d in there.with assa thirdly, did the iranian influence out of there. we know there is not any sort of option where a political option can be pursued with assad and his regime. deter theive was to continued use of chemical regime in the assad his mess murder attacks against innocent civilians. i think everyone has confirmed that we are prepared to do more. -- we wereared prepared to do more to days ago as well. what is significant about this strike is not that it was meant to take out the syrian regime ability to perform mass murder on its own people, but it was meant to be a strong message to assad that the united states will not stand idly by as he continues to murder innocent civilians. important objective to keep in mind here. >> he is continuing the mass murder. if he uses conventional weapons, is president trump prepared to stop him from using conventional weapons to slaughter innocent civilians? >> with this president, what we have is someone helping us to understand and provide him with an assessment of what is the degree of agency and control w

military might to any provocations of the iran, russia or assad provocations of the iran, russia or assa whether we have rattle that axis, if they are nervous in any way now, because the us has decided to deploy force. that would be the best outcome. one of the worst would be if russia, iran ora the worst would be if russia, iran or a combination make life miserable for the us around the middle east. thank you very much indeed for your contribution. we will speak to the director on arab politics at the washington institute for near east policy. this isa institute for near east policy. this is a pivot for the president, not something he expected. he didn‘t wa nt to something he expected. he didn‘t want to get involved in other people‘s war. how significant is it? enormous, it could be a defining moment in that trump presidency. he was seemingly adrift on foreign policy. we had no idea where he was going, what he stood for. now we see a principled and presidential moment for the administration. and for the president himself. if you put that in combination with what the president said that

the world said then that president assad the world said then that president assa d ha d the world saidssad had to give up all his chemical weapons. but it is clear that syria is still a country with the worst kind of buttons and the will to use them. —— weapons. nick bryant is at the un headquarters in new york. the un security council has been meeting today to draft a resolution about the suspected chemical attacks but there have some very bad tempered exchanges. a very angry and impassioned emergency meeting of the security council this morning. and the british ambassador pointing the finger of blame at the assad regime. but also blasting russia and china for vetoing un resolution interbreed that would have imposed sanctions on the assad regime for using chemical weapons in previous attacks. he said that it sends a message of encouragement to damascus. but by far the most dramatic and electrifying moment came when the champ administration ambassador spoke. she got up to her feet which is rare in the security council and she branded photographs of the children who had died and asked p

. >> the president understands who assa did is. >> reporter: the syrian government said it will allow an investigation into the attack but only if its run from syria and not turkey. >>> president donald trump just arrived in florida where he is hosting the president of china at his mar-a-lago resort. the united states trade imbalance with china is a topic on the table. they are expected to spent 24 hours together including having dinner with their which was, they are not expected to play golf. the chinese leader calls that a symbol of government corruption. >>> the senate has invoked the nuclear option, changing the rules to loi the nomination of judge neil m. gorsuch and other supreme court nominees by a simple majority vote. mitch mcconnell said that the depths made the same move for federal judges and nominationses. >> who believes that ruth ginsburg and neil m. -- is in the maip stream but neil m. gorsuch isn't. >>> when a nominee does not get enough votes for confirmation, the answer is not to change the rules, it's to change the nominee. >>> senate rules require 30 hours of deba

italy will try and deal with the issue of how to remove and deal with the issue of how to re m ove assaand to plan for life after him, how planning can take place for peace and rebuilding in syria afterwards, and look at how they might get russia to demilitarise. the chief executive of ford has said he cannot guarantee the company will keep manufacturing in the uk after brexit. mark fields told bbc news it was "really important" for the uk to secure a free trade deal with the european union. he said ford was "going to be in the uk for quite some time", but that "nothing could be guaranteed over many years." he's been speaking to our correspondent robin brant. we need to make sure that all of our facilities around the world are globally competitive. listen, we are very proud to be in the uk and we're going to be in the uk for quite some time but it's going to be really important, particularly as article 50 is now triggered, that, from our standpoint, there needs to be free trade between the uk and the continent and that's really important to us. i think it is important to our business, i

and trson calling out russia for supporting assa. pulling the separatist forces out of ukraine. and thee, for middling in a u.s. america. john kerry's taos of coddling the was over. and they have to recover a little bit of their prestige. >> and turning to north korea. promising a missile launch a week. and the pela costity continues. and you get the sense and that is a lack of balance on part p of the north korea. and suggesting a strategy and what it want upons. >> that's the case. kim jong-un advanced the development of ballistic missiles considerably further than the predecessor and development of medium range ballistic messils and fired a submarine. and had six in the parade. and the thing he concerns most. intercontinental ballistic missiles and at a accelgreated pace and that has our concern and why vice-president pee was there and tillerson and mattison. and i am encouraged because i think what is happening the obama administration never put p the military option on the table. and the koreans made all of that advaps. and pres

