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Genuine desire to start a real process to end this civil war and to that supporting the u.n. envoy, there is a lot of talk of the so-called geneva process but it has for years have not gone anywhere. how do you end this? even if these strikes end and chemical weapons, we dont think they will. the syrians have plenty of ways to attack their sif ycivilians. >> ambassador nikki haley is speaking right now. this is our fifth council meeting in the past week to address the situation in syria. a week ...

Do you think russian leader vladimir putin is any way chasing this morning? >> um -- obviously i dont know and it is speculation, i dont think hes scared but i think he was much more concerned now than 48 hours ago or certainly last week. i happen to believe that moving forward if we are ever going to get back to a real piece process to end this nightmare of a civil war that lasted seven years, cost hundreds of thousands of lives and 12 million refugees. if we are ever going to get that place, i...

There because it was a face-saving out for the obama administration not to do anything. they were supposed to get rid of these weapons concern. paul: right. >> and then they got a foothold. so i think what the president ultimately has to do, we have to change the equation from worrying about what putins going to do to bad guys worrying about whats america going to do. >> we have to establish leverage on the ground. if president trump -- paul: on the ground, whoa, whoa. you mean troopsesome. >> n...

We leave you. we keep hearing about the geneva process and keep hearing that from you and is the u.s. continuing to endorse this. why have hope for an again nevaeh -- geneva process when theyve laid out iran and russia as partners at best of any kind of resolution? >> i think thats the only way forward. russia and iran have tried to build on to a process, a process that none of thats worked because iran and russia have been the garantors. but theyve outstretched their hands with a clear by spons...

They are just hoping that there will not be another chemical attack. and that somehow, this can come to an end and i think the majority of the syrian people outside of the loyal base of assad, they do not see the future of syria with him. the next step is, what is the next step for syria there hoping the latest involvement with the us will bring us to that conclusion. >> eventually they say that would be the geneva process. of course we should see holly, in syria this saturday afternoon, thank y...

He talked about supporting the geneva process. and this lilted role obviously in not preventing chemical weapons attacks in the future. >> right. again, ive had say lot of conversations with people inside the country who say you all on the west are fixated on these chemical weapons thing. most people werent killed by chemical weapons. theyre systematically killed by opposition of the government by the syrian ra yeem. and the syrians and the russians have created this remarkable narrative that th...

>> it doesnt. the war will continue. the message is were not going to lead on this. we dont want to own this. we want to prevent chemical weapons attacks. thats where our moral obligation ends and other than that, everybody go to the geneva process. and the syrian people are not comfortable with that. the syrian war will continue. assad understands that. >> the attack happens. now, the president tweeted mission accomplished. nobody believes that. what actually happens next because this syrian ci...

>> sandra: caught on camera a utah man sets himself on fire and a cop saves him. you can see the man bursting out of a gas station bathroom covered in flames. the officer, who was with the man trying to persuade the man not to try to kill himself grabbed a fire extinguisher before dousing him. the man was rushed to the hospital where he remains in critical condition. the officer suffered several burns but he will be okay. >> the only reason assad is still in power is because of the russians veto...

We do not match the resources required to achieve the objectives. if our objectives are to get rid of assad and have a unified syria that all syrians can live in peacefully, then its going to require a lot more than what trump or tillerson have -- >> dana: how much more? >> well, look. they said were going to keep 2,000 troops there, right? in eastern syria. to basically keep al qaeda from coming back to support the geneva process, to preserve safe areas. >> dana: push back on iran. >> 2,000 tro...

Versus the iranian empire? not a fair match. >> dana: you havent mentioned russia yet. how does that play into it? >> again, russia is a very interesting case. i mean, first of all, russia would like nothing more than to see a strategic set back for the united states in syria and in the middle east. and they are doing everything possible to make that happen. what struck me about tillersons speech yesterday was that he was saying russia, we expect russia to support the geneva process and to help ...