there is a lot of things obviously to discuss. the overall fight on isis, but with respect to syria and particular, i think we need to remind them of the commitments they have made and the commitments that syria has made. i think first and there's no question who acted in this case and what syria did. and i think that we need to make sure that russia fully understand the actions that assad took, the commitments that syria has made, and russia has equally agreed to those same understandings. so getting them back on the same page first and foremost would seem the logical stage. equally as important is to make sure the areas where we can find a commitment to defeat isis is something we share. major? >> the president wants the secretary of state to put sanctions on the table? the secretary of state said

russia is either complicit or noncompliant. >> we'll have plenty of time to discuss how those talks go. one thing the president's been very clear on is he doesn't like to telegraph all the cards that he has. i think he wants to see how that conversation goes with secretary tillerson. if we can get them to agree to commit to action on defeating isis. >> how will you do that? >> that's what they'll have a discussion about. we needs to see what goes beyond rhetoric. where that talk starts. what they're willing to commit to. to get ahead of this right now, before they meet, is not something i want to do. i'd like to let secretary tillerson meet with him, have that conversation and report back. yeah? >> quickly about the white house itself. what is the president's perspective on the ability, the current ability, senior advisers, to resolve their ideological differences, resolve

their personality differences and work as a team? >> he's very confident in that. >> why? >> because this is the same group with the same same stren. they came together for a common purpose, to win a campaign. there's an unbelievably talented team at the senior level, all the way down to the bottom level of this administration that is committed to the president's agenda. i said this multiple times throughout the transition. everybody that came into this administration, while they might have a personal view or action on an issue, they understand and understood and understand the president's vision and agenda. and their goal of coming into this was to understand first and foremost that it is the president who made pledges and promises to the american people about the direction he takes this country and the actions he's taken. i just read off a series, in terms of the judges, the congressional review act pieces of legislation he signed, the executive orders. when you look at the actions

he's taken. the reactions. 60% down to the border. nobody would dispute immigration was a hot topic during this campaign. the president's actions are seeing results. you're seeing it on the market an national security front. so he understands that we have some pretty smart, talented individuals who are opinionated on a lot of subjects but that our battles and policy differences need to be behind closed doors. we need to focus. he is completely aware of the talent he has. that's part of the reason he's brought this team together is because of the talent and successes and accomplishments they've had on a variety of backgrounds. fully believes that they are going to continue to push forward to advance his agenda. >> what has led him to have more order to this meeting on friday where the two principles were essentially told by the president, cool this and get along and get on the same page.

>> look, i think there's a lot of stuff that was overblown about this that makes it now into the media sometimes and gets more sensational than it truly is. the president obviously is very pleased with the last week that he had and the accomplishments, especially on the foreign policy front. i think we had an unbelievably helpful and productive meeting with the chinese. the meeting with king abdullah was unbelievable. he continues to have strong foreign policy wins in terms of the relationships we're making with other heads of state. the attack on syria, while not just bipartisan praise at home, but world praise. i think that he recognizes that sometimes some of this spills over, these policy differences and discussions, and he's made sure the focus stays on advancing the agenda. >> you're saying one of the priorities is to see a regime change in syria. how far is the president willing to go to see bashar al-assad out of power there?

>> just to be clear, i don't think -- you can't imagine a stable and peaceful syria with assad in charge. i don't think that's a scenario that's possible. i think the first step in that has to be to make sure the region and syria in particular are stable. you can't have isis marching through syria and then worry mostly about who's in charge. we've got to make sure that first and foremost, in terms of our national security, our national security is the first and foremost reason we have to act. and as isis and chemicals of mass destruction are on the rise, we have to contain that. once that's done we can apply political economic and diplomatic pressure for regime change. they can work in tandem. but the bottom line is, the first priority is still the containment of isis and the

