let me go to you, aaron david miller. you think the president ought to do something. do you think it ought to be limited? and do you think that the resolution should limit him only to a limited action? >> you know, reverend sharpton, i think the president has three options. do nothing, which is unconscionable, try to do everything, which is reckless, or identify the middle ground, which is a limited strike. let's be clear about something. the president and secretary of state use the words deter and degrade. the reality is i suspect this strike is going to be far more punishing, far more comprehensive than any of us have been led to believe, in large part because if you do not attack chemical weapon stocks and storage facilities, then you have to go after delivery systems. and when you go after delivery systems, you can go after a lot of different military assets -- command and control, airfields, aircraft, artillery units. they could attack the fourth armored division, which was responsible for the deployment of these weapons. so we need to be -- we need to be clear h

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put up or shut up. >> aaron david miller, thanks for muddling the picture. it is well intentioned, but it is a muddled picture. thanks for your time. >> always a pleasure. take care. >> former south african president nelson man do law -- mandela is home after an extended stay in the hospital. the country's current president says mandela is still in critical condition and will continue treatment at home. mandela has been hospitalized since june 8th for a recuring lung infection. >>> still to come, fast-food workers are going on strike for higher pay, but could a raise lead to the unemployment line? and continuing coverage of the crisis in syria as a number of rallies break out in the u.s. protesters weigh in on the possibility of a syrian attack. where do americans stand? a live report coming up. >>> france is the latest u.s. ally to hold off on a you -- on attacking syria saying it will not go it alone. france's interior minister says they will wait for congress, here in the united states, to decide what to do. they want a parliament vote there and at the sa

aaron david miller, good to have your expertise too. thank you. >> pleasure, jon. jon: tonight president obama will address the nation, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. you can watch it here right on fox news channel. jenna: now for a fox news extreme weather alert. tropical storm umberto quickly gaining strength t could become the first hurricane of atlantic season this afternoon, the first. meteorologist maria molina has been tracking this live. you've been waiting for the first. >> i have been waiting for the first especially because noaa issued the hurricane outlook for the season and they do think this will be a well above average season for the atlantic hurricane season. we think we will see a lot of tropical storms and a lost hurricanes. you can actually argue it both ways. you can argue they are right we have seen above average tropical storm activity and that is actually right. if you look at the map here, we've already had eight main storms to date. that is above average for the average season to date which is about six storms but we have not had any hurricanes. y

jenna: aaron david miller is a former adviser to six secretaries of state and he jon:s us with more. what do you think about that time line? after 30 years of now contact, really official contact between our two countries, what do you think about a deal with iran in three to six months? >> look. forget transformation. i don't believe in the tooth fairy on this issue or any other in the middle east these days. think about -- forget transformations. think about transactions. business deals. if, in fact, these iranians are serious, they have a set of needs and requirements and those can be reconciled with those and i might add, with israeli needs and require many which is is essentially to suspend the program and eradicate the process and time can be an ally or adversary. we'll know within the next month or so whether or not this is moving toward a deal that's real. if it is, then time really isn't that much of a concern. the question is, who is serious and who isn't? jenna: that gets to the broader point. do you think iran could have a nuclear weapon in three to six months? those time

. >> aaron david miller says there are no good options in syria, which he describes as a cross between a migraine headache and a root canal. >> shepard: two breaking news items. one about syria and the other is even bigger and it's from the president. here's the first. an emergency closed door meeting of the united nations security council on syria was just cancelled after russia withdrew it governor consultation. remember, it was the russians who had said we have this proposal. it was the russians who said we have an agreement from the syrians to identify and give up their control of their chemical weapon in exchange for the united states not launching. but now that request by the russians has been withdrawn. this is according to australia's united nations envoy, and saying following the request for consultation, the meeting will not proceed. the australian ambassador, president of the 15-nation council this month, announced on his twitter feed. the presidency of the u.n. security council rotates among all the members, and you get a one-month as president. the australian guy is the pr

. >> aaron david miller is a vice president and distinguished scholar at the wod dro wilson international negotiator. joins us now from washington. always a pleasure to have you, aaron. first of all, let's talk about this new proposal from russia we heard the secretary of state john kerry mention this idea of well, if he turns over all weapons, maybe that will satisfy us. a lot of people think that was an off the cuff thing. the russians jump on it. syrian's foreign minister welcomes the idea. is it a potential out for the administration or a bit embarrassing? how do you see it? >> the good news for the administration, clearly the threat of an attack has got people's attention. it's one thing to get the u.n. interested but now the russians appear to be interested. i suppose kerry's comment was more a equip than anything else. we're talking about hundreds of tons of vx, sarin, mustard gas spread over the entire country. 60, 7, 0 sites. to be serious about this proposal would mean stopping the civil war to allow u.n. inspectors transparency accountability to come in, monitor, verify and the