so working with our allies and partners from nato to cutter and elsewhere we re going to address this issue. you can rule out taking action launching air strikes against assad, mr. secretary? i don t rule out anything right now. thank you very much. reporter: that wasn t captured on camera but he was asked if he could confirm that the assad regime was behind the attack and he shook his head no. so at this point we expect that president trump will be presented with certainly more options today. he s got that cabinet meeting you mentioned. he also has a meeting with senior military leaders. as you pointed out, it s also john bolton s first day n aught job as national security adviser. so that s a die ma amic that we rech wag as well. as we wait to learn more about the trump administration s response, the president said he was morally just fooid fied last year in launching a military attack of assad s military after they used chemical weapons against civilians. but there are those t