it's 60% against strikes in the most recent washington post/abc poll. again, david, does this president have the potency to go on television next tuesday. i would recommend going to the chamber for a joint session, because he looks better there and carries more weight, and higher risk. but it would be more powerful. can he turn around this kind of polling? >> well, i don't know that he can turn the polling around completely. can he make a case that enough members of congress will receive about what their shared responsibilities are in the face of this kind of blatant act that we've seen in syria? i think that's possible. i don't think it's just his speech, although i've been a strong advocate for this speech. i think it's absolutely necessary. >> should he go to the chamber? >> well, he has obviously made the decision not to. i think you make a very good point. >> stronger, much stronger when you're in the chamber. >> but he plainly -- it sounds like he is going to speak from the white house. i think that's where he is going to speak from. but i also th

according to two brand new polls, the american people are decided. clearly opposed to the white house. abcs "washington post" poll found six in ten americans are opposed to intervention with a whopping 70 percent opposed st and a new pupil finds that 48 percent oppose strikes on syria with only 29 percent support for the president's position. foreign relations committee member senator rand paul summed up what many americans are field. take a listen. >> if we do not say that the constitution applies, if we do not say explicitly that we will abide by this vote, you are making a joke of us. you are making us into the air. we played constitutional theater for the president. if this is real, you will abide by the verdict of congress. you will probably win. just go ahead and say it is real lou: the senator said much more. we will have for you a revelatory, dramatic exchange between senator paul and the secretary of state as we examine whether, indeed, the president has the constitutional power to attack a nation without the support of either congress or the american people. we will take up these

according to the news fox news abc poll. remember all too well your bravado of libya when you said intervention there with last days not weeks or months but that intervention that lasted six months it cost nearly $2 billion. president obama defiant saying it would be limited proportional strike against syria. colonel vault -- colonel oliver north tells us what oliver north tells us what that means. at od, whatever business you're in, that's the business we're in with premium service like one of the best on-time delivery records and a low claims ratio, we do whatever it takes to make your business our business. od. helping the world keep promises. there is a pursuit well share. a better life for your family, a better opportunity for your business, a better legacy to leave the world. we have always believed in this pursuit, striving to bring insight to every investment, and integrity to every plan. we are morgan stanley. and we're ready to work for you. lou: the obama administration to win approval from congress with the propo

that's according to the newest washington post/abc poll. mr. president, you promised a limited, proportionate strike against syria. but critics remember your bravado on libya when you said intervention there would last days, not weeks or months. that intervention, if we may remind you, lasted six months, not days, and cost nearly $2 billion. >>> president obama defiant. he says it will be a limited proportional strike against syria. colonel oliver north and jrchlts t ♪ nascar is about excitement. but tracking all the action and hearing everything from our marketing partners, the media and millions of fans on social media can be a challenge. that's why we partnered with hp to build the new nascar fan and media engagement center. hp's technology helps us turn millions of tweets, posts and stories into real-time business insights that help nascar win with our fans. >>> the obama administration's attempt to win approval from congress on the proposed strike by this administration against syria, he claims that the consequences of inaction would be gr

. >> new washington post/abc news poll found two-thirds of americans oppose a flight against syria and despite the developments the lobbying campaign for military action continues. today, president obama sits down on capitol hill with senate democrats and republicans. right now, though there is not enough support in either the house or the senate. >> i will vote against this resolution with a vital threat for the united states not play. >> there are already hiccups with france saying they would float a resolution and russia has said they opposed to a resolution. use will provide live coverage of president obama's address on the crisis in syria and that tonight at 6:00 right here on abc7 news and a reminder you can get updates any time on twitter by following us on abc7 news bay area. apple c.e.o. has unveiled two new iphones and we will have a report on what the company is revealing about the >> apple is peeling back the curtain on the new replacement for the iphone 5. the long awaited reveal is happening right now and the company's cupertino headquarters abc7 news reporter matt keller

