four cases. they dealt with things that conservatives would have a problem with going back the other way. now that there is another justice it's a very big deal. >> shannon: >> it is indeed. we are going to jump into this as a begins live. >> 11:00 here in the city. and 11:00 as we look into the oval office. between the president, judge gorsuch behind the window. we will see both men emerge in a matter of minutes here. august of 1967 in colorado, neil gorsuch later moved to washington, d.c., as a teenager when his mother joined the registration of president ronald reagan, the first woman to lead the epa. in 1985, neil gorsuch was among 175 students from across the country recognized as outstanding youth volunteers by president reagan at ace money in

the rose garden will hero returned to you in a matter of moments. we watched together. >> we do. an impressive resume, starting as a young man, went to columbia, harvard, and oxford. one thing that was notable as columbia, he started an underground student newspaper that was seen as a pushback against the culture on campus. he has been very outspoken against some of the ideas that he thinks are oppressive. people legislating from the bench, things that judges should not be doing. >> technically there or two swearingen's, one is private, the other one is public. the public one is what we are waiting on now. peter doocy is life to talk about the previous swearingen that have been just a short time ago. as we wait, we say good morning to you. >> good morning again, bill, shannon. it is notable. we prepare for the possibility of protests outside of the supreme court, because just about any time that there is anything controversial happening here, there will be protests.

apparently after the nuclear option was involved, and he was confirmed. if the people who may have been compelled to protest for other things that are happening here the court got over it. we have been here since about 8:00 this morning, we have not seen anybody come to see that they are upset or express their displeasure, hold up a sign. about the gorsuch confirmation. it has just been a couple of school groups and a lot of passerby's head that see the cameras. he was swollen to the next morning with the constitutional oath. and now it is time for the official oath. >> shannon: all of the other members we have seen them come in. the only one that you do not see there in the front row, have not seen yet is justice kennedy. that is because he will be administrating today. you see the chief justice and the other members they are part of the vice president and his wife as well. getting ready for the historical moment. 13 months in the making. we understand that we are just a couple of minutes away from this kicking off. >> bill: a law degree from

harvard law school predator and attended oxford university has a marshall scholar. graduating with a doctorate in legal philosophy. and just looking at his legal record of the past 25-30 years. he very much is like anthony scalia when they talk about him in the way that he interprets law. a proponent of what they call original his arm, shannon. as opposed to interpretation. if they make their way from the oval office. >> shannon: by the way, he met his wife at oxford. you can see it during the evidence, she has been very close by his side. and the two daughters were there for the swearingen this morning. >> bill: it is just stunning today. as to the rose garden we go. >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you very much. friends and distinguished guests, welcome to the

white house. we are gathered here today for a truly momentous occasion. in our democracy. the swearingen of a united states supreme court justice. in particular, i am greatly honored to welcome to these grounds every sitting justice of the united states supreme court. welcome. thank you. mr. chief justice and fellow justices, it is a privilege to have you here to join in this historic moment on this very beautiful spring day in the rose garden. spring is really the perfect backdrop for this joyful gathering of friends, because together we are in a process of reviewing and renewing, and also rebuilding our country.

a new optimism is sweeping in across our land, and a new faith in america is filling our hearts and to lifting our sites. i would also like to recognize senator cory gardner. mike lee, where is mike? he is around here somewhere. thank you. and mike crapo! good, thank you, mike for all of your work! thank you. [applause] and although he could not be here today, i especially want to express our gratitude to senator mitch mcconnell for all that he did to make this achievement possible. so thank you, mitch. [applause] i would also like to give my appreciation to chairman grassley for conducting such a

fair and professional confirmation. thank you, senator grassley. where is senator grassley? thank you. thank you. thank you, senator. finally a profound thank you to louise gore search and to all of the gorsuch family. thank you. [applause] and i have heard it firsthand, i know what a total inspiration you are to your husband and to your entire family. so thank you very much. fantastic. thank you very much. [applause] we are here to celebrate histor history, the taking of the do with the show -- judicial oath by the newest member of the united states supreme court, neil gorsuch.

