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And the sheer speed with which president trump acted. on tuesday, bombs mercilessly dropped on a town located in the rebel-held territory in syria. soon after, very disturbing images showing victims including children gasping for breath and suffering from other symptoms consistent with a nerve gas attack. that day president trump quickly condemns the attacks and immediately huddles with aids. the next day national security staffers present the president with the grim options. the following day, ...

Know, i think hes got somebody watching his back. one thing that does -- i do find curious is the military said last night that the russians were tipped off so that they could attack in advance. if we were tipping off the russians, how were we not also tipping off the syrians that this was coming, which may explain why there are reports today that syrian aircraft is still taking off from that same air base. >> michael, ambassador, thank you. up nexthe new picture of the trump war room. is jared ...

And today new york magazine reporting as two sources close to bannon say he argued against the strike because it did not advance president trumps america first doctrine. now, son-in-law jared kushner disagreed with bannon saying action against assad had to be taken. and more white house news, axio is reporting president trump is considering a broad white house shake up. per that reporting, bannon chief of staff reince priebus could be on the way out. but the white house responding to that report...

The strike when we were literally on planes leaving town. i mean, the senate was in session. they were in the middle of the supreme court. but we had left four or five hours right after we left is when he chose to do this. so, i dont know who he would tell. i dont know, maybe the group of 8 knew. but, you know, for the authorization of use of military force, it needs to be a discussion within congress. and, so, we can go back at any time. you can call us back any time there is an emergency. and ...

Presidents options for responding to north koreas nuclear program, nbc news cynthia mcfadden has that exclusive report. >> reporter: multiple top ranking intelligence and military officials tell nbc news that if diplomacy fails with north korea, president trumps national security council has presented him with some highly controversial courses of action. first, placing u.s. nuclear weapons insouth korea, an aggressive show of force. the u.s. withdrew all nuclear weapons from the korean peninsula...

Less than 22 hours ago, the president unloaded that first strike on the syrian air base. for assads vicious chemical attack murdering innocent civilians including children. there are more questions than answers. what is the u.s. military mission? is it to remove president assad? and if assad goes, who replaces him? could it be more catastrophic for the syrians? >> and if trump decides more air strikes, does he need approval from congress? and if there are no further airstrikes, is the message to...

However. its an option. now, let me just emphasize and underline. these are things that are on the table. as you heard the admiral say, its appropriate. the administration should look at all the options and thenmatithen make decisions. >> cynthia, thank you very much. always nice to see you. just hours ago, president trump wrapped up meetings with the president of china. will he help the u.s. address the crisis of north korea and its expanding nuclear weapons program? former ambasdor to china,...

Necessary. >> the u.n. nikki haley ripping russia for supporting syria and assad. look at this just minutes earlier at the same u.n. security council meeting, the russian ambassador wagging his finger at ambassador haley. today the pentagon is reportedly looking into what role if any russia played in the chemical attacks, but at this hour russia is not even conceding that the syrian government and assad was behind the chemical attacks. russian president vladimir putin calling president trumps st...

Kim jong-un. i wont say he hates kim jong-un, but its pretty close to it, ill tell you that. so as the moment of truth in the peninsula gets more closer, that is, because kim is building up nukes and missiles and so forth, you know, thats going to bother china more and more just as it bothers south korea and japan and clearly us. i think theres an opening here. i think president trump -- i hope he did this -- sit down with president xi and say, look, weve got a problem here. weve got a problem h...

>> weve been hearing about a possible shake up since the oath was taken and president trump took office. factions and shake ups and infighting are really common in presidential administrations. we can talk about any president going back decades. there is always infighting. look atment lincoln with his team of rivals, everybody at each others throats. i think in this instance, you see a dividing line in the white house between kushner and ivanka trump on one side, and bannon on the other trying t...