in the past hours, it was an uphill climb. all right, dana, thank you very much. more on the situation, senior political analyst, david gergen, and former george w. bush white house press secretary, john, let's start with you, you have been following this debate for a couple of years. what do you make of this debate? are the members taking this russian initiative, or are the russians jumping on this, are they taking it seriously or does it seem they're just anxi...