justice gorsuch, i just want to congratulate you and your entire family. it is something so special. in fact, i have always heard that the most important thing that a president of the united states does is appoint people, hopefully great people like this appointment to the united states supreme court. and i can say, this is a great armor. -- honor. and i got it finished in the 100 days. that is nice. you think that is easy. this ceremony has special meaning as justice gorsuch is filling the seat of one of the greatest supreme court judges in american history. that is scalia, a terrific, was a terrific judge and a terrific person. justice scalia was a patriot who revered our constitution.

he was beloved by many, very many who are here today. he is greatly missed by all of us. i want to at this time recognize his incredible wife maureen, who i got to know very well over the last short period of time. and maureen, please stand up. thank you very much. thank you and your family. thank you. thank you, maureen. americans are blessed to have in gorsuch a devoted servant of the law. over the last two months, the american people have gotten to know, respect, and truly admire our newest member of the united states supreme court. in justice gorsuch, they see a man of great and unquestioned integrity.

they see a man of unmatched qualifications. and most of all, and most importantly they see a man who is deeply faithful to the constitution of the united states. he will decide cases based not on his personal preferences, but based on a fair and objective reading of the law. today we have all three branches of government represented at this at the end. it very special thing. and a very special happening. and it is worth taking just a minute to remember what it all means. in our commanders incredible wisdom, they gave each branch of government to a different role in our great republic. we have a congress to write the laws on behalf of the people. we have a president to enforce those laws and defend our

nation. and we have a supreme court to apply and interpret the law in a fair and impartial manner when disagreements arise. the founders separated power because they knew that it was the best way to protect our citizens. and to keep our constitution secure. justice gorsuch, you are now interested with the sacred duty of defending our constitution. our country is counting on you to be wise, impartial, and fair to serve under our laws, not over them. and to safeguard the right of the people to govern their own affairs. i have no doubt that you will rise to the occasion, and that the decisions that he will make will not only protect our

constitution today, but for many generations of americans to com come. in just a moment, justice gorsuch will be sworn in by justice kennedy. a great man of outstanding accomplishment throughout his nearly 30 years on the supreme court, justice kennedy has been praised by all for his dedicated and dignified service. we owe him an enormous debt of gratitude. and i am honored that he is with us today. [applause] this is a very, very special moment. because many years ago a young neil gorsuch started his legal career as a law clerk to justice kennedy. you will remember that, right? >> yes.

>> it is a fitting testament to justice kennedy's impact that upon giving the oath to justice gorsuch, he will become the first ever supreme court justice to serve with one of his former law clerks. that is sort of a big deal, isn't it? i sort of like that. that's a sort of good. it has never happened before. that is pretty good. it also shows that you have a lot of respect for this man. it is very good. we are thrilled to share this historic moment with justice kennedy, with all of you here today, and with all americans watching us at home. justice gorsuch, i again congratulate you and your entire family, and i wish god's blessings on your amazing journey ahead.

i have no doubt you will go down as one of the truly great justices in the history of the united states supreme court. i now invite justice kennedy to say a few words. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. president. mr. chief justice, justice gorsuch. my fellow adherents to the idea and the reality of the rule of law. as many of you know, there are 2o's that a member of the federal judiciary must take. the first is the constitutional oath, many of you are familiar with, applies to all three branches of the government. the second is one that just

applies to federal judges. both of the oath's data from the founding of the republic. the judicial oath dates from 1789. and both of these oath's remind us that we as a people are bound together. he has a people find our self-definition, our respect, our heritage and our destiny in the constitution. and so justice gorsuch, there is one oath remaining for you to take. the judicial oath. before you may receive and accept your commission from the president of the united states. are you ready, justice gorsuch, to take the oath? >> yes. >> are you ready to take the

oath, justice gorsuch? please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, neil gorsuch do solemnly swear? >> i, neil gorsuch do solemnly swear. >> i will administer stress without -- do equal right to the poor and the rich. >> do equal right to the poor and the rich. >> and that i will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform -- >> that i will faithfully perform -- >> all of the duties incumbent upon me -- >> all of the duties incumbent upon me -- >> of the associate justice of the supreme court of the united states -- >> of the associate justice of the supreme court of the united states, so help me god. >> congratulations! [applause]

