i'm a member of the united states congress from the united states of america. i want to assure the people of egypt that i as a member of congress will stand strong in support of continuing military support for, united states support financially to stand for the military in egypt. we've seen the threat that the muslim brotherhood has posed around the world. we stand against this great evil. we are not for them. we remember who caused 911 in america. we remember who it was that killed 3,000 brave americans. >> no, you don't remember, because the muslim brotherhood is actually a thing. it's not just a term for guys who are muslims who maybe have siblings. muslim brotherhood's a thing in egypt, a real thing, and members of the united states congress, from the united states of america, going to egypt and telling egypt that as members of the u.s. congress, you think that it was the muslim brotherhood that about 9/11? oh, excuse me, 911? that's amazing, but that happened in egypt. republicans michele bachmann, steve king and louie gohmert, "a," have passports, and "b,

the halls of the united states congress. there's a difference between what we're considering today and what happened 12 years ago but our decision is made in the shadow of the war of iraq and with the spector of a war in iran looming. the shadow recalls that moment 12 years ago when the government of the united states of america was guilty of a political mortal sin. it misled the american people into a war. it told the american people that we had to invade iraq to destroy weapons of mass destruction which threatened our neighbors, or allies and ourselves. it wasn't true. and we learned that the hard way. we paid a bitter, heavy price for it. thousands of americans lost their lives and more more than a trillion dollars was spent in war that should have been avoided. that was the reality in iraq. on its heels, the war in afghanistan. i voted against that car in iraq and for the authorization for the use of force in afghanistan. that seemed like such a clear choice. in afghanistan we were going after those responsible for 9/11.

but if the united states congress does not fulfill its responsibility to pass a budget today, much of the united states government will be forced to shut down tomorrow. i want to be very clear about what that shut down would mean. with regard to operations that will continue, if you are on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. if you are on medicare, your doctor will see you. everyone's mail will still be delivered. and government operations related to national security or public safety will go on. our troops will continue to serve with skill, honor and courage. air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with border control -- border patrol will remain on their posts, but their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. nasa will shut down almost entirely. but mission control will remain open to support the astronauts. i also want to be very clear about what will change. office billings will close. checks will be delayed. vital services that our economy depends on will be hamstrung. business owners would see delays in raising capitol, or rebuild

. >> my name is michelle michele bachmann, and i'm a member of the united states congress from the united states of america. >> jon: they've only said one sentence, and this is already the weirdest things i've heard. why is she talking like that? is she addressing an egyptianing kindergarten. bachmann, gomer and king went to egypt to say to the good and kind people in egypt that the growing pains their country is experiencing in its temporary militarily imposed re respite from democracy can be cured with a quick shot of vitamins. >> i'm reminded of the words of thomas payne, he said in america law is king. >> our declaration of independence is the consent of the people that allow a government to function. >> our founding fathers wrote a message i think will resonate. >> thomas jefferson. >> george washington. >> the united states constitution that i carry in my pocket every day i wear a jacket. >> jon: and another thing, what is with round bread. you can't get into it. there is no way to fill it with sandwich. in america, we use sliced square bread. i think you'll agree it is easier to ha

you, the united states congress, agreed to the chemical weapons convention. you, the united states congress, passed the syria accountability act which says, syria's chemical weapons are, quote, threatening the security of the middle east and the national security interests of the united states. you, the congress, have spoken out about grave consequences if assad, in particular, used chemical weapons. so i say to you, senator corker, that is one of the reasons why syria is important. and as we debate and the world watches, as you decide and the world wonders, not whether assad's regime executed the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century. that fact beyond question. the world wonders, whether the united states of america will consent, through silence, to standing aside while this kind of brutality is allowed to happen without consequence. in the nearly 100 years since the first global commitment against chemical weapons, only two tyrants dared to cross the world's brightest line. now bashar al-assad has become the third. and i think all of you know th

