Idlid to be a dangerous escalation of the conflict in syria. if assad, russia, and iran continue the consequences will be dire. illegal presence and intervention by america in syria which has led to the continuation of instability must immediately end. bret: there is the deal, idlib would be this weekend. huge humanitarian crisis people have fled there from other areas in syria, assad is going to try to take this place. there are so many people that could be hurt. our problem is that we don t have good relationships with russia, we can t do anything to get them to back off, they re helping out assad. we don t have good relations with turkey. we need to work and support turkey and they try to keep idlib from falling prey. bret: u.s. force on the ground. winners and losers? my winner is chuck grassley, who has somehow managed to keep
October 1. how will he explain that? martha: now over to leslie? absolutely he can make a change. it has not been implemented. can t say it will fail until we start it off. president clinton, hopefully future first man clinton will make a difference. the way he speaks to the people, it is clear, it is concise and so relatable, they understand him. when he speaks people listen. martha: we ll see you guys. thanks, roe. thanks, leslie. bill: there are two major classified hearings on the hill today about syria. what one u.s. senator told us that he needs answered during that meeting. we ll tell you next.
The assad regime and to try to push for its political transition that s needed in order to stabilize syria. and i have said to mr. putin directly and i continue to believe that even if you have great concerns about elements in the opposition, and we have got some concerns about certain element of the opposition, even if you are concerned about the territorial integrity of syria and we are concerned about the territorial integrity of syria. if you want to end the violence and slaughter in syria you are going to have to have a political transition. it s not possible for mr. assad to regain legitimacy in a country where he killed tens of thousands of his own people.
And now we re asking him to do another mission. you know, we keep asking them to do more with less, and i think that has to stop. we talk about the morality of standing up to men such as assad. what he did was immoral but he used chemical weapons almost a year ago and we didn t do anything about it. and that causes big problems. i think it s also immoral to be sending our troops out while we re cutting their ability to carry out their missions and return home safely. martha: i understand what you re saying. when you look at the situation in congress, do you believe that a vote would pass for this strike in syria? because there s a lot of question about what kind of coalition needs to be built and a suggestion this morning that it is really nancy pelosi who would have to pull this over the finish line. is that the case? well, yesterday the speaker and nancy said they would support the president s action.
Success. thank you very much. we ll talk to you soon. bill: the selling of a strike on syria continues at this hour. leading members of the administration heading into another classified briefing. another update on that.