then i said, i'm investigating the murder of brianna denison. he automatically, instead of having the eye-to-eye contact, he would look out that window. it was pretty chilly out, and you could see sweat beads forming on him. everything just changed, and this was the reaction we were looking for. he goes, you can call my girlfriend. she'll be my alibi. and that struck me as, what would you need an alibi for if you didn't do anything wrong? >> narrator: regardless, police follow the advice. but instead of covering for biela, his girlfriend secretly allows their son to provide a dna sample. when it matches the genetic material found at the crime scenes, james biela is arrested, then taken into the interrogation room. >> mr. biela asserted that he didn't believe in the science of dna technology and, therefore, our claims to him that we had dna evidence linking him to ms. denison's murder was completely irrelevant. >> so i'm actually watching the interview in another room while they're doing what they're trained to do. and in this case i could tell t

brianna and victor? >> jim acosta at the white house, thank you. while washington debates what to do, the violence in syria is not letting up. this video was uploaded to youtube this weekend. it shows an explosion in a suburb of damascus. the syrian forces had taken about a five-hour break from the shelling, but they resumed the attacks on rebel areas right after president obama announced his decision to get congressional approval for a strike. 39 people were reported killed across syria on saturday, including 10 children. >>> now, coming up later this morning, john kerry will be on cnn. the secretary of state joins our gloria borger to talk about the situation in syria and the u.s. response. >> "state of the union" airs right here on cnn at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >>> still to come, as president obama waits for a decision from congress -- >> will a delay complicate a possible international response, and will it only help the assad regime? [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. i just served my mother-in-law your c

>> brianna, i thought you didn't care about valentine's day. >> i lied. >> cheer up, brianna.ys have groundhog day, and you can be lonely over and over and over -- >> joaquin! >> [ scoffs ] [ giggles ] that was good, joaquin. that was good. [ laughing ] >> yes, that's perfect. [ gasps ] okay. cora, i did it! [ laughs ] >> that's great! that's great! that's great! you did what? >> oh, renee and i are gonna take the guys to a hawks game in a limo. hey. >> oh, will and anthony are gonna be excited about this. >> i know! >> who asked you to -- >> ooh. i can call simone, and we can make it a triple date. >> ohh. >> okay, so, you got it like that, huh? >> yeah. she's my future boo. >> [ laughs ] >> "how do i love thee? let me count the ways. one...two..." and we did that three times. [ chuckles ] "five." [ cellphone ringing ] hey. yeah, um, look, i'm glad nobody's around. um, i've been wanting to tell you something. >> who, me? >> yes, i'm looking at you. look, i'm just -- i don't know how to say it. i'm just gonna say it. >> just come right out and say it. >> i think i love you. an

brianna? 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 that 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 this 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're going to take it to congress. you know, our polling operations 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 have been t

brianna keilar is there. we'll check back with her in just a few minutes. >>> ahead a possible military action, syrian electronic army hacked the u.s. marines recruitment website, urging u.s. marines not to attack syria. this isn't the first time we've heard about the syrian electronic army. what is it, who's behind it? cnn's pamela brown has some answers. good morning, pamela. >> good morning to you. marines.com, the main website for the united states marine corps became the latest target of a cyber attack, apparently by the syrian electronic army, a group of hackers known for taking over various media websites. while not believed any classified information was obtained, it instills fears the attacks could continue and cause a real economic toll. if you try to visit marines.com monday, this is what you would have seen, a letter addressed to u.s. marines trying to persuade them against military action in syria. along with these pictures of people dressed in u.s. military uniforms holding up signs like "stay o

okay, brianna is on the phone. we have her now. tell us what's going on, brianna. yeah, i don't think we have brianna. can you hear me? >> hi, carol. are we on the phone? >> we are on the phone and on the air. >> okay, carol, i'm trying. okay, carol, sorry about that. we have been having technical difficulties here. i know that you watched the arrival and something that certainly struck me is that if you didn't know the back story here, you didn't know these two men and you didn't know all of the issues that they've been having that have caused really this recent rift and even before you had the issue over nsa leaker edward snowden and certainly now syria, is a lot of other issues on the table and creating a lot of distance between them, even before what was supposed to be this official one-on-one meeting in moscow was canceled. what you saw on the arrival, vladimir putin a very gracious host saying hello to everyone in his greeting with president obama appear today be no different. very different from what you saw last year in los cabos at a similar summit and tha