and now it is subject to debate by the united states congress. even though congress is staying classy with a "k" and technically staying on vacation until next week, the foreign relations committee in the senate cut short. they held an hours long contentious hearing drawing out the arguments, cross examining the witnesses, arguing with each other, making the case. there were protesters. there were unexpected hugs between former political rivals. there was shouting over one another. the debate has been joined. the debate is on. and that is very inconvenient for anyone who wants wars to be easy for a president to start at will. it is supposed to be hard. that is a feature, not a bug. there is a reason why the constitution put decisions about using military force in the hands of this unruly, slow-acting body of hundreds of people elected from all across the country. and it is the same reason why that constitution endures, for centuries now, and why guys like ed meese are laughed at and eventually forgotten by history. the debate is joined. that is g

the president believes we are stronger when the congress of the united states joins in this. i mean, congress can't have it both ways. you can't sit there and say, you have to consult with us. we have to honor the constitutional process and congress has the right to make its voice heard in these decisions. the president is giving them the opportunity. i think you should welcome it, chris, and the congress and the country should welcome this. >> but -- >> the debate is important. with do not lose anything militarily in the meantime. if assad -- >> they lose the possibility that they could get killed in the meantime. if i may follow up, reagan didn't think he needed congressleal approval to go after gadhafi in libya. clinton didn't need it to go after kosovo or al qaeda. this president -- >> actually, chris, at the instant the planes were in the air in kosovo there was a vote in the house of representatives and the vote didn't carry. the truth is the president would have loved to have support from congress. the fact is our country is much stronger when we act together. i'm amaz

while the united states needs to do this. >> what if congress refuses to authorize action? what happens then? >> i don't believe that's going to happen. the stakes of upholding the international standard of behavior that has been in place since 1925, after world war i, that only adolph hitler and saddam hussein breached that in time of war since then and now assad joins them. i think to contemplate that the congress of the united states would turn its back on israel, on jordan, on turkey, on our allies in the region, turn its back on the innocent syrian people who have been slaughtered by this gas, and those who yet may be subject to an attack, if we don't stand up to this, i can't contemplate that the congress would turn its back on all of that responsibility and the fact that we would have in fact granted impunity to a ruthless dictator to continue to gas his people. those are the stakes, and i don't believe the congress will do that. >> mr. secretary, you make it sound as if this was always the plan. but the fact is on friday when you made your speech, you made a powerfu

you, the united states congress, agreed to the chemical weapons convention. you, the united states congress, passed the syria accountability act, which says syria's chemical weapons are, quote, threatening the security of the middle east and national security interests of the united states. you, the congress, have spoken out about grave consequences if assad in particular used chemical weapons. so i say to you, senator corker, that is one of the reasons why syria is important. as we debate and the world watches, as you decide and the world wonders not whether assad regime's executed the world's worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century, that fact, i think, is now beyond question. the world wonders whether the united states of america will consent through silence to standing aside while this kind of brutality is allowed to happen without consequence. in the nearly 100 years since the first global commitment against chemical weapons, only two tyrants dared to cross the world. now bashar al assad has become the third. i think all of you know that history

because the united states of america is stronger when the congress of the united states representing the people and the president of the united states are acting together. and the president wants that strength represented in this initiative. >> you're making the case, mr. secretary, which i understand, as you made it on friday. i think i'm still trying to understand the abrupt shift. i know that you and others on the national security team, based on my own reporting, were opposed to the president seeking congressional authority, thinking he didn't need it. the reaction from the syrian state media is that this is the beginning, they say, of an historic american retreat. do you feel undermined? do you think the united states has undermined its leverage in the world, its credibility, having ramped up the specter of military action as being imminent and then saying, well, no, we're going to go to congress first? >> david, i completely disagree with the fundamental premise that you set out. no, i did not oppose going, nor did anybody else that i know of originally. the issue originally wa

