would be, he is entitled to that. having said that did you hear the joke about rines and jarrett in an outboard bar. did you hear that? kind of true. the three power players in the trump administration gathering at mara lago trying to bury the hatchet and settle their differences between one or all or kicked out of the white house. i don't know what came of that but they had one chris fisher has the latest, what are you hearing? >> reporter: all of this is happening is donald trump continues to stand by his decision to strike syria. he believes it was a good one and he talked about it on twitter. he said congratulations to our great military men and women for representing the united states and the world so well in this attack was right now donald

trump is at trump international golf club in west palm beach. we don't know if he is holding meetings are not but team is working on how to proceed with syria and russia. rex tillerson says he is disappointed in how russia has responded, disappointed russia has not publicly condemned the assad regime for striking his people with chemical weapons. at the same time the pentagon investigating if russia was somehow involved in the chemical weapons attack. steve mnuchin said the us will announce new sanctions on syria in response the chemical weapons attack and the ambassador to the un, nikki haley, said the us is prepared to do more, perhaps

take more military action, hoping it will not be necessary but the us is willing to do more if assad does not top. all this is happening at the same time there are rumors of a significant staff shakeup in the very most senior levels of the west wing. the white house is pushing back on that. on thursday president trump focused his chief strategist steve bannon and chief of staff rights priebus to work it out. the senior administration official tells us donald trump's son-in-law, jared kushner and steve bannon had a sitdown at mara lago to bury the hatchet. this is organized by priebus at the behest of the president and apparently at this meeting according to the senior administration official all parties agreed to move forward. you have the white house saying there's nothing to see here, no staff shakeup in the future but

anything can happen at this white house. heather: neil: thank you. as chris was reporting, russia might have been counting on donald trump. trump had been critical of the prime minister's role in syria and when it came to regime change, that should not be a go. them interpreted that as a green light. they miscalculated like a lot miscalculated the time after the bay of pigs, the jfk could -- during the cuban missile crisis larry from uva center for politics, was it as simple as that? a miscalculation? >> it could have been. not the first time it happens. it started with truman, the

soviet government underestimated him as most people did and they were all wrong, truman was one of our great presidents and the kennedy example, it wasn't just the bay of pigs but also the follow-up summit in vienna with khrushchev in june 1961 which was a disaster for kennedy in the united states. khrushchev lead him and thought he could have his way with the united states and the russians at the time were having leadership problems. reagan used to say the leaders kept dying on them. they underestimated reagan as well and there's a pattern here over the years. may be vladimir putin thought because of what happened during the campaign things donald trump said about resetting relations with russia that somehow things are going to be different and russia would have a free hands. he is finding out otherwise. neil: i wonder what the russians do and the syrians do, test

using chemical weapons on your people knowing this is the response you could be getting out of donald trump. >> if they were rational it would be obvious they wouldn't do it again. there is a big if. we are always amazed the number of people in the united states and outside the united states in leadership positions who don't follow rationality. if they are rational they won't do it again. neil: we build expectations so the other side, a number of military and other types, in the area, close to these two ships from which these tomahawk vessels were launched, the we don't think they would do anything to stop tomahawk missiles being launched if syrians act up again. my expectation is vladimir putin wouldn't care. the same sort of wrong hunches.

>> plenty of examples in american history, miscalculated what opponents or adversaries will do although vladimir putin is very rational, extremely rational in a lot of circumstances and i think he would be most hesitant to decide to take on the united states, their economy can't take it. hours a the week in some sectors but we are in better shape than they are. neil: another news network posited the possibility this was also interviewed, and elaborate scheme to take pressure off of donald trump and the russians which is blatantly ridiculous but the logic being know what is going to be starting to wonder whether he is in russia's have pocket or not. >> they have been reading too many james bond novels. wonderful movies. i love them all but can go down that rabbit hole and never get

out. heather: presidential historian, so much more. thank you so ch. we have to recalibrate what donald trump will do in the future. you are in north korea and thinking this guy could do this to me, how does it change the world view of donald trump after this? termites, feasting on homes 24/7. we're on the move. roger. hey rick, all good? oh yeah, we're good. we're good. termites never stop trying to get in, we never stop working to keep them out.

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neil: this reminds me of an abbott and costello skit, the chemical weapons, the use of them in syria and the demand the president do something, he does something, they come back and say are you getting knee-deep in the region you should not be

getting knee-deep in? i thought it was a good impression. and dagen: mcdowell doing 18 shows the other day, she is the funniest. and how far you are going. >> there is a need, for healthy skepticism when it comes to press, when it comes to the american people but there is such a searing hatred among the left not only for donald trump that donald trump as a man, this always goes overboard. the collusion, never proven collusion between the trump campaign and russia. i heard and saw people on

twitter suggesting the fact that russian forces on the ground in syria were given a heads up before the airstrike was evidence that donald trump is indeed still in the pocket of letter to. that is how far the idiocy goes when it comes to the left and their hatred of donald trump. >> the idiot on my side. neil: even as host of the show this is crazy. positing the possibility this was all a way for vladimir putin to feign rage to cover his buddy donald trump. >> i heard that and a lot more last night and more from the intelligence community discussing that possibility. that is going a little far at this point. i don't buy it right now. it is early in the morning, get back to me this afternoon. what i would say is i was impressed with the positive

coverage that came out the night of the attack if you were watching cnn. i heard there were people who are no fan of donald trump talking about this was the right decisive action. donald trump became president of the united states of america. a comment van jones made after the joint session of congress when he gave that beach that was widely supported and we have seen bipartisan support for this, chuck schumer -- >> a time of potential war conflict. >> a lot of people against obama taking action in 2013 changed their mind. heather: what do you think? >> i point out on morning joe the morning after there was a lot of positive reaction too. questions have to be necessarily tough after the first strike about what is next, talking about life and death, military

