>> kerry: sure. over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week. turn it over, all of it. >> pelley: was the answer to that question as seat-of-the- pants as it appeared, or did you walk into the room intending to say something like that? >> kerry: i didn't walk into the room intending to say it, because i didn't know what question i was going to be asked. but i certainly answered it purposefully and intentionally. and margaret brennan asked a terrific question. it was a good question. it deserved an honest answer. >> pelley: the answer exposed what had been a private russian proposal. vladimir putin, syria's ally, told president obama syria might surrender its chemical arsenal. kerry went to geneva to work on details with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. in geneva, you were supposed to be going into a formal meeting with your counterpart foreign minister lavrov. but instead, you surprised him at the swimming pool at the hotel. what was that all ab

one last point on the benyamin netanyahu and kerry meeting - the same israeli official told me john kerry can expect a lecture from benyamin netanyahu about the use of force or the use of the threat of force. he and other israeli government officials talked for literally years about iran and its nuclear program. they have asked the united states to wave a big stick at the irainians, they don't think they will do anything. he'll tell john kerry show the syrians a genuine threat of force, you have to do the same with the iranians. >> a lecture coming kerry's way. >> thank you. >> to get more on the deal and reaction, joining us now via skype is charles delfer a former chief chemical weapons disappear and the top cia officer leading the search for weapons of mass destruction under hussain. >> you led the u.s. search for weapons of mass destruction in iraq. are there any strategies that worked with sad am that might apply to alice springs ard. >>. >> the agreements between kerry and sergei lavrov has a key fundamental point. the burden to move the equipment, aggregate the weapons has been pla

kerry talked about this in very dire terms.calls assad a thug and a murderer who's slaughtering his own people. the president doesn't call congress back right away and say get to it, let's have a decision in a couple of days, i'm going to take action. he says go ahead with your vacation, with your recess. come back on september 9th. we'll argue about it then. kerry makes the argument that the -- the military people say this is not time sensitive. it's very time sensitive if you're one of the rebels on the ground in syria who may be killed in the next week. >> and what do you think those rebels and the syrian freedom rebels, what do you think they think of this decision? their reaction? and what does it mean to them? >> well, that's the point. you know, and kerry in his statement on friday said this goes beyond syria. the whole world is watching. it's what happens in iran, what happens in hezbollah. it's how it's viewed by north korea. we could also say what does it mean to the syrian rebels? what does it mean to israel and the

that's a help to secretary kerry.t's a help to foreign minister lavrov as they talk today about how to implement all of this. >> and how do we verify it? there's a lot of argument, not to be technical, chapter 7, force, mechanisms, wyatt be enough for united states to say we'll go back to u.n. for sanctions where russia and china have vetos to punish syria if they don't comply. >> verification would be done by some verification of units set up to monitor chemical weapons convention which he's acceded. perhaps creation, because this is a big and important effort, of a special u.n. monitoring effort in iraq. that will depend how the parties will go. the enforcement of that that you're talking about will come through u.n. security council. chapter 7 is a mandatory enforcement action. chapter 6 provides for measures short of the use of military force and sanctions. my own view better to have the use of force out there. the russians haven't shown a notable interest. however, this is an agreement that will be between u.s. a

kerry and mr. hague to kick off which is taking place in london and should be kicking off imminently. as soon as we get it, of course we'll bring that to you live. we're still waiting for that press conference to start imminently. >> announcer: you're watching "worldwide exchange" bringing you business news from around the globe. >>> u.s. secretary of state john kerry continues his european tour to drum up support for a military strike in syria. he's due to hold a press conference with u.k. foreign secretary william hague any minute now. >>> russia warns that a military strike against the assad regime could cause an outburst of terrorism. speaking in moscow right now. >>> shanghai surge is more than 3% as august data toind signal stability and financials rally in anticipation of new rules to allow preferred shares. >>> and australia's prime minister tony alba declares them open for business. after they sweep power ending six years of labor rule. >>> russia and syria are urging the u.s. to convene p