and now it is subject to debate by the united states congress. even though congress is staying classy with a "k" and technically staying on vacation until next week, the foreign relations committee in the senate cut short. they held an hours long contentious hearing drawing out the arguments, cross examining the witnesses, arguing with each other, making the case. there were protesters. there were unexpected hugs between former political rivals. there was shouting over one another. the debate has been joined. the debate is on. and that is very inconvenient for anyone who wants wars to be easy for a president to start at will. it is supposed to be hard. that is a feature, not a bug. there is a reason why the constitution put decisions about using military force in the hands of this unruly, slow-acting body of hundreds of people elected from all across the country. and it is the same reason why that constitution endures, for centuries now, and why guys like ed meise are laughed at and eventually forgotten by history. the debate is joined. that is g

because the united states of america is stronger when the congress of the united states representing the people and the president of the united states are acting together. and the president wants that strength represented in this initiative. >> you're making the case, mr. secretary, which i understand, as you made it on friday. i think i'm still trying to understand the abrupt shift. i know that you and others on the national security team, based on my own reporting, were opposed to the president seeking congressional authority, >> no. >> thinking that he didn't need it. the reaction from the syrian state media is that this is the beginning, they say, of an historic american retreat. do you feel undermined? do you think the united states has undermined its leverage in the world, its credibility, having ramped up the specter of military action as being imminent and then saying, well, no, we're going to go to congress first? >> david, i completely disagree with the fundamental premise that you set out. no, i did not oppose going, nor did anybody else that i know of originally.

because against multiple web -- warnings from the president of the united states, congress, friends, and allies around the world, and the from russia and iran, regime and undeniably the regime unleashed an outrageous chemical attack against its own citizens. we're here because the dictator and his family's personal enterprise in the last to hold on to power were willing to inspect air of damascus with a poison that killed innocent mothers and fathers and hundreds of their children, the lives all snuffed out by gas in the early morning of august 21. people here in their amazingly has questioned the evidence of this assault. repeat here again today, that only the most willful desire to avoid reality can assert this did not occur as described for the regime it did not do it? it did happen, and the regime did it. i remember a rack. -- iraq. it in aus remember special way because we were here for that vote. we are especially sensitive to never again asking any member of congress to take a vote on faulty intelligence. that is why our intelligence community has scrubbed in real scrubs the e

did the president of the united states really need to go to congress to authorize a strike? it's a fascinating but murky question and we have the debate for you. when the world called for speed... ♪ ...when the world called for stealth... ♪ ...intelligence... endurance... affordability... adaptability... and when the world asked for the future. staying ahead in a constantly evolving world. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. >>> hello. i'm frederica witnericka whitfi look at your stop stories. john kerry is revealing why they showed congress an extremely gruesome video. we must warn you, this is graphic and appears to show people dying from the gas attack. cnn was the first to obtain the clips of the victims. men, women, children, all seen c con vul sink on the ground. >> those videos make it clear to people that these are real human beings, real children, parents being faegaffected in ways unacceptable to anyone anywhere by any standards and it is the united states of america that has always stood with others to say we will not allow this, this not our va

states senate and the way it was rammed through in the united states congress this is the most unpopular piece of social legislation that we have seen in my lifetime and in your lifetime and in my as you have to admit you know that when people ask do you like obamacare or not yeah you're going to if you're going to find popularity and popular fifty fifty but when you ask people do you know about specific policies do you think they're just drive good numbers is one third two thirds of not whatever it is when you ask people what the individual policies that make up obamacare people are overwhelmingly in favor of them you characterize that when you say what are the policies that make up for when you say preexisting conditions it is all the dental it is incidental to obamacare that it covers preexist it is and there's horrible obamacare is the huge presence of the federal government as i mean not to me the buyer a federal government is now providing health insurance that is a majority here and from there is a leap in our child a race to the government was i want to see that it is the star of

