and a 30-tablet free trial. good morning. i'm rishchard lui in no chris jansing. missile strikes against syria could be launched as early as thursday. that is according to senior u.s. officials. defense secretary chuck hagel telling the bbc the u.s. military is ready should the president give the order. >> suffice it to say the options are there. the united states department of defense is ready to carry out those options if that would occur, that would occur also in coordination with our international partners. >> then on the ground, the u.n. team investigating the use of chemical weapons is having trouble. monday, they were shot out before getting a chance to talk to victims and tour the scene. today, their visit to another site has been delayed. regardless, there is little doubt chemical weapons were used

there and that the united states will do something soon. secretary of state john kerry speaking passionately about the attack. >> what we saw in syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. it defies any moral. let me be clear. the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obje ab scenity. i can't get the picture out of my mind. >> the headlines in the united states, well, here is "the washington post," obama weighs limited military strike on syria. "usa today," u.s. moves closer to military action. politico, syria poses first big test for second term. i want to bring in nbc news

pentagon correspondent jim miklaszewski. what are you learning? >> reporter: u.s. military officials and other u.s. officials stress while the president officially hasn't given the order yet to launch any kind of military strikes against syria, the possibility for those strikes to begin opens up that -- that window opens up as early as thursday and could extend into the weekend, into early next week. . i can tell you that u.s. officials are say if the u.s. decides to launch military strikes against syria, those strikes, which would come from four guided missile destroyers in the mediterranean launching cruise missiles at designated specific limit targets there in syria could go on for three days because after the first wave, they have to take a look, see, battle damage assessment and figure awe ow what they have may have missed and go back to strike. i can tell you officials are stressing whenever these strikes

begin, if they begin, they would be very limited in scope, and not intended or the likelihood they would not appreciably degrade the syrian military capabilities. >> jim miklaszewski with that breaking news for us on the timing according to what we are hearing right now from government officials, thank you so much, mercury. ed owe kiev is joining me and becky. britain, france, turkey supporting military action if chemical acttions were used. you've heard this breaking news we are getting right now in terms of the potential timing. what is the white house you think weighing right now on its decision about when and how to attack? >> what we have seen the past few days, and what we are going to continue to see is the white house making a very public case for the action that is eventually going to be taken. of course, very significant what we saw in the wording yesterday

in the statement from speaker boehner's office that they are hoping that the white house has consultation about them. not necessarily going to see a look for authorization from congressional sources. so the u.s. is looking to assemble as broad coalition as possible without necessarily going through the u.n. >> as you were eluding to there, ed, the president started consulting members of congress and being specific, john boehner, the speaker. we have ed royce and elliott engles well and what bob corker said just last hour on "the daily rundown." >> i know i've been called by the appropriate person in this particular case and had a good conversation yesterday and i know they consider that consultation, if you will, that they are required to do under the war powers act. >> ed, being very specific there as you heard the senator. is there a general consensus you believe then from members on how to proceed here and, as well, now that we have timing?

>> well, we saw one very outspoken more libertarian member of the house this morning from michigan say that congress perhaps should be called back here to washington to debate this if the president is going to use military power. ske while senator corker may feel a phone call from the white house is efficient and others will say, no, congress should come in and vote on some kind of military option. but, generally, this seems to be support for a limited military strike within syria that targets, say, the specific groups that may have been carrying out these chemical attacks. beyond that it gets tricky and they you're going to see many lawmakers in the coming day, look. if the president wants to hit a few spots in syria that is tyne but what is the ultimate goal in syria? inflict damage and move on and let assad sort this out with the syrians or eventually take out the basharregime? i expect we will see more of

that through today and tomorrow up until these attacks begin. >> msnbc draer mitchell saying it's about sending a message and not about regime change. another u.s. official saying it is about the message. the question might be to whom and then to what end? >> the administration has been very clear on this point kind of behind the scenes word has been, you know, this is not any sort of a sustained attack with any sort of long-term goal such as regime change. this is a very specific targeted attack meant to send a message, a specific response to the chemical weapons attack a few days ago. particularly when you're looking at the public opinion polls with public support being where it is for any sort of action in syria, that's a very important distinction for the administration to make as it makes its case. >> we were winding down the wars in afghanistan and iraq. nobody in the united states here talking about boots on the ground, but if this is something the u.s. is going to do, how

