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Politician when it came to getting deals done. so far, they see him striking out. >> eli, thus the argument he needs to put some points on the board. do you see anyway out? >> the only place to go from here is up. i mean, as nicole said, donald trump sold himself, he told voters how easy this would be, how great he would be, you just had to elect somebody different and you would see how easy all of this would be. it hasnt been easy. i think whats stunning about all those numbers you flashed up o...

Man, pays a lot in taxes. 2005, one year. >> a great here. >> am i the only one feeling just fatigued watching all of these protests? it is fine, you have the right to do it. try not to be violent, please. aside from not coming to pick this issue. i have always said that he shouldve released his tax returns. i do not like them not being transparent with the american people. i also do not like that the white house is going to keep visitor logs a secret. these ridiculous pretext that is going to s...

He doesnt like. they, meaning the united states, fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the leattack. in an exhaustive presentation, the pentagon went as far to put out the radar track of the syrian jet that dropped the siren bomb. the secretary of state doubled down on the charge in front of assads russian protectors yesterday. suffice to say nobody in washington or anywhere else is buying assads denial. >> its an attempt by him to throw false flags and great confusion, frank...

Long time ago if there were easy options. the fact is were dealing with a nuclear-powered nation. if we were to try to attack them, they would virtually wipe out seoul and 20 million people who live in seoul. and if it became a nuclear war, which is likely, millions of lives would be lost, and thats the reason we havent pulled the trigger. >> you know, hes a great man, leon panetta. ive known him forever. he used the word pull the trigg trigger, an unfortunate metaphor. what happens if this guy ...

Chemical attack were staged, that the children on the edge of death, the grieving father with his twins, were all just part of a hoax. u.s. officials say there is solid forensic and electronic evidence to prove it was real and that syria was to blame. >> were they dead at all? >> reporter: today the syrian president, bashar al assad said it was all just a pretext for the u.s. missile strike. >> definitely, 100% for us, its fabrication. we dont have an arsenal. were not going to use it. >> report...

Strategically cunning to some degree. the 100% fabrication he refers to, well, hes pretty much saying that the entire story was fabricated. let me read the full quote here -- "our impression is that the west, maybe the united states, is hand in glove with the terrorists. they fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for at tack." now, the key point here is that, of course, the u.s. have said in their own statements, they believe this to be sarin gas and theres a huge preponderance o...

Called the chemical attack a 100% fabrication and said his army had given up all its chemical weapons after their last chemical attack on civilians. this a quote from president assad. our impression is that the west mainly the united states is hand and glove with the terrorists. thats what assad calls anybody who doesnt like him. they meaning the united states fabricated the whole story in order to have a pretext for the attack. of course unclear if anybody, including his russian protectors beli...

Team fox coverage continues with leland vittert. is assad offering anything in the way of evidence? >> no, no evidence at all, shep. assad is basically asking the world to believe him rather than our lying eyes that have seen these videos. he said videos like these of the dying and dead from the sarin gas were faked. they believe that the united states is hand and glove with the terrorists. he said they fabricated the story to have a pretext for the attack. in an exhaustive presentation, the pen...

I want to start with you, rifd, and this stunning into view with bashir al assad. the notion that the government is behind the chemical weapons attacks is 100% false, it is a fabrication, what are your take aways? >> it is not surprising that he denied syrian culpability. he wasnt going to come out and say yes, we did it, and were sorry. what was stunning is that he said the images might be completely false. that these were taken by al qaeda. that the children may have been dead from some previo...

In the russo-japanese war. what do you think? by the way, when russians say things that arent true at the top, do the people over there believe them? do they believe there wasnt any gas used in syria? >> yeah. i mean it depends on what -- you know, how many versions you see of this. but, look, russia has always acted not just as bashar al assads ultimate backer but as his defense attorney, right? theyre his johnnie cochran. they dont need to prove definitively that somebody else used the chemica...