and that is in the hands of the congress and the united states. the president has made his decision. the president wants to stand up and make certain that we uphold the international norm that we do not grant impunity to a ruthless dictator to gas his own people. anybody who saw those images, anybody who know focuses on the evidence i just gave you of signatures of sarin. people who went to help died in this case. this is a man who has committed a crime against humanity and i can't imagine that the congress of the united states will not recognize our interests with respect to iran, israel, jordan, turkey, our friends in the region, the syrian people, the opposition. america's credibility is on the line here. and i expect the congress of the united states to do what is right, stand up to be counted the energy of the american people and on the ways we will support the opposition in order to see that the people of syria can choose their future in an appropriate way. >> secretary kerry, thank you. thanks for joining us. it should be an interesting cou

the one group to be talking with is the united states congress. we cannot see our sovereign authority through world bodies and in one of our briefings, the people said that, i wanted almost like that wasn't what you were saying when president bush and he saw congress's vote they did on both wars. they got u.n. resolution to support. i'm really unhappy with where we are there. i'll say one more thing. i don't mean to be partisan about it. we've only got one president. we don't need to weaken the president or the office of the president. i believe if president bush told bashar assad don't use those chemical weapons, we're coming after you, this will be a consequence you don't want to bear, i don't believe he would have used them. this was about the 11th time that some poison gas has been used in syria, about the 11th time. i guess they figured we weren't going to do anything so they really killed a bunch of people then. i guess doesn't that validate what so many of us were raised with that through strength is a solid principal. people didn't see str

states senate and the way it was rammed through in the united states congress this is the most unpopular piece of social legislation that we have seen in my lifetime and in your lifetime and in my as you have to admit you know that when people ask do you like obamacare or not yeah you're going to if you're going to find popularity and popular fifty fifty but when you ask people do you. do you think they're just drive good numbers is one third two thirds of them not whatever it is when you ask people what their individual policies that make up obamacare people are overwhelmingly in favor of you characterize that when you say what are the policies that make up for when you say preexisting conditions it is all the dental it is incidental to obamacare that it covers preexist it is and there's a horrible corner of obamacare is the huge presence of the federal government as i'm not sunny the buyer of federal government is now providing health insurance it is a majority around from. her child a race to the government was i want to say that it is the star of the insurance this isn't in monopoly

because the united states of america is stronger when the congress of the united states representing the people and the president of the united states are acting together. and the president wants that strength represented in this initiative. >> you're making the case, mr. secretary, which i understand, as you made it on friday. i think i'm still trying to understand the abrupt shift. i know that you and others on the national security team, based on my own reporting, were opposed to the president seeking congressional authority, >> no. >> thinking that he didn't need it. the reaction from the syrian state media is that this is the beginning, they say, of an historic american retreat. do you feel undermined? do you think the united states has undermined its leverage in the world, its credibility, having ramped up the specter of military action as being imminent and then saying, well, no, we're going to go to congress first? >> david, i completely disagree with the fundamental premise that you set out. no, i did not oppose going, nor did anybody else that i know of originally. the issu

maybe some people in the united states congress don't get it, but the rest of the world gets it. the united states can make a difference in this. should make a difference. has the power to make the difference. and now you have putin and assad trying to get out from under the hammer coming down. so i think the congress ought to line up behind the president and let's do it right. >> womell put. nick burns, do you agree with general clark? >> i do. i think that wes is right that we have to combine the threat of force and did i proceed massey. if assad is going to give up his chemical weapons to a third party, he'll benefit for one reason. he fears american air strikes. so president obama was right to threaten the air strikes, but now the devil will be in the detail. the president has no option but to look at this seriously once it's been proposed by the russian federation. but who is going to present these weapons, will all be turned over. will it satisfy us that everything in that country has been inspected. it will have to be a tight final frame. if the congress can now vote to gi

did the president of the united states really need to go to congress to authorize a strike? it's a fascinating but murky question and we have the debate for you. peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'll experience reliable uptime for the network and services you depend on. multi-layered security solutions keep your information safe, and secure. and responsive dedicated support meets your needs, and eases your mind. centurylink. your link to what's next. >>> i'm candy crowley in washington with a check of the headlines. the obama administration is ratcheting up support for approval of striking syria. the disturbing videos of chemical attack victims could move undecided members of congress to back the president. >> those videos make it clear to people that these are real human beings, real children, parents being affected in ways that are unacceptable to anybody anywhere by any standards. >> as of now, president obama does not have the votes in congress.

