specifically areas of concern. reporter: bottom line point, the president wanted to talk about the economy, immigration reform and other domestic legacy items but he is talking about nsa, syria, all those other issues. very uncertain fate whether this resolution will pass in the house and senate, bill. bill: very good point. headlines out of st. petersburg when we get them. ed henry leads our coverage at white house. martha. martha: back here at home a syrian attack resolution could head for a full senate vote as early as tomorrow. a senate committee authorizing military action but not all the senators were on board. seven of them chose to vote no on this most notably senators marco rubio and rand paul. both of course likely 2016 presidential contenders. after some doubts, top republican senator john mccain who pushed for a stronger resolution, and here s a live shot as we look at the g20 as we wait for president obama to
but we re all in this together. i agree, he is playing politics but this is a bigger issue than politics. it is about the prestige and credibility of the united states. you can t violate a treaty, have the united states say we re going to take an action and then stand down. martha: there are countless instances where chemical weapons have been used. they have been used 14 times in syria. his own administration verified it back in june. the question is what has changed, what dynamic changed so dramatically that john kerry and everybody else so vehemently that is clear to that one. we set out clear criteria from the commander-in-chief what we were going to do if there is irrefutable evidence. there is irrefutable evidence. we have to act. to pick up doug s point about our credibility. i agree it is so critical. the problem this president is incoherent and failed across the board and in the middle east and elsewhere internationally for the last five years that our credibility is alr
by itself. a debate sparked by president obama s decision to seek congressional approval for a strike. allies of french president say no decision on military action will take place before the u.s. congress votes on that, and that could be, as bret was just talking, a week from now or even possibly weeks, plural, from now. towards the end of the month. martha: that is a hong time. a lot of people feel there should have been a strike that was then explained later. big discussion on this going on on capitol hill, and what about what s going on in st. petersburg? you can kind of feel the love, can t ya? president obama welcomed with a nice big, hearty handshake by president putin. so what will be discussed between these two men? they are at opposite ends on the issue of syria. bill: also the nra along with the aclu, why are they joining forces? we ll explain that. martha: and a would-be robber gets a taste of his own medicine. look at this.
that. and as the president tries to make his case for military strikes against syria, we re going to take a look at the claims that he just isn t doing a good job of selling people on this idea, that s what his critics are saying today. we ll talk about that and debate what he could do to try to make his case to some reluctant lawmakers and even some of our allies. the president of the united states is not making the sales calls. secretary kerry did a great job of laying american interests out, but president obama, it s almost like his heart s not fully in it. it s the right thing to do but, look, he s out there not selling this to people.
martha: a burning car explodes, sending people running for cover. watch this. [siren] [screaming] martha: colorado springs police say the car was burning after getting rear-ended by another vehicle on the highway. the driver suspected of crashing into the first car has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs. bill: there was a moment on the hill yesterday that stopped the syria hearing in its tracks. south carolina republican jeff duncan going after the issue of benghazi and the administration s response to it. and answers that have been lacking since then when questioning the secretary of state john kerry. i m going to finish, congressman. i am going to finish. when i was in the united states senate, i supported military action in any number of