another matter but he should welcome it this is a way out of this crisis and one that suits mr obama as well doesn't it means that mr obama has got himself if he accepts this out of the very difficult situation that he put himself into ok mark so obama should call putin and thank him for the op ed giving him an exit from a position that he painted himself into agree or disagree. i don't know they should thank him for the bed but he should think him for the proposal to dismantle syria's script chemical arsenal i think that's something that frankly the united states and russia can work together on that would be a good thing neither united states nor russia would like assad or any terrorist group that might get the weapons arsenal chemical weapons after assad falls the country wants that so if we could actually disarm syria's chemical weapons i think that's something both countries can agree on it's going to be very difficult to do that and it won't stop the massacre of syrian civilians which as you know peter i've been returned about for two years now ok our poll but at the same time w

and i still like to say and i want to poke a finger did mr putin do obama a favor. well i'd like to hope so mean the obama is a constitutional loyalist not forget and i would soon have have respect for law and i would also assume this is one of the reasons why he said he was going to going going to congress to get a use of forethought authorization but unfortunately you've heard from not only secretary kerry but now samantha powers and others that have been thumbing their noses at the u.n. which is unfortunate and we all know that the u.n. needs reform and there's a lot of issues around the security council exciter but it is what we have and we should use it or move forward with reform so i'd hope the obama comes back to the use of law rather than the use of force alexander when we're looking at geneva two point two two point zero excuse me do you think the united states and western allies can get these radical jihadist groups to actually sit down and talk because like i said in earlier in the program they're not answering to call for negotiations at all. this is th

and i still like to say and i want to poke a finger did mr putin do obama a favor. well i'd like to hope so mean the obama is a constitutional loyalist not forget and i would soon have have respect for law and i would also assume this is one of the reasons why he said he was going to going going to congress to get a use of forethought authorization but unfortunately you've heard from not only secretary kerry but now samantha powers and others that have been thumbing their noses at the u.n. which is unfortunate and we all know that the u.n. needs reform and there's a lot of issues around the security council exciter but it is what we have and we should use it or move forward with reform so i'd hope the obama comes back to the use of law rather than the use of force alexander on a and we're looking at geneva two point two two point zero excuse me do you think the united states and western allies can get these radical jihadist groups to actually sit down and talk because like i said in earlier in the program they're not answering to call for negotiations at all. this i

mubarak's release is another slap in the face for mr. obama. it follows the ouster of the muslim brotherhood from power and mr. obama's president of choice, mohammed morsi. the violent and deadly clashes between the military-run government and muslim brotherhood and backed protesters to the wall and they are now responding. continuing with violence and all likelihood this friday, when morsi supporters reportedly will conduct what they call a day of martyrs. and no relief for president obama in syria either. assad opposition forces claiming more than a thousand civilians were killed in chemical gas attacks earlier today on the outskirts of damascus. the alleged attacks come exactly

another, passing health care reform is mr. obama's best achievement. if you look at obamacare you can see two things. it has slowed hiring among small business concerns and the implementation of it is chaotic to say the least. there is that. and bringing the troops home is the president's signature achievement. history will define the consequences. that will take time. don't really know. finally killing osama bin laden is mr. obama's biggest accomplishment. i expand on that. i believe barack obama's legacy will be positive on the terror hunting side. with his tough policy on drones he devastated al-qaeda and badly hurt toon -- the taliban leadership. the core left wing supporters generally oppose the high-tech attacks on the terrorists. the talking points believe that is mr. obama's strongest positive. now he is overall legacy. the economy is still soft over five years with working americans losing ground in salaries. not good. not likely to turn around because mr. obama's administration does not generally help business. on his watch, the national debt

that mr obama has got himself if he accepts this out of the very difficult situation that he put himself into the ok mark so obama should call putin thank him for the op ed giving him an exit from a position that he painted himself into agree or disagree. i don't know they should thank him for the op ed but he should think i'm for the proposal to dismantle syria's crypt chemical arsenal i think that's something that frankly the united states and russia can work together on that would be a good thing neither united states nor russia would like assad or any terrorist group that might get the weapons arsenal chemical weapons after assad falls. country wants that so if we could actually disarm syria's chemical weapons i think that's something both countries can agree on it's going to be very difficult to do that and it won't stop the massacre of syrian civilians which as you know peter i've been returned about for two years now ok paula but at the same time we hear all this diplomatic talk we know that there is evidence that the cia is sending in heavy armor now lethal weapons into syria so

