this will matter. reporter: democratic congressman emanual cleaver, who is against u.s. action in syria, also heard from strike supporters. this is not just the first red line that we have drawn and he has crossed. he has been crossing red lines for two and a half years. but they were outnumbered by opponents. i say we bail out of everybody and say you guys are on your own. reporter: back in washington members on both sides of the issue say the word they re getting from constituents is a very loud no on military action. i and the people i represent said not just no but something like heck no. don t get involved in this. my constituents overwhelmingly are saying absolutely no to dragging us into another foreign war. my job is to represent the people of utah and right now we re just not convinced. athena jones, cnn, washington. heavy lift indeed. coming up, she became one of the
i think you mentioned this, that we could get carried away on support for the civil war, and this debate can go far afield from that particular narrow focus. the only thing i would like to see from the president is he keeps talking about this not being a long-term commitment or not being a campaign. and, again, that presumes we re not going to see repeats of assad s crossing red lines or doing unacceptable things. and the planning has to be then what if he does? and i would like to see a more drawn-out strategy if that happens. i like the idea that he s going to congress. look, right now the polls show 79% of the american people are not necessarily in favor and do want the congress to weigh in. the military likes to go into combat knowing we have the full support of the american people. and that s really voiced through the representatives in congress. so i do think this is a positive step in those terms.
nuclear capable. president xi and president trump agreed. it is unacceptable. reporter: the joint command with russia and iran putting out a harshly worded statement warning the united states of crossing red lines. they will support syria without any consideration of reaction for consequences. alisyn. thank you, joe. the pentagon is investigating whether russia was involved in the horrific chemical attack in syria. the u.s. military deploying more ships to the korean peninsula in the show of force against north korea. cnn s barbara starr is at the pentagon. reporter: you will remember that trump said he did not want to be visible about the use of force on what he would signal by using the military. in both cases, visible messages