associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al-assad. a combined operation with the armed forces of france and the united kingdom is now underway. the assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, this time in the town of douma, near the syrian capital of damascus. these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead. following the horrors of world war i a century ago, civilized nations joined together to ban chemical warfare. chemical weapons are uniquely dangerous, not only because they infli inflict gruesome suffering, but because even small amounts are
one year ago, assad launched a savage chemical weapons attack against his own innocent people. the united states responded with 58 missile strikes that destroyed 20% of the syrian air force. last saturday, the assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, this time in the town of douma, near the syrian capital of xm damascus. this massacre was a significant escalation in a pattern of chemical weapons use by that very terrible regime. the evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air. these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster,
the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al assad. a combined operation with the armed forces of france and the united kingdom is now underway. last saturday, the assad regime again deployed chemical weapons to slaughter innocent civilians, it time in the town of douma, near the syrian capital of damascus. the evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air. these are not the actions of a man. they are crimes of a monster instead. abby: that was the president last night saying if you cross that red line, you are on notice. a lot is happening in reaction this morning. pentagon briefing is set for:00 a.m. we are hearing russia calling for an emergency
attack against syria. listen here. he needs to go big because assad defied the president. he s defied the international community. he s defied human decency and now it s time for this guy to pay a heavy, heavy price. reporter: russian military officials today insisting that syria had nothing to do with the gas attack. spokes person for the russian military saying, quote, the notorious white helmet and that s the emergency group that we see operating there in syria who operated part of terrorist groups staged and filmed a chemical weapons attack on civilians in the town of douma. that stands in direct contradiction to what sergei lavrov said. we ve got russian military officials saying they were used but it was staged. and lavrov saying there were no.
imagine what we can do for you. aspersion. president trump says there will be a big price to pay for the suspected poison gas attack that killed many civilians, many children, and wounded scores more in the syrian city of douma. he met with top military commanders and national security team at the white house tonight and said a short time ago the u.s. had a lot of military options and will make a decision soon.