reported on that day s visit to Damascus, by a Saudi
delegation headed by Saudi
General Intelligence Directorate chief Khalid Al-Humaidan. At a meeting with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad and his special security advisor Ali Mamlouk, the sides agreed to reopen the Saudi Embassy in Damascus, as a first step toward normalizing relations between the two countries. Also according to the daily, the Saudi delegation informed Assad that Saudi Arabia would support Syria s return to the Arab League, from which it had been suspended in 2011. The daily said that the Saudis were taking this step in the context of a Saudi assessment that the U.S. is likely to return to the JCPOA nuclear agreement with Iran and to rescind its sanctions on it.
those discussions. so for now, i am comfortable with the actions that they took with great britain and france, but again, we need to have these discussions because we don t see that bashar al assad will all of a sudden become a real nice guy. i know there wasn t an easy needle to thread here about trying to find this balance to send a message to assad so he doesn t do this again and not get drawn in too far. your colleague senator lindsay graham, republican from south carolina this morning in the new york times is worried about the result of the strikes. he says this, i fear when the dust settles this strike will be a weak military response and assad will have paid a small price for using chemical weapons yet again because we didn t take it all out. he will still have the capabilities. what do you say to that? i think we do need to find a way to make sure that syria is rid of all of its chemical weapons. they are not sticking to the chemical weapons convention.
him publicly if i feel he s falling short as president of the united states. thanks for coming in and sharing your views. much appreciated. thanks. when we come back we ll go over all of this and the latest on syria and the investigation with the panel. later, my interview with paul ryan, who is stepping down as speaker of the house. when you called president trump, what did he say? he was disappointed but he understood. did he try to talk you out of it? whoooo.