hall. following breaking news from washington. right now congress returns to work after a month-long summer recess. congress's return come in the midst of an extraordinary day in the debate over what to do regarding syria. here is the latest, where things stand right now. in the last two hours, in a surprise move, russia, syria's key ally floated a diplomatic solution to the crisis calling on the syrian government to hand over its chemical weapons to international control in an attempt to avert a u.s. strike. united nations secretary ban ki-moon made a similar proposal saying he may ask the security council to demand the transfer of chemical weapons to a place inside syria where they can be stored and destroyed. those developments coming shortly after secretary of state john kerry speaking in london said syria could avoid an attack by giving up those chemical

weapons. >> you could turn over every bit of the chemical weapons to the international in the next week, turn it over, all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do it and it can't be done. >> the state department quickly clarified that statement saying that secretary kerry was speaking rhetorically. these ever demonstrators who gathered in front of the white house since early this morning to protest any military intervention. we're now seeing protests like this pop up in different parts of the country. but this was in front of the white house. this as the administration steps up the lobbying campaign to convince congress and american people that a strike will be limited and not lead to a drawn out engagement. today national security adviser susan rice made the case for intervention. >> there's no doubt about who is responsible for this attack. only the syrian regime has the

capacity to deliver chemical weapons on a scale to cause the devastation we saw in damascus. the opposition does not. >> this morning we heard from syrian president bashar al assad himself who in an interview with cbs threatened consequences of a u.s. strike on his country. >> nobody expected it until september. you cannot expect for anyone to tell you what's going to happen. it's an area where everything is on the brink of explosion. you have to expect everything. >> nbc's kelly o'donnell is on capitol hill and been staked out there it seems every day. here we are, congress is back from the break here. we know many of them know the score quite honestly but it reality, they are waiting for the president tomorrow. >> waiting for the president is a critical point for members of congress who need to hear something more. they've been hearing from their

constituents back home, many attended some of these classified briefings. more of those will be available. some senators are in situation room with the vice president going over the information. it has been a rolling education on the specifics of this. four members of congress who have to vote and certainly hearing from the president will be a big part of that. he dropped in at the dinner hosted by vice president biden last night for some republican senators. there are these personal contacts going forward. but this is not the usual kind of situation where we might be able to better anticipate how various members will vote. it doesn't fall along strict party lines and doesn't reflect sometimes their own history on issues like this because of the complexity. the senate is just now returning into session and majority leader reid is on the senate floor. we expect today it is possible he will file one of the procedural steps to begin the clock if you will from senate

side. house would operate separately. right now what we are hearing is more of that unsettled feeling from members of congress. lamar alexander of tennessee came out as a no. democrat heidi hidecamp came out as a no. the momentum publicly at this point does not appear to be in the president's favor. that power of persuasion rests with the president. so it will be critical to hear from him and these behind the scenes briefings as well. >> we're beginning to look at live pictures of the house and senate. kelly, i'm curious reaction that you've heard regarding these new images released from the administration. i believe yesterday over the weekend, more graphic images of the result of this chemical attack still does not prove who launched the attack but further evidence of the catastrophic nature of what happened there. >> and members were able to see those same images and classified briefings and the white house made them available publicly.

i think further educate the public on what the factors are and issues. and when we talk to members, no question there is a heartbreaking quality to this. that's one piece of theical cue lus of their decision. a bigger question we keep hearing center around things like what will the objective me militarily and what will the end game be? is this the appropriate role for the u.s. without other partners? is there another way? the discussions today about perhaps russia being involved with some sort of deal to broker the availability of those chemical weapons to come out of syria, things like that might be windows into some negotiation, those feel like long shots at this point in terms of what congress must do this week but it is a time when there are so many factors, so much public pressure. the enormity of what took place there and what is the role for the u.s. these are complicated issues. >> thank you very much. to further the conversation, joining me is oklahoma

