saying about this under water vol ca v volcano. >> the largest active volcano on dry land is in hawaii. that's about 2,000 square miles. time for me to go. thanks for watching. cnn newsroom starts right now. this is cnn newsroom. president obama will take his case directly to the american people. the president said he will deliver a nationwide address on tuesday. his statement coming during a news conference. this was at a summit of world economic leaders.

the g-20 wrapping up today. this leaders divided over how the handle it will crisis in syria. the president and vladmir putin did discuss the crisis but didn't reach an agreement. tensions are rising in the region around syria. the state department ordered them to get out of the u.s. embassy in beirut. also told nonemergency staff to leave. the american consulate in turkey. brianna pressed him on whether or not he's prepared to go it

alone. >> reporter: president obama down played the possibility of this turning into a long drawn out unilateral war between the u.s. and syria if the u.s. takes military action and syria uses chemical weapons yet again saying that would mobilize the international community and create a broader response. as congress considers a resolution that would authorize a strike, there's a big question that remains about whether president obama will go ahead even if both chambers of congress, the house and the senate don't okay it. on the resolution to authorize the use of force, one of the big challenges isn't just republicans, but it's from some of your loyal democrats. it seems the more they hear from classified briefings that the less likely they are to support you. if the full congress doesn't pass this, will you go lead with the strike? also senator susan collin, one of the few republicans who break with her party says what if we

execute this strike and then assad decides to use chemical weapons again. do we strike again and many democrats are asking that as well. how do you answer her question? >> well, first of all, in terms of the votes and process in congre congress, i knew this was going to be a lev lift. i said that on saturday when i said we're going to take it to congress. our polling operations are pretty good. i tend to have a pretty good sense of what current popular opinion is. for the american people who have been through over a decade of war with enormous sacrifice, any hint of further military entanglements in the middle east are going to be viewed with suspicion and that suspicion

will probably be stronger in my party than the republican party. a lot of people who supported me remember that i opposed the war in iraq. i understand skepticism. i think it's very important for us to work through making the case to every senator and every member of congress. that what we're doing. for the american people the concern really has to do with understanding what we're describing here would be limited and proportionate and designed to address this problem of chemical weapons used and upholding a norm that helps keep all of us safe and that is going to be the case that i try to make not just to congress but to the american people over the coming days.

brianna, i think it's safe for me to jump the gun and speculate because right now i'm working to get as much support as possible out of congress. ? >> i want to follow up on the question because it seems the members of congress are responding to their constituents and you're seeing a lot of these town halls. it seems as the more john kerry presses the case on your behalf, the more the opposition grows and the more the opposition becomes vocal. why the you think you've struggled with that? >> in terms of opposition, chuck, i expected this. i was under no illusions when i embarked on this path. i think it's the right thing to

do. i think it's good for our democracy. we will be more effective if we're unified going forward. i said some. what i have also said is that the american people have gone through a lot when it comes to the military over the last decade or so. >> i still haven't heard a direct response to brianna's question. if congress fails to authorize this, will you go forward? >> you're not getting a direct response. she asked the question very well. >> it's a pretty basic question. >> was i going to give you a different answer, no. what i've said and i will repeat

is that i put this before congress for a reason. i think we'll be more effective and stronger if congress authorizes this action. when i'm talking substantively to congress about why this is important. >> president obama says he'll address the american people from the white house on tuesday. he has a long way to go in convincing congress and their con stimp wents that this is the right move. a recent nbc news poll shows that four out of five americans believe he should not act if there's not congressional approval for this. >> nonessential u.s. staffers are out in lebanon. the state department saying it's

not safe for them to be there. in fact, all americans, even tourists, are being strongly advised to stay away from any place that's close to a border with syria. u.s. officials are worried about how some groups will react in the event of a possible military strike. chris lawrence is at the pentagon. explain to us what is behind the concern here. do they have hard evidence that suggests that some people could retaliate? >> reporter: there's a wall street journal report that says the u.s. intercepted a communication that iran has ordered militants in iraq to go after and troo toy to attack americans at the embassy in baghdad. this would be in retaliation if the u.s. were to conduct a strike on syria. i can tell you from talking to officials here it is one of their concerns. they have said that one of the ways in which syria could

retaliate is to go after u.s. interest in the region or to have their allies like hezbollah go after u.s. interests in the region. we do know that the state department has issued a warning for americans who are working, living in iraq. it's something to keep an eye on, high alert in that part of the world now. >> i know you've been working your sources and talking about scenarios about how the u.s. might launch a target. what have we learned today? >> reporter: officials have been fielding daily calls from the white house, multiple calls every day asking what can we do. can we do this, can we not do this. what would it take to do this? one of the options they are considering is using aircraft, long range bombers. some could be pilots by pilots directly from the united states.