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according to a new washington post/abc poll, only 25% of republicans want to raise the debt limit.he rest say it's good to default. the republicans out there fully understand the consequences of a default. 66% of republicans acknowledge that a default would cause serious harm to the economy. they just don't seem to care or whatever. let me go to john feehery on this. this is the reality speaker boehner confronts. not only to deal with the hard core republicans on the right, he's got a republican party base out there saying go ahead, default. we know it's going to hurt the economy, but damn it. it's fascinating. how does boehner deal with this? >> very carefully. you'll see them send over with the defund on the cr. ted cruz has to decide whether he's going to filibuster. harry reid's got to come back with the votes to ping it back to the house. then you'll have to reach an agreement on spending levels on the cr. you know, i worked in the house in the 1990s, republicans back then were not very excited about increasing the debt ceiling back then. this is always a difficult vote. they

that's according to the newest washington post/abc poll. mr. president, you promised a limited, proportionate strike against syria. but critics remember your bravado on libya when you said intervention there would last days, not weeks or months. that intervention, if we may remind you, lasted six months, not days, and cost nearly $2 billion. >>> president obama defiant. he says it will be a limirtiona syria. colonel oliver north and jrchlts -- j.t. mcfarland tell us what this means next. a better opportunity for your business, a better legacy to leave the world. we have always believed in this pursuit, striving to bring insight to every investment, and integrity to every plan. we are morgan stanley. and we're ready to work for you. >>> the obama administration's attempt to win approval from congress on the proposed strike by this administration against syria, he claims that the consequences of inaction would be greater than the consequences of a military strike. joinnng us now, colonel oliver north, fox news military analyst, host of "war stori

white house is look at all of these latest polls when it comes to obamacare and frankly they are probably not liking what they see. new "washington post" abc news poll out today found only 27% of americans would face shutting don't government in order to save obamacare. now with time running out the president heading out to try and save the centerpiece law of his presidency. >> with one week left, senate democrats started working on their spending bill that would keep obamacare intact. but republican warn that would also call cause first government shut down in 16 years. >> harry read responsible for shutting down the government. and he should listen to the american people open government be funded government but don't fund obamacare because it is hurting the american people. it is not working. >> on friday, house republicans passed a spending bill that keeps the government open, but defunds the president's health care law. democrats say it is unfair to link what they call two unrelated issues. >> i am not surprised there a lot of confusion. these guys have been running around country dem goinging, scare among for they are not frayed this

it's 60% against strikes in the most recent "washington post"/abc poll. again, david, does this president have the potency to go on television next tuesday. i would recommend going to the chamber for a joint session, because he looks better there and carries more weight, and higher risk. but it would be more powerful. can he turn around this kind of polling? >> well, i don't know that he can turn the polling around completely. can he make a case that enough members of congress will receive about what their shared responsibilities are in the face of this kind of blatant act that we've seen in syria? i think that's possible. i don't think it's just his speech, although i've been a strong advocate for this speech. i think it's absolutely necessary. >> should he go to the chamber? >> well, he has obviously made the decision not to. i think you make a very good point. >> stronger, much stronger when you're in the chamber. >> but he plainly -- it sounds like he is going to speak from the white house. i think that's where he is going to speak from. but i also th

. >>> the latest "washington post" poll and abc news poll have similar reports.than twice as many oppose u.s. involvement. that's a 5% jump from last week. >>> as the president and congress try to find consensus over a strike in syria, protesters are gathering to show lawmakers what they think about military ak shun. diane what are the people saying at the chicago rally? >> well, john, i would say it's very peaceful and very somber here. we only a few blocks away from northwestern university. some of these people out here protesting are a little bit older. they protested the vietnam war and the war in iraq, and they are trying to send a very clear message to the u.s. congressional delegation, particularly the illinois congressional delegation, and here is what they have to say. >> i think the false dichotomy is there aren't any other solutions. we're either accepting the horrendous use of chem -- chemical weapons in syria or you have to go in and bomb them. >> my message is you can't solve these problems with war. >> reporter: many of these people say they feel f

