Well announce shortly. First on syria. Talked about the idea of some possible military option being a deterrent. Last year the president called the chemical attack a disgrace to humanity. Were worried about the outrageous action against civilians. Our focus is on that. Thats what were looking at. Last were we didnt get a chance to answer this. Your comments citing the l. A. Times article when asked about the president s rape marks at that event last week that didnt back up the president s claim. You admonished us to be held to a same High Standard of accuracy. Does the president also have to be held to that same extent . Absolutely. The numbers going back to 2014 where there were multiple articles and studies that put out that said 80 of the women that make that that go through that process and enter the country are raped. Thats certainly something that the president has voiced concern about. What about the voter claims . Also not backed up can you be specific . The president talked about voter claims. Just the idea when words matter particularly in moments of International Pressure like this moment right now. What is his standard of accuracy to the American Public . The president feels strongly there was a large amount of voter fraud and attempted to do a thorough review of it. A lot of the states didnt want to cooperate and participate. We know there were a large number of incidences reported but we cant be sure how much because we werent able to conduct the full review because a number of states didnt want to cooperate and refused to participate. How long is the review going to take that the white house is conducting . Im not going to lay out an arbitrary time line. Its something that were looking into and continuing take under consideration. Years . Obviously we want to get through this process as quickly as we can. Im not just going to make up a time frame here today. The chief of staff john kelly recommend that pruitt be fired . Im not going to get into any conversations. Blake, welcome back. I want to ask you about Mark Zuckerberg heading to the hill to testify. This administration has talked about deregulation and deregulatory efforts. Theres a question whether or not facebook should be regulated. Does the white house have a stance on whether or not facebook should be regulated . We dont have a specific policy announcement on that front. Were looking forward to that testimony. What does the president make of Mark Zuckerberg . Larry kudlow was critical of him on Fox News Sunday yesterday and when i asked him about zuckerberg this morning. Does the president have any sort of opinion on Mark Zuckerberg . I havent asked him directly. Id have to check. One last question, jim. Is there anything that the syrians can do to prevent military action from being taken . Im not going to get ahead of what actions we may or may not take. So i cant really answer that question. But well keep you posted when we have something on that front. If i can follow up. Just because youve been saying this the last couple weeks that nobody has been tougher on russia and Vladimir Putin than this president. Isnt there some hyperbole in that . John kennedy put up a blockade around cuba. Carter boycotted the 1980 summer olympics in moscow. Theres been president s over the course of the last several decades that have been tough on this president. And this president recently wasnt willing to criticize putin by name. You cited one example for each individuals. Lets talk about a few actions that the president has taken. The Treasury Department issued sanctions on individuals an entities in russia. The president continued other sanctions on the cyber activity in response to election hacking. Hes expelled 60 operatives and closed two consulates. The president has talked about russians poisoning about u. K. Citizens. Hes authorized military strikes against the assad regime in syria and repeatedly called out russias actions on that front. We also experted energy to our allies in eastern europe. You named off one or two things. Its without dispute that this administration and this president has done a number of things to be tough on russia and the president said that Vladimir Putin may pay a price for whats happening in syria. The russians are supposed to be responsible for helping remove the chemical weapons from syria. The president says they may pay a price, should we take that to the bank . Im not going to get ahead on actions that the United States may or may not take. The president has been clear about his intentions. Thanks very much. Shepard wrapping up the news briefing. The president has made it clear it wont be tolerated. The question which what might action in syria, if it happens, look like this time . Remember last time we had unfathomable atrocious video coming out of syria of literally of video of children dying from a chemical attack. And then there were tomahawk missiles over the area that they were launched. There was no change. Now the best evidence that its happened again. So what does the United States do now . Does the United States have allies on board with the United States . When and in what met . Im Shepard Smith on the fox news deck. A big news day. The president saying a heinous gas attack in syria and said he will make major decisions on how the United States will respond in the next day or two. It was an atrocious a tack. It was horrible. You dont see things like that as bad as the news is around the world, you just dont see those images. Question are studying that situation extremely closely. We are meeting with