authority. president trump said if it's not about u.s. national security interests, it's no business of the united states. and he encouraged president obama, don't get involved with syria. there is no doctrine. i looked forward to your interview with mcmaster because i wanted to understand. there is none. he doesn't say, you know what, conventional weapons are continuing to kill people in syria and we find this abhorrent and we'll stop it. he's not clear what the next step is. chris: let's turn to the other big story. that was republicans in the senate invoking the "nuclear option" in order to confirm neil gorsuch to the supreme court. here are the senate's two leaders. >> i believe it will make this body a more partisan place. it will make the cooling saucer of the senate considerably hotter.