dana, brianna keilar, our senior white house correspondent, you're in the briefing room, brianna.fing room, make a statement. is he sticking around to answer questions? have they said? >> no, they haven't said, wolf. we don't know at this point, but we do expect him here in the briefing room shortly. of course, we have been hearing from the white house the message that i think we're expecting in part from president obama and that we have been hearing from the white house is really just putting pressure on house republicans. what the white house obviously would prefer is that the house just take up the bill that has made its way through the senate now. a clean spending bill, as they put it. they say that the house should just accept it. this would fund the government through mid-november, and they say that would give obviously several weeks to work out some sort of budget agreement, which as you know, having watched many attempts at budget agreements, it seems perhaps unlikely they could even come to further agreement. they're so far apart, perhaps farther apart than they have ever

and i still haven't heard a direct response to brianna's question. if congress fails to authorize this, will you go forward with an attack on syria. >> right. and you aren't getting a direct response brianna asked the question very well. >> it's a pretty basic question. >> i was going to give you a different answer, no. what i have said, and i will repeat, is that i put this. congress for a reason. i think we will be more effective and stronger if, in fact, congress authorized this action. i am in the going to engage in parlor games now, jonathan, about whether or not it is going to pass. when i'm talking substantively to congress about why this is important. and taking to the american people about why this is important. now with respect to congress and how they should respond to concerns, you know, i do consider it part of my job to help make the case. and to explain to the american people exactly why i think this is the right thing to do. and it is conceivable at the end of the day, i don't persuade a majority of the american people that it is the

our senior white house correspondent brianna keilar is live in st. petersburg, she's traveling with the president. and, brianna, you actually had a very tough one-on-one it seemed with the president, back and forth with him, in that news conference. i want to hear just quickly that question you had for the president from just moments ago. let's play that. >> one of the big challenges right now isn't just republicans, but it's from some of your loyal democrats. it seems that 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 this 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.

follow up on brianna's question because it seems these members of congress are simply responding toir constituents. >> i do consider it part of my job to help make the case and explain to the american people exactly why i think this is the right thing to do. >> i still haven't heard a direct response to brianna's question. >> and you're not getting a direct response. brianna asked the question very well. >> your deputy national security adviser said it's not your intention to attack if congress doesn't approve it. is he right? >> i don't think that's exactly what he said but i think i've answered the question. >> let's bring in our panel, david fromme, gloria borger and tommy. tommy, why can't the president just give us a yes or no? the president's deputy national security seemed to suggest on npr this morning no, that the president wants congress on board and if he doesn't get them on board, he suggested that probably something would not happen. >> i think tony's comment was legally speaking the president has the authority, we're going to wait and see what the vote is. >> there was

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>> brianna keilar reporting from russia there.e'll strike syria without congressional approval. earlier today, his deputy national security adviser seemed to be more revealing. anthony blinken told npr that it's not the president's intent or desire to act if he doesn't have the okay from congress. in the last hour of "the situation room," blinken told my colleague, jessica yellin, that there really wasn't any difference between what he said and what the president said today. >> so, what i stand by is that it's our intent and our desire to get their backing, and i probably phrased it inartfully. but the point is, there is no point speculating about what comes next. and as the president said earlier, there's no point jumping the gun. congress now has to decide. we've been spending a lot of time working with members of congress to bring them all the information we have. >> blinken stressed that the administration believes congress will authorize the use of force against syria. >>> coming up in our special report, a virtual look at ho

brianna, thank you for the reporting this morning.nt travels to capitol hill today to try to increase support in the senate. let's go live to athena jones monitoring capitol hill for us. good morning, athena. >> reporter: good morning, chris. this proposal is being viewed here on capitol hill with cautious optimism. you heard in brianna's piece there, there are still a lot of concerns about this. members of congress believe if this proposal is real, not just a delaying tactic on the part of syria and russia, then it's up to the white house and members of congress to seriously consider it. that's why senate majority leader harry reid is now delaying a vote in the senate on this resolution to authorize force. that's to give members a chance to learn more about this option, this potential diplomatic solution, what some are calling a third way. you also heard from the president and from secretary clinton, they are concerned this could be a delaying tactic. the white house is going to continue to push to make its case for military ak becau