. >> i do not see how assa did can remain in charge after what he has already done. >>> thank you. >>ghter pilot parachuted to safety after his plane went down. a resident shows the pilot parachuting through a dark plume of smoke. there was a large fire ball in the area when the jet went down. >> i found the pilot in the fields. the first thing he said was, is everybody okay. i said, i do not think you landed in a neighborhood, you landed in the woods. he said good, i am carrying live rounds. >> emergency officials said nobody on the ground was hurt. as a precaution, 20 homes were evacuated for a short time. >>> the widow of the orlando shooter is not fighting her extradition to florida. she's pled not guilty to charges of helping her husband plan the attack. it's not clear when she will be transferred to florida. >> coming up, new concerns following another ballistic missile test by north korea. >> the battle on capitol hill over supreme court nominee neil m. gorsuch and the all night speech by one lawmaker opposed to his confirmation >> we have more coming up on ktvu news right afte

the last one in the world to do domething like that is the assa government because they were winning the syrian civil war with russia's help and iran's help. isis was on its heels. the syrian rebels were on its heels. the government was acquiring more and more of the syrian territory. the last one in the world to use that to inflame the west and give them a chance to intervene was the assad government. in listening to msnbc, cnn, even the fox channel, including the trunk haters come -- trump haters, not one newscaster, not one is saying, is making the analysis like im -- i am. adat in the world with the ass government have to gain? they are making the assumption that is going to come out that perhaps the government was not guilty, but they are all making the assumption. nobody is questioning who in the world is doing it, including our representative at the u.n. i think a lot of people made just be surprised. perhaps a dirty trick, to up even by our own cia permit the united states to intervene, because our plan all along going back to the obama administration, was regime change in sy

"americanok is called assa covenant: a history of civil religion from the puritans to the present."oks calls it essential reading. i am pleased to have him at the table. welcome. is the story, some say, of a struggle between two traditions. philip: it is a struggle between even three rival traditions for thinking about the meaning of the american project. charlie: what do you mean by the american project? philip: that's exactly what's at issue. three different visions. one that sees the united states as a christian nation, another that sees it as a secular democracy, and a third, the one that i'm defending here, a combination of sacred and secular values. charlie: and this is, as you is not like out, it a third way, it is different than the confrontation -- conversation that took place with tony blair or bill clinton in america. i think it is an essential way in which the american project has proceeded for most of our history, and i don't think there is a mushy middle, and averaging out of two different positions. but it has its own logic and coherence. charlie: tell me about religi

or ill, acting against the main foreign policy objectives of the putin regime which is supporting assassad. so your view of this doesn't square with reality. aren't you a little bit embarrassed now that that's obvious? >> no, not at all. first of all, i don't think we know what putin's number one foreign policy is. he has a lot of bigger fish to fry and he is interested in the united states of america. but look, tucker. you and i can disagree on the trump administration, the connections with russia. the bottom line is either of us really don't know. that's why i've been a consistent advocate for what the american people want, which is an independent, bipartisan investigation to get to the bottom of this. and you know it? there is a part of me that really hope you are right. that hopes that i am embarrassed at the end of the day and we find out there isn't any collusion behind the scenes between an american president and russia. but we all deserve to know. and that's why i've been -- >> tucker: that's not been the argument you've been making. i don't think that's a crazy thing to ask fo

. >> reporter: america's top diplomat hopes to persuade russia to aba endop assa did, and happened the six-year civil war. >> they come at an important moment in the relationship and to further clarify areas of difference to understand why the differences exit. >> reporter: during an interview with fox business, president trump was less diplomatic, taking on the russian president directly. >> putin is backing a person that is truly an evil person. >> reporter: the commander in chief also defended orders to send missiles into syria following the april 4th gas attack and clarify what some believe is a shift in policy. >> we're not going into syria, but whether i see people using horrible, horrible sem sell -- chemical weapons, which they agreed not to use under the obama administration, but they violated it. >> reporter: russia is warning the white house not to strike again. the administration said they use the right to use additional capabilities should it be required. >> just a short time ago, sean spicer issued another public a policy -- apology for his comments. he spoke this morning

. >> john assa in the 6th district, a seat once held by newt gingrich, it would amount to a major repudation of trump, an early sign that democrats could pick up the 20 seats they need to take control of the house in next year's mid terms. one of the challenges they face, frustration that the party has not done more controlling all levels of government. >> there is anxiety about congressional inaction, if you will. this real desire to see the republicans in congress to move from vocal opposition to actually governing. >> reporter: despite the outpouring of democratic support, ossoff is trying to keep the race focussed on local issues. >> it's about values that ignite people in georgia. roimt with bitter gop infighting dominating a crowded field of 18 total candidates. 11 of them republicans. ossoff has consolidated democratic support and is aiming for more than 50% of the vote tonight. if it is short, it will prompt a two-person run off in june. the president had worn the district last year by one point after mitt romney carried it by 20 points in 2012. rising the high stakes, trump tweeted

number one, that it was assa thatas behind this. number two, it was likely sarin gas used against his own people and we heard how the president was impacted to see the 3picturs of children gasping for breath after being gassed by their own president and the decision was made. they went into the secure room. there was a lot of confidence about the ability of the u.s. military to carry this off. now, the question is, what's next? well, we might learn something about that very soon, stephanie. the president is meeting with china's president xi at 10:30 eastern time this morning. there will be what we call a pool spray and limited number of journalists to go in and shout questions as we say. there's a chance he may make a statement beyond what he had to say last night in that very formal setting. in