republican congressman james langford, opposed to military intervention in syria. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> what is your primary concern, why at least at this point you are a no vote? >> it's a long range effectiveness? what do rewe solve by it? the russians and iranians could resupply within a year. if we do a weekend's worth of bombing and at the end assad sticks his head out and said i defeated the americans and rebels, what does that do to american credibility in the region and days to come? we don't look stronger at the end, we look like we're not serious. this is a serious issue. we don't want either side to have chemical weapons when the war is over but i'm not sure we solve the problem by launching tomahawks in syria right now. >> let me bring up two issues. i'll read you what bill crystal wrote. republicans will have to resist

the temptation to weaken the president when the cost is weakening the country. a party that for at least two generations have held high the banner of american leadership and strength should not cast a vote that obviously risks damaging erosion of this country's stat tour and credibility abroad. what is your reaction to that and other conservatives who feel this way? >> we have an obligation to make a moral stand in the world. chemical weapons are not per missible in our modern culture. but have we achieved everything diplomatically we can or have we gone from one to ten in a hurry and skipped steps two through nine in between. there's a process we should go through, rather that's locking down banking funds, whatever that may be. i'd like the president to determine that. we've got to go through every diplomatic opportunity possible before we jump to launching missiles. we're going too far too fast and should use the least amount of power necessary to accomplish the greatest amount of results.

>> we heard from susan rice within the last couple of hours and she made the note of tempting targets in the region, specifically the u.s. most critical and close ally israel. and you have now some 250 jewish leaders activists who are lobbying and been doing so in an effort to get members of congress like yourself to vote yes as they worry that iran will focus on israel and this again makes israel a target in all of this. they are calling for action. what do you say to those who are concerned about israel? >> the concern is if we launch into syria, does that broaden the war? right now the war is within the confines of the boundaries of syria. once we launch weapons in there, we've now changed the boundaries on that. does that move now into israel and make it more vulnerable to attack or send a signal to iran in the days ahead that the americans aren't serious. >> the lobbyists and jewish

leaders who are lobbying members of congress say failing to act would send a message to tehran that the u.s. won't stand up to hostile countries. what do you see to them? >> what i've exactly said already. we're in a quan dri, we're either saying we're not enforcing our red line or we've done 96 hours of bombing and that's all you do. if you can sustain the first weekend of bombing, you'll be fine because the americans will leave you alone. both are bad signals to send to iran that we're not serious. at this point we have to be able to evaluate which is the better option for us and to be able to understand that the situation with iran is very different than what's happening in syria right now. iran is a threat globally. syria is a threat to itself at this point and its own people and civil war but not crossed over into other boundaries. >> thank you so much for your time. we greatly appreciate it. joining me now, "washington post" columnist a. let's start with the latest developments with russia in the

surprising move to many in offering i don't know what it's called at this point, not an olive branch but try a different effort of diplomacy to avoid a strike. >> it's a very, very hard to say what's going on right here. take two possible interpretations, one is that russia and syria noted secretary kerry's comments that it would be fine if assad would simply turn over weapons and thought this is a great idea, we can mir the u.s. down in a ridiculous set of negotiations. they'll never actually end up verifiable turning over all this weaponry but we'll allow more support to drain out of striking. on the other hand russia is not happy about the client states using chemical weapons. iran in the iran/iraq war in 1988 and currently around the world not happy around using chemical weapons. maybe syria sees this as an opportunity to get international sympathy and keep u.s. out. it is difficult to know how

serious this offer actually is. at the moment, i think the administration has no way to know if syria and russia are coming to them in good faith. >> within the last hour, the official line from the administration is that they are taking a hard look at the russian proposal on syria. but to your point and a lot of analysis out there, the immediate reaction is this does appear to be a stall tactic. senator harry reid said the first vote on the syrian resolution is to go down wednesday, which we know is the day after the world hears from president obama. >> right. so this is a way an arguably smart move because one option members of congress have that they didn't have 24 hours ago to say look, i'm not saying i'm against using force but i want to let this process play out a little bit. on the other hand you can make an argument that the white house itself is maybe they don't want this anymore either. the intention of going to

congress was to figure out if they had enough public support to survive through an intervention. if anything went wrong would require a greater level of public commitment given the u.n. and other potential allies were not along. if they cannot count on congress to support them if things go wrong, that is very valuable information for them to have. if you believe they went to congress at all in good faith, it was to learn whether or not striking syria would be unwise because there wasn't public support. they learned yes indeed it would be unwise. >> thank you very much, ezra. we'll talk with bill richardson about russia's surprise announcement that it would push syria to place its chemical weapons under international control. that is the big headline at least at this hour but we know things are changing rapidly. students back in class across the country but there's a controversy at one school where this 7-year-old little girl had

