weapons attack. sandra, we re seeing the stakes being raised very high with a lot of concern about what happens next and does it escalate. a one off strike. if anything happens this is a region very much on edge right now. sandra: how likely is it that chemical weapons experts will be allowed into the city? there isn t a lot of trust for either vladimir putin or for bashar al-assad and today a short while ago german chancellor merkel responded unenthusiastically to the idea that weapons experts will be allowed to go in. she said the evidence is very clear already that chemical weapons were used in duma this weekend. most western leaders whether it s the trump administration or the brits or germans believe russia and syria play the game of proposing one thing and then slow walking it to try to prevent it from happening. we ve seen it a lot of times in the u.n. numerous cease-fire agreements that have been proposed and then the feeling is that the
supported contacts by between the u.s. and north korea. still talk about vladimir putin wants to get in a meeting with kim jong-un before kim jong-un sees president trump. still to be decided yes, the time now seems to be sliding towards june. the place there are a couple of locations being talked about for the trump/kim meeting. there is talk that perhaps following the nomination process for the secretary of state to be mike pompeo that he could meet one of his adversaries in north korea to do some more planning. back to you, sandra. bill: from one hot spot to another. president trump putting syria, russia and iran on notice. we re on watch now for the white house response and what will mark zuckerberg say to congress? one of the senators who will question him is here live coming up in a matter of moments. this year, we re taking it up a notch.
interference as u.s. military prepares for possible strikes against the assad regime after an alleged chemical weapons attack outside damascus killing nearly 50 civilians including young children. the russian jamming started weeks ago. the pentagon won t say if any u.s. drones have fallen out of the sky. the u.s. military maintains sufficient counter measures and protections to ensure the safety of our manned and unmanned aircraft. our forces and the missions they support. the russian military has boosted its spy techniques of late. officials say the equipment moscow is using has at times busted through american military encryption. it comes as more fire power is getting ready to set sail tomorrow morning to head to the mediterranean sea. the u.s.s. harry truman launched strikes two years ago and the u.s. us donald cook is within striking range of syria.
sandra: remember james comey said in may 3 testimony it was her meeting with president clinton on that airplane that was the capper for him. so guys, it s amazing. james comey has a book coming out. we ll see. thanks for both of you for coming on. the most important thing is the inspector general report. bill: fox news alert. many developments on syria so far today. number one the white house confirming president trump cancelling his upcoming trip to south america and remain at the white house to monitor events out of damascus. the pentagon revealing russia is jamming our military drones that operate today in the battlefield in syria. we have more on that live from the pentagon. good morning there. good morning. in a stunning development officials say the russian military has been busy jamming u.s. drones flying over syria. the revelation first reported by nbc news and provides more evidence of russian
united states, because of the power of our country, we re able to stop it. sandra: connor powell is live from our middle east bureau in jerusalem. what type of response are we seeing from the syrians and russia? sandra, the region appears to be preparing for a u.s. military strike on syria. obviously the white house is still weighing its options. we don t know what s about to happen. the syrian military is on high alert and is reportedly taking defensive measures following president trump s statement that the u.s. will respond forcefully. russian and syrian leaders are continuing to deny that poisonous chemicals were used and both countries are saying they ll invite chemical weapons experts to visit the site to prove this point. we re also seeing military preparations by the assad regime and russia. fox news has also learned the russian military is trying to jam u.s. drones in syria. this could have a really big impact on how the u.s. responds to this weekend s chemical