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The decision now that congress has to make for itself is are we going to take action? the president s been very clear about what he proposes to do. and it is our strong desire and intent to get their support and we believe we ll get it. so this issue goes to the heart of the confusion about why the president even went to congress to begin with. if he won t agree right now that congress s vote is binding, why is he even making members take a difficult vote at all? so a couple of things. right after the incident on august 21st, the chemical weapons attack, we spent a lot of time reaching out to members of congress across the country because it was their recess. and we asked what they thought we should do during the consultations. but one thing was nearly unanimous and that is that members of congress said they wanted to be heard, they wanted their voices heard and they wond their votes counted and the president took this to heart and ....
The car in fourth gear. now we ve got to go all the way to war. so that s a challenge. that s a challenge. however why is that? i don t know. i give you credit for that one. who didn t start the conversation? okay, we re going to come back to this discussion. we re going to come back after a break. but van jones and newt gingrich and we ll be back after the break. coming up next, if congress says no, will president obama strike syria anyway? one top official in congress is here in the situation to explain. [ male announcer ] these days, a small business can save by sharing. like carpools. polly wants to know if we can pick her up. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] .office space. yes, we re loving this communal seating. it s great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. ....
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Said just a short time ago. in arguing for limited military action in the wake of this mass casualties mass weapons aprosity, we re not arguing that syrian lives are only worth protecting only when threatened with syrian gas. we re arguing what the world has made claim. just one in a series of senior administration officials making the case for congress to authorize a strike against syria. that might over what to do, it would have the co-hosts for the new crossfire, van jones and former house speaker and presidential candidate newt gingrich. hello, gentlemen. thanks for being with us. ....
Inside a mikeshift camp inside the syrian border where desperate refugees are pouring in for help. wolf blitzer is off today. i m jessica yellin in the situation room. president obama is a expected to land in hours. the president is at the critical g-20 summit in russia and failed to get international agreement for limited military action against syria. the biggest holdout, the crucial wild card, russian president vladimir putin. add to that the barrage of reporter questions he was hammered with at a lengthy news conference where he was repeatedly hit with questions about congress and whether members there will get on board his plan. here is cnn s senior white house correspondent jim acosta. jessica, president obama left the g-20 summit in russia without the diplomatic support he wanted for a military strike ....