conflicts that's occurring. >> to clarify, is the red line for this white house chemical war fare? is conventional war fare enough to get the president to go further there than this white house has gone before? >> i think the president is very clear that there were a number of lines that were crossed last week. we saw that in the last administration. they drew these red lines and then the red lines were run over. i don't think you'll see the same play. not just syria, but what the world saw is a president that is going to act decisively and with justification when it comes to actions like that. and i will tell you, the answer is that if you gas a baby, if you put a barrel bomb in to innocent people, you will see a response from this president. that is unacceptedable. i think the rest -- again, one of the things that i don't want to start doing is to say, if you do this, this is the reaction

you're going to get. the president has made very clear threw the transition and now as president, he's not going to telegraph a response to every corresponding action because that just tells the opposition or the enemy what you're going to do and whether or not that response is worth taking. the president will be very clear that he's going to keep his cards close to the vest but make no mistake, he will act. john? >> thanks, sean. wanted to ask you about the reaction the president took on terms of military involvement last week. you said in your statement that all 59 of those cruise missiles hit their target, yet we're seeing reports that that military air base continues to be used by syrian military. given that, how can you consider that particular mission a success? >> well, 'cause i think from what you're hearing, you've taken two field planes and taken them off.

their fueling capen't has been taken out. over 20% of their fixed wing aircraft from their entire airport was taken out. their ability to operate successfully out of their air base is gone. as a pr stunt, they took some prefield planes, pushed them over to make it look like nothing. make no mistake about it. the radar capen't is gone. their fueling capability is gone. a good chunk of their aircraft is gone. that's a huge success. >> one other question following up on what major garrett asked. these reports of a shake-up at the white house. there have been various reports that the deputy national security adviser mcfarland is stepping down from that post. she'll take on the post of u.s. ambassador to singapore. can you confirm that? and what's behind that particular move? if that's the case. >> look, i said many times before that we're not going to get into personnel announcements

until they are ready to announce. i will say that, two points on that. one, when general mcmaster was announced, it was pretty clear. we said it at the time. you all asked the question about whether or not he would have the ability to shape the national security council in his liking with the president's concurrence. i think you've pretty much seen that that was an accurate statement at the time. it continues do be now. general mcmaster has the president's confidence to ensure our national security council is shaped in a manner that best serves the president of the united states in every way, shape or form. secondly, to your point, i think the staff said it over the weekend. only thing that's being shaken up in washington, being shaken up is washington. this president continues to show that he's going to be a disrupter and do things differently and bring real change to washington. >> thank you, sean. two questions. first, the previous administration was in touch with the assad opposition and

gathered conclaves of different groups. is this administration in touch with the same anti-assad forces, political and military? >> i'm not going into details on what we're doing and who we're talking to. i think that obviously didn't prove too successful last cycle. last administration in terms of regime change. i'm not going to get into telegraphing what we're doing. >> on the domestic front, congressman desantos wrote the president just last week to call in very strong language for him by executive order to end what he calls the opm rule of 2013. that was an executive order, of course, that under cutaffordable care act's amendment, saying that members of congress and their staff could not get health care and special subsidies, unlike any other american.

and he said as soon as that is eliminated congress will move faster because they an their staff will not have special treatment. is the president going to use his pen and get rid of the opm order? >> i'll have to look at that. i know secretary price has been dealing with a lot. i know that's an opm order. secretary price has been reviewing all of the necessary implementation documents and orders with respect to obamacare. he's working with director mulvaney. director mulvaney will be here at some point, probably tomorrow, to talk about some reorganizing of government. that might be an appropriate time to talk to him specifically about that. stkphaeufrb >> thank you, sean. the list of judges the president put out last year, saying these are people i would consider nominating. in the end democrats still tried to filibuster judge gorsuch. what difference from that perspective did him putting out

that list in the end? >> that's a great question. what it showed was the president kept his word. the president out out a list of people and campaigned on it and said, if you elect me, these are the type of justices i will choose from. they are originalists. they will interpret the constitution as written and meant to be. i think the american people, in a lot of cases, voted for him because of that. i think it shows that, again, whether or not you disagree or agree with the president sometimes fill -- allow them t vote up or down at the ballot box and it's an affirmation of the kind of justice that he wants. it's also a continuation to know the president will be someone who makes a pledge to the american people and keep it. >> he'll have other federal

