iraq, a war i fought in. getting rid of assad for putting pressure on him to leave don t mean we tear down the state structures in the way we did the iraqi military. it should be our policy preserve order and stability as much as possible. but there is there is a tendency in this debate to frame it between doing nothing and all-out regime change and war. i think that s a false choice that masks the options we have in between. bill: give me an option. we have allies on the ground. a tactical strike in the short term which we have many military options we can use to do that. then over the long term. we have 2,000 troops on the ground in syria if you believe the press reporting. working with at least a 60,000 strong syrian democratic force to seize territory by isis. as we do that we ve seen iranian proxies take some territory. we need clarity with respect to our position in iran and syria.
six opportunities to veto measures to hold the assad regime accountable for this and because of that russia and syria are bringing chemical weapons use back into the mainstream. sandra: mike pompeo says the administration has the authority to strike syria? this occupied a lot of time yesterday in his confirmation hearing. he said this administration and previous administrations have demonstrated that the executive branch has the authority to launch these strikes but ran into opposition, notably from senator rand paul of kentucky on that. he also discussed syria and confirmed for the first time that the u.s. has killed russians in syria. in syria now a handful of weeks ago the russians met their match. a couple hundred russians were killed. the list of actions this administration has taken i m happy to walk through each of them but don t want to take up any more time. the list is pretty long. reports had previously said
syria. its hands were covered in the blood of syrian children. she tried to get the council to start a new investigation to find out who is behind the chemical attacks in syria. russia vetoed that resolution marking the sixth time it blocked such a measure involving chemical weapons and also the possibility of a vote on a swedish resolution that would clear the country of chemical weapons once and for all whether russia would except that remains to be seen. we re getting underway shortly at the u.n. bill: thanks, laura engel on stand by there at the u.n. more from the state department in washington and more from general jack keane who will analyze where we are at the moment regarding all this. stay tuned for that. sandra: the white house capping off a wild week with president trump taking and coming from all sides. can he keep it all under control. former deputy trump campaign manager david bossie will be here on all that. a chilling 911 call on a
trey gowdy himself will be joining you after a lot of news involving him this week. the d.o.j. document, big questions asked of gowdy. bill: wallace with a prediction. the world is waiting and watching for a strike on syria. will it happen? international inspectors heading to the site of that gas attack in duma. president trump consulting with our allies and the pentagon getting ready for plans to punish syria and an emergency security council meeting gets underway now. here is laura engel outside the u.n. headquarters today. good morning. good morning, bill. this is the fourth meeting this week on chemical weapons in syria alone. as you heard nikki haley going into that meeting we re standing by for this to get staertd. i want to talk about what we re to hear about. the world finding inspectors will be on the ground in syria
bill: listen to that man s word. general james mattis. we re on syria watch. the u.s., france, britain weighing a possible military strike after a suspected chemical attack. top u.s. officials calling out russia with assad roll in the conflict there. mike gallagher and a u.s. marine who served for seven years in active duty as an intelligence officer, sir, thank you for your time today. what is your latest consideration as to whether or not this happens, if and when? let s start there. yesterday the secretary testified they want to wait to confirm certain intelligence surrounding the strike before they act. that s fine. but last year the administration said that assad would pay a heavy price if he did this again. he has done it again. we have to act. lest we go down the path of the previous administration, failing to enforce a red line. this administration beyond the willingness to act has key