many people are deeply skeptical about the case for war. in particular, many people are saying, look, i mean the american public is not convinced and u.s. congress have not convinced and there was a sigh of relief all over the world. i want to tell you in london and paris and middle east and everywhere that basically now we are back to diplomacy and back to high politics. i know it's difficult. i know it's complex and very complicated but the reality is hopefully within the next few days or weeks we'll see a way out of this. >> very complicated. professor gerges, thank you for your insight. up next, did congress manage to get itself off the hook? we'll dig into that angle of the syria crisis and go through the other top stories of the day and news. [announcer] there's no hiding the goodness of the latest from beneful baked delights. new heartfuls are made with real bacon...