does a president have to sell this to the american people in the next several days? >> i think lawmakers and the public frankly want to hear from the president directly whether that is in some kind of oval office address or some other speech that lays out why specifically this is happening. we have seen him say in a televised interview but that only reaches a limited audience. they expect to see some more public explanation of why the administration feels they need to do this. certainly secretary kerry on monday was an early example of how the u.s. will explain this not only to americans but to the world. and inevitably, i think especially lawmakers, say if the president is going to do this, he best come forward and explain himself. >> rebecca is the first big test for the president in his second term? >> this is the first big test for this new foreign policy team. there is a lot of discussion with samantha power and susan rice coming in this humanitarian

focus they have had and the question how they would respond with secretary kerry and secretary hagel representing the opposite end of that spectrum. we are seeing this dynamic playing out in real-time here. to the question of whether or not we are going to hear from the president, absolutely. press secretary jay carney saying yesterday we should expect to hear from the president in the days ahead in whatever action the united states plans to take here. >> thank you both very much. i want to bring in a member of the permanent collect committee on intelligence which oversees the cia and nsa, adam. congressman, thanks for being here. what did you know about this decision about timing and did it surprise you? >> it doesn't surprise me the administration has come to the conclusion fairly rapidly they have to act. the president about draw a line in the sand and that line has been crossed repeatedly and to an even greater extent, so the military has to act i think what

secretary kerry said yesterday, the administration has made the decision to act. once you've made that decision, i think delay is really not in your favor. they do need to get a few things done. they need to rally the support of the international community. they need to have consultations with congress. i would love to see us call back into session, although i think unlikely. if the president limits the action to targeting those instrumental its used to deliver chemical weapons and it's of limited duration, i think he can get by with consultations with congress. if what he has in mind is something broader than that, then we must have a vote. but i don't think the administration is planning something broader than that. >> you may have read eugene robinson column today saying assad must be punished and he writes it would be difficult to design a missile strike without drawing the united states into the war. but that is a thin line, isn't it, here for the president that he has to. when you look at the goal of the operation people will be asking americans kroog the country what

is that objective? and up to what limit do we get to before putting troops on the ground? >> it's difficult, you're right, it's a difficult line to draw and as much as we like to think that cruise missile strikes are very precise, nothing in war fare is all that precise and we have to expect that we will hit the military targets. there may be civilian casualties as well. and you can never rule out the potential loss of american life even if we don't fly over syrian air space. these kind of exercise are dangerous for all involved. i think that we can draw the line in the right place. we can make this punishing and direct it to how they have carried out these attacks by degrading their missile capability, their air capability. it will be punishing, i think it will have an impact and it will be a deterrent but we need to make sure we define the mission carefully that we don't get drawn on into this civil war. >> when you look at the

diplomatic cover that the united states needs to pull together to move forward, what is your thought when you look at nato, when you look at the arab league, as well as other allies around the country -- around the world, excuse me. >> i think we will certainly have the support of many of allies in the region and a lot of our nato partners getting the arab league behind this as, indeed, they should, is still going to be a big ask and we will see whether they can get that done in a timely way. >> would you support this if we go it alone? >> i don't think we will go it alone and i don't think we should go it alone. this has to be an international effort for many reasons, not the least of which is if this is going to be truly the international stigma of using chemical weapons and an international statement this is intolerable it can't be the united states acting alone so this has to be done in concert with others and i'm confident it will be done in concert with others. >> thank you, adam shiff.

we will have more information on the timing and what the actions might be as it develops here on msnbc. treasury secretary jack lew saying the government will hit its debt ceiling by mid october meaning the u.s. will not be able to pay all of its bills. on cnbc this morning, jack told john hard wood he would not negotiate over the debt ceiling, instead, urging congress to act. >> congress has already authorized funding, committed us to make expenditures and we are now in the place the only question will we pay the bills that the united states has incurred? and it is just the only way to do that is for congress to act, for it to act quickly. what we need in our economy is some certainty. we don't need another self-inflicted wound and we don't need another crisis at the last minute. congress should come back and act. >> secretary lew is pushing for

action sooner, rather than later. a spokesman for george zimmerman's lawyer say they are going after florida to pay for their legal costs. state law says zimmerman's attorney can recover fees from florida because he was acquitted and that could room expert witnesses and court reporter charges. zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of trayvon martin last month. hey linda!

