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Clinton of co-founding isil. so clearly this is a different time. i hope hes asking some of the questions when hes meeting with his military advisors that president obama would have, which is what next, what then, what will strikes do and how will that impact our overall strategy in syria and in the middle east. >> its interesting because from what were hearing a lot of the potential strikes, the potential options are options that president obama looked at or that the pentagon under the obama ad...

Mar-a-lago about what the options are. theres basically two ideas, a limited strike against the airfields of bashar al assads warplanes to launch that attack on those people in northern syria. that would only be sending a message to bashar al assad and the world that donald trump wants this type of behavior to change. if he wants to have a broader action, to take out assads chemical weapons capability, that is a much larger list of targets. that is airfield, aircraft, helicopt helicopters, barre...

Something should be. that is what he is going to be hearing from his advisors on. secretary mattis here on the ground. as his secretary of state, rex tillerson spoke with very harsh sharp language direct language on the ground in palm beach, florida. he said this is a serious matter that calls for a serious response. >> jeff, just in terms of logistics in mar-a-lago, where do we know about where the president would actually go over military options with his team? is there a mobile "situation roo...

The president is briefed, that means the u.s. military is in fact ready to go awaiting his orders. the u.s. military doesnt do these things from a cold start. they will be ready to go but they are waiting to see the decision that mr. trump wants to make. anderson. >> barbara, in terms of options, theres a potential missile strike and using aircraft, you risk pilots, thats the advantage i assume of something like tomahawk missiles. >> thats right. lets take a quick look at the map. exactly right....

Tonight. his dinner is indoors but he is also meeting indoors for security briefings and things. do not look for a repeat of this very open type of briefing room here. he has all the capabilities here in florida as any president does when they travel any place here. he has a large number of advi r advisors with him here. the question is would he want to interrupt this very important meeting with the chinese president with some other kind of air strike. we dont know the answer to that. he he cert...

Eye. chemical attack on civilians. earlier the president went as far to say quote something should happen. gave no specifics. we know the joint chiefs of staff met this afternoon to discuss syria options. president trump hosting the china president is expected to meet with the national security team and after president trump acknowledged that the mess in syria is his responsibility and almost in the same breath he blamed his predecessor. >> the obama administration had a great opportunity to s...

Effect they want. i think they should be looking at the options. if it doesnt have the deterrent effect they have to be prepared to follow it. that runs a greater escalation in this civil war we havent seen. >> colonel in terms of targets, if bashar al assad is the problem, why not target him in a heavily populated area, i would assume. >> i think you just answered that. its too heavy populate d there. the palace is in the city of damascus. he doesnt live there. trying to take him out will proba...