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Announcer from nbc news, this is today with lester holt and erica hill. Live from rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on this saturday morning, im erica hill. Im craig melvin. Lester is enjoying the morning off. Many of you noticed, no dylan dreyer. No dylan dreyer. There she is. Taking a boat ride. Shes touring manhattan. Wow nice, very nice. Shes going to show us some of the great sights of this city throughout the course of the morning. We are going to check in with her in a moment. Also ahead, people in texas and across the country, urged to get the whooping cough vaccine after an outbreak doctors are saying are Meeting Health concer concerns. Questions tied to the safety of the metal helicopters that kids play with after a 19yearold man was killed trying to do tricks with one of those things. We want to begin with the latest on the president s attempt to get congress to approve a strike in syria. Peter alexander has more on that. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Preside
Strike against syria. He may not have enough lawmakers on his side yet and he is also pursuing the russian plan for an International Team to destroy syrias chemical weapons. The purpose of this strike would be to deter assad from using chemical weapons. President obama tried to sell a skeptical nation on his plan to attack syria if it comes to that. He says there is proof that the regime of bashar assad unleashed chemical weapons last month which killed more than 1400 men, women and children. A limited strike against syria would send a message that no other country can deliver. A targeted strike can make assad or any other dictator think twice before using chemical weapons. The president tried to answer concerns that even a limited attack might drag the United States into another mideast qawg mire. I will not put u. S. Boots on the ground in syria. I will not pursue an openended action like iraq and afghanistan. Thats my jawment as commanderinchief. Thats my judgment as commanderinchie