Today his spokesman is out with a nasty attack on his female opponent, which is probably not going to help. We are one step closer to obtaining the stamp of approval as the Senate Foreign relations today voted to approve u. S. Military action against the Syrian Government of bashar al assad. The tally, 10 to 7 in favor of military action. The ayes were compromised of 7 democrats and 3 republicans. The nays, tom udall and chrisser if murphy and five republicans, jim riche who was on this program last night. The white house quickly reacted with a statement reading in part, we commend the senate for moving swiftly and working across party lines on behalf of our National Security. The military action authorized the resolution, would uphold Americas National security interest by degrading assads chemical weapons capability and deterring the future use of these weapons, even as we pursue the broader strength of this strategy in syria. Earlier today in stockholm, the president defended his de
0 into another benghazi discussion when the real issue is whether or not the congress is going to stand up for international norms with respect to dictators that have only been broken twice, until assad. hitler and saddam hussein. meanwhile, the latest whip count shows mostly undecideds with only narrow band in the middle band there. most of them, we should note from the democratic caucus. may point to the broader political obstacle the white house faces in the house, which is a republican house whose grassroots hates the idea of intervention and dislikes the president to say the least. liz cheney of all people has come out against the resolution. if you re looking for the clearer sign yet of which way the winds are blowing among the conservative base, the newly minted wyoming resident may be an indicator. she looks to unseat mike enzi in the primary. she has accused the president of being a traitor. people have got to begin to ask, who is benefiting from barack obama s foreign pol
0 marco rubio and other members of the foreign relations committee followed him, watch when we get to the senate floor. it will be the same. anyone who wants in in 2016 will stay out of syria. that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. all in with chris hayes starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. tonight on all in. we are one step closer to military strikes on syria, but as more of our elected representatives move into the i column, i find myself more and more opposed, the latest news and my position coming up in a moment. also tonight of all the voices being heard from on the syrian issue, it seems to me the guys who marched us to war in iraq are the least credible. why is anyone listening to any of these people? we ll talk about that a little later. plus, last night we told you about mitch mcconnell s new charm offensive to win over women voters in kentucky. today his spokesman is out with the broader strength of this strategy in syria. earlier to