0 patched up in the entire team got onboard today, were ut we have a picture of the national security team in the white house situation room this morning including sex hagel, defense secretary hagel, secretary of state kerry and others. they all came together there and realized why it's going to be an uphill struggle, better to get congressional buy-in and the president came out to the rose garden and made his case why congress -- >> it endangers our friends and partners along syria's borders including israel, jordan, turkey, lebanon and iraq. it could lead to escalating use of chemical weapons. or proliferation to terrorist groups who would do our people harm. in the a world with many dangers, this menace must be confronted. >> a menace that must be confronted, although not today. the president and vice president after leaving the rose garden went out golfing together. harris? >> you know, i was actually just got to first get this congressional buy-in. that's not happening for a couple of weeks. it's unclear if it will happen. they could vote it down. that's why critics are saying the president is waiting too long. take a listen. >> in is is absolutely stunning. i've been trying to fill in the blanks in the following sentence. barack obama is the weakest president since -- and i have to say, the best i can come up with is james buchanan who watched the country dissolve into the civil war. >> reporter: in fairness, the president got an important boost of support. harry reid came out and said that u.s. military action in syria is justified and necessary, and an important republican voice, ed royce, came out saying, applauded the president for bringing this up before congress. thinks that's a good move, but this key republican lawmaker is saying he believes the president's policy has been incoherent and to pass both chambers of congress, the work. the constitution gives congress the power to declare war. and i am very, very glad that the president listened to bipartisan calls to come before congress and come before the american people and make the case. not based on international norms. >> reporter: senator saxby chambliss on the senate intelligence committee said leadership is about reacting to a crisis and quickly making tough decisions. chambliss says the president should have demanded congress return immediately. republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham cannot in good conscience support isolated military strikes that are not part of an overall strategy that can change the momentum on the battlefield. those two will clearly push the commander in chief hoping to do more. >> and mike? uft to mention and promise viewers we will turn around some of what senator rand paul had to say on this very program a few minutes ago so viewers can see it for themselves, but taking some of what he told us this hour is that he doesn't think that this might pass in the house. so what are top democrats saying? as i understand it from him, they're part of the dissension in all of this? >> reporter: right, harris. at this point the chairman of the senator armed services kmet carl levin wants for emphasis on building the coalition. so far france is the only country willing to help. levin says it is important that the president is seeking support and participation from other countries including arab countries. i have again urged the president to use this time to help the syrian people defend themself by assisting vetted elements of the syrian opposition in obtaining more effective weapons such as anti-tank weapons. house leader nancy pelosi offered this reaction. "as the president stated today, military action in response to assad's reckless use of deadly gas that is limited in scope and duration without boots on the ground is in our national security interests and in the furtherance of regional stability and global security, but between now and september 9th when congress returns, something something to watch will be public opinion" likely have a major impact on many lawmakers. >> interesting point. good to see you. thank you. as early as this morningish americans and people around the globe believed a military strike against syria was certain and imminent. later in the day we were. in the by president obama he had a different decision. such a mission was "not time sensitive after all" and could be carried out as late as last month. that statements appears to contradict the sense of urgency delivered by secretary of state john kerry just yesterday. we're joined now by our chief washington correspondent james roseni talked with our political gecht bob kuzak about this, james. a complete difference of opinion? i don't know. but a difference of message in terms of the urgency about syria. decisions that must now be made for the security of our country and for the promise of a planet where the world's most heinous weapons must never again be used against the world's most you have ferable people. >> the chairman indicated to me our capacity to execute this mission is not time sensitive. it will be effective tomorrow or next week or one month from now. >> reporter: and one other important point. after president obama spoke that secretary of state kerry still felt comfortable calling the top leader of the syrian rebel coalition and reassuring him that the u.s. will maintain its commitment to respond to this chemical weapons attack of august 21. >> an interesting new detail that we're learning about, james. i want to go back to the first part of what you said. 2 happ it has to do with what would nap congress told this president no. >> reporter: right. senior state department official tells me these strikes will move forward even if congress rejects the use of force. other senior u.s. officials are saying only that the door is being kept open for that, harris. >> wow. that must have the critics questions whether this is a political exercise, then, to send it through congress. we'll have to see. james rosen, thank you very much. tomorrow on "fox news sunday" secretary of state john kerry will join anchor chris wallace, and you can watch it right here on fox news channel. at either 2:00 p.m. or 6:00 p.m. eastern, or check your local listing for the times on fox. right now, more reaction from lawmakers who will decide whether to give the president authorization to strike syria. a house lawmaker will weigh in. she joins us live, next. ♪ [ male annouer ] let's go places. but let's be ready. ♪ let's do our homework. ♪ let's look out for each other. let's look both ways before crossing. ♪ let's remember what's important. let's be optimistic. but just in case -- let's be ready. let'go places, safely. diarrhea, gas, bloating? 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and what's the end game? and what does it mean for our allies? and i think when we're talking about the urgency that we have heard, i think the corresponding action needs to be an urgent reaction from the congress, and i think that the congress needs to come back and deal with it. >> how will you vote? >> i have to -- i have no idea what the information is, and have not had time to sit and study it. this cannot be a fire and forget moment on the united states government's part, and i think that, the american people deserve to hear from this commander in chief there really is a plan, and what the details of that plan are going to entail in this limited, narrow act. and i think he's got to explain not only to the american people and the different options he'll lay out to the congress what he heard from the military advisers, but we have to know what the end game is. we have to know -- we already know the red line was crossed were ut it remains unclear how in the world this administration is going to deter the assad regime and none of these questions have been answered. >> you called it a fire and forget moment. you're the freshman congress nern i person in indiana and this is new in your administration, if you will. what are some of the things you want to caucus in the house about specifically with regard to syria? >> i think we all want to know, you know, when you send brave men and women, you know, we have the finest fighting force on the globe. i served on the are aed services commit and the veterans committee. when you're talking about sending people in to harm's way we have got know and the american people have got to know that they trust this commander in chief. i think it's very interesting. that some 80% of americans aring whoing to their local representative to go to d.c. sonde do what we were eleeshgted to do. advise this president the will of the american people. this is a really historic moment in time and that's exactly what we're going to do bp go and weigh in on the details, the end game, the long-term strategic policy and make sure that there's a limited window we keep hearing about actually has some kind of long-term repercussions on this assad regime and we have not heard that. >> what i want to ask you about before i let you go. the sense of urgency. we had general bob scales on earlier talk be a the element of sploo surprise. if we're going to do this, we're losing that telegraphing out how long we're discussing it. you're calling officer everybody in congress to come back early. how fast do you think this needs to move? >> well, i think this is -- i think this is something that, you know, the first possible day that we can reconvene, we ought to reconvene. tuesday morning? we ought to be set up giving the american people a chance and a window to find out what the world this commander in chief is talking about, and don't forget, every day that we delay and if we delay by weeks, our greatest ally israel is standing there in the most vulnerable position. >> congresswoman jackie, member of the house armed services committee joining us on a saturday night. appreciate it. thank you very much. >> thanks, harris. next, a fox news national security analyst on what this could look like. you've heard the congresswoman there saying, if we don't move quickly enough, with a decision first, and then forward, if we are to strike. stay with us. ♪