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>> 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, we saw what happened just recently yesterday in syria. horrible, a horrible thing. unspeakable. but i want to thank you both for being at the white house, and ywe will have some very interesting discussions today, thank you very much. okay, thank you very much. >> thank you. syrias attacks with chemical weapons -- >> it was a terrible affront to

Juggling world crises and voicing horror at the deadly gas attack against civilians, including children in syria, our senior white house correspondent jeff zeleny is joining us now with the very latest. jeff, very strong reaction today from the president. >> reporter: wolf, the strongest words weve heard on syria or the assad regime from this president. he did call it an affront to humanity and saying that the chemical attack affected him personally, but we dont know how it will influence his po...

Innocent people, including women, small children, and even beautiful little babies, their deaths was an affront to humanity. these heinous actions by the al-assad regime cannot be tolerated. the united states stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this horrific attack and all other horrific attacks, for that matter. your majesty, jordanians are known for their legendary hospitality, and we will do our very best to be equally gracious hosts. they are also known, however, i have to say...

Trump was coming to help us drain the swamp, now he is taking advice from the swamp creatures. >> i can understand his personality taking this as a personal affront. he certainly got very helpful and productive in the negotiations, im not thinking about the next election, im thinking about solving the problem. >> i dont work for the president or the lieadership, i work for the people that sent me here. >> man, i just want to open this up to you, help me out right now, the president came in with ...

Spirit and show they arent slaves. >> protest aimed not directly against president vladimir putin but his prime minister. accused of having a vast array of properties acquired dishonestly. these were demonstrations against corruption. putin ended up getting shut it down too. the opposition leader and organizer was arrested. he was given two weeks in jail for resisting arrest. in moscow, at least 8,000 showed up. police arrested more than 1,000. most were released. european union called on russia...

♪ speak of the united states wrongly condemns the conductions throughout russia on sunday. the detention of people pro stutters, human rights observers, journalists, is an affront to democratic values. the united states will monitor the situation and recall the government of russia to immediately release all peaceful protesters. >> the kremlin respects peoples civil stance and the right to voice their positions. we cant express the same position to those who consciously mislead people. >> shan...

The trump administration has spoken very mildly and i think it is an affront to our values. it is also against our interests. there are europeans, like the leading candidate for president in france, who was just in moscow, she smoked a peace pipe with putin, she spoke glowingly of him. this is russia extending its influence in a way that will be very much and asked her mental to us and to the world. >> shannon: yet, he maintains more than 80% approval rating in russia. >> there really is a diffe...

Russia. the statement says, quote, the united states strongly condemns the detention of helpeds of protesters throughout russia on sunday. it is an affront to essential democratic values. we are troubled to hear of the arrest of the opposition leader. upon arrival at the demonstration as well as the police raids on the anti-corruption. the united states will monitor the situation and we call on the government of russia to immediately release all peace full protestors. the russian people like peo...

And so this is what the opposition figure alexi navalny because one is concerned about the level of official corruption here, and thousands have come out to the streets across the country, and there were lots of arrests, 500 arrests in fact in moscow alone. thats prompted criticism from the united states, the state department spokesman saying the u.s. strongly condemns the detention of hundreds of peaceful protesters. detaining measeful protesters, human rights observers and journalists is an af...

Occurred in russia. the statement that the state temperature says, "the united states strongly condemns the detention of hundreds of people throughout russia on sunday. the detention of peaceful protesters, and journalists is an affront to democrac values. we have troubled to hear the arrest of the oppositn leader upon arrival at the demonstration, as well as the police raids on the anti-corruption organization he heads. the united states will monitor the situation and we call on the government ...