vladimir putin called kerry a liar because kerry advanced the notion that there are far more moderatesan people are saying here. i think he's talking about the free syrian army. that's the same military leader that's saying that israel is an enemy country. that doesn't seem moderate to me. who do you believe? i believe putin. >> first, i would not call secretary of state a liar. i would defend secretary of state against it. however, the free syrian army led the forces into that christian village where they are shooting people in the streets, harassing a catholic convent. this crowd is as bad a bunch of actors s i'm sure they have against them and good guys as is the al qaeda crowd as well. we ought to stay out of that war. >> mark? >> let's talk about moderates here at home. boehner, cantor, john mccain, thoughtful -- >> since when is have you called them thoughtful? >> look. you're going to have all these republicans that want to be president more than they want to be right like rand paul. they're waving this give peace a chance flag while we are dropping bombs on syria. history will

kerry reiterated president obama's threat of military action remains on the table, and i kerry begins the talks with a position of skepticism. and kerry warning the russian team of technical experts, this is not a game. >> it has to be real. it has to be comprehensive. it has to be verifiable. it has to be credible. it has to be timely, and implemented in a timely fashion. and finally, there ought to be consequences if it doesn't take place. >> lavrov, famously tough and sometimes sarcastic negotiator, shot back he wasn't prepared to make a political extended statement, ask and adding diplomatics-like silence. the u.n. secretary general ban ki-moon released the letter from the syrian government. its formal request to the unites nations for syria to apply to join the chemical weapons convention in 1997. the moving parts, the shifting ration really -- rationale, the more a meek it would be if this is pulled off. >> join michigan now the form are ambassador for special loyalty cat affairs, stewart holliday. good you can join us. >> afternoon. >> you just heard james rosen talking about t

john kerry voted against that authorization.t through against the leadership of the democratic party. i think in this case similarly republicans and i would think a majority of republicans will end up voting to authorize the use of force. what john kerry said to you, you mentioned he made news by mentioning the sarin gas. he also made news i think by trying to get senators mccain and graham and people like me who really want assad to go. the way to deter the future use of chemical weapons in syria is to get rid of assad. he's the one guy to use them. but senator kerry gave an opening to the hawks when he said the military option is limited, it's just to deter and punish the use of chemical weapons, but our political aim remains to get rid of assad and we will weaken assad appreciably. and i do think in fact there will be a way to recognize the views of the hawks like senator mccain and graham, maybe give the doves in congress something say nothing ground troops, at least for now, perhaps we should try to end this quickly. people

is this was -- he was trying not to embarrass kerry or was he embarrassing kerry?whatever he was thinking, ed markey, it totally backfired. he was trashed by my newspaper, boston herald. >> wait, the boston herald trashed a democrat? shocking. >> but the globe, much more liberal paper, trashed john kerry -- >> ed markey -- >> ed masrkey, sorry. he was the guy who was supposed to be -- backed off. >> markey under the opinion they were taking attendance, which is why he said "present." my sense is he called john kerry, said he was going to vote no, kerry said, i endorsed you, i'm one the reasons you're a senator, take a walk for a week, but i have no idea what he was thinking. >> you have a lot of stuff to plug. >> i'm going to plug boston herald.com. >> i'm not going to plug myself. we have this huge get on the radio. white house correspondent for nbc is going to be with us in ht 1:00 hour. >> figure out who that is? >> no. >> you guys have been great. that's it for this edition of "the daily rundown." we'll see you from washington on thursday. tomorrow morning, msn

maybe his solution is let kerry be kerry in this instance although don't let kerry define his languagen a president zigs and zags, it hurts his case. people don't think you're strong and decisive if you see you going to and fro. >> supporters will say he is looking for a way not to kill people. >> that is to be respected and that's to be lauded. but this whole thing has played out as an accidental solution here and people want to think that actually -- to jessica's point these things are thought out. >> we have to leave it right there. thank you so much. thank you all for watching. i'm jake tapper. catch me on "the lead" and i will be back here tomorrow at 11:00. up next, piers morgan live. yeah, we can make room. yeah. [ male announcer ] ...office space. yes, we're loving this communal seating. it's great. [ male announcer ] the best thing to share? a data plan. at&t mobile share for business. one bucket of data for everyone on the plan, unlimited talk and text on smart phones. now, everyone's in the spirit of sharing. hey, can i borrow your boat this weekend? no. [ male announcer ] s

