Caught redhanded during today s hearing on syria showing the lawmaker playing a game of poker on his cell phone. busted. senator mccain laying his cards on the table tweeting scandal. cross playing iphone with three-plus hour senate hearing worst of all, i lost. and dennis rodman is back, in north korea north korea that s washington times reporting dennis rodman visits north korea to have a good time with kim jung un. saying it s all about hoops this time around, telling the press he wants to start a basketball league in north korea and spend time with the dictator he calls his friend, good luck with that one, dennis, chris christie will not be hanging out with senator rand paul any time soon. why? because governor christie tweeting on a choice of being with my wife on her birthday and senator rand paul, i choose my wife. why did he have to zmoos a
reporter: though it was the president who warned syria s leader was crossing a red line by using chemical weapons, today he said the international community set the red line and the congress reinforced it by ratifying the post-world war ii treaty that outlawed chemical weapons and congress s international community credibility on the line, not his own. martha? martha: the big question will he get that support from congress? bill: from stockholm here at home. meanwhile the president s national security team is working overtime to try to convince congress. classified briefings underway yet again on the hill. chief white house correspondent ed henry joins me from the north lawn. good morning to you. this red line comement, it women be the lead on every newscast later tonight. i did not set a red line. the world set a red line. what can you report as to how that comement came about? reporter: well, first of all there is this widespread view, you re right, one year ago this
Saying there is nothing we can do about it and we ll just shake our heads and go about our business, or we make decisions even when they are difficult. and i think this is an example of where we need to make decisions even though they are difficult i think it s important for congress to be involved in that decision. i think i should answer the question. i think you are right in saying this very difficult decision to take. but as always it s a balancing act. we have been discussing this during our talks. just to remind you. here in sweden, a small country with a deep belief in the united nations. yesterday or the day before we took the decision that all the people coming from the war in syria are allowed to stay permanently in sweden.
Ourselves, why are we doing this? bill: general, thank you. i think a lot of people are asking that question and hopefully we will sort it out in the coming, i guess 10 days or so. we ll have an answer on that. general mack american any, thank you. viewers at home, hemmer@foxnews.com and follow me on email, @billhemmer. bya. thank you, general. martha: we re awaiting next briefing for secretary of state and defense who will try to give lawmakers the green light for strikes in syria but will they go for isn t we spoke with congressman buck mckeon. he is has not decided. support may be cracking and john mccain may not be sure he is on board. we ll talk about that coming up. bill: why was the all political team brought back to white house just yesterday? all the familiar names talking for a very long time about the strategy and message coming from
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 representing 98% of the world s population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent and passed a treaty forbidding their use even when countries are engaged in war.