agents more flexibility and visibility to get out in the field and secure the u.s. border. thank you so much for that. we ll take a short break here. but still to come, more on the alleged chemical weapons attack in syria. we will hear from cnn military analyst retired lieutenant colonel rick francona. plus, activists fear for hungary s democracy after another right wing electoral victory. ahead, we ll discuss what the european union can do about it.
the president is still waiting for his cia director to be confirmed, and also is waiting for his secretary of state to be confirmed as well. his new national security adviser john bolton, his first day on the job is today. abby philip, cnn, white house. shy. meantime, moscow is calling the reports of a chemical attack a hoax. a statement from the foreign ministry said syrian government troops are liberating civilians from the control of terrorists and militants. the statement goes on to warn this. using far-fetched and fabricated pretexts for military intervention in syria where russian servicemen are deployed at the request of the legitimate government is absolutely unacceptable and can lead to the most serious consequences. and for more on this we are joined by amy green in paris. she is an american political science researcher. thank you so much for being with us. hi, rosemary. thank you.
now, in a tweet, president trump warned russia and syria and iran there is a big price to pay for the alleged chemical weapons attack in douma. but how politically sensitive could this prove to be, coming just days after mr. trump said he wants u.s. troops out of syria? it s a tricky approximately. the u.s., whether it s donald trump or barack obama before him has a difficult time getting out of the middle east simply put. there always seems to be that next event that draws the united states back. in you know, barack obama famously stepped back from the red line that he said was back in 2013 i think where he said that a chemical attack would cause the united states to intervene. and yet even at that point, he decided that the united states intervention wouldn t necessarily guarantee a better or more favorable outcome than simply, you know, pursuing the policy of propping up the opposition as much as they could to maintain a stalemate with the
investigating the cause of that crash. the president of the united states is condemning the syrian government and its allies after an alleged chemical weapons attack that took place in douma. a warning. some of the images you re about to see are very disturbing. dozens of civilians reportedly killed in saturday s alleged attack. syria s government denies it s responsible. the u.n. security council is set to hold an emergency session in the coming hours on this. a survivor of one of the first chemical attacks in the syrian civil war is calling on the u.s. to intervene. in an editorial last year in the new york times, he described how he survived a sarin gas attack in 2013. he told cnn now is the time to prevent more chemical attacks. my message to the international community is that you should be ashamed. you are as guilty as assad and
i don t think there is any question about that. we know now that the u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting monday. what do they need to do about this? how do they need to respond? well, of course they re going to have to condemn the syrians. and no matter what action they try and take, i believe the russians will veto it. the syrians are emboldened by this. they know the russians not only support them militarily in the country, but also support them diplomatically on the international stage. that includes the united nations. i don t expect anything to come out of the united nations maybe other than a commitment to launch an investigation. somebody will start a study. but nothing concrete is going to happen there. right. and president donald trump, he has condemned syria, russia and iran in the wake of this suspected chemical attack. and he said on twitter that there will be a big price to pay. what do you think he means by that? he has kind of boxed himself into