Syria: Two leading Republicans said it would be a disaster if Congress votes against President Obama’s resolution to attack Syria for using nerve gas. Sen. John McCain and Sen. Lindsay Graham met with the president yesterday. McCain said failure to approve the resolution “would undermine the credibility of the United States of America and the president of the United States. None of us want that.” The two senators suggested that Mr. Obama may have some serious plans in hand. McCain said, “We have been given some reason to believe that very serious strikes may take place as opposed to cosmetic.”

 The nuclear carrier Nimitz has entered the Red Sea, poised to head toward the Mediterranean, if called. The Nimitz would join five US destroyers and an amphibious ship waiting in the Med for orders to attack Syria.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has warned that an attack on his country could trigger a regional war.

Small Screen: CBS and Time Warner Cable ended their contract fight in time for the opening of football and couch-sitting season. CBS and its owned cable channels such as Showtime were blocked for a month in cities from New York to Los Angeles while the companies wrangled over fees.

Pay Toll: The New San Francisco Bay suspension bridge opens today after six years of delays. The swooping span is beautiful, but cost $6 billion.

Toll Call: Microsoft bought Nokia wireless phones for $7.2 billion.

110 at 64: Swimmer Diana Nyad achieved her 35-year dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage yesterday as she came ashore at Smathers Beach in Key West. At 64, she is the first swimmer to do it. It took her 53 hours to swim the 110 miles. Nyad was immediately put on a stretcher and given an IV. Now a motivational speaker and sports commentator for NPR, she came to public attention in 1975 when she swam the 28 miles around Manhattan in eight hours.

The Net: Seventh seed Roger Federer, a five-time winner of the US Open, was upset by 19^th seed Tommy Robredo yesterday at the National Tennis Center. In previous matches Robredo had won only three of 27 sets played against Federer. Nobody was more surprised than he was.

The Obit Page: Heavyweight boxer Tommy Morrison, who once beat George Foreman, has died in Nebraska at age 44. The Foreman win was the pinnacle of his career. Three years after that 1993 fight Morrison was diagnosed with HIV and began a long decline. He spent time in prison but also had a part in Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky V”. He’s been described as a great boxer who missed greatness. He coulda been somebody.