secretary of state john kerry signalling the same thing. our chief white house correspondent chuck todd was in a briefing with senior administration officials who say this something began to change toward the end of the week. you had members of congress, more and more of them, both sides of the aisle, calling for a vote. and then you had that stunning vote out of the british parliament on thursday, when they voted no to military action. many of them citing the war in iraq and the faulty intelligence there, and saying they didn't want to get embroiled in another military altercation. so that vote, according to the senior administration officials, weighed heavily on president obama. we understand that last night the president took a walk with his chief of staff, dennis mcdunnough. he put them all together and ultimately decided this was the right course of action, to put the matter to a vote in the u.s. congress. he talked to his national security team about it. we are told that the majority of them disagreed with him last night, and said tha

patty, what did you make of what john kerry had to say. >> it seems after listening to john kerry that the u.s. is going to go ahead with some sort of targeted strike on the syrian military possibly in the hours or days ahead. they did not indicate that they were backing down. as the secretary was speaking, the white house was emailing out what they say is their evidence, they call it indisputable that the government of assad fired chemical weapons rockets at 12 different neighborhoods, killing 1,429 people, including 426 children. let's go through what they say their evidence is. they believe they have evidence and they're saying that this is from satellites and human intelligence, also intercepts that the chemical weapons teams in syria that worked with those weapons were in the area for three days before the attack. they have evidence that rockets were fired from areas controlled by the syrian government. they say they have absolutely no evidence that the opposition was seeking to fire chemical weapons. they say they have an intercept from a high ranking syrian official saying that

john kerry has been pretty focused on syria for a long time. he certainly was when he was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. i think that having traveled in the region, i think he probably feels the humanitarian side of this more deeply. i think president obama, while certainly not callous at all to the humanitarian issue, is quite focused on the credibility questions that come out of syria's violation of what the president keeps calling international norms on chemical weapons. so, you know, we've always had this divide even before secretary kerry came in. you'll remember that secretary of state clinton and david petraeus, the former head of the cia were arguing a year ago for arming the rebels. the president was not anxious to do that at the time. even now the president says he's going in for the limited purpose of stopping another chemical weapons attack. now, as the conversation you previously had indicates, it's not clear if you just do a day of tomahawk strikes that, in fact is going to have any significant effect on the g

it too was volatile during john kerry's words. gold is down $17 and firmly below $1400 a troy ounce. lot of movement to the downside. guys, certainly a spike in volatility as traders figure out what exactly to do ahead of this three-day weekend. back to you. lori: thank you, sandra. adam: president obama is going to discuss the syria situation, and this is a quote from the administration to some extent during a meeting that will take place at 2: 15 eastern with baltic leaders citing senior administration official sources. joining us with more on all of this is kt mcfarland, former assistant defense secretary and fox news national security expert. what did you think of the secretary's speech? sounds like we'll do something and do it soon, or is that correct? >> but you don't know what. kerry laid out a very compelling case that the syrian government syrian government did use chemical weapons t was emotional and forceful. he said president assad shouldn't get away with it. but what he didn't do is tell us what we are going to do abo

john kerry is expected to take to the podium any moment. secretary carey leaving the white house about 25 minutes ago. we will be right back. ♪ moments from john kerry giving a statement on syria, the treaty room at the state department, live pictures, we are going to take this statement as soon as the secretary of state comes into the room, he left the white house 30 minutes ago. let's bring in rich edson standing by at the white house. any guidance from the administration as to what we are going to hear from john kerry? >> the secretary has been making the case yesterday and earlier than that on u.s. intervention on some of the evidence the administration says it has. the public is waiting for that evidence. we expect to get that this afternoon. we will hear more from administration officials in the next couple of hours about the evidence that they reported the or they say they have showing the assad regime use these weapons against its own people. we are waiting for the administration to make this case. they did so last night with cong

john kerry has been pretty focused on syria for a long time. he certainly was when he was chairman of the senate foreign relations committee. i think that having traveled in the region, i think he probably feels the humanitarian side of this more deeply. i think president obama, while certainly not callous at all to the humanitarian issue, is quite focused on the credibility questions that come out of syria's violation of what the president keeps calling international norms on chemical weapons. so, you know, we've always had this divide even before secretary kerry came in. you'll remember that secretary of state clinton and david petraeus, the former head of the cia were arguing a year ago for arming the rebels. the president was not anxious to do that at the time. even now the president says he's going in for the limited purpose of stopping another chemical weapons attack. now, as the conversation you previously had indicates, it's not clear if you just do a day of tomahawk strikes that, in fact is going to have any significant effect on the g

