Minority leader nancy pelosi. But thats about it. And the list of other nos keeps growing. Louisiana congressman charles bus stan any says he is voting no because a military strike could escalate into something bigger. You cant separate this military action that was proposed from the broader context of a civil war. Once we take hostile action, were in it. Reporter so can a diplomatic solution be found . Secretary of state john kerry will meet with russias foreign minister on thursday. Kerry says any weapons deal must be struck in a binding u. N. Security council resolution. It gets wider than just the u. S. Meantime, russia wants even the threat of u. S. Military action taken off the table. But really what this is coming down to is tonight the president has to make his case. I need that ace in the deck during this poker game. If syria screws around with this doesnt reveal enough fast enough on all their chemical weapons i can pull the trigger. It will be interesting whether Congress Gi
Decided to strike, then he wanted to ask congress for its authorization, now this. Schieffer i think its fair to say the people at the white house are feeling better tonight than where they were two days ago when they faced an almost certain humiliation of having congress turn down the president s request to use force. They have managed to finesse that and have even managed to get Bashar Alassad to say that he does have chemical weapons. He said before he didnt even have them. Pelley and we will see the president walking into the east room of the white house in just a few seconds. Here he comes now. The president of the United States. My fellow americans, tonight i want to talk to you about syria, why it matters and where we go from here. Over the past two years, what began as a series of peaceful protests against the repressive regime of Bashar Alassad has turned into a brutal civil war. Over 100,000 people have been killed. Millions have fled the country. In that time, americas worke