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Primetime tv from the white house to make his case for a strike on syria. what does he need to say to convince war-weary americans. he s also going to go to capitol hill to directly engage members of congress, but is he ready to go it alone if they don t back his plan? and as the world watches and waits for america s politics to play out, we bring you the very latest action from the region with reporters in turkey and lebanon. it all starts in just three minutes. man: sometimes it s like we re still in college. but with a mortgage. ....
39 legislative days. what does it mean for immigration? what are the implications for his domestic agenda? well, you know, we don t know. in fact there probably will be implications and we ll have a big debate about it however this comes out. bottom line, and this is where i appreciate the president and also republican and democratic leadership, they re telling the members that you ve got to dig deep into your soul and this has got to be your moral conviction about what s right. it can t be the political considerations. so i really respect the president, that he s come to congress, engaged us, but that in turn is engaging the american people. we ve got to call this one the way we see it. it s a very serious question and can t be about what happens on other issues, important as they may be. once you hear from the president tomorrow night, do you think you ll make a decision in the next few days? i do. it s not like we re at the point where we re going to learn a lot more. i am bac ....
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? ....
Adverse implications. if we don t act, does it give a green light to assad. if we do act, does it unleash the dogs of war. this is a tough call for the country, and the president did the right thing coming to congress. congressman peter welch, always good to have you on the program. thanks owe much. thank you. i thought e.j. dion s column was interesting today. quote, the question now is whether congress really wants to incapacitate the president for three long years. my hunch is that it doesn t. this is why republicans, such as john boehner, eric cantor and john mccain, and democrats such as nancy pelosi all find themselves battling to give obama the authority to act. the inconsistency of republicans shouldn t blind us to the fact that others in the gop are taking courageous risks to avoid paralyzing the president. david, will he get the votes? he might in the end. i think the house is going to be a really tough sell. i think the president needs to broaden what he s saying the ....
And, you know, we re spin doctors. and you like to think that a doctor can fit everything but this patient may be terminal in terms of this issue. a pr person has two jobs, one is present his case to congress and the public. but the second job, and the job that i think his people failed at miserably is reading the mood of the american people. you have to understand, the people that like obama generally don t like war. the people who generally like war, don t like obama. and that s why we ve had these weird alliances. with boehner. yeah. and mccain. but if there is one thing we know this president can do, he can give a speech. there have been times when he has just absolutely rocked it. and so tomorrow night, high consequence, i want to talk about that moment. how let s start with style, things like tone and delivery. how does all that play into the mess annuage and what do you ex ....