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About and how important this is. this is a very, very serious situation, where things could go sideways very fast. and while things like haley or mattis or bolton may have an idea of where they are, if the broader administration doesn't have an overall plan, that's what concerns a lot of republicans. >> also hard to communicate in a global way when you're doing it this way. we'll talk more about this. president putin's spokesman says the kremlin will not be participants in "twitter diplomacy." up next, is the president, yes, even as he considers military action, is he mad enough to fire the ...

With her with the tensions with not just the united states and syria, but with moscow. >> this is what i hear with lawmakers on the hill, when the president said it was time to leave syria last week, raised a lot of concerns internally. you have ambassador haley, who has always taken this position in the administration. she's always been the hawk and the tough one on russia. she's made no secret for her disdain for their posture throughout everything. which serves a purpose if there's some broader strategy behind it. if this is a stick and a carrot type of deal. there's no sense right now, the...

Right now to conduct a retaliatory strike? >> we stand ready to provide military options, if they're appropriate, as the president determines. but thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen. >> that's normally the posture of the united states government. normally including the president, say nothing or say little until you do something. but interesting, that secretary mattis says we're still assessing the intelligence. meaning you have to make a case to the world. you want to make your case to the world that we have a legal or moral right to do this. h...

These people have left, if that, they need to say -- rex needs to say i'm out of here, garry needs to say i'm of here. let the guy pick up the pieces of his crack pot personality. he's got to get the message that this isn't working. >> defending deena powell and others, there is an argument for them staying because they're worried about who would replace them. you wouldn't get a single a ballplayer to replace them. it would be like picking somebody out of the little league. >> i don't think it matters if you've got somebody of high caliber or not. donald trump does mott listen to those people....