and as a president, you really cannot afford to lose that particularly as you re asking members of congress to take a tough vote that their constituents are opposed to. but again, this gives him an opening because he can call this a vote for diplomacy rather than a vote for war. gives him a huge opening and i m sure a lifeline as some people a political life line as a lot of people are suggesting. gloria will be later with me throughout the pite for our coverage of the president s address. be sure to tune in right here to cnn for the president s address on syria. it will air 9:00 p.m. eastern. our special coverage will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern with aaron burnett out front. we ll have much more on syria ahead. we re also monitoring a live event in silicon valley, apple unveiling two new iphones. this hour. we have some details. that s next.
i appreciate it. thank you, wolf. and other u.s. officials have suggested to me that those so-called lone wolf threats, they are very, very serious out there. there are a lot of people apparently who would like to do something to hurt the united states for whatever reason. that s something that u.s. law enforcement, counterterrorism, homeland security officials are on the look out for tomorrow on the 12th anniversary of 9/11. we ll have extensive coverage, obviously, of that. don t forget, later tonight, tune into cnn for the president s address to the nation on syria and potential military and diplomatic options. the president will speak at 9:00 p.m. eastern. our special coverage will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern with erin burnett out front. i ll be back later today in the situation room, 5:00 p.m. eastern for special coverage of the crisis in syria. much more coming up on that. i ll be back later tonight to anchor our coverage around the