emon, tell us about it. what happened at the hearing, and how much support do you think the president already has for his military plans? >> reporter: the entire day today was a full court political press for military strikes in syria. the obama beginning with a briefing for lawyers and for leaders rather and a meeting with the president of the united states. at that meeting, the president said he himself has already made up his mind but going to reach out to congress nonetheless, take a listen. >> i made a decision america should take action, but i also believe that we will be much more effective. we will be stronger if we take action together, as one nation. >> now the president got much of what he wanted coming out of that meeting including the speaker of the house john boehner who said he's throwing his support behind the president's position on syria. >> i'm going to support the president's call for action. i believe that my colleagues should support this call for action. we have enemies around the worl