he didn't come to the united states congress to take action in libya. we did help oust a dictator there. seems to be a different standard. in the 20 days since at take, i see a lot, almost daily basis, a change here. i still haven't heard from the president of the united states what happens in steps, two, three, four. what are the consequences if we actually use the military force. there are those of us that are concerned that injecting ourselves into a civil war in syria has a lot of consequences. and that again still has not been thoroughly discussed. >> was a living intervention the wrong thing to do? >> i believe we should have come to congress and had the discussion. i don't believe we should have been doing that. i've don't believe when there is not a clear, present danger to the united states of america we have got to have a long thorough discussion about whether or not we should do that. and i don't see a clear and present danger to the united states of america and syria. it is a civil war. i have a great hesitancy to get involved in just a very

i'm a member of the united states congress from the united states of america. [ laughter ] okay, they've only said one sentence and this is already the weirdest [ bleep ] thing i've seen on television. why is she talking like that? is she addressing an egyptian kindergarten. >> now to mika for what's coming up next. >> i'll move right on. >>> coming up on "morning joe" russia's rebuttal to president obama. vladimir putin writes an op-ed urging u.s. caution in syria. richard haass is on set to break it down and the new pope for a new generation, signs that the pope might be allowing catholic priests to marry. we'll talk about that. >>> and later, billy crystal will stop by the set with his new book. that will be fun. also, james carville, steve schmidt, chuck todd, andrea mitchell. that's just to name a few, barnicle is here too. >> he's back. >> brian, back to you. >> thank you very much, mika. >>> still ahead on "way too early." what movie would you like to remade entirely new in 3d? i love what we already have. get some more in there. #waytooclose and "morning joe" just moments away. s

if the united states, congress, its legislature is seen handing the president of the united states a defeat on this, pulling him back out of the world into washington, then places like the korean peninsula, the south china sea which is being disputed by china and japan or even iran, the idea of nuclear proliferation there, all these things will start to be enhanced. i think that is the risk we are running by defeating this resolution. >> james, 40 months to go on this presidency. it would be quite a signal to the world. what do you think? >> it would be great if we had another president. congress should vote no. they can't vote to give the president credibility just as they can't vote to give him humility or wisdom. i think as you look at it here, basically, he is asking a lot of people, given he hasn't defined the mission clearly, and ultimately it comes down to two possible outcomes and they are bad. >> what about the point dad made if congress denies him with this much time left in his presidency, you're going to send a signal to the world that it's open season. >> he's been sendi

states a liar on the floor of the united states congress. it's repugnant. >> i asked you about this week and thes statements. this week. >> constantly calling each other names and attaing policies. >> when that happens, en he calls him a liar, "the new york times" reports it about it and they criticized the congressman. and that's the difference, adam. the press is complicit this stuff. >> i reject tat completely. i think you're making that up entirely. >> you're rejecting that 2/3 of the media is aut as left of center as president obama and agrees with him on every topic? and doesn't cover the dumb things he says about the econo constantly? >> and i think that 90% of the media are made up of responsible professionals who are doing a good job. >> right. and they're perfectly objective, you're saying their bias never comes into play, never enters the equation? "the new york times" is totally unbiassed with the stories they put on page 1. are you really -- >> can i take a leap and say you'reot a fan of the president? >> you know, listen, i hav

