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A democratic congresswoman from california. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. i enjoyed being on your show. these days it's an uphill battle to get congress to agree with the president about anything. can president obama convince them to authorize military strikes on syria. when i come back, we'll talk to two men about the challenges. [ male announcer ] if she keeps serving up sneezes... [ sneezing ] she may be muddling through allergies. try zyrtec®. powerful allergy relief for adults and kids six years and older. zyrtec®. love the air. i just served my mother-in-law your chicken no...

It launched the first gulf war, there were warnings then that would spiral into a regional conflict. there are warnings from people, including assad, are those concerns real, that this thing could spiral out of control? this intervention could spiral out of control? >> things have spiralled out of control. there are 100,000 people dead in syria. it is spilling over and destabilizing jordan, emboldening iran, hezbollah. the notion that we can -- it would be different if there were a stable situation. i would defend intervention in some such cases. i would still for iraq. this is not that circum...

Total impunity as the assad regime has ratcheted up every step of its offensive since it started two and a half years ago. you know, from on the ground to then from the air, and rockets, and then weapons of mass destruction. i mean, weapons of mass destruction. that is something that is prohibited under international law. iraq didn't have them, syria does. >> we're going to talk more about that, we have a quick break. stay with us, more of the 160 lawmakers signed letters calling for a full debate for any u.s. action against syria. requests that have now been granted by the president. one of t...

We don't want endless war. john and i -- john knows better than anybody. war is a terrible thing. we won't sustainable security. and syria is a cancer that's growing in the region. and for two years the president has allowed this to come quite frankly a debacle. >> very strong words from senator lindsey graham over at the white house today after meeting with the president in the oval office. i'm wolf blitzer for piers morgan. will president obama pay a political price for his stance in syria. you wrote a strong column in which you said the president's handling, the administration's handling of...

President do then? >> i don't know what's going to happen in either body. i don't. as i said to the president and other officials, he's got to use every ounce of energy he has to make the case to the american people, which is what he's doing by coming to congress. and candidly, i support the fact that he's chosen to come here. if it's not authorized by congress, i have no idea what will happen, except i would imagine he would not take action. >> just like the british prime minister david cameron. he's not taking any military action now that he was rejected by the parliament in london. we'll ha...