and journalist says he has thrown mr. obama a lifeline. the way out of the mess that mr. obama created. they join us live. wall street seemingly ignoring the chaos and the incompetence of washington posting a triple digit rally. the dell regaining 15,000 again today. we begin tonight with a series of events today resembling the absurd. more management of the foreign policy of the world's only superpower, president obama's victory of state john kerry madade this seemingly offhand comment on how syria could avoid an attack to the united states. >> turn over every single chemical weapons to the national community in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that, but he isn't about to do that and can't be done, obviously. lou: and then tried to downplay the secretary's comments saying secretarsecretary kerry was maka rhetorical argument about the impossibility and the unlikelihood of assad turning over chemical weapons he has denied he used. but just moments later russian foreign minister made it clear that the russian go

and journalist says he has thrown mr. obama a lifeline. the way out of the mess that mr. obama created. they join us live. wall street seemingly ignoring the chaos and the incompetence of washington posting a triple digit rally. the dell regaining 15,000 again today. we begin tonight with a series of events today resembling the absurd. for more management of the foreign policy of the world's only superpower, president obama's victory of state john kerry made this seemingly offhand comment on how syria could avoid an attack to the united states. >> turn over every single chemical weapons to the national community in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that, but he isn't about to do that and can't be done, obviously. lou: and then tried to downplay the secretary's comments saying secretarsecretary kerry was maka rhetorical argument about the impossibility and the unlikelihood of assad turning over chemical weapons he has denied he used. but just moments later russian foreign minister made it clear that the russian

i really i think these two guys, mr. putin and mr. obama, don?t like each other at all. i think there's a deep degree of disrespect. i think when our president says something like comparing mr. putin to the kid in the back of the classroom, kind of slouchy, not really interested in things, well, you?ve taken the - you've taken the relationship to a personal level - even more so, i think, than the comment he made, which it was i think a mistake, four years ago that mr. putin had one foot in the cold war and one foot, you know, in the - in the future. mr. putin is not a person that forgets, i think, any personal insults, and that certainly has not played well in the relationship. but - and it's something to think about. i mean, really, i don?t think there's been a case, even in the soviet period - obviously, mr. lenin didn't meet with any american leaders that i know of. we know about the relationship between 'uncle joe' and fdr. but clearly, to me, this is - this is the worst personal relationship of a u.s. and russian leader in history. and i think that's obviously not a

another matter but he should welcome it this is a way out of this crisis and one that suits mr obama as well doesn't it means that mr obama has got himself if he accepts this out of the very difficult situation that he put himself into ok mark so obama should call putin and thank him for the op ed giving him an exit from a position that he painted himself into agree or disagree. i don't know they should thank him for the bed but he should think him for the proposal to dismantle syria's script chemical arsenal i think that's something that frankly the united states and russia can work together on that would be a good thing neither united states nor russia would like assad or any terrorist group that might get the weapons arsenal chemical weapons after assad falls neither country wants that so if we could actually disarm syria's chemical weapons i think that's something both countries can agree on it's going to be very difficult to do that and it won't stop the massacre of syrian civilians which as you know peter i've been turned about for two years now ok our poll but at the same time

another, passing health care reform is mr. obama's best achievement. if you look at obamacare you can see two things. it has slowed hiring among small business concerns and the implementation of it is chaotic to say the least. there is that. and bringing the troops home is the president's signature achievement. history will define the consequences. that will take time. don't really know. finally killing osama bin laden is mr. obama's biggest accomplishment. i expand on that. i believe barack obama's legacy will be positive on the terror hunting side. with his tough policy on drones he devastated al-qaeda and badly hurt toon -- the taliban leadership. the core left wing supporters th attacks on the terrorists. the talking points believe that is mr. obama's strongest positive. now he is overall legacy. the economy is still soft over five years with working americans losing ground in salaries. not good. not likely to turn around because mr. obama's administration does not generally help business. on his watch, the national debt has risen an astounding $6