i don't think it's fair to john kerry.ry, in fact, it has become here a central player and very much a team player for the obama administration, and he, by his own admission, said this was an idea that had been discussed, obama/putin. if the president -- >> if that was true why did he say it couldn't be done? >> if the president had aired this proposal earlier, it would have undercut his idea of saying i want congress to approve military action. so now -- >> but to brit's point, if the secretary of state is reacting to a question, and at the end of the question says, and he's not going to do it and it will not happen, obviously that cannot happen. >> they did not believe it, and the russians came in and said, no, no, we think this can happen and assad said i'd like to do it. that changed the dynamic. i don't think that's a reason to put down the president. >> he was driving towards a vote in congress that virtually nobody thought would pass and they had already written off -- >> i don't think it would have passed in the ho

kerry says our allies are watching. they have watched us oust mubarak, gadhafi, now potentially, haven't heard how, you just heard him say that let's see, the goal is departure of assad, that's what john kerry said. is it? i don't see how the plan they presented gets us to that point or gets us to a point assad doesn't use weapons again. >> bob, can i make a point? the big issue here is that you can't trust the people that are telling you this information, nancy pelosi used a conversation with her five-year-old grandson about war in which the child asked if she was for bombing syria, a five-year-old. do you believe anybody that would use their child to justify a war, a five-year-old discussing war, do you believe those people? >> may i respond to that? were the americans -- she didn't have the answer. >> syria is a pot of mystery meat at a prison cafeteria. if you want to take a scoop out of it, that's fine. >> i would not trust pelosi and her five-year-old granddaughter, grandson. i would say this, those weapons of mas

kerry told lavrov the u.s. wouldn't play games and won't delay seeking a vote in congress but would talk if russia and syria are serious. the white house chimed in. >> it's important to note that it's clear this proposal comes in the context of the threat of u.s. action and the pressure that the president is exerting. >> reporter: kerry also said it is assad, his brother a top commander and one general who control all of the chemical weapons. in an interview with charlie rose airing today, assad was in complete denial that the chemical attack even happened. >> how can you talk about what happened if you don't have evidence? >> the attacks against american bases in the middle east if there is an air strike? >> you should expect everything. you should expect everything. >> reporter: escalating his unprecedented campaign with congress, the president deployed an army of advocates. >> only the syrian regime has the capacity to deliver chemical weapons on a scale to cause the devastation we saw in damascus. >> report

secretary of state john kerry is saying more world leaders are backing the u.s. efforts to strike syria. the president set to address the american public on tuesday to again state his case for action. for more on syria's world, al jazeera sat down with former congressman and presidential candidate ron paul. here is a sneak peek of that interview. >> what would be your line in syria? is there a moment where the united states has a responsibility to protect, to go abroad to help people who are in crisis and being killed by their own government >> yes. if any country including syria, if they attack the united states, you know, under attack, you know, threatened us and came and bombed us or sent a drone missile over here or something, you know, that might qualify as a requirement to retaliate but under today's circumstances, i can't imagine any moral justification for us getting involved in another war because it's been morally unjustified for the involvement that we have had already. it certainly isn't authorized under the constitution that we should be the policeme

foreign reporter alice is live traveling with secretary kerry. kerry will be meeting with who today? >> he'll be meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas. this trip was supposed to deal with the middle east peace process, as you know, secretary kerry has devoted a considerable amount of time but the crisis in syria has certainly eclipsed the middle east peace process. he's trying to do both at the same time. he met with the arab league. he seemed to get a lot of support in the meeting. he's looking to some of these countries to signton that j 20 statement that came out of that meeting friday. to sign onto the g-20 statement. they're trying to get more countries to sign on. secretary kerry said in a press conference today saudi arabia supports u.s. strikes against syria. i think he's expecting some other countries to show their public support in the next 24 hours. >> elise, what does that mean saudi arabia supports u.s. strikes? that the arab league supports the u.s. mission? that the arab league also agrees or believes chemical weapons we

secretary of state john kerry. but shortly after john kerry made that statement in london the u.s. state department backtracked saying it was never intended as a real offer. in the battle for moscow is over. and is elected for a new term in office but opposition runnerup alexina valley refuses to concede defeat calling for a mass rally to demand a recount. you're watching tape with me and. now russia's foreign minister says he's ready to negotiate with syrian president bashar al assad to try and get him to hand over his chemical weapons stockpile to the international community he was responding to a statement from his u.s. counterpart john kerry will thomas joins us live from more on this show on this issue here isn't there because washington then withdrew that statement from kerry saying this rhetoric but russia have taken him up on the offer believing it could be a way forward indeed it's going to be interesting to see how all of this plays out as sergey lavrov says that they're ready to move forward with this this actually comes after john kerry met with william hague his counte