>> i see before me so many to whom i owe so much. i know that i would not be here today without your friendship and support. thank you all from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank the president for nominating me.

and for the great confidence and trust that he has imposed in me. i want to thank the vice president for his constant encouragement and friendship throughout this process. it is not possible to mention here everyone that i should mention. but i would be remiss if i do not think don mcgann, and mark pay latta, the vice president's counsel, and every single person in the white house counsel's office for their tremendous and tireless support. i want to thank kelly ayotte and my day-to-day team for their humor, for their sage advice, for their faith. as we spent months and so many miles tripping together through the senate complex. i want to thank every single person, and there are so many in the white house and the department of justice who worked

through so many late nights and long weeks on my behalf. i want to thank senator grassley further excellent teams and support and leadership. and i must thank my former law clerks. and my dear friends who gave so much of themselves so selflessly through these last three months. you are dear to me. this is truly your doing. and this is your day. i wish that i could mention each of you by name. but you know who you are. do you know your names are etched in my heart forever. this process has reminded me just how out rates i am in my law clerks and my family and my friends. and i hope that i may rely on each of you as i face this new challenge. to my former colleagues in the

wonderful staff of the tenth circuit, i thank you for your faithful service in your friendship over so many years. to my new colleagues and the staff of the supreme court, thank you for the very warm welcome. i look forward too many happy years together. and i cannot tell you how honored i am to have here today my mentor, justice kennedy, administer the judicial oath, the beautiful oath as he did for me 11 years ago when i became a circuit judge. to the scalia family, i will not ever forget that the seat that i inherited today is out of a very, very great man. to my wife, louise, and my daughters emma and bindy. thank you for your patience and perseverance. i simply could not have attempted this without you.

and to the american people, i am humbled by the trust placed in me today. i will never forget that to whom much is given, much will be expected. and i promise you that i will do all of my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great nation. thank you. [applause] [applause]

[applause] >> this way? okay, thank you. >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated until the justice -- >> you can tell the emotion of the moment. it was clear in his voice just there. neil gorsuch will turn 50 years old this coming august. and today is clearly the biggest moment of his life. >> shannon: absolutely, you can see the emotion there. he is there with his mentor, justice kennedy, he had a relationship with justice scalia as well. i thought it was very poignant that he said that justice scalia's widow, maureen is there, and some of his other family saying that he will never forget that the man whose ct is now going to occupy, he said a

very, very, very great man. and a lot of people say that they are cut from the same cloth. very few things that we have seen in their judicial record in which they split. they seem that they will be very much alike when it comes to ruling on the supreme court. >> bill: i thought president trump's comments about getting things finished in the first 100 days was interesting. and he also said deeply faithful to the constitution of the united states. a big argument on behalf of gorsuch. our country is counting on you to be fair. that's what he said a moment ago. so the court goes back to 9 after being at 8 in 13 months. for shannon bream, i am though, i wanted to share you that moment of history. and now our colleagues on "happening now" will continue the coverage. have a great morning everybody. we will see you tomorrow. >> jon: and we begin with the fox news alert, russia and iran now warning the u.s., they will

retaliate if the red lines in syria are crossed again. good morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> and i am heather childers emperor jenna lee, a busy day. sean spicer tweeting the momenta that president trump made the call to the navy commander on the uss porter, which launched the missiles that hit a syrian air base. of those strikes targeting the base where chemical attacks were launched on syrian civilians last week. more than 80 people dead. benjamin hall joins us now, live from turkey. that is not far from the syrian border. benjamin. >> yes, hello. as you say the strike on the airbase, people in that town who we have been in contact with, they say that their strike continues. conventional weapons, but they seem to be picking up the bombardment of the town. and the runway where the u.s. bomb is still open, and the russians using the jet, a clear sign from them that they do