obama spoke to reporters. rouhani has spent much of his week at the united nations trying to dazzle the west with a new diplomat tone including at today's closing press conference. >> translator: as a first step we can stop further escalations of tensions, then reduce tensions then move to understand each other. >> reporter: it's been more than 30 years since the leaders have spoken. at that time jimmy carter was president and it took place just before the country's islamic revolution. this kind of outreach to an international foe is something candidate obama promise d. >> and i have disagreed with senator clinton for example on meeting with iran. >> reporter: the president never did reach out to rouhani predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad, but it was rouhani's new tone that changed mr. obama's calculus. >> we have a unique opportunity to make progress with the new leadership in tearen. >> reporter: the biggest skeptic is america's number one ally in the middle east, israel. prime minister benjamin netanyahu come

mr obama goes on t.v. tuesday night and says he intends to still bomb then i think that this clearly shows what this administration's goal was all along and that was something beyond just chemical weapons but to try to destabilize and replace the the syrian government and of course that's going to bring on all other kinds of of ramifications which are just going to be which is going to bring total instability to the middle east so the trade off is dramatic and i think that if. mr obama does not go along with this then i think that we will seriously have serious problems but on the other hand this could be another way for the obama administration to back its way out of the corner that it boxed itself into with this red line notion and high g. think these latest developments could affect the congressional vote on syria that's coming up. well i think it's if if the if first of all i don't think the support is there but secondly if the if the government in damascus agrees to it and missed a lot of russ proposa

mr. obama also challenged the u.n. to impose consequences if syria does not turn over its stockpile of chemical weapons blamed for the death of 14- hundred civilians two months ago in a section of damascus known for government opposition. "if we cannot agree on this, it will show that the un is incapable of enforcing the most basic international law." others, such as secretary general ban ki-moon of south korea also denounced syria's use of chemical weapons on its citizens. "bring them to justice and verify with a un investigative mission." mr. obama also met with palestinian president abbas as well as the president of lebanon, whose country has received palestinian and syrian refugees, caught in regional conflict. mr. obama also announced that the u-s would pledge 340-million dollars in humanitarian aid to refugees from syria. just a few days are left for congress to produce a budget that saves the government from a partial shutdown. the current fiscal year ends at midnight monday-- and today senate majority leader ha

mr. obama just wrapping up a news conference at the g20 summit in st. petersburg,

obama. mrs. obama did a very gracious thing. she could have hijacked it, but she said i want to, and have a conversation with laura bush. -- i want to come and have a conversation with laura bush. at first it was delightful, but secondly it was educational for the women who were there. to have these two women, rival parties, sitting and being very friendly with each other, was something that was a very wonderful example to present. their conversations about media coverage was basically -- it was nicer because they are well trained. but it was basically what abigail thought. >> michelle obama did say it didn't still feel a little bit like prison. >> that's a good example of why media coverage is so unfair. she was quoting martha washington. i said, martha washington said "prisoner," and i asked them if they feel that way. they laughed at it. it comes with the job. the somewhat hostile to the president press -- michel said the white houses a prison. it was very unfair. >> we are going to get questions in just a moment. we have two

at the summit, mr. obama will face off against russian president putin who backs assad. in an interview overnight, putin warned the west against taking sides. but would not rule out backing action against assad if it's proved he used chemical weapons. putin says the u.s.'s evidence is not good enough. it's made up. diana? john? >> all right. abc's tahman bradley in washington for us this morning. thank you. >>> now, to dennis rodman's controversial trip, saying he wants to show the world that americans can get along with north korea. the former hoops star is on his second trip to pyongyang. he plans to start a basketball league in north korea. rodman says the main reason for his visit is to hang out with his friend, whom he calls the marshal. he's, of course, referring to the present dictator, kim jong-un. >> we're here to visit him. see how he's doing. see how the family's doing. and just revisit the country. >> rodman says he's not planning to try to secure the freedom of american missionary kenneth bae. but bae's son says he is holding out hope. >>> the power is almos