let's take a look at this "washington post" abc news poll. it shows that it finds 59% oppose attacking syria while 36% support it with independence, as you can see. most strongly against it and only 30% independents support a strike on syria. former republican congressman for new york, pat o'dell, and doug shone. he, too, a former fox contributor and poster for republicans. as we look at this poll, it shows the difference between the president and members of congress, it looks like. >> this is a huge divide, and pat and john i know will have something to add to what i am about to say. bottom line, there is a huge divide in america between ordinary opinion which is, why are we doing this, what is it going to produce, and what is the benefit? and the administration who has not made a case, which is why the president is going to go on all the shows and do the oval office address on tuesday. and congress, which is now starting to reflect public opinion, and i think the whip counts are showing a 6 or 7-1 margin against the attack. >> pat, some of

the latest washington post/abc news poll shows two-thirds of americans open pest military actions. the president hopes to convince americans otherwise in his nationally televised address tonight. abc7 news will carry president obama's address to the nation that begins at 6:00 this evening. >> a bay area woman has won a local victory over clothing retailer abercrombie for violating her religious rights. the woman says she was fired from the store in san mateo in 2010 because she wore a muslim head scarf which was said to violate the head code. the judge says this violatesant discrimination laws. she hopes the clothing retailer will rethink policies. >> the judgment from the judge, i hope they look into that policy and their practices and they are able to enact changes. >> in response abercrombie says they do not discriminate based on religion and will grant religious accommodations when "reasonable." a trial will determine how much they have to pay. >> lawmakers could move ahead with revamping the california standardized testing systems and the education secretary said state funding

an abc news poll found nearly six in 10 americans oppose a military strike in syria. members of congress who want coalition, the white house has a big challenge in making this case. >> british prime minister david cameron told bbc scientists tested clothing of victims of last month's attack and the tests showed a positive hit for the deadly gas, sarin. >> there has been an unusual case of twitter diplomacy over 24 hours, between iranny officials and the daughter of nancy pelosi. this started when iran's foreign minister tweeted happy rosh hashana. christine pelosi replied thanks. the new year would be sweeter if you would end iran's holocaust there. making a rever yens to mahmoud ahmadinejad. pelosi wrote a new day has dawned in iran, hash tag, hope. >> police are looking for two young girl who's stole a neighbor's dog, a 5 month old french bull dog. the dog disappeared after wandering from home. witness says two young girls picked up the dog claiming to be owners and left the area. the girls described as one being around eight, the other, 14 years old, both with blon

. >> you can respond and i want you to respond congressman shift, i'll put up a poll, abc washington news poll on launching military strikes against the syrian government. a lot of americans are opposed 59%. look at this opposed 36% support. if you're going to do it, you have to convince a lot of americans this is the right thing to do, because there is an enormous amount of skepticism of iraq and afghanistan. >> that's right. they have a case they have to take to the american people and the president has the capability of doing that. i've been urging the white house to speak directly in a prime time address and outline why this is so important, why this is important to the national security interest, why we have to draw bright line when it comes to the use of chemical weapons and hold a dictator that gases his own people accountable. that case is yet to be made and the polls are reflective of that. to respond to peter, i think that in part the president was responding to what a lot of members of congress demands, that he come before the congress and consult with us and bring this to

