it doesn t. the war will continue. the message is we re not going to lead on this. we don t want to own this. we want to prevent chemical weapons attacks. that s where our moral obligation ends and other than that, everybody go to the geneva process. and the syrian people are not comfortable with that. the syrian war will continue. assad understands that. the attack happens. now, the president tweeted mission accomplished. nobody believes that. what actually happens next because this syrian civil war continues by most accounts, bashar al assad has won this war with the backing of the russians and the iranians. so is that the new status quo that syria is a machine propped up by the russians. that s interesting. we ve been talking about the need to get assad out. the reality is, you can t get assad out unless the situation on the ground changes and
sandra: caught on camera a utah man sets himself on fire and a cop saves him. you can see the man bursting out of a gas station bathroom covered in flames. the officer, who was with the man trying to persuade the man not to try to kill himself grabbed a fire extinguisher before dousing him. the man was rushed to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. the officer suffered several burns but he will be okay. the only reason assad is still in power is because of the russian s vetoes in the u.n. and russian and iranian military. we don t give up to get the geneva process underway and make certain we don t allow this war to go on.
we do not match the resources required to achieve the objectives. if our objectives are to get rid of assad and have a unified syria that all syrians can live in peacefully, then it s going to require a lot more than what trump or tillerson have dana: how much more? well, look. they said we re going to keep 2,000 troops there, right? in eastern syria. to basically keep al qaeda from coming back to support the geneva process, to preserve safe areas. dana: push back on iran. 2,000 troops? is that what s gonna do it? that s gonna get rid of assad? that s gonna create free and transparent elections? you need a lot more. especially when you keep in mind that iran has maybe 40,000, 50,000 troops. it s spending over $1 billion a year in syria. and, look, trump and tillerson have said iran is the big threat. well, 2,000 u.s. troops in syria
versus the iranian empire? not a fair match. dana: you haven t mentioned russia yet. how does that play into it? again, russia is a very interesting case. i mean, first of all, russia would like nothing more than to see a strategic set back for the united states in syria and in the middle east. and they are doing everything possible to make that happen. what struck me about tillerson s speech yesterday was that he was saying russia, we expect russia to support the geneva process and to help bring about a political settlement in syria that will see assad leave power. what? why in the world does tillerson or the united states think russia s gonna do that? assad s their guy. dana: right. why should russia get rid of him? dana: what about turkey then and the issue of the kurds? the president of turkey said he will kill american soldiers if they get in the way of turkish troops going after kurdish guerrilla, armed kur
the employee and me regarding this matter. lee yawn caldwell joins us now. there are calls for an investigation into conyers, including by the top democrat in the house. that s right ali. there is a lot to unpack here in this story. leader nancy pelosi put out a statement saying the committee should investigate this. what is deeping than this, what we know about this is not only that there is more allegations against this member of congress, but also we are finding out more about the process. we are finding out that the woman who accused conyers, conyers and the woman settled their claim outside of the official process. instead, they had a settlement within each other. and congressman conyers used his discretionary funds that he gets from congress to give her this severance package. we have a statement from representative jackie spehr who has been very critical of this process. and she highlights this.