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welcome back. the white house hounsedded in 14 more kupcountries have signed o statement condemning assad's use of chemical weapons and calling for a strong international response. the u.s. and 10 other countries issued the statement on monday. joining me now, former u.s. ambassador to the u.n., bill

richardson. thank you so much for your time. you said in a recent interview there needs to be acoalition of willing for a military strike against syria. what would you like to see from the u.n. in its effort to avoid a strike? >> well, i think the u.n. is basically out of it because what you have is the russians prepared to veet to anything within the u.n. security council. military authorization, by the way i think the russians have a new diversionary tactic with syria that they'll somehow remove the weapons from syria. i don't believe that's viable. >> let me pause you there because that is the development, breaking news is that russia says they will destroy them to avert a u.s. strike. syria quickly today welcomed this call from russia. why do you believe this is not a reasonable conclusion to this -- some reasonable movement, i should say? >> because i don't think russia

is serious. i don't think they are sincere. i don't think syria is sincere. russia has provided a bunch of diversionary tactics at the security council. they've stopped u.n. envoys, brahimi, annan from doing something about a political settlement in syria. they are stalling and aiming to influence the congressional vote, give them an excuse. a member of congress can say, let's see this diplomatic initiative. diplomacy failed in this effort. we have tried hard to push for a diplomatic solution. i think the administration, tamron, should stay the course and proceed with the vote. they've made a good strong case. it's going to be tough but that's how i would proceed. i would be very careful about accepting or starting to negotiate on this diversionary tactic. whods going to enforce it? you have to go to the u.n. security council to enforce a

stoppage of these chemical weapons and russia can veto any language and how can you verify it? i'm very skeptical of that. >> you have said as former member of congress, you like that congress is being brought in but the president has to make this judgment. why do you believe at this point and here we are 24 hours out from hearing from the president, you've had now graphic video presented to members of congress, briefing after briefing. we heard from susan rice and may hear from hillary clinton here soon. why do you believe there are members on both sides of the aisle who are now not just undecided but adamant nos regarding any military strike? >> well, i've been a democratic whip in the house. i've been through votes like this before on the executive branch and congressional side. the administration is just getting their momentum. members of congress have been home. they've been hearing from constituents. this is not popular. they are now on the turf of the administration. they will get briefings.

they will get intelligence data. this is the time when those undecided and i think the undecided number is the biggest, when you can turn them. this is when you can also work on those that have come out negative. members of congress will have about a week in the house before there is a vote. i've seen the executive branch, clinton, bush administrations obama administrations. right now they have the tools of persuasion. and you're now on the administration's turf. the administration and president will address the country. he will be persuasive. he's making a strong international case, more countries are joining us. i think the momentum is shifting to the administration. it will happen in the next few days but it's still going to be a tough vote. >> thank you so much. i'm sure we'll talk with you more, sir, with your insight. a new poll out confirms

americans are overwhelmingly opposed to military action against syria. the cnn poll shows 59% of americans say congress should not approve a resolution authorizing even limited military action against syria. joining me now, syria's xm michael summer connish, you're on the day hearing from people across the country and this poll i would imagine reflects what you're hearing as it's consistent with so many polls out right now? >> actually not. the 40% who are supportive of the president is being generous toward the president because to the extent my telephone calls across the country are any barometer and there's no science, it's all anecdotal. i would not surprised if it was 75/25. >> you believe that it's -- >> a low ball number. i think -- >> what specifically?