mr. obama has wags his finger, more than just a few ultimatums as well. he refuses to meet with republicans and doesn't reach redlines for republicans. but he is eager to have even a photo op with the iranians. the president today at the u.n. general assembly declared that he is ready to negotiate with iran. the country that has been state-sponsored with terrorism for 30 years and a call for the destruction of israel. >> i do believe that if we can resolve the issue around nuclear programs, the backend server is a major step down a long road towards different relationships. one based on mutual interests and mutual respect. and i have made it clear and more recently to president mohammed, that america prefers to resolve his concerns over iran's nuclear program is peaceful way. lou: the iranians rebuffed this effort, seeking at least a handshake or a few friendly words, apparently. something his administration was prepared to call in opening trade we will explore how far the obama administration has gone in regards to some progress or any progress with the

then mr. obama went on to warn the u.n. that americans are getting fed up with having to do all the heavy lifting. over the past 12 years we have spent trillions of dollars and thousands of our brave military men and women have been killed or injured trying to bring some sense of justice to the world. now, i know you left-wing kooks don't believe that, but you know what? i don't care. if you people want to think your country is villainous, you go right ahead. but history backs me up. and if you know anything about the u.s. military, you know how much good those people have done in protecting innocent civilians from villains like saddam and the taliban. talking points believes the united nations is a largely cowardly body, a bunch of pencil pushers who couldn't care less what happens in the world, as long as they get their big expense accounts. so after laying down the obama doctrine that america will twend o defend our allies, keep the flow of oil going in the middle east and confront weapons of mass destruction, the presid

mr. obama has wags his finger, more than just a few ultimatums as well. he refuses to meet with republicans and doesn't reach redlines for republicans. but he is eager to have even a photo op with the iranians. the president today at the u.n. general assembly declared that he is ready to negotiate with iran. the country that has been state-sponsored with terrism for 30 years and a call for the destruction of israel. >> i do believe that if we can resolve the issue around nuclear programs, the backend server is a major step down a long road towards different relationships. one based on mutual interests and mutual respect. and i have made it clear and more recently to president mohammed, that america prefers to resolve his concerns over iran's nuclear program is peaceful way. lou: the iranians rebuffed this effort, seeking at least a handshake or a few friendly words, apparently. something his administration was prepared to call in opening trade we will explore how far the obama administration has gone in regards to some progress or any progress with the ir

obama from going around the security council and boxed mr. obama into treating moscow as an essential partner for much of the next year. >> i think that's really over stated. successful diplomacy is when each side think they have gotten the better of the other side. okay. what we have here, ratchet back a second. there was an attack of chemical weapons august 21st. the president then started taking initiatives and ended up with the threat of military action. up until then assad was not admitting anything, putin didn't have any interest in restraining his proxy or the person he sponsors in syria. then in response to what obama did, it was clearly in response, you can't say it wasn't, whether what obama did was right or not. putin comes in. what do we get out of this for the time being. assad is boxed in on chemical weapons. as long as they are negotiating, as long as russia is on the hook to do something about this, now we have putin saying we must do something about assad's chemical weapons. that sort of circumstance, it's very unlikely assad

then mr. obama went on to warn the u.n. that americans are getting fed up with having to do all the heavy lifting. over the past 12 years we have spent trillions of dollars and thousands of our brave military men and women have been killed or injured trying to bring some sense of justice to the world. now, i know you left-wing kooks don't believe that, but you know what? i don't care. if you people want to think your country is villainous, you go right ahead. but history backs me up. and if you know anything about the u.s. military, you know how much good those people have done in protecting innocent civilians from villains like saddam and the taliban. talking points believes the united nations is a largely cowardly body, a bunch of pencil pushers who couldn't care less what happens in the world, as long as they get their big expense accounts. so after laying down the obama doctrine that america will twend o defend our allies, keep the flow of oil going in the middle east and confront weapons of mass destruction, the presid

