strike everything we wanted to strike. that could then result in a second strike or a series of strikes which could then have the effect of escalating the conflict as it currently exists. um-hum. colonel francona when the president talks about not wanting to be in syria for an indefinite period of time saying he hopes everyone is out in six months. what message does that send to syria, russia and iran. your point is well taken. syria and inner russia and iran are watching this and so are the turks. the turks have a vested interest in the united states leaving the area because they want to dominate that entire stretch along their southern border where the kurds are. they want to make sure the kurds represent no threat to turkey. the russians and iranians want to be the power brokers in syria. as long we re there they have to coned with u.s. military presence. if they can get us to leave by any means, be it political ob
last year about 59 mitchells were fired. this time secretary mattis saying double the number of weapons used. trying to up the ante if you will in the efforts to curb the syrian regime chemical weapons program. ryan, stand by. sam kylely pl let s bring you .u.s. ambassador said in response to the u.s., the possessor ever the big ez artisanals chemical weapons has no moral right to blame other countries. has russia indicated any kind of response. reporter: not really not yet. it s early in the morning. and i think the russians will want to get do their own battle damage assessment as it s called to a assess the extent to which the syrian regime has been hit. and whether there s beenny collateral damage to russian facilities or indeed iranian facilities. but just to pick up the point there, the russian ambassador to washington, mr. anton ov the in
know it s like gou to the club with one of your buddies. and he gets in a fight and you know the buddy is wrong but you ve go the to jump oh in on his side even though this is my knowledge cohen now. donald trump s gotten him into this bar fight. and now his whole life is getting turned upside down because he is loyal to his friend. even though he knows his friend is way out there on the plank. it s a rich political version of no snichgt. sam when david said the bottom hasn t fallen out you were shaking your head no. it s unbelievable to me reality check, here, right. the president is really talented at hiring a lot of people that end up under criminal investigation. and it s worth noting that president trump, i believe, had a lawyer at michael cohen s hearing today. this wasn t just some random event that happened the president is disassociated from process. right. i have to wonder for the president s base or for example republican senators or members of congress generally
compromise the president. during the 2016 election. or compromise him now. in terms of his allegiance as president. i will say, i wish that donald trump s anger we could see this anger directed towards putin and those responsible for what happened during the 2016 campaign. to sarah sanders point what will make a great president is not firing comey. it would have been a president who spent 18 months actually addressing what is fundamental and structural concern for the democracy. so, the trumps protest now are not only sort of irrelevant to mullers investigation, they do ring really odd when you compare them to his lack of interest in america s national and homeland security. excerpts from the forthcoming book leaked yesterday. trump has spent today really punching back in attempt to
governors here today and that s why he s going to have meetings with lawmakers from congress from both sides of the aisle later this week. i ll take one last question. jim. when the president said earlier today that he would have run into the school, was he suggesting that he could have saved the day? i think he was just stating that as a leader, he would have stepped in and hopefully been able to help as a number of the individuals that were in the school, the coach and other adults and even a lot of the students stepped up and helped protect other students. i think the point he was making is that he would have wanted to have played a role in that as well. is he trained in firing a weapon? is he trained in using a handgun or a firearm of some sort? i don t think that was the point he was making. he was saying that he would be a leader and would want to take a courageous action. a lot of the individuals that helped protect others that day weren t carrying firearms, which