secretary of state john kerry concerning the situation in syria. we want to turn to david jackson, who has been watching the events concerning syria from beirut. what are they saying there and what are they expecting there? >> reporter: wree we showed the headline that is drums of war. there will be a limited military strike that will take place into syria. they are well aware of the fact there is american military positioned offshore and british military and naval ships offshore. they are expecting something along the desert fox lines mentioned a moment ago, that there would be some cruise missile attacks that would go into syria itself. the other thing being looked at is a lot of people trying to find information about what happens when they do these united nations inspections in damascus. they said they had a productive day today and people want to know what that means. they know they are going to a different location tomorrow morning and they are very, very concerned about getting some form of confirmation a chemical attack took place at all. e

also let's talk about john kerry and chuck hagel. were they on opposite sides here or were they in complete support of the president or were they on the same side? do they not want to go? >> reporter: we pressed senior administration officials of who was on which side and they declined to comment. i think those are details that will get out in the coming days. they want to present a united front even though it was a divided one last night. >> let's go to barbara starr at the pentagon. you've been listening to this. it's going to be up to the u.s. military if and when this finally happens. give us the latest from the pentagon. obviously, we are ready if this does happen. it doesn't appear to be at least ten days out yet before anything could happen unless congress comes back for a special session. >> that's right. the u.s. military is ready to go. they're making that very clear. they still have those warships in the eastern mediterranean. five ships with about 40 tom ha tomahawk missiles on staff. we were told quote, we continue to re

the second thing it tells me, secretary of state john kerry is a mess average or this. if i dare say it, he looked presidential, he is the secretary of state, but he is making the case for war, not the secretary of defense, not the president, not intelligence officials, it's john kerry. i think the white house has chosen him. he is a war vet and has national stature and try to carry that message. the other stunning figure is the report that has been released and i have gotten through all of it quickly. they assigned high confidence findings to all the key findin findings. >> therthere has been reform. we have low, medium or high confidence thai. are claiming high confidence. >> can you put it in comparison to colon powell's speech? this is against the back drop of all those things. >> i was going to say how notable it is it was the secretary of state delivering this message. people before hand on twitter was thinking it was a colon powell moment. you could tell the specter of iraq was hovering above his remarks. those are remarkable be numbers and this is a heinous regi

gwen: let's listen more to john kerry from today. we heard him at the state anartment in which he made expansive and emotional case. >> we know where the rockets launched from and at what time. landed andre they when. we know rockets came only from regime controlled areas and went to opposition controlled or contested neighborhoods. that, we saw the president come into the briefing the cabinetally, room, to meet with some foreign was so and in his tone much more different from kerry's tone. let's listen to that and then talk. >> we're not considering any open-ended commitment. considering any boots on the ground approach. considerill do is options that meet the narrow concern around chemical weapons. that there's not going to be a solely military the underlying conflict and tragedy that's taking place in syria. president is talking narrow, limited, no boots on the ground. he said it twice. it's a very different tone between the state department and the white house. why is that? it's the nature of this president's personality. figure.

she not listening to john kerry, he is not listening to john mccain. they are hard line and they want him to go and go now. >> the time he should have been listening is before he made the announcement we have to act. before kerry said in front of the world the word of america is at stake. before the entire administration leaked the plan to explain exactly were it had to act. right now we are way beyond the other arguments, we are way beyond the polls. way beyond the issues, is this the best way to attack. i this it is not. the only -- >> it doesn't matter -- >> cannot be -- >> you have to listen for a second to martin dempsey if the chairman of joint chiefs of staff says to you, it doesn't matter if we go tomorrow, it doesn't matter if we go next week, we will still have an effective military strike against assad. we will hurt assad. then that open it is window to this that so many americans want to take place. >> why? there is no gap that we can hurt assad. and i don't think that the chairman of the joint chiefs is the one who decides how america shou

