categorically denied they had any involvement in manipulating the election result and often called the united states and russia to join forces, to fight against the global scourge as they characterize of. how the kremlin is spinning this and seems that issue was discussed in some detail between the two figures. interesting. we ll wait to hear more detail from administration officials. jeff zeleny, matthew chance in moscow. thanks very much. bringing in a cnn analyst and others joining us from fort worth, texas, david drucker. begin with you. you have had a long career as a diplomat in the state department. been in meetings like this. 2 hours, 16 minutes to be exact. you ve heard a lot of topics discussed. if it goes longer, sign of a good meeting?
would have had a different opinion. meghan: no. i m ideologically consistent on this. geraldo: you can t uproot the shiite government of syria and replace it with a sunni government. that s what he did in iraq. it spelled disaster. thousands americans dead and meghan: we re talking about a no-fly zone possibly, sending in aid. what you just said right now is that the american public should be convinced that we can consider russia and vladimir putin, who is bombing hospitals in aleppo, an ally of the united states of america. i think that s painly naive. geraldo: i see isis bombing civilians everywhere. we have to have a joint crusade to rid the world of isis. don t forget the u.s meghan: our traditional allies. geraldo: the enemy of our enemy is our friend. harris: can you rid the world of isis with assad still in power? geraldo: i think that isis first of all, to blame assad for
it s in russia s interests that he stays in power, doesn t create any massive global problems, and if they keep that naval base where they can project force. arthel: circling back to the top though, calls for president trump s plan. you re saying that president trump, look, he s not trying to start a war, doesn t want to get entangled in military action, but he s leaving those options on the table. congress asking for a plan, so what is president trump going to do in, to answer those calls? i suspect that you ll start to see his advisers reach out, you ll see the white house speaking with congressmen and senators. a lot of it will probably be behind closed doors. i don t congress, if he does any more actions that he wants to launch against the foreign government of syria, that he would be pressured from within his own party and white house privately to seek congressional approval, and that would be the next step if he wanted to go to war. but i think right now trump s going the pul
was it just the gang of eight? what sort of back and forth? ultimately, what led president donald trump to use force against a sovereign country, against the government that although there are problems with it, it is the elected government of syria. there could be some legal questions. we suspect they will argue on the doctrine to protect, the responsibility to protect. but what legal authority did the u.s. have going in there, launching these cruise missiles? and remember, there are russian forces that are working closely with the syrian regime and you have close to a thousand u.s. troops, about 500 special forces that we know of, they move other troops in and out of, they re fighting a separate fight against isis, but there are a lot of u.s. troops in there that could potentially be targets if the regime is stilo inclined. this could get very messy. we need to figure out all the details. as of now, both aircraft and infrastructure were hit. to to tomahawk cruise missiles. the strike
united states and russia on the brink of military clashes. he added, despite the u.s. policy of a joint fight with a common enemy, isis, the trump administration has proven that it will fiercely fight against the legal government of syria. again, that from russia. yeah, another divide, a widening gap between the u.s. and russia on all of this. we re getting a lot of reaction this morning from around the world. the united kingdom, prime minister theresa may very supportive of this strike, also france and germany, saying mass crimes cannot go unpunished. other u.s. allies like canada, australia, italy, calling the strike proportional. meanwhile, syria saying the strike makes the u.s. an ally of isis. russia calling it an act of aggression. china and iran also opposing it. here to weigh in, no one better than fareed zakaria, host of fareed zakaria gps. so nice to have you here with us live this morning. how does this change the situation fundamentally in syria? and do you believe that