Huge meeting for the president in maralago, florida. He will meet with the president of china. And the United States nations a big day of breaking news. Testing time for the commander in chief who has been on the job just 76 days, an apparent chemical weapons attack in syria, scores of children and others. Pyongyang patience exhausted. Pressure for the president on two big fronts, pressure to consider a much needed response. First at the United Nations this morning, an emergency Securities Council session. When the United Nations consistently fails in its duty to act collectively, there are times in the life of state that we are compelled to take our own action. For the sake of the victims, i hope the rest of the council is finally willing to do the same. Will be interesting to see how much in line he is with what she just laid out. Is it would be pretty hard and cause a diplomatic dustup of its own if the president of the United States didnt back up what she just said . It would. But it wouldnt be unprecedented here. Weve kind of seen different approaches from different members of the administration. Ambassador haley is definitely owning this, not just what she said, but holding up the pictures from the victims with from the chemical weapons attacks would give the Trump Administration own decision. Well wait to see what he says, trump, just the other day, you know, seemed to doubledown on his sort of isolationist daen i tendencies. We havent heard from secretary tillerson. And 75 days in when theyre facing a lot of pressure. Well get to north korea in a minute. And turmoil in the white house again, were told that steve
bannon The Chief Political Strategist has a seat on the National Security council. But well get to that in a minute. Its actually noted it has seemed at times, nikki haley a more tradition am hawkish establishment republican seems at times shes trying to pull the president along to be tougher against russia. To say things that are more traditional orthodoxcy in the republican party. Its a big moment for her. She just assumed the president of the security council. To michaels point well show you the images over the hour. Theyre heinous and horrible to see images of Young Children hurt in the attack. Nikki haley decided as she made her plea to the United Nations to be quite dramatic. Lets watch. Yesterday morning, we awoke to pictures to children, foaming at the mouth, suffering
convulsions, being carried in the arms of desperate parents. We saw rows of lifeless bodies, some still in diapers, some with visible scars of a chemical weapons attack. Look at those pictures. Thats drawing a pretty sharp line. Look at those pictures. So, there has always been this kind of natural strain of tension inside the Trump Administration between the kind of nationalistic threat and messaging, weve got to take care of our own first. And the idea of projecting strength in the contrast of obama who President Trump would repeatedly say during his candidacy didnt show his strength and was weak. And that was a signal to world leaders. Yesterday seems to have been a Tipping Point inside the Trump Administration. However hes going to go has yet to be determined. One of the real questions about how all of this comes together
is that on President Trumps initial approach towards russia, on President Trumps initial approach towards the idea that were not going to insert ourselves into what other countries do and on President Trumps initial approach to human rights none of the policy has been tracking in this direction. So, if yesterday was indeed a turning point, it sets off a series of recalculations both inside the white house, the oval office and the National Security council where we wille now see the kind of mcmaster Dina Powell Theory of how this will conduct itself playing out. We may be seeing that now. Of the last ambassador giving us a speech saying this carnage here, a very direct, angry speech on what is happening in syria, now, a policy change. Nikki haley gave a similar kind of speech. Donald trump and barack obama neither one of them have taken aggressive action to remove assad. Has that now changed . Thats a fascinating question, lets be honest, the United States under the Obama Administration lost credibility. The United States drew a red line with President Obama about chemical weapons attacks, but he did not knowdo anything with assad. A lot of inaction by the Obama Administration. I think what we heard from nikki haley i think the question is does the Trump Administration want to end up in the same box with having the word look at what the United States says its just words. This is a decision that the president will make by listening what does it mean with steve bannon, eyebrows raised, from chief political strategist in the Administration Someone who thinks george w. Bush made a mistake in iraq. Who doesnt think that it is and should be worried about its economy. The white house says he was there to help former National Security adviser Michael Flynn to organize the place, to send
more power back to the pentagon, more power to the state department. They say mission accomplished, i would say thats spin. But you guys sitting at the table for the white house, what does this mean . Well, part of this is say reshuffling of the white house and then settling in. I think think theres truth from the points about steve bannon. Steve bannon likes to have his hands in almost every issue in the white house but the problems with flynn were early and often for them. And early and often within their own team and steve bannon and Jared Kushner were called in quite frequently to settle down the Secretary Of State or secretary of defense over how flynn was handling the nsa. And theres truth that bannon was on that council as reassurance to others, theres no question about steves ambition and interests in wanting to be involved in those issues. Well see how this plays out. I think were seeing this on a
couple of different levels. And that theyre just now figuring out the staffing issues. But this is a white house also, more than any white house, where rules and titles are absolutely interchangeable and in many cases meaningless, you see Secretary Of StateSecretary Of State as Secretary Of State and but Jared Kushner is essentially Secretary Of State. I dont think bannon has walkprivileges where he friend can call the president late night at and influence policy and means he wont be involved in decisions he wants to be involved in. Look, my colleague this morning, a lot of the implications are still being borne out. But steve bannon retains the clearances and steve bannon reserves the ability to sit down in a National Security meeting anytime he wants to. But if you have a storied Military Career and you want to set the policy, a couple of
things happened, the bannon announcement happened as bau baustert was moved back in. I dont think that is, but in this case, people are now talking about Foreign Policy like nikki haley agree more with john mccain or marco rubio than the president himself. But the people who are speaking like nikki haley doll view the u. S. Agency the leader of the free world, the more traditional world. And the more influence they gain and the diminishing influence on Foreign Policy say big story. And i think potentially means were going in Different Directions with Foreign Policy. I think youre right. I think sometimes we overemphasize titles in washington. The president never served in the military. Most of the senior staff never served in military. It is interesting to watch, plus what we know about this president , hes a loyaltyist. And ivanka trump, whether steve bannon, he likes people loyal to him. So theyre his antenna to whats happening in the administration. And that was known for trump voters. They understand that dynamic. Youre saying this is a guy without any political experience but he will put good people around him. Were waiting now. Were going to see the president of the United States, you saw him going into the white house with King Abdallah of jordan. Were going to see tape of that in a moment. Well play you that tape as soon as we can. This is someone who knows the neighborhood. A a traditional ally in about la. There are good choices here. There are no good choice for obama or President Trump. When it comes to assad. They publicly said whether it was accepted knowledge in the Obama Administration, assad is not going anywhere in the short term especially if he gets
