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WTXF Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace April 9, 2017
Then, should the president consult with
Congress First
. We will ask two leading senators whether the president
Needs Congress
approval and about the confirmation of neil gorsuch to the
Supreme Court
after
Senate Republicans
invoked the
Nuclear Option
s. Senators john cornyn of texas and ben cardin of maryland, only on fox news sunday. Thus, mr. Trumps sharp break with president obama as commander in chief. We will ask our sunday panel how donald trump is handling his first big
Foreign Policy
task. And a power player of the week, the former head of u. S. Special forces on what we should do in syria. We cannot justify and see this mass migration and see the carnage that is occurring in syria and do nothing. Chris all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. The
Trump Administration
says its prepared to do more after this weeks
Missile Barrage
on the
Syrian Air Base
meant to deter president bashar assad from again using chemical weapons against his own people. The question is our is what happens next . In a few minutes we will ask one of the key figures who helped
President Trump
plan the attack, general h. R. Mcmaster in his
First Television
interview since becoming the president
S National Security
advisor. First, lets bring in fox news correspondent
Kristin Fisher
live from palm beach with the latest from the southern white house. Kristin. Reporter chris, residents of the same syrian town hit in that chemical weapons attack. This time without the deadly gas. It has the world wondering how
President Trump
will respond. In a letter to congress he defended his decision to launch almost 60 tomahawk missiles at a
Syrian Air Base
without congressional approval. I acted in the vital
National Security
interest of the
United States
pursuant to my constitutional authority. He then said that the u. S. Will take additional action as necessary and appropriate to further its
Important National
interest post. [applause] senior military
Officials Say
a russian drone was seen lying over the hospital where victims of the attack were taken. A few hours later it was bombed. The kremlin is denying any responsibility. Now russia is flexing its muscles by sending a warship towards the two
Navy Destroyers
that launched the strike on syria and all of this just days before secretary of state
Rex Tillerson
is scheduled to take his first trip to moscow. The state to department so thep is still on and he will be bringing a very powerful message with him, that
President Trump
is willing to take decisive military action any time a country crosses his redline. Chris. Chris
Kristin Fisher
reporting live from palm beach. Thanks for that. 20 we live now from mullah lago,
President Trump
S National Security
advisor h. R. Mcmaster. General, welcome to fox news sunday. General mcmaster thank you chris, its a pleasure to be with you. Chris the
Trump Administration
seems to be sending mixed signals this weekend. U. N. Ambassador
Nikki Haley Says
that getting rid of assad in a priority, on the other hand secretary of state tillers and says that first we have to get rid of isis, destroy isis, a side can wait. Which is a . How does the president see this playing out in syria . General mcmaster second tillerson and
Ambassador Haley
are right about this. What we need to do, and what everyone whos involved needs to do is to do everything they can to resolve this civil war, to halt this humanitarian catastrophe, this political catastrophe, not only in syria, but the catastrophe is affecting the greater middle east, its affecting europe and its a threat to the
American People
as well. So to do that, whats required is some kind of a political solution to that very complex problem, and what
Ambassador Haley
pointed out is its very difficult to understand how a political solution could result from the continuation from the assad regime. We are not saying that we are the ones who are going to affect that change, we are saying is, other countries have to ask themselves some hard questions. Roger should ask themselves what are we doing here . Why are we supporting this murderous regime that is committing mass murder of its own population and using the most heinous weapons available . I think that while people are really anxious to find inconsistencies in the statements, they are in fact very consistent in terms of what is the ultimate political objective in syria. Chris i understand that thats the ultimate political objective, but second tillersons that isis comes first. You dont seem to be saying that. General mcmaster thats exactly what we are saying. We are seeing what isis does, how isis brutalize his people, how isis has now established control of territory and populations and resources in a grown in strength and its threat to all civilized peoples. We are conducting very effective operations alongside our partners in syria and in iraq to defeat isis, to destroy isis and reestablish control of that territory, control of those populations, protect those populations, allow refugees to come back, begin reconstruction. Chris is it two separate tracks at the same time or does isis have to happen first before we and the
International Community
moved to depose assad . General mcmaster i think as you saw with the strike that there has to be a degree of simultaneous activity as well as sequencing of the defeat of isis first. When you have in syria is a very destructive cycle of violence. Perpetuated by isis, obviously. But also by this regime and their iranian and russian sponsors. What we have to be able to do is to
Work Together
with our allies and partners to help resolve this conflict in the resolution of the conflict will tell each of the elements that your document, the defeat of isis, and there has to be a significant change in the nature of the assad regime and its behavior. Chris let me ask you a question which may clarify this, because as
Kristin Fisher
reported, syrian warplanes are already using that same base that you and the u. S. Forces hit thursday night and they are reportedly again bombing that same town in
Northern Syria
, but only this time with conventional weapons, not chemical. The question is, if assad continues killing babies only with conventional weapons, not chemical, will this president stop that, or will
President Trump
say hes going to do nothing he will stand aside . General mcmaster whats been important to remember is our objective was to deter the continued use, because theres been a pattern of the abuse of chemical weapons by the assad regime and mass murder attacks and innocent civilians. That was the objective. Bassett of haley, second tillerson has confirmed that we are prepared to do more, we are prepared to do more two days ago as well. Whats significant about the strike is not that it was meant to take out the syrian regimes capacity or ability to commit mass murder of its own people, but it was to be a very strong signal to assad and his sponsors that the
United States
cannot stand idly by as he is murdering innocent civilians. What was a redline in 2013. That was the important objective to keep in mind. Chris is continuing the mass murder. The question is, if he uses conventional weapons, as
President Trump
prepared to stop him from using conventional weapons against innocent civilians . General mcmaster i think with this president what we have is someone was helping us understand helping us provide him with an assessment of what is the degree of agency and control we have over this very complex situation. The president has in response to a mass murderer attacked, acted decisively. If theyre using that airfield, thats not what the objective was, to take out the airfield forever. Their objective was to send a very