the president may send john kerry out because john kerry has more credibility in congress than the president. it may have been a better move if he's trying to get congress to get behind him and get behind whatever plan he is in fact -- >> kerry really looks like a kansas city. he's been rehearsing for this. >> jim, i get a little cross sometimes, you're going to love this, at some of my republican congressional friends. i really do. because here's why. if george w. bush were the president and he acted quickly, which the element of surprise is so important -- >> no question. >> all right. republicans would back him. now it's obama. and republicans want authorizations and votes and a lot of democrats, anti-war democrats. in other words if richard is right and president obama starts the action tonight, which i would welcome, frankly, republicans are they going to let him. are they going to back him. are they going to stop this nitpicking? i don't like it at all. i don't think presidents have to stop during the beginning of a war all the time. >> for the most part all the comments i've seen from

john kerry, so paul, we do know -- i'm talking to paul biban. we know that it was roughly the top of the hour, when a key briefing was finished at the white house. and then john kerry headed over foggy bottom where he is now. any idea what the delay is about? >> well, we certainly had some traffic on the way over. there was road construction, we had to make a detour, so i don't know if the secretary of state has to make those kind of detours but in any case he is running late. again after starting the week with an angry, almost emotional tone, in response to the images that were coming out of syria. making reference to being a father, finding it unbearable to look at those pictures. so again, really waiting to see what the secretary kerry is going to deliver. possibly talking about the british not going to be participating in any action. talking maybe a little bit more about what other partners there may be and any international coalition. as the u.s. chemos to continue to creep forward towards some kind of response in syria. >> and paul, we are

we are awaiting the statement from john kerry. amon can you gives an idea there has been a lot of pressure. it appears that serious that indeed crossed that line. >> officials here are sighing they are closer and closer to determine whether syria used chemical weapons. the problem is that syria if you go in on force whose side do you go ip. very difficult questions here facing the question. we are going to wait until we have the state. sent of urgency hear. what if anything can the united states doing to do pent prevent an approval that agrees with folks around the world. >> alongs the kaem kal attack. we were on the record saying yester take that there is the possibility that they had people go ip and gaclean up that video. dissuburbs the evidence and you can't problem any of it. this question of chemical weapons is a one going back to the beginning of the iraq war suggested that it was a slam dunk. now, making the same kind of case they are going to make sure that they have three, four, five six times to back that up. you can ge

we just got secretary of state john kerry's comments. we'll bring you the white house comments live. meantime, the u.n. inspectors are there to investigate the claim that the syrian government launched a chemical weapons attack, deadly strike, that the rebels claim killed hundreds of hadn't men, women and children. now, fox news cannot independently confirm those numbers or the immigrations from the scene. last week president obama demanded that the syrian regime allow u.n. investigators to see the site of the agent a -- alleged attack but syria was silent for days on end, experts say enough time to allow the chemicals dissipate. those inspectors went to the alleged attack site today and quickly came under sniper fire. syria's government and the rebels accused each 0 of firing on the convoy, and the president called it a red line. with the reports of the latest attack that leaving scores of people dead, with their lifeless bodies in the halls, and others forming at the mouth consulsing the pain, pentagon sources say president obama is co

this is john kerry. if hillary clinton had wanted to do this four years ago she could have gotten the room to run with it, but for whatever reason hillary clinton stayed away from this issue. i think she stayed away in part because in her analysis she wasn't going to succeed. and john kerry -- you know, look these are all people with sizable egos and you're exactly right. let's put hit in the crudest terms possible. you get a nobel peace prize if you solve this problem. this is not armenia and azerbaijan where we can make page a-15 of the "times," even if there was a break through in negotiations. this is a big deal. and so the temptation, the siren call in a way, it's a huge temptation. and, you know, it's very hard for me to -- even though i am pessimistic it's hard for me to begrudge the idea of trying. i just think that -- and i've written this in the recent past that there was ground work to be done where the u.s. talking directly to the israelis and the u.s. talking directly to the palestinians sep

