he s spoken to david cameron and hollande. the french will now be supportive. i think the president is still trying to gain public confidence. how much do you think the president when he takes to this podium is speaking to the world and not just the american people? reporter: absolutely both. you saw president putin, he s now trying to cast doubt. he said it s a joke. there s no way that the assad regime would do this. they already had the upper hand. why would they do this? the president wants to put his cards on the table. he did address this yesterday in the white house when he was meeting with presidents from the baltic states, a pre-planned meeting. he confirmed what kerry said. the white house wants the president to get out there. they ve seen the headlines. congress is on recess. the briefing they had yesterday, a lot of congressmen were not
new york, john geramendi from california, both of whom echoed the sentiments, which are the president needs to further consult congress and get congress s approval prior to launching any sort launching any sort of strategical attack. how do you feel about that if the president goes forward without that congressional approval? i have great respect for both colleagues. they re both good friends of mine. i respectfully disagree with them. i think the war powers act gives the president the ability to launch whatever he needs to do and has 60 days to come to congress. this has happened many times before. back when ronald reagan went into grenada and bill clinton to kosovo. i think the president needs to do what he needs to do. if these actions were to last
four to five ships in the mediterranean after congress says go ahead? i mean, the entire big picture what s happening here potentially, are you more comfortable with that if congress says go? certainly. that s the constitutional responsibility of the 535 members of congress, senate and house, that have that constitutional responsibility to declare war. and in fact, this is an act of war. we have done this in the past. it was done after 9/11 with the authorization use of force, it has been ignored far too often and we ve had presidents simply assuming that they have the authority to go launch missiles or invade grenada or whomever else willy-nilly, perhaps with good reason, perhaps not, but it is the people of the united states and their representatives that have that authority. and it ought to be exercised. but apparently, the president is simply blowing past us, give us an opportunity to fly into washington tomorrow, hear a
this would be strikes launched from likely launched from ships that are located in the mediterranean right now, cruise missiles, so that is what we are anticipating. the president has been very clear, he does not plan to put boots on the ground and at this hour, we still understand that to be his thinking. kristen, i m sure you have to take off shortly and get to that statement in the rose garden. thank you so much for that. joining me in studio, p.j. crowley, former state department spokesperson. i saw you nodding as she was saying the president s made up his mind. i would think if you assemble the national security council, they have now made a decision and given the compelling case that the administration put forward, i don t think there s walking back at this point. i would expect reading the tea leaves that the president will announce that the united states is going to go ahead with a limited strike to reinforce the red line he has drawn about chemical weapons. i want to p