Strong Political
the president has, in response message to assad, and this is very significant i think. I think everyone should realize this is the first time the
United States
has acted directly against the assad regime, and that should be a strong message to assad and to his sponsors who are enabling his campaign of mass murder against his own civilians. Chris so there is a possibility that president trum
President Trump
, you are leaving it wide open that he will act against president assad if he uses weapons, no matter what they are against civilians. General mcmaster he will do what is in the best interest of the
American People
and it will be our job to provide him with options based on how we see this conflict evolve in this period of time before us, after the strike and what were doing now is working with our partners, our allies, everyone, except russia and iran, for somehow continue to think that its okay to be aligned with his murderous regime. We are working with our partisan allies to magnify the effects of the strike and to build momentum toward ultimately resolving the civil war, to defeating isis and bringing the peace and security back to this region and to the syrian people. Chris you mentioned russia. Russia has sent, as
Kristin Fisher
reported, the son of worship into the mediterranean and over the weekend the
Prime Minister
of russia wrote the u. S. Is on the verge of a military clash with russia. What are we prepared to do if russia defends its interests in syria . General mcmaster this is part of the problem with syria, russias sponsorship of his murderous regime. If we would want to appeal rationally to russia. This is a great opportunity for the russian leadership to reevaluate what they are doing. Why they are supporting a regime that is committing mass murder against its own people. So russia could be part of the solution. Right now i think everyone in the world is russia as part of the problem. Chris was russia involved, do we have evidence that they were involved in the chemical attack you might general mcmaster i think what we should do is ask russia how could it be, if you have advisors at that airfield, that you didnt know that the
Syrian Air Force
was preparing and executing a mass murder attack with chemical weapons . I think we ought to ask them a question. Chris
President Trump
, as you well know, talk to during the campaign and since about trying to establish an alliance with
Vladimir Putin
and he indicated that there was some kind of moral equivalence between the two nations. Curious. Will i get along with him . I have no idea. Hes a killer. Putin is a killer. Theres a lot of killers. Weve got a lot of killers. You think our country is so innocent . Chris senator general, whe relationship between the russians today . General mcmaster it can be whatever they wanted to be. I dont see how thats and russian interest. Do they wanted to be a relationship in which we can find areas of cooperation that are in our mutual interest . How was it in anyones interest that this conflict in syria and this catastrophe in the greater middle east continue . They can be part of the solution where they can continue what has been really a very
Sophisticated Campaign
of subversion against western interests and a campaign of subversion and intervention on behalf of a murderous regime in the middle east. I think this is what our secretary of state will be exploring with the russian leadership this week and the president is determined to do everything he can to advance
American Interest
s. If that entails working with others to come to solutions in the world that enhance our security, the president will do that. Its really no up to the russian leadership to reevaluate what are they doing in the middle east. Chris i want to turn this all overshadow the fact that the missile strike happened in the midst of a summit between
President Trump
and chinese president xi. During dinner, the president told the president about the attack. Did president xi give any indication that he now takes
President Trump
statement more seriously that if china doesnt act to stop north koreas program the, that he,
President Trump
, will . Did you get the sense he was taking it seriously, and also we learned this morning that a u. S. Carrier strike force is on its way to the peninsula, why . General mcmaster it is such a privilege to be part of this team and to enable this team is the
National Security
advisor. Its extraordinary, nobody really even broke a sweat over it. We have extraordinarily competent people in these positions for providing the president with options and can then have this amazing military that we have that can execute those decisions of the president flawlessly. It was, i think, a bit surprising to the guests here about how really no one was really even stressed out or anything about the need to conduct this operation in the wake of this murderous attack. I think the summit was extremely successful, because it met the first objective, which is to allow the president and president xi to build a relationship that they can use to identify areas of cooperation and to advance our mutual interests, but
American Interest
in particular. When im running out of time, i will have to ask you lightning round quick questions, quick answers. Why the carrier strikeforce to the
Korean Peninsula
. General mcmaster is prudent to do it, isnt it . North korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behavior. This is a rogue regime that is now a
Nuclear Capable
regime and president s before and
President Trump
agreed that that is unacceptable, that what must happen is the denuclearization of the peninsula. The president has asked them to be prepared to give us a full range of options to remove that threat the
American People
into our allies and partners in the region. Chris finally, you got china, syria, russia, but a lot of people in washington are talking about relations inside the white house, welcome to the d. C. Politics, general, why did you push for
Stephen Bannon
to be taken off the
Principals Committee
of the
National Security
council . General mcmaster this is not as significant as it appears, i think. With the president was was making clear that he is going in terms of permanent membership of
National Security
council have those permanent members who are for every meeting, every official meeting of the
National Security
council to be those who will give him their advice on the longterm interests of the
American People
. It depends the president can get advice from anybody he wants, and he does that. He asked a broad range of people who he trusts and steve is one of them about policy decisions and about the risks and opportunities involved with each of these, so none of that has changed. Chris do you think it was inappropriate to have a political advisor in that role . General mcmaster no, i think what its appropriate is to have in that role however the president wants in that role. Stephen bannon provides the president with advice on a broad range of issues and will continue to do so. Chris general mcmaster, thank you. We covered a longrange of issues today. Thank you for your time, sir, and we will follow what happened next in syria and around the world. General mcmaster thanks, chris, it was a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Chris coming up, should congress have had a say in the missile attack . The men from both sides. Two leading senators join us next. What we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. Except that the next morning. It all makes sense. Fedex powers global ecommerce. With networks built over 40 years. That are massive. Farreaching. And, yes. Maybe a bit magical. Visit fedex. Com slash dream youre hetruck, suv. Used car, thats smart. Truecar can help. Its great for finding a new car, but you already knew that. Its also great for finding the perfect used car. Youll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. So, no matter what youre looking for. There it is. This is how buying a used car should be. This is truecar. Chris just as