intend to continue attacking the people of syria. survivors of the attack are still traumatized by their last have been speaking to fox news for describing the horrors of their experience, but also their hopes. >> american strikes will continue on other airbases, but are being used to kill civilians. and to put pressure on russia and iran to stop supporting him. >> but in iran, the president has been forceful himself saying that any u.s. tri- care would be considered a redline for them. pretty much saying that they will continue to support the assad regime, so a lot of forcible speaking. a lot of people really antagonizing one another. but the feeling on the ground is one of optimism, one of hope, and one of gratitude to the u.s. they do think that things have changed here. they hope that the u.s. can pressurize iran and russia to bring around real change. >> heather: answer the

question is how will this impact secretary tiller sends a meeting this week. thank you. >> jon: and military action on the other side, happening now. the u.s. make carrier craft is bringing itself to the western pacific, and waters off of the korean the korean peninsula. fox news had a rare opportunity to visit the airbase less than 50 miles from the korean dmv, joining us from south korea with details. greg. >> hello, there is a lot of activity on a lot of different fronts. all dealing with the publications coming from north korea. first you mention the carrier group, that is included and guided missile destroyers. to the u.s. navy directed them here. they should be here in the coming days. we find out today that the u.s. air force has a major piece of the action as well. take a look at what we saw. >> there is nothing more old-school than this. the i connick u-2 spy plane, and

it has been in operation for 70 years over the korean peninsula for over 40, old-school, but loaded with high-tech surveillance gear. keeping an eye on a very formidable current flow in north korea. >> the u-2 aircraft operate out of the airbase. that is now going on missions for ten hours or more, going up to an altitude of something like 14 miles, the craft stripped bare down to the very near essentials, closing in on any activity, conventional or unconventional of the regime. now if trouble is discovered, there are other aircraft that we have found on the airbase that could respond to problems including the f-16 and a-10 killer, both have seen a lot of

action. both can hit targets and support of the ground troops with missiles and even with some hefty machine guns. here's what two pilots of two planes told us about their specific korean mission. to take a look. >> it is is going to be very intense time. that's kind of what we do here. we do our daily mission, but we are always maintaining our readiness. >> we go to the same airspace that we have been going to in a wartime situation. 30 miles to the north of us. we will be there in defense of the south koreans. >> now, none of the air force officers that we spoke to expect to be called on to conduct a preemptory stride, that is low military option. they also said that if they are provoked by north korea, and we have been seeing a lot of provocation in the last couple of weeks and months, but that they will be ready. back to you. >> jon: very intense in that time of the world. thank you. >> heather: we just saw the

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>> heather: welcome back, supreme court justice neil gorsuch just sworn in this morning. could have a profound impact onn the court almost immediately. a number of pivotal civil rights cases pending before the high

court among some answers. joining us now, an attorney and fox news anchor, thank you for joining us. let's get started. the immediate impact, let's talk about the travel ban and how he could infect that. >> he could be the deciding vote to uphold the revised travel order if it gets to the supreme court. i kind of doubt that it ever will. here's why. it still has to be litigated before the ninth circuit or the fourth circuit, they are holding oral arguments in may. the loser then went tightly like it -- take it to the supreme court. they have to look at the calendar going, why do we even take this case and weigh in on this mess if we do not have to? they do not like to decide cases unless they have to. june 6, that is when the main part of the travel ban expires command they say that they will decline. >> heather: no chance that it would be instilled retroactively? that is it? it is done? >> once it expires it expires. if the president is supposed to

