Im richard lui. Lawmakers are gearing up for the biggest Foreign Policy vote since the iraq war. Secretary of state john kerry making the case for military intervention in syria. Appearing on a series of sunday morning shows, he said syria used sarin gas on its own people killing more than 1400. Some members of congress are expressing sharply divided opinions on whether to give the president the goahead. I think we can somewhat but you have to be careful. You dont want to tie the president s hands. I know because the clarity of where all of this goes, that is still unclear. There are a lot of risks here. The down sides are great. Its important for america. Its important for the world. A nbcs tracie potts has the details from washington for us. And any indication congress will return early from their vacation, despite some commentary on the hill over the weekend . Reporter sure, well, some already have as you noted over the weekend. More than 100 members came in for that briefing, parti
Nice to see you this morning. Lawmakers are gearing up for the biggest Foreign Policy vote since the iraq war. Secretary of state john kerry making the case for military intervention in syria, appearing on a series of sunday morning shows. He said syria used sarin gas on its own people. But some members of congress are expressing sharply divided opinions on a draft resolution on whether to give the president the go ahead. I think we now have to be careful, you dont want to tie the president s hands. I know because the clarity of where all of this goes. That is still unclear to me. There are a lot of risks here. The downsides. Its important for america and important for the world. And the process were going to go through is going to help strengthen our response. Tracey potts has the details from washington. Any indication that congress will be returning early from their vacation. Reporter some have already have. Some law mayesers were part of a weekend briefing. More than a hundred came