judges to nominate. >> i hope so. >> what else did this process teach him? anything? >> i think from a political side, it was pretty obvious that you can disagree with judge gorsuch judicial philosophy. but i think by every standard, he was a very highly qualified justice. the american bar association rated them very highly, his judicial record, terms of number of cases where he was in the main stream and democratic appointees sided with him. and i think basically it showed the president that trying to work with senate democrats wasn't really -- was somewhat of an futile task. these were people who made up their mind, regardless of who the person was, and were gonna vote it down. so that was probably the biggest lesson. but it also shows when you've got the right individual, you've got someone imminently

qualified, we're going do succeed in getting it done. >> let me turn your attention to tax reform real quick. there's a report out there that says the president had basically gone back to the drawing board as it relates to taxes. is that accurate or does he still -- what he put out there on the campaign trail, is that still the back bone of what he wants to get done? >> that's the back bone. i think what you're seeing is us going through the process. his economic team. everyone from secretary mnuchin, secretary ross, gary cohen and others sitting down internally and beginning that process of meeting with groups that have been advocating for tax reform since 1986, kind of the ink on that one dried. starting to meet with outside groups, individuals, members of congress, to get their input. this is going to be a major undertaking. we want to make sure that we listen, have their ideas and their input as we move forward.

this is the beginning phases of that process. >> you mentioned gary cohen. he said on friday there's been this august deadline of steve mnuchin and others talked about. gary cohen suggested august might not be the deadline. is this timeline getting pushed at this point? >> i don't think it's getting pushed. that still would be a great opportunity before they leave for august recess. we're gonna make sure that we do this right and do it with the input of all the groups and members of congress that have had a long time interest in doing this. and it is a big deal, right? you've got the ability for our businesses and industry to be more competitive in the global market. then you want to make sure you're providing middle income tax relief that creates economic growth throughout the country. >> americans are filling out their tax reforms for 2016 this time next year they'll fill it out for 2017. will they have a 2017 tax break? >> i hope middle income americans have a tax cut by

then. sorry. i know. careful with that. >> this president then candidate trump was critical -- excuse me, was complimentary. now after seeing how russia reacted to syria, what does he think now? >> i think it's always been the same. if we can get a deal, we have a shared interest particularly in the area of isis. if we can defeat them and work with them on a plan to defeat them, then we're going to do it. sometime people cut off part of the quote. if we can't work with them, okay. the president came into office to really focus on two fronts. keeping our country safe and growing our economy and putting people back to work. if russia or any other country can help us achieve those two goals through market access and additional products and services from the united states into a major market place, but more

importantly keep our country safe through a combined effort to defeat isis, then i think we want to work with them. but if we can't get a deal with them, then the president's not going to be disappointed. but he would like to do what he can to work with these individuals to make it happen. >> do you still describe him the way he did several months ago, a leader -- >> i think secretary tillerson will have a lot of information after he meets with the foreign secretary. >> one other question on trade. you mentioned the 100 days and something president timing read on. did china offer to give u.s. some concessions on exports and financial investments as part of that? >> look, this is an initial working plan. they're going to try to hammer out what that 100 days looks like. then they call them like weigh

stations. what are those stops between 100 days and now that would be things that both sides would be looking at. obviously additional market access in china, intellectual property, the ability to have foreign ownership, especially in the services industry, is something that's been a big prize of u.s. exporters and industry for a long time. but it is something that is being hammered out as we go forward. so that's -- the plan was to put together a plan. there's a lot of pieces that both sides would like to see in there. these bench marks between now and 100 day. that plan is something that they talked about putting together during the -- just over the day they met together. it is something the counter parts are now going to continue to flush out. so there's a lot of topics that got put on the table. we're going to see how that works. jim? >> what is the status of -- multipart question.

what is the status of the negotiation of nafta and what is the white house doing to tweak nafta in u.s. interest? and is there a concern about getting it done before the mexican election by the end of the year? >> the first thing with respect to trade, we need the senate to approve the next u.s. trade representative. that's obviously, ustr drives that. so our focus is getting that done. we still have an official 90 day notification that we have to give congress. once we get ambassador lighthouser confirmed we'll be ready to announce a better work plan on that. >> in 2013, mr. trump had a lot to say about syria. one of the things he said that the president, then president obama, needs to seek congressional approval so members of congress should i believe as well. what is his plan to explain his strategy in a broader sense, and why does he not need congressional approval?

