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The relationship with russia should maybe the administration rethink the action. >> syria is closely allied with russia. russia has military on the ground there. what were talking about here really is the very high potential for a direct military conflict between the united states and russia. the two worlds nuclear powers rif risking nuclear consequences. >> ambassador, russia moved one of the war ships in the mediterranean waters. where the "uss porter" and "uss ross" are located. are we escala...

Legislative alignment on capitol hill there will be a lot of bipartisan deal making. will see. it is important to see in the wake of health care is dakitaki the decision it is more proactive in shaping policies. so far, we have an administration that has not laid out a tax plan. has not laid out infrastructure plan. so all of the expectations we get strike strikes legislatively are not in the cards at this moment and the idea of getting a tax plan by august will not happen. >> and to mollys poin...

When secretary of state rex tillerson goes ahead with a planned visit in spite of tension over the strikes on syria. officials expressed outrage over the tomahawk strike. secretary tillerson blamed russia for failing to prevent syria from using chemical weapons in the first place. nbcs bill neely joins me. bill, a lot of skepticism over the visit in moscow for secretary tillerson. what is expected? >> reporter: thomas, good morning. in one word, a challenge awaits him here. also a polite, but pr...

Least once since the tomahawk strike last night. president trump did not call president putin last night, but they gave russias military a1 always heads up that the strike was coming and the target was the shayrat airbase where they were up to 100 russian troops when the tomahawk said. >> bret: jennifer, thank you. the u.s. embassy in moscow escorting american citizens in russia to exercise the highest levels of vigilance and situational awareness given the current political climate. the advisor...

On the other hand, they will express displeasure of the missile strike. he is scheduled to meet the foreign minister sergei lavrov. he may want to show his displeasure by not meeting mr. tillerson. mr. tillerson will have to walk a fine line between being tough and explaining exactly why the u.s. took the action it did in syria. on the other hand, trying to achieve one of the chief foreign policy goals of trumps young presidency. that is better relations with russia. remember, he is americas top...

Disagreement. this is a situation where the fundamental world view of steve bannon is different from jared kushner. steve bannon has talked about making the country more inn you l insular. he advanced that view with the president. the president expressed that. this is a president who is responsive to what his reviews are in the moment. look at the polls. he is not doing well. sub 40%. an interesting comment yesterday by sean spicer who was discussing the aftermath of the syria strike. he said th...

Which adds fuel to my bottom line. whats in your wallet? so the trump administration now signaling new sanctions against syria after a wave of missile strikes this week. joining me in studio is congress member from new york. a member of the foreign affairs committee. great to have you with me here. especially in person as we talk about this and the differences with the missile strike in syria. now there are reports of aircraft operational on the respect w runways after the tomahawk missile str...

Week to moscow saying it is down to mr. tillerson to deliver what he says is a clear and coordinated message to the russians. thomas. >> bill, we know actions speak louder than words. russia deploying a war ship off the coast of syria near the "porter" and "ross." what is this an indication of as the two war powers are meeting in the mediterranean waters? >> reporter: you could say that if the american missile strike was, you know, militarily not terribly effective, but mostly symbolic, you coul...

The chemical weapons, that killed the innocent civilians. it was very targeted. i would say the president has not elim flighted the possibility for further strikes. i think this is a wake-up call around the world in addition to the chemical weapons convention, of course, we the russian syrian agreement some years back to give up syrias illicit stockpile of chemical weapons: that really worked out. i think now we have shown we have the determination that when countries enter agreements that invol...

Steve: fox news alert. thank you very much for joining us on this friday morning. we are talking about the fact that yesterday president trump ordered a strike on syria taking out, as you can see, as the tomahawks are launched from the uss ross and porter, that airfield where the chemical attacks were launched 48 hours earlier, killing 80 innocent civilians in the country of syria. joining us right now is florida senator marco rubio. he joins us from capitol hill. well. >> good morning. steve: s...