we're not talking about flight going over syrian air space. one official said these could be used outside syrian air space. >> chris, thank you. here is more of what we're working on. senator john mccain is supporting the president's plan to launch military strikes inside syria, but voters in his district are not happy about that plan. he's not the only lawmaker who is feeling the heat. look at how many votes the president has and what he doesn't have in terms of a possible military strike on syria. [ male announcer ] this is claira.

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skong ju congress is just days away from debating the use of limited force inside syria. in the house 15 democrats and 8 republicans are backing the president. 23 democrats and 92 republicans are against him. 295 lawmakers are undecided or their feelings unknown. let's take a look at the senate. the 17 democrats and 7 republicans support a strike

against syria. five democrats and 14 republicans do not. with 57 senators still undecided. you can see the details on lawmakers position on cnn.com. one republican congressman from new york has held two different positions on syria in the same week. we're talking about representative michael who appeared on situation room endorsing the president's use request for force. three days later he reversed himself. here he is on the situation room. >> i would want the president's strike to be a meaningful strike. the idea that we should or shouldn't strike, i think that ship sailed a long time ago. it's extremely important to the syrian people but also matters what iran thinks. the credibility of the entire united states is on the line. we cannot allow a press of this regime to use chemical weapons. it's our credibility but it's

also our future for decades of how we will be perceived by the rest of the world not only from our enemies but our allies. it's hard to backtrack without losing credibility in all parts of the world from our allies or enemies. >> yesterday congressman grimm did a 180 here on the attack. here is what he said. >> it's a heinous crime against humanity. my natural instincts is to support my commander in chief. i want to support him. unfortunately, my commander in chief has let us down. he's not handled this many the way he should have handled it and we have lost credibility throughout the world. i don't believe a strike in syria will give us back that credibility. >> senator mccain is taking a very different view. he supports the president's call for the use of force even though

polls show almost 60% of americans do not actually agree with him. the republican senator got an earful. this is during a heated town hall in his home state of arizona. watch. >> i have to wonder, do you really realize what you're getting our country into with this war in syria? if you attack the syrians, who do you think they will take it out on? israel. why are you not supporting israel on this one? we should be backing them, not turning away from them. second of all, this is what i think of congress. they are a bunch of marshmallows. that's what they are. that's what they've become. why are you not listening to the people and staying out of syria? it's not our fight. back israel. >> i feel compelled like everyone else to take time out of their lives and prevent a tragedy. the tragedy would have our military forces strike syria.

it does not seem to be good rationale for the attack. >> how much is the life of american servicemen worth? to me it's worth a whole lot more -- >> there's no contemplation of putting a single american man or woman on the ground. >> you can say that now. >> i'm telling you there's not. >> there's a lot of skepticism about all of that. the latest poll show about 25% of congress but the majority of lawmakers are very much undecided. what are they getting and do they believe they need to hear something more from the president directly? >> i've been talking to dozens of senators and representatives in the last day. it's coming down to three things that i hear from these undecided

folks. the cost of going to syria, the scope and then also the u.s. going it alone. that's also what i hear from tourists at the capital. those voices of concern are getting louder. they are getting louder now as we get close to decision time. just an hour ago we had what could be a historic moment. senator reid took to the floor and introduced this measure. let's listen to that. >> a joint resolution which authorizes the use of military force limited in nature in response to syria and the syrian regime and their use of chemical weapons. as we know many, many people have been killed with this, including almost 500 children. >> reporter: that was in extent of the argument that he made today. he spoke for a few seconds longer but we expect much more

