rex tillerson saying, we know assad, he s just not going to be there. he won t be there for the long run. but he s not saying he will take him out. at first you re thinking, is this a garbled mess from the inexperienced administration that doesn t have a lot of foreign policy chops. or is them trying to make sure assad doesn t know exactly what the boundaries are of what trump wants to do. you take the optimistic task in your piece. but to the end you write, there s another interpretation of the facts. trump doesn t know what he s downing and flying by instinct and emotion. how do the american people know which one it is? well, we know trump is very influenced by the photo, the photo, the videos of the victims of the gas attack, that it was a big part of what moved him. so that is an indicator away from the hopeful interpretation. that he knows what he s doing, being intentional, and in the direction of being swayed to whoever talked to him last and whatever emotional reaction he
but eric trump has a real incoherence, not just ambiguity, to keep america safe. trump pointed out that is different than taking out bad guys around the world. assad is not threatening us right now is what candidate trump would have said. is he in the bush mold to make the world a safe democracy? tim, thank you. thank you for being onset with us for this hour. we ll take a quick break, but when we come back, much more ahead. stick around. it s time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. marlene estell was a teacher who loved makeup. she started to create tutorials for her friends and they spread like wildfire. she quit her job, started a product line and today does more than $20 million in sales each year. for more, watch your business on sundays at 7:30 on msnbc. brought to you by american express open. visit openforum.com for ideas to
that, on that subject. the united states doesn t want to be left out and i think if we are going to make sure assad doesn t prevail, that we get very, very close to russia, that the two of us and maybe even iran as well conspire behind closed doors to decide what syria is going to look like once assad is gone. i bet you those conversations are already taking place. so many incredible things happening all at the same time. thank you very much, colonel jack. greatly appreciate it. that does it for this hour of msnbc live. i m tamron hall. up next, andrea mitchell reports. she has live coverage of the president s statement from the pentagon following his meeting with his national security team.
in all the instant analysis, remember, we re not saying, as we did to hussein, that you have to show us you have no weapons of mass destruction and get rid of everything. here, the goal is to make sure assad doesn t use this in the ongoing civil war. and so if russia comes in and says we re going to be in control, now russia is buying in. if anything should happen again with the use of chemical weapons on the part of the regime, where russia s on the hook as well. there s reason to believe, well, you may not get rid of everything totally. it may go pretty far towards the goal of preventing him from using anything in this ongoing civil war. you bring up public or you bring up, you know, saddam hussein. what i ve worked up is john kerry talking about public hearings. that s got to get his attention. right now, we understand we do have his attention, minus what that charlie rose interview told all of us. this is really about him try to stay in power. for people out there who don t
suppose they can t or won t control the vast stocks of chemical weapons and takes boots on the ground. what if, assad is in collapse and jiha d gets damascus. how would you get them out. not with air power. all of these things are inevitable and what i want to see and what the american people deserve is that we are thinking through all of the possible ramifications and worst casing it. you can t hope for the best, you have to plan for the worst. ralph. good point. thank you for your insight today. coming up. new reporting on the trend to hide deductible health plans and how it could mean thousands in the new health care for people out there. and details on the bird strike that forces a plan to land