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Militarily, economically, of assad, of his regime, in syria, and now you have the secretary of state of the united states saying that russia may want to rethink that relationship. nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent andrea mitchell joins me now from washington. andrea, on that point there, rex tillerson calling out russia for its ties to assad, of course, the backdrop of this administration for the first few months have been questions about the relationship between this trump administration and the government in russia. what does this do? what rex tillerson is saying ght now to the re...

There is no doubt in our minds and the information we have supports that syria, the syrian regime, the leadership of president bashar al assad, are responsible for this attack. and i think further, it is very important that the russian government consider carefully their continued support for the assad regime. >> that was secretary of state rex tillerson just a few hours ago, one of several signals being sent by the administration that a military response, a potential military response, could be in the works to that syrian chemical gas attack. you heard rex tillerson there directly implicating...

Syria and assad has changed very much. >> that was president trump about 24 hoursgo saying his attitude toward syria, toward bashar al assad had changed aa result of that chemical attack over the weekend. now indications the administration may be moving toward a military response in syria. the president set to meet with his defense secretary tonight who will apparently be presenting him with a menu of options for a military response. joining me now, general barry mccaffrey, msnbc military analyst. back with me as well, colonel jack jacobs, msnbc military analyst, medal of honor winner. general...

Extensive presentation than it is, but there is definitely a lot of concern here. i think that there's certain caution that is here and a divide over exactly what the president needs to do in terms of authorizing, and of course, that's going to defend, steve, on what the decision is and what sort of action that they decide to take. >> all right. chris jansing on capitol hill. chris, thanks for that. let's bring in jonathan swan, national political reporter for axeos. bill press, host of "the bill press show." matthew, editor or the "washington free beacon." thanks to all of you your joining us...

Internationally, including in europe. at the end of the day, what is really important if we want to make sure that things quiet down inside syria, is to fine some way other than the use of the military use of power or maybe in conjunction with it. find some other way to solve that, what is effectively a political problem. >> all right. thank you both very much for joining us. and we have been talking about the 800 pound gorilla about this all hour. russia, a signal being sent. a clear message being delivered by secretary of state rex tillerson. he said it is time for russia and vladimir putin ...