full debate when congress returns next week. >> we know the president is no longer going to california. he's going to stay in washington to lobby those lawmakers. give us a sense of the timetable. when would they vote on this resolution? the full senate and as well as the house? >> reporter: that's the big question. i thought they had a good handle on this yesterday but as we see more no votes coming in, there's more questions. if there's a filibuster of this measure then we could see a likely vote in the senate, the first test vote on wednesday. maybe a final vote one weekend from now. there's so much up in the air now. we don't know if there will be a filibuster. we don't know if the president has the votes to start the process in the senate. i think the best way is to say next week is critical. for all these voters listening, this is the time to call your lay ma lawmaker if you have an opinion. >> we know the president will be

addressing the nation on tuesday to make his case before the country. thank you. we'll all be working hard over the weekend. just ahead, the fighting in syria leaving so many at risk. we're going to take a look at the youngest victims. we're talking about the children. my turn daddy, my tur! hold it steady now. i know daddy. [ dad ] oh boy, fasten your seatbelts everybody. [ mixer whirring ] good thing we've got bounty. bounty select-a-size. it's the smaller powerful sheet, that acts like a big sheet. look! one select-a-size sheet of bounty is 50% more absorbent than a full size sheet of the leading ordinary brand. [ humming ] [ dad ] use less with the small but powerful picker upper. bounty select-a-size. and try bounty napkins.

situation is to desperate for many people still inside syria. those hardest hit are the children. a lot of them are dying. arwa damon is taking us to one makeshift hospital will children are struggling to stay live without food or proper medical care. we want to warn you that some of the images are very graphic. >> reporter: amid the utter devastation caused by weapons of war there's another killer working silently amid the chaos. the first victims, the most vulnerab vulnerable. in this video uploaded to you

tube by opposition activists, the 2 and a half-year-old struggles for life. his body can't take solid good. it can only digest milk but there isn't any for him. through skype we reached the pediatrician who treated him. there are many illnesses we're con fronting because of an absolute absence of food. we have depleted all of our food reserves. even animal products that could act as alternatives because there's no animals left. most of the residents to the southeast of damascus have long fled. among the 15,000 who remain, an estimated 5,000 are children. under siege for months by regime forces. cut off from all aid. >> for us, the fact that reports keep coming in from the area indicating that people rp dying

because we don't have medical supplies, people are dying because they don't have food supplies. they don't have the necessary staple as well. it's a serious cause for concern. >> reporter: the request for access have repeatedly been denied. there's runs of thousands of people living under a similar siege across the country. in this area there are tanks on all sides. only one route opens and it's high risk. presented with the tough choice between weapons and food, the rebels say they have to choose weapons. otherwise, they will all be slaughtered by the regime. the 9-year-old had a neurological disorder. there was no food or medicine to sustain his already weak body. people are eating leaves off the trees to stave off the hunger.

adults can force themselves to handle it but the children can't. some people rely on vegetables they can grow and this doesn't give one enough vitamins. there's no proteins or fats. with little or no food and medicine unavailable anyone with any sort of medical condition simply cannot fight it off. he had part of his intestines removed two months ago after he have hit. there was no way to provide him with the amino acids and protein his body needed to recover. the main reason is a complete lack of food ingredients that support a child's immune system. we're told he died the day we can spoke to the doctor. we cannot verify the authenticity of the videos or the causes of these childrens deaths. the icrc also can't confirm how

they died or how many people are in this condition. a point of immense frustration for them. >> what needs to be highlighted. these reports cannot be confirmed by international organizations buecause they do not have access. >> reporter: unless the siege is broken, the doctor says this is just the beginning. the 2-year-old is another one of the innocent victims. the day after this video was shot he took his final breath. arwa damon, cnn, beirut. i don't know, eight, ten years. i couldn't tell you but things were a lot less expensive back then. if you're 50 or over you should take a new look at your auto insurance. you may be overpaying. actually that makes a lot of sense. old policy. old rates. and thanks to your experience behind the wheel, you might save $350 by switching to the

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do little more than watch, they too, are also divided. i want to bring in director of government relations at the syrian american council. we are talking about people inside this country of syrian ancestry. you support the president. tell us why. >> thanks for having me. i strongly support the president's request to punish assad for the massive use of chemical weapons against innocents in syria. it's got to be consequences for this heinous crime. unless there are consequences this could be equivalent to a blank check for assad to use chemical weapons on a larger scale. >> do you have people inside of

syria who are potentially afraid of what might occur if the u.s. strikes? >> i'm definitely in contact with people almost all day long because that's what i do. fe people are concerned. on average mostly civilians get killed because of tnt barrels and scud missiles and all of these things that asad has opinion lobbeen lobbying on them for two and a half years. i think they are overwhelming majority of syrians, even here in the united states of america, i speak for eight syrian american organizations. they are overwhelmingly support the president's request. we think this is not going to be about starting a war. this will be taking a significant step.