he didn't come to the united states congress to take action in libya. we did help oust a dictator there. seems to be a different standard. in the 20 days since at take, i see a lot, almost daily basis, a change here. i still haven't heard from the president of the united states what happens in steps, two, three, four. what are the consequences if we actually use the military force. there are those of us that are concerned that injecting ourselves into a civil war in syria has a lot of consequences. and that again still has not been thoroughly discussed. >> was a living intervention the wrong thing to do? >> i believe we should have come to congress and had the discussion. i don't believe we should have been doing that. i've don't believe when there is not a clear, present danger to the united states of america we have got to have a long thorough discussion about whether or not we should do that. and i don't see a clear and present danger to the united states of america and syria. it is a civil war. i have a great hesitancy to get involved in just a very

the united states congress both houses in the past two days got presentations from kerry and the staff you know the secretary the fans and the top generals and such and the the entire history re cited by kerry neglects to mention the allegations and the hugely substantial evidence in this case that the rebels are the ones that are using chemical weapons in syria where they've been used. so i don't know that it's going to change anyone's mind because they're simply ignoring it i also saw on c.n.n. this morning on the crawl that there was some offer by russian government officials to make a presentation to the congress that was rejected by the house speaker john boehner now i am assuming again that there would be some perhaps presentation of actual evidence about the facts on the ground in syria because the facts that have actually been disclosed to the american public and to the congress in public are not facts their arguments accusation and conclusion and that is the basis on which they're going to war illegally by the way outside of the u.n. mandate outside of the u.n. charter and not

the average net wealth of a member of the united states congress is over $900,000. put that kind of money in the market and see what kind of return you get. these are the people who are deciding if the poor people can eat. isn't it really unbelievable, the selfishness in america right now? wait a minute. i said at the top of the broadcast we're a compass at country, a compassionate family of american citizens that love to reach out and touch one another. members of congress are pretty well off. seldom do you hear them complaining about money. they can vote themselves a raise. they can increase their pension. they can increase their health care benefit. can you do that? not this guy. he doesn't think -- he doesn't think he makes enough. i am talking about good old phil from the state of georgia. he is jealous of the people that make more than he does and he is not happy with $172,000 a year. he recently said on capitol hill that aides, they may be 33 years old, but not making a lot of money, but in a few years they can just go down the street to k street and they can

states a liar on the floor of the united states congress. it'srepugnant. >> i asked you about tis week and these statements. this week. >> constantly calling each other names and attacking policies. >> when that happens, when he calls him a liar, "the new york times" reports it about it and theyriticized the congressman. and that the difference, adam. the press is complicit in ts stuff. >> i reject that completely. i think you're making that up entirely. >> you're rejecting that 2/3 of the media is abo as left of center as president obama and agrees with him on every topic? and doesn't cover the dumb things he says about the economy constantly? >> and i think that 90% of the media are made up of responsible professionals who are doing a good job. >> right. and they're perfectly objective, you're sayingheir bias never comes into play, never enters the equation? "the new york times" is totally unbiassed with the stories they put on page 1. are you really -- >> can i take a leap and say you're not a fan of the president? >> you know, listen, i

authority to raise money for the army of the united states. if congress has the power to raise it, they can take it away. but until congress takes some step through the appropriations process affirmatively to disapprove, you think you have the power? i do, under the terms as i understood when you laid out the question-- no hostilities, no imminence of war, et cetera. senator dodd, supposing a faly large number of advisers are sent to eldorado and some u.s. advisers are shot and kille at that point, do you think the president still s the constitutional authity on his own to commit the united states to that military enterprise without first getting approval ocongre? he must get congress' approval. the constitution mandates it. did he need prior approval? i would argue he did. we know a guerrilla war is going on. we're sending 400 military people into a hostile environment. seems that at that particular juncture, you'd be hard pressed to argue that the constitution doesn't demand that the shared responsibility of the legislative and executive bra

