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Government has been working intensively with our international partners to build the evidence picture and to kor what actions we need to take to prevent and deter future humanitarian catastrophes caused by chemical weapons attacks. when the cabinet met on thursday, we considered the advice of the attorney general, the national security adviser and chief of the staff. we were updated on the latest assessment and intelligence picture and based on this advice, we agree it was both right and legal to take military action together with our closest allies to alleviate further humanitarian suffering ...

To avoid collateral damage, civilian deaths or deaths of russian or iranian fighters. they didn't want to escalate on that front. everyone in the pentagon saysitis up to assad, if he uses chemical weapons, the u.s. will try to muster a coalition and respond in kind. >> hans, walk us through how the military planning works. how does the pentagon do, as you say, an operation that focuses on taking out weapons capability, not people? >> it starts with a whole lot of assets, really, up in the sky, taking a look. they are constantly monitoring. it bears repeating, there is a fight in the eastern pa...

Attack. that's a strong statement, what do you think? >> i agree with lindsay that assad is a legitimate target. what we really need to do is do this through the prism of looking at north korea. what the president wants to do as a demonstration effect for the north korean regime of what will happen to them if they don't stop. >> martha: i understand what you're saying, but it is a decision of itself that brings us to something that we can't simply walk away from. >> i agree with ben and general jack keane who is on your show the other night. we need to do is do not eliminated but he knows stri...

Circumvent them, they are going to reach their endgame and have a fully developed weapons capability. >> leah: i want to talk about russia. reuters is reporting that russia's foreign minister lavrov has offered to help us talk to north korea about this issue, to quote, unquote, ease tensions. you and i both know russia only acts in its own self-interest. do you see any reason at all to get russia involved? >> it's so generous of them, isn't it? maybe it has something to do with christmastime and they are feeling -- they have had a long history in north korea and helped establish north korea es...

Iran has been able to unfreeze about $100 billion worth of foreign assets. that's about a third of iran's g.d.p. huge amounts of money are flowing in to tehran as a result of growing business deals largely between european countries and tehran. also money flowing in from russia, china as well. and so the iranian regime is growing far, far richer. it is growing more aggressive and more assertive. it's building up its conventional weapons capability. it's testing ballistic missiles. eventually within 10 to 15 years, through this deal, iran will become a nuclear weapons power. and it will directl...