>> what do you think in terms of the limited mission and scope. the president talks about sending a message and degrading some of assad's assets. he's talking about a fairly quick strike and getting out fairly quickly. do you think it's enough? >> i think there's an ongoing debate in washington, d.c. and on capitol hill. the build up has the momentum to change the policy on the ground. it's a different picture in the house. people think if you want to phase asaid he will say they dd nothing fp. we're hoping the strike will be robust enough so he realizes he cannot gas his way out of this conflict and he has to

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tell us why. >> it's not good idea. we are completely against the war. killing more people doesn't solve the problem. let's make it about syria, not about assad. let's make it about the syrian people, about the people in syria and stop killing. >> how do you do that? what do you suggest be done? are there other options, you think? do you think anything should be done? >> all the time the peaceful solution on the table. we have to work for it. president assad accept about two hours from announcing it. he accepted it. the opposition did not accept it. i believe the syrian people should put their difference on the side. their mind to work it and take the syria forward not back ward. bombing people is not going to

solve it. killing people is not going to solve it. we have to find peaceful solution from both side. we have to build syria and the syrian people, what the syrian people want that should be the same like here in the united states. in america now, last report came out, seven out of ten people reject the war. i believe the congress, our senate, our president should listen to them. >> do you think there's, i just spoke with another syrian american who says that assad should be punished. if he's responsible for the use of chemical weapons against the syrians inside his own country there ought to be some kind of punishment. do you agree? do you believe that? >> people who kill some people and take their heart. we have to put that on the side and stop punishing each other.

we should solve our problem in peaceful solution. we should talk mind to mind not weapon to weapon. if doctor, why do you any it is that the syrian community as well is so divided over this issue? >> the situation going on with killing and every time you think my friend died, this going to say that. the syrian army killed this person. the other side will say they killed my, the terrorist took my friend. you will not forget. that's why we should put all the difference on the side and we should think about syria. >> okay. we have to leave it there. thank you so much for your point of view. just ahead, 12 months ago he was a rising nfl star playing for one of league's most successful teams.

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the american people will hear directly from president obama about his plan to launch military strikes against syria. the president will address the nation on tuesday. many folks have already made up their minds. they do not want to get involved in the civil war.

they are voicing their opposition to members of congress. i want you to listen in to senator jeb sessions. this is at a restaurant in alabama. let listen. >> i remember my exchange with panetta that went viral on the tv. i was shocked. they just did it. i asked him that i had we've been to nato and the arab league and talking to the u.n. and we've got all these things. if we choose we'll talk to congress. that was basically the testimony and i said, i'm just speechless.

the constitution said the one people you need to ask is the united states congress if you want to go to war. 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 strength in the president's red line. they didn't believe it. now they went on and killed 1400 people. i believe that's solid intelligence. they go out and kill people like that and then now we got to go to war or not go to war. it would been better had he never used the weapons. i don't know. we'll go back. i'll be talking with my colleagues and we'll be wrestling with how to handle this. i've got good friends on both sides of the issues. >> it's good to see you. >> good to see you. >> how's brother crooks? >> he passed away. he was a great fan of yours. >> we were buddies.