you, the united states congress agreed to the chemical weapons convention. you, the united states congress, passed the syria accountability act which says, syria's chemical weapons are quote, threaten the security of the middle east and the national security interests of the united states. you, the congress, have spoken out about grave consequences if assad in particular used chemical weapons. so i say to you, senator corker, that is one of the reasons why syria is important. as we debate in the world watches as you decide and world wonders, not whether assad's regime executed the worst chemical weapons attack of the 21st century, that fact i think is now beyond question. the world wonders whether the united states of america will consent through silence. to standing aside while this kind of brutality is allowed to happen without consequence. in the nearly 100 years since the first global commitment against chemical weapons, only two tyrants dared to cross the world's brightest line. now bashar al assad has become the third. i think all of you know that hist

right now the united states congress get the 10% avery ability rating because people are furious. favorability rating because people are furious. unemployment is close to 10%. youth unemployment is close to 18%. the gap between the rich and everyone else is growing wider. problems, andus people are saying, deal with these issues. protect the middle-class. addressed addressed the issue of poverty. do something about global warming. do something about big money and the ability to buy elections. syria, itinvolved in is much less likely we will deal with these issues. when i talk to people, they say, we have got to create millions of jobs in the country. from highating school, kids graduating from college who have a difficult time getting employment. if you don't get a job for the first two or three years, when you get the job that does not match your qualifications with a college degree, that impacts your entire life. american people are saying, let's create jobs. let's deal with the fact most of them are part-time jobs. at a time productivity is n't it we arehy is i creating good pa

states a liar on the floor of the united states congress. it's repugnant. >> i asked you about this week and these statements. this week. >> constantly calling each other names and attacking policies. >> when that happens, when he calls him a liar, "the new york times" reports it about it and they criticized the congressman. and that's the difference, adam. the press is complicit in this stuff. >> i reject that completely. i think you're making that up entirely. >> you're rejecting that 2/3 of the media is about as left of center as president obama and agrees with him on every topic? and doesn't cover the dumb things he says about the economy constantly? >> and i think that 90% of the media are made up of responsible professionals who are doing a good job. >> right. and they're perfectly objective, you're saying their bias never comes into play, never enters the equation? "the new york times" is totally unbiassed with the stories they put on page 1. are you really -- >> can i take a leap and say you're not a fan of the president? >> you know

librarian of the united states congress. the poet laureate is entrusted with raising the appreciation for the reading and writing of poetry in the national consciousness, usually through an annual lecture, a reading of his or her own poetry and the introduction of other poets to the library's poetry series. each poet laureate brings something unique to their position and the series. >> well, i'd never wanted it. and i [indistinct] i'm going to say, no, no, no, i'm not gonna do it. and i thought that if i was ever going to do it, it might be now. and the reason for it was that it would be an opportunity to say once for -- and not as a sermon, not at great length, maybe for a couple of paragraphs, but in a very public, officially public place, what i really believe is the only hopeful relation between our life and the whole of life, uh, and which is one of reverence and respect, and of feeling at one with it. if the other attitude, which is the one that our society is based on is devastating, and it's killing -- it's killing t

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you have the time to be able to have the support of the united states congress. and obviously the support of the american people through them. >> joining us now is chris wallace. >> good morning, eric. kerry was so strong on friday. he must be sitting back now saying, is anyone listening to me? yes, he is saying there is a stronger case by going to congress. that does not at all seem to coincide and dove tail with what he said 24 hours ago. >> i don't know if you remember at the republican -- rather democratic convention in 2004 when kerry was nominated for president and he came up on the stage and he went, i'm john kerry, reporting for duty. he was a loyal soldier today. the fact is that he made a very impassioned case on friday for going to war. everybody thought we were going to begin the action this weekend. but president obama on friday night, we are now told, went out on the south lawn with his white house chief of staff, dennis mcdonough, and said i want to go to congress. a complete 180 degree reversal. kerry and other top officials were informed of this