President Trump
launched that initial attack in syria,
Senate Republicans
employed the
Nuclear Option
to confirm neil gorsuch to the
Supreme Court
. Joining us now, two
Congress First<\/a> . We will ask two leading senators whether the president
Needs Congress<\/a> approval and about the confirmation of neil gorsuch to the
Supreme Court<\/a> after
Senate Republicans<\/a> invoked the
Nuclear Option<\/a>s. Senators john cornyn of texas and ben cardin of maryland, only on fox news sunday. Thus, mr. Trumps sharp break with president obama as commander in chief. We will ask our sunday panel how donald trump is handling his first big
Foreign Policy<\/a> task. And a power player of the week, the former head of u. S. Special forces on what we should do in syria. We cannot justify and see this mass migration and see the carnage that is occurring in syria and do nothing. Chris all right now on fox news sunday. And hello again from fox news in washington. The
Trump Administration<\/a> says its prepared to do more after this weeks
Missile Barrage<\/a> on the
Syrian Air Base<\/a> meant to deter president bashar assad from again using chemical weapons against his own people. The question is our is what happens next . In a few minutes we will ask one of the key figures who helped
President Trump<\/a> plan the attack, general h. R. Mcmaster in his
First Television<\/a> interview since becoming the president
S National Security<\/a> advisor. First, lets bring in fox news correspondent
Kristin Fisher<\/a> live from palm beach with the latest from the southern white house. Kristin. Reporter chris, residents of the same syrian town hit in that chemical weapons attack. This time without the deadly gas. It has the world wondering how
President Trump<\/a> will respond. In a letter to congress he defended his decision to launch almost 60 tomahawk missiles at a
Syrian Air Base<\/a> without congressional approval. I acted in the vital
National Security<\/a> interest of the
United States<\/a> pursuant to my constitutional authority. He then said that the u. S. Will take additional action as necessary and appropriate to further its
Important National<\/a> interest post. [applause] senior military
Officials Say<\/a> a russian drone was seen lying over the hospital where victims of the attack were taken. A few hours later it was bombed. The kremlin is denying any responsibility. Now russia is flexing its muscles by sending a warship towards the two
Navy Destroyers<\/a> that launched the strike on syria and all of this just days before secretary of state
Rex Tillerson<\/a> is scheduled to take his first trip to moscow. The state to department so thep is still on and he will be bringing a very powerful message with him, that
President Trump<\/a> is willing to take decisive military action any time a country crosses his redline. Chris. Chris
Kristin Fisher<\/a> reporting live from palm beach. Thanks for that. 20 we live now from mullah lago,
President Trump<\/a>
S National Security<\/a> advisor h. R. Mcmaster. General, welcome to fox news sunday. General mcmaster thank you chris, its a pleasure to be with you. Chris the
Trump Administration<\/a> seems to be sending mixed signals this weekend. U. N. Ambassador
Nikki Haley Says<\/a> that getting rid of assad in a priority, on the other hand secretary of state tillers and says that first we have to get rid of isis, destroy isis, a side can wait. Which is a . How does the president see this playing out in syria . General mcmaster second tillerson and
Ambassador Haley<\/a> are right about this. What we need to do, and what everyone whos involved needs to do is to do everything they can to resolve this civil war, to halt this humanitarian catastrophe, this political catastrophe, not only in syria, but the catastrophe is affecting the greater middle east, its affecting europe and its a threat to the
American People<\/a> as well. So to do that, whats required is some kind of a political solution to that very complex problem, and what
Ambassador Haley<\/a> pointed out is its very difficult to understand how a political solution could result from the continuation from the assad regime. We are not saying that we are the ones who are going to affect that change, we are saying is, other countries have to ask themselves some hard questions. Roger should ask themselves what are we doing here . Why are we supporting this murderous regime that is committing mass murder of its own population and using the most heinous weapons available . I think that while people are really anxious to find inconsistencies in the statements, they are in fact very consistent in terms of what is the ultimate political objective in syria. Chris i understand that thats the ultimate political objective, but second tillersons that isis comes first. You dont seem to be saying that. General mcmaster thats exactly what we are saying. We are seeing what isis does, how isis brutalize his people, how isis has now established control of territory and populations and resources in a grown in strength and its threat to all civilized peoples. We are conducting very effective operations alongside our partners in syria and in iraq to defeat isis, to destroy isis and reestablish control of that territory, control of those populations, protect those populations, allow refugees to come back, begin reconstruction. Chris is it two separate tracks at the same time or does isis have to happen first before we and the
International Community<\/a> moved to depose assad . General mcmaster i think as you saw with the strike that there has to be a degree of simultaneous activity as well as sequencing of the defeat of isis first. When you have in syria is a very destructive cycle of violence. Perpetuated by isis, obviously. But also by this regime and their iranian and russian sponsors. What we have to be able to do is to
Work Together<\/a> with our allies and partners to help resolve this conflict in the resolution of the conflict will tell each of the elements that your document, the defeat of isis, and there has to be a significant change in the nature of the assad regime and its behavior. Chris let me ask you a question which may clarify this, because as
Kristin Fisher<\/a> reported, syrian warplanes are already using that same base that you and the u. S. Forces hit thursday night and they are reportedly again bombing that same town in
Northern Syria<\/a>, but only this time with conventional weapons, not chemical. The question is, if assad continues killing babies only with conventional weapons, not chemical, will this president stop that, or will
