don. elyse, we shouldn t underestimate the irony that a president who s won the nobel peace prize and one that came into office because he was against the wars in iraq and afghanistan, it s interesting that he is pushing to take military action against the country. it s obviously horrific, but there is some irony in that. i m sure the president obviously is aware of that and spoke about it as he was at the g-20 last week. reporter: it s weighing on him. and don t forget, he got that nobel peace prize not for anything that he did but for the hope of things that he could do. and so now when he weighs whether to act or not to act, you see the u.s. making this very strong moral case. when you see these videos, when you talk about these people dying, children secretary kerry s been very emotional about children lying there, dying in their beds, with their
families, the u.s. making a strong moral case not that you have to send a message to assad that he can t use chemical weapons but that the world needs to act to make sure that these international crimes against humanity, these war crimes, cannot be taken again. elyse labott, thank you very much. i want to go back overseas to beirut. nic robertson is there live. these videos are horrific, no doubt. what impact they likely have on people who have doubts about what s happening in syria, specifically the international community? do they change anything at all? nic, we re having a bit of trouble hearing from you. we ll get back to our nic robertson. having a little trouble with his audio there. i want to bring in my panel
0 the congress wasn t behind him. i think he felt the need at that point to try to strengthen his hand and in doing so, he went to the congress to try to make sure that we as a nation could be seen as speaking with some sense of consensus on this. whether congress will join him or not remains to be seen. he s got to make his case and will do so tuesday night when he speaks to the nation and will continue to lobby hard for congressional support. thank you, sir. we appreciate that. we ll have much, much more. it is the top of the hour. you re in the cnn newsroom. i m don lemon following breaking news. you have to know that what we re about to show is something that s very difficult, it s very graphic. it s imaging that you might find really disturbing. especially for children. it s a series of video clips. some key lawmakers have seen them, senators deciding whether to support president obama and a strike on syrian and to strike the syrian military forces. here s the video. it s yo
syrian intelligence compound. the building is a school. the military is using it as base. the new school year hasn t started. there were probably not any children inside. in is the scene near a group of tiny islands. japan, taiwan, and china all claim ownership of the uninhabited islands. the japanese coast guard shot water cannons as dozens of taiwanese boats. tempers are flaring in spain. police blocked roads leading to the country s parliament in madrid. the crisis has, as they put it, hi ja hijacked the country s democracy. spain is preparing to cut billions in spending. and president obama tells world leaders the u.s. will do what we must to keep iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. the president spoke a short time ago at the u.n. general assembly. he has another big speech at the clinton global initiative later this hour. we ll bring it to you live. the president tried to turn up the pressure on iran. america wants to resolve the issue through diplomacy. we bel
base. the new school year hasn t started. there were probably not any children inside. in is the scene near a group of tiny islands. japan, taiwan, and china all claim ownership of the uninhabited islands. the japanese coast guard shot water cannons as dozens of taiwanese boats. tempers are flaring in spain. police blocked roads leading to the country s parliament in madrid. the crisis has, as they put it, hi ja hijacked the country s democracy. spain is preparing to cut billions in spending. and president obama tells world leaders the u.s. will do what we must to keep iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. the president spoke a short time ago at the u.n. general assembly. he has another big speech at the clinton global initiative later this hour. we ll bring it to you live. the president tried to turn up the pressure on iran. america wants to resolve the issue through diplomacy. we believe that in is time and space to do so. the time is not unlimited. we respect the r