administrative official that the white house a stake in the position to strike syria and response to its use of chemical weapons. that is from two administrative sources, we spoke to them tonight. we do expect that the president will address the nation this evening. we ve been on standby here at the pentagon. we ve been reporting all evening that u.s. military has been a position for several days. we expect certain naval assets that we have mentioned to be involved in that strike including the uss donald cook. we have been reporting that the british prime minister has authorized the use of submarine submarines. we know that the president spoke again to the french prime minister today and that he called the russian president vladimir putin earlier