>> article ii of the constitution is pretty clear. when it's in the national interest of the country, the president has the full authority to act. he did that. he and his team spoke extensively to congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle to describe the action that was being taken forward. i think we have fully fulfilled every obligation with the power vested in article ii clear, with the president's ability to act. >> in terms of things happening here at the white house behind the scenes with staff members. obviously there were some ideological and policy differences on this particular military action last week. does the president believe, or do you believe this has been smoothed over in the short term or is there a long time solution with steve bannon and skwraeur rid kushner. do you believe, or does the president believe there's -- >> that's sean spicer.

we will continue to monitor that. hello, everyone. we first want to go to reports of multiple people shot at an elementary school in san bernardino, california. local fire department confirms multiple victims, but they do not provide a count. trace gallagher is live with more on that. what can you tell us? >> reporter: dana, this is in san bernardino, which was the scene of the terror back in 2015. this elementary school was eight miles from the regional center where that attack happened. you can see the live aerials there from our abc affiliate there. we have been told that from the police chief, this appears to be a murder/suicide, but that at least two others, we believe, may have been children, also were struck in this and it did happen inside a classroom. apparently a shooter walked into a classroom and opened fire and then took his own life according to the police chief. again, what you will see here as

they widen out is the police believe the situation is under control, but they are still going from classroom to classroom which is, of course, standard operating procedure since columbine. they go in. they will do a triage. we have been told the two students believed to have been injured have been taken to the hospital. they are still going classroom to classroom to figure out if there are any other suspects or possibility of danger around the school. there is a middle school, a high school and another elementary school nearby. they have been locked down as a precaution. cal state university san bernardino is also in the area. it is also on lockdown. you can see from the demeanor of the students, they have all been moved outside on the playground. at some point in time, they will let their parents kofpl and pick those students up when they believe the campus is safe. about 522 students at north park elementary school, the balance is pretty even.

about 35% hispanic, 30% black, 30% white students here. as far as demographics, this is about 74, 75% of the students are those students who are in need, they're from low income families. as you pan out here, we don't have specific details, but we do know from the police chief that somebody, a suspect, walked into a classroom and opened fire. this is being called a murder/suici murder/suicide. how others were struck remains unclear. as we get more information, we are on the phone with the police chief. we are on the phone with the school, as well as our fox affiliate, fox 11, which is now reporting that there are two dead. we believe the suspect and the target, the victim. and that two are in critical condition. again, we believe those are students, but that has not been

confirmed. >> dana: this is a police department that obviously has had the terrible terrorist attack that it had to deal with. did it change any of its procedures after that in order to deal to react to something like this? even though this is not terrorist related, the police department seems to have at least moved the students out to safety. we hope the two that are in critical condition survive their injuries. >> reporter: sure, yeah. this is protocol from going back to columbine where everything is handled the same. all of the students have to raise their hands going out. teachers and faculty would raise their hands going out. we are not sure who may have been involved in this or not. since the terror attack in 2015, it is unclear, but i can tell you this, dana. last year, san bernardino had 62 homicides. that's in 2016. that was a 41% increase from 2015 and 2015 is when the terror

attack happened. so this is a community that is reeling from violence. 2016 was the most violent year in san bernardino, california, in more than 20 years. you've got first responders there. they are lined up. you've got fire trucks, school buses. there are police agencies, variety of police agencies on scene trying to figure out exactly what happened. remember, what they do in these situations, they clear the school first of all the students. they get everybody either hunkered down or out of the building if you are in close proximity to a door, and then they start going classroom to classroom, making sure the students are safe. when they are safe, they get them moved out. as far as the information that we have, again, the police chief is the one who tweeted that he believes this is a murder/sue aoeud. some type of domestic incident. we don't know exactly what

