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That has emboldened assad. that action as the senator tweeted over the weekend is what embolded assad and russia to commit war crimes here. jenna, how do you see that? >> the president has made no secret that he doesn't want to be involved in syria. he's called assad a bad guy, you he has made clear over and over again this is a problem that he wants to just leave to russia. someone else should deal with it other than him. a year ago he saw images quite similar to the ones we're seeing this week of children suffering. >> yeah. >> and according to people close to him, that moved him to take act...

Year, given what he's now tweeted about this big price to pay, does he have any recourse other than to take military action now even if it is just a pin pick strike? >> i think he's put himself in a very difficult position. and the major reason he did that is because he has no strategy in the middle east. we don't know what the objectives are and what he's trying to achieve. he says we've taken care of isis, time to get out then we see a chemical strike. so, yes, i think is he pushed up against the wall to take significant "a" action, not just a pin pick. but as i think doug will probably poin...

Pruitt is a different creature. there's still talk about moving him into jeff session's role at some point. so clearly is not soured on pruitt the way others in the party have. >> but explain to met difference here. there's the difference which you talk about is policy, right? because i think back to tom price at hhs and the president specifically cited the optics of what price was doing with the pricey talf, et cetera, et cetera. the oipt ticks for pruitt aren't great either the difference teams sooems to be the policy. pruitt is killing it, slated over the epa but on the ethics piece, senato...

So working with our allies and partners from nato to cutter and elsewhere we're going to address this issue. >> you can rule out taking action launching air strikes against assad, mr. secretary? >> i don't rule out anything right now. thank you very much. >> reporter: that wasn't captured on camera but he was asked if he could confirm that the assad regime was behind the attack and he shook his head no. so at this point we expect that president trump will be presented with certainly more options today. he's got that cabinet meeting you mentioned. he also has a meeting with senior military lead...