Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20180415:00:11:00
Assad is more firmly in control and in power than he was two years ago, than he was four years ago. in that sense, it's a more complicated story. >> if you're bashar al assad, i'm wondering if you're relieved today. it seems like this could very well be the extent of the strikes, at least for the time being, if chemical weapons aren't continued to be used. >> i think you're right. if you're assad or if you're the russians, there must have been some level of relief, particularly given trump's rhetoric, the tweets, the mercurial character and nature of donald trump. the strike was actually remar...