happened when this person walked into the classroom, if he started going after a certain target and then others just got caught in the crossfire. those details are still slowly starting to trickle in. we do know that two believed to be students are in critical condition and have been taken to local hospitals. >> dana: trace, do we have any idea how long it took place to arrive or when the first call came in and how quickly if they were able to get there and if that, in fact, helped to save some people? >> reporter: that's a good question, but we don't know. right now the police chief is giving us what he has on this. at first we got reports there were multiple victims and that there was a triage set up, which is standard operating procedure. you go up, set up a triage. those who are dead clearly taken out of it. those students who were injured are kind of prioritized. again, we use gunshots, but we don't know yet, dana, if the

students who were apparently shot according to these reports or if they, in fact, were shot. remember, a lot of times when these things happen, you have students who are injured by trying to scramble and get someplace else, get to safety. they are injured in that capacity. we don't want to get ahead of ourselves and say these kids were shot. we know we're being told two kids are in at least serious, likely critical condition. it appears there was gun fire in this classroom. it appears from the reporting we're getting, these two students were shot, but that has not yet been confirmed by a hospital, by the school district or the police chief. we're still waiting on these types of information, before we get any parents, you know, more afraid than they already clearly are. we want to make sure we're very specific about exactly what happened and what we know happened inside that classroom. we do know that it did happen inside a classroom.

there are more than 500 students in this school. you can see most of them are now out on the grounds. other schools have been placed on lockdown. the university has been placed on lockdown. you can bet every first responder in san bernardino is likely near or at north park elementary school trying to figure out what happened. as we get more information, we will bring it to you, dana. >> dana: thank you, trace. for more on this we are joined by congressman ed royce are of california. he represents san bernardino county. thank you for coming on. this hits close to home to you today. your initial thoughts? >> well, our prayers go out to the families, to the students, to the first responders. and we are deeply saddened, especially since this is in such close proximity from that on terrier terrorist attack that

kured in 2015. the community has been through a lot. >> dana: i know the community a little bit. i had chance to live in southern california, in 2001, after the 9/11 attack. there is a real sense of community there. can you comment on that and how the community might come together after something like this? >> well, after the terrorist attacks, you saw throughout san bernardino county. there was an enormous amount of effort by law enforcement to make certain they were thoroughly prepared for anything that might occur in the future. at this point in time as you can see, police officers are going classroom to classroom making sure that there are no other threats, dangers to the students. i do think that you're right when you say there's a very close knit sense of community. >> dana: sir, while we continue to monitor this, if i could ask you about the other news over the weekend. there was a lot of talk about president trump's very decisive

action when he sent those 59 tomahawk missiles to destroy assad's ability to use chemical weapons against his own people. i wanted to ask your initial thoughts, and also about these questions about, did the president have legal authority to do that? sean spicer in the briefing was explaining that he believes he does under article ii, and yet you have other members of congress saying, hold on a second, we don't think that's right and maybe you have to come to congress if you want to take any further action. >> he had the legal authority to do it, certainly. it was in the interest of the united states to stop these gas attacks. but beyond 60 days, the president would have to come to congress for an authorization of use of military force. and it is now incumbent i think on the administration to work with congress on a strategy. we now need to work closely for a long term strategy, in terms

of what to do about assad and in particular there's legislation that i passed through the house last year into the senate, and we're gonna try to get that legislation to the president's desk, which would allow the united states to bring the kind of pressure on syria and on syria's supporters. iran and russia, to cut off financial support and to force syria to the table, or at least force a focus on replacing, you know, the current government with some type of leadership. but an as long as assad's there, we're not gonna see, we're not gonna see responsible leadership that can pull the country back together. >> dana: what were your thoughts yesterday on palm sunday when we had those terrible bombings that isis claimed to have done in egypt, targeting christians. as chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, you're no stranger to the terrible

