new york times, front-page news, and a video given to the newspaper of opposition fighters executing syrian soldiers. the photo and the video smuggled out by sickened rebels. and if you find it hard to back either side in this brutal civil war, now you know how congress feels. many republicans and democrats finding it more than a little difficult to follow president obama s lead. is this more than just politics this time around? hello, everyone, and welcome. i m ashleigh banfield. it is thursday, september 5th. we want to begin with what could be a make-or-break time for president obama in his push for a military strike against syria. right now he s attending the first session of the g-20 economic summit in russia. overshadowing this event is the looming possibility of a u.s. military attack against syria. for allegedly carrying out that awful chemical attack on its own people, civilians, to be exact.