lines. >> in reaction the president ordered the launch of tomahawk missiles on a syrian air base. important to note that air base was up and running in about 24 hours after the u.s. air strikes. now after that action syria mainly fell off the president's radar, barely a mention of it in the president's state of the union address later that year, and then, of course, at the end of march, the president said he'd like u.s. troops to begin leaving syria, though the national security team convinced the president that it was too soon to leave. and now here we are just a few days later with this alleged chemical weapons attack, and the question of how the president will respond. now to discuss all of this i'm joined by jeremy bash, msnbc national security analyst and former chief of staff at the cia and department of defense, josh lederman with the associated press, retired army colonel jack jacobs, medal of honor recipient and msnbc analyst and pediatrician and a volunteer with the syrian-american medical