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Years. experts say it is likely another saran gas attack. as world leaders condemn the atta attack, it took the white house nine hours to issue a statement. the president and his top diplomat declining to comment on syria during multiple public appearances on tuesday. the white house statement calling the attack reprehensible and laying responsibility at the feet of syrian president assad. also blaming president obama deeming the attack of the weakness and irreleva-resolutio >> he said he would ...

More toward what end? is regime change the ultimate end here? certainly that was not in president trumps statement last night. is trying to bring and end to the syrian civil wash a political end? part of it could be. so far we havent seen much interest in the trump administration in trying to lead an international delegation to do that. i think the bigger question is what is their long-term syrian strategy and do they want to have a long-term syrian strategy. >> that comes down to the collision ...

Ill talk about that and much more with senator corey gardener and our correspondents and analysts are also standing by. lets go to cnns ryan nobos. update our viewers on the very latest. >> president trump said the attack in syria changed his view on the war there and while he didnt explain what he would do, he said it crossed a line for him and he holds the responsibility for the u.s. response. we want to warn you, this story contains graphic images that some viewers may find difficult to watch...

Fact that we were talking and not hurling stones or rockets at each other. sitting down and laying out your case as to why you took action, why you may take action in the future, and listening to his russian counterpart as such, i think thats a successful meeting. and you both layout exactly what your positions are and hope that the rhetoric will calm down and there will be a change roughly in position as the days evolve. >> but he completely denied that the russians completely denied that assad...

I want to start with you, colonel jack. talking about the options that the united states could have taken here and the timeline. so do you think that this was the ideal one to take given the other options there and the effectiveness in the short and long term. >> yes. given what the president wanted to accomplish. youve got to start at the end and work backwards. what is it he wanted to do? he wanted to demonstrate that hes strong. dont forget theres a domestic audience as well as an internation...

By the united states and its allies. >> the west, mainly the united states, is handing it to the terrorists. theyre fabricating the whole story in order to have critics for the attack. we dont know whether the children -- were they there at all? who -- what method? you have no information at all. nothing at all. >> were they dead at all? were they dead at all? you just heard bashar al assad say that. he is denying any involvement here. that a day after the pentagon and the british government sai...

Now, before returning to the panel i want to bring a portion of quotes he said. he said, quote, i think its going to be such an important story for the world, and its one of our big stories for our time. he was talking about susan rice. now, whatever you think the former national security advisor has done wrong, if in fact shes done anything wrong at all, its hard to imagine when the community and the president himself are coming to terms with a gas attack in syria. we do use the term -- in fact...

Of course, something else raises its head and overshadows all of it. what is raising its head now, of course, the situation in syria and whether or not the united states is going to take military action against the regime of bosch are all assads. im told that a lot has gone into changing the presidents thinking, and it is not just the apparent gas attack against syrian civilians, but really a pattern of escalation that has occurred over the last week, ever since nikki haley said publicly that re...

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>> reporter: tonight, outrage over these scenes of horror and suffering in syria. an apparent war crime, a suspected sarin gas attack by the government killing dozens and sickening many more, young children among the victims. rescue workers desperately work to wash the chemical from the victims. children clinging to life, struggling to breathe. >> the gas attacks are continuing every day and no one is doing anything to stop this gas attack. >> reporter: this attack following two chlorine gas att...