President Trump<\/a> say hes going to do nothing he will stand aside . General mcmaster whats been important to remember is our objective was to deter the continued use, because theres been a pattern of the abuse of chemical weapons by the assad regime and mass murder attacks and innocent civilians. That was the objective. Bassett of haley, second tillerson has confirmed that we are prepared to do more, we are prepared to do more two days ago as well. Whats significant about the strike is not that it was meant to take out the syrian regimes capacity or ability to commit mass murder of its own people, but it was to be a very strong signal to assad and his sponsors that the
United States<\/a> cannot stand idly by as he is murdering innocent civilians. What was a redline in 2013. That was the important objective to keep in mind. Chris is continuing the mass murder. The question is, if he uses conventional weapons, as
President Trump<\/a> prepared to stop him from using conventional weapons against innocent civilians . General mcmaster i think with this president what we have is someone was helping us understand helping us provide him with an assessment of what is the degree of agency and control we have over this very complex situation. The president has in response to a mass murderer attacked, acted decisively. If theyre using that airfield, thats not what the objective was, to take out the airfield forever. Their objective was to send a very
Strong Political<\/a> the president has, in response message to assad, and this is very significant i think. I think everyone should realize this is the first time the
United States<\/a> has acted directly against the assad regime, and that should be a strong message to assad and to his sponsors who are enabling his campaign of mass murder against his own civilians. Chris so there is a possibility that president trum
President Trump<\/a>, you are leaving it wide open that he will act against president assad if he uses weapons, no matter what they are against civilians. General mcmaster he will do what is in the best interest of the
American People<\/a> and it will be our job to provide him with options based on how we see this conflict evolve in this period of time before us, after the strike and what were doing now is working with our partners, our allies, everyone, except russia and iran, for somehow continue to think that its okay to be aligned with his murderous regime. We are working with our partisan allies to magnify the effects of the strike and to build momentum toward ultimately resolving the civil war, to defeating isis and bringing the peace and security back to this region and to the syrian people. Chris you mentioned russia. Russia has sent, as
Kristin Fisher<\/a> reported, the son of worship into the mediterranean and over the weekend the
Prime Minister<\/a> of russia wrote the u. S. Is on the verge of a military clash with russia. What are we prepared to do if russia defends its interests in syria . General mcmaster this is part of the problem with syria, russias sponsorship of his murderous regime. If we would want to appeal rationally to russia. This is a great opportunity for the russian leadership to reevaluate what they are doing. Why they are supporting a regime that is committing mass murder against its own people. So russia could be part of the solution. Right now i think everyone in the world is russia as part of the problem. Chris was russia involved, do we have evidence that they were involved in the chemical attack you might general mcmaster i think what we should do is ask russia how could it be, if you have advisors at that airfield, that you didnt know that the
Syrian Air Force<\/a> was preparing and executing a mass murder attack with chemical weapons . I think we ought to ask them a question. Chris
President Trump<\/a>, as you well know, talk to during the campaign and since about trying to establish an alliance with
Vladimir Putin<\/a> and he indicated that there was some kind of moral equivalence between the two nations. Curious. Will i get along with him . I have no idea. Hes a killer. Putin is a killer. Theres a lot of killers. Weve got a lot of killers. You think our country is so innocent . Chris senator general, whe relationship between the russians today . General mcmaster it can be whatever they wanted to be. I dont see how thats and russian interest. Do they wanted to be a relationship in which we can find areas of cooperation that are in our mutual interest . How was it in anyones interest that this conflict in syria and this catastrophe in the greater middle east continue . They can be part of the solution where they can continue what has been really a very
Sophisticated Campaign<\/a> of subversion against western interests and a campaign of subversion and intervention on behalf of a murderous regime in the middle east. I think this is what our secretary of state will be exploring with the russian leadership this week and the president is determined to do everything he can to advance
American Interest<\/a>s. If that entails working with others to come to solutions in the world that enhance our security, the president will do that. Its really no up to the russian leadership to reevaluate what are they doing in the middle east. Chris i want to turn this all overshadow the fact that the missile strike happened in the midst of a summit between
President Trump<\/a> and chinese president xi. During dinner, the president told the president about the attack. Did president xi give any indication that he now takes
President Trump<\/a> statement more seriously that if china doesnt act to stop north koreas program the, that he,
President Trump<\/a>, will . Did you get the sense he was taking it seriously, and also we learned this morning that a u. S. Carrier strike force is on its way to the peninsula, why . General mcmaster it is such a privilege to be part of this team and to enable this team is the
National Security<\/a> advisor. Its extraordinary, nobody really even broke a sweat over it. We have extraordinarily competent people in these positions for providing the president with options and can then have this amazing military that we have that can execute those decisions of the president flawlessly. It was, i think, a bit surprising to the guests here about how really no one was really even stressed out or anything about the need to conduct this operation in the wake of this murderous attack. I think the summit was extremely successful, because it met the first objective, which is to allow the president and president xi to build a relationship that they can use to identify areas of cooperation and to advance our mutual interests, but
American Interest<\/a> in particular. When im running out of time, i will have to ask you lightning round quick questions, quick answers. Why the carrier strikeforce to the
Korean Peninsula<\/a> . General mcmaster is prudent to do it, isnt it . North korea has been engaged in a pattern of provocative behavior. This is a rogue regime that is now a
Nuclear Capable<\/a> regime and president s before and
President Trump<\/a> agreed that that is unacceptable, that what must happen is the denuclearization of the peninsula. The president has asked them to be prepared to give us a full range of options to remove that threat the
American People<\/a> into our allies and partners in the region. Chris finally, you got china, syria, russia, but a lot of people in washington are talking about relations inside the white house, welcome to the d. C. Politics, general, why did you push for
Stephen Bannon<\/a> to be taken off the
Principals Committee<\/a> of the
National Security<\/a> council . General mcmaster this is not as significant as it appears, i think. With the president was was making clear that he is going in terms of permanent membership of
National Security<\/a> council have those permanent members who are for every meeting, every official meeting of the
