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Clinton of co-founding isil. so clearly this is a different time. i hope he's asking some of the questions when he's meeting with his military advisors that president obama would have, which is what next, what then, what will strikes do and how will that impact our overall strategy in syria and in the middle east. >> it's interesting because from what we're hearing a lot of the potential strikes, the potential options are options that president obama looked at or that the pentagon under the obama administration drew up for just this sort of scenario. >> yeah, i think what president trump's goi...

Mar-a-lago about what the options are. there's basically two ideas, a limited strike against the airfields of bashar al assad's warplanes to launch that attack on those people in northern syria. that would only be sending a message to bashar al assad and the world that donald trump wants this type of behavior to change. if he wants to have a broader action, to take out assad's chemical weapons capability, that is a much larger list of targets. that is airfield, aircraft, helicopt helicopters, barrel bombs, artillery rockets, all of that is used to launch these chemical attacks. you have to tak...

Something should be. that is what he is going to be hearing from his advisors on. secretary mattis here on the ground. as his secretary of state, rex tillerson spoke with very harsh sharp language direct language on the ground in palm beach, florida. he said this is a serious matter that calls for a serious response. >> jeff, just in terms of logistics in mar-a-lago, where do we know about where the president would actually go over military options with his team? is there a mobile "situation room" on site, i assume? >> reporter: there is. every time the president travels anywhere there certain...

The president is briefed, that means the u.s. military is in fact ready to go awaiting his orders. the u.s. military doesn't do these things from a cold start. they will be ready to go but they are waiting to see the decision that mr. trump wants to make. anderson. >> barbara, in terms of options, there's a potential missile strike and using aircraft, you risk pilots, that's the advantage i assume of something like tomahawk missiles. >> that's right. let's take a quick look at the map. exactly right. in the mediterranean there are two u.s. navy warships atop the cruise missile unmanned. they f...

Tonight. his dinner is indoors but he is also meeting indoors for security briefings and things. do not look for a repeat of this very open type of briefing room here. he has all the capabilities here in florida as any president does when they travel any place here. he has a large number of advi r advisors with him here. the question is would he want to interrupt this very important meeting with the chinese president with some other kind of air strike. we don't know the answer to that. he he certainly will be getting the options this evening. >> talking about the options to the president, join...