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Members of the united states congress. >> shepard: should bashar al-assad launch another sarin gas attack on his own people this evening killing women and babies, the president should go to congress before retaliating? >> i wish he came before. i believe i had the opportunity to vote when president clinton decided to do air strikes on bosnia. i had the opportunity to vote. when president bush went into afghanistan and iraq, i had ant want the opportunity to vote. that's how the american people have their voice and that is what the constitution demands. >> shepard: congressman, did the presiden...

Will say no. if it is and there is a strategy that is behind it, then we -- let's talk. i'm willing to have that dialogue. i need to know the facts. that's what the constitution demands. the heaviest vote that a member of congress has is to determine whether or not that we are to authorize military force. i don't want to avoid that situation. i asked for it also when president obama was contemplating utilizing military force. president obama came to congress asking them to you'd lies -- to give them the authority and congress decided not to step up to the plate. we should step up to the plate....

I asked him about that. >> there was no contact with russia. the rest of the world understands that we took justifiable action based on the tragic actions that the assad regime took. this is an action that cannot be tolerated. >> here's where the tale will be told. rex tillerson is headed to moscow next week where he will meet with his russian counter part. talk about being a fly on the wall, that will be an interesting one to be a participant in. shep? >> shepard: stay warm, john. looks nice there, doesn't it? the missile strike on syria was a measured step. we could see more of it. those wor...

>> shepard: we will. michael o'han lan from brookings. nice to see you. another developing story and another deadly attack with a truck. now word of an arrest. the latest strike was today and the update is next. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. various: (shouting) heigh! ho! ( ♪ ) it's off to work we go! woman: on the gulf coast, new exxonmobil projects are expected to create over 45,000 jobs. and each job created by the energy industry supports two others in the community. altogeth...

>> shepard, well, i think it was a good strike for the purposes that were announced and the purposes that should have been announced. leaves a lot of questions of what comes next. i think it was well-done. >> shepard: what is the effect of that strike practically speaking? >> well, militarily speaking, most of us would agree. not very much. i'm not even sure if there were many aircraft damaged. may have been a few. in terms of any kind of munitions that assad needs, as pointed out, he doesn't need much in the way of technology for the tactics he's employing. it was designed against one air bas...