Goods to have you with us, president obama says military action should be taken after chemical weapons were used in syria. He says it should not be openended there would be no american perhaps on the ground. And it would be limited in scope. But before that can happen, the president is planning to get congressional approval. We get more now from mike in washington. Reporter the president began by once again making the case for military action. But i am confident that we can hold the assad regime accountable for their use of chemical weapons, deter this kind of behavior and degrade their capacity to carry it out. Reporter then the surprise. Mr. Obama said hell go to congress for approval. I know the country will be stronger if we take this course and our actions will be everybody more effective. Reporter in a statement Republican House leaders who had not publicly called for a vote well well copped the move. But it is a bitterly divided congress. Not only between the parties, but within
Chemical weans and with four u. S. Navy ships off the syrian coast, the whe house is leaving little doubt that the ited states would respond with force. From the white house, president obama is wighing the options in response to a chemical weapons attack he said syrias government carried outlast week. The president is speaking wit his National Security team while assuring americans that a strike against alassads government would not pull the u. S. Into a longterm conflict. We are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act and we are not considering openended commitment and not csidering boots on the ground approach. Reporter military experts say the u. S. Is eyeing a measured response in the form of airstrikes in syrias capital. Dont go after the unit that conducted these attacks. They know who the unit is. They kw where they can be located d they willunish the unit with strikes. Theywill also do something compelling. Th will level a ministry of defens building. But it may be
Source in china, impossible to confirm. We hope she turns out, but just to be safe we should all avoid making sex tapes in north korea. Thank you for joining us, well have the latest on syria, were always on line at abcnews. Com, and have a great week. Schedule, the paving, the grinding and the striping is moving as planned. The only thing behind schedule are the drivers who are stuck taking the long way around. Good evening. Im carolyn johnson. And im ama dates in for dan ashley. We will have more on the bridge in a moment. First the crisis in syria where it is 9 00 a. M. On saturday. Abc news is reporting there could be u. S. Military action there as soon as this weekend. The president and his staff is meeting today and deciding how to respond to the masacre that leaves 1400 people with chemical weapons and with four u. S. Navy ships off the syrian coast, the white house is leaving little doubt that the United States would respond with force. From the white house, president obama is
Schedule, the paving, the grinding and the striping is moving as planned. The only thing behind schedule are the drivers who are stuck taking the long way around. Good evening. Im carolyn johnson. And im ama dates in for dan ashley. We will have more on the bridge in a moment. First the crisis in syria where it is 9 00 a. M. On saturday. Abc news is reporting there could be u. S. Military action there as soon as this weekend. The president and his staff is meeting today and deciding how to respond to the masacre that leaves 1400 people with chemical weapons and with four u. S. Navy ships off the syrian coast, the white house is leaving little doubt that the United States would respond with force. From the white house, president obama is weighing the options in response to a chemical weapons attack he said syrias government carried outlast week. The president is speaking with his National Security team while assuring americans that a strike against alassads government would not pull the