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>> military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is proportional. it is limited. it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq, and this is not afghanistan. >> immediately after that private meeting, house speaker john boehner and democratic leader nancy pelosi were quick to announce their support of war authorization. >> the use of these weapons had to be responded to, and only the united states has the capability and the capacity to stop assad and to warn others around the world that this type of behavior is not going to be tolerated....

Getting grilled over whether the president has authority to strike. we're on top of it. i'm neil cavuto. we're moments away from speaking to rand paul, a republican lawmaker that was grilling mike pompeo over whether we should be going to syria. first, rich edson on capitol hill with the latest on the back and forth. what are you hearing, rich? >> it was senator paul that led that exchange with the cia director mike pompeo regarding what the u.s. authority is, what the president's authority is as to whether he has the right to strike syria without congressional authorization. the last time tha...

Months to pass a new authorization. this is certainly a bipartisan effort. congress has been talking about doing this for a long time. but there's a lot of concern about what if congress can't pass a new war authorization. what does that mean? i don't think anyone wants to find fought we just pull out troops overseas. and it definitely sends a bad message if lawmakers can't come to a consensus. we've definitely seen efforts at this sort of thing before and just really have never taken off. and it will be interesting to see perhaps with a vote. >> before i let you go, i've got to ask you about ...

Finally get those negotiations under way. we understand also that there will be no conclusion out of these meetings today, that in fact, kerry might be circling back to vienna next week or some place else in europe to pick up these talks. this is just the beginning of long-delayed talks. i should also point out there are many in congress in both parties who have long been calling for a congressional war authorization and the statement we are going to hear shortly from senator king from maine, a statement now from tim kane, the leading democrat on this front, who has been saying and said again ...

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