believe bashar al-assad s military conducted a sarin gas attack in april. investigators say it was 1 of 20 chemical attacks by syria over the past four years. syria has denied responsibility. lawmakers back from vacation are once again digging into russia s interference in last year s u.s. election. catherine herridge tells us some very high-profile witnesses are expected. susan rice, the obama former national security advisor, was behind closed doors for three hours taking questions from members of the house intelligence committee who ignored reporters questions. lawmakers want more insight into russian s election meddling as well as reiss request to identify trump campaign associates. whether susan rice s decisions were driven by politics. committee republicans issued subpoenas for christopher wray and attorney general jeff sessions after their department
components in the last six months just after that 90 died in the sarin gas attack in syria for which president trump retaliated with cruise missiles. also, we ve got a situation here where we ve got these conditions in south korea where we have war games going on, simulated war games, where we re playing out different war scenarios. north korea said, please stop that. the u.s. has refused. we have a responsibility to provide military options to our national leaders. exercises are a way of making sure the option is the ready option. it s a capable option. that really under pins deterrents. reporter: now, secretary tillerson said there was no he s happy that north korea hasn t responded with weapons or a missile attack but they did put out a propaganda video that did show u.s. officials dying in a ring of fire, if you will.
needs. josh holmes, thank you both. heather: the white house is now warning that it could take military action against syria as the assad regime used chemical weapons on the rebels fighting in the civil war. they say there is evidence of activity at syrian airbase used to launch a sarin gas attack in april. the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is abhorrent, it s a legal. we fully supported the last strike that took out the airplanes and the support they required to drop chemical weapons. if the united states is considering a similar strike, then will support that too. the heather: joining us now, former senior director
bill: here we go. fox news alert now. news from overseas, the french say they have proof the assad regime is responsible for the sarin gas attack earlier this month killing more than 80 people. the gas has the same signature as sarin gas made in the syrian government labs that were used in the 2013 attack of four years ago. meanwhile, top russian diplomat lafsh rof saying the retaliatory missile strike ordered by president trump has hurt the chances for settlement in that country and a unified front in the war on terror. all on this as another round of fighting erupts in damascus. the syrian military releasing this video of air strikes devastating one of the few rebel-held areas that still
night for all 100 members of the united states senate on the situation in north korea, and the administration is taking new steps against syria after the sarin gas attack on civilians earlier this month. today the white house imposed sanction on 271 employees of the syrian government agency it said produces chemical weapons. those sanctions freeze any assets those employees may have in the united states. we re joined now by john mclaughlin, former acting director of the cia, a 36-year veteran of the cia. john mclaughlin,his is the area where donald trump has had some successes, at least from the public s view of things. for example, on the action he took in syria, the military action, the poll shows 62% support that action. 33% oppose that action. let s start first with your scorecard of how the president has handled the situation with syria. well, the cruise missiles