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the president was no drama obama compared to that very emotional john kerry. here is president obama's tone. it was different from kerry's. in a meeting he did it as a photo spray right before his meeting with some baltic state presidents. >> i have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken to help enforce the norm. but as i've already said, i have had my military and our team look at a wide range of options. we have consulted with allies. we have consulted with congress. we have been in conversations with all the interested parties. and in no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a long-term campaign. but we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act that would help make sure not only syria, but others around the world understand that the international community cares about maintaining this chemical weapons ban. >> and it's so different. usually presidents say everything is on the table. i'm not telling what we're up to, because it could be worse t

that from secretary of state john kerry. now, he says there must be consequences. ist warships in striking distance of syria. >> united states is looking at all options. >> president obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons now syria is threatening to strike back as united nations inspectors dodge sniper fire at the scene of a possible chemical attack. plus: >> what is this world coming to anyway? politician arrested a second teenager in the brutal killing of a world war ii veteran and: >> they just broke the window now. >> a little boy home alone when burglars break in. >> stay right there. >> he hides in the closet and calls 911 tonight why the boy is a hometown hero. i'm jon scott in for shepard smith. four u.s. navy destroyers are close enough to syria to launch a missile strike at a moment's notice. that's the word from pentagon officials. defense secretary chuck hagel says the u.s. is looking at all options to respond to a suspected chemical attack in syria that reportedly killed hundreds of people,

we are waiting word from secretary of state john kerry.

john kerry's, i mean. he's out there talking to foreign ministers, to defense ministers, to heads of state, and he clearly does not have the support of the president of the united states. let's put it this way, whatever he says is not necessarily going to be believed as coming directly from the united states of america and other people, other foreign ministers, other heads of state are going to believe that it's just a matter of time before he'll be overturned. >> well, that does create a problem, if that is the way this evolves, because we've seen, mik, we only have a few minutes left, but we've seen what happens when the secretary of state does not have the ear of the president or is not part of the final decision making process. >> that's right, andrea. as a matter of fact, not only secretary of state kerry, but there's some question, too, among some quarters, about secretary of defense hagel and his strength. so if other nations perceive both the secretary of defense and the secretary of state as being

have terrific holiday weekend. >> thank you, john. >> coming up here, john kerry told the world today the u.s. has high confidence there were chemical weapons used in syria. but remember that slam dunk in 2003? there and east elephant in the room the size of a tomahawk missile. how will the word's most public planning session impact syria? that's coming up. i think farmers care more about the land than probably anyone else. we've had this farm for 30 years. we raise black and red angus cattle. we also produce natural gas. that's how we make our living and that's how we can pass the land and water back to future generations. people should make up their own mind what's best for them. all i can say is it has worked well for us. ( bell rings ) they remwish i saw mine of my granmore often, but they live so far away. i've been thinking about moving in with my daughter and her family. it's been pretty tough since jack passed away. it's a good thing you had life insurance through the colonial penn program. you're right. it was affordable, and we were guaranteed acceptance. guaranteed acceptan

and you saw john kerry try and do that today. to the point of whether you can establish the chain of custody tre directly to assad, there was a conference call that senior administration officials had with reporters that i just got off the phone. that question was asked, wolf. and the answer was that assad is the decision maker. he is ultimately in charge of the deployment of these chemical weapons. the overall program is firmly under his control. then they have to make the leap, wolf, and tell the american public while they want to punish him for the use of these chemical weapons, why they don't want to decapitate him. why they don't want to take him out of power. because what would be left would be a civil war that then we would have to get involved in, which we do not want to do. and, by the way, we're not sure that the rebels aren't full of al qaeda. so it's a very nuanced argument here. the administration has to make. i'm not sure they've made it yet to the satisfaction of the american public. if you look at the polls, the p

secretary of state john kerry making a case for limited u.s. military action against syria

secretary of state john kerry who visited the white house late this morning helping to brief lawmakers last night, is expected to make this statement coming up at 12:30 eastern. congressman engle is the ranking member of the foreign affairs committee and was on last night's conference call with the president. you sent a letter to the president this week. with this meeting taking place right now with the president's national security team we are hoping we will find out exactly what they are learning come 12:30 who john kerry briefs the rest of the country. the administration seems to feel justified in its actions to move forward with its military mite. we got a new word of the attack on the ground in syria and activists saying a school was hit with a substance that looks like napalm. these are images captured by the bbc. you've been advocating some type of action all along. earlier we heard from president bush who rarely speaks out on foreign policy issues. take a listen. >> mr. assad, he's a ally of iran and he's made mischief. the president has to make a tough decision. >> the preside