cnn's senior white house correspondent brianna cool ke-- brianna keilar joins us from the white house. what is the biggest concern. >> the biggest concern is people being aware of this program, obama care. we talk about it. it may be hard to imagine. a lot of folks just don't know about it. a recent poll shows two-thirds of those who were surveyed really lack even basic understanding about obama care. we found anecdotal evidence of that going out and talking to people and doing stories just to see what they know and they don't know. a lot of people don't know a whole lot. it's why president obama has really taken it upon himself to be the main messenger on that, holding a couple of high profile events this past week, one with former president bill clinton, another big campaign style event in maryland. reminding people to go to health care.g care.gov, that is the tag line he is using. there are a number of other concerns as well. not just the general public awareness but really targeting the young healthy people, many of whom are uninsured at this point, a lot of them take the risk of

brianna pressed him on whether or not he's prepared to go it alone. >> reporter: president obama down played the possibility of this turning into a long drawn out unilateral war between the u.s. and syria if the u.s. takes military action and syria uses chemical weapons yet again saying that would mobilize the international community and create a broader response. as congress considers a resolution that would authorize a strike, there's a big question that remains about whether president obama will go ahead even if both chambers of congress, the house and the senate don't okay it. on the resolution to authorize the use of force, one of the big challenges 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 lead with the strike? also senator susan collin, one of the few republicans who break with her party says what if we execute this strike and then assad decides to use chemical weapons again. do we strike again and many

good morning, brianna. >> good morning, carol. house is keeping an eye on the senate as they are expected to take up the house bill and dismantle it and send it back. barring some unexpected breakthrough, it looks like we are headed for the government shutdown. >> this is the old football str strategy. >> reporter: house republicans rallied on the steps of the capitol calling for the senate to come back to work, an inside, a ghost town, and not long after the house gop passed a bill in the early morning hours sunday. >> a motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: it funds the government, but delays obama care for one year. now, just hours to go before a deadline for a deal, the first government shutdown in 17 years seems all but certain. the blame game in full swing with republicans on preemptive damage control. >> so far, ma jjority leader hay reid has essentially told house of representatives and the american people to go jump in a lake. >> he is saying that 100% of the obama care or the highway, and the president

we do what we have to do to keep the american people safe. >> great question from brianna.rowley, cnn political -- forgive me. chief political correspondent and anchor of "state of the union." also cnn political analyst john avalon. earlier this week john boehner shocked a lot of people when he said, yes, he supports the president. since then the tide seems to be turning. candy crowley, i'll throw this to you. whether you want to call this stalled momentum, slowed, stopped. how does the american president get it back when he talks to americans on tuesday? >> he may have hit on something in that response. it was, i need to convince people this is short term. he might also need to convince them it is low risk. because i have to tell you, i spent the last ten days or so as sort of a casual tv news watcher while i was out doing some family things. no one i talked to thought this was a good idea. >> wow. >> across the board. i think there is an underestimation of how strong the negativity is about this. not in congress, you know, but elsewhere, where it's sometimes hard to reall

they certainly do, as a disclaimer, poll a certainly sector of society, because not everybody, brianna, listened to the president's speech. those who did certainly have an opinion. can you break it down? >> reporter: we should say this is a cnn rnc poll a bit of a self-selecting group. those who choose to watch the president's speech tend to be more of, would you expect his traditional supporters. they're more democrats who are doing this. but in this quick poll, we asked, did obama make a convincing case in his speech? people were split on this. 50, no. 47% said, yes. they do, though, at least the folk whose watched his speech and we were able to survey, favor what he did propose in his speech, which was, obviously, kind of takes this diplomatic off ramp and then keeping this military option kind of in the back pocket. so 61% said they favored that. 37% said opposed. a 2-1 on favor and oppose. nearly two-thirds say it's likely diplomacy will work. 65% said it's likely to be resolved through diplomatic efforts. not likely, 35%. so you kind of see there, i think at least even if it's so