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the president and mrs. obama host a reception tonight. it's to honor the 50th anniversary of the march on washington for jobs and freedom. monday, the president met with

african-american faith leaders and civil rights activists and they discussed closing the racial gap on unemployment and education and action to healthier and not much has changed in the jobless rates in the five decades since the 1963 march. black unemployment is still double that of whites and higher education, black stunts 13% less likely to finish at least a bachelor's degree. joining me now is one of the religious leaders who attended that meeting dr. reverend otis moss iii and senior pastor with the trinity unit church of christ. thanks for being here. the president covered a lot of topics with your group yesterday. what was new that you had heard yesterday? >> well, i was not in the meeting yesterday. that was my father, dr. otis moss jr. who was at the meeting. i will be there in a little while, a few hours, i'll be making my way to the d.c. for the service as we deal with some of the unfinished business of the movement.

>> what did you hear that was discussed and what is your reaction to it? >> one of the pieces that was discussed is in reference to education and investment. we have been talking as faith leaders that there needs to be an abbott versus burke decision all across the united states. abbott versus burke was in new jersey where they determined there was uneven and unequal distribution of resources to schools and took almost 15 to 20 years for that to be applied and now new jersey is seeing a closing of that racial gap. why? because there is investment in education. we need wrap-around services and we need to be able to disrupt the economic apartheid and educational apartheid that is persuasive within the american culture. >> a coalition of black clergy sending an open letter to lawmakers invoking dr. king's words and calling on congress now to toughen background checks for firearm purchases. what is your thought on those

and why now? >> well, one thing that the group has done that has been organized by reverend desmond quotes a friend from morehouse college is recognize we have a proliferation of guns throughout our country. chicago, where i reeside one of the highest proliferation of guns of any of its size. we must protect children and not necessarily protect guns. not against guns but we need to have sensible laws. you have more laws in reference to you getting a license to drive a car than you do for a gun. we need to have some parity around those issues. the second thing we are celebrating and commemorating the legacy of someone who was a revolutionary and radical in dr. martin luther king and he was a nonviolate revolutionary. as people of more leaders we should promote the idea that we want to keep our children safe and not protecting guns but

protect our children and not guns. >> reverend, republicans continue attempts to block obama care. another faith leader jesse jackson saying their motivation is by race. what is your reaction? >> if you look at the history of the republican party. they began as many dixie crats and very upset with the movement of the civil rights movement that shifted the republican party to becoming a conservative party that it is now. as a result of southern democrats who did not want this broad group of people to begin to vote and shift the voting and elections all throughout the south. part of the republican party's motivation and inspiration has come from that playbook and that playbook is one that utilized raise and utilized fear in order to motivate people and coalesce people around particular topics. it's a division type of playbook

instead of a unity playbook. >> the country is reflecting on the current status of race relations on this anniversary that will be celebrated all throughout this week but in tomorrow on the actual date. has the president done enough on this topic of race relations? >> no president has done enough. but i will say our president has made tremendous strides of any other particular president in recent american history. you had l.b.j. who signed the voting rights act but had to be pushed by martin luther king jr. you had lincoln who signed the emancipation process and had to be pushed by douglas. president obama is the first to speak about race as he did in the issue on trayvon martin and on issue around stand your ground as we still as a community have to push to remove such laws as evenly applied and complicated the entire issue down in florida. i would applaud president obama

what he has done but we still have a lot of work we need to do. >> you want more from the president. reverend dr. oats moss iii of the united church of the christ, thank you for your time today. how are you advancing the dream? tweet us and watch martin luther king jr.'s complete i have a dream speech hosted by tamron hall tomorrow on msnbc on 4:00 p.m. eastern. last night, a state judge declared gay marriage is now legal in bernalilo county making it the third new mexico county to allow same-sex marriage. one of the kampls of examples of couples taking their fight to court instead of relying on politicians. they are trying to get the gay rights recognized in 15 states. what you wear to bed is your business. so, if you're sleeping in your contact lenses, ask about the air optix® contacts politicians. they are trying to get the gay rights recognized in 15 states. .

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word this morning from john harwood that larry summers is the front-runner for the fed chair position not janet yellin who could be the first woman in this post. if summers gets the job add to recent criticism that the administration failed to put more women in pour. "the new york times" points out president obama named 13 women to top spots the same as president clinton in his two terms. 41% compared to 35% for the obama administration. let's bring in msnbc contributor and former bush/cheney adviceor, robert trainer. angela, what do you make of summer's possibilities here? janet yellin is vice chair of the fed. >> a number of things. one is we can't just skip a president and go back to president clinton's 13. there was a president in

between. there was george bush's eight. i think the other thing we have to really pay attention to here, richard, is the fact that the president has also made monumental strides of appointments of judges. the only two supreme court nominations he's had, he has apied two women. i think it's terribly unfortunate for us to look at isolated incidents rather than the total picture. >> if he not to pick yellin and goes with summers, you're fine with that? >> i don't have a personal opinion about who he picks. i think it's most important that he picks a person that works well with the overall obama administration and does their very best to advance policies that not only impact the overall american public, but also people of color and women. so whoever is best suited for that job, that is who should be put in that role. >> robert, how does the administration navigate a summers decision if they decide to go that ain wway?