problems we have with terrorism. what do you make of that action by isis? does it show they have a renewed push to try to make a staple for themselves? >> this is why our important work of destroying isis, defeating and destroying isis is so important. what you saw in these attacks on christians in egypt is no different than what you see across europe in terms of the attacks on the jewish and christian communities there. and increasingly, isis is on the internet finding ways to recruit much more rapidly. so when we say this is the first order of business, this is our responsibility in terms of developing a strategy and enforcing it that's going to protect this american homeland and our allies. >> dana: one last question. if i could take you to north korea. president trump sending a message to the chinese and to the north koreans both verbally

and now with the show of willingness to send a ship up to that region and saying that we would act unilaterally. do you plan to have hearings on this when you return after your recess? >> yes, we will. also myself and the ranking member of the foreign affairs committ committee, we passed a bill into law which allows the united states to put third party sanctions on north korea. in other words, this would prevent china and other countries from supporting the regime in north korea, and that was passed through the united nations security council as well. so the tools are there for a u.s. president to use in order to shut down hard currency going into the country, and that could either implode the regime or block access to the resources necessary for an icbm program. i think at this point that's what the administration is

considering. >> dana: all right, mr. chairman, thank you very much for joining us. we certainly send our prayers to the victims there in san bernardino. thank you very much. >> thank you, dana. >> dana: joining now to discuss is chris starwald. chris, first let's talk about foreign policy. we are 81 days into the administration. as we all know, foreign policy can really get to the front burner and push everything to the back. where do you think we are in 81 days? >> america first is taking on something of a different meaning for donald trump and his supporters. what was originally sort of cast as, i won't say isolationist, but a step back from the interventionist involvement in the world. now we see not only is the united states taking action in syria and a popular action in syria, but also taking a tougher line with the kremlin and against putin. it hasn't been 100 days, but the

world is made brand new again. >> dana: in the briefings that we were watching just before you came on, sean spicer, the white house press secretary, said what the decisive action that president trump showed on friday, thursday night, is that if you are going to gas a baby, he is going to react. that is a different message that we hear out of president trump's candidate which is totally allowed. that's allowed in america. you have the ability to do that. but what sort of mixed messages are americans sending. 57% approve for it. but the other number force the follow through are very low in terms of what do we do next? >> there is no coalition among the american electorate for ground troops or deeper commitment or regime change or any of that jazz. that is not a happening thing. those numbers are abysmal. this is sort of what we were used to prior to the iraq war

and prior to the obama era, which was what you would call proportional response. you blow up the marine barracks, we shell the valley. you bomb a disco tech, we do air raids. this was right out of the bill clinton play book. lobbing tomahawk missiles and using that to blow up bad guys in foreign countries was cruise missile diplomacy become a thing for bill clinton. we are seeing the way trump reverted to the norm for american presidents in the past, prior to 2001, which is this sort of proportional limited response. it's popular. unpopular is putting troops on the ground or a deeper commitment. >> the commander in chief has a ton of decisions to make. all the problems of the world land right on his desk. thank you. >> yes, ma'am. >> dana: the pentagon ramping up pressure against north korea. stepping up action by sea and

air. uss carl vinson moving toward the peninsula. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palcott is in seoul, south korea. what can you say? >> reporter: hi, dana. that's right. north of the border, north of the dmz, lot of provocations coming out of the government of kim jung un. we spent the day an hour south of where we are in seoul at the air base. it's a major u.s. military installation. and they are focused very much on the foe to the north. take a look at what we saw. there's nothing more old school than this. the iconic u-2 spy plane. been in operation for over 60 years in the skies over the korean peninsula for over 40. old school, but loaded when high tech surveillance gear.

keeping an eye on a formidable current foe in north korea. dana, yeah. it was exactly almost felt like going back in time to a cold war period. considering the tensions that are felt in this region, maybe appropriate. you see that pilot in his high altitude gear. that's because he is up 14 miles above the planet. and he can, in fact, be up there for about ten hours. again, that plane that's been stripped down to the basics, but inside, all sorts of telemetry signals intelligence. and then it is sent back down to the base. we all saw on that base offensive aircraft. the f-16 fighter jet used around the world. also the a-10 tank killer wart hog. so if information is said of something untorrid coming from north of the dmz, they can move.

