Potentially groundbreaking deal on u. S. And russian cooperation in syria. For the first time both sides will now be working together to try to end the conflict there, which could, if successful, as you heard the Secretary Of State there just a moment ago, could help battle isis in the country as well. The agreement comes after months of talks and at a time when u. S. russian relations have been pretty frosty. Today the United States and russia are announcing a plan, which we hope will reduce violence, ease suffering, and resume Movement Towards a negotiated peace and a political transition in syria. Working together, russia and the United States, and our teams, have devised what we think is a more prescriptive and farreaching approach than we have been able to put together to date. This as donald trump tries to dial back his praise for russian president Vladimir Putin after being slammed for calling him a stronger leader than president obama. She talks about me. Oh, donald trump likes
ukraine in a very peculiar way. he said including ukraine s long-running conflict with russia, he described it as a long-running conflict, when, in fact, it was russia s invasion of ukraine and attempted annexation of crimea more recently moreover, president trump has used russian talking points in parroting what president trump routinely says about moscow s efforts against isis. moscow is not a stalwart in the campaign against isis. in fact, moscow is a stalwart in the effort to defend and bolster regime of bashar al assad bsh, but president trump for whatever reason used those same talking boints. again, we have to ask why? could be he covets this relationship. could be he wants the russian market to the remain intact once out of the russian presidency in 2020 or 2021 or could be because he likes the theory. likes the theory it was ukraine and not russia that intervened
and we do have our other top story. the white house is putting syria on notice issuing an ominous statement warning the bush administrati administration the bashar al assad bsh regime vowing he had pay a heavy price if he uses chemical weapons again. let s go to barbara starr. reporter: good morning. a late-night statement from the white house that still today has not gotten any further followon explanation. getting attention from washington to damascus to moss co cow. identifying potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime that would likely result in the mass murder of civilians, including innocent children, going on to say that there would be a heavy price to pay if this attack were to happen. so what is clear is that though