kuwait i referred to a carrier battle group at 100,000 tons of diplomacy. i worked closely with central command to be sure we had carrier presence up in the northern gulf when we needed it. bill: he said president got it right in syria and in north korea but this is just the beginning. how would you react to that, sir? i think that s correct. the message of the strike the president ordered at the end of last week obviously felt in syria and in moscow but i think heard with equal clarity in tehran and north korea. after eight years of no drama, they ve got a president who actually feels very strongly about these weapons of mass destruction and i think biological, chemical warfare but at the top end of the spectrum is nuclear proliferation represented by north korea and iran. i think he is very much focused on target about weapons of mass
authority of the war powers act limiting presidential authority to make war. so congress will complain about this but as long as it s this kind of military action, cruise missiles, bombing, that sort of thing, very unlikely congress would actually do anything about it. bill: you make a great point there, too. libya was the same thing. at the urging of then president sarkozy in france, he was the one on top of the table slamming his shoe saying you have to go after qaddafi. i made this point 45 minutes ago. we have military action right now, byron, in iraq, afghanistan, syria, a somalia, libya, yemen. this is a lot of pressure for a military that is at the ready 24/7 around the world. and it seems as if the united states appears to be the only one who is now standing up to radical islam and we re doing
every day. bill: that is the white house chief economic advisor insisting tax reform is the number one domestic priority for donald trump. white house officials telling us everything remains on the table as the president looks for new ways to gain wide ranging republican support. that s key, too. how do you get that support? guy benson fox news contributor from denver, colorado catching a late spring season ski. i kid. you re working out there. blake berman reports an hour ago it s premature to suggest that the tax plan the president campaigned on has been scrapped. now, where do you think this is when people like senator rob portman are arguing there is a lot going on behind the scenes that we aren t privy to? i m sure that s true. the senator is right. bill, i think what s so important when we talk about tax reform is sequencing of legislation. keep in mind we thought a
mary anne marsh, alex conant to both of you good morning. quickly alex, you ve had three days to think about this. let it soak in. overall the reaction seems to be positive for this white house. i m very impressed by donald trump s handling of this crisis. first major foreign policy crisis as president. he acted decisively and quickly and he made the right decision to go into syria and to punish assad for chemical weapons attacks. i was impressed. he needs to lay out a strategy of where we go from here. assad can t remain as president of syria. as long as assad is there there will be more attacks on civilians. he needs to lay out a long-term strategy for removing assad and what comes next. bill: it strikes me they laid out the strategy. go after isis and if chemical weapons are used again you ll
peter doocy live at the supreme court. thank you, peter. keep the spot warm for you. shannon: i ll be back. speaking of warm, what a beautiful day in the rose garden for this. former boss swearing you in so you can serve side-by-side on the bench together and make history. bill: we ll have live coverage of that as soon as it begins. we have the cameras positioned there. we ll let you know when it happens with judge gorsuch. shannon: a lot more news. president trump wrapped up meetings with chinese president she jing ping to talk about north korea. this is a rogue regime that is now a nuclear capable regime. they agreed it is unacceptable. shannon: how to answer the bill: how police say this man was able to slip through their fingers in sweden once