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Armed services committee and a retired air force brigadier general. we appreciate the members of congress who have the military experience. there is no easy answer about what should or shouldnt be done. president trump hasnt spoken publicly about syria since the air strike on thursday. whats your opinion on the action that the united states took on thursday night? >> well, i thought it was important that we do a one-time strike like we did to make a statement. gassing your own people like assad ...

Firm and we deal with something like, this when you use fuzzy words like "re-accommodate", when a guy is being treated worse like overhead baggage being dragged out of there, you cant use those words. it was inappropriate for them to do. theres a million other ways to handle this situation. i dont think that that statement helped them at all. >> im curious how that statement would come into a case. but lets back up for a second. hes getting dragged off the plane. crazy. does he have a case again...

Awful of itself. so many spies is that a result of pc culture and red tape that the military has to deal with. >with. >> in part lots of programs in afghanistan to deal with to provide outreach to the local community. that doesnt excuse the fact that the government should have fully vetted these people, especially a translator that has access to the sensitive information that they do. but it happens a lot. i mean, if you dig into the headlines you will see that stuff hidden several pages back in...

That that approval rating going up now to 43%, im willing to bet that thats not necessarily from his traditional supporters. that may be people hes won over. >> his main supporters for trump -- >> didnt want him to go to war. >> i think in this instance its a proportional response and was the right thing. >> but shouldnt this be a message to him he should stop going back to well, he has his base. and now hes doing important things whether trutestrategic o and for the most part he doesnt seem to ...

Now blame for the historic move being tossed between both parties. >> both democrats and republicans have blame here. both democrats and republicans have handled things in a way that shouldnt have been done. we should change our rules by bipartisan, we shouldnt change our rules to accomplish a purpose. >> reporter: tomorrow morning gorsuch will become the 113th justice in the courts history. he will be sworn in privately before a -- publicly in a private ceremony. eric: you can catch the fuller ...

You need 140 characters or something and thats all you need to spread some of the rumors and per sessions that were certainly tracking. and one of the things we found is that rumors thrive in times of uncertainty. they thrive in times where people need an answer, are eager for an answer. skbl the old model of how you respond to an infectious disease outbreak is you issue some sort of firm warning to the public and tell them what they should and shouldnt do. that doesnt work anymore because peopl...

Block this nomination, which is going to happen in the end, by forcing the so-called nuclear option? shouldnt democrats save this for a possible next nomination, which could affect the balance of the court? gorsuchs nomination doesnt change what was the balance of the court. >> i really think that every single supreme court justice is critical to this country. and we need to make sure that there is not an idealogical supreme court justice, which is why the 60 vote threshold has been so important...

Work with it? >> look, i would rather not. we made campaign promises. but if you cant get the numbers out of the republicans, this is on the house freedom caucus, are you ever willing to get to yes? are you ever willing to get to we have to understand as republicans and americans peoples lives are affected. if theres an opportunity, lets do it. if youre a house freedom caucus member you have to understand government is different than being in opposition. they think theyre in opposition still. ...

Better? i think if theres still an opportunity, lets do it. you have to learn that governing is far different from being in opposition, and they think theyre in opposition still. >> shouldnt all this been worked out? and as have you said everybody was running on all this from multiple elections over the course of seven years. >> thats been a criticism, and people are repeating that. a lot of these ideas came from, frngly what weve been talking about for a long time. and it was developed an agend...

He talked about the political heat the president was taking and feeling that was unfair and he felt he needed to act. as chairman of intelligence committee thats not his main motivation or shouldnt be. it isnt to take off the political heat from the person youre investigating. all of these things, both his actions and his words are leading to a sense that he doesnt have a full handle on the situation and that maybe hes trying to help the president or trying to ease the political pressure on the ...