we saw secretary kerry. we have another camera staking out that position leave that meeting presumably on his way over to the house foreign affairs committee meeting. there's also, again, another meeting. senate armed services started at 9:30 and that's not yet finished. a lot happening here on a lot of fronts. >> let's talk about the house foreign affairs committee meeting, which might start a little late because the defense secretary, secretary of state and the chairman of the joint chiefs have not arrived yet. might there be a vote as early as today out of this particular committee meeting? >> reporter: you know, that's just not clear. they have a lot of talking to do. there are more than 40 members of this committee, and again, it's republican-controlled and everyone wants to get a question in and wants to be on camera. it's open and webcast, so it's very high profile and very public. everybody is getting on record with the questions for the top administration officials who as you mentioned are really st

but shortly after john kerry raised that idea in london the u.s. state department but saying it was never intended as a real offer. also this hour the battle for moscow is over. and instead elected in a new term in office but opposition runner up election of only refuses to concede defeat calling for a mass rally to demand a recount. very good evening it's now is to say just past eight o'clock here in moscow my name is kevin and you're watching r.t. syria has agreed to russia's proposal that it put its chemical weapons stockpiles under international control u.s. secular state john kerry initially suggested such a scheme as a way to avoid a military strike on syria but the u.s. state department says since issued an apparent retraction saying it wasn't a genuine offer to sean thomas joins us for more hi there sean it's been an afternoon of twists and turns but the dramatic news in the last hour syria now said its own border this plan bring us up to speed well certainly kevin has been a very interesting day in fact as this story has rapidly develop fr

secretary of state john kerry is? switzerland tonight. >> after john kerry finished his ten minute statement three times as long as the russian, he reclaimed the mic to deliver this unmistakable rebuke to the country. >> i'm not prepared with the political statement because our approaches are clear. i decided not to lay out here our diplomatic position. >> the two have known each other for years and used first names. that hardly matched their differences when kerry rejected the request for 230 30 days for the chemical weapon arsenal. syria's failure to comply with revive president barack obama 's threat to use military force. >> it has to be credible, timely and implemented in a timely fashion. finally, there ought to be consequences if it doesn't take place. >> aids to kerry said the u.s. and russian delegation has military intelligence officers who will compare the scope of weapons arsenal with the u.s. looking at start for signs of how soon syrian president assad will allow international access to relevant sites an

kerry there. brit, this hearing, has it helped or hurt the administration case? there was one moment whereas you pointed out earlier, secretary kerry was asked about boots on the ground, said there could be an option. >> it is important to know what he meant by that. i think he was referring to a situation which say an american pilot were shot down. >> or chemical weapons. >> or chemical weapons were found and to secure them, we might conduct special operations. what he is not talking about is the insertion of american troops to participate in the civil war, and he has ruled that out. in the end, authorization depends on how congress chooses to write it. they may write a more ironclad prohibition, or nonauthorization of use of american foot soldiers. >> brit, thank you. again, senator marco rubio as he makes his way from that hearing room live on "special report." >>> up next, big troubles for big labor over obama care and here is what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering. wd

last question, secretary kerry, if i might. i am interested in our having a follow-on conversation about how this specific strike and this specific authorization that you're seeking can also lead to a broader strategy, a strategy for support and engagement with the opposition that will lead to the diplomatic resolution of the syrian civil war that you've spoken about repeatedly. i don't think these are mutually exclusive. i do think it's possible for us to take action that reinforces a global red line against chemical weapons use, but to still continue to strengthen and broaden our engagement with the opposition, in a way that moves towards a post-assad syria that is sustainable and secure. and i look forward to your input with us on your next hearing. >> senator, i look forward to it to. i would like to get the whole committee, for them to come down to the department, and we can have this discussion in that confine, as a committee, also. and i think that might be helpful, in addition to what we do in the classified briefing to