our military and everybody else. And well be making some major decisions the next 24 to 48 hours. We are very concerned. When that thing like that can happen, this is about humanity. Were talking about humanity. It cant be allowed to happen. Shepard cant be allowed to happen. Similar tone from the president that was just before the last time there was some action. What might it look like this time . President went on to say all options are on the stable. Standard fare ahead of his meeting with military leaders tonight. This comes ahead of the president saying he wanted troops out of syria soon. The white house said that the United States is committed to wiping out isis fighters that are still there before we pull out. He still says soon. Over the weekend, opposition activists said the serious forces said the government unleashed a poisonous attack on their own people. This is not fox news video. Activists released this video showed people hosing down each other with water. You can see Young Children use inhalers to help them breathe. Dozens tied including women and children and hundreds more were injured. I wish we could verify this. We cannot. We offer it up to you with the greatest understanding that we have. First responders say they found entire families suffocating in their homes and shelters. The Syrian Civil Defense white helmets, a volunteer organization released these im my knowledges that will not show you some of them of lifeless bodies on the ground, some still foaming at the mouth. Theyre horrifying. The attack happened in a rebel held town. The rebels that the u. S. And others support and then theres the government informations. This is an eastern suburb of damascus. The Syrian Government and the russians deny any involvement. This is the United States versus syria, iran and russia. Russia and iran are allies with alassad. The president called out putin in a tweet using his name for the first time in like 140 days. The quote animal assad as the president put it. He warned of a big price to pay for the attack. So this most recent chemical assault comes a year after President Trump ordered dozens of missile strikes on a syrian base, 59 tomahawks in retaliation for another gas attack on civilians. Russian and Syrian MilitaryOfficials Say israeli war planes launched an attack this morning. You can see it north and east of where this weekends attack happened. This israeli strike killed 14 and including three iranians. Lets get a live look. This is the United Nations. Our live camera is in there. An emergency meeting is underway. Well have an update as it happens. Things are fluid. We have team fox coverage. We have Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon. John roberts is at the white house. Nothing decisive or definitive but feels like theres something coming. About a year ago, there were rumblings that there may be some strike and then we saw the 59 tomahawk missiles launched from the base last year. So its possible that something similar to that is on a hot boil in the front burner here at the white house and over at the pentagon. The white house pushing back against a notion floated by john mccain that the president talking in the last couple weeks about bringing u. S. Forces somehow emboldened Bashar Alassad to take this latest attack. Russia continues to insist that there was no evidence that chemical weapons were used in this attack. But the president this morning in his Cabinet Meeting together with members of his cabinet quite firm in saying that this was an attack used banned chemical weapons, a short time ago i asked Sarah Sanders why the president is confident about that claim. Russia insists theres no chemical weapons. What makes the president so sure that he can make a declarative statement . The president is confident. Hes been briefed by his National Security team and kept up to date constantly and regularly on the intelligence around that. Do we have any proof that it was a chemical weapon . Once again, i cant get anything beyond the comments that were made but were very confident in those comments. In that Cabinet Meeting the president making the point that in syria didnt do anything wrong, why arent they letting International Observers in . Listen here. Its very hard to get people in. Not only has it been hit, its been surrounded. If theyre nnlt, why arent they allowing people people to go in and prove in theyre claiming they didnt make the attack. So if its russia, if its syria, if its iran, if its all of them together, well figure it out. And well know the answers soon. The president pointing fingers at Vladimir Putin as you pointed out at the top, shep, saying everybody will pay a price here, everybody involved in this. The president also pointing fingers at the Obama Administration for what happened tweeting if president obama had crossed his stated red line, this would have ended long ago. Animal assad would have been different. That is different about what the president tweeted about five years ago. He said the only reason why he wanted to save face is over his dumb lired line. We should point out that this is john boltons day here as the National Security adviser. He in the past has warned against military action in syria saying it doesnt benefit the United States. So an open question as to where well go. We can probably use last year as a model for what lies ahead. Shepard thank you. The president meeting with leaders tonight on the military front. Right now at the United Nations a live emergency session is underway. Well have reporting on that. Miking oh