National Security<\/a> council to be those who will give him their advice on the longterm interests of the
American People<\/a>. It depends the president can get advice from anybody he wants, and he does that. He asked a broad range of people who he trusts and steve is one of them about policy decisions and about the risks and opportunities involved with each of these, so none of that has changed. Chris do you think it was inappropriate to have a political advisor in that role . General mcmaster no, i think what its appropriate is to have in that role however the president wants in that role. Stephen bannon provides the president with advice on a broad range of issues and will continue to do so. Chris general mcmaster, thank you. We covered a longrange of issues today. Thank you for your time, sir, and we will follow what happened next in syria and around the world. General mcmaster thanks, chris, it was a pleasure to be with you. Thank you. Chris coming up, should congress have had a say in the missile attack . The men from both sides. Two leading senators join us next. What we do every night is like something out of a strange dream. Except that the next morning. It all makes sense. Fedex powers global ecommerce. With networks built over 40 years. That are massive. Farreaching. And, yes. Maybe a bit magical. Visit fedex. Com slash dream youre hetruck, suv. Used car, thats smart. Truecar can help. Its great for finding a new car, but you already knew that. Its also great for finding the perfect used car. Youll see what a fair price is, and you can connect with a truecar certified dealer. So, no matter what youre looking for. There it is. This is how buying a used car should be. This is truecar. Chris just as
President Trump<\/a> launched that initial attack in syria,
Senate Republicans<\/a> employed the
Nuclear Option<\/a> to confirm neil gorsuch to the
Supreme Court<\/a>. Joining us now, two
Senate Leaders<\/a> to discuss boast of elements. From austin, texas, the number two republican in the senate, john cornyn, and here in washington, ben cardin, the top democrat on the
Foreign Relations<\/a> committee. Senator, he just heard the president
S National Security<\/a> advisor general mcmaster, are you satisfied that they have a clear plan for how to proceed in syria . Senator cardin not at all. I dont think he articulated a searing strategy, always always a regular action to the use of chemical weapons, something i think many of us reported, what we did not see is a coherent policy was how they will deal with the civil war and also deal with isis. Chris i want to ask you about that, as well, senator cornyn. These mixed messages that have come out this weekend from the administration, haley, talking about deposing aside, tiller and talking about taking out isis firstgraders do you have a clear sense of what the administrations policy is . Senator cornyn first and foremost, i think its to send a message to us out into the and iranians and
North Koreans<\/a> that theres a new administration in charge of our
National Security<\/a> policy. I applaud the president for doing what he did to enforce that redline that president obama drew three years ago, but did nothing to enforce. I think that, along with my friend, ben cardin,
Congress Needs<\/a> to work with the president to try and deal with this longterm strategy, lack of strategy, really, in syria. We havent had one for six years during the
Obama Administration<\/a> and the 400,000 civilians have died and millions of people have been displayed internally and externally in europe and elsewhere. We definitely need a strategy, way to work with the white house to come up with one that has bipartisan support. Chris lets talk about that, because while most senators, including the two of you, i think support of particular strike under these specific circumstances, there was concern from both sides of the aisle about whether
President Trump<\/a> gets more deeply involved, whether or not he needs authorization from congress to do so. Here was democratic leader
Chuck Schumer<\/a> this week. It is now, however, incumbent on the
Trump Administration<\/a> to come up with a coherent strategy and consult with congress before implementing it. Chris senator telmex before, is he right, does the white house need approval from congress if its going to get more deeply involved in syria . Senator cornyn under the war resolution, which the president sent a letter pursuing to that act yesterday explaining his actions, it is required, and i think it also makes good sense. Before we commit our military and our men and women in uniform to any sort of conflict, they deserve the support of congress on a bipartisan basis as well as the support of the
American People<\/a>, so thats why that sort of consultation and advice is so important. Chris senator cardin, let me pick up with this on , president obama and
President Trump<\/a> authorized widespread force across the middle east. Based on a purple that was given by congress right after, 15 years later. Does that cover moving against the aside regime or does the president made new approval and an important question, when we remember president obama went to congress back in 2013 to enforce the redline, it was clear congress wasnt going to approve it. Do you think the president went to congress now the democrats put would pass resolutions and use of force to oppose bashar assad . Senator cardin in regards to the 2001 authorization, its been interpreted by the
Obama Administration<\/a>, i assume also the
Trump Administration<\/a> to cover the use of force against isis in syria. Many of those who disagree with that i believe congress should pay us a separate resolution dealing with isis, that we should be using the 9 11 resolution for that purpose. In regards of going against assadsyria, there is no congressional authorization. There is no authority to use force. The president has some inherent article to powers, but as he consulted with us by notice on this attack, its incumbent upon him consult with congress and if theres going to be a use of force on a continuing basis, he needs the authorization. Chris do you think the house and
Senate Democrats<\/a> as well as republicans would authorize the use of force . Senator cardin i think it depends upon seeing a plan from the president on syria and get the support of congress and then have forces used as part of implementing that strategy. We have neither. Of all strategy, we dont have the request for use of force. Chris another big story this week, and i want to address that with both of you now, that was, the
Senate Republicans<\/a> invoking the
Nuclear Option<\/a>, changing the rules of the senate to confirm neil gorsuch as the next justice to the
Supreme Court<\/a>. Here was that moment in the senate. The nomination of neil gorsuch of colorado to be an associate justice of the
Supreme Court<\/a> of the
United States<\/a> is confirmed. Chris senator cornyn, i want to talk theres been enough about why this happened and garland and gorsuch, i want to talk about the impact of this
Going Forward<\/a>, doesnt this ensure that the next time the president gets an opening, if his
Party Controls<\/a> the senate, that he will appoint somebody even more ideological, even more to the extreme, if you will, wing of his base because he doesnt have to worry about getting bipartisan support, doesnt have to worry about reaching out to the other party . Senator cornyn this is really a restoration of the status quo before the george w. Bush and restoration, when there was no such thing as filibuster charges, particular the