>> two things. one, miss yellin is very qualified to be the next fed chair. clearly she is the vice chair and understands the system and very cerebral and someone that is very well-respected on capitol hill on both sides of the aisle. her problem is is not because she is a female but she not part of the president's inner circle. historically what the president has done is take who is within his inner circle and promote from within. that is unfortunately miss yellin's handicap she does not have the confidence of the president in terms of his inner circle and larry summers does. he is a political infighter and someone has been around since 2008 or 2009 when the president was inaugurated. the question becomes is whether or not the president will go with his instinct and probably go with larry summers, or will he go for history and then appoint miss yellin to the post?

we will see. >> look at the bigger picture here. angela, we mentioned 20 years since president clinton became president the number of women in cabinet has not changed and went down to 8 during the bush years. once the ceiling was broken during the clinton years somebody say shouldn't be expect more improvements that it might be easier now to increase those numbers? >> absolutely, richard. i think we also need to look, again, at the totality of the circumstances. where are the number of women on corporate boards throughout america's fortune 500 companies? where are our ceos and the women running washington's trade association? this is an overall problem that is is not just for the president to address. has he dressed it? certainly. we talked about the judicial nominations. we talked about other ways in which he has made sure they are represented, for example, in the white house. so on the staff. so you can't just look at this one isolated place. you have to look at the

underrepresentation of women at large. >> what about specifically when the president has choices and what we are looking here. congress to look at. the numbers still remain fairly low, although there has been some progress. >> sure. i think what i'm saying here may be albeit poorly, richard, i think we, as american people, have to address the problem overall. i think the president is doing a great job. i've mentioned several spaces in which he has done that now. specifically with judicial nominations. he is lawyer. that is place near and dear to his heart. we have talked about it with policy. you know the first bill he signed into law was the ledbetter act. we have to move forward as a people and address it across the board. >> robert, i want to get your reaction here. the administration, we discussed this is pointing out the president did pick women for prominent positions such as national security adviser and budget chief there and commerce secretary and mentioned by angela on the bench appointments with women than clinton had done. when you look what is happening

right now is there a lack of desire or plainly choosing the best qualified as the administration has been saying consistently? >> two things. i go back to what i said originally. it depends on the president's comfort level in terms of who is around him. secondly to angela's point and answer your question. no matter who it is, they need to set an example. it's not just corporate america following or leading, rather. it's the president and the white house setting the standard by saying you know what? my administration, the people that are around me to look like america and that is lgbt and black and people of color and women and all people of all stripes and colors and so forth. what this administration needs to do and when i say this administration, i mean, every administration, needs to lead and say you know what? there are qualified people out there that do the job, number one. but also, number two, they are qualified people out there that may look different from you and we as americans need to get comfortable with that. it is chilling in 2013 we are

still having this conversation that people of color and gender and lgbt issues in the workplace we think on the eve of the 50th anniversary of dr. king's "i have a dream" speech we would have been there. the administration needs to lead. >> great points. thank you both. appreciate your time today. >> thank you. checking the news feed this morning. small quantities of ash continue to pollute the reservoir that provides drinking water in san francisco from the out of control fire at yosemite national park. the ash has not sunk far enough to reach pumps leading into the city's drinking supply but if it does, the reservoir will be closed off. fire officials are saying right now, it's only 20% contained, that fire. the midwest is getting a reminder that summer is not quite over yet. schools in nebraska, iowa, the dakotass and illinois have had to let kids out of class early this week as temperatures rise near 100 degrees. chelsea manning attorney says if

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a new charity is giving money directly to the poor. no strings attached. as much as a thousand dollars to residents in the developing world. they can spend it any way they want. the company doing this give directly. their donation method is radical idea in the charity world. donors usually give to what they think people need like medicine or a school. jacob goldstein just wro about this in "the new york" magazine. what are the results? why is this more efficient? >> they are still studying that. besides give people money they are doing a real study and doing

a randomized trial so some group of people that didn't get money and some did and get real data this year. we kind of don't know yet. anecdotally, people are doing including things but does not seem like people are drinking the money away. >> which is one of the concerns in terms of traditional charity giving? >> serm. when you sort of tell somebody about this idea like here is this charity giving people money the first thing they say, drink it away. >> bernard omandi is one of the characters you wrote about in hurry your piece. how does he get the money? >> there he is on the screen. people showed up in his village one day last year, we are from this charity and give you a thousand dollars with no strings attached. he didn't believe it, right? it's weird for somebody to be like we are giving you money. >> when you make $2 a day?