happen lin from the Brookings Institute. Will your allies be there . Is it something more than missiles . If so, what . More coverage on on fox news channel. Shepard back to the suspected chemical attack in syria and the possible United States response. President trump says he will make a decision sometime in the next 24 to 48 hours and nothing is off the table. Lets continue with Jennifer Griffin at the pentagon. What else are we hearing, jen . Shep, the pentagon has been working since yesterday to draw up options for the president. Defense secretary mattis and the president have placed some responsibility on Vladimir Putin for the apparent gas attack. Mattis spoke with the emir this morning and placed it on putin. The first thing we have to look at, why are chemical weapons still being used at all when russia is the frame work guarantor of removing the chemical weapons. So with our allies, were going to address this issue. Can you rule out launching air strikes against assad . I dont rule out anything right now. Right now the u. S. Has no aircraft carriers in the mediterranean or the persian gulf but a Navy Guided Missile Destroyer with dozens of tomahawks left cypress this morning putting it within striking range of syria. Shepard i mentioned there was a round of air strikes overnight. Who do we know about it . The syrians blamed the u. S. But the pentagon denied involvement. The russians later blamed israeli Fighter Pilots that launched the strike from lebanese airspace. The explosions occurred in central syria at the t4 air base. Its a little hard to see. The base is used by the russians and the iranians. At least three iranians were killed in the strike, including the Senior Iranian revolutionary guard commander in charge of i rans Drone Program in syria. That according to a statement from tehran. This is the same base from which iran launched a drone over israel in february. Israeli jets bombeled the base in february. The f16 was shot down by syrian air defenses on route home. The israeli pilot made it back to israel. The first time in decades an israeli jet was shot down. Shepard coming up, what our next guest calls the complicated politics that President Trump now faces. How this weekends suspected chemical weapons attack and i say suspected because we cant verify it, but this suspected attack could throw a wrench in the president s plan to bring u. S. Troops home. Michael ohanlan from the Brookings Institute is with us. Cold. Warmer. Warmer. Ah boiling. Jackpot. And if youve got cutrate car insurance, you could be picking up these charges yourself. So get allstate, where agents help keep you protected from mayhem. Like me. Mayhem is everywhere. Are you in good hands . You might or joints. Hing for your heart. But do you take something for your brain. With an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brainhealth supplement in drug stores nationwide. Prevagen. The name to remember. There areand the best. S. We like cage free, and which ones are more flavorful . Only egglands best. We prefer organic, and which have more vitamins and less saturated fat . Only egglands best. Better taste, better nutrition, better eggs. Shepard lawmakers, some on both sides of the aisle, are demanding action after the apparent chemical attack on civilians in syria. That includes john mccain in arizona. Hes calling for President Trump to respond last year when he ordered missile strikes on a syrian air base. Senator mccain said President Trump emboldened syrian dictator assad when he said that the u. S. Troops would leave soon. The top democrat nancy pelosi said the Trump Administration must provide a smart, strong and consistent strategy in syria. Peter doocy worked capitol hill for us and there live now. Peter . Shep, republican lawmakers now want President Trump to look carefully at what president obama did when assad took similar actions during his administration. But not for the reasons you think. The world is watching the president. Iran is watching the president. Russia is watching the president and north korea is watching the president. This president has a chance to do exactly the opposite of obama. Sent a strong signal. Theres a new sheriff in town and america is back. But there are some republican critics like senator mccain that think that President Trumps announcement that he wanted to get out of syria as fast as possible maybe emboldening the assad regime and the white house pushed back firmly on senator mccain and others. The only individuals that played a part dont reside in this country. We made clear who we think is responsible for these attacks. And to try to conflate that and make this on any part and blame on this president is absolutely ridiculous. This morning President Trump said there could be some kind of a decision about action in syria in the next 24 to 48 hours. Ever since then, lawmakers have been paying close attention. Shepard what are you hearing about democratic lawmakers on this . They dont think it worked when he bombed an empty air field last year. We have bob menendez that said that assad is proof that a limited use of military force in syria without a broad and fully resourced diplomatic strategy as President Trump chose to do in april of 2017 was ineffective. The democratic whip adds that my heart breaks for the people of syria and the victims of this attack. As weve seen today and countless times before, assads rulety with putins support knows know bounds. His continued use of chemical weapons is a stain on humanity itself. If theres a large scale military response, Congres