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Helicopters, shutting down the airfields by crateerring with bombs doesnt do much to help them move around. if you go to storage sites, that could be tough. that could lead to dispensing chemical agents in the air. are you going to go to downtown damascus and go after what bashar holds dear, his hotels and his ministries? that is the question. >> were going to a meeting with the emir of qatar. >> its a pleasure to have the emir of qatar with us. hes a great gentleman. hes very popular in his cou...

Say. >> were making a decision as to what we do with respect to the horrible attack that was made near damascus and it will be met and it will be met forcefully. >> reporter: will be met forcefully, so what we know right now is the president is expected to talk to the british prime minister theresa may. he has spoken repeatedly to the french leader. there is an expectation perhaps that the french go ahead and take a leading role if there is this military response. the big question on the table r...

Supporting the asad regime. a year ago on april 4th when asad conducted a chemical attack, three days later the president authorized a strike, tomahawk land attack missiles airfields, another red line and need to act forcibly. >> going back to the response to your ago, the uss donald cook has left cyprus in striking distance of syria. >> and gen. dunford. and into specific details, a

Inappropriateness and complete intolerance of the international community for such attacks. what was really interesting i think is not just whether or not this is a pinprick strike or something more aggressive, but whether this is something the u.s. does alone or does in concert with other countries. france in the u.k. being the most obvious partners, but perhaps even a larger coalition. president trump may have an instinct to act unilaterally but as may be a good occasion to think about how the...

Security counsel in syria as the regime denies a chemical attack even took place. canceled a planned trip to south america to oversee the crisis in syria. and the decision on the u.s. response is expected at any moment now. retired four-star general jack keane says we cannot rely on the u.n. to act and there will be serious challenges facing any possible u.s. military action. watch. because the only thing left was now is that we have to take away his capability to deliver chemical weapons and ta...

All remember the dramatic video that followed of what happened in terms of the tomahawk missiles that were sent in. this would be a much larger operation. do you agree and then the question becomes what happens the next day in the week after that? >> first of all, i think it should be. whether its like the last time, they wanted to take it down years ago which would be much more appropriate. people pushed back on that. i dont know what decisions the president has made, but yes, it would be a lar...

What we shouldnt do is another measured response, yet larger because this guy has made up his mind hes going to use chemical weapons for military purposes to get the desired effect he wants. what we have to do is stop the use of chemical weapons. by that, i mean we have to destroy all his capabilities of using those weapons. we are talking about rotary and fixed wing aircraft. were talking about airfield, aviation maintenance, aviation ammunitions. if he still has artillery delivered chemical we...

Trump is trying to intimidate sessions and mueller -- sessions and rosenstein to reigning in mueller and thats what this diatribe is all about. i mean, my initial reaction, frankly, watching this was it was so unseemly on so many levels. my initial reaction was, wow. bashar al assad better watch out. theres going to be a few extra airfields added to the targeting list, because trump is so pertu perturbed, hes going to take it out on assad in the next 24 hours, which is fine by me. but what i fin...

Theres that statement. nothing fake about those pictures. we take great care in making sure that these are not old videos, while its impossible to confirm who used these chemical weapons and its still of course within 24 hours of that attack, what is clear is that its quite likely that the president of syria, is sending a message to the last rebels who exist and doing so through civilians and their children. >> put on your analyst hat because when you look back last year where we were and the pr...

The russian military has assembled an arc of steel along its arctic coast, comprising dozens of military bases, ports and airfields, and it is building and deploying faster, quieter and more capable subs of its own. >> 180 feet. >> reporter: have you had specific encounters if not in the arctic than elsewhere with russian submarines or chinese? >> again, wed never try and speak to those specific operations for the clear intelligence value that that would be to the adversary. fundamentally, we ar...