put forward his aggressive vetting new policy, that would be a worldwide policy and not just selective nations and allegedly discriminatory. >> heather: that is a side note, let's get back to justice gorsuch coming and what about the cases on religious freedom, also same-sex weddings? >> this is interesting, there are three cases that he will probably be weighing in on. the first is church entitled to government funds for a neutral nonexecutive purpose like building a playground for kids? and the question here is does that violate the establishment clause of the first amendment, so gorsuch, this is the first case that he will have a impact on with the boat. that involves same-sex couples, the business citing religious reasons refused to provide wedding services to a same-sex couple, they have not decided to take the case, but gorsuch could be the case that says that they will take it and decided. he has two gun rights cases, he

can also be in on that. does the second amendment extend outside of the home for self-defense? the right to bear arms? the ninth circuit says no, but the depends head, are you kidding me? of course it does. so he can really be key and all of those cases. >> heather: what about abortion rights? could he impact roe vs. wade? >> he probably will not. he replaces a conservative, so roe vs. wade stands as it is. he says its strong presidents during his supreme court hearing. only if breyer and ginsburg were to be replaced by a conservative code that established the president. the supreme court is littered with precedent-setting cases that were so bad that they were eventually overturned. eventually roe could be also. >> heather: is he reliable conservative? >> you never know. one saved on the ropes and

become a justice instead of a judge. there are two university of virginia law professors who delved into in-depth gorsuch's decisions on the tenth circuit. they find him to be on social issues, surprisingly moderate. that is a quote, and among the republican appointees, they found him to be more liberal. republicans -- republicans have appointed conservatives in brennan and blackman and earl warren, and justice john paul stevens, david souter, five justices thought to be conservatives coming into they ended up being fairly consistenl votes. so you just never know how somebody is going to turn out. remember that he was a law clerk to anthony kennedy, who turns out to be not a conservative reliability, but a swing vote moderates. is he going to follow the queue from anthony kennedy? hard to know. >> heather: interesting to find out, but a lot of work needs to be done.

thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. >> jon: well, the rumors are swarming about an impending white house shakeup. reports that stephen bannon is feuding with the president's son-in-law has dared question or takes on more responsibility in the west wing. but another white house senior advisor, kellyanne conway says that the rumors are just that pretty rumors. >> heard nothing but rumors and innuendos. that would make any of us believe that anything other than the real shakeup going on in washington is a way that donald trump is coming in as a duress rupture. in other people want to write stories about the process, personnel, who is up, who is down, who is in, who was out, but you have to go back to the way that president trump is. he appreciates the diversity of opinion. he likes when people disagree or give him differences in viewpoints. he has never had a bunch of yes-men or yes women around him. we all appreciate that.

>> jon: let's talk about this with the white house correspondent. and pulitzer prize-winning reporter judith miller. the white house you could say had a pretty good week last week. they got neil gorsuch confirmed by the u.s. senate. they had a host of a number of foreign leaders, including the president of china coming into the attack on syria was received by both sides of the aisle, might these rumors be, there are people that do not want the president to succeed, might have the rumors of shakeups coming be a part of that effort? >> well, i think that kelly and

and -- kellyanne conway, that is her job. to put the best spin on what is ever happening. and she does that very effectively paid by the fact of the matter is that there has been tremendous fighting and inciting within the white house because there has been a clash, not only of personalities, but of people who hold radically different policy views. and yes, there is a shakeup coming, there is already been a shakeup in that stephen bannon has been banished from the national security council by john mcmaster, the general who has a very different attitudes towards the use of force and power. this is not an issue with the old press being distracted. these policy differences matter. they are significant and they should be following them. and yes, they are going to have consequences for this administration. >> jon: we will talk about stephen bannon -- steve bannon's disappearance, only there to keep tabs on the previous nsa dr who is now gone. so why not select h.r. mcmaster, you know, sort of reform the team? >> sure, why not? if they were ready and they thought that this was just going to be a temporary type of position, i think they would

have made that clear. there is no question that this kind of shakeup, jared kushner's stock is rising. he is kind of like the shadow diplomat that is doing stuff not only a israel, mexico, apparently on syria, he has the innovation group that he is leading. what i see happening is that trump, as kellyanne conway said, the president trump is not your typical politician. he is an executive. as an executive, he is used to shaking things out. if something does not work out, he is going to change that. we saw that on health care. he is not going to brood over something that is not working. he will move onto the next project. i think that is what we will see here. >> jon: kellyanne conway has also said that the palace intrigue stories just don't matter. is she right? >> no, she is wrong. they do matter. there are people who win these contests for power, they are going to have profound influence on policy.

