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And its not a matter of us carrying the fight. its a matter of us leveraging our partnerships to meet our national security interests. sorry. >> im a little confused what about what the policy is. i have heard the following that the president announced suddenly that erdogan was going in after a phone call, which we all read. we all read that message. it took everyone by surprise, and it was obviously a green light. he was giving him the go ahead to invasion. the president is saying if he did the...

In any way shape or form any more distraction from the presidents decisive action in syria and attempts he makes to destabilize the region and root out isis out of syria. so my goal now and then was to stay focused on assad and i should have and i continue to make sure that i stayed in my lane when i talk about that. >> i want to talk about other key issues. but can we assume the president encouraged you to come out an apologize? >> you can assume that and i realize that i had made a mistake and...

Mattis says there is no doubt the assad regime planned, orchestrated and executed the gruesome chemical take that prompted president trump to order the missile strike. right now, secretary of state rex tillerson is in russia to deliver a very tough message to moscow about its support for the syrian regime. senior white house official says its clear the kremlin is trying to cover up for assad. but the administration is stopping short of directly accusing president putin of being complicit in the ...

Descendant of anybody, but frankly, you know, anyone offended by the comments, its not, as i said, im not in any way standing by them. i was trying to draw a comparison for which there shouldnt have been one. it was insensitive and inappropriate. im not looking to quantify this in any way. it was an attempt to talk about -- i should have stayed folksused on the assad reseem and the dangers they brought to their own people and terrible atrocities they did and to drag any other comparison was not ...

On the international stage. >> reporter: he says russia will appeal to the international community for full investigation of last weeks chemical take. but when secretary tillerson before landing in moscow met with g7 nations in italy. for the very least allowing there to be chemical weapons in syria they were not on board. >> we must have a dialogue with russia. we must not push russia into a corner. >> as far as rhetoric has gone between russia and the u.s. -- >> putin is a war criminal. assad ...

It correctly. and i came out to make sure we stay focused on what president is doing and his decisive action. i need to make sure that i clarify and not with in any way shape or form any more after distraction from the presidents decisive action in syria and attempts he is making to destabilize the region and root out isis out of syria. my goal now and then was to stay focused on assad and i should have an i will continue to make sure that i stay in my lane when i talk about that. >> i want to m...

Deal. okay. if were going to do that -- >> what happens then? >> iran is at the table there. and russia is at the table. so the united states never says anything more about crimea or ukraine? >> so what direction do you think that will do go? >> i dont think we know that yet and i i wouldnt speculate. i think they will be level-headed but also a change in direction. i really dont know where you turn because if -- i think if you are going to solve this problem, you solve it at its source. and at ...

So many people killed in aleppo. almost a half million civilians killed in syria overall and russia and iran have some culpability for this. its frightening that now turkey may be cooperating with russia and iran. a ardewan softened his position. but the u.s. maintained its policy which is that assad has to go. that the smarter solution for syria. really the only solution for syria. assad must step down and then there has to be a political resolution in syria in order to stop the fighting. >> an...

While the battle for aleppo is ehe is not blly over, that doesnt mean the end of civil war as the city of aleppo lay in ruins. back to you. >> john huddy, thank you. >> joining me now, former state department official and former foreign policy adviser to the obama campaign. russia, iran, turkey, meet in moscow. united states isnt invited. what does that tell us? >> well, you know, the united states should not have been there. what we have here is sort of an axis of strong men needing to decide w...

Now we have at least three documented incidents when the assad reseem used chlorine gas on his citizens. its a chemical weapon. delivered in massive doses, it can ruin your lungs, permanently or temporarily blind you. it was used in world war i. i had an uncle who was in world war i. its horrible to use on human beings. its against every international convention. but assad is doing it. i think theres a good chance that putin is encouraging in as a distractor from ukraine. but as a minimum, assad...