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And given the vi tube ration which they approached that question at the end, sounds like were going o something other than bomb an air field. >> hans nichols was among those called on for questions in addition to our pentagon producer courtney kuby. hans, your take away from being there in the room? >> he said they do not have preemptive strike authority on syria. that gives an indication for the bluster and we heard several times, although secretary mattis didnt utter the word red lines, this a...

>> joining me now, hans nichols. hans, what are you hearing from your sources there? >> were hearing plans have been presented and the pentagon have been working on options pretty furiously on a military response against the assad regime in syria. theres a range of options. you can either ground all of assads air force. that means pockmarking all of their runways, taking out a lot of aircraft, or, on the other end, going after the assets that assad used on that chemical weapons attack that left ...

>> that aforementioned serious response could come soon. today, defense secretary james mattis briefed trump on military options including air strikes. u.s. officials tell the intercept, the current proposal would likely result in russian military deaths and mark a drastic es he allocation of u.s. force in serious. at a news conferenc yestday, president trump said that images of syria had a big impact on him. and on the flight to mar-a-lago today in front of a screen that was showing the movie "...

Are contemplating possible military action in syria. >> reporter: right. it is a, to say the least, chris, a jarring juxtaposition if you will, standing out amongst palm trees and the south florida evening breeze, having this discussion about what president trump is going to do, this sort of ultimate test of commander in chief of whether to activate military assets here and how and what he will do. let me fill you in on whats been happening over the last couple hours. we know that back home in w...

Day after tomorrow. what gives the president his sense of optimism that he can get this through? and might he request more changes from speaker ryan before it goes to a vote? >> well, i think weve talked about this for days. theres been a lot of input from members of congress. and i think that the meeting this morning really was a huge sign of support. there was a lot of enthusiasm and optimism. not just for the bill itself, but for something that as i noted conservatives and republicans and a l...

Jordan said the president is great but its still a bad bill. what gives the president the sense of optimism he can get this through? might he request more changes were speaker ryan before it goes to a vote? >> we have talked about this for days. there has been input from members of congress. i think that the meeting this morning really was a huge sign of suort. there was a lot of enthusias and optimism. not just forhe bill itself, but for something that as i noted conservatives and republicans a...

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