i want to go to the white house and brianna keilar, our white house correspondent. brianna, one of the criticisms we have heard from republicans about president obama's posture when it comes to negotiating with john boehner is he'll negotiate with president rouhani but he won't negotiate with house speaker john boehner. i don't know that that's necessarily a fair criticism but he certainly gave them more ammunition with this announcement. >> reporter: certainly, and i think it's probably fair to say obviously clearly today, president obama has been on the phone more with the leader of iran than he has with the speaker of the house, as far as we know. i think here at the white house, and i haven't posed the question exactly to them this way, but i think they would say that at this point, they may actually see more promise or certainly i think a potential reward to talking to iran at this point. i don't think they necessarily see that in dealing with house republicans. but talking about the government shutdown, it was almost -- i mean, this is what we were expecting,

let's go to brianna keilar live at the white house with more. brianna?good morning, alison. it is eerily quiet at the white house today and in washington in general. we expect the senate not to be meeting until tomorrow. we expect the senate will vote on a government funding bill and take that house passed bill from last night and strip out what the house added, which is the delayed implementation of obama care. because of that, house speaker john boehner take iing aim and saying if it stalls until monday afternoon, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the democratic leadership. it looks like the possibility of a shutdown is more and more likely. >> brianna, we continue to follow all the angles and have much more on the shutdown coming up in the newsroom at 2:00 pm eastern. fareed zakaria: gps continues right now. >>> the world watched in horror as an upscale kenyan shopping mall became a war zone on a regular saturday afternoon, militants stormed nairobi's westgate shopping center, spraying shops with bullets. dozens were killed, many more we

brianna, thank you. brianna keilar at the white house. let's dig a little deeper.nt's growing to-do list. gloria borger is joining us, also john king. gloria, give us some perspective, how big of a week is this for the president and what would be considered a win? >> look, i think any movement on any front would be considered a win, wolf. at this point, the president has an opportunity here, you were just talking about it with christiane and fareed, to achieve or be on the path to achieve some kind of peaceful resolution to very important foreign policy disputes. we don't know how he's going to do that. we don't know if there will be a meeting with rouhani or not. we cannot predict what will happen with the syrians but that's one front. on the other front, he's got this big problem as brianna points out, at home. there's a lot of scar tissue here in washington when it comes to the debt ceiling and keeping the government funded and there's a lot of bad feelings to the point where they can't even agree when to meet. if this can get kicked down the road to a certain d

good morning, brianna. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. it was on friday in russia at the g-20 when president obama said he would address the nation last night. at that point, we were expecting and he was expecting that this would be a speech arguing for a military strike, but being pulled between a war-weary american public and his credibility and the u.s.'s credibility and instead became a speech to buy time. from the east room tuesday night president obama told americans why his administration is certain syrian president bashar al assad's regime is responsible for a sarin gas attack the u.s. government says killed more than 1,400 civilians. >> in the days leading up to august 21st, we 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

good morning, brianna. >> good morning, chris.s most prominent hawks now apparently on the side of president obama, white house officials i have spoken with are feeling positive of hammering out an agreement that would authorize the use of force when it comes to syria. they do admit, though, there's still a whole lot of convincing to do. two key republicans voicing new optimism about president obama's plans in syria. after a meeting in the oval office. senator john mccain, the president's former rival, now a key ally in the fight to get congress on board for military action. >> we want to work to make that resolution something that the majority of the members of both houses can support. >> reporter: but it's not going to be an easy road. >> we still have significant concerns. >> we don't want endless war. >> reporter: congress has key demands, a a limited strike and no boots on the ground. the white house will continue to make the case with them today. behind closed doors with two briefings and in public. secretary of state, hagel

mark preston and brianna keilar, thank you. as we also mentioned, wolf blitzer's going to go one on one with the president about syria this evening. and you can watch it all starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. and you have probably seen at least some of the horrifying videos that were released this weekend. they leaked out. these are the pictures being shown to your congressmen and your congresswomen. in an effort to explain just how human this tragedy is. just how awful this tragedy is. but does it explain a key question -- who did it? that's coming next. [ female announcer ] introducing quaker real medleys bars and oatmeal plus! real fruit plus real nuts plus real multigrains equals real delicious! quaker real medleys, your on-the-go burst of goodness! quaker up. you really love, what would you do?" ♪ [ woman ] i'd be a writer. [ man ] i'd be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i'd be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were y

brianna keilar live in st. petersburg. brianna? >> good morning, chris.ouched down in russia and already begun his first official one-on-one meeting with the key ally. but it's another meeting that is not scheduled, but is likely to happen informally. one with russian president vladimir putin that is getting attention. 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. 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 abort. >> reporter: putin remains vehemently opposed casting doubt over the evidence that the u.s. government says it has against the syrian regime saying, "if we have objective precise data of who is responsible for these crimes, then we'll react." russia is not alone. >> the nays have it. >> reporter: britain and germany are also refusing to endorse military action. this is

