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In that country began to escalate, culminating with that apparent gas attack on tuesday and into wednesday. a lot of people in the administration look at this and said, did bashar al- assad take what was said by nikki haley, the group of reporters, as a green light for assad to start attacking his people with impunity? just to remind you of what it was that ambassador haley said, she said "you pick and choose your battles and when we are looking at this, it is about changing up priorities. in our priority is no longer to sit there and focus on getting assad out." so, there is thinking and admi...

Times we are compelled to take our own action. >> reporter: a starkly different tone from her comments days ago when she told reporters our priorities is no longer to focus on getting assad out. those comments and others from secretary of state rex tillerson prompt bipartisan rebuke. >> the remarks we are no longer going to go after assad as one of our major policies, i believe caused assad to do what he did. >> i don't think it is a c coincidence that we see this. >> how many more children have to die before russia cares? >> reporter: president trump condemns the kremlin, but in lighter terms...

Involved with syria. i would say stay out. >> reporter: and fought for a ban on syrian refugees. >> i'm putting people on notice that are coming from syria as part of the mass migration. if i win, they're going back. >> reporter: united nations ambassador nikki haley warning the u.s. may take unilateral action whether others don't respond. >> when the united nations doesn't act in its duties, there are times in the life of states that we are compelled to take our own action. >> reporter: a starkly different tone from her comments days ago when she told reporters our priority is no longer to si...

Tillerson said, nikki haley said our priority is no longer to sit and focus on getting assad out. >> well, the united states of america is known to help people who want freedom and democracy. none of us are arguing for american troops on the ground there to fight against bashar al assad. but we certainly believe we can fight isis and help people struggling against one of the great brutal dictators in history, bashar assad and his minions. there was a story about the torture of thousands and thousands, murders of thousands and thousands in damascus. these are war crimes on the sale of nazi, ger...

Power. >> let there be no mistake just so we can be clear. it is no space between turkey and the united states and our commitment to defeat isis. not just in syria, and iraq, but as members of the greater coalition to defeat desh anywhere they show their face on planet earth they will be confronted by the coalition to defeat them. the status and the longer term status president assad will be decided by the syrian people. >> the echo, that is across the pond over in turkey, here in new york nikki haley met with wire reporters and she said our priority is no longer to sit and focus on getting as...