spe speent in the region, telling advisers he wants troops out of syria within the next six months. press secretary sarah sanders releasing a statement wednesday night insisting that the administration won t rest until the syrian regime is held accountable for chemical attacks after saying this about the president s desire to pull troops out of the country. we want to focus on transitions to local enforcement as well as have our allies and partners in the region who have a lot mover at risk to put more skin into the game. reporter: the president is going to be trying to pivot back to taxes today. he s heading to west virginia for a tax roundtable. all of this, the border, syria, taxes, an effort for the president and republicans to focus on republican voters ahead of what could be a very difficult 2018 midterm election cycle, alisyn and david. thank you so much, abby. let s bring in senior political analyst ron brownstein and associate editor of
pressed about president trump s suggestion that the military pay for the border wall. what he meant for is that there are some lands that the department of defense owns right on the border that are areas where we see elicit activity. we re looking for options for the military to build wall on military installations on the border. reporter: the wall street journal reports u.s. officials are planning to build a wall along part of the bombing range along the arizona-mexico border. the military installation only covers 31 of the nearly 2,000-mile-long border. this as cnn learns new details about president trump s tense meeting with his national security team tuesday. sources say the president grew irritated with his military brass when they advised him against immediately withdrawing u.s. troops from syria days after mr. trump said this. we ll be coming out of syria very soon. let the other people take care of it now. reporter: senior administration officials say the president co