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>> dana: u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley emerging as a power center as she speaks out about syria going out further in a hawkish direction than many of her colleagues in the trump administration. >> in no way do we look at peace

happening in that area with the reigning influence. no way do we see peace in that area with russia covering up for assad or assad as the head of the syrian government. and we have to make sure that we're pushing that process. the political solution has to come together for the good of the people of syria. >> dana: national political respondent for the washington post, james, you wrote about nikki haley this morning. what was your take away? >> i think nikki haley has shown herself to be very important to the trump establishment. she is very independent. we saw starting with her confirm eight hearing. she was the two term governor of south carolina. that she's going to be her on person an her own force, willing to in some ways disagree with the president when she does, but also to forcefully defend him. she spoke out against russia very loudly, very early. rest of the administration has moved her way now, especially after the syria strikes last

week. she similarly has been very hawkish on israel and a host of other issues that a lot of the traditional conservative foreign policy hawks, people like john mccain and marco rubio have come to admire and respect. so she's become more of a power center than you typically would see from someone in that u.n. ambassador role. part of it is, she doesn't think that she works for the secretary of state. she's willing to be her own person. she's the first republican u.n. ambassador since ronald reagan was president to have full cabinet rank. so she's a very very important figure in the trump orbit. >> dana: that was jean kirpatrick, one of the first women to hold that post. maybe the first. you mentioned senator marco rubio. let's listen to that. >> there seems to be a difference between what ambassador haley is saying, as he said last night that assad has no future, and what i heard this morning from secretary tillerson. you cannot have a stable syria

as long as bashar al-assad is in power. the quicker they realize that, the better our strategy will be. this idea that you can defeat isis and then we'll figure it out with assad? it's not going to work. >> dana: both the media and allies and enemy, everyone is looking to see if there's day light between the president and one of its cabinet members. the fact that there was this difference expressed by secretary tillerson and ambassador haley was noticeable. sean spicer in the briefing earlier was explaining that there's no daylight, that everyone is on the same page. what do you make of it? >> i think nikki haley is leading from the front here, dana. she has sort of, in some ways boxed the administration in that has a negative connotation. she's sort of been the conservative conscious in some ways. donald trump isn't necessarily the internationalist that a lot of republicans traditionally are. she's willing to talk about the

united states as a moral leader in the world. we've seen others in the cabinet and the president sort of follow her lead in some ways, which i think means that she'll be a very significant figure for years to come. >> dana: all right. i appreciate your daily work and for coming on today. i appreciate. early voting under way in a special election. why democrats think they have a chance to fill a seat they haven't won in 40 years. and why millions of dollars are pouring in from outside the state. finding time to get things done isn't easy.

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>> dana: an investigation under way into a deadly shooting at an elementary school in california. it left two dead and two others in critical condition. trace gallagher is live with

more on that. >> reporter: two dead are two adults. one of them is a teacher, the other one is believed to be a shooter. this did happen inside one of those classrooms, though we do not know what grade level the classroom was. we know two others we believe are students were taken by medical helicopter to local hospitals. their conditions are reportedly critical. the police chief says there is no more danger, but that has not stopped first responders from going classroom to classroom and using an old hurricane katrina technique by putting an x to show they have checked out those classrooms. the children are being transported to other areas to be picked up by their parents. one parent was very surprised by this, telling local news station that this is, in fact, a very secure school, north park

elementary, and that there is a gate to get inside the school. so the parent was very surpriseded to learn that somebody had actually gotten inside the school with a weapon. updates as they come in. dana? >> dana: all right. thank you. a special election congressional race that has been solidly a republican seat in georgia is facing a serious challenge from an upstart democrat. 30-year-old john oshuck is leading the race. the district was formally held by house speaker newt gingrich and has notes been represented by a democrat in 40 years. he leads the race. if he doesn't get more than 50% of the vote, the top two move on to a runoff. jessica carloff senior director of research for muscle.com. mercedes is a former spokes