that secretary kerry claims killed over 1,400 people, called assad a thug, but then after that, kerryoing on out a limb, we got a clue something might be a miss. top officials say around 6:00 p.m. friday night, the president went for a 45 minute walk on the south lawn on the white house with dennis mcdunn know and threw him a curveball. revealed he was overriding kerry and the rest of his team to seek congressional authorization. this is a big delay, so congress does not return to work until september 9th in a dramatic reversal because for days, white house aides said the opposite, that they would only consult congress and friday about 7:00 p.m., the president had a two-hour meeting with a senior staff. i'm told there was real division in there because aides were concerned he could lose this vote. polls show americaned could lose intervention. if he wins it, he could lose a lot of political capital. kerry and other members found out in phone calls. then the president came out in the rose garden, important to note, he indicated if congress votes this down, he has the executive power to

i note to senator kerry and secretary kerry, and secretary haguel, we all served together 12 years agoand faced similar awesome historic decisions related to iraq and afghanistan. we saw those differently in some respects, but i voted against the iraqi resolution, in going to war in that country, and felt that event that transpired afterwards gave me some justification for my vote. but i voted for the war in ask, believing that it was a clear response to 9/11. we were going after those responsible for killing 3,000 innocent americans, and we were going to make them pay a price. i believe that was the right thing to do. i didn't know at the time that i voted for that authorisation for the use of military force, that i was voting for the long ers war -- longest war in the history of the united states, and an authority for several presidents to do things no one could have envisioned at that moment in history. secretary kerry and secretary hagel i take it seriously. i understand the president and his values. i take it seriously that the language be as precise as possible when it comes to t

secretary kerry? >> absolutely. >> would a time limit of 60 days indicating that you might have other authorities back beyond those 60 days, what we're authorizing now is limited to 60 days, would that be acceptable? >> we would prefer that you have some kind of trigger in there with respect to his--if he were to come back and use chemical weapons again, that there would be a capacity to respond to that if you just have a fix-- >> well, you could always come back to congress or have a provision every time you use chemical weapons you would come back every 60 days. >> that would be acceptable. >> the second, the first-- >> the second. >> finally would you accept a provision that said you may want to pursue regime change from other--with other authorities that you have including arming the rebels under authority that you have, but the disresolution is limitedded to actions designed to punish and deter the use of chemical weapons and not to change the outcome of the civil war? >> the preference of the pr

secretary kerry saying he has more countries on board. the number of countries agreeing to strong international response now said to be in the double digits. that list has not been made public. the white house will go public with a series of one on one interviews. the president will address the nation tuesday night. and we, like everyone else, will bring you that address live on al jazeera.

after that kerry going out on a limb. we got a clue that something might be amiss when the president gave a more tentative case. top officials now say around 6:00 p.m. friday night the president went for a 45-minute walk on the south lawn of the white house with chief of staff and threw him a curve ball. the president, shocked by the british parliament voting down military action the night before, revealed he was overriding kerry and the rest of his team to seek congressional authorization. now, what is interesting is this is a big delay since congress does not return to work until september in a dramatic reversal because for days white house aides said the opposite, they would only consult congress and friday, about 7:00 p.m. in the oval office, the president had a two-hour meeting with the senior staff. i'm told there was some real division the there because aides were concerned he could lose the vote. polls show americans oppose enter genelization in -- intervention in 'syria. kerry and other members of the cab nat fou

kerry and the ruren foreign inst minister meeting this hour. bashar al assad said syria would only turn over its weapons if the u.s. drops its threat of military action. still, president obama says he's ready to give diplomacy a chance. >> i am hopeful that the discussions that senator -- secretary kerry had with foreign minister lavrov as well as some of the other players in this can yield a concrete result. and i know that he is going to be working very hard over the next several days to see what the possibilities are there. >> chief national security correspondent jim sciutto's traveling with the secretary in geneva. first, our senior international correspondent nick paton walsh at the united nations where there are important developments unfolding. nick, tell our views are what you've learned. >> reporter: a very big deal here. the u.n. confirmed to us that the syrian mission has sent to them a letter in which they ask to join the chemical weapons convention of 1993. now the terms of that basically say a country has to get rid of all of its