steve bannon was tied up in america's first guy, why get involved in syria? we do not know how to solve it. no one does. president obama tried for eight years, versus h.r. mcmaster who said if we do not, these problems will follow us to europe in the form of refugees, to terror in the form of terrorist attacks everywhere. we must get more involved. so yes, it does matter who wins the struggles. as for jared kushner, this is the only guy whom the president cannot file, so i do not want to make any predictions in the white house because mr. trump is so unpredictable, but i would put my money on jared kushner. >> jon: hard to fire your son-in-law. >> it certainly is. it has been very interesting watching him rise. the conversations that we are having about jared kushner, the similar ones that we had about stephen bannon in the beginning how he was making more and more space for himself in the west wing. and now it is largely jared

kushner who who is getting that talk. >> jon: what about reince priebus, his head might be on the chopping block, what are you hearing there at the white hous white house? what did he do that may have upset people? >> we have heard these conversations quite a bit, his coming you know, he has been talked about possibly leaving many times, his conflicts with steve bannon, cpap, there was all of this talk about how did they interact onstage. that is something that we are going to be watching very closely, obviously. and i do kind of wonder, you kind of see reice priebus and steve bannon on other sides. i'm not so ready to jump on that bandwagon. >> jon: our community panel today, thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> heather: coming up, rex tillerson heading to moscow days after the u.s. missile strikes in response to a syrian

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yet 1 in 6 children in the us struggle with hunger. help end childhood hunger near you. learn how at feedingamerica.org. ♪ >> heather: secretary of state rex tillerson heading to moscow in the wake of the syrian chemical attacks. he will urge russia to rethink its support of president bashar al-assad. >> we are hopeful that we can work with russia and to use their influence to achieve areas of stabilization throughout syria. we can create the political process through geneva where we can engage all of the parties on the wake forest. and it is so true that the political process that we believe the syrian people will be able to decide the fate of bashar al-assad. >> heather: joining us now to discuss it, a fox news for foreign affairs analyst. he is also a former campaign

advisor to president trump on foreign policy. thank you for joining us today. we heard the secretary to listen speaking there, he says that the strategy is primary number one, and distilled to defeat isis, so what is the strategy and what de enters the meetings with moscow on wednesday? >> well, secretary tillerson is trying to refuse the crisis that was triggered by our action with assad. that would be much a number one, and mission number two is to hope that moscow would have an agreement or an understanding that there is no solution for all of syria with assad remaining the president of all of syria. that will take time. and i think the secretary has spoken about this, we need to do what needs to be done now,

defeat isis and eastern syria. we need to focus on that matter while keeping an eye on the prospect, the political process including assad. >> heather: how do you do that? how will the missile strikes from last week impact these discussions? >> there are two red lines, one is mentioned, and the other is barely mention now. the first redline is for the united states to make sure that assad and others understand not to use the weapons anywhere in syria, anywhere in the region. that was dumb. and at the other redline, i think the russians are trying to put it together. and that is that you americans cannot hustle the regime that we honor in syria, before we have an agreement with you. that leaves us only with the eastern syria where we have isis still to be defeated. at the bigger question is going to be not assad at this moment in time, but who do we replace isis with? if we do not do that

calculation, we will have a problem. >> heather: and you just referred to the joint statement in response to these military strikes where around, and syria, what needs to happen? what circumstances would russia back away from their support of assad? >> that is a great question. we do not have the answer, we are going to wait for the negotiation. but here is my modest take, there is a nuanced, there is a difference between what russia wants and what iran and maybe assad once, russia wants to have the base and make sure that the assad regime will transfer to another friendly regime to russia. they do not really ones only assad, they would accept another one. around one something else, they want everything that's russia wants, but they do not want to see us defeating isis and replacing isis with an anti-iranian force, that would cut off their line between iran,

iraq, and there is a little difference between the two forces. >> heather: joining us with his inside that we always appreciate. thank you very much. >> thank you, heather. >> jon: before heading to moscow, the secretary of state, rex tillerson is in italy defending a summons with six other administers. going to put pressure on russia to end support of this syrian leader bashar al-assad, the latest on that meeting ahead. finding time to get things done isn't easy.