person for president george w. bush. it's not unheard of for somebody not living in a district to run for congress in that district but it is somewhat brazen. over 80% of the money raised has come from outside of the state. is this putting all their chips and not spending their money elsewhere? >> i'm not sure about that. democrats are raring to go here. we talked about this about how important it is to democrats to continue the momentum that we saw at the women's march, for instance, right around inauguration. so we're out there raising money and we want to put it in every single race that's winnable. i all wanted to point out that mitt romney carried it by 23. this is a district that has been shifting in our direction. you've been saying where is the new democratic blood? right there. in people like this. there are conferences by people all over the country to get

young democrats out there and get them act teufr. you will be seeing this all over the country. >> dana: when we look at 11 republicans running, that is making it very difficult to run in this special because you have to get over 50% of the votes. republicans are watering themselves down. why can't the republicans figure that part out? >> we obviously didn't learn anything with the presidential primary when we had 16, 17 candidates run in the gop field. in the special election, you're seeing 11 candidates running. just advise the gop. what you'll end up seeing is osop and one republican basically going to the runoff which then, of course, they have the election june 20. when they go to the run off, if it's a democrat and republican, republican party needs to unite or they could lose that site. there was a local poll taken that donald trump's approval

rating was 53% in that particular district. but there's two things that are important. democrats have a lot of enthusiasm in play. secondly, republicans have to show they can govern in congress. and as well as we need to see trump overall approval rating increase so that when we get into mid term elections we don't end up in a situation like president obama in 2010 where he lost 63 seats in the house. >> dana: that first midterm is always a tough one. jessica, let me just ask you another question about the strategy here. if you get osop in, the democrats have a trick up their sleeve to find other 30-year-olds to -- >> i'm 33 now, so i guess i'm out of the running. no, there are some tricks up our sleeve or just old fashion enthusiasm and really believing in our agenda going forward. democrats, obviously the dnc race was quite fraught. we did see some new kay kwrors like the mayor for south bend indiana. i know there is an enthusiasm

amongst younger democrats and maybe older democrats recognizing the fact that we need new blood and they essentially are going to age out and maybe on the messaging. hopefully we'll continue. >> dana: mercy, would the republican party benefit from a trump or pence visit before this voting on saturday or is it better to stay away? >> in primaries, it's better for them to stay out. let these local republicans fight it out. at that point when we do have a candidate in place in that district, it's important that, if it makes sense for a trump or pence to go to that district. you want to create enthaou -- enthusiasm in that base. when you go to the polls, your grass roots game is critical to win in that district. >> dana: who would the democrats send?

who's the leader at this point? >> well, tom harris is the leader at this point. we know bernie sanders and he are touring the country together. would bernie sanders go on his own? he's 74 years old. young people are quite fond of him. >> dana: they do like him. >> they do like him. maybe bernie. i would think tom perez. >> dana: jessica, mercy, thank you very much. a passenger sitting in his seat getting ready for takeoff, but the flight is overbooked. so this happened. >> my god, what are you doing? no. this is wrong. oh my god. look at what you're doing to him. oh my god. you don't let anything

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>> after united airlines booked a flag, a couple doctors

reforced to get off. this doctor was forcibly removed. the airline tweeted an apology. i'm not sure that's going to be enough. here's shepard smith. >> shepard: it's 3:00 on the east coast. noon in san bernardino, california where police say a gunman walked into an elementary classroom, killed a teach and and shot two students before killing himself. we're live on scene with breaking news. the white house responding after president trump's team sends mixed messages about syria and bashar al-assad. secretary of state rex tillerson getting ready for a high stakes with al-assad's allies in russia. live with developing news from the pentagon. live in south korea, an aircraft carrier on the way. and u.s. war planes are training for combat