this was the first time that mr. obama and president putin met face-to-face, since they canceled their summit. the two were all-smiles on the cameras. but remain far apart on syria. and president obama has his work cut out for him at home, as well. the white house is confident that congress will authorize to use force in syria. but it is by no means a sure thing. >> kirit, question for you. any sense of what russia would do if the u.s. goes ahead with the strike? >> reporter: right. well, the one thing the russians have said they won't do is go to war over this. the foreign minister said they're not going to go to war with anybody over syria. one thing that president putin hinted they might do this week is continue an increased military support for syria. that's one thing they might do. but they have not said for sure. >> our thanks to kirit radia in russia for us. thank you. >>> we want to get new details of a possible plan of attack in syria. abc news has learned that the u.s. is preparing for a broader bombardment

obama. the senate foreign relations committee passed a resolution that would give the president the authority to strike syria. but it's not clear the measure can pass the full senate or house. >> i see a horrible tragedy. but i don't see that our involvement will lessen the tragedy. >> reporter: the full congress could vote on military action against syria next week. president putin says it's too early to talk about how russia will respond if the u.s. strikes. but putin says, russia has plans. john and diana? >> tahman bradley, live in washington for us this morning. thank you. >>> and new this morning closer to home. tropical storm warnings have been posted for puerto rico and the dominican republic ahead of gabriel. it expects the storm to curve back away from the u.s. mainland. >>> prison officials in ohio have ordered an investigation into the suicide of ariel castro. the convicted rapist and kidnapper was sound hanging in his cell by a bedsheet. the prosecutor says castro, quote, couldn

this may be one way for mr. obama to, now that mr. boehner is backing him, to get support. attention is turning to the senate, which, given that it is dominated by democrats, support is more shored up. if foreign relations and he is taking part this tuesday in washington. secretary john kerry will be among those appearing before the committee, as well as defense secretary chuck hagel. that will be one way for the obama administration to try to convince editors as well as the house that the action in syria is necessary. >> as well as the u.s., france is pushing for military actions against syria. a day after sharing the government's intelligence on recent attacks in damascus, the french president said his entry would wait for that vte by the u.s. congress. if it goes against obama, france will not act aloe. francois hollande said efforts must continue for a diplomatic solution to the war. >> i have already said france will not act alone. that france could only act within the largest possible coalition. if the u.s. congress's decision was not positive, france would not act al

obama. mrs. obama did a very gracious thing. she could have hijacked it, but she said i want to, and have a conversation with laura bush. -- i want to come and have a conversation with laura bush. at first it was delightful, but secondly it was educational for the women who were there. to have these two women, rival parties, sitting and being very friendly with each other, was something that was a very wonderful example to present. their conversations about media coverage was basically -- it was nicer because they are well trained. but it was basically what abigail thought. >> michelle obama did say it didn't still feel a little bit like prison. >> that's a good example of why media coverage is so unfair. she was quoting martha washington. i said, martha washington said "prisoner," and i asked them if they feel that way. they laughed at it. it comes with the job. the somewhat hostile to the president press -- michel said --e white houses a prison. michelle says, white house, prison. it was very unfair. >> we are going to get que

as mr. obama himself mentioned yesterday. >> ambassador, what are the internal challenges president obama faces? >> internal challenges? well, what we're seeing is on both sides is nothing more than the practice of diplomacy. the problem is that neither -- both in tehran and in washington people have forgotten how to do it, apparently. we have not practiced diplomacy with each other for 34 years. so we have to pull out the old books, dust them off and figure out how to do it. we know how to call each other names, insult each other, threaten each other. now we have to do -- now we have to do something new. we have to listen to each other, have patience -- i agree with my colleague that there are going to be setbacks, there are going to be difficulties. we have been in a deep freeze for 34 years. that doesn't thaw out overnight with one speech, one handshake, with one meeting, and so patience, listening, forbearance, all of the tools of diplomacy that i'm afraid have grown rusty over these las