>> tell us exactly what happened with brianna.his is an interesting story and a tragic one, obviously, when it comes to children's tylenol versus infant's tylenol and counter intuitively, the infant's tylenol is at a higher concentration. >> right. this is one of the more interesting aspects of the story for me. what happened is the major manufacturers like tylenol and others were selling two different concentrations of infants and children's and the infants was three times more concentrated than the children's. so if you mixed up the dosage, in other words, if you gave your infant baby infant's tylenol at a children's tylenol level, you could end up poisoning them completely accidentally. that happened a number of times over 15 years and that's what happened with that family. she accidentally overdosed her child, brianna. so both the fda and mcneal, the manufacturer, both organizations were fighting over how to fix this problem but it went on for 15 years. during that time, we know some kids died while they were debating how to f

brianna, let's start with you there at the white house. those polls showing president obama swimming against a tide of public opinion, people do not want the u.s. to get involved in syria. that was before these latest developments with the russians and the syrians and whether they'll hand over chemical weapons. >> yeah, and first let me deal with that, michael. we're at this point trying to get some reaction from the white house on that breaking news. but i will tell you that we've heard about this idea before. in fact, this is something that has been proposed or something akin to this proposed by democratic senator joe manchin of west virginia talking about having the syrians give up their chemical weapons and that being a possibility. but this was something president obama was specifically asked about during that press conference in st. petersburg on friday, and he said some of these options including that one, he didn't see as feasible at this point. know that's something he's already staked out a position on. also i think as we wait fo

brianna, house speaker john boehner has had some really strong words for the senate. what's he saying? >> reporter: taking aim at the senate, alison, because as you noted last night, the house passed this funding bill to keep the government open. of course, it would also delay the implementation of obama care, which is something the white house says "no way" to, they've issued a veto threat on. and the senate isn't going to be meeting today to act on that. we expect the senate will be meeting tomorrow. and i think part of this is, it's a game of sort of hot potato. who really gets stuck, perhaps, holding that hot potato when the clock strikes midnight on monday, going into tuesday, and we begin a shutdown, as we could. now, house speaker john boehner, he said, quote, and this is in a statement. he said, if the senate stalls until monday afternoon instead soft working today, it would be an act of breathtaking arrogance by the senate democratic leadership. he says, it's deliberately bringing the nation to the brink of a government shutdown. of course, we're also hearing

good morning, brianna. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. the white house at this point is certainly welcoming the pobt of a nonmilitary solution to the crisis in syria. at the same time, they are skeptical. they have seen russia's role in this is to be sort of slowing things down, trying to gum up the works. in that regard, they are skeptical. i think that what you could say here is this proposal that has now been accepted by syria, according to syria's foreign minister, has diminished the chances that there is a u.s. military strike on syria. whether syria actually gives up its chemical weapons, that's something that i think the white house, as a lot of observers of the situation in syria are skeptical about. when president obama does speak to the american people, we're told, care, he is still going to make his case for military acti action. this military option would not have come about without there being this military threat. we're kind of seeing them take a little credit for this. it also reflects a little sensitivity on their part. wh

brianna keilar is at the white house for a preview.nna, you want an interview with president obama. i want an interview with president obama. he's giving one to president bill clinton to discuss obama care. why? >> reporter: because he needs some help, certainly, and because americans like bill clinton quite a bit. he has high approval ratings, he's an effective messenger. he connects, and president obama really needs help explaining this program, still unpopular. you look at a recent poll, an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll from earlier this month and it asked how well do you understand the new health care law. by a ratio of more than two to one, americans who were surveyed said that basically they didn't understand it very well. so we saw clinton being the key surrogate for president obama during the election, trying to bolster his economic policies, and now you see president obama doing the same thing, looking to clinton for that, only this time on this still unpopular health care reform law that i'm sure clinton may remind peop

