consequences for americans. here is more from washington. as the obama administration weighs its response to syria s alleged use of chemical weapons, the state department acknowledged the risks. there are a variety of factors that go into that. determination, possible and intended consequences and possible affects in the region. all of that is part of the big picture we look at. one of the compelling examples the clinton s administration to the simultaneous truck bombings in kenya and tanzania that left 223 dead and more than tour,000 injured. 4,000 injured. this pharmaceutical factory believed at the time to produce chemical camps and training camp were bombed. the clinton missal strike strengthened the bond between al-qaeda and the taliban. paving the way for the cole bombing in 2000 and a decision
pentagon andly land 1k3 leland is in our newsroom. we begin with chief white house cory spawn denned ed henry. a big change from where things were headed hours earlier. a stunning reversal and top aids say they are making the call on his own. a risky move because it could fail in congress and could give assad more time to gas more people. that s why the change of heart did not sit well with everyone on the president s team. president obama made two dramatic decisions on friday. first earlier in the day when aides say they should move forward with military action to respond to the chemical weapons attack in syria. later the president decided to throw his staff a curve ball and over road his dash o vie rode his team. that s why i made a second decision. i will seek authorization for the use of force from the
message to the assad regime and they will be held accountable by the world, unquote. james rosen is live, thank you. so congress is now a major part of the equation of the but it appears we will have to wait more than a week for them to come back from vacation. as mike emmanuel tells us from capitol hill, that is now moving to be a bone of con 10ion. after bipartisan house members sent a letter to president obama asking them to call them back for an emergency session and complaints of a lack of specifics from administration congress canada bait military action in syria. and some like texas republican ?ot ted cruise says it is about time and the president must make his case. i am troubled by the justifications the obama administration has put forth. in my view the force is justified only to protect the vital national security
of state john kerry. he will sit down with chris wallace. i bet he will ask what happened in the last 24 hours. they will talk about the next steps and the crisis in syria. check your local listings for air times. as the president says we should take limited action in syria. woo we will look at past strikes and some of their unintended consequences. in a world with many dangers, this men nighs men nighs, this must be confronted. after careful deliberation i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian regime targets.
hours? yeah. what did happen in the last 24 hours? was it really clear that maybe we found out they going to strike israel if we struck them? and if so, maybe what we had been planning was totally inadequate for the situation. so this this delay mechanism, there are there has to be a lot more going on than we re seeing right now. we re seeing the duck on the surface. there are a lot of feet moving around down there. perhaps more of that information will come out in the hours ahead. thank you so much captain nash. appreciate it as always. and president obama declaring he wants the military action against syria to be dictated by congress. can the u.s. really afford to get involved in another overseas conflict? coming up, we ll tail tally up the possible bill and see how the government plans to pay for it all. [ female announcer ] a classic macaroni & cheese from stouffer s