mr. obama faces outright opposition from some members of congress to putin. pope francis weighed in calling the military solution futile. president obama is making his case to the japanese prime minister. >> i look forward to having an extensive conversation about the situation in syria. i think our joint recognition that the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy, but also a violation of international law that must be addressed. >> u.n. secretary here with his special envoy to syria is lobbying leaders for more time. >> there is only political solution, which can bring peace and end this blood shed right now. >> on putin's side, leaders of emerging economies and china joining russia in blocking action against syria at the u.n. while not quite going it alone, president obama faces opposition looking for support, making a hard sell even harder. >> this morning, we're told by senior administration on this question of how much all this might cost, he says the dollar amount can be dealt with within the existing pentagon budget. on this question, t

mr. obama hit the pause button. >> i will seek authorization for the use of force from the american people's representatives in congress. >> reporter: according to senior administration officials, despite the public ramp-up, president obama debated seeking congressional support all week, and without a broad international coalition, feeling isolated, aides say it was the no-vote in the british parliament that largely swayed him. >> the nos have it. the nos have it. >> reporter: the president went for a walk with the chief of staff on the white house grounds, and decided he wanted congress to be on record and share the responsibility. he then called a meeting in the oval office that lasted two hours, with some of his closest advisers expressing shock and opposition, but by saturday, they were on board. today, secretary kerry indicated did he not feel undermined by the president and put on a united front. >> david, let me be very blunt. i do not believe the congress of the united states will

but mr. obama said he's decided to hold back at least for the moment and let congress have its say. is it a bold move? or risky gambit. we'll get analysis from our leading responders, al jazeera's white house correspondser mike, and america tonight's she look who has led our coverage of the streak against syria. first let's hear the president's case for psych society voyt from capitol hill. >> after careful deliberation i have decided that the united states should take military action against syrian targets, it would not be open-ended and we would not put boots on the ground. instead our action would be design today be limite limb limn duration and scope. i am confident we can hold the assad regime for the use of chemical weapon that his deter this behavior and degrade their capacity to carry it out. our military has positioned the assets in the region, the chairman of the joint chiefs has informed me that we are prepared to strike whatever we choose. moreover, the chairman has indicated to me that our capacity to execute this mission is not time sensitive. it will be effective tomo

mr. obama will be embarrassed throughout the world. the bad guys overseas will see him as weak and his opponents within the u.s.a. will step up their attacks on him. and so ironically, a vicious attack in syria now has extreme global implications. russia, iran, al qaeda, and every other subversive group gain power. america, britain, france, nato and those who are supposed to be the keepers of civilization lose power. this happened once before, in the 1930s, and now it's happening again. syria is much more than poison gas and bashar assad. it is about the struggle for decency and justice in this world. and that's the memo. tonight, we will devote the entire program to syria. first up brit hume. later on williams, goldberg and rove. the factor will be right back. >> bill: if the impact segment tonight, looks very bleak for president congress. just 26 members of the house are committed to military action. 24 in the senate. that's a disaster. at this point i think the president is going to lose if the vote in congress is even held. now har

mr. obama has wagged his finger and issued more than just a few ultimatums at home as well. he refuses to meet with republicans. he's eager to have a photo op with the iranians and the president today at the u.n. general assembly declared he's ready to negotiate with iran. they call for the destruction of israel. >> i do believe that if we can resolve the issue of iran's nuclear program that can serve as a major step down a long road towards a different relationship. one based on mutual interests and mutual respect. i've made it clear in letters to the supreme leader in iran and more recently to president rouhani. america prefers to resolve it peacefully. >> the iranians rebalked the president. we'll explore how far the obama administration has gone in search of some sign of some progress, any progress with the iranians and why mr. obama continues to disappoint world leaders. also, the kenyan's government standoff finally ending. kenya's president saying his military has ashamed and defeated the al qaeda linked terrorists who are believed to be responsible for more than 70 m