>> exactly. his friends were like, this is sketchy. people are going to ask for it back but he took the money and it works and they have this mobile banking system in kenya so they gave him a cell phone and he got the money on his cell phone. the two big things he bought for it was a metal roof to replace his grass roof which leaked and they have to replace and he bought a motorcycle. there he is on his motorcycle and started a taxi business. he runs a motorcycle taxi business. >> put what traditional charities have done in their majority to say the poor know exactly what they need more than these big infrastructure, these large charities because he is doing exactly what he needs to do to make money and he knows what is happening in his own village. >> yeah. a very econ 101 idea going on here. each person can sort of optimize for themselves. if you give them money, they can buy whatever they need. they are poor and their problem is they don't have any money.

>> he can doing quite well for himself in this case. does it work well in all cases? >> it certainly wouldn't work in all cases. you can imagine some guy is going to blow it. >> majority of cases. >> yeah. so what there is a lot of evidence of is developing countries, mexico, brazil, a lot of latin american countries have started giving money to their poor citizens like send your kids to school and get vaccinated. that works well and people spend money and make investments. this program is pushing it a little further because no strings attached. you don't have to send your kids and find out later this year how it's working. >> compelling idea and simplifying things. jacob, thank you for your time today. >> thanks for having me. the past several days we have been talking about the march on washington. today's tweet is from bernie sanders office which said, quote. as a 22-year-old college student, senator sanders rode to

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school year begins to start here, the incoming freshman class will be the most socially connected ever with facebook, twitter, pintrest and much more. socially connected doesn't mean socially savvy. students are learning the hard way about the power of their postings. one 20-year-old college student in georgia got in big trouble for posting this on tumbler earlier this year. quote, i plan on shooting up georgia southern pass this around to see the effect it has to see if i get arrested. he did. he was sentenced to five years probation and banned from use social media and raises the question should colleges and high schools teach students about the power of their posts? let's bring in a strategist,

patricia. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> many colleges have policies in their student honandbook. >> your social media presence now impacts your opportunities for employment. no prospect pif employers are looking at candidates and viewing the type of content available on those platforms to gauge whether or not they are fit for their organization. if anything, they are impacting how students will become productive on society and be a part of the economy by giving them the necessary tools to operate on social media in a savvy constructive manner. >> what would you give to them in terms of constructive advice how to handle et quiquette in ts of posting on social media?

>> they come from an environment where they are sharing music and videos and files seamlessly and without a lot of thought. when they are sharing emotion and sometimes sentiment, there's not a whole lot of thought behind what they are actually sharing and who might be looking at it. i always advise student when i speak to colleges and universities think about being in an interview and sharing content that they feel would be conducive to them getting the job and not impacting them negatively. >> this my be a way of expressing myself, free speech, how come you're stopping that? >> i don't know that you need to stop free speech. i think you need to think about what is more appropriate and than than aware of the fact a lot of the content you share on social media now is viewable instantly and can be viewed by the administrators of your school and by law enforcement if they find it threatening. you have to be conscious of the type of content you're sharing

and do so in a way that helps to build and optimize your career and potential career as opposed to to hurting you. really thinking more about it. >> yes. thinking is always good no matter what we are doing. patricia, thank you for your time. thomas roberts is up next. what you got? >> i'm so glad we are old. >> that's right. can you imagine doing that at that age? it's tough. >> you make a good point about free speech but, unfortunately, that also comes with free judgment from potential employers down the line. so a lot no kids coming up to think about. thanks so much. do u.s. allies support military action in syria. what are the options if confirmed that bashar al assad is killing his people with chemical weapons? we connect the dots on who would support syria against international forces. will florida pay hundreds of thousands of dollars for george zimmerman's legal expense?

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that would occur it would occur in coordination with our international partners. >> officials here at the pentagon are operating as if this is, in fact, a done deal. and they expect attacks as early as perhaps the end of this week or early next week. >> these new developments coming a day after secretary of state john contrary calling evidence of chemical weapons undeniable. >> what we saw in syria last week should shock the conscience of the world. it defies any code of morality. let me be clear. the indiscriminate slaughter of civilians and killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. >> the horror and moral outrage expressed by john contrary was profound and it was unusual. it was emotional and passionate and that expresses the views throughout the administration. >> there is