underpinning to it. and he s got two major anchor points. one is reassuring our allies. he has sent his government officials to the far east, the middle east, to europe to make certain they all understand that the alliances of the past, we are back, we re going to back you up, we re going to be there for you. the second anchor point, and we ve seen this, he is willing to confront his adversaries. and in a way that his predecessor was not. taye david well, and in a way that shocked a lot of people. the most demonstrative point of that, i think, was the is syrian attacks where we attacked the syrian air base there. were you surprised at that? i was not i was surprised at the chemical attack, but i was not surprised by the response. i knew that the advisers around him would never let that stand. and he has got instincts himself about america, its role in the world, how you ve got to be responsible. there s a moral issue here in using chemical weapons on your own people, it is a weapon
he has two major anchor points. he is sent the government officials. to make certain that they all understand that the alliances of the past we are back we are going to back you up. we are going to be there for you. the second anchor point and we have seen us he is willing to confront his adversaries. and in a way that his predecessor was not. and in a way that shocked a lot of people. the most demonstrative of that. where we attacked the syrian airbase there. were you surprised at that. i was surprised at the chemical attack. but i was not surprised by the response. i knew that the advisors around him would never let that stand and he has got instincts himself about america and its role in the world and how you have to be responsible there is a moral issue here. when using chemical weapons on your own people.
he has two major anchor points. he is sent the government officials. to make certain that they all understand that the alliances of the past we are back we are going to back you up. we are going to be there for you. the second anchor point and we have seen us he is willing to confront his adversaries. and in a way that his predecessor was not. and in a way that shocked a lot of people. the most demonstrative of that. where we attacked the syrian airbase there. were you surprised at that. i was surprised at the chemical attack. but i was not surprised by the response. i knew that the advisors around him would never let that stand and he has got instincts himself about america and its role in the world and how you have to be responsible there is a moral issue here. when using chemical weapons on
people. but flying off a 150-foot cliff is not for the faint of heart. austin s brother is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line. you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped on to webbing to attach to the five anchor points. they re taking every precaution but it s still a risky endeavor. a bolt could break, a bolt might come loose. or a slight misstep could land someone over the edge on to the unforgiving rocks below. if i would have slid maybe
but flying off a 150-foot-high cliff is not for the faint of heart. austin s brother, creighton baird, is one of the rope swing engineers. his job is to make sure everyone survives to tell the tale. to actually jump, you need two ropes. you always want a back-up rope when your life is on the line with something like this. you only mess up once. to build the rope swing, the crew is riffing off existing hardware left by past climbers. and there were five bolts placed on the arch in the 80s. we attached the two ropes we jumped on to webbing and caribiners to attach to the five anchor points. a rope could break. a bolt might come loose. or, as creighton discovers, a slight misstep could land someone over the edge, onto the unforgiving rocks below. if i would have slid maybe