and that is brianna keilar at the screen. i want to talk about the screen, because there is a number of things ticking away. on the right-hand side is the countdown clock, and on the left is the dow. that is dismal and only opened for a little bit, but you know, the day is yet early. so, it is looking pretty likely that midnight is going to be the bewitching hour at this point, and that mean s ths that tomorr morning places like the air and space museum which, hello, that is nice live shot for you in washington, d.c., could be a place that you can't visit. shutdown, closed, and it is not the only place. in fact, christine romans joins me live to talk more. i was in washington, d.c., ms. romans, and i felt like the most useless person on the street. >> go back to fix it. >> and so i went to the american history museum and i said, well, i might be one of the last ones through the door, and that is really true. >> there is a old saying that if it is free, it is going to close. if it is free at the national parks and anything tha

brianna asked the question very well. >> reporter: a more direct response had come earlier from one ofn interview on npr. >> the president, of course, has the authority to attack, but it's neither his desire nor his attention to use that authority, absent congress backing him. >> reporter: the president avoided that one, too. and repeated its case that the administration has evidence to have a strike on bashar al assad for last month's chemical weapons attack. >> my goal is to maintain the international norm on banning chemical weapons. i want that enforcement to be real. i want it to be serious. >> reporter: also sounding serious -- >> translator: it was a very friendly conversation. we'll stick to our guns. >> reporter: russian president vladimir putin held his own conference where he talked about g-20 counts adopting his view. he's warning russia is able to respond either way. >> will it help syria? yes, we will. we're doing it right now, we're supplying arms. ♪ >> reporter: the rhetorical fireworks were a fitting end for what one reporter called putinpalooza with a g-20 summit that

brianna keilar live from the white house.itzer will sit down with president obama. you can see the entire interview tonight, 6:00 eastern, in "the situation room." >>> promises of retaliation against a u.s. military strike coming from syrian president bashar al assad this morning. he first denied using questions but also warned that if his country is attacked, there will be repercussions and america can expect everything, including chemical weapons. >> will the attacks against american bases in the middle east if there's an air strike? >> you should expect everything. not necessarily through the government -- the government's not the only player in this region. you have different parties, you have different factions, you have different ideology. you have everything in it, you have to expect that. >> we'd like to know more, the american people would like to know if there's an attack, you know, what might be the repercussions and who might be engaged in those repercussions. >> before the event of september, in my discussions wi

he's get to brianna keilar covering this out of the white house >> reporter: after a dramatic weekend was president obama and his top aides are flooding the zone as they put it trying to win over lawmakers and that's because this bet on congress is not a sure thing. >> no comment, thank you. >> secrete briefings on capitol hill. the white house making its case to skeptical lawmakers. john kerry reveal new evidence to back claims that the assad regime killed hundreds with gas. >> blood and hair samples that have come to us have tested positive. >> the president's team move quickly after his surprise decision to put a syria strike on hold saying congress should approve. >> all of us should be accountable as we move forward. >> reporter: his aides insist he's planning on moving forward. friday he sends kerry out to argue for urgent action. >> what is the risk of doing nothing. >> reporter: late he signals second thoughts. but aides say he didn't tell anyone until friday at 6 p.m. when he takes a 45-minute walk with chief of staff. at 7:00 he tells husband national security staff. sad mor

i haven't heard a direct response to brianna's question. if congress fails to authorize this.orward with an attack on area in. it's a basic question. >> i was going to give you a different answer? i will repeat. i put this before congress for a reason. action. i'm not going to engage in parlor games now, jonathan, about whether or not it is going to pass what i'm talking substantively to congress about why this is important. and talking to the american people why this is important. now, with respect to congress and how they should respond to constituency concerns, you know, i do consider it part of my job to help make the case and to explain to the american people exactly why think is the right thing to do and it is conceivable at the end of the day don't persuade a majority of the american people that it is right thing to do and then each member of congress will have to decide if i think it is right thing to do for america's national security and the world's national security, then, how do i vote? and you know what, that is what you're supposed to do as a member of congress.

