parents and other materials to the syrian regime. without russia s backing, syria would not be able to kill its innocent civilians. russia is responsible for this, and that s why we ve tried all the diplomatic options, there are still more diplomatic options ahead of us that we can employ three the gossamer haley at the united nations but also through the european union and getting more allies on board with us. our acting secretary of state has spent a lot of time on the phone working with our allies and partners around the world, and they agree with us. many other countries agree with us that this has to set up now. abby: the president made that clear in his speech to the nation on friday night directly to russia. this is a moment where you need to make that decision. as you know, the president likes communicating oftentimes through twitter, as he has about what s going on in syria. he tweeted earlier in the week, and yesterday in response to the air strikes. and part of the tweet tha