The east wing could get un answer. I will make sure i put out the number and they are starting Ticket Distribution so i will get you a number on that. You said the white house is reviewing the policy. Will the white house voluntarily release those . We should have an answer on policy very shortly on that. Question on syria. The secretary said it was the United Statess hope that shar alassad would not be part of syrias future and it is up to the people of syria to make that determination. The question now is whether the white house, assad is a bad actor and it is ideal that the white house thinks the atrocities he committed are absolutely unacceptable and he must go. I dont see a peaceful stable syria in a future that has assad in charge. You cant have a peaceful syria with assad in charge. I dont see how that ever works. I dont see a future syria that has assad out bashar as leader. What do you think of eric trump . Ivanka has listen to horrible stuff did she play a role in donald trump deciding on tt . What is that role . We released last friday a comprehensive discussion when the president was informed and how his thinking evolves, 10 30, his National Security team was giving the president ial daily briefing, they went over what happened in detail and began to ask a series of questions, they came back later that day. On wednesday there is a principals meeting, they continued to bring back with him a series of questions and responses and decisionmaking process continued aboard air force one on the way to florida, 4 00 when he arrived in era lago he had a National Security team in mara lago and back to different elements that were gathered insecure locations was that is when he gave the order, that being said there is no question that ivanka and others weighed in, that when he saw images he was very moved and i dont think there are many humans in contact with the president during that window of time to did you see those images on television . I think there was a widespread acknowledgment that the images and actions that have been taken were horrific and required action. Did you support taking action . I have not asked but i saw the report eric gave but i dont think ivanka stands differently than anyone else as the response that was done. What about her personal reaction . I dont know but i dont think it is dissimilar to what any human being would have. Also said if there is anything this did was to validate the fact there is no resin tie which raises the question there was a political component to this. Can you respond to that . In the sense, i guess my point is after 80 plus days of constantly being asked what the involvement is i think clearly with us acting and not having a conversation with moscow in the political sense prior to that i think foall the discussion about how many ties and this and that it was a pretty clear show of resolve and force the United States was acting and not with anyone else. I think respectfully, almost every single day we have been asked about socalled ties and there is an acknowledgment if that was true you would have seen action that didnt happen. To follow up on that north korea question, north korea seems to threaten the possibility of taking some type of Nuclear Action if the us launches another what they see is another provocation. What is the reaction to that . I think there is no evidence north korea has that capability at this time so i dont know that that could happen. I dont think threatening something you dont have capability of is a threat. I want to follow up. The president noted china could certainly help on the north korean issue and when you unpack through that lens and the fact that they are scheming up toward the sea of japan, that may be additional pressure to get china to come to the table. Is that an accurate read of what the president would like to see them due to apply the pressure . The president and president xi jinping discussed this in florida. China has had a very economic and political influence on north korea over the years and when it comes to a shared National Interest of insuring president of north korea doesnt threaten any people, that is something we should all agree on and something that the president and xi jinping talked about as shared National Interest in north korea understands what the United States stands for on this and i think he would welcome xi jinping weighing in on this a little more so i think that makes it very clear to them and the rest of the country and the rest of the world what our position is. Is that a messaging circumstance or is it detected for allies in japan and korea. Kerry group is several things, forward deployment is deterrence, presence, prudence but does a lot of things. It ensures we have strategic capabilities and gives the president options in the region but when you see a Carrier Group steaming into an area like that the forward present that is clearly through almost every instance a huge deterrent so i think it serves multiple capabilities. Infrastructure and taxes ceos are interested in getting something done as quickly as possible, shovel ready opportunities for people to get to work and lowering of taxes to enhance Business Expansion and lower middle class americans but i wo if ere isnt a healthcare component that needs to happen before you can move forward on that. Theres a few things. Getting the repeal and replace done would open the amount of money we can use for the reconciliation process. We made it clear we thought healthcare should go first. It gives us a greater amount of resources to dedicate to tax reform. That being said, under every circumstance you