obama. mrs. obama did a very gracious thing. she could have hijacked it, but she said i want to, and have a conversation with laura bush. i want to come and have a conversation with laura bush. at first it was delightful, but secondly it was educational for the women who were there. to have these two women, rival parties, sitting and being very friendly with each other, was something that was a very wonderful example to present. their conversations about media -- it wasas basically nicer because they are well trained. but it was basically what abigail thought. say itelle obama did didn't still feel a little bit like prison. >> that's a good example of why media coverage is so unfair. martha quoting washington. saidd, martha washington "prisoner," and i asked them if they feel that way. they laughed at it. it comes with the job. the somewhat hostile to the -- michel said the white houses a prison. it was very unfair. >> we are going to get questions in just a moment. we have two people with microphones that will come right to you

mr. obama placed the call from the white house and the two presidents spoke through a translator for about 15 minutes. afterward, president obama set a standard for iran to pete to resolve the nuclear impasse. >> i do believe there is a basis for a resolution. iran's supreme leader has issued a fawa against the development of nuclear weapons. president rouhani has indicated that iran will never develop nuclear weapons. i've made clear that we respect the right of the iranian people to access peaceful nuclear energy in the context of iran meeting its obligations. so the test will be meaningful, transparent and verifiable action which is can also bring relief from the comprehensive international sanctions that are currently in place. >> pelley: iran's nuclear program still unnerves israel. white house officials notified top israeli officials of the president's call to president rouhani almost as soon as it happened. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu meets with president obama here o

. >> russia has been a thornfl% mr. obama's side. and china too. mr. obama hoped that the one-on-one meeting with the president would soften their opposition. president obama and russian president putin put their disagreements to the side with this hand shake that lasted several seconds but getting involved in syria has been a difficult sell for the president. in an interview with chris hayes, secretary of state john kerry warned if the u.s. fails to act that scene could be repeated by extremists drawn to the conflict. >> i know the lessons of war. i don'& believe this is taking america to war. i believe this is enforcing a limited military action not going to war. that will in fact stand up for the notion that you should not use chemical weapons. >> and back home, the president faces an equally uphill battle. >> hey, hey, calm down. >> a war-weary audience hit senator john mccain with a barrage of hostile questions. >> why are you not listening to standing out o syria? >> enough is enough. we do not want another enga engagement in the middle east. >>

where a meeting with mr. obama is not off the table. meanwhile, the white house saying it's testing iran's seriousness at the u.n. general assembly. officials there tell nbc thrust there was a short window on a deal for nuclear weapons. >>> inscriptions on the firearm of aaron alexis and found a website he created under a different name and nbc's tracie potts is live for us in washington. good morning to you, tracie. can you tell us more about the inscriptions and what you found. >> reporter: according to authorities, richard, the shotgun he used had two things inscribed into that weapon. better off this way and my elf weapon. e-l-f. they don't know what it means but one of the things the fbi continues to look into. they're still on site even as employees come back to the navy yard today and also looking into this website that he apparently set up eight years ago under the name mohamed saline but never used all part of the investigation into the alleged shooter. meantime, the president and mrs. obama are headed to a memorial service to

the first lady and mr. obama. it was incredible. the day was magical. it was unbelievable. you should be in the oval office. you take those guys and it's like it was unbelievable. one of the guys i wish my mother was alive to see it. she is watching and very proud. >> when you were nine years old, you kept a keep connection to the country. why is that? >> haiti is like my heart. you know what i mean? for me to renew has to go back to haiti. you have to move ahead in life. i have to do that journey. by doing so, it makes me a better person and appreciate my and my parents's life a lot more. it's not easy. >> obviously last year haiti was struck by natural disaster. there was a huge rebuilding effort. you have been at the center of trying to help haiti become strong again. >> well, it's like i said. i can't be on the sideline and watch things go down and not do anything. at the end of the day it's like one of us, we are all hurt. >> to me it's about education. we educate one, we help raise a village. >> that's right. >> that's what i'm all about. >> mark is always in tune. it

what mr. obama's decision to go to congress a surprise even to his own advisers? >> reporter: it was absolutely a surprise, victor and brianna. good morning. i just want to let you know that this was not only a surprise to everybody in the white house, it was a surprise to everybody who covers this white house. just as the president was prepared to go it alone, he decided at the very last minute to ask the congress to go along with him. and aides to the president laid all of this out to reporters yesterday afternoon after the president's stunning announcement in the rose garden. and the way they described this, the president was really privately kicking around this idea of seeking congressional authorization on his own without really talking to anybody about it all week. and then, after secretary of state john kerry made that forceful statement over at the state department friday afternoon, president obama pulled his chief of staff aside, dennis mcdonough, and said let's go for a walk around the south lawn of the white house. and it was during that time that the p

