briana? >> mr. president, on the resolution to authorize the use of force, one of the big challenges right now isn't just republicans. but it's from some of your loyal democrats. it seems the more they hear from classified briefings, that the less likely they are to support you. if the full congress doesn't pass this, will you go ahead with the strike? and also senator susan collins, one of the few republicans who breaks with her party to give you support at times, she says, what if we execute the strike and then assad decides to use chemical weapons again? do we strike again? and many democrats are asking that as well. how do you answer her question? >> well, first of all, in terms of the votes and the process in congress, i knew this was going to be a heavy lift. i said that on saturday when i said we are going to take it to congress. you know, our polling operation are pretty good. you know, i tend to have a pretty good sense of what current popular opinion is, and for the american people who hav

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briana keeler live in st. petersburg, russia. i want to bring in fareed zakaria host of "fareed zakaria gps." it can be cold and loan flee moscow and st. petersburg in the winter. it can be very cold and lonely if you're the united states president there right now. >> yeah, in a way the summit is probably a visual representation of a certain level of isolation that the united states feels. if you look through that list of countries, not a lot of them are right now supporting the united states in its bid to take military action against syria. >> so with that obviously looming large over the summit, there is just so much to be made about what we're dealing with in terms of the potential mission creep, about the mission itself, about how bashar al assad is moving assets around as we speak. therefore, whatever the military plans has to be moving in agile with him. how can we possibly know what we are getting into? >> well, at a military level, i wouldn't be surprised if we are actually still pretty well prepared because, yes, we have

. >> briana is joining us from russia. you know you're on point when you have the whole press corps following you up, asking, trying to get an answer on that question whether or not he will go it alone. what do you make of the fact he just did not answer? he did not pursue that. >> reporter: i get the sense he's leaving his options open. i think the white house is banking they will get some congressional support. the senate is seen as an easier go. the house more difficult and not because of the opposition party but because there's bipartisan opposition to what the president wants to do here and it's because members of congress are hearing from their constituents. the most recent nbc news poll says 50% of americans don't want their to be any u.s. military action in syria. only 42% support it. then when you ask them what about military action without congressional approval, four out of five of those surveyed say no, that's not how we want it to go. that's why i think the president made a strong case for this strike, he does

cnn's briana keilar joins us live from st. petersburg.morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. you know, president vladimir putin is essentially the host of this summit. so he welcomed all of the world leaders and of course that included president obama and what was a rather cordial meeting. this is one of many opportunities where they may be bumping into each other. and aides to the president tell us that they think at some point the two -- two leaders will be informally talking. that is after their official one-on-one meeting was canceled after vladimir putin and russia granted temporary asylum to nsa leaker edward snowden. president obama and russian president vladimir putin are set to come face to face at the annual meeting of g-20 leaders as big decisions loom over military action in syria. [ screams ] >> reporter: obama defending his position to launch strikes. >> i didn't set a red line. the world set a red line when governments representing 98% of the world's population said the use of chemical weapons are abhorrent. >> reporter

here's briana keerl. >> reporter: from the east room tuesday night, president obama told americans why his administration is certain syrian president ba bashar al assad regime is responsible for a sarin gas attack the u.s. government said killed more than 1400 civilians. >> in the days leading up to august 21st weshg know assad's chemical weapons personnel prepared for an attack near an area where they mix sarin gas. they distributed gas masks to their troops. then they fired rockets from a regime-controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clear of opposition forces. >> reporter: he made the case for a military response. >> this would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective. some members of congress have said there's no point in doing simply a pin prick strike in syria. let me make something clear. the united states military doesn't do pinpricks. even a limited strike will send a message to assad that no other nation can deliver. >> reporter: but facing a likely defeat in hong for a military strike, the president then argued against military

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our senior white house correspondent, briana keeler, joins us now.t the president can say. >> reporter: it does, carol. president obama has a very heavy list, to say the list, in convincing americans and members of congress. the former political arm, his former political arm organizing for america has actually remained mum on syria. that tells you something. now president obama is looking for a little assistance from his former secretary of state. >> the people of russia -- >> reporter: president obama getting high-powered help from none other than hillary clinton. a source telling cnn -- [ screams ] >> reporter: she'll speak out on syria when she comes here for an unrelated event today. the president needs the support. a new cnn/orc poll shows 59% of americans say congress should not authorize u.s. military action in syria. trying to avoid a damaging defeat, he's pulling out all the stops including interviews today with cnn's wolf blitzer and other major news networks before a speech to the nation tuesday night. >> we cannot turn a blind eye to imag

let's start with briana keeler at the white house. white house officials are using. president obama, vice president biden and dennis mcdonough making one-on-one phone calls up to members of congress. they did that yesterday. we'll see that today. meetings at the white house with members of congress today. more meetings tomorrow and their message is this. if congress doesn't join the white house in acting, it sends a message not just to assad but hezboll hezbollah, go ahead and try it. secret briefings on capitol hill. >> zip the lips. >> reporter: white house making its case to skeptical lawmakers. on cnn secretary of state john kerry revealing new evidence to back claims that the assad regime killed hundreds with nerve gas. >> blood and hair samples that have come to us has tested positive for signatures of sarin. >> reporter: the president's team moving quickly. after his surprise decision to put a serious strike on hold, saying congress should approve. >> all of us should be accountable as we move forward. >> reporter: his aides th