wouldn t use them. and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. the west, mainly the united states, is hand in glove for the terrorists. they fabricate the whole story in order to have pretense for the attack. you think it s fabrication? definitely, 100% fabrication. let s suppose we have this arsenal and let s suppose we have the will to use it. why didn t we use it when we were they were advancing in why not use it against terrorists we are fighting? even though this interview was conducted by afp, it was recorded using cameras run by the syrian government. president assad taking a hard swing at the u.s. when asked specifically about being partners with president trump in the war on terror. with the u.s. airstrike trump seems to have changed his position on you and syria drastically. you have the feeling that you
julie pace of the associated press, jonathan martin of the new york times, jackie and y abby phillips. satellite images suggest a nuclear test could be imminent. as president trump sends a carrier region with the hope of discouraging such a provocation n. syria dictator bashar al assad denies any role in the deadly gas attack last week. so there was no order to make any attack. we don t have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenal three years ago. even if we have them, we wouldn t use them and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. assad speaking to afp tv there. i m certain you have not forgotten these. assad calls it 100 % fabricatio
we begin with syrian president bashar al assad who just spoke for the first time since the u.s. missile strikes. he says the chemical attack that prompted those strikes was 100% fabrication. there was no order to make any attack. we don t have any chemical weapons. we gave up our arsenals three years ago. even if we had them, we wouldn t use and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. according to an american group that monitors north korea, new satellite images show the state is primed and ready for another nuclear test as the country prepares to celebrate the birth of the state s founder, an event marked by missile tests and other shows of force. the sacramento police department announced it will conduct a criminal investigation into an officer seen on camera ordering a man to stop and get on the ground before tackling and punching him in the face for
have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. tough talk from the white house to the president. the face off with president vladimir putin over syria. we re not getting along with russia at all. we re at an all-time low. the two fore most nuclear powers cannot have this kind of relationship. and now and then. in a single day, a flurry of reversals from commander in tru trump. nato is obs leet. obsolete. remember this comment on china? they are grand masters of currency manipulation. now he says they re not. what is driving these u turns?
years ago. even if we had them we wouldn t use them. we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history. now, bill, i don t know if, you know, yesterday sergey lavrov seemed to feel embolden to make the same claim, russia pushing the same line. if they and the u.s. cannot agree on the basic fact about what happened in syria, and clarify that assad did attack his people with chemical weapons, then can we move anywhere with this? fyi as i walked out the studio some guy stopped in his car and said why don t you people in the media stop pushing this line assad was responsible for that chemical attack because we know he isn t. there are a lot of people saying that assad didn t do it. well, it s interesting. i interview president assad last summer and he said exactly the same thing. we don t have chemical weapons anymore and even if we did we wouldn t use them. so this is a typical president assad line. he doubts deliberately s