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The first major test in his Foreign Policy. Some of the following images are disturbing. Nearly 100 people were reported killed including more than two dozen children following a suspected chemical attack on tuesday on the rebelheld city of idlib in syria. Yesterday the president echoed the attack while continuing to shift blame to his predecessor. Yesterdays chemical attack, a chemical attack that was so horrific, in syria against innocent people, including women, small children and even beautiful little babies, their deaths was an affront to humanity. These heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this horrific attack. I think the Obama Administration had a great opportunity to sofl this crisis a long time ago when he said the red line in the sand. And when he didnt cross that line after making the threat, i think that set us back a long ways. Not only in syria, but in many other parts of the world. The president later moved on from the blame game while hinting at a change in his policy stance towards syria without getting into the details. I now have responsibility and i will have that responsibility and carry it very proudly. It crossed a lot of lines for me. When you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal that people were shocked to hear what gas it was, that crosses many, many lines, beyond a red line. Many, many lines. I will tell you that attack on children yesterday had a big impact on me, big impact. I will tell you, its already happened that my attitude toward syria and assad has changed very much. As to whether his change and attitude will lead to action, President Trump told the New York Times yesterday, i never talk about what i do militarily. Ive been complaining about that for years. In terms of syria, i just dont talk about it. People say, will you do something with syria . I just dont talk about it. Meanwhile, President Trump spoke with japanese Prime Minister shinzo abe yesterday to discuss the other ongoing Foreign Policy crisis, north Koreas Nuclear threat and their most recent Missile Launch. The president emphasized support for u. S. And japan in south korea adding the United States will, quote, to continue to strengthen its ability to deter its south and allies with full range of military capabilities. Prime minister abe also said the president reiterated that his administrations position that all options are on the table in dealing with the ongoing threat. The United States has already sent the Missile Defense system to south korea despite objections of the dprs main ally, china. Last night Vice President mike pence spoke of chinas role in solving the escalation on the peninsula. I know President Trump is very much looking forward to welcoming president xi to the southern white house this weekend. I think they are looking forward to a productive discussion on our economic relationship, but our expectation is that north korea will also be a part of that conversation. And as the president said this weekend, if china wont deal with north korea, we will. As you just heard there, Vice President mike pence saying north koreas Missile Launch will be one of the main topics of conversation when President Trump we will comes chinas president xi jinping. Ahead of that meeting at the president s maralago resort in florida, President Trump previewed his facetoface with president xi at the white house yesterday. As you know, ill be meeting with the president of china very soon in florida. And thats another responsibility we have and thats called the country of north korea. We have a big problem. We have somebody that is not doing the right thing. And thats going to be my responsibility. Well, the president has described it as maybe a difficult meeting, but our expectation is that both of those leaders are going to have an opportunity to get to know one another, an opportunity to sit down, find in President Trump is a strong leader. Will put america first. And is going to be willing to talk about the hard things. I think the fact that we lose 500 billion a year in a trade deficit to china that we see manufacturing leaving this country and going to china, the fact we see china constructing bases in the South China Sea far beyond, well into International Waters and other areas, im sure will all be topics. The president s top aide, steve bannon, has lost his seat on the National Security council only weeks after his appointment. It comes as President Trump made remark says with susan rice, alleging she may have made claims. Reporter the president s inner circle in a single file line with notable exception, chief strategist steve bannon, whos been at every other press conference so far. A source familiar with the decision says bannon was working on health care instead but his conspicuous noshow came hours after he was ousted from the National Security council. Steve bannon first raised eyebrows when he was on the National Security council. Its hard to tell if hes losing influence but clearly been diminished. This is just a Natural Evolution to ensure the National Security council is organized in a way that best serves the president. Reporter the move winning bipartisan support. Id be very pleased that hes not on the National Security council. My hope is that he would have no role in government at all. Reporter thats not happening. While bannon is not on the nsc, he can still attend meetings and still has one of the highest security clearances in the west wing. A Top White House official says bannon was originally put on the committee as a check against michael flynn, the now dismissed National Security adviser. Bannons goal, originally sources say, to break down the obamaera structure inside that National Security team led at the time by susan rice. Shes in the president s crosshairs now as he accuses rice, with no evidence, of committing a crime by requesting the names of people connected to the trump team be unmasked. There is simply nothing wrong, unexpected, illegal about doing that. What would be wrong and illegal is if that is if they took that name and emailed it to the press. I leaked nothing to nobody. Reporter the president y yetting unsubstantiated surveillance claim saying, quote, its one of the big stories of our time. President trump says hell elaborate on his claim at the right time. Susan rice is declining on what a spokesperson describes as a ludicrous charge. Joining us from Washington Capitol Hill Reporter for the hill, molly hooper. Good morning. We all remember Steve Bannons appointment to the National Security council got criticism because of his extremely partisan nature with politics up. Heard the geooperative say he thinks hes been demoted. What does that mean . It means folks on capitol hill, especially the defense hawks Like Senate Armed Services Committee John mccain, are probably jumping for joy. I actually did talk to a few house members on the Armed Services committee, republicans, who said, you know, this is this is probably the best time for this to happen given whats going on with susan rice whos seen as somebody who was the press set sore to current nsa mcmaster. Shes seen as being political and this is not a political job. Especially given whats going on in the world right now with north korea, we have syria. So, steve bannon has taken a couple hits recently in big policy items that have failed under his strategy. Speaking of those policy