necessary. the u.n. nikki haley ripping russia for supporting syria and assad. look at this just minutes earlier at the same u.n. security council meeting, the russian ambassador wagging his finger at ambassador haley. today the pentagon is reportedly looking into what role if any russia played in the chemical attacks, but at this hour russia is not even conceding that the syrian government and assad was behind the chemical attacks. russian president vladimir putin calling president trump s strikes an act of aggression. all this coming as secretary of state rex tillerson plans to meet with russian officials next week in moscow. with me steven, former u.s. ambassador at large to the former soviet union. miael iskoff correspondent, in february he interviewed the syrian president. first to you, ambassador. ambassador nikki haley says that one of the options with russia is they knowingly allowed the chemical weapons to remain in syria as part of the deal they had. they re supposed to get