years ago. he has not. but we have to -- we can't ignore the middle east. there are moderates and we have to aggressively back them and arm them if they are willing to fight assad. >> hold for on for just one minute. i want to bring in congressman peter welch. always good to see you. good morning. >> good morning. >> at this point have you made up your mind? >> no, i haven't. there's three things. i think number one, most of us really do believe that assad did inflict a kchemical weapons attack on its own people. >> you have that most members of congress are convinced of that? >> the videos and the common sense test. they were launched from government side and landed in the rebel side. most of us do believe that the president has a legitimate argument that a strike is justified, but the third question that's really critical and really the gut-wrenching one, will a strike actually make matters -- a bad situation worse or will it make it better?