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Syrians have been killed in syria in this brutal war, millions have been injured, millions more have been made homeless internally, externally. it has been going on for a long time, long before this chemical weapons attack this week. i want to just refer to what the president as a private citizen said back in 2013 in a tweet. he said, the president -- referring to president obama -- must get congressional approval before attacking syria. big mistake if he does not. do you believe that president ...

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Perhaps even foreign policy. wolf. >> good point. thank you, sara murphy at the white house. lets go to our penalty gtagon a starr. >> the u.s. military has known for months how it would deal with the assad regime if it was ordered to do so. so theres basically two things on the table, our sources are telling us. a very limited strike against perhaps the air field where those airplanes launched from that dropped those weapons with nerve agent in syria, northern syria, killing those people, those...

Practices of the senate and the importance of having a full complement of justices on the u.s. supreme court. >> reporter: even as they all voted in favor. >> mr. mccain? >> aye. >> reporter: making clear by weeks end mr. trumps first pick for the highest court in the land will be confirmed. and, wolf, that final vote, all thats really left -- and it is not really up in the air anymore -- should come tomorrow evening. the final swearing in should come on monday. it is worth noting if this rules ...

Congressional ethics, they move forward with an investigation. ive been the subject of those kind of partisan complaints before. they were dismissed unanimously. devin claims he has done nothing wrong and he simply didnt want to be a distraction to the investigation which is very important, and i think the american people want us to focus on the substance of the matter and get to the bottom of it as quickly as we can and to make as much public as we can. on the senate intelligence committee, tha...

Secretaries. >> what kind of options do you think he would be considering? >> boy, this is really fascinating, wolf, because we talked about north korea and syria. the differences couldnt be starker. if you look at north korea, very few options. the chinese have not been helpful, sanctions havent worked and military option seems out of the question. contrast to syria. you send in american strike missiles to military targets or presidential palaces. do you put u.s. aircraft to take out helicopter...

Tom cotton of arkansas, a member of the intelligence and armed services committee. serve willed in iraq and afghanistan. thank you for joining us. >> thanks, wolf. >> i want to begin with the top story. the president as you know is considering military action in syria after this weeks horrendous chemical weapons attack on civilians, killing a lot of children in the process. what specific options should the president be weighing now? >> wolf, i think the president ought to consider that kind of m...

President trumps nominee to the u.s. supreme court, judge neil gorsuch. lets get details from our congressional correspondent phil mattingly. phil, this was a bitter fight. update our viewers. >> reporter: thats exactly right, wolf. no shortage of finger pointing accusations thrown about, but no shortage of regret even among republican senators who say they wish it wouldnt have gotten to this point, but it did. republicans made very clear they were moving forward on the supreme court nominee. to...

For taking out all of assads delivery capability, his aircraft, his helicopters, artillery, rockets that can be filled with this type of agent, taking out the storage facilities, the manufacturing, the fabrication. youre talking then about a very extended campaign, about dozens of potential targets. one of the big ifs on the ground is where are the russians. russian military forces are on the ground in syria. necessary are at syrian military installations. if youre going to strike a broader set ...

Protect u.s. interests. >> if he asked you to vote for a formal authorization for the use of military force in syria, would you vote for that legislation? >> i would, wolf, assuming it is a traditional authorization for the use of force, not like what president obama propose willed a few years back, which was really more of a limitation or restriction on the use of force. look, ronald reagan didnt need congressional approval in 1986 to take action against an immediate threat to the united states...