>> i think the white house has been playing this largely as an evidentiary matter and i think the president will be well advised tomorrow if he focuses his remarks only proportionately small amount on evidence. i don't think people are believing of putin or assad. i think they are believing of president obama even if they disagree with him. it's not people doubt the evidence exists that this occurred but rather it's the why us and what's the end game? those are the questions that have not been answered to people's satisfaction. >> i think you're absolutely right. even in the language that is required, we have to still at this point say alleged chemical use despite the fact we're hearing from members of congress and these briefings who say they absolutely know in their minds -- this also lingers back to iraq and we've heard the absolutes before that turned out kn not to be true. if you launch an attack, you own it. and this notion that it would be strategic and in and out, all of these other seemingly guarantees

that come along with it or not. you cannot guarantee what will happen in retaliation. and then the next move. >> and tamron, to your point, there was an exchange that stands out in my mind where senator menendez was questioning secretary kerry. it was a week ago tomorrow, i guess, when they convened the senate foreign relations committee. and it was the question about boots on the ground. secretary kerry tried to answer he painted a worst case picture. look, we have to leave all options on table because his word choice was, if syria implodes, we're going to need to have all options available to us. that's exactly what people are fearful of. no matter what the word choice is, they don't want that. >> i'll speak with you tomorrow. thank you. still ahead, michael bloomberg making headlines just a day before the primary election to pick his successor. the mayor criticizing the democratic front-runner for show

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syria. let's listen. >> secretary jewel, it's wonderful to see you and thank you for that exciting announcement, very important on this issue earlier. thanks to all of my former colleagues in government. thanks to all the ambassadors and other representatives of countries concerned about wildlife protection and the urgency of stopping the killing and poaching. and thanks especially to leaders of both american and international conservation groups who have been in the trenches for so long on this issue. i especially want to thank judic mchale, who is chairing the council of distinguished outside advisers, some of whom you have just heard from, in addition to her service as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy. when judith was president and

ceo of discovery communications, she helped produce the landmark 1989 documentary, ivory wars, which built crucial support for passage of the international convention on wildlife trafficking. and it is not only time, it's probably past time to galvanize a new international movement against poaching and trafficking. it's wonderful having judith and her colleagues back on this case. before i get to the subject at hand, i'd like to say a few words about syria. a vigorous and important debate is underway in congress and around kitchen tables all over america. this is a challenge that has cat liesed the kind of debate i think is good for our democracy. as you know, this is a fluid situation with statements from russia and syria and others in the last several hours.

i've just come from a meeting with president obama where we discussed the latest developments. and three points in particular are at the heart of the decision our country and our congress has to make in the days ahead. first as the president has said, the assad regime's inhuman use of weapons of mass destruction against innocent men, women and children violates a universal norm at the heart of our global order. and therefore, it demands a strong response from the international community, led by the united states. second, the international community cannot ignore the ongoing threat from the assad regime's stock piles of chemical weapons. whether they are used again against syrian civilians or transferred to hezbollah or stolen by other terrorists. this is about protecting both

the syrian people and our friends in the region. the world will have to deal with this threat as swiftly and comprehensively as possible. now, if the regime immediately surrendered its stockpiles to international control, as was suggested by secretary kerry and the russians. that would be an important step. but this cannot be another excuse for delay or obstruction. and russia has to support the international community's efforts sincerely or be held to account. it is very important to note that this discussion that has taken hold today about potential international control over

syria's stockpiles only could take place in the context of a credibility military threat by the united states to keep pressure on the syrian government as well as those supporting syria like russia. third, as has been emphasized many times and i did so as secretary of state, the broader conflict in syria is a threat to regional stability and security of our allies and partners. as well as a humanitarian catastrophe for the syrian people and those neighboring countries attempting to absorb hundreds and thousands now more than 2 million refugees. achieving a political solution that ends the conflict is in the interest of the united states. it will require an intense diplomatic effort guided by the

road map that was agreed to by the international community in geneva last year. in june of 2012. and there was an agreement. we hammered out that pointed the way forward. we need to get to the opportunity to begin such negotiations to move toward a resolution. the president and i discussed these challenges today. i will continue to support his efforts. and i hope that the congress will as well. i also want to thank president obama for making the fight against illegal wildlife trafficking a priority across the united states government. and for inviting me and chelsea to participate today on behalf of the clinton foundation. and i am delighted that secretary -- >> we are listening in to former secretary of state hillary clinton, her first sponsor reaction to the latest