. >> a recent abc news poll said 60% of americans oppose the military taking action. >> i respect everybody's opinion in terms of having to make a decision if we ignore the use of chemical weapons, i don't think we can do that. >> pelosi said the house and the senate could vote next week or the week after next. >> do you support a u.s. military strike against syria. join the conversation and share your thoughts. >>> happening now, a live look at the approach to the bay bridge in san francisco. traffic is moving at a snails pace, at mid-afternoon it looked like the heart of a busy evening community. this is a rough evening commute. coming up in 10 minutes. concerns being raised by the newly open bike path. >>> a 67-year-old man is covering after being beaten and robbed in daylight. he was giving a tour of his rental unit. this is a story you will see only on two. a brave and alert victim led police to his alleged attacker. >> the victim is a landlord. the man who beat him up was pretending to be interested in renting the unit. the victim chased down his attacker and was able to take down the l

a pew poll shows opposition to air strikes is up 19 points over those in favor. an abc, "the washington post" poll shows those against are up 23 points. before president obama announced saturday he would seek congressional organization, kerry argued forcefully for military action. >> the question is what do we collectively, what are we in the world going to do about it. >> reporter: ahead of today's hearing, corker said they were close on how much authority lawmakers would give the commander in chief. >> my sense is that senator menendez, we met privately with the president after the meeting that we had, and i have a strong sense that we will be able to come to terms fairly quickly with what an organization ought to say. >> reporter: before convening a classified meeting of the senate intelligence committee, its chair woman expressed support for taking action. >> i think it is key, critical. i think it is important to the security of the world and particularly the middle east. >> reporter: although even after receiving classified briefings, some lawmakers say they want

polling data. you know, every time a "washington post/abc news poll" comes out, i'm going through the cross-tabs. i'm looking for original data. i spend a lot of time talking to pollsters. tell me -- i don't need to run the numbers. but tell me what you are seeing. so i am trying to do that. >> well, you know, american people are often cynical about polls. >> they can be or not, but i think i am a pretty good reader of polls. >> you did a whole column recently on gallup, and they had a bad year, and i think you were surprised that they were mea culpa? >> the thing that is instrumental in getting out of the weeds, the gallup voters were actually one point off. they developed a likely voter model based on seven or eight questions that historically had worked very well for predicting who was going to vote and this time it just sort of didn't. at the same time there were a lot of very, very talented republican pollsters who have a history of being right a whole lot, and suddenly they were wrong. what we started seeing -- what i was doing during the three months leading up to the presidential race was

49ers day here on abc-washington post poll is almost here. well carry the broadcast of the 49ers versus the rams tomorrow, and our coverage begins at 4:00, with special content at abc7news.com on facebook and on twitter. we have a regame show at 4:30 and an after the game show when the game ends in st. louis. eric and i shot stories at candlestick which you see at that time. >> i would ask you about the weather in st. louis but they play the dome. >> that is better. >> leyla gulen will be on the show tomorrow. i know the classy place to eat in st. louis: white castle, you can get the sliders. now, let's see what going on outside. here is what is going to happen this afternoon: the bay brings will be strong and they start earlier at 11:00 this morning through 9:00. west winds, shifting from the west, at 15- to 25-knots and they will come from the northwest and our beaches through 3:00 tomorrow morning at 15 to 25 miles per hour. right now, it is fast at sfo at 25, and 12 in livermore, and the winds are still out there although they let up enou

. >> the latest washington post/abc news poll shows two-thirds of americans oppose military action againstyria as president obama prepares to address the face tonight on the crisis. >> abc7 news will provide live coverage of president obama's address on the crisis in syria and that is tonight at 6:00 right here. remembers you can get updates on twitter by following us at abc7 news bay area. >> 600 jobs will be visible at a job fair today hosted by the job journal and abc7 news. you are invited. it is held at hotel on market street in san francisco from noon to 4:00 p.m. available positions include financial advisors, librarians and software engineers. there is a list of jobs at abc7 news.com . >> despite growing employment number a few number of people do not believe the economic recovery is real. >> huge changes for the dow and big bay area companies. >> jane king is at the new york stock exchange with more on that and other things. jane? >> good morning. appeal-based hewlet-packard and bank of america is kicked out of the dow jones industrial average. san francisco-based visa and goldman

