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Chlorine attacks because it was said to be a red line for the trump administration. >> dana: more on this is william mccraven former commander of the u.s. jointed special operations command. also author of "sea stories:my life in special operations." what a life so far it has been. if we could talk about this news that came out reported today. should we be doing more? hes getting away with everything. >> again, you have to get back to as investigator jeffrey said, we have to be able to prove it....

Still make her point that the u.s. maybe should not intervene or just have maybe a more nuanced approach? look, she served in iraq, so she will use that as an example about the things she learned and shell say the u.s. shouldnt have been there. but why doesnt she make a more nuanced argument about it? >> in 2015, tulsi gabbard tweeted support in aleppo for war crimes. in 2016 she was the only one to vote against the resolution to hold assad accountable for war crimes. she says any discussion of ...

Unlike president obama, who when he says something she follows through. its not just in holding assad accountable for using gas. hes done it in other areas, such as recognizing jerusalem as ilisraels capital. i think the president helped himself with that. i do think its important that we not get mired into syria and i dont want the president wants to do that because theres no real victory there given all of the disastrous things that are on the ground there right now that obama basically left p...

>> first i would hope that the president pushes back on russia as it relates to interference in our domestic affairs especially with our elections. secondly i want to remind everyone that last year the united states conducted what we called precision and surgical strikes because of the issue around assad using chemical weapons against his own people. here we are a year later. we need an international strategy, we need a plan, we need a diplomatic initiative, we need to hold assad accountable, he...

Obviously informed by what he saw in those horrific images coming out of that chemical attack. this is a very different position that hes now taking with syria than he had in the past. so he did make a very dramatic kind of pivot, if you will, toward syria. it had to be based, you know, based on his reaction from seeing what unfolded and also from the advice of his key advisers. so i think its probably a little early to go down the path of comparing him to ronald reagan, but i do think it was an...

During this time as he figures out the best solution for america, as he consults congress and as he deals with the international community to build a broad coalition to hold assad accountable for these things. its not a go it alone process but if thats what it takes, hes prepared to do that. >> moments ago president trump spoke to "fox and friends," spoke about syria, spoke about china. this meeting with xi jinping could not be more important, could not be coming at a more important line, its fi...

Michelle kosinski at the state department. thank you for that reporting. lets talk more about this. joining us is ben cardon, the ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee and its a tough day for u.s. foreign relations. this attack in syria leaving 70, maybe 100 people dead including children. back in 2013 you supported a limited use of force in syria. look, its criystal clear now that whatever weapons the united states thought were removed from syria theyre not removed entirely...

Leaving men, women, the elderly, and children, gasping for their very last breath. as first responders, doctors, and nurses rushed to help the victims, a second round of bombs rained down. they died in the same slow horrendous manner as the civilians they were trying to save. we all also know this -- just a few weeks ago this council attempted to hold assad accountable for suffocating his own people to death with toxic chemicals. russia stood in the way of this accountability. they made an uncon...

Yesterday was more deadly, leaving men, women, the elderly and children gasping for their very last breath. and as first responders, doctors and nurses rushed to help the victims, a second round of bombs rained down. they died in the same, slow, horrendous manner as the civilians they were trying to save. we all also know this. just a few weeks ago this council attempted to hold assad accountable for suffocating his own people to death with toxic chemicals. russia stood in the way of this accoun...

Administrations weakness and irresolution." thats a reference to president obamas failure to punish syria for crossing the so-called red line when it used chemical weapons in 2013. president obama in fact boasted that he had worked out an agreement with russia and syria to get rid of assads chemical weapons. >> assad gave up his chemical weapons. thats not speculation on our part. >> reporter: tragically, that was not true. at least some of the weapons remained. the big question right now is whe...