john kerry and his. and rules we set an agenda for relation with us and he said that all countries very special responsibility and the great things depend on us so we have two words together in a mature when that is exactly what we've been trying to do and the account of my needs if it's to be mutual well nobody expected a groundbreaking decision. to come out of this meeting but the hope is that the u.s. and russian officials will not let disagreements and scandals completely overshadow whatever progress the two countries can actually make on the economy on of ghana's than on counterterrorism efforts that was artie's guy and she can. now to fort meade maryland where this afternoon the government is calling its final witness in the sentencing phase of army private bradley manning's trial on thursday a u.s. military expert on militant islamism ideology took to the stand as a witness for the prosecution a navy commander testify that al qaeda members could have used the classified information disclosed throu

>> the other question is where is kerry? >> where is john kerry? we've been waiting for you for half an hour. >> we can't keep this conversation up. >> look, the thing about syria, though, is it's so multifaceted, right? we haven't gone into the iran part of this. haven't talked about turkey or the refugee crisis. we haven't talked about the long-term implications. we haven't talked about al qaeda. sam, you said yourself, we have not talked about the opposition forces almost at all in this debate. >> we know very little. >> what we know is we were researching iraq information in preparation for this segment, iraq is calling it al qaeda and iraq and syria. that, if we talk about dark clouds looming, the prospect of a resurgent al qaeda in syria as well as iraq, that's a whole completely different facet. >> this is why we've avoided arming the rebel factions largely to this point. we're so uncertain about where the weapons will end up, in whose hands. the other option is a no-fly zone. for various reasons we got rid of that. now we're looking at a li

well kevin those who expected to hear from john kerry some you know specific evidence that the u.s. claims it has were disappointed but he did refer to a paper that the white house would least with with with the title of the u.s. government assessment of the syrian government's use of chemical weapons on august twenty first twenty thirteen and also just we got a little bit and the only specifics that we got. probably the only ones where where we're here take a listen. we know that the regime was specifically determined to rid the damascus suburbs of the opposition and it was frustrated that it hadn't succeeded in doing so we know that for three days before the attack the syrian regime's chemical weapons personnel were on the ground in the area making preparations and we know that the syrian regime elements were told to prepare for the attack by putting on gas masks and taking precautions associated with chemical weapons. well in the assessment u.s. officials also said they decided the detective rocket launches from territory controlled by troops loyal to president bashar al assad bu

secretary of state john kerry blasting syria. he said there's no credible doubt the assad regime used chemical weapons against its own people. he said the syrian government will not walk away unpunished. >> president obama has also been in close touch with leaders of our key allies and the president will be making an informed decision about how to respond to this indiscriminate use of chemical weapons. make no mistake, president obama believes there must be accountability for those who would use the world's most heinous weapons against the world's most vulnerable people. >> a very strong statement from john kerry. but no clear actions outlined. no timetable attached. the u.s. navy -- i should say the u.s. now has foreign naval destroyers in the mediterranean within firing range of syria. hala gorani is joining us from atlanta. it looks as though we're talking about a military response. the expectation obviously will be as we've seen in other places like libya, would be that the u.s. would not do this alone. >> no. and we're heari

we'll ask secretary of state john kerry. also, senator rand paul from kentucky on his views of what the president is now seeking from congress. >> a big day. a big "meet the press." john kerry -- you're david gregory and chuck todd. thank you both very much. >>> with me on the phone now, senator tim kane. >> i think it was a very positive move by the president. i have been urging it publicly and privately that the white house team had with senator on the aermd services committee. i think it is a strengthening move. we'll have to see how the debate goes. here is my concern. the decision about initiating military action is the most solemn decision that congress or the president makes. we cannot afford to send american men and women into military action unless they are confident that the political leadership of the country is behind them. so if we had sent into this very challenging situation, all agree that the stakes are high. if we had sent our young men and women into even a limited action that could have had follow-on cons

we saw secretary of state john kerry arrive a few moments ago. obviously ahead of his 12:30 statement to the world about what is the next step here for the administration but i can tell you white house spokesman josh earnest yesterday, even before the vote in the british parliamnet yesterday, he said basically the president as commander-in-chief will make his own decision regardless what our allies do. take a listen. >> the president of the united states is elected with the duty to protect the national security interests of the united states of america and the decision he makes, about the decisions, that he makes about our foreign policy is with our national security interests, front and center. >> reporter: breaking right now. we just got a statement at the last moment or two from the carter senator in atlanta. former democratic president jimmy carter putting out a statement, in part, a punitive military response without a u.n. security council mandate or broad support from nato and the arab legal would be illegal under international law and unl

