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Doing right now. its one more inconsistency of what trump says and what trump does. and its not something we should look at in a vacuum. in the midst of everything thats going on in washington, all the firings and hirings, the revolving door that is this administration, it just adds to this narrative and this feeling of chaos and unruliness and disorganization and not single from the same hymnal. the entire thing seems like a hot mess. >> she says hot mess. doug, how do you see it? >> there is a...

>> reporter: president trump this morning really escalating the dispute for now the war of words with russia on twitter. both telegraphing that he is going to do some kind of missile strike in syria, but also warning russia against an arms race. heres what he tweeted in addition to that one you just mentioned, our relationship with russia is worse now than its ever been and that includes the cold war. theres no reason for this. russia needs us to help with their economy something that would be v...

Have these kind of consequences, i dont think you would say that in that way. me being an optimist and wanting to support the country, i dont think he meant to telegraph what he wanted to do. potentially, it was something that we will use force to hopefully get to some sort of a negotiating table, figure out a way to handle the assad situation, but there are definitely better ways to do it than with a tweet like that. he doesnt need to say well use for. weve proven wed use force. i did think the...

Soldiers at risk when youre not being clear what are they trying to accomplish. we can kill and destroy stuff like nobody else in the world. but it has to be toward a purpose. that requires having a strategy and a set of goals. im not sure weve ever been there in our actions in syria. >> shepard: before we go, theres a -- john kirby, who was a rear admiral and a spokesperson from the state department from 15 to 17, a guest on this program countless times, works at cnn, but he sent out a tweet ab...

President trump has gone out and tweeted and said missiles are coming. jim mattis was interviewed and said theyre still looking at intelligence in terms of whether assad is responsible. which is it? >> the myth that russia was not somehow involved after they totally denied that there was a chemical attack. weve seen the evidence. theyre coming out these fantasies in the u.n. saying theres no ed. october, they vetoed any u.n. group -- >> which is what they do. >> exactly. john mccain has been cri...

The third option feels more like a war and something you need local allies involved in let alone just france. >> well, you need cooperation and you would need russia to step aside and lit it happen as -- let it happen. theres a wide range of options. the pentagon is going through them. as i was waiting for you to come back from commercial, were getting tweets that secretary mattis talked to the press and said the pentagon is still assessing the intelligence of whether they can pin the chemical a...

Ridiculed those who telegraphed military action against a foreign country, specifically syria. he did it in a number of tweets a couple years ago. now the president is doing precisely what he once ridiculed. any idea what might have changed the presidents mind this time around? could it be that this president is deliberately telegraphing our next move militarily? >> reporter: well, seemed he was responding to comments from the russians. the russians had gone out ahead saying, if you attack, we w...

Created for themselves with the story they told us about what happened. >> one more point on that. if that with truly turned over to the southern district of new york as opposed to carrying out a search warrant on behalf of the special counsel, theres a legal view. ive spoken to a number of lawyers that would protect that portion of the investigation even if mueller were to be fired and the special counsel investigation would come to an end. by moving it into that turf, it was a way to put a wal...

Were back with breaking news. im brooke baldwin. the pictures, these images out of syria in this chemical attack are, in a word, horrific. aid work remembers describing what they are seeing in the city of duma as apocalyptic. victims, children, women, families not killed by bombs, not killed by gunfire, but by poisonous gas. the assad regime denies responsibility but president trump says there is not much doubt assad and syria is behind the attack, nothing is off the table and how the u.s. may r...

The president has actually been very good at not giving us a specific timeline. thats a tool we can use to our effect as we move forward. looking in the long term, obviously entities in the region, nations in the region -- >> hes making the case why the military thinks giving the adversaries advance warning about a timeline would be bad. >> it would be, and that was something the military bristled at with iraq and afghanistan under president obama, was we were telegraphing too much of our timeli...