talk about month of getting tax reform done. That is one area they discussed today but one of the more important areas where you see the president act decisively is the regulatory front. That is one of the largest burdens you factories, unions, entrepreneurs, talk to the president about over and over again is labeling regulations of a variety of sorts that prevent them, the coal industry, auto sector, over and over again talking about regulatory, the president s ability to take immediate action. I mentioned it before, so far under the congressional review act, the president sank 12 pieces of legislation to one that was signed in every Administration Prior to the share total. That shows the president s commitment to better tax climate which will take a few months but in immediate Regulatory Impact that can help us this is breakout of areas to compete more, bring more jobs to the United States. The contraction right now, quote, hitler didnt even sink to the level of using chemical weapons. When you come to their and gas, he was not using the gas on his own people the same way that assad is doing. I understand, thank you. I appreciate that. He brought them to the hocaust, understand that. I am saying in a way that assad used them when he wentnto wn, dropped them into the middle of town. The use of it, i appreciate the clarification, that was not the intent. Did the president speak with secretary tillerson before going on the trip to russia and is this stern message the secretary delivered today a direct message from the president to Vladimir Putin . They spoke, he was in florida with him before he left and they met tillerson and the president after his meeting with president xi jinping concluded and they talked since then as well. Pretty stark harsh words this morning about russia. I dont know. I am not going to i dont know the nature of their final conversation. There has been some evolution of the intelligence and actions that have been taken since friday. I dont know where the conversations laid off but secretary tillerson speak on behalf of the United States or the president s position. Two foreignpolicy related questions. Speaking about secretary tillersons trip, following up the question i asked two weeks ago is he scheduled to meet with Mister Cora Koski or any of the Civil Society representatives outside of government . I refer you to the state department. They are in charge of his schedule. Is the president , the secretary of defense, there was a series of government calls to the defense minister and heads of state but i would have to check. I thought he was on the list. Off the top of my head i cannot recall. The secretary tillerson, able to clearly convey to the russian segment of the us government, is that enhanced by meeting with the secretary and Vladimir Putin, if there is no reading like that, did he consider the secretary of state snubbed by the russian president . He will meet with the foreign minister, his counterpart, that is the job of a foreign minister and secretary of state to meet with each other, and if he didnt meet with Vladimir Putin, and the foreign minister. The history of letter meeting with john kerry and secretaries of state and the judgment on that . We will have to see. We are not there but to prejudge the outcome of the visit. This visit to convey there is a bit of irony that for all these talks with back channels and they wont meet with you to undermine their relationship. I understand that but interesting that we went from all these direct links to are we disappointed we cant get a meeting with them. There is irony in the question. I dont understand the point. The United States called with russia, in collusion with the government in regards with carrying out a war crime. The secretary of state convey that directly he is conveying that the head of the russian government wont meet with him but convey to the counterparts. We are not there yet. The meeting with the counterpart, that is the appropriate person and we have to wait and see how the meeting goes. The russian president today said this talk about the structure reminds us of 2003. The white house is expressing confidence that sarah and gas was used. What do you say to skeptics in moscow and other countries, perhaps here at home who doubt that level of confidence . There was a 45 minute briefing with members of the National Security team prior to this which they walked through, the level of confidence, anyone who doubt that in terms of pictures that were shown would be doubting the intelligence, the entire International Reporting greed to document all this, doctors, intelligence community, media. I dont think it takes eyeballs recognize what is happening. It is not a question of that. It is everybody but iran, syria, north korea, russia. Using chemical weapons against his own people, saddam hussein, the policy of the United States government there should be regime change as a result of that. Why shouldnt it be the same policy here . You are acting as if the premise of the question suggests we dont want a new leader. I stated we dont see steeple syria that has the head of it, their number one priority is the appointment, to stop the threat of isis and bring stability to the region but make no question there is no peaceful stable syria in the future that assad is head of. That is it, point blank. I want to clarify. Is the us position one of cooperation with russia, that russia, russia must admit, or agree that syria was behind the Chemical Attacks and russia must dissolve assad, can cooperation happen if russia maintains the position syria was not behind that . Not just behind it