john kerry stepped forward. i think what kerry can bring to this, obviously being secretary of state is different from being a senator, completely different role, but he does have the relationships on both sides. he does seem to be well liked and trusted by both sides. i think he knows the issues relatively well as well from having sat on the senate foreign relations committee for so long. now he's going to step back and hand this over to a special envoy. martin, a person who knows these negotiations very well as well. secretary kerry in a sense will have to run interference with the rest of the region. as you said, there's a lot going on in the region, iran, syria, that is where secretary kerry will have to focus now. >> this idea of martin being the person doing it but what of secretary kerry told us if anyone says anything and you didn't hear it from me, don't buy it, i am the one person here who is going to speak. what do you think of this cone of silence secretary kerry is imposing here. is it to allow more

james rosen at the state department with john kerry's big moment on the world stage. we begin with chief white house correspondent ed henry and a president on a very hot and lonely seat. good evening, ed. >> reporter: that's right, good evening, doug. a president that came to power opposing war tonight is on the verge of unilateral military action. after days of the commander in chief laying low on syria and twice letting his secretary of state take the lead, president obama called the gas attack in syria a challenge to the world, so he tasked himself as reluctant warrior, stressing this will not be another iraq by insisting any action will neither include boots on the ground nor an open ended commitment. >> i assure you nobody ends up being more war weary than me, when you have a regime that's willing to use weapons that are prohibited by international norms on their own people, including children, that they're held to account. >> reporter: his reset with russia in tatters at the united nations, and his ally in britain unable to deliver support for a coalition, the n

here's john kerry. >> this is evidence. these are facts. so the primary question is really no longer what do we know? the question is what are we collectively, what are we in the world going to do about it? >> reporter: the other question is when do we do something about it? we expect to hear from president obama within the half hour at a pool spray. he's meeting with leaders of baltic nations. we expect that he is going to address this situation. i will also say, mandy around brian, on the conference call that i was on, the administration officials were asked about evidence they had directly linking president assad of syria to the launch of chemical weapons which is something that john kerry said assad had done, and what the officials said was we believe that, and we've always said that, assad is the responsible party, so if they are used by his regime, he is responsible. that suggests they do not have direct evidence linking bashar al assad to the use of these weapons. >> john, thank you very much. appreciate it. >>> joining us live on th

. >> this hour is crucial because in 30 minutes or so john kerry is scheduled to speak at the state department. of course, we'll bring that to you live. secretary kerry is expected to talk about a declassified intelligence report on syria's suspected chemical weapons attack. it's the document everybody's been waiting for. the report will be released. officials will tell us, it will show the forces carried out that deadly strike. >> there's major movement as well on other fronts. right now on the ground in syria, weapons inspectors are wrapping up their i vest ga investigation. russia will not be taking part of any military action in syria. anchors covering it from all angles. jill dougherty is at the state department. defense secretary chuck hagel delivered a strong response after the british vote rejecting military action. listen to this. >> every nation has responsibility to make their own decisions. we respect that of any nation. we are continuing to consult with the british as we are with all of our allies and partners. that consultation includes ways forward together on a response to this

>> i listened to john kerry's announcement, i listened to president obama also. i think i figured this out. this is about ego, this is about president obama's ego, he wants to save face, said i am drawing a red line a year ago, it has been crossed twice. he is more inclined to go now because it violated his red line, and it is also about him defending america and america's ego when he says we have to do this or north korea or iran see we're weak. we're going to have to go kill people in syria, we have to do it because we're america. i think it is a bad idea. >> we have to check the box. >> i agree it is a bad idea. i don't like it because i think the middle east is a mess, i don't think us getting in there is going to necessarily solve questions. when i heard today the president, i hear john kerry say this is about iran, that's why i said to ed henry, it is a proxy war with iran. you have to be clear with iran, don't get the wrong message here, buddy. don't think you can get away with using chemical weapons or nukes without immediate and strong response from the