Supreme Court<\/a>. Clarence thomas got 52 votes when he was confirmed. One senator could have required 60 votes under the theory that basically was developed under
Chuck Schumer<\/a> and democratic leadership to the george bush administration. I think there is no danger of that happening. What it means is when we elect the president , we know that they will be the ones who get to nominate judges. They will have to get support for that, at least 51 votes, but here, judge gorsuch got bipartisan support, 54 votes for his confirmation and he deserves he deserved it. Chris senator cardin, i want to ask about the strategy here. I know if there were some democrats that said maybe we shouldnt filibuster gorsuch because the thought was than the fact that we havent done it will lead
President Trump<\/a> to nominate, if there is a number opening, someone more moderate. Have you made a strategic mistake here in the sense that now
President Trump<\/a> knows i can nominate anyone almost anyone i want and get 51 votes, and majority of the senate and they will get through . Senator cardin john cornyn is my friend, and i mean that, but we disagree on this issue. I think damage has been done in the future nominees of the
Supreme Court<\/a>, i think damage has been done in the senate as an institution, which is important in our country. Chris you the democrats are filibustering. Senator cardin the democrats and republicans have handled things in a way that should have been done. We should change the rules bipartisan, we shouldnt change the rules to accomplish a purpose. This has been going on, the ultimate filibuster was garlands filibuster when he didnt even get a hearing or vote in the senate by less than a majority of the u. S. Senators holding him up. Weve seen this go back to when president obama, first year for second term, republicans that we will not confirm any more court of appeals for the district court. Chris and you invoke the
Nuclear Option<\/a>. Senator cardin weve seen this. You see more filibusters for judicial nominees by the republicans under president obama then we saw in the whole history of the united state senate. Both sides have played here. Chris i want to get into one must object with both of you and the time we have left. When you get back from this twoweek recess that youre taking, we will have less than one week to pass the spending bill, if you fail to do so, the government will shut down. Senator cardin, if the white house insist, as they are at this point about including funding for building that wall along the southern border, for having sharp domestic spending cuts in order to offset defense spending increase, will you block that even if it means the
Government Shutdown<\/a> . Senator cardin first, im not sure the president has the majority of the
United States<\/a> senate that will support from the golf. I talked to one of republicans and they said it publicly but its a waste of money and its counterproductive. I think the senate will carry out its will hopefully provide no money, no taxpayer money for building a wall. We went to answer my direct question, if the choice between putting money in for the wall, having those domestic spending cuts, would you go for a shuttle gimmick senator cardin i want to sleep i dont want to see a
Government Shutdown<\/a>, im willing to make compromises in order to keep the government functioning, but we have to take a look at the tradeoffs. I cant answer that until i see everybody in the bill. Chris are those issues were chatting on the government or would you support leaving them out in order to keep function . Senator cornyn i think this is a test for the new democratic leader,
Chuck Schumer<\/a>. Theres not going to be a shutdown. Im confident that we will come up with something that everybody can live with. Chris senator cornyn, senator cardin, thank you both, thanks for joining us today. Next up we will bring in our sunday group to discuss
President Trump<\/a>s military strike, the gorsuch boat and drama inside the white house. What would you like to ask the panel about the decision to its very . What does it mean for the president s
Foreign Policy<\/a> chemical to twitter or facebook, foxnewssunday, and we may use your question on the air. Chris coming up,
Senate Republicans<\/a> invoked the
Nuclear Option<\/a> and confirm
President Trump<\/a>s nominate neil gorsuch to the
Supreme Court<\/a>. I think its a good day for the senate and a great day for the country. Chris we will ask our sunday panel at the g. O. P. Action will affect future openings on the high court, when you kill innocent children, innocent babies, babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal, people were shocked to hear what casket was, that crosses many, many lines, be on the, many lines. Chris
President Trump<\/a> explaining a sudden change in his policy towards the assad regime just one day before ordering a strike on the
Syrian Air Base<\/a>. Its time now for our sunday group, bill kristol from the weekly standard, fox news political analyst and columnist for the health, juan williams, mo elleithee of georgetown universitys institute of politics and
Public Service<\/a> in
Washington Examiner<\/a> contributor lisa boothe. Phil, you heard general mcmaster, the
National Security<\/a> advisor of the top of the show, are you satisfied that this administration as a
Clear Strategy<\/a> for
Going Forward<\/a> in syria in particular the question i asked, which was is this just about chemical weapons, was the president prepared to act if theres just a conventional means the slaughtering of civilians . Theyve at least done what they had to do to lay the predicate down. If he had not acted now, we would be in even worse shape than after president obama didnt enforce his redline, such original, a visual violation of national norms. Let them work out the strategy, i have a lot of confidence. I do think if the
Trump Administration<\/a> ends up nondisastrously, chris nondisastrously . Thats my standard. [laughs] im hopeful it does. The replacement of
Michael Flynn<\/a> can really be an important moment. Looking from the outside, what struck me, you notice this tutoring week, this was a crisis and they handled it constantly. You can agree or disagree, do they have a longterm strategy, who knows, but in terms of the execution, the meetings, the diplomacy coordination, keeping it secret, that was impressive. That reassures you. A little bit of a chaotic place if you like h. R. Mcmaster has the
National Security<\/a> side of it under control. Chris we asked you for questions for the panel and on this issue and what this means for the president , michael sent us on facebook, since justified attack, was this truly a clear enough signal that america is back in charge gimmick juan, how to answer michael . If youre sitting there having lunch and dinner as president xi of china was, it got to send some kind of mentions. If you look on the world, there are a lot of hot spots and there a lot of reasons for the u. S. To exercise moral authority. President trump as a candidate that its not about u. S. Economic interest, if its not about u. S. National security interest, its not of our business. You heard him say dont get involved with syria. I look forward to your interview with mcmaster, because i wanted to understand what was the rationale, how do they sell this to the
American People<\/a>, how do they sell this to the person asking the question this morning gimmick and there is none. He doesnt say conventional weapons are continuing to kill people in syria and we find the support and we will stop it. He did not say that. Hes not clear what the next step is. Chris lets turn to the other big story this week, normally this would be dominating and the news and that was a
