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U.s. policy is on syria? >> no. do you? no, i don't think so. you know, it was hard to understand what the obama administration policy. this is a complex situation. if there is going to be further involvement -- by the way, i think it would be a mistake. by the way, to tell you how complicated it is, there are 1,200 opposition groups to assad. 1,200 groups vying for power and trying to overthrows assad. all the way from moderates to el nusra. it is a come poliplicated situa. if we try to go in with troops, some people have advocated that, i think that is a huge mistake. isis wants to bog us do...

One-off show of strength by president trump and in an effort to show the russians and bashar al assad that chemical weapons is a red line, but everything else is fine. >> barrel bombs okay. chemical weapons, not okay. >> right. if you are a victim of a barrel bomb, that is of no consolation. one reason we don't know is the administration is still talking out of both sides of its mouth. tillerson is being tough with the russians. that is a notable change in posture. a lot of republicans and democrats will welcome from president trump on capitol hill. they told me so on friday. we listen to amba...

The worst of what they're doing. that is a problem with syria. syria is a complicated situation. a civil war. you now have the russians and iranians involved. it is a sectarian war. it is very, very complicated. s as i think the administration over the weekend. the disarray indicates there is no clear way forward. they are right. you will not get to isis until you get rid of assad. you will not get rid of assad unless you can work with the russians. they are the people with the influence over assad. you know, i'm not sure whether this strike was a strong reaction to chemical weapons, but strat...

Chemical attack on the eve of the first diplomatic trip to moscow. >> regardless of whether russia was complicit or incompetent, clearly they have failed in their commitment to the international community. >> reporter: slamming the kremlin for allowing syria to house chemical weapons. >> how can they with a straight face cover for assad? >> reporter: nikki haley and h.r. mcmaster keeping the door open for keeping sanctions on russia and iran due to the support for assad. >> i don't think anything is off the table. >> reporter: the officials sending conflicting messages of the future of the syr...

In syria. the airfield that the u.s. struck is back up and running because the u.s. military had clear orders. they were never aiming at destroying the airfield, but sending a message. heavy price to pay if you use chemical weapons. assad's bombing continues dropping conventional weapons. a message, but limited one. united nations ambassador nikki haley talking about regime change. no strategy to get assad out of there. in north korea, one reason they sent the aircraft group off the peninsula was out of concern over what kim jong un might think about all of the messages with the attack in syri...