and i still haven't heard a direct response to brianna's question.o authorize this, will you go forward with an attack on syria? >> right. and you're not getting any direct response. brianna asked the question very well. >> it's a pretty basic question. >> i was going to give you a different answer? no. what i have said and i will repeat is that i put this before congress for a reason. i think we will be more effective and stronger if, in fact, congress authorizes this action. i'm not going to engage in parlor games now, jonathan, about whether or not it's going to pass. when i'm talking substantively to congress about why this is important and talking to the american people about why this is important. now, with respect to congress and how they should respond to constituency concerns, you know, i do consider it part of my job to help make the case and to explain to the american people exactly why i think this is the right thing to do. and it's conceivable that at the end of the day, i don't persuade a majority of the american people that it's the ri

we have our own chief congressional correspondent dana bash standing by inside the capital and brianna keeler is outside the white house. dana, one of the biggest policy decisions of his presidency, certainly his legacy on the line, a lot of national security interest in the middle east on the line. he's gambling on a congress as you well know that often struggles to agree on anything and is bitterly not only divided but so many members, especially republicans, seem so totally opposed to almost anything the president comes up with. >> that is right. that is why it is so significant that the house speaker, john boehner, came out and said he supports the president's decision to use military action against syria. not just because it is something that would help him you would think with that fractured and really opposed republican caucus, but also because just so the way john boehner operates, he doesn't tend to come out he say where he stands, particularly on a controversial issue. the fact he did now is certainly not going to sway those libertarians in the republican conference but it co

. >> well, then, what's your problem, brianna? >> a "soul train" line? really?ms "soul train" theme ] [ laughs ] come on! oh, simone, was it that bad? >> i was too busy thinking about that ice cream i saw in your freezer. >> ooh, ice cream! >> i'll get the spoons. >> come on, come on, come on. >> [ laughs ] this ice cream is too good. you weren't gonna eat this, were you? and what's up with the tv? how come y'all don't have a real tv? you are a nurse. he is a doctor. y'all can't even afford to get a real tv? >> hi to you, too, renee. [ chuckles ] uh, what are you doing here, renee? >> because you called me, sasha. oh, you drunk-dialed me? >> renee, shh! >> i hate when i drunk dial. [ laughs ] >> oh, you do? >> which is why i never do it. >> we'll be in the kitchen, eating pie... >> both: with no ice cream. >> uh, no, you won't. um, i ate that, too. my bad. you know i eat when i'm... >> awake? >> where you going? where you going? nope. sit your little fast butt down. let me holler at you. sit down. so, um, sasha tells me you're thinking about giving your baby up

we start with white house correspondent brianna keilar.ot down a spending bill this afternoon that delays obama care. then what? >> reporter: that's right, chris. the senate is expected to take up the bill the house passed and promptly dismantle it and here's the issue. barring some unexpected agreement here, we are on a fast track to a government shutdown. >> this is the old football strategy. >> reporter: house republicans rallied on the steps of the capitol calling on the senate to come back to work. inside, a ghost town, not long after the house gop passed a bill in the early morning hours sunday. >> motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: it funds the government but delays obama care for one year, now just hours to go before a deadline for a deal, the first government shutdown in 17 years seems all but certain. the blame game in full swing with republicans on pre-emempti damage control. >> so far majority leader harry reid has essentially told the house of representatives and american people go jump in a lake. >> he's

as brianna keilar reports, democrats there have no plans of letting it through. >> this is the old football strategy. >> reporter: house republicans rallied on the steps of the capitol calling on the senate to come back to work. inside, a ghost town. not long after the house gop passed a bill in the the early morning hours on sunday. >> motion to reconsider is laid on the table. >> reporter: it funds the government, but delays obama care for one year. now just hours to go before a deadline for a deal, the first government shutdown in 17 years seems all but certain. the blame game in full swing with republicans on preemptive damage control. >> so far, harry reid is telling the republicans to jump in the lake. >> he is say the highway or the biway. the president saying i will shut down the government if you don't give me iverg i waeverything i obamacare. >> reporter: they voted to defund it altogether but harry reid won't put this latest house passed bill up for a vote and president obama met sunday afternoon with his economic team at the white house has threatened to veto of any measure that