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>> trump says he's going to pay a big price. if he doesn't pay a big price, then he looks weak in the eyes of our allies. so this is the most consequential decision he'll make. he said assad is going to pay a big price. that big price has to include the destruction of his air capability and putting him on the target list. anything less i don't think is a big price. >> barbara starr is live in the pentagon. barbara, we're about to hear from the white house, but until then, what options are on the table? >> it starts with getting those coalition leaders on board, the president talking to the bri...

We're going to hold the territory without some american involvement. and if you don't understand that syria is crucial to regional stability in our national security, you're making a huge mistake. >> at this moment, we don't know how the president is going to respond. if he doesn't respond with military action, if he doesn't do that, if he says let's go to the u.n. and discuss, what does that mean to you? >> would be the biggest mistake of his presidency. good luck getting north korea to change their behavior because she drew a red line, where you should or shouldn't, you did. so trump, says h...

So at the end of the day, you got to have a military response that destroys assad's capability to do it yet again. >> barbara was laying out, it is tough to decide what option to hit. what is a good option? you would be forced to take out the air force, but doesn't sound like taking out the air force would have stopped if the chemical attacks come out of a helicopter. >> well, if their bases can't used for fighter jets, that's a step in the right direction. i would go after all the infrastructure around the air capability. i would hit his intelligence services xla s complicit in war crimes. wh...

That is our mission. our mission isn't over, and we are going to complete that mission. >> shepard: same time. john bus is i is here to talk about all of it, associate editor at the "wall street journal." the "wall street journal's" parent company and fox news parent company share common ownership. he's aware we are fighting a proxy war with the russians and the iranians there in syria, right? >> not just isis, right? >> shepard: no. >> the isis fight isn't over, as soon as you declare it over, guess what? there is another mushrooming of the problem some place else. that one is not going to en...

Wants to force a big nuclear power to withdraw from its own territories. pentagon officials tonight are calling on china to reduce tensions. how could the u.s. deny china access to those islands? >> if the u.s. wanted to deny access, how would they do it? >> presumably you start, you would want to start with a naval blockade. cuba missile crisis in the modern era. this is a lot of space to cover. i would assume you're talking about blocking access to the seven islands they're trying to occupy out of these dozens. you would have to deal with their air capability. this is not just a naval blocka...