kerry, hagel, biden, obama. >> it's not the position itself. it's the idea that there was no conveying that that was on the table. there was no suggestion that they were going to go to congress. >> right, then you take a walk in the rose garden with chief of staff and clearly something he was thinking about. this also tells us how this president makes decisions. if people on his national security team were surprised then the public has a right to be surprised. he made this by himself. >> gloria borger, thank you so much. we have an exclusive interview with syria's ambassador to the united bashar. ja fari. wolf blitzer is next with special coverage of the senate foreign relations committee hearing. that's it for me. thank you for watching. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs to help minimize blood sugar spikes. [ male announcer ] glucerna. helping people with diabetes find balance. ingeniously uses radar to alert you to possible collision threats. and in certain situations it can apply the brakes. introducing the

i'll also note to senator kerry and also to secretary kerry and secretary hagel, we all served together some 12 years ago, and faced similar awesome au historic decisions. related to iraq and afghanistan. we saw those differently in some respects. but i voted against the iraqi resolution and going to war in that country. and felt that the events that transpired afterwards gave me some justification for my vote. but i voted for the war in afghanistan. believing that it was a clear response to 9/11. we were going after those responsible for killing 3,000 innocent americans. and we were going to make them pay a price. i still believe that was the right thing to do. but i didn't know at the time that i vote the for that authorization for the use of military force i was voting for the longest war in the history of the united states and an authority to several presidents to do things that no one ever could have envisioned at that moment in history. so secretary kerry and secretary hagel, i take this very seriously. i understand this president, i understand his values. but i take it very serio

aside from syria, what did kerry discuss with the e.u.? >> well, you know, secretary of state kerry has another major issue on his agenda, and that is restarting the middle east peace process. he is trying to get that started, and he has been trying to get that started. but in the current environment that questions regionally whether or not he'll get actions on that. he's in paris later today, tomorrow, and then on monday he comes here to london where he will be meeting the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. >> and quickly before we let you go, about france, france just immediately was one of the most ardent allies of the u.s. in the entire situation with syriac and they seem to be backing off just a little bit. can you talk about that, philip? >> yes, they do seem to be backing off slightly. firstly, they said they would wait until the vote is held in congress. now they're also going to wait until the u.n. report is released. that could take weeks, however, we are now hearing that the germans of all groups because they've been critical, th

kerry says that number is growing. who is right? >> well, secretary of state kerry be in referring to the large block that he got coming out yesterday in lithuania. all 28 member states of the european union signed a statement that condemned the assad regime as responsible for the 21st of august chemical weapons attack outside of damascus and furthermore, calling for some sort of reaction international reaction, to those strikes. so that's 28 nations right there. then you add the turks who have been very vocal. there are many gulf states vocal against the assad regime. theres support within the political sphere. it has to be stressed that there are those who are taking to the streets here in europe as well. you mentioned the protest in america. there are protests here as well. the public opinion in europe is widely against a u.s. strike in syria. morgan. >> phil, you mentioned the protests. isn't the british parliament vetoed any action against the assad register e-mail, what is kerry hoping to accomplish in london when he travels t

then it was over the weekend lavrov and kerry talked about it again. they talked about it again on monday and then kerry came out and made that statement in london where he said perhaps assad should just get rid of his chemical weapons. i'm told by a senior administration official at that point, after he made that statement, a call was made, a prearranged call occurred between kerry and lavrov where kerry basically said we need to see a credible plan for action here. it was at that point that the russian foreign minister said okay, we'll get back to you and then the russians made their proposal and it started to take a life of its own from that point forward. it was interesting to note, by talking to this administration official, that almost immediately after kerry got off the phone with lavrov, he called the white house and all of this getting batted back and forth between the white house and the state department. this official described as diplomacy if realtime and sometimes you just have to take opportunities that come your way. but obviously, a stu

i'm delighted the president has asked kerry to stay in touch with lavrov. that's the best channel and a channel that can quibltion determinquicklydetermine if we t square one. >> most egregiously in the runup of the gulf war, years and years of inspectors going to inspect iraq and still a war. >> they actually delayed i think the senate vote. >> yes, it's been postponed until thursday. >> i would say it's unfortunate for administration and the house vote from what we can see in the papers and the polls looks very, very poor in the administration. the russians have thrown the -- >> i think lally, the delay was not unfortunate if it's a sure loser. there are two outcomes. the russians can produce something and it can go ahead and then i think we should certainly put the trigger in place so that if he violates it, we have the opportunity to do what we intend to do now. and if it doesn't work we have the trigger in hand so we don't have to worry about it. but it seems to me those are the two outcomes and a congressional option is important to reinforce both. >>

