for your life to happen. >>> what our political you want a has learned from top aides to the president. >>> our exclusive interview is ahead. >>> speaking of games, is washington angling to host the olympics? if so, is obstructionism an olympic event? >>> plus, krystal has two wards to say to the gop. thank you. wait, did you think she was going to say something else? ♪ >>> the options are there. the united states department of defense is ready to carry out those options. >> you're ready to go like that. >> we're ready do go like that. >> the pentagon is ready if president obama decides to strike syria and top u.s. officials say those strikes could start as soon as thursday and will send a definitive message to assad. with syrian ally russia wheeling power on the veto council, this might happen without a u.n. mandate. it's happened before, like the 1999at