it looks to me as though the white house is signalling that he would not go ahead, and we d have a situation where it seems to me that would be a huge defeat for the president. it would be unprecedented in recent memory. it would definitely invigorate a lot of libertarians who have come into congress recently. chris, you guys are doing a great vote tally at the washington post, sort of tracking where members of congress are on this issue. a lot more are opposed to any action in syria as opposed to support it. i think the latest we had was still 103 undecided. you wrote that column talking about whether or not nancy pelosi this might be the hardest whip job she s ever had to do, at least since health care. well, i would say certainly since health care. i would actually say it s probably slightly unfair to put this on nancy pelosi. she has said she supports it but she is not whipping it. that said, i think there is a desire from the white house to try to round up as many liberal
and i recommended that we force the syrian administration to the table, give them one more shot at this to call a ceasefire, and then work out a transition. i m for doing it at the last moment if at all possible. i m not going to give up on any of these situations, luke, until i make my decision. well, your decision will come next week and it will be a fascinating one to see. congressman big pascrell, from new jersey, thanks for joining us. a pleasure to be with you. a programming note as president obama prepares to address the nation on tuesday, this sunday on meet the press david gregory will interview white house chief of staff denis mcdonagh. coming up on andrea mitchell reports a region edge. we ll have a live report from beirut where the state department issued a new warning for americans abroad. lebanon has also been flooded with more than, get this, 700,000 syrian refugees. take a look at these pictures provided by nbc s aymen mohedin.
leader, nancy pelosi, i think the only one that can pull this off is the president. and what his remarks will be on tuesday night are going to be very, very effective. and i m torn myself. and since i m speaking with you, luke, i m torn when i look at pictures like this. this is three or four months old. put it up a little higher so our viewers can see it. these are kids in syria telling me that we want intervention here. you can help us get rid of assad. and on the other hand, when i talk to the members of the christian community, they re saying no, you re only going to make matters worse if you come in. and there s something to be said on both sides. i don t think this is either or. i don t agree with the president on this point, that either doing nothing or supporting an attack on selected targets. i think there are more options.
of andrea mitchell reports. tonight on msnbc, tune in for a very special two of hour event advancing the dream hosted by reverend al sharpton. special guests include magic johnson, stevie wonder, and condoleezza rice. that s on msnbc tonight at 8:00 p.m. tamron hall has a look at what s next on the news nation. i know you re a dallas cowboys fan, but you re going to talk about a more serious topic, which is syria. indeed, luke. i ll call you to talk about football later. thank you very much. in the meantime, as luke mentioned, 96 hours. that s how long our first read team says the president has to win over lawmakers who are still undecided on whether to support his plan for military strike on syria. the president says he will take his case to you in a primetime address on tuesday. i ll talk with congresswoman zoe loftgron who is still undecided. plus, exit interview.
americans, it is especially something it sort of seems like the russians are sort of egging on the united states or sort of saying yeah, tell us what we can t do. it s got to have a huge effect on the foreign policy implications, especially regarding syria. it doesn t help matters. and especially since president obama has been so i mean, he s been very vocal about his support for lgbt rights in the united states and around the world. remember, former secretary of state hillary clinton gave a famous speech in geneva where she said, human rights are gay rights and gay rights are human rights. that is an international message that s been coming out of washington and out of this administration for a very long time. so as i said before, you add the lgbt crisis in russia to the edward snowden nsa leaks crisis with russia and sort of the building international consensus to do something about syria with russia, and you just have a whole basket of trouble for the