.>> first a conversation with richard haass as president obama seeks approval for his strike. we will get an assessment of whether military action is the best of all the options for dealing with assad, as well as if the presidents -- has been compromised. then we will finish with actress toni collette. we are glad she joined us. those conversations coming up right now. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. tavis: president obama and congressional leaders have been taking meetings on the decision to postpone any punitive strike against president assad. ofthe same time, news chemical weapons raises not just political questions but indeed, moral questions as well, as far as i'm concerned. joining me from new york is richard haass, author of the book "foreign policy begins at home." >> good to be back. we can't afford to do whatever we are going to do in syria but we still cannot raise the minimum wage, we still cannot talk about poverty, we still cannot deal with homelessness. if foreign policy begins at home, why are we once again even con

. - council of foreign relations president richard haass argues for a recalibration of america's domestic and foreign policies. it's just ahead on "global ethics forum." - mr. haass, as many of you know, is the president of the council on foreign relations. before he joined the council, he had a very distinguished career in government, having served in 4 presidential administrations, most recently in the bush administration as director of policy planning in the state department. he is also the author of several books. most of them have focused on foreign policy. we are delighted that he accepted our invitation to discuss his latest publication,

richard haass is on set to break it down and the new pope for a new generation, signs that the pope mightic priests to marry. we'll talk about that. >>> and later, billy crystal will stop by the set with his new book. that will be fun. also, james carville, steve schmidt, chuck todd, andrea mitchell. that's just to name a few, barnicle is here too. >> he's back. >> brian, back to you. >> thank you very much, mika. >>> still ahead on "way too early." what movie would you like to remade entirely new in 3d? i love what we already have. get some more in there. #waytooclose and "morning joe" just moments away. see his bankig and investing accounts on one page... before he could easily transfer funds between the two in real time... before he could even think about planning for his daughters' future... mike opened a merrill edge investment account and linked it to his bank of america bank account to help free up plenty of time for the here and now. that's the wonder of streamlined connections. that's merrill edge and bank of america. "i" formation! "i" formation! we have got to get the three-tec

. >> senator, richard haass, a lot of people talking about the possibility of this getting defeated.to narrow or constrain the president's powers. what's your thinking about this possibility? >> richard, i think from time to time we're not in agreement and from time to time we're in agreement. i think it would be a very serious situation we're we're now 535 commanders in chief. look, the president of the united states is the only commander. ronald reagan invade grenada, bill clinton acted, other presidents have acted in keeping with the war powers act. so i think that it would be -- frankly it would be a risk. if i thought it was a meaningless resolution that constrained the president from doing what's necessary, i couldn't vote for it. >> would you insist on inserting language in the resolution that he makes good on his promise to provide serious military help to the opposition. >> i'd like to see it in the resolution but i'll take him at his word. there's other ways of me get the information that we are actually doing that. but again, you know, we've really got to -- it's disspirit