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>> i think it's outrageous. there's a long history, every single one of these agencies has said that assad is using chemical weapons. he's a barbarian, he's murdered half a million of his own people. i can't imagine how you could make a statement like that, especially being on the foreign relations committee. i can't igine what could possibly be going through her head. >> and to that end, you put a tweet out there. >> yeah, go ahead. >> so you said gabbard should not be in congress, that this is a disgrace. all she's asking for is proof, though. >> if you're on the foreign relations committee ...

What was bombed? we bombed an airport, and 24 hours later, that airport was back bombing the same area that was victim to the chemical weapons. so i don't understand the point. i understand sending a message. but what does that mean a day later? to me, i think it has the potential to embolden everybody, to embolden the syrians, to g d embolden the north koreans. what is the policy, what is the approach of this president? >> we have a letter to congress in which now the president spoke about this and you have secretary of state rex tillerson saying that the nation's administration's main priori...

Administration's efforts on health care reform. i'm curious what the state of the affordable care act in your state, washington. are premiums going up, are providers dropped out? >> we have had tremendous success. we have 750,000 people now insured. we have cut the inflation rate from 16 to 6%. it has been very successful in reducing the rate of increased costs for our citizens. we've cut the uncompensated care by more than half and the uninsured rate by more than half. we have 50,000 new jobs we've created in the health care industry. we've had unalloyed success in the state of washington. we...

Rates. we ought to be open to ideas. but i'm glad we have stopped them in their tracks in the effort to repeal health care. it has been a success in my state. and i hope to continue that going forward. >> all right. governor jay inslee of washington, sir, thank you so much for your time. >> you bet, thank you. coming up, some lawmakers on capitol hill are unhappy about president trump not seeking approval to bomb syria. one of the most powerful congress men says congress is to blame for that. and next hour, the alliance between russia and iran. could their ugh talk about the u.s. bombing o...

Humanitarian crisis since the u.n. was formed in 1945, and that expand across three south african questions and yemen. 20 million people potentially at risk of starvation. you can't just take foreign policy a piece at a time. what is his overall strategy? what is his approach? what is going to come next? why did he wait until all of us were leaving dc, at least in the house, to do the bombing? why didn't he bring us in? we need an aumf, authorized use of military force. congress needs to debate this issue. >> what about your colleague, ranking intel member adam schiff, that there's more of a c...