teachers and putting an arms race inside our classrooms makes little sense to a law enforcement professional. he's pulling out his machine gun, he's pulling out his shotgun on the night shift. how is a school teacher with a hand gun concealed supposed to deal with what happened in parkland, supposed to deal with an ar-15? what are the logistics? it sounds nice to say that. it makes no sense to a law enforcement officer. >> let me underscore that with words from sheriff israel. let's watch. >> the same old same old just ain't working. you know, you can talk about gun control and what have you. we need less guns in america, not more guns in america. guns should never fall into the hands of people who are in no fly zones, convicted felons. and while i pray for people who suffer from mental illnesses and i want them to get better and i want them to heal, if a person is suffering from a mental illness in the opinion of this sheriff, they shouldn't be around a gun, able to possess a gun or buy a gun.
improve relation was russia and instead they've deteriorated further with just a couple of weeks ago the u.s. slapping sanctions on dozens of russian entities. wave gotten signs that perhaps syria might be an area where the two leaders could come to some agreement. the u.s. secretary of state earliery this week wrote about some success that both militaries have had establishes deconflicten zones in the awful war in syria. and rex tillerson floated the idea of talking about no fly zones. the russian foreign minister said that could be a positive step, a step in the right direction. perhaps that's one area the two leaders could come to agreement. certainly that's one conflict that could use some international agreement. >> right. >> sullivan george and natalie. >> it's interesting that we've heard from many people here in the united states, the white house say that mr. trump may not
syria, first and foremost and also in north korea, the secretary of state put out a statement really elaborating on syria and we're expecting to hear from him giving some statements soon before he takes off on the same subject. but they also want to kind of put russia -- just as the u.n. ambassador said today that the world is on notice for the north korea problem, in this statement from the secretary of state, he put russia on notice saying that it has a responsibility and an obligation to work with the u.s. and help ease this problem but also to prevent syrian president assad from using any kind of chemical weapon again. so you can sort of see where this conversation is going in that respect. the u.s. side wants to work with russia and is willing to on de-escalation zones or no fly zones. that's an area of progress. on north korea, it's a little more hazy, not really sure where that could go. we know that russia definitely
attend the three c come milt. can you talk about that and why it was important to them, austria being one of those countries i understand. >> reporter: i'm sorry. i missed what you ju sast said. >> i said austria being one of the countries that chose not to attend the three c summit. >> reporter: what is notable is some of the governments, austria, hungary, some with right leaning governments that have been heavily concerned, populations concerned about the growth of refugees in this region. this is a nationalistic and a populous government in power specifically here. i think, again, as we talk about it, pole aya poland as it relat russia. we are hearing from rex tillerson, the secretary of state, talking about possible areas of cooperation between the united states and russia. he posted a statement where he said the potential existed possibly for no fly zones enp s
enforcement of no fly zones over syria. but wouldn't they be flying different missions? how do they get together on a no-fly zone when their interests are so different? >> interestingly, there's a lot more discussion that take place certainly than i realized. many times every day at the level of colonels, they talk to deconflict air space. less frequently at the level of one and two-star generals and occasionally at the level of three-star generals. our commander in baghdad talk bes the russian, the colonel general to figure out who goes where. so a lot of this discussion is going on and what people kept saying to me is it seems to be holding. i think the thing that we have to remember about vladimir putin
said it was beyond stupid they were doing that. and they brought it up in yesterday's meeting in the white house. >> there is a phrase in politics. it is called breaking your pick. you try something and fail. and it sends forth the word that you're weak. is it that bad or just about snark where is it limited to? or is it limited? >> i think it derives from the fact he does not have a real vested interest in the policy. you have one of the three players in this who doesn't have a stated policy objective. it's one thing to be flexible in materials of the way it is wrichblt it is another thing to not have any position to stake out. today was really interesting. trump was asked a detail question about medicaid. he that brushed it off. what are the no fly zones on the
right to pull out of this. i think there's a re die cot me in terms of trump's national security foreign policy in that his team is quite respected, the whole group. and yet there are mixed signals on policy that allies at this 100 day mark still really don't know how to read and who speaks for the president. >> and to that point, that's why li lindsey graham was so happy. when something like this happens, those who want more aggressive action say good start, now create more fly zones, create safe zones toch. to your point, they certify iran. senator marco rubio says you're going to take your time but i hope you're still going to get out of this deal. >> i hope they are. thaet what they said on the campaign. it takes time to get to the proper position. but ultimately everything i -- i expect the president to do everything he said on the
last week they dropped the largest bomb in the arsenal. candidate was critical of military operations overseas and promised an america first foreign policy. >> we're not going into syria. there were some questions, nikki haley is doing a great job, rex is doing a fantastic job our secretary of state, general mcmaster fantastic. if they take every little word oh they're different. >> we talked about the many questions. it's hard because he was asked a question about syria and what's your next commitment. are you going to put troops on the ground, are you going to increase the number of special operations forces, are you going to create no fly zones and safe zones, which would require talking to the american people, talking to congress, c, more boots on the ground and the president gives a quick answer we're not going in and segues to talking about his staff, good that he's proud of his staff, his team, but -- >> rex. >> it's funny but it's not in
fight isis in syria, you've had no skin in this game and they want to know at this point with just one targeted u.s. airstrike, where is your bottom line? boris, this meeting is just started. it's just underway. i can see that the reporters in the room are now straining to see some opening comments. right now rex tillerson looking for some wiggle room with russia. not just on whether or not his support, bashar al-assad -- russia's support for bashar al-assad is unconditional, whether or not they might move away from that regime,but also if they are willing to put their own credibility and leverage against some peace momentum, how would that start, boris? perhaps it might start with humanitarian corridors, no fly zones. these have been issues another any table, any negotiation table to discuss syria in the last few years. it's been impossible to get to that point. some people are hoping that all of this heated rhetoric from both sides will actually be able to spark something at this negotiating table. boris, as the two of them sit down, sergey lavrov and rex
u.s.a. tempt to move bashar al-assad from power and ask general votel if he can bring us up to date on bringing additional troops to accelerate the campaign there? >> the goal right now in syria and the military campaign is focused on accomplishing that, is breaking isis, destroying isis in syria. this was a separate issue that arose in the midst of that campaign. the use by the assad regime of chemical weapons and we addressed that. the rest of the campaign stays on track before assad's violation. >> do you plan on having safe zones or no fly zones? >> the other issues are among consideration from allies and certainly the president has options, but right now the