President Barack Obama spoke with PBS NewsHour'sGwen Ifill about recent reports that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is willing to consider handing chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria over to international control. Obama said he favored diplomacy to military strikes and that he is positive that the U.S. can work with the Assad regime's allies, Ru

BRET BAIER: Just to review, Charles, this started with Secretary of State Kerry answering a question in London in which right after he said it, the State Department said he was speaking rhetorically about a situation we thought had very low probability of happening and suddenly it may be U.S. policy. CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Because I think the Russ

ANN COULTER: Look at how the vote in Congress is going to go, not looking food for Obama. Obama is desperately looking for an exit strategy. No, these Democrats think being president is a Hollywood movie, if they just come out and say it is in America's national security interest Americans will swoon like they do in The West Wing when Aaron

SCOTT PELLEY: Mr. President, the administration has described evidence to the American people and the world but it hasn't shown evidence. And I wonder at this point, what are you willing to show? What are we going to see in terms of the evidence that you say we have? PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well, keep in mind what we've done is we have provided unclass

President Obama on Russia offering to put Syria's chemical weapons under international control: "I think it's fair to say that we would not be at this point without a credible threat of a military strike, but I welcome the possibility of the development and (Secretary of State) John Kerry will be talking to his Russian counterparts. I think we shou

DIANE SAWYER: If Bashar al-Assad yields control of his chemical weapons to international authority, are we back from the brink? PRESIDENT OBAMA: Absolutely, if in fact that happens. And so, I consider this a modestly positive development, you know, John Kerry is going to talk to his counterparts, and we're going to run this to ground. I don't

SAVANNAH GUTHRIE, NBC NEWS: Would you act without Congress? The answer could be yes, no, or haven't decided. PRESIDENT OBAMA: I think it's fair to say that I haven't decided. I am taking this vote in Congress and what the American people are saying very seriously. Because if you ask somebody -- you know, I read polls like everybody else. If you

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: You know, what I’m thinking about is right now, though, how do we make sure we can verify that we do not have chemical weapons that can be used not only inside of Syria, but could potentially drift outside of Syria. WOLF BLITZER: He said in an interview with Charlie Rose, that if you, the U.S. attack, launch military st

FOX News: Judge Napolitano explained that under international law, the Syria situation does not fit into any of the categories that would justify the use of force by the U.S. Here's his reasoning: - The U.S. has not been attacked by Syria. - An attack on the U.S. by Syria is not "dangerously imminent." - A third country has not asked the

"Crossfire" hosts Newt Gingrich and Van Jones debate President Obama's efforts to convince Congress and the public for a Syria strike.

FMR. SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON: I'd like to say a few words about Syria. A vigorous and important debate is underway in Congress and around kitchen tables all over America. This is a challenge that has catalyzed the kind of debate that I think is good for our democracy. As you know, this is a fluid situation with statements

SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY: Now, I believe that the aftermath of the Iraq experience and Afghanistan leave a lot of people saying, "We don’t want to see our young people coming back in a body bag," and so forth. But that’s not what we’re talking about. And what we have to do is make clear to people that this is – we’re not talking abou

Mark Levin addresses an audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

White House national security adviser Susan Rice says any U.S. military action against Syria "would not be another war." She says the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against its own people and said that raises threats to other countries.

RCP's Caitlin Huey-Burns speaks with CBS News' Steve Chaggaris about the latest developments in the Syria debate on Capitol Hill.

CHRIS WALLACE: I'm going to ask you another if question. If the president goes to Congress and says that this is in our national security, and Congress rejects it, if at the end of this process, the president loses, doesn't he become a lame duck the next day? DENIS MCDONOUGH: No, Chris, again, the question before us right now is how do we make s

NBC: The controversial New York City mayoral candidate, who has struggled to keep his campaign on message in the wake of scandals related to sexting, said that in spite of his fourth-place ranking in popular polls, he hasn’t dropped out of the race because he believes the voters should decide whether he gets elected.

NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd says that Obama and his administration are “very concerned” that losing this battle with Congress for a strike in Syria could be crippling to his effectiveness.

You should expect everything. Not necessarily from the government. It's not only the government... in this region. You have different parties, you have different factions, you have different ideology.

On "Meet the Press," Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee Michael McCaul said, "As it stands today I can not support the President's plan. It's irresponsible." MCCAUL: The problem is, I think lobbying a few tomahawk missiles will not restore our credibility overseas. It's kind of a face-saving measure for the President after he drew