removing assad from power before but now after seeing those gruesome photographs he said that changed him. we ll see what action it leads him to, wolf. like so many millions of people around the world. he saw those bodies of those young children, those kids and that had an important impact on him. we ll get back to you. we re learning more about the military options being considered by president trump right now. let s go to our pentagon correspondent barbara star. what are you hearing from your sources. reporter: what we are hearing this will be the full weight of being commander in chief. this is the decision on the table tonight when he meets with his national security team, a go or no go. you will remember president obama for a number of reasons did not engage in military strikes against the assad regime, now tonight, that is a question for this president. a grieving father cradling his dead children as the death
they re pushing on the house right now. that s certainly something that republican leaders are going to be looking for trump to do when he speaks to the joint session of congress tomorrow. tomorrow night country p.m. eastern. i want to play, barbara star, you re over at the pentagon. something else that the president said today about the united states military. there are a lot of questions about what the president means. he said he was taking this from watching the military during his days back in high school and college in his words when perhaps it was a much more clear time for military victories. world war ii, korea. you know, you had major tank battles, major air battles, and the u.s. had overwhelming firepower. that is not the way the world exists today. the fight against isis, the
say they are still investigating the significance of these communications, so to say that this is just a sort of normal back and forth with reporters doesn t really gel with what we know about how this was a white house very concerned about reporting of contacts between trump advisors and russians during the campaign and made an effort to push back, and we know that it was a significant enough effort that the fbi said, no, it s not going to do it. all right, jim, stand by. barbara star, sarah murray, we re going to get back to you. the president clearing laying out some budget priorities today, including increased military spending, law enforcement spending increases, big spending increases of infrastructure and substantial tax cuts. let s discuss with republican congressman adam kinsinger of illinois. he served in iraq and afghanistan. congressman, thanks very much for joining us. you bet. who is going to pay for all the spending increases in defense, law enforcement, huge tax c
that gave pause to the fbi and intelligence community. now the question is not whether or not this is legal issue, it is usually a political weapon the logan act except in one event f there is an investigation into russia s hacking into our elections you better believe if there was a benefit derived for flynn or the administration based on that investigation that will betest the logan act. pelosi was accused the same thing. jesse jackson years ago. areally here the big thing is about russians s alleged hacking. quickly. i think where this is different, it involves sort of on its face shady behavior. to be going and doing this. you see people have now gathered in the east room of the white house. we are going to go there. any moment now the president of the united states, the prime minister of canada, they will be holding a joint news conference.
administration. yeah. because he look at what s best for him. corey is the best example to compare to flin because he was so loyal and there from the beginning like flynn was. a lot of people think he will be loyal to him because of that. i don t think. i will he will keep him if he decides it s good for him. but not out of loyalty. the logan act, people talk about the logan act, lorie, you are a legal analyst. it has been in effect a couple of hundred years but never seriously been used. explain why he potentially d michael flynn could have legal problems. it says no private citizen could stand in the face of the president in regard to foreign policy. we want one president to speak on behalf of the government. he allegedly made connections to the russian ambassador right after problem came down with sanctions against russia. and nobody retaliated.