Republican Senate<\/a> invoking the
Nuclear Option<\/a>, in order to confirm neil gorsuch to the
Supreme Court<\/a>, here are the senates 2 liters. I believe it will make this body a more partisan place, it will make the cooling saucer of the senate considerably hotter. I hope my democratic friends will take this moment to reflect and perhaps consider a turning point in their outlook
Going Forward<\/a>. Chris thats what i want to talk about with you, where the senate goes from here, particularly on
Supreme Court<\/a> nominations. This is what i brought up with the senators in the last segment. It seems to me, this isnt just trump and republicans, and will be two of the next democratic president when he is a democratic geordie, doesnt this increase the likelihood that when a president is in that situation, he will appoint somebody that is more to the extreme, more in line with his bass, because he doesnt have to he or she, it doesnt have to reach out to the other side because they know they were not be a filibuster . Potentially. If you look at the fact that relate going back to 2003, prior to miguel estrada, no traditional menomini with a clear majority had essentially been blocked by a filibuster. If you go to 2006 with president obama leading a filibuster attempts against justice alito. And then it the
Democratic Party<\/a> that changed the chris theres nobody with clean hands her, but there was at least a self limiting factor. Maybe we have to reach out to the other side, is that going out . Potentially, but i dont think that the fault is with the republicans. I think we are seeing politics as a whole getting increasingly more partisan. The point being going back to 2003, you saw the filibuster being used in a partisan manner. I dont know if this is fundamentally changing the roles and you just go back to 2003 20r he saw at least part of using it chris you have garland, theres no there may be an original sin, but theres not one party that to answer the question, sure, but i also think its happening regardless of what just happened in the senate. I think that is the direction of
Party Politics<\/a> is heading. Chris mo, if im right, i know thats a very distant possibility [laughs] chris if what i said is not disastrous, the democrats make a strategic mistake filibustering this one because it opens the door for
President Trump<\/a> with his next appointment if he gets another one gimmick its hard to say. Im with you and them with senator cardin that both sides have some of the plane, my party has a lot of blame for the way it acted. I think the filibuster may have been poor judgment. I also think republicans the fact that garland couldnt even get a hearing, and we do go back and forth. Im usually a very optimistic guy . , this is a case where a very optimistic. If you hear senator saying we went nuclear on nominations, theres no way thats going to happen on legislation. Im not so sure. What is going to happen the first time theres a contentious piece of legislation that is out there in the partisan heels taken even more . I think we are entering a very tenuous time for the
United States<\/a> senate or it is going to become a lot more raucous and i dont think thats necessarily a good thing when theres a lot of raucous nest around in this town. Chris i want to pick up on markedness. Inside the trunk white house there is raucous nest. All of the big events, this is really what has washington buzzing. The apparent split inside the white house between the socalled nationalist, led by bannon, appropriately on the right, and the socalled new yorkers, or democrats led by trumps soninlaw
Jared Kushner<\/a> over the direction of the current presidency. Bill, what are you hearing . How bad is it, and is everybody going to be forced out . I think its bad or at least dramatic. I think bannon will be pushed aside some, i doubt youll be forced out immediately. I saw the
New York Times<\/a> was either today or yesterday trump had called it these two top aides and told them work it out. When i saw that i thought the two aides who had to work it out where where steve bannon and
Jared Kushner<\/a>, those were the two guys were at odds. Trumpet called steve bannon and
Reince Priebus<\/a> and told him to work it out with
Jared Kushner<\/a>. Kushners and the drivers seat. Trump is telling his chief of staff at this top strategist you get along with jerry cushman. Jared kushner, in my opinion, is the most powerful man in domestic policy in the white house today. Chris elisa, beyond the obvious game of thrones side of this, who was up into a stone, what is the significance, whether its the bannon way or the christian wing in terms of policy for the presidency gimmick i dont think its as significant as its being made out to be. Everyone is basically putting this is the premise that
President Trump<\/a> is a puppet of either steve bannon or previous, or whoevers in charge, jerry cushman. Without him, i think people are not giving enough credit, if this is a guy in 2012 who trademarked make
America Great<\/a> again, the guy who defeated 16 candidates in the primary, who defeated hillary clinton, who outspent in two to one. He did all this with three separate campaign managers. This is a guy whos very smart politically, a lot more adept than anyone wants to give them credit for. The idea of who was at the helm in regards to the chief of staff or whatever that role is, i think is irrelevant. I dont think its that big of a deal as we are all making it out to be. Chris we are out of time. I expect this will continue. It may be irrelevant, but it is kind of interesting. [laughs] i will grant you that. Chris it is what we do. Up next im power player of the week, the former head of u. S. Special forces who led the takeout of usama bin laden on what we should do now in syria. Chris chances are youve never heard of bill nick griffin, but you know his work. A navy seal for 37 years, he became the head of the u. S. Special operations command. He was in charge of the missions that capture of hussein and killed usama bin laden. Now hes written a jewel of a book called make your bet
Little Things<\/a> that can change your life in the world. We interviewed him after the chemical attack in syria, but before
President Trump<\/a>s response. Here is our power player of the week. Welcome to fox news sunday. Thank you. Chris its an honor to have you. Its great to be here. Chris as the member will record captain phillips and killed usama bin laden, what is the secret to success, what is the key to pulling these off gimmick you have to rely on a lot of great people. Obviously i didnt do this on my own. I had great operators working for me in every case. You have to be able to reach out and find those that are really experts in in the field. The seals on the ground. Make the best decision you can to move forward. Chris in your book, we will talk about that more in a minute, you talk about seal training, you were a seal for 37 years. How brutal it is, six days of trust extraordinary exercises on basically no sleep. Does it have to be that tough . Bill they are combat experience and their success in combat is any indication, the traditions, if you will, and the standards we had in place for many years have paid huge dividends and i think they will continue to march out smartly with those. Chris you had, 115 people in your class and 33 made a throw . Bill correct. Chris from your experience in the field as a seal, do you need that kind of training to make it in the real world . Bill in the real world of being a navy seal, you do. Part of this is recognition that you were going out and you will select not just the fastest in the strongest, you will select that individual that can one, think critically, that can ensure that in the tough times they are going to get through. You will see, we had a young man in our class for the remarkable runner. I think it was close to a fourminute mile in high school and yet we had an officer that was a little faster than he was. He found this time went on that it really wasnt about the fastest in the strongest, was really about those kids that never, ever gave up. Thats part of the points we bring out in the book, just dont give up. You will find a way to success. Chris were now chancellor of the university of texas, 14 institutions, about a quarter of a