john kerry became secretary of state and we met for the first time. we had a general discussion of how we are going to proceed in our relationship and they remember very well what you said when we were saying goodbye he said well i believe that we can make a difference in the russian american elections let's. act as adults and that's what we're trying to do because if. small incidents. become an impediment to every single. i think it would be it would be very wrong politics and the wrong policies. for the lot of. the russians you know who we believe war and zulu in the united states or by the united states and the third countries in violation of the cons to look on the bench and the violation of the treaty on. legal systems between us and the united states and there are dozens of such people and where the nature of this case will make a boy and we keep making the buoyant but when the others say that unless you act as we please we would not talk to you about afghanistan that. missile defense about anything else. life is much more complicated than just.

asking for restraint and similar exertations by john kerry have been ignored. what do you think you want to hear from the president what caught to be done here? >> well, first of all, there's a lot of talk about national security interests in egypt. those national security interests have to include the promotion of human rights and democracy. that was the case during morsi's government, during the muslim brotherhood government where they time and time again turn their backs on human rights, work to build a government that was consolidating power that didn't respect human rights. now, the military came in and said they were going to be a guardian of democracy. that's clearly not what we've seen in the streets these past 24 hours. and it's imperative that we continue to promote human rights and democracy. that means taking a hard look at the billion and a half dollars in aid that we provide and making sure that we exercise as much leverage as we possibly can to ensure that the government recognizes the need to promote democracy and human rights which is again the

it's something the secretary of state john kerry says matters to all of us he called it a crime against conscience it's are will its findings are clear as compelling. don't take my word for it all of you, read for yourselves the evidence from thousands of sources. >> harris: that report claims syrian chemical weapons workers were on the ground three days before the attack preparing for it. and on the day of the mass killing, regime members prepared by putting on their own gas masks. the u.s. also claims to have intercepted communications from a senior syrian official who confirmed the regime used chemical weapons expressed the u.n. might point out. 100 videos purport to show 100 bodies nerve exposure to nerve agents. you have seen videos on this news program and elsewhere. obviously difficult to watch. they show people with no physical visible injuries survivors foaming at the mouth. denied all the allegations that we just mentioned accuse the u.s. of using them to justify a military strike u.n. reports weapons inspectors have finished gathering chemical weapons was used. they are expec

we'll may a clip of secretary of state john kerry. >> with our own eyes, we have seen the thousands of reports from 11 separate sites in the damascus suburbs, all of them show and report victims with breathing difficulties, people twitching with spasms and coughing and rapid heart beats and foaming at the mouth and unconsciousness and death. >> again, ralph, awful things, heinnous and cruel acts happen and the united states does not intervene. >> i am not heartless. i feel for the victims. we have had a decade of do- gooder wars that didn't do much good. i believe because of kerry's speech obama will attack and he will attack and make things worse. your point is critical. in the turn of the millennium and in the wars in eastern congo, 3- 4 million black people. no one cared and there was no luxury hotels for the reporters. what about the muslims in burma right now. look at what the use of poison use. and much broader by sated sat saddam hussein. i feel motor people but my caring is the peace and prosperity to the united states. i don't see a threat that merits the use of military force

press secretary josh earnest is condemning the attacks before secretary of state john kerry made this remark. including the leader of choice, mohammed morsi. >> these events are deplorable. and they run counter to egyptian aspirations for peace and genuine democracy. egyptians inside and outside of the government need to take a step back. reporter: this as the obama state department refuses to claim that egypt is embroiled in a civil war or that the military takeover could be described as a coup. we are looking at administration but still has not defined what has happened in a foreign nation over month ago since the president was removed from office. or how they plan, for that matter, to preserve american interests in that region and nation. chief washington correspondent james rosen has the report. reporter: u.s. officials say these officials firing on otesters again, that raised the specter of civil war in the most popular arab nation, america's top diplomat in a hastily arranged appearance once again urged all parties to seize fire and resume dialogue. >> it is possible, though it

the president was no drama obama compared to that very emotional john kerry. here is president obama's tone. it was different from kerry's. in a meeting he did it as a photo spray right before his meeting with some baltic state presidents. >> i have not made a final decision about various actions that might be taken to help enforce the norm. but as i've already said, i have had my military and our team look at a wide range of options. we have consulted with allies. we have consulted with congress. we have been in conversations with all the interested parties. and in no event are we considering any kind of military action that would involve boots on the ground, that would involve a long-term campaign. but we are looking at the possibility of a limited, narrow act that would help make sure not only syria, but others around the world understand that the international community cares about maintaining this chemical weapons ban. >> and it's so different. usually presidents say everything is on the table. i'm not telling what we're up to, because it could be worse t

