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Im not saying he has an itchy trigger finger. no reason to believe that yet. but during the campaign he talked rather loosey-goosey about nuclear weapons. he seemed to have the idea that you have this ordnance to use it, not as deterrence, but to use it. now there seems to be a growth in his willingness to use it. well see. i see syria. i see all this talk about north korea. i worry about the dots connecting at some point with activity. >> the thing here, though, is whats it all going to lead to...

Treating the chemical attack victims after the bombs dropped. not long after that is when the hospital itself was attacked. at least connecting the dots for a russian cover-up of their allys chemical attack. prior knowledge or not, something the pentagon doesnt have yet. >> bill: dangerous time. thank you. shannon has more now. >> shannon: lets bring in charlie herd to talk about this more. a fox news contributor. good morning, charlie. i want to start with the new interview coming in from assad...

Trump, campaigned on this all the time that he was going to be a nonconventionalist. is this a shift that were seeing where donald trump is becoming more of a traditional republican hawk? >> reporter: yeah, i think based on our reporting, the president campaigned on his america first foreign policy. that said, i think those outside the administration might want to see more points of evidence before connecting those dots. in this particular situation, as you heard courtney talk about, this is som...

Aspect this washington is quite fascinating. we have seen this with previous presidents, right? you say something during the campaign. then it turns out it is a lot more complicated once you take office. president clinton threatened to cut off trade relations with china. it turns out thats hard to do. were seeing surprising normalization with president trump. how far it goes, whether it will continue, more dots to be connected. >> and will it make people feel like he at least is thinking things ...

Expertise inside syria. a lot of dots out there but very cautious about connecting the dots and coming up with a firm conclusion. they dont want to be wrong. looking ahead, the next question, you know, the white house said they are prepared to conduct more military action if the president orders it. when you see both of these men here at the podium in a little while, these are the two that will be working on any future target lists. general potel not a guy that wo waits around. they will be read...

Theyre probably also looking at -- maybe not a fisa, but also looking at these more serious players. >> well, jean pierre, is this a tentacle coming from moscow or from our country on behalf of trump. somebody is trying to connect with somebody. >> i agree. i think all of these loose dots are actually more of a connection that leads to concrete evidence that there was potentially something happening, a collusion with russia. i think at the end of the day, we really need a bipartisan independent ...

Continues to bomb women and children. and spicer did not rule out more action but that is raising more questions than answers about the plan forward. we dont want to say too much because we dont want to reveal too much before we take action but thats not satisfying some lawmakers. >> stay with us if you will. i want to go around with the same question. john finer, ill start with you. you worked for secretary kerry, chief of staff. is there a trump doctrine? >> well, thanks for having me on. i ha...

These dots represent the place where the syrian military has bases and where some of the rebel forces have bases as well. right in the middle of it all here are four big russian bases out there. and there are russian troops spread around other areas as well. thousands of them. we dont have an accurate count but it runs into the thousands. there are also russian jets, helicopters and radar systems and air defense systems. take a look at if you want a sense of it. the middle flag over there on the...

>> back, now, to the first military strike president trumps presidency. the syrian attack, assad cast them with the band chemical gas called sarin. how do we know? catherine herridge will fill us in on the evidence. how is it going, catherine? >> a government official tells fox news that the intelligence picture came together quickly for multiple streams of information including satellite imagery, radar, and input from regional intelligent services. the defense department releasing this graphic ...

Open just a couple of days ago. secondly, i want to see the united states leadership and the united nations to establish a tribunal so we can get the indictments against mr. assad and others who are accountable for these war crimes. we cannot be silent about this. weve got to see action and it starts with the president. >> senator, the administrations made clear just this clear that removing assad is no longer a priority. rex tillerson and nikki haley saying it is up to the people of syria to de...