the most recent abc news poll asked should the u.s. launch military strikes against the syrian government. only 36% support that decision. 59% oppose it. you've got a lot of work to do to explain to your constituents in the state of maryland why you're making the right decision. >> it's a difficult decision to use force. we thought we drew that line a hundred years ago. it is important that there be an international response. >> what happens if bashar al-assad reacts in some sort of really destructive way to the u.s. launching tomahawk missiles against his bases, areas where he would use chemical weapons down the road and decides ir rationally or release those weapons to hezbollah? what happens then? does the u.s. just how that to make place. >> we don't know what he'll do. this is not the first time he used it. he killed in greater scale killing over 1,000 people. we're much more likely to see chemical weapons used not just of the people in syria but against their neighbors, turkey, jordan, israel. it's against international interest

. >> the latest abc news washington post poll shows when it comes to obamacare's impact, 36% say it willned the health care system overall. only 19% zim propertiv. americans are also confewed over what obamacare will mean for them. 62% say they lack the information needed to understand the changes. >> see improvement as the clock continues ticking president obama teamed up with president clinton to help the health care law. >> you can manage health care and cut inflation. >> home depot and walgreens have already cut several hundred thousands employees loose giving them a voucher to find health care under the obamacare health care changes. ephraim graham. >> john joseph has this story from our cbn news bureau in washington. john? >> gordon, four christian universities in oklahoma have filed suit against the obamacare birth control mandate. southern nazarene university, oklahoma, baptist and mid america chris chance university argue the mandate violates their beliefs. one school cited its commitment to support the unborn. god is god, not the government, and we must obey god rather than men

new abc news poll says even though americans believe president obama botched the libyan situation badly, his overall job approval rating still stands at 47%. same number 47% disapprove. joining us now from chicago, the sage of southern california in the midwest, dennis miller. so why do so many americans kin continue to support mr. obama. >> by the way billy, the guy who drives you to and from work every day zen mode. >> carl. >> what is he israeli? >> i have to deal with the people who are throwing rocks at the car. >> zen mode. [ laughter ] >> the zen mode. get out of here. you are the driver. -- you have a driver. >> i know i about v. to deal with the chaos. don't you get that? >> sure. okay. all right. you are mr. mellow. >> miller, let me just give it to you. there are no tinted windows like out in santa barbara where you live. they are not allowed here in new york. people see me in the back of the car, okay? hey. >> ailes doesn't allow you to drive. you are the mother stone over there you would be in fights every day they would have no show. >> i have got to get a helicopter. that

in a new washington post/abc news poll found broad public opposition as well. meanwhile the united nations secretary general warned against any american attack without the approval of the u.n. security council. >> also today, russia criticized the deployment of u.s. warships near syria, complaining its only aggravating tensions. and illustrating those tensions, a u.s.s.-israeli joint missile exercise in the mediterranean sparked a brief overnight flurry of alarm in the region. >> at the >> ifill: as the syria debate unfolds in congress, we'll be talking to lawmakers as they decide what comes next. tonight we get the view from one senator who supports the president, but believes the u.s. should be doing even more. michigan democrat carl levin is chairman of the senate armed services committee. i spoke with him a short time ago. >> senator levin, thank you for joining us. first i want to ask you where do you stand tonight on the president's authorization got? >> i think we should authorize the use of force in order for it to be most effective, that means that we

a poll by abc news and the "washington post" found 59% of respondents said they did not support launching missile strikes. >>> the civil war in syria forced 2 million people to flee the country. it has displaced over 4 million others inside. more are trying to escape following the u.s. president's announcement of possible military action against the assad regime. areas a report from the border between turkey and syria. >> reporter: every day, more peach reach this checkpoint, but many are stuck. the turkish authorities say the refugee camps are full. the fleeing people don't know when they can cross. >> translator: i lost my house due to shelling. i have to look for a place to live in safety for my children. otherwise, our lives would be wasted. >> reporter: some manage to enter turkey and wait for space at a camp. this man says he and his family have been waiting for two months. >> translator: we don't have anything. no water, no bed. >> reporter: according to the u.n., turkey hosts more than 2,000 refugees in 20 camps in 10 provinces. 200,000 more are registered, but living outside of t

