As an example that the idf bomb deliberately, a hospital and killed 700 people. The longer that goes on, the more israel will be in peril for for their future, so, again, we should expect nothing else from hamas. Its a terrorist organization. Its dedicated to the destruction of israel and theyre going about it in a strategic matter. Does history tell us whether they care if Congress Approves aid to israel and that america stands behind, you know the movements that have been made by the u. S. Military that is in the region, that they stand behind israel . I think theres no question that were going to provide aid to israel. Massive financial resources. Were backing them up with a significant deterrent military forces. None of this will be contingent upon whether netanyahu does or does not conduct a land operation. Thats clearly got to be an israeli decision based on their own fundamental security assessment. General, its always good to have you on the program, we thank you, general Barry
as a candidate he said america first, he was skeptical of foreign engagements except when it came to isis. we were going to knock isis back and take them out. the chemical attack in syria is a horrific thing, but it wasn t perpetrated by isis, and the missile strike was aimed at ther january regime, so it falls outside of what he laid out. the people who voted for him and supported him for an america first policy are angry at this, but the mainstream washington republican establishment are now looking at president trump as a conventional republican. he s saying the kinds of things you would hear george w. bush say, and he s getting applause from the mainstream center of the party, people like john mccain, lindsey graham and many, many other republicans. eric: and a chemical attack, the use of chemical weapons is such an affront and offense to human decency in any way after what we saw in world war i, outlawed by the geneva convention in, you know, 1925.
some judges, lawyers and immigration ad slow candidates. dan advocates. dan springer explains. reporter: immigrations and customs enforcement agents arrest an illegal immigrant in el paso, texas. it s part of a growing battle between the department of homeland security and local court officers. immigrants are throughout all of our communities, and they re terrified right now. reporter: lawyers and judges say they re seeing more i.c.e. arrests at court buildings since president trump took office, and they, they contend, is leading to fewer undocumented immigrants showing up for court dates. it s prompted two state supreme court chief justices to write letters to homeland security asking i.c.e. to stay away from courthouses. california s top judging accused i.c.e. of stalk people. washington state s chief justice wants courts to be located as sensitive locations just like schools, churches and hospitals. i have a duty and a responsibility to speak up when the administration of
all these rumblings of a staff shake-up, the strike in syria, the confirmation of judge gorsuch to the supreme court, all of that has overshadowed the fact that this was originally intended to be the big weekend that president trump met with the chinese president, xi jinping. we were told that it was a productive meeting though no major deals were announced. but president xi jinping did invite president trump the visit china. the white house says that he has accepted, but the exact date still to be determined. eric? eric: all right, kristin, thanks so much. arthel? arthel: well, meanwhile, the gop effort to repeal and replace obamacare has stalled as lawmakers head home for a two week easter break. when they return from recess, republicans will have to move quickly to fulfill the promises they made to voters last fall. peter doocy live from washington now with more. hey, peter. reporter: hi, arthel. there are two big things that could be roadblocks for republicans trying to deliver o
to turn up the heat on syria s assad even more. i think congress can help guide a strategy, and that s what we intend to do. ultimately, it ll be the president s job to sign off on one. and then i think congress will be asked to pay for it. reporter: speaker of the house paul ryan says their plan to repeal obamacare is still on track now that there is some more middle ground between leadership and the conservative freedom caucus, but this afternoon another republican congressman, charlie dent, said he doesn t think a deal on health care as close are as some people say. arthel. arthel: and we will be watching. peter doocy, thanks so much. eric. eric: well, a suspect triggering a lengthy police chase in a stolen minivan. coming up, we ll show you how officers caught that guy. arthel: plus, the fbi is investigating itself on how terror tips are handled. eric: and we ll again look at why some lawmakers in washington are saying they are not happy with the president s military strikes in