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That has emboldened assad. that action as the senator tweeted over the weekend is what embolded assad and russia to commit war crimes here. jenna, how do you see that? >> the president has made no secret that he doesnt want to be involved in syria. hes called assad a bad guy, you he has made clear over and over again this is a problem that he wants to just leave to russia. someone else should deal with it other than him. a year ago he saw images quite similar to the ones were seeing this week of...

Year, given what hes now tweeted about this big price to pay, does he have any recourse other than to take military action now even if it is just a pin pick strike? >> i think hes put himself in a very difficult position. and the major reason he did that is because he has no strategy in the middle east. we dont know what the objectives are and what hes trying to achieve. he says weve taken care of isis, time to get out then we see a chemical strike. so, yes, i think is he pushed up against the w...

Pruitt is a different creature. theres still talk about moving him into jeff sessions role at some point. so clearly is not soured on pruitt the way others in the party have. >> but explain to met difference here. theres the difference which you talk about is policy, right? because i think back to tom price at hhs and the president specifically cited the optics of what price was doing with the pricey talf, et cetera, et cetera. the oipt ticks for pruitt arent great either the difference teams so...

So working with our allies and partners from nato to cutter and elsewhere were going to address this issue. >> you can rule out taking action launching air strikes against assad, mr. secretary? >> i dont rule out anything right now. thank you very much. >> reporter: that wasnt captured on camera but he was asked if he could confirm that the assad regime was behind the attack and he shook his head no. so at this point we expect that president trump will be presented with certainly more options to...