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Against chemical weapons. theyre not very effective against prepared, trained u.s. military forces, against defenseless civilians, theyre horrific. we cant allow that to be normalized behavior. as you look at the ground, we have russian and iranian revolutionary guards and hezbollah forces and turkish units inside syria. very careful to not have this turn into a wider regional war. >> if you were advising the president what would you suggest he do? >> i think where we are now, we need to write d...

Those air bases, up at shea rot, we destroyed a few very old practically junk aircraft. we cratered the runway. it was back in operation in 48 hours. we did not hit the chemicals. if we do not destroy the chemical weapon stockpiles or the command and control facilities that sent those orders or the aircraft that does that and change the military balance between israel and syria, it will be seen as a failure. >> colonel jacobs, same question. whats the mission? whats the objective? what in your v...

We did not hit the chemicals. if we do not destroy the chemical weapon stockpiles or the command and control facilities that sent those orders or the aircraft that does that and change the military balance between israel and syria, it will be seen as a failure. >> colonel jacobs, same question. whats the mission? whats the objective? what in your view should the target list include? >> well, weve got targets, and we can pick among a wide variety of targets. but you and malcolm hit on the quintes...

Everyone involved is the target list. do you want to just go after airfields and things that might have been involved, locations that might have been involved in the chemical attack that they say assads regime executed? or do you want to take the next step? do you want to go after regime targets? that would be a significant escalation and president trump is well aware, the russians are watching every minute. john? >> indeed, they are. barbara starr, thank you very much. joining me now senator ...

Complex and very dangerous situation. the tweet from the president this morning was really unsettling. its not the head of state rhetoric that the situation demands. i think its legitimate for us to respond strongly to the use of chemicals against civilians. if we dont, we are implying that they are back on the battlefield. only we can tolerate that. significant response is probably coming in the next 48 hours. four questions. who are our allies? question number two, is there just a target list ...

And how do we manage that. >> mccalf retalked to me loose night. he said is there a target list or a strategy? target lists are easier than strategies. >> absolutely. >> wendy sherman, former unsecretary of political affairs under president obama and former counsellor of the state department under president clinton. up next, a new report that ousted white strategist steve bannon is working with the west wing insiders in order to paralyze the investigation into the possible russian interference...

Tomorrow but certainly in years come when we have proof of record to be able to declare assad and his cronies as war criminals and take them to the international criminal court. beyond that, i dont have much hope for something like authorization of force or anything like that. >> bob scales, this is an interesting discussion because yesterday esaw jim mattis going to the white house. and after president trumps tweets we thought we might have been in the final stages of the plannering to for an a...

Unsettling. its not the head of state rhetoric that the situation demands. i think its legitimate for us to respond strongly to the use of chemicals against civilians. if we dont, we are implying that they are back on the battlefield. only we can tolerate that. significant response is probably coming in the next 48 hours. four questions. who are our allies? question number two, is there just a target list or is there a strategy to deal with this? third question, have we called in congressional l...

A and allies helping us kill isis fighters. now the turks aiming to eliminate the state. the guards are there and -- the country is destroyed and has become the centerpiece of what is a civil and regional war. >> im going to spend tomorrow examining the questions you ask. is it a target list or strategy. thank you both. coming up, house speaker paul ryan announces his retirement. what was looming over ryans political future, "the 11th h r hour" back after this.

>> trump says hes going to pay a big price. if he doesnt pay a big price, then he looks weak in the eyes of our allies. so this is the most consequential decision hell make. he said assad is going to pay a big price. that big price has to include the destruction of his air capability and putting him on the target list. anything less i dont think is a big price. >> barbara starr is live in the pentagon. barbara, were about to hear from the white house, but until then, what options are on the tabl...