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Success. thank you very much. we'll talk to you soon. bill: the selling of a strike on syria continues at this hour. leading members of the administration heading into another classified briefing. another update on that.
Comprehensive strategy. he was concerned about half steps that wouldn't have strategic objectives. but i would be very surprise fed wasn't supportive of some sort of strike in syria given the dynamics and concerns there needs to be a response to chemical weapons. martha: it would appear senator mccain is central to president obama gaining the support he need in congress. let's take a hissen from this quote at speaks to what we are talking about here. the syrian rebels on u.s. military action. this is coming from colonel kadi. he says a light strike would be worse than doing nothing. fit' not a...
Past august. our coverage continues on america's newsroom. there was a lot that was said off the last 40-50 minutes or so. i'm bill hemmer and welcome to america's newsroom. martha: i'm martha maccallum. indeed a lot was said. you can sense the president reframing his argument for congress. he's speaking to that audience at home as the house prepares to listen to his argument for a strike in syria. let's listen to what he said this morning. it's slightly different when it comes to the red line. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. the world set a red line when governments repr...
Holland of reuters. >> thank you, mr. president, thank you, sir. have you made up your mind whether to take action against syria whether or not you have a congressional resolution approved? is a strike needed in order to your credit bit and will you enlist the support of the prime minister for support in syria. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line. the world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the word's population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent and passed a treaty forbidding their use, even when countries are engaged in war. congress set a re...
To that degree you are beginning to see some sort of internal cleavages between the regime especially in response to the chemical weapons and this could be a hopeful start for the future. martha: one last question before i let you go in terms of support in other areas of the middle east. how much support do you believe we have in this mission? >> i think it go back to what our strategy is and what our objectives are. a number of our allies in the region including saad yesterday arabia and qatar would support a more complex strategy. if it's merely a punitive strike it could empower the opposit...