economic and political help from pru russia, you heard political hawks this morning saying do something. Take out command and control centers. Pocket the air strips. Crater them. Take them out. Is this a president of the United States who is also going to deal tomorrow with the chinese president and the possibility of provocation of north korea, is this a president who is prepared to do that with syria . Well, you have a president who has two conflicting world views. He cares more about the projection of strength and about winning, even though thats a different way to apply to war. But he does not view his role the way President Obama did or george w. Bush did as exploiting democracy or American Values abroad. Youll see this scum into sort of a stark conflict as he grapples with what to do in
syria. He said i dont want to be president of the world. But the president said, i know you want to focus on the economy, guess what the world has a way of crossing your desk. Well take you inside the white house with the president s meeting with the king of jordan. And also, for republicans, the mere mention of one former Obama Administrations name inspires Big Questions about the big spy novel playing out here in washington. Getting ripped off. You could start your search at the allnew carfax. Com that might help. Show me the carfax. Now the car you want and the history you need are easy to find. Show me used trucks with one owner. Pretty cool. [laughs] ah. Ahem. Show me the carfax. Start your used car search and get free Carfax Reports at the allnew carfax. Com. Dont stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor as this may increase risk of blood clots. While taking, you may bruise more easily, or take longer for bleeding to stop. It may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If youve had spinal anesthesia, watch for back pain or any nerve or musclerelated signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® if you have an Artificial Heart Valve or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures and before starting xarelto® about any conditions, such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Youve got to learn all you can. To help protect yourself from dvt and pe blood clots. Talk to your doctor about xarelto®. Theres more to know. Welcome back. Just moments away from an inside look at the white house. President trump meeting this hour with King Abdallah of jordan. An important conversation anyway, all the more urgent today because of the heinous
apparent chemical weapons attack in syria yesterday. If youve seen the pictures, children among the scores of People Killed and named in this attack. President trumps ambassador saying that the United States wont act but the United States might feel compelled to act. The president with a Press Conference in the next hour. Stay with cnn. Well bring you that live as the president himself has issued a paper statement, we have not heard from him at all. He will meet with King Abdallah. Hell also have a Press Conference in the next hour. A line drawn thatting if the u. N. Will not act she feels that United States might feel compelled to act. Lets listen. Thank you very much. Hold it, hold it, hold it. I just wanted to thank our friends, our great friends,
these are very troubled times in the middle east. And we see what happened just recently yesterday in syria, horrible, horrible thing. Unspeakable. But i want to thank you both for being at the white house. And were going to have some very interesting discussions. Okay. Thank you very much. Syria attack of the chemical weapons, you say its terrible, do you plan to take any action . I condemn it, its terrible. Youll see. Youll see. The final words from the president of the United States there. Reporters being ushered out of
the oval office trying to ask will there be any action from the United States related to the attack in syria that the president was talking about. He called it horrible, he called it unspeakable. The king of jordan sitting silent. The first lady as well. Horrible and unspeakable but he didnt give any clue whether he will embrace the words of his ambassador to the United Nations. Its also a question whether or not the American People are how theyre going to feel about this, right . These images remind me of the isis beheadings back in 2014 that focused americans for the first time on isis. But that still wasnt enough to get congress to vote on obamas request for military authorization. Will this be any different . Will the sort of rhetoric about these images resonate back home and convince the Trump Administration to take action . And convince the president that maybe understanding the mood in the country that
sometimes a president has to look a country in the eye and say i know you dont want to do this, i know weve been in the middle east a long time, but i feel a moshl obligation to act. The other is to use tough words and yesterday he put the blame on the Obama Administration. On the one hand, president of the United States trump would be especially well positioned if he does choose to act. He could plausibly say to voters of the country, as you said, i know this is a hard choice. I was against the war in iraq. Im very hesitant to go in. But you saw these images. This is something that we absolutely have to do. Its a question of what the president wants to do and if he has the will to do it. Understanding anything he does do, the domino is, a, a complication with assad is a complication with putin. Yes, and the war and military action, and the political issue, or reality, which is the president s poll numbers, among
americans, and how americans view him on issues like credibility. Because part of everyones resistance ties back to the war in iraq and the questions of wmds. Unquestionable, weve seen what happened or the effects of yesterday. That part is undeniable. But what is going to be kind of the end game of any sort of Military Maneuver that one would undertake . Youve seen republicans now today consistently saying we have to revert to the policy of assad must go. That has to still be the policy but then what . Then what . But no disrespect intended its also easy for people in congress to say things. Theyre not the commander in chief, theyre not accountable. It will be interesting to see with the new National Security team, with the president , whether that will play out in the hours ahead. Lets shift gears for a minute, bring up the name susan rice, embrace for swift condemnation from the right. Susan rice is the typhoid
mary of the Obama AdministrationForeign Policy. Every time something went wrong, she seemed to turn up in the middle of it, whether it was the allegations of the improper unmasking and potential improper surveillance. Shes back in the news because of what some republicans say should now be a critical piecing of the rush meddling investigation. Allegations by team trump that the w