actions? how are we going to respond differently? well, it will be a response, i think, similar to the last time but following up on the clip you just played what was even worse than that is president obama and secretary of state kerry at some point after that said that they had gotten assad to get rid of all of his poison gas. he obviously did not. so this is a mess president trump has inherited. i think you are going to see a response commensurate with what he did last time and it will be a clear message to both is syrians and russians. sandra: what did you think about senator lindsey graham saying assad is now a legitimate war criminal? i think lindsey has been quite clear in the past and again now in pointing out that if assad has authorized the use of this gas and i suspect nobody who doubts that he has
against syria, firing 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at an air base from which the last chemical weapons attack was launched. at the time, president trump warned bashar al-assad there would be serious consequences if he did it again. it looks like assad did not listen. the white house says that all options are on the table to respond to the suspected chemical what weapons attack. we are meeting with the military and everybody else and we will be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours. president trump illuminated a new excesses of evil. president putin, russia and iran are responsible for backing animal assad. translator: how are military experts have been there as well as representatives of
calling out the syrian dictator and his main backers. president putin, russia and iran are responsible for backing animal assad. the outrage crossing party lines. these people are butchers. not only do they use chemical weapons to kill people, they prevent any humanitarian aid from going in to help them after the attack. there is only one language that these people understand. there needs to be a response. an international response. this is against international norms. it s possible there will be another missile attack? i wouldn t take anything off the table. the defining moment in his presidency. he challenged assad not to use chemical weapons. we had a one and done missile attack. assad is at it again. they see our determination to stay in syria waning. sandra: connor powell is
the irrelevant iranians and russians use that base. some were killed in the israeli air strike last night. right now the u.s. has no aircraft carriers in the mediterranean or persian gulf but a navy guided missile destroyer with dozens of tomahawk cruise missiles left a port call putting it within striking range of syria. the u.n. has an emergency security council meeting this afternoon and the first day on the job for the new national security advisor john bolton and overseeing an emergency national security meeting at the white house as we speak. bill: interesting timing. is there any doubt it was a chemical attack and any doubt assad was behind it? there is very little doubt. secretary mattis was asked if they could confirm it at this point and he said no. sandra: for more on this marc thiessen is from the washington post and based on
children in mindless chemical attack. in syria. area of atrocity is in lockdown and encircled by syrian army make it completely and assessable to outside world. president vladimir putin, russia and iran are responsible for backing animal assad. big price. it s interesting there has not been outside confirmation that this was a poison attack. it s interesting that the president is saying and in number two, not only condemning but one of the first time ever condemning vladimir putin s support of assad. the president is now obligated to act. confirm whether this was a poison gas attack which it looks like it was. at the 70 dead may be as much as 150. a number of them children. all of them civilians. but now the united states will have to act as the present acted in the aftermath of the