comcast, building america s largest gig-speed network. welcome back. get ready, russia. that language, part of a remarkable message from president trump this morning, who is publicly warning a u.s. missile strike is imminent in syria. the president tweeting again, that language from the president this morning. certainly noticed not only in washington but around the world. fred pleitgen is live for us in damascus. you re seeing syrian forces reacting to the president s warning, right? reporter: yeah, you re absolutely right. we ve seen additional military
being received in damascus? reporter: it s really interesting to see because if you speak with folks within the syrian army, they are not even factoring the u.s. in the future of syria. i talked to some very senior soldiers and they were telling me they want to win back all of syria, they want to get back all of their territory. they didn t seem as though they were concerned about the u.s. being there for an extended period of time. it looks as though the syrian government, which is of course backed by the russians and the ukranians, it looks to them like syria wants to pull out sooner than later, anyway, and that is something we said in the past couple days and it really strengthens the hands of the russians and the ukranians in this part of syria and other parts of syria as well, wolf. what is the risk of pulling out those 2,000 u.s. troops?
u.s. what options do they have? certainly some of the moderate rebels that were on the ground here, they strive to cut a deal with the kurds. you know there is already some talks going on, so it certainly makes it difficult for them and you can see them losing faith in the united states, wolf. those kurds have certainly lost a lot of faith. fred pleitgen in damascus, john kirby in washington, thank you. they have pin pointed the source of a nerve agent attack on a former russian spy and his daughter, and it all leads back to russia. come fly with me, let s fly, let s fly away. come fly with me, let s fly, let s fly away.
board meeting they voted not to let us do that. instead we would be in violation of our contracts. we decided it s worth it. reporter: and later this morning, educators and their supporters are expected to rally for a third straight day here inside the capitol. dave, rene? thank you. today the presidents of russia, iran, and syria meet to discuss their own resolution to the war in syria. many observers say the absence of the u.s. from planning for syria is a big mistake. for more on that, let s bring in fred pleitgen live for us in damascus. good morning to you. what is on the agenda? outside is like we re having technical difficulty. we ll check back as the show continues in a bit. ahead, doctors struggle to contain the spread of a so-called nightmare bacteria. why most antibiotics are no match.
well, assad is trying to create a demographic change. he wants the people to leave and allow it to be given, essentially, to iran. this is the last, the last position that iran needs to create their bridge, their land bridge between tehran and lebanon. we talked about this on your show priestly, and this is the last previously, and this is the last stronghold. by allowing them that access, it gives them another stronghold for iran in damascus. eric: what should the united states be doing? we had the airstrikes when the first chemical attack occurred last april, and now there are reports of more chlorine gas attacks. what are you calling on the president right now to do? so exactly like you said is, there were the attacks before, and what s needed right now are more attacks on to air bases, on to the assad regime s air bases to ground his air force. we need to show a serious push