strikes. this is an important topic so donald trump can't expect he is just going to get glowing positive coverage, the questions have to be tough and i think they will be. neil: he doesn't have to worry about that. dagen: the reason you heard chuck schumer or nancy pelosi or those who are reasonable and on the left come out in favor of the strike is the diplomacy president obama chose instead of strikes didn't work clearly because bashar al-assad still had chemical weapons to use on innocent civilians and it open the door for greater russian influence and control over that very country and thanks to the $1.7 billion in cash iran, iran has greater influence in the region. we were left with no choice given women and children were killed in this horrific chemical -- >> i hope that empathy will carry over to our syrian refugee

policy. russia was supposed to play a role getting rid of those chemical weapons out of syria and that is where a lot of people -- neil: one thing that changed is the left, the united nations, they put a lot of sovereignty into the un to police this and they avoid a us active military role weeding out the syrian dictator and put trust in the united nations to broker chemical weapons policy and get chemical weapons out, the united nations got back and got rid of this, the russians complied, syrians got rid of this and now the un. >> i was impressed with nikki haley on a number of issues. neil: did you hear the report, what is the left telling you about the united nations?

>> the us went around the united nations because the un care out responsibility. in carrying out this military strike the us was not on fool ground to do this because they are supposed to have un approval. at this point both of those avenues for getting things right didn't work so that is why donald trump went around the united nations and i don't think you saw much criticism of him for doing that. there are some legal boundaries that were crossed and decided to do that. on a domestic front donald trump was within the law because he met the war powers resolution. if this went beyond 60 days he would need congressional approval to do that so he got himself a little time. dagen: rand paul criticizing everything the trump administration has done. his political aspirations would raise that question but to quote admiral mc raven, the commander of the raid that killed usama

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neil: donald trump is getting widespread almost unanimous praise for his actions in syria

in the tomahawk missile attacks, not everyone is happy about it. i mentioned, some on the right fear he went beyond the authority of president without checking with congress but others with military backgrounds fear what we are getting started here. foreign affairs committee at the pentagon, on latvia which is a close to russia, or kelsey grammar of hawaii standing out is very critical of this and the message she is spending. very good of you. effectively and essentially, this is an overstep and complicates matters. you say what? >> the president's action said the use of chemical weapons would have a greater cost than any benefit you will receive. that cost is the existence of 20 aircraft and significant airfield trade, the right

message, france yesterday, our allies feel like we regained our role with such an act and members of congress repeating the lines of moscow is shocking, one thing to say we should attack and another one to say no proof that assad did this. it is a bridge too far. >> the issue, varying degrees, is it, are we -- >> i don't think so. the administration made it clear, one strike meant to send a powerful message about the use

of chemical weapons, something not tolerated on the battlefield since world war i roback until this carnage in the last five years. it is the right message to send, not necessarily getting involved in regime change but the other thing and it is russia will do absolutely nothing in response. a lot of people fear this would start world war iii roback, also showed the russian missile defense system let 59 tomahawk cruise missiles get through unchallenged. it sends a powerful message at the president, took time thinking get through but didn't wait too long and our allies are ecstatic we are regaining our place. neil: thank you very much. we reached out for the congressman's office. she is in good company. a lot of people. after this.

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neil: getting a lot of angry email, don't be so down on the president for tax cut in things getting done. congress is out for two week so that shift the calendar back even more. the august deadline cut it getting a tax cut for people, i could be wrong. the people -- chad gregor is the only one there. senior capitol hill producer, smartest guy i know. i don't see this happening that so many are not getting anything done. >> hard to do tax reform, they want to do healthcare and are stalled on that. kevin mccarthy, majority leader and house speaker paul ryan went to meet with the president wednesday night, did a splashy press conference the day they left and don't seem that much further down the road and if they do this at the end of

april, that is the week they have to fund the federal government. the government is only for that until 28 april and could face a government shutdown. the president talked about adding a border wall into his spending bill, something democrats view as a.pill and which mcconnell said there is no way they can pass the bill without democratic assistance. neil: they have to get the stuff done before taxes, that is what markets have been hanging on in the hope they get that done. they might give the corporate thing, that is a remote possibility but i don't see a way if they are hell-bent on healthcare let alone this other stuff you mentioned, that is doable. >> that is the challenge paul ryan wanted the revenue that would come from obamacare, that would make it easier and you have special budget reconciliation package they are using for healthcare that bypasses senate filibusters, you want another budget reconciliation package to bypass

senate filibusters for taxes but can't have two at the same time so they don't dispose of the healthcare one or start the second part. the complication is syria. there is a different appetite on capitol hill and the airstrikes of trying to move an authorization for the use of military force, to offer this action if there's future activity and that could consume a lot of time. president obama tried to talk about that in 2013, definitely not the appetite then, three years down the road things have changed. neil: what happens without tax cuts? i know what the markets would do. >> they have to have a sheep skin, people say you couldn't get healthcare or tax reform, what did you do? neil: i would love to be wrong. ostensibly -- in the meantime this is something i will pursue

next week on the foxbusiness network. a consensus that something gets done, it is not a give me, not being cynical. i see very little evidence but again that is just me. have a wonderful day. fox news continues. >> fallout continues over the us military strike against the syrian regime as secretary of state taylorson prepares for his first trip to russia. >> police making an arrest in connection with the deadly terror attack, announcing the trucks use to carry out the attack may been carrying explosives. >> of congress goes on easter recess, what do they have to show the folks back home? a report card and their assignment coming up. ♪