but russia has joined an International Agreement regarding not just the use of, possession of, susan rice went out and said syria no longer had access to chemical weapons, we know that is not true. The united stes, russia and others signed an International Agreement that syria wasart of that said syria would not only use but possess chemical weapons. The first thing we need to do is enforce the existing agreement russia is a partner to. We need to make sure we do that in the National Interest of the United States to make sure the proliferation of chemical weapons spreads no further and that is something to be careful of, not just the deterrence of future use, but the proliferation of them. Agreeing with us contention that the Syrian Government carried out the attacks. Secretary tillers and tillerson will have an opportunity to talk to you. As i just mentioned a second ago, you realize russia is an island on this. This is not a big split how this happens. The only countries that arent supporting the uss position i syria and north korea, iran and russia. This is not exactly a Cocktail Party of people you want to be associated with. They are failed states with the exception of russia. These individual states, when residences they dont agree with us they are not siding with other nations of stature, it is a small number of failed states. They are defiant in the worldview the doctors, intelligence agencies, reporters, civilians, International Experts of looked at and come to the same conclusion except for them. I dont think there is any other outcome. See you back in a little bit, we will have more. You heard sean spicer say assad is a bad guy and russia better come on board because they are joining the likes of iran and korea as the only three countries to support the shar alassad regime. We are still in negative territory off of the lows of the session down 45 points. We will continue watching. Welcome to the intelligence report. Joining me for reaction to Sean Spicer Fox business contributor and for a spokesman for george w. Bush, mercedes slab and Communications Director from a democracy for america, neil soroka. For people like neil and all the other chances to give you a rebuttal on this, the kept saying over and over and over and over again, somehow Vladimir Putin was in cahoots with donald trump, this, what we just saw is making that narrative increasingly difficult for him. This reality that exists that we have known for a long time even before president Obamas Administration, Vladimir Putin is a thug and it is clear that while we saw this weakness under president Obamas Administration in dealing with russia Vladimir Putin was able to take advantage and they became a rising power in the middle east and very influential in syria and especially with his relationship with assad. For democrats who are logging and so obsessed because they cant seem i was on with someone earlier today who literally said he couldnt put donald trump in power, democrat told me this, they cant get over that hurdle. Then it becomes increasingly difficult when you are starting to see the reality of what we are dealing with right now and the United States is responding in a strong way to russia especially as russia is tagging along and staying strong. Is this what we should be doing . Absolutely not. A really reckless attack that in the end could end up pling us into wld war iii. We oppose barack obama when it for someone like Bashar Alassad his own people to murder them . The way you respond to the threat of Bashar Alassads work with the International Community diplomatically to get him out. Something that prior to last week donald trump was unable to get behind doing, and get people out of harms way. If donald trump cares about sweet little children that were murdered last week he should find a way to bring those kids out of harms way and welcome them to the United States. Trish olive syria to the United States of america. That would solve everything. If we want to save children we get them out of harms way. Trish here is what you are saying that makes sense, we need to get Bashar Alassad out and the International Community on board. Sound like we have most everyone, the big holdup is russia. How does that change . I think Vladimir Putin is a sane enough player on the world stage that he knows he cannot get into a battle with us and the rest of the world, but how do we get to that point in time . Yes, our allies applauded the targeted airstrike, it is a proportional response to what we saw in horrific images. Here is the deal. To your point, the escalation, if there is a literary escalation it does become problematic. On the republican side when you look at senator ted cruz or senator mike lee, republicans are concerned about the fact if there that is why it is very important President Donald Trump and his team consult with congress to see what the longterm strategy trish that is k. Longterm strategy, we need to make sure we know what regime to put in place when we take assad out and we are there, and we are going to see you in a little bit. Blake berman, our very own inside the White House Press briefing and sean spicer for healthcare and the United Airlines incident, and any federal investigation. He downplayed that but also said very explicitly, and that kind of thing, just to remind everyone we may have the tape, we can roll it, it was horrific what we saw on that united playing with them pulling a passenger out. Do we have a . We will try to show that for the viewer but you got a bit of a response from sean spicer. We asked him does there need to be your does the government feel there need