Picture in terms of blame for this Chemical Weapons attack being carried out because it had not met its commitments for guaranteeing that assad destroyed all of those weapons. Also had a go at russia for the way it responded to this Chemical Weapons attack. Its explanation was that the Opposition Chemical Weapons Depot had been hit and the gas was coming from that. They said it was completely implausible and that the russians promote a false set of facts every time the regime commits an atrocity. So they are really taking on the russians very much like we saw in the Un Security Council with nikki haley. Russia very much partly blamed for this attack. Just to recap, Rex Tillerson says they feel the strike was proportionate. The us military says initial indications are that the strike has severely damaged or destroyed syrian aircraft and infrastructure. This is at the airfield near the city of homs, believed to be the base from which the Syrian Government launched that attack on khan she
arming, is conducting heinous acts in syria. and it s worth pointing out, russia s response to this already has been borderline absurd. they have said that they believe that what happened was that the regime may have struck an opposition chemical weapons depot, and that s what s responsible for the deaths that took place. i don t think there s anybody credible that believes that. eamon, let me go back to you. and talk about the visual we just saw at the white house, with the king of jordan, standing next to the president, and they re meeting right now, as we speak. what rule does jordan play in the region? could the u.s. lean more heavily on them? jordan s playing a tremendous role in the region, both on the humanitarian front by taking in refugees, you heard the king talk about how jordan has been somewhat overburdened by this. they certainly need the help of the international community. jordan has a very robust intelligence gathering operation that is critical to u.s. efforts in