>> he would love to be here. >> he was a great american. >> i stand here and listen to you and i sure hope that in those secret meetings that you have good intelligence. this is not my question. i do have a question. i'm not sure it was a chemical weapons attack. i think it was a pesticide attack. i think al qaeda could get ahold of pesticides. it was not consistent with a chemical weapons take. the emergency people came in there too quickly. they could not have come into an area with poison gas residue all over the place. i've read an interesting analysis of this. i think it was set up to get the united states to come in there and do al qaeda's dirty work. here is my question. you have something that none of us here have. you have a megaphone. you have a platform, you have a microphone. my question to you is that i see

this president crossing red line. he talks about red lines. i see him crossing one red line right after another. fraudulent birth certificate. everybody knows his documents were fraud. everything about this man is secret. nobody knows anything about obama. nothing. gays in the military, gun smuggling to the mexican, getting americans killed. breaking the -- he violates the constitution. he has a duty as the president of the united states to enforce the laws of the united states. he's refused to enforce the immigration law and defensive marriage act. he's violated so many, he's crossed so many red lines and now syria. my question is what do you think

is the red line for barack obama? when is the united states senate, when are our representatives going to say that he's gone too far and stop this man? do you feel like as a u.s. or do you feel like you're ca e capable of doing something to stop him. if so, what is that? thank you very much. >> now, it is -- it is sad that so much -- such a large number of people have lost confidence in the president. his integrity or his willingness to lead. but, you know, i can't agree with all of those things. i don't think they're probably factually correct. i just don't think that's true, some of it. but i do believe that they --

they from the tay we saw in supreme court nominations, his own statement that he wanted judges to do iempathy. basically that's saying he wanted judges not to follow the law, but to do whatever feels good at the time. and is a direct -- they do not respect the rule of law as the president of the united states. they are directly failing to follow immigration law. and they're directly -- there's no clearer failure to do their duty than not to defend the defense of marriage act, to your point. the department of justice has an absolute legitimate actions of congress. if there's any defense at all. and that clearly was a defense, legal defense. they just refused to defend the law of the united states when it was attacked in the supreme court and as a former federal

department of justice attorney, i think that was a huge failure. so i agree with that. but we just have one president. and i would say, too, we got a long way from having the votes in the u.s. senate. we just don't have the votes. i mean, 55 of us senators defend -- when the chips are down. >> -- what started as a town hall, question and answer period regarding whether or not the u.s. should strike syria has turned into really a question and answer from a lot of critical americans there who are asking about broader questions about his policy, domestic as well as foreign policy. senator jeff sessions addressing some of those. but this is really just kind of an indoor peek, a behind the curtain peek, if you will, the debate that is taking place throughout our country whether or not the u.s. should, in fact,

go in and cause a military strike inside of syria. we're going to have more of this debate on the other end of the break. like a milk-bone biscuit. ♪ say it with milk-bone.

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>> reporter: when aaron hernandez steps into a courtroom for the sixth time since his arrest he's expected to please not guilty to the murder of his friend, odi nirks llon lloyd. >> he's bearing up under the pressure. committed to clearing his name. >> reporter: but the pressure is mounting. a separate boston grand jury is also investigating whether the then new england patriot star was involved in the shooting deaths of two men last summer. a law enforcement source revealing to cnn, investigators have security camera video at cure nightclub that allegedly shows hernandez and these two men, daniel abreu and sofero fertato all there at the same time but not interacting. they were killed in a drive-by shooting when they left the club in their car. a dusty suv that belongs to hernandez. and allegedly linked to the shooting, was found parked at the home of his uncle. hernandez's lawyers won't comment on that investigation.

for now their focus is fighting an indictment for execution style murder of odin lloyd. so far there's sirj evidence including home video surveillance that shows hernandez returning to his householding what appears to be a gun after he and two other men allegedly drove lloyd to an industrial park and shot him. prosecutors say hernandez later returned a rental car with a bullet casing that allegedly matched bullets at the murder scene. the district attorney says this case may define his career. >> there is added pressure. but i can't say in any way that we shirk from it. think we welcome it. >> reporter: hernandez's lawyers say they welcome the chance to challenge the evidence. at friday's arraignment, we expect to hear new details of just what that evidence is. susan candiotti, cnn, attleloro,

susan candiotti, cnn, attleloro, massachusetts. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

and i'm brooke baldwin. happy friday to you. thank you so much for joining me. let me tell you, huge, huge day of news. an even bigger hour of live events. see the two boxes over my shoulder. let me tell you about these two people we are watching for any minute now. hours after the nfl season kicked off last night, one of its former stars is right now appearing in a courtroom. this is near boston. on murder charges. you know