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With significant damage to russian forces. its possible they would make a mistake and defend their airfields using their very sophisticated ground-to-air missiles. so this would not be a conflict in which there wouldnt be u.s. forces at risk. but again, to underscore, u.s. navy and air power can definitely destroy the syrian air force in a couple weeks or so. that would be a decisive military objective. the question is what would it contribute to the political outcome on the ground in syria? >> ...

Be taken to punish assad, not talking about regime change, not talking about invasions of iraq, but punitive actions to deter this man from repeating what hes done over and again. >> john cotton said they called for regime change. what are those steps the u.s. could take? >> reporter: well, i do not believe theres going to be any regime change in the works because weve heard from many presidents from president obama from president trump thats not whats going to happen, but what can happen and im...

Su that steve bannon must be going azy right now. we are talking about the united states goi to enforce an international norm against the use of chemical weapons? it goes against everything bannon stands for, being the global policemen. i think the key for the administration right now is to determine what exactly its goals are. if the goals of the administration in using military force are to defer assad from using chemical weapons again, then i think a set of limited punitive strikes against st...

Saying, what is the upside here, and it seems like theres a lot of downside. talk to me about an operation and how it might work. jennifer touched on some of that. >> i think you begin with your overall strategy, tillers and talking about that already in terms of some kind of regime ch. this military operation going to reduce his capacity to continue to do operations like this, that means airpower, what is that. hes got about six operational airfields that assad uses. his infrastructure to suppo...

Russian regime force is here. most of the briefings we get, those two are capture -- they put those two together. excuse me. im going to assume that is an important phone call from an important source. but what we do see is up to date maps every day here. im looking at a map up in my booth right now, and its from january 2016. i have that map because in february, theres a new one. in march there was a new one, and i borrowed it from a defense official here. >> well be right back to you when you ...

Buying into the consensus of the intelligence community that was reported to president obama that russia was responsible for this. something that has not been accepted so far by president trump. >> very interesting. andrea mitchell down there in washington. andrea, thanks for that. for more lets bring in msnbc military ast, medal of honor winner colonel mark jacobs. thanks for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> lets pick up on this question of russia. right now you have rex tillerson the secretary...

Airfields. but remember the russians have maintenance people there, and its going to be extremely difficult even if you launch a surgical strike with cruise missiles on specific installations in the middle of the night when its less likely to hit civilians and other people who may be there, youre still liable to have collateral damage and have russians killed. so theres no guarantee that even a limited strike is going to avoid any collateral damage. >> what about the problem of embedding where y...

>> since the historic opening of relations between our two countries more than 40 years ago, the u.s./china relationship has been guided by an understanding of nonconflict, nonconfrontation, mutual respect and win/win cooperation. it is important that the leaders of our two countries engage in further dialogue to develop a common understanding that will guide our relationship for the next half century. laura: as some of the big topics on the table will likely be how the u.s. and china will respo...

The mysterious ways that a partnership works. as i say, it is compulsively readable. now for the last look. take a look at these russian troops clad in all white, conducting military drills in a remote northwestern region of russia. they arent using typical training tools like tanks or choppers. instead, these soldiers are working with reindeer and huskies on skis, sleds and snowmobiles. its not the first time the russians have conducted snowy exercises with these animal friends, but they may ha...

Sophisticated equipment like these ships, pumping sand through the tubes to create islands. then they built airfields, constructed ports, deployed weapons there, even built bar barracks. chai these buildups has angered the obama administration. the u.s. has sent ships and planes near the islands. sometimes drawing chinese warnings. >> this is the china area. please go away quickly. >> now a newspaper is warning over a possible war with the united states. its spurred by the comment of rex tillers...