tracie, what do we know about what secretary kerry will be doing and saying? >> reporter: a senior department official is telling us that the secretary's goal is to share assessment of where the chemical weapons are and how many -- what the capacity is with russia. and then to come up with a plan and to see if the russian plan will actually work. monitoring and verifying those weapons. they need to talk about security in terms of bringing down the stash of chemical weapons in syria, and timelines. they won't be talking about any sort of u.n. resolution, we're told, and it he could be there through saturday, so they could take actually about three days. you mentioned sergei lavrov, the foreign minister for russia, who will be sitting down with secretary of state kerry. in an interview prior to that meeting, he says one big ground rule for sitting down with the u.s. was that we would hold off any sort of military strike. richard? >> tracie potts, thank you for the very latest on that. >>> now to the op ed by russia's president, president putin. it was published

here to talk about john kerry is a presidential biographer spent 16 years covering kerry for "the bostonthe show today. i guess i want to see if you can talk a little bit as someone who has watched kerry through the years to this evolution. he cites being informed by vietnam and being informed by iraq. at the beginning of his career he was anti-war. middle of the career was against the 1991 gulf wore in in the last 20 years voted for iraq war in 2002 and is now as we say the face of the administration's push for syria. how do you reconcile that entire career when you look at it? >> one thing is he sort of symbolizes the whole problem the american left has had since vietnam. vietnam was such a searing experience particularly for the left, searing experience for the whole country and left had hard time coming to grips with americ america's duty to use force around the word. back to vietnam days when he came back and he was a leader for vietnam veterans against the war, he called himself in that famous testimony you showed a picture of on the screen, a winter soldier. that's from tom payne'

. >> secretary of state john kerry says the case for military action in syria lies in the evidence of chemical warfare. two years after the beings tsunami,ing radiation reaches new levels. >> egyptian president mohammed morsi will stand trial for the 2007 deaths of seven people. >>> and flames are now 45% contained as firefighters battle on the edge of yosemite national park. and breaking news right now out of afghanistan, where taliban fighters have launched an attack near a u.s. military base in afghanistan. that is right near the pakistan border. the blast sparked a gun fight and sparked, jennifer glass is in kabul and joins us with the latest. jennifer is there any word of fatalities? >> we -- nato says they have incurred no fatalities, that is ooh ang operating base with afghan forces on it. a district spokesman says he sees bodies on it, a little over four hours ago now and there was a firefight with nato gun ships engaging the fighters. the taliban has claimed responsibility for this attack. >> now jennifer there were initial reports of this gun fight soon after this attack. is

secretary of state kerry holding a news conference. listen to them. >> and convey in the conference as we reach the syrian, in accordance with the communicate and agree on the creation of the transition bodies that will have all of the executive function and this is our common objective and i hope that today and tomorrow it will be all other efforts to continue to help move on and complete the objective. thank you for your attention. >> well, thank you very much. my privilege to be here with our delegation and i want to thank you and your delegation on behalf of all of the people on behalf of diplomacy can avoid military action and we thank you for coming quickly to geneva to have this important conversation that we will engage in. over one year ago, president obama and president putin directed high- level experts of our governments, to work together to prepare contingencies involving syria's chemical weapons. the foreign minister and i have been in regular contact about this issue since my visit to moscow earlier this year and as the

it appears live near putin and john kerry may be up for nobel peace prize. started a two-day national media campaign originally aimed at the skeptical american public and congress the military strike in syria is in the national interest. president obama conducting interviews with national television networks tonight followed by his address to the nation at 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow. this is, by any definition, a full press by the administration meant solely to portray dire consequences for the nation's safety if there i the assad regt held accountable. >> from the white house to the capital to the vice presiient's mansion at the observatory, president obama and his advisors lobbied lawmakers to punish syria for the august 21 chemical weapons attack warning a threatens to unravel 100 year ban on the use of such weapons. >> if we do not stand up and enforce the coalition, they will take the wrong lesson from it. >> in ministrations promising military action won't launch another war. they very limited, very targeted, very short term effo effort, unbelievably s