. >> in a heavy lobbying campaign, mr. obama is reaching out to congress, including many in his own party, who are skeptical about a military strike. survey shows most americans don't want to get involved. >> we took a big loss in the last war so, you know, in iraq so i think it's just -- you know, we should just stay out of it. >> mr. obama has already vow today punish syrian president for what the u.s. says is using chemical weapons on his own people. >> the government will act accordingly. >> but he wants to avoid the humiliation of britain's prime minister. parliament denied his request to join in a u.s. strike. so how does obama win over congress and the american people? uc berkeley assistant history professor says his strongest argument is an ethical one. sergeant says that action should be narrow in toe kus and length. >> what a limited military action would do would be to raise the political cost to offset, to the use of chemical weapons. >> some say they can live with that. >> i think we should take limited milita

obama spoke to reporters. later a smiling rowhani tweeted a picture of himself just before departing new york for tehran. rowhani has spent much of his week at the united nations trying to dazzle the west with a new diplomatic tone including at today's closing press conference. >> translator: as a first step we can stop further escalation of tensions, then reduce tensions then move to understand each other. >> reporter: it's been more than 30 years since the leaders of iran and the united states have spoken. at that time jimmy carter was president and it took place just before the country's islamic revolution. this kind of outreach to an international foe is something candidate obama promised back when he was running for president in 2008. a pledge he was strongly criticized for at the time. >> and i have disagreed with senator clinton for example on meeting with iran. >> reporter: the president never did reach out to rowhani's predecessor, mahmoud ahmadinejad, but it was rowhani's new tone that changed mr. ob

obama himself has been disarmed . i think so the administration was clearly getting desperate that is it is already lost almost all international support for its proposed trikes on syria i think there was a very real chance that certainly the house was going to vote against the administration and i think the senate was getting close enough where it was even think a bold that someone who opposed the resolution could could carry out filibusters so the congressional option was was drawing up for mr obama and now i think russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has very artfully taken advantage of the administration's largely self generated difficulties put this diplomatic proposal on the table playing off of you know an offhand remark by secretary of state john kerry and he's really put the administration in a position where if it if it doesn't appear to be working in some seriousness with russia to try and make this proposal work you know the ministration is really completely checkmated in syria as it is if this diplomati

obama himself has been disarmed . i think so the administration was clearly getting desperate that is it is already lost almost all international support for its proposed strikes on syria i think there was a very real chance that certainly the house was going to vote against the administration and i think the senate was getting close enough where it was even think of all that that someone who opposed the resolution could could carry out filibusters so the congressional option was was drawing up for mr obama and now i think russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has very artfully taken advantage of the administration's largely self generated difficulties put this diplomatic proposal on the table playing off of you know an offhand remark by secretary of state john kerry and he's really put the administration in a position where if it if it doesn't appear to be working in some seriousness with russia to try and make this proposal work you know the ministration is really completely checkmated in syria as it is if this dip

mubarak's release is another slap in the face for mr. obama. it follows the ouster of the muslim brotherhood from power and mr. obama's president of choice, mohmed morsi. the violent and deadly clashes between the military-run government and muslim brotherhood and backed protesters to the wall and they are now responding. continuing with violence and all likelihood this friday, when morsi supporters reportedly will conduct what they call a day of martyrs. and no relief for psident obama in syria either. assad opposition forces claiming more than a thousand civilians were killed in chemical gas attacks earlier today on the outskirts of damascus. the alleged attacks come exactly one year and one day after president obama famously warned assad that chemil weapons, the use of them, would be to cross a so-called re line and prompt u.s. involvement in the now 2 1/2 year-long struggle. it's a conflict that has seen nearly 100,000 syrians killed. the white house predictably today, after repeated questions on red lines, from the white house press corps,