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>> jon: right now secretary of state rex tillerson is preparing for a meeting with his russian counterpart in moscow. if syria is on the agenda. tillerson is in italy today attending a summons with six other members. now the g7 group, they intend to

put pressure on russia to end the support of the leader bashar al-assad, joining us live from lucca, italy. >> hello, well the between poor secretary flew into the meeting saying that he believes that rex tillerson needs to take from everyone a united message to russian president vladimir putin saying that he had a choice. he could stick like glue to a dictator that guesses his own people, or withdraw his support from bashar al-assad and join the rest of the people with a political solution for syria. even talking about possibly new sanctions on russia and syria, particularly some military figures and both of those countries. meanwhile the u.s. secretary of state rex tillerson went to a memorial this morning, a ceremony on the spot where hundreds of italians were miscarried during world war ii by the, many of them children,

most of them civilians. and he really drew a link between this historic evil they are and to the chemical attack on syria. >> we remember the events of august 12th, 1944. that occurred. and we rededicate ourselves holding to account any and all who commit crimes against the innocence anywhere in the world. your service is an inspiration to us all. >> now this was supposed to be really a sort of housekeeping meeting for the members of the g7 ahead of the heads of state meeting in sicily in may, but it really has turned into an emergency summit on syria, an impromptu meeting has been very quickly pull together of arab foreign ministers together on the sidelines here. and the turkish foreign ministers to come up with some solutions for syria. their travel was very last minute.

and finally, britain foreign secretary boris johnson was supposed to be an moscow himself today. but at the last minute he canceled the trip because he felt it was much more important to be side-by-side with his allies coming up with some unified stance on syria. he has been widely criticized in the russian press, being called a poodle, a lapdog if you will, of the united states. and italy's foreign minister, italy being the host of g7 events through all the gear, saying that he felt that the decision to act decisively on syria last week has created a renewed harmony between the united states and europe, because he said that not so long ago, and he specifically meant within the last couple of months, many european leaders have been feeling that there was a real gulf between europe and the united states. back to you. >> jon: amy kellogg in italy for us. thank you. >> heather: knew in the next hour of "happening now," u.s.

aircraft carrier is heading to the waters off the korean peninsula. intentions in the pacific region mound. general jack keane will join us live. plus the daily white house breaking with with press secretary sean spicer. for reaction to the swearing in of supreme court justice neil gorsuch.

>> jon: and asked her not to returns home from the international space station. a landing in keswick stand earlier today with two astronaut spread a textbook planning. returning to earth after 173 days in space. >> heather: meantime back on earth, former president bill clinton taking a trip over to texas to meet an old friend over the weekend. president clinton having his annual lunch with george a w bush and mr. lim incorporated bush. >> jon: giving his friend some socks, adding to president bush's best collection of footwear. he has some pretty fancy stocks.

>> heather: fancy socks are the things now. yours are normal. navy socks. we will have to work on that. >> jon: we will see you back here in an hour, "outnumbered" starts right now. >> fox news alerts, tensions over syria, two of the biggest backers, russia and iran warning the u.s. that they will retaliate if their red lines are crossed more muscle strikes. yes the trump administration turning up the heat on russia over its support for dictator bashar al-assad, this is "outnumbered," i am sandra smith. harris faulkner, meghan mccain, host of "kennedy," kennedy. and #oneluckyguy, we welcome back committee member and the founder of skybridge capital, anthony scaramucci. you are outnumbered, sir. good to have you back. >> he is in the house! >> let