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So again, what is the purpose of launching all these cruise missiles if were only going to do it one time and the air base in syria continues to operate. i really dont understand the strategy that this administration is engaging in. >> i will say its interesting, a lot of people say it sends a message, even to a place like north korea. the national security council offered the president several options for dealing with north korea, including putting nukes in south korea or assassinating kim jong...

Change? the danger for that is the two major rebel groups are isis and al qaeda. we could end up in a very, very difficult situation there if we dont think through. on the other hand, i understand the impulse to want to do something with these horrific pictures. but theres nothing thats coming out of syria thats being reported by all parts of the world that indicates that anything has been effective vis-a-vis this bombing. >> peter, do you think democrats acted the right way in response? >> well...

Hey, you bought gas-x®! unlike antacids, gas-x ® relieves pressure and bloating fast. huh, crisis averted. i think he was repulsed as a human being by what assad was capable of doing. the children really moved him. and all i can say about this president, he has the instincts of ronald reagan in many ways. hes an emotional man, but hes also a very smart man. i think he feels that he did the right thing by those children. >> south carolina senator lindsey graham speaking to nbcs kasie hunt and...

Eventually down the road theres some reshuffling and the two of them get reassigned, but right now trump is not pulling the trigger. >> i want to play for you what journalist chris whipple told my colleague, thomas roberts, earlier. chris interviewed 17 chiefs of staff for a new book. >> this is the most dysfunctional white house in modern history. i mean the levels of incompetence and ineptitude are really off the charts. and lobbying a few missiles into a syrian air base is not going to change...

What would you say he should do? >> those images were horrific, but lets keep in mind just a week ago, the trump administration was okay with keeping assad in power, even though they knew he had killed over 100,000 civilians and used chemical weapons in the past. not clear what changed. this kind of whiplash foreign policy weakens the united states, causes the american public to not know what the presidents principles are and reduces the credibility of the words that our chief diplomat, rex till...

>> with the trump administration weighing further action in syria, what kind of message does that send to this group of core supporters? are you hearing from them on your radio show? >> well, what is fascinating is youre talking about the alt-right nationalist base that he appealed to. you know, watching on twitter to see the reaction of anne colter and some of the others is fascinating. maybe they did not realize that part of the problem with donald trump is that hes prepared to change his posi...

The military could do to intervene. donald trump is looking at a very active next month policywise and not just overseas. you not only have these crises with north korea and syria, youve got a budget youve got to finish, you have a debt ceiling that needs to be reconciled, you have a health care debate that isnt going away, and i just think that if president trump doesnt find a victory there in one of those spots, hes -- his 35% approval rating may look like a good spot. >> with that said, let m...

And that he acted on it. i for one am just glad to see his level of decisiveness and his ability to be sort of fluid in these situations and make decisions not worried about what the media is going to say to attack him but instead just doing the right thing in that moment. >> let me bring you in here, peter, from a democrats perspective. is president trump a kind of reagan 2.0? >> i dont think so. i have great empathy for impulse, emotional impulse in reaction to the photographs that the preside...

>> so what were talking about here really is the very high potential for a direct military conflict between the united states and russia. >> and an alarming message from at least one member of congress about potential war with russia. new today, a report about the options laid out by president trump by advisers to deal with north korea. one of them involves nuclear weapons. and another directly involves the leader of that country, kim jong-un. its an option that might shock you. we begin wit...

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