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secretary send it to russian ministers before john kerry asked cameras to leave the most interesting stuff is of course going on behind those closed doors john kerry said opening statement probably gave the best this to the atmosphere of the discussions he has with the use the words collisions disagreements but also made this reference to the surgery lavrov and i are old hockey players and we both know that diplomacy like hockey can sometimes result in the occasional collusion so we're candid very candid about the areas in which we agree but also the areas in which we disagree. well there have been all too many collisions lately in the relations between the two countries as john kerry said quote not just over the snowden case both minister lavrov and secretary kerry talked about syria both moscow and washington are trying to mediate a summit in geneva where they would bring all sides of the syrian conflict together to map out a political solution lots of challenges there the opposition says they will not sit down with those who have blood on their hands the idea of the summit is abou

secretary of state john kerry made it clear the u.s. is certain chemical weapons were used and he knows who they were used by. >> the firsthand accounts from the humanitarian organizations on the ground like doctors without borders and the syria human rights commission, these all strongly indicate that everything these images are already screaming at us is real. that chemical weapons were used in syria. more over, we know that the syrian regime maintains custody of these chemical weapons and know the syria regime has the capacity to do this with rockets. we know that the regime has been determined to clear the opposition from those very places where the attacks took place. and with our own eyes we have all of us become witnesses. >> reporter: after a day of phoning world leaders, the secretary of state again watched the videos of the aftermath of the attack. >> it is really hard to express in words the human suffering that they layout before us. as a father, i can't get the image out of my head of a man who held up his dead child wailin

the united states says yes and john kerry spoke about the example going back years in world war i where you had mustard gas being used and a tremendous backlash against that and the development of the international norm against chemical weapons. that's really the core issue underlying this, and as for reputational risk, the office of the president of the united states is nothing by reputational risk. >> oh, absolutely. >> there are risks if we act, risks if we don't act and clearly this president is on a track to deciding that the risks of not act iing militarily are greater than the ones we face if they strike. >> you mentioned that the president is scheduled to go to st. petersburg and meet with mr. putin. a lot of people who feel on principle he should not make that trip given the relationship that we now have with russia and the fact that if indeed the united states does strike and presumably it would strike before the president leaves the united states if he does go on that trip, that this might become a regional conflict involving russia, involving iran. what are you hearing on th

secretary of state john kerry calls last week's attack i in te damascus suburb as a moral obscenity. >> ii can't get the image of the man holding up his dead child with chaos swirling around him. >> what appears to be the game changer are those images that kerry referred to that so repulsed and moved on international television. the use of those chemical weapons outlawed years ago is a moral obscenity, and said the president will hold the assad regime accountable. what that means starting to look more and more like some sort of military response. a question of when and not if the u.s. will respond militarily. that opposite has really gained steam over the last 48 hours, tony. just this friday, last friday night i was standing here on the north lawn reading a tweet from susan rice, national security adviser, insisting the assad regime allow the u.n. inspectors in immediately. but then the obama administration said there it is too late and there is no doubt that the assad regime is responsible for the chemical attack. kerry said it out loud. now it's too late. the question is not if bu

that minutes are the secretary of state john kerry addressed reporters and the public, laying out some of the evidence against syria, and while the u.s. intelligence officials are highly confident that assad's regime used chemical weapons to target innocent civilians. >>> inside syria. word the military forces there have made move to prepare for any possible strike. we'll tell you what we're hearing from our sources. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." >>> but first from fox at 3:00, president obama speaking just minutes ago, calling syria's use of chemical weapons a threat to america's national security. one, that affects nations all around the world. >> this kind of attack is a challenge to the world. we cannot accept a world where women and children and innocent civilians are gassed on a terrible scale. this kind of attack threatens our national security interests. by violating well-established international norms against the use of chemical weapons by further threatening friends and allies of ours in the region, like israel and turkey, and jordan