katrina bush, abc 2 news. >> in a poll, the food bank came across encouraging figure, 80% think it's possible to ends hunger in maryland. >>> we are about to introduce you to a man who started a cross country run. he couldn't cross the chesapeake bay. you can't cross the bridge on foot. don harrison shows us his creative solution. >> reporter: here brendan, he is running through annapolis, a lot of people do that, what is unusual, he started his run in san diego. he is running more than 3600 miles, he raised more than $200,000 on his run for veterans, brendan's best friends took his own life after his tour with the military. brandon wants to bring awareness to the difficulties veterans experience and for their service. >> there are good folks that support what they have done. >> everywhere he has gone, vets and people wants to wish him well. since you can't run across you may wonder how he is going to complete the run. he gets on a treadmill, on a boat, the whole way across the bay. >> we mets everyone from homeless veterans to shaking hands with president george w bush. there is a l

a new abc news/wall post poll finds 46% of americans are in favor of raising the debt limit. 43% are opposed. but 73% believe there would be serious damage to the u.s. economy if the debt limit is not increased. when it comes to who americans trust handling the debt negotiations, take your pick. president obama, a slight edge over congressional republicans. 43% to 40%. now to business where after months of saying september would be the month that the fed would begin backing off its $85 billion a month bond buying program, the central bank basically blinked. they decided to keep the stimulus program in place in full for the time being. that september mnt markets soare up side. dow and s&p 500 both at record levels. let's check in with lynn done. karen, good morning. >> yes. the two reactions on wall street also playing out here today. if you look at what investors now know, being told quantitative easing will continue for now, perhaps especially until the end of the year. that's had the knock on effect of pushing out interest rate expectations. the first hike seems to not be on the ca

in the abc poll last week, even though 27% of the people overall said it was a bad idea to shut downhe government in order to harm obamacare. of the people who oppose obamacare 52% said it was a good idea to shut down the government. so these people are just responding to their constituents. >> to go back to that, it's a political opportunity for him. he will die on this hill and turn around and tell all the conservatives he was alone. i think it benefits him politically. he will come out of this. >> all politicians are narcissistic. >> sure. >> there is just phony. this isn't even inspiring narscism. >> great. >> this is just pretend. he can do this in his closet it would have the same exact effect on americans. >> we can say million times over, for the people that follow him, he goats say and turn around i died on the hill for the purpose of deefth obamacare and i was alone. >> then he went to a fundraiser. he didn't come off -- >> i think marco rubio -- >> who doesn't think it's phony or the grass roots tea party voters who he is aiming for. one of the things i think ted cruz and

but while lawmakers debate a new abc news "washington post" poll finds that nearly six in ten americansose unilateral u.s. missal strikes against syria. and here at home syrian americans are taking to the phones and the social networking sites to get support for a u.s.-lead military strike on syria. lisa amin gulezian has that story. >> did you have that on the spread sheet? >> they are working nonstop from their san jose kitchen table. they are trying to save syria. they sent out an action alert to bay area syrian americans to ask members of congress to support a military strike on syria. >> ask any syrian family and they will know the suffering syrians have gone through. >> in washington the president told leaders of congress what a strike would look like. >> it is limited. it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq and this is not afghanistan. >> even top republicans backed the plan. >> we have enemies around the world that need to understand that we are not going to tolerate this type of behavior. >> she hopes other lawmakers feel the same and she is calling other off