hits that steve bannon has taken, the New York Times was reporting that, in fact, bannon threatened to resign because of this change. So, im curious to get your thoughts. Do you think in some way this reflects a power change inside the administration itself, shifting away from one individual to, lets say, like Jared Kushner is taking on more responsibility . Listen, that could be. However, keep in mind, he threatened to resign but hes still there. This is something thats not worked very well with capitol hill, this all or nothing approach, especially going back to the health care vote. Basically, steve bannon was the one who trudged up to capitol hill late night the night before the house is going to vote and basically said, take it or leave it. You know what, the republicans did take the bluff and they left it. So, in that case, again, i think it has to do with his ability to be effective on capitol hill and move a legislative agenda forward, even one that requires the National Security element in dealing with the hot spots around the world. Molly hooper, great to have you with us. Thanks for your insights. House of representatives will leave a twoweek recess without having reached a deal on health care. So far those talks have failed to move the effort forward. Party leaders say progress is being made, theyre also dialing back expectations of reaching an agreement before going on break. Clearly a few weeks back congress wasnt quite ready to take the first step to begin the end of obamacare. Conversations have continued since then. I think weve made Good Progress and ive seen good faith on all sides. The president and i are encouraged. Not that it will get done in any particular period of time but that its going to get done. Obviously it takes time, especially as we take on something as huge and massive as health care. On that bill were 90 of the way there. We can keep working this for weeks now. We dont have some artificial deadline in front of us. We have time to figure this out. When lawmakers return from recess, theyll face a crowded agenda that includes passing a measure to prevent a government shutdown. The senate is set to make an historic change in voting rules that could alter the way the chamber does business in the future as republicans look to confirm Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. Ahead of that rules change, Senate Democrats took to the Chamber Floor once again last night, protesting a final vote on gorsuch. It is set for tomorrow. But today Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is said to invoke the socalled nuclear oak to bypass the filibuster of gorsuch. That requires a number of procedural votes that is expected to take up to two hours to complete. That leaves time for a lastminute deal to get the 60 votes needed to avoid the use of that tactic. Speaking with reporters yesterday, republican senator Susan Collins of maine said shes been working with democratic senator chris coons of delaware of drafting a bipartisan bill to bypass that. Senator coons discussed the failed process while discussing with msnbc yesterday. I reached out to many of my republican and democratic colleagues, ive had a number of meetings and conversations in recent days, trying to see if there was some agreement we could reach to move ahead with cloture on judge gorsuch and to have the next Supreme Court nominee be more of a consensus candidate where democrats could have some input on who would be nominated. Ultimately, those efforts have been unsuccessful. This is not a good week for the senate. I am not optimistic here about the longterm path forward. But i have no regrets about opposing judge gorsuch. Still ahead, at least nine reported tornadoes hit the south yesterday. This morning, at least 15 Million People are at risk of isolated tornadoes. The Severe Weather is reeking havoc at the Masters Tournament in georgia. Meteorologist bill karins will have a check on the forecast when we come back. Kevin, meet your father. Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin Kevin trusted advice for life. Kevin, hows your mom . Life well planned. See what a Raymond James Financial Advisor can do for you. Are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® its starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec® and muddle no more®. Its about moving forward, not back. Its looking up, not down. Its being in motion. In body, in spirit, in the now. Boost® high protein its intelligent nutrition with 15 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For when you need a little extra. Boost® be up for it welcome back, everyone. Strong storms have been battering the south, toppling trees and power lines. At least one powerful tornado touched down in rural georgia and elsewhere across the state. Strong winds have damaged homes. The red cross is responding. As the system storm moved east, heavy rain caused flash flooding in columbia, south carolina. Several downtown streets had to be closed off due to rushing water. Those storms sent those home early from a practice round at Augusta National yesterday. For the first time in masters history, the par 3 contest was canceled. Temperature this weekend are expected to make for the coldest temperatures in year. Dustin johnsons freak back injury, apparently falling down a flight of stairs, means a lot of uncertainty in the weekend ahead for the masters. Lets get a check on your weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Bill, you say these storms could have been a lot worse but were not out of the woods yet. Not done with the Severe Weather outbreak but the fact we had a rare highrisk day and no fatalities reported is impressive and fantastic. Lets get through the remainder and then well have a quieter weekend ahead. One tornado watch left here to orlando up to daytona beach. One strong storm heading off to the north that will move up to the north of orlando. Also a Severe Weather storm warning for clearwater beach. New storms will regenerate late this morning into early this afternoon from washington, d. C. , richmond to norfolk to eastern north carolina. Thats the area most at risk. Thats an enhanced risk. Yesterday we were in the high risk. Today were somewhere in the middle so it will be more scattered. Wind damage is the greatest concern and the likelihood of any strong tornado is smaller than what we had yesterday. We also have to deal with the storm center over the top of the ohio valley. This is blue. This is snow this morning in michigan. Theres cold air coming in on the backside of this. Very ugly morning in chicago and areas like detroit and dlooef land. You will see snow also. In the northeast, our threat is hef rain heres the timing of it at 7 00 a. M. You can see the portions here of the heavy rain that will be scattered from new york to philadelphia to d. C. Around noon today is when the worst of it goes to the washington, d. C. Area. Steady rains around southern new england. Then by 7 00 to 8 00 p. M. , the heaviest shifts to Northern New England and theres the cold on the backside. Thats snow in detroit coming 8 00 p. M. As far as the rain goes in the east, flood watch for 49 Million People from philadelphia to boston, new york, including albany to buffalo because weve had a lot of rain lately, the ground is saturated and rivers. 1 to 2 inches of rainfall will cause flooding concerns in the northeast today. 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