co-author of the book the hill to die on. and on our saturday morning we find our colleague garrett haake on capitol hill. steve cohen joins us this morning from his district, memphis, tennessee. congressman, let me hear your reaction to what you heard this week. you sit on the judiciary committee. you re going to have the responsibility of going forward. what did you take away from the public hearings you heard this week? i felt like america was on trial. i felt that the two diplomats who spoke, mr. kent and ambassador taylor in first hearings were spectacular. they were representative of the type of people like dick burns and others who have served us, knowledgeable in the field of foreign service who have effectively represented business and personal business overseas.
american public. you know you have an increasingly inquisitive united states congress and even more importantly to arwa damon s point. yes. the commander in chief, before you commit to troops, commit the nation. and this case he committed and has to build public support for the long haul. in the event this goes badly and there s a stalemate, gadhafi stays in power, he s got to have the public and congress behind him for the longer haul. this is his moment to do that. he does it through a clear speech about what his goals are and what is going to unfold in the next few weeks. dick burns, he has said, his goals under absolutely no