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World events have taken the focus away from president trump's domestic agenda. global crises from north korea to russia to egypt and syria are now dominating the headlines. but no one is quite sure what happens next. in the wake of last week's missile attack on a syrian airfield, the trump administration appears to be sending conflicting messages about its goal in syria. >> we're hopeful that through this syrian process working with coalition members, working with the geneva process that we can navigate a political outcome in which the syrian people will determine bashar al assad's fate. and h...

The group, by the group rather. the cabinet level participant also be secretary of commerce ross, secretary of education will be secretary of commerce roth, secretary of education devos, epa administrator pruitt, mulvaney and chow. we'll have the additional leaders for you later. we're hoping for a political process that can eventually lead to a new syrian leadership. the envoy for syria will be coming tomorrow for a consultation with the state department and mcmaster here at the white house, among others. he has been overseeing the political talks among syrian parties with geneva. on wednesda...

Pushing that process. the political solution has to come together for the good of the people of syria. >> i'm now joined by my panel. gordon is the author of "nuclear showdown, north korea takes on the world." it's been about four days since donald trump launched those missiles into syria and attacked that base. how is this being perceived around the world? does it look like the americans are trying to take out assad? >> well, i can tell you i'm here in the center of europe. there's a great deal of confusion. european diplomats are still awaiting political clarity from the trump administration...

Assad. no o >> there is no sole military solution to the horrible civil war in syria. i think everybody accepts that. there has to be at the end of the day a political solution. but what i'm suggesting is that unless the political military facts on the ground are altered to the extent whereby assad's regime no longer calculates that it can win militarily, that it can prevail, unless the stakes are heightened against that perception on his part, i think we're not going to get anywhere in these political discussions in a so-called geneva process. >> does russia have to be part of any kind of dip...

Political solution is going to happen with assad at the led of the regime. >> nick, let me ask you this, because you've reported in this region for a very long time. there is no easy solution, is there? and do you nikki haley is being deliberately vague in answering whether or not taking assad out of power is the priority for the u.s.? >> reporter: i have to say i find it all very bizarre we are hearing this sort of, i might say, sea change in the trump administration's policy from someone at the level of the u.s. ambassador to the united nations. it does feel a bit like policy here is being m...