"the washington post" abc poll should 79% supported this effort to control syrian chemical weapons asposed to launching missile strikes. i do think just looking at the republican party own the prospective republican candidates in 2016 you see senator mccain as eminent and respected as he is somewhat out of step with others in his party in calling for these very hawkish positions. i would love to see a situation in which senator mccain and president obama together could work towards some kind of satisfactory outcome in syria, bring their perspectives together. that's probably too much to dream in today's washington but be nice. >> david, you're suggesting senator mccain's positions don't always have the support of the american people. do you think his intervention in these policies is helpful for the country? >> helpful but we do have to remember that the country as a whole is so sick of entanglement in foreign wars that even senator mccain or i might think it's important for the u.s. to intervene or at least threaten to intervene the country isn't there. that's what president obama go

in our abc news/"washington post" poll released this morning, 53% of americans disapprove on the president'sssile strikes on syria and 79% back russia's plan to destroy chemical weapons. >>> major political news out of illinois this morning. former white house chief of staff william daly has dropped out of the governor's race and that leaves him without a challenger. he is part of a chicago political dynasty. his late brother and father served as mayor in that city. >>> let's take a breath and talk about something less serious and a lot more fun here. great weather for the 22nd annual dog olympics held in north carolina. >> all right. four-legged friends of all shapes and sizes compete in obstacle courses. it is a fund-raiser that supports 13 rescue groups to find homes for stray animals. >> the cutest event is the limbo where the dog walks under a bar. even the little ones excelled in that one.

but while lawmakers debate a new abc news "washington post" poll finds that nearly six in ten americansal strikes against syria. and here at home syrian americans are taking to the phones and the social networking sites to get support for a u.s.-lead military strike on syria. lisa amin gulezian has that story. >> did you have that on the spread sheet? >> they are working nonstop from their san jose kitchen table. they are trying to save syria. they sent out an action alert to bay area syrian americans to ask members of congress to support a military strike on syria. >> ask any syrian family and they will know the suffering syrians have gone through. >> in washington the president told leaders of congress what a strike would look like. >> it is limited. it does not involve boots on the ground. this is not iraq and this is not afghanistan. >> even top republicans backed the plan. >> we have enemies around the world that need to understand that we are not going to tolerate this type of behavior. >> she hopes other lawmakers feel the same and she is calling other offices. >> i am about to s

a new poll suggests a majority of americans is against u.s. strikes. abc news and the "washington post" conducted a poll last wednesday through sunday. they spoke with about 1,000 people. 59% of respondents said they oppose launching missile strikes against the syrian government. 36% said they support them. the interviewers also asked about joint military action with u.s. allies. more than half of respondents said they were against such strikes. 46% said they would support them. 70% of respondents said they're against the u.s. and its allies supplying weapons to opposition forces in syria. 27% support the idea. >>> israeli and u.s. forces have added to the tensions in the middle east. they tested a missile system over the met mediterranean sea. the israeli defense ministry released a statement, saying the test of the arrow missile defense system. they worked together to develop the technology. it's designed to intercept balance stick missiles from syria, iran and other countries hostile to israel. many israelis fear if forces strike syria, forces will reta

our abc news "washington post" poll has shown that a majority of americans tonight, 64 percent, opposeestions, is america safer w

. >> this party is safe: 49ers day on abc-washington post poll and the 49ers are waking up in st.is ready to take on programs the rams and mike shumann ran into a big fan. >> who are you the biggest fan of? >> my son, michael. >> you have to be excited because it is rare you get to see him lay? >> i am very excited. yes. very excited. >> okay, i know they have the chiefs but hopefully they will rally some fans. our coverage begins at 4:00 this afternoon with special content at abc-washington post poll.com -- on abc7news.com and 49ers great jerry rice take over along with mike shumann with a pre-game show and they will be here after the game when the game ends this stimulus. >> mike nicco and leyla gulen will be there tonight. >> talking about our forecast, our fire net and what to expect in st. louis today. i can show you right now, the graphic shows outside it will be gorgeous, it doesn't get much better than this weather in st. louis this time of the year and as cool as the 40's and 50's and sunny and above average in the 80's following down to 76 by the time we get to the kicko