Links to the only group. Who were of most powerful people in the white house is out of a job u. S. President donald trump has fired his National Security adviser over disagreements about Foreign Policy john bolton took a hard line view on several countries that the u. S. Has fraught relations with like iran russia and north korea his sacking from his reports of serious divisions within the president s cabinet it was his decision to invite the taliban to the u. S. For peace talks well those have now been canceled mike hanna has more. We think the sanctions are biting john bolton was the 3rd National Security adviser pointed to by President Trump since taking office and hes the 3rd to resign after much speculation of imminent firing bolton brought to the white house decades of experience in Foreign Policy and a hawkish disposition that had never wavered. He served as ambassador to the United Nations under george w. Bush from 2005 to 2006 and use that position to continue to justify the u
argument they use is that they are concerned that given the libya resolution, they are concerned about military strikes. that s not what the resolution said. that s not what was at stake. that was my view, the excuse they were using. here s secretary clinton on the issue yesterday. what happened yesterday at the united nations was a travesty. those countries that refused to support the arab league plan, they are full responsibility for protecting the brutal regime. i get the sense the russians are still loyal to the old ties over there. is that because one of those cold war residue things? it s got a little bit of that, but also anti-americanism. they are feeling as if they were dooped in the libya resolution.
strikes. and, you know, that s not what the resolution said. that s not what was at stake. that was in my view, the excuse they were using. but it s not, you know, it s in my view an excuse. here s secretary clinton using very strong language as well on this topic. this is yesterday. what happened yesterday at the united nations was a travesty. those countries that refused to support the arab league plan bear full responsibility for protecting the brutal regime in da damascus. i get the sense the russians are loyal to the old ties with the baathists over there. it s got a little bit of that, but also a lot of anti-americanism to it. there s a big element here of their feeling is if they were duped in the libya resolution. the russians, sorry. the revolution was about protecting the population and it
more than 200 people deed in 24 hours. the toll may be higher than what we saw in libya before nato forces stepped in. washington pushing for a coalition to stop the violence. secretary of state hillary clinton warning of a catastrophic outcome if we do not act. martha: one of the biggest stories over the weekend with regard to this is that russia and china put up road blocks at the u.n. to try to do something about the situation. what happened yesterday at the united nations was a travesty. those countries that refuse to support the arab league plan bear full responsibility for protecting the brutal regime in damascus. martha: strong words from hillary clinton with regard to russia and china. leland vittert is live on the story for us in jerusalem. what do you hear about what is going on on the ground in syria. reporter: we can confirm that all u.s. embassy staff and their families are out of syria.
so far, four different rounds of economic sanctions have been leveled at iran, harris. with the latest on that, thank you. now we go to syria. government forces there are stepping up their crackdown and following that veto, we told you about in the united nations of a revolution, to help protect the citizens. and today secretary of state hillary clinton with strong words for russia and china. what happened yesterday at the united nations was a travesty. those countries that refused to support the arab league plan bear full responsibility for protecting the brutal regime in damascus and it is tragic that after all the work that the security council did, we had a 13-2 vote. harris: in fact, this is tragic. new amateur video surfacing from the battered city