Million Students<\/a> they were educating and a 2014 he delivered a commencement speech that went viral, 10 million views online. Heres a clip. If you make your bed every morning, you will have accomplished the first task of the day, it will give you a small sense of pride and it will encourage you to do another task and another, and another. By the end of the day that one task completed will have turned into many tasks completed. Chris if you want to change the world, make your bed. That is the title of this book, its a little, but its got wonderful life lessons in it. Whats the message . Bill i think the lessons are universal, it doesnt make any difference whether you never spend any time in the military, it doesnt make a difference about your race or your ethnicity or your orientation, these are important lessons. Dont quit. Stand up to the bullies. Have a little bit of discipline in your life. Chris make your bed. Bill i think its one of those tasks that really does get your day started off right. My mother and my father ensured that before i went to school every morning i made my bed. Then in the military of course the really ensure that. Its a number of things. It is about the first task of the day. If doing the first task of the day right, recognizing also the
Little Things<\/a> that matter. Chris one of your stories lessons is about the ranger named adam bates. Whats the lesson there . Bill a young ranger, on his first tour in afghanistan. Stepped on a pressure plate iud and lost both his legs. What adam bates represents a result of soldiers, sailors, and marines that were wounded in iraq and afghanistan. I never, ever met a single soldier didnt say i want to get back to my unit. Some of the missing legs, missing arms. They always wanted to get back to their unit. Adam never gave up. To this day he has carried on, hes got a great life and again, its representative of all those great young men and women that served in iraq and afghanistan. Chris ive been trying to get you to sit down for an interview for several years now since we first met back in 2014. I will take this opportunity to ask about some questions back in 2015, is that if we really mean to be i do this, we have to put more boots on the ground there. When you look at the ground to make situation in iraq and syria, do we need more . Bill im always very cautious about old retired guys like me trying to make an assessment of the tactical situation on the ground. Having said that, i think if you look back a year, march or so of last year, we really begin we the
United States<\/a> really began a serious effort in going after isis. I think it was the right thing to do. I credit president obama for realizing that we needed a little bit of change in the plan. She did that
President Trump<\/a> has continued that and looks to be accelerating that. I think what we will see is the acceleration and decline of isi isis. Both president s deserve credit and how they are attacking the problem. Chris different issues, same country. When you look at the horrific chemical attack in
Northern Syria<\/a> by the assad regime, is there anything we can do . Bill there are some options out there. Everything from a nofly zone, but it is difficult, and we have looked at that before, the potential to do a nofly zone means you may come in contact with the syrian airport or the russian air force. I think we have to be a little bit cautious, but clearly something needs to be done. We cannot just sit by and see this mass migration and see the carnage that is occurring in syria and do nothing. Chris i didnt realize until this week that you graduated from the university of texas with a degree in journalism. I can understand how you went so long and decided it was more important to become a navy seal and defend our nation. One
President Trump<\/a> tweeted in february that much of the media are, in his words, the enemy of the
American People<\/a>, your journalistic hackles went up and you said this. The news media is the enemy of the
American People<\/a>. This sentiment, the sentiment may be the greatest threat to democracy in my lifetime. Chris thats pretty
Strong Language<\/a> come, coming from somebody who seen the threats youve seen. Greater threat than the soviet union, greater threat than radical islam . Bill i think those threats really brought us together. When you look at the strikes and 9 11, the strikes from the soviet union, it really brought us together as a democracy. When i talk about the media, when the media is referred to as the enemy of the
American People<\/a>, both myself and the president and others swore an oath to the constitution of the
United States<\/a> and the
First Amendment<\/a> of that constitution is freedom of the press. The reason i express consent, some concern is that when the president of the
United States<\/a> has the media is the enemy, to me, that undermines a little bit of the constitution. I do think it is a tremendous threat to our democracy. But theres a second part of that clip that you should run which is where i told the journalism students that they also have an obligation. In order for the media really to be seen as more truthful, the journalists have to check your facts. Also, leave your bias at the door. I do think anybody that says the media is the enemy of the
American People<\/a> is not right. I have been raked over the coals by the media, but i will tell you, i think its the single morton most important thing for the democracy. Chris i want to ask for a job as chancellor for ut because youve laid out what you call a path for change, including what you call nine quantum leaps. One of them are fascinated by. If you want to start a mandatory course for every one of those quarter
Million Students<\/a> on american leadership. What you hope to accomplish gimmick speech at the fundamentals of leadership i think really are ethics. How do you do things to ensure that you are theres three things, you have to be moral, legal, and ethical. If all of our decisions, we must be moral, legal, and ethical. We need to understand ethics, ethics and business, and politics, in the military. Its also recognizing that we need our young men and women to learn how to function in a group environment. How do you lead a small group . What are the qualities of leadership that we see ingrate business leaders, great politicians, great military men and women. These are the things we want to see in the leadership curriculum. Chris you are an exemplar of that, bill mcraven. Thank you for your lifetime of service and your friendship. Bill thank you, sir. Chris will be right back with a final word. Chris for the latest on
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