developments out of syria. including this proposal floated by russia the last couple of hours. she's now at this event for another purpose, focusing on the environment and natural resources but you heard there the former secretary of state saying she just finished a meeting with president obama. joining me now with more perspective on her remarks and how this factors into the ongoing push to get more yays in this resolution, nbc news deputy political editor dminco, a lot of moving parts but the key component of hillary clinton choosing to make first public remarks on syria, especially given this latest move from russia, in an attempt perhaps to put out a diplomatic proposal here to end this. >> i think the white house realized they needed to get someone like hillary clinton on board, get as many people out front on this who democrats would listen to, to be able to try to make this push. this is all part of the ramped up lobbying effort by the white house to try to get the syria

resolution passed. as you heard from hillary clinton, talking about this wildlife event she was at but promised the white house she would make remarks on syria and did so and urged the congress to pass something. >> and her insight into the meeting with the president is this perhaps an outline to what we will hear from them tomorrow, talking about the global response that the actions alleged here violates global order and that there has to be a response led by the united states. that speaks to the president's remarks while in russia, that this was not a red line set by him. this is a world red line here. as well as again, highlighting the stockpiles and what she said and the administration says it the threat to allies and we know specifically israel, which was similar to the remarks heard from susan rice earlier. >> it's all part of the lobbying push. but it's a very difficult sell to an american public that's war we'ry, two new polls out with

cnn and pugh, both showing americans, even though they believe that a chemical attack happened, that it was done by the syrian people, they are vastly against going into syria, even with just limited air strikes. and we'll have an nbc news wall street journal poll out tomorrow that will highlight that as well. >> let me bring in democratic congressman ha keem jeffries, thanks so much for your time. >> good afternoon. >> i understand members of the black caucus are scheduled to meet with susan rice and we heard from her and other white house staff. there's been this analysis that the caucus, black caucus, the president has been able to find a reliable source of support and now many of the congressional black caucus say they are either undecided or will be a no vote regarding the syrian resolution of military strike. >> well, this is a vote of conscience and one that all

members of the congressional black caucus and everyone here in congress take extremely seriously. i'm open-minded as it reltates o the discussion and information presented -- >> we've obviously lost our connection. we apologize for that technical issue there. but if we can get back congressman jeffries we'll go to. we'll go to break and be right back. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] some things are designed to draw crowds.

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american people but the bar is high. i do believe based on information i've seen, tamron, that chemical weapons were used by the assad regime against innocent civilians in the damascus suburb. that is unfortunate and cannot be condoned and allowed to have occurred without sanction. but the important question is is an appropriate response at this moment a military strike? over the last few days, all throughout the district i represent, constituent after constituent came up to me and indicated they were either opposed to a military strike or extremely concerned about the possibility it could lead to further escalation. one of the important questions i'll ask of the add mgs, what are the insurances that a military strike will have the effect in deterring the assad regime from moving forward and not lead to a situation where we get further involved in a conflict that spirales out of control. next thing you know, we have boots on the ground, diversion of resources away from our

domestic priorities and ago quagmire. >> you support and trust the president here. if the administration says there won't be boots on the ground as the president noted, why wouldn't the trust extend to that assertion as well? >> well, it's because it's a very difficult region. you've got bad actors on both sides of the conflict, the assad regime gassing its own people connected to hezbollah and iran on one side. and on the other side, you have al qaeda activists part of the rebel forces. any involvement at this point in time seems unpredictable in terms of what the consequences will be. we also learned an important lesson in the middle east where there was a dictator that left in egypt and while democracy was supposed to have flourished, a bad situation went to a situation that is even more uncertain and threatens many of our allies in the region,

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a new nbc wall street journal poll shows de blasio in a commanding lead. 36%. that's almost enough to avert a runoff. his closest rivals are tied with 20% each. former front-runner anthony weiner got even steeper. you see him at 7%. errol lewis joins me. let's discuss bloomberg's interview. in addition to this de blasio comment, he also made i think comments about the poor, which slowly now folks are reacting to because it's the initial racist allegation that caught the headlines. >> yes, absolutely. look, i think much of this tamron, is the product of frustration. the mayor was pointing out among other things that the very wealthy in this town and dozensle billionaires in new york city, pay so much of the tax burden they are funding the schools and charities and a lot

of what goes to help the very poor. the mayor made that point. he made it in his way, not the way you and i would talk about the poor. the wealthy are doing a whole lot for the poor and frankly, the poor here are not like the poor in say the third world. that in most of the world the very poor don't have air conditioning or cable tv or things we take for granted here. it wasn't the most delicately put sentiment, but you've got to assume that mayor bloomberg is not the only one that feels that way. after nine months of taking a pounding from the democrats, especially bill de blasio running on a platform or undoing or changing the bloomberg legacy and bloomberg policies, i think he -- the frustration sort of boiled over and that accounts for that interview. >> part of what bloomberg said, one of the things that is different today is poor, 80% have air conditioning. 70% have cars. when we grew up, we didn't have

air conditioning. air conditioning in the schools and subways, are you crazy? by now in most of the world's standards you aren't poor. i think some people -- that as you put it the wealthy are helping the poor here, many of those same billionaires getting credible tax breaks and incentives that go to the profit margin. with that said let's go to the remarks he made about bill de blasio. i heard a woman on the radio this woman saying bill de blasio did not showcase his children and african-american wife, he would be accused of being ashamed of them and politicians across the board from local to national have their families with them at their side. >> yeah, that's right. bill de blasio, much to his credit, he ran citywide a few years ago. he has never been shy about using the same flyers with his black wife and by racial kids. he sends the same flyers to harlem as staten island.

and you know, in the past, that would have been a bill no-no and most consultants would advice against that but maybe something changed in the age of obama. for whatever reason it is a plus and not a minus and it helps his kids are good looking and charismat charismatic. >> why is it exploitive, it's his family? >> in the sense that every family, think back to the kennedys, every member of the extended clan out shaking hands and sort of romancing the public and bill de blasio is no exception to that. >> thank you so much for your time. i'll sure we'll speak with you more tomorrow. greatly appreciate you sticking around. we'll be right back with today's gut check. yo, yo, yo. aflac. wow. [ under his breath ] that was horrible. pays you cash when you're sick or hurt? [ japanese accent ] aflac. love it. [ under his breath ] hate it. helps you focus on getting back to normal? [ as a southern belle ] aflac.

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welcome back officials are set to address changes to the dress code after a 7-year-old kid was forced that change

schools because of her hair style. 7-year-old tianna parker was sent home from the school last week because her hair was in locks. the school said she was violating a school policy, which said, quote, hair styles such as dread locks and afro and other faddish styles are unacceptable. her father decided to enroll his child in another school and since then the school faced online backlash with thousands of comments on facebook and other places. tianna and her father join me live. thanks for joining me. >> thanks for having us. >> tianna is now at the different school. i saw an interview with her that brought me to tears, she was crying because she said they didn't like her. your daughter was heart broken. how did that make you feel? >> it actually made me feel just like she felt. like she wasn't wanted in school. and i just don't appreciate it. >> did you ever imagine that her

hair style would even be an issue at this school? >> i never imagined because the teachers loved it last year when she went to school. she came back and told us that miss aisha told her she loved her hair. i never imagined this would happen. >> you actually had to send her to a completely different school because it wasn't resolved. it wasn't as though the charter school changed its mind? >> exactly, when i tried to ask them, could i put it in a different style or anything, it was nothing. they wouldn't go back on their word. i'll tell them, i'll withdraw her. it was okay, like it was nothing. >> you had said, i read a quote, you take great pride in making sure your children are presentable and reflection of you, their father. you want them to look great at school? >> yes, because i'm a barber student right now.

i graduate in a couple of months. like i said, the first thing i'm touching on is their hair. for you to say -- >> that's hurtful. so tianna, can you hear me? >> yes. >> you look beautiful. i think you're the most beautiful girl in the world. do you like your new school? >> yes. >> you like your hair? >> yes. >> i love your hair. i love your purple barettes because that's one of my favorite colors. you are beautiful. have fun at school. my whole team here, we give you a big hug. you make straight as, okay? >> yes, ma'am. >> okay, you are pure love. terrence, good luck with everything. we wish you the best and see what happens with this school. thank you. i know tianna had permission to miss school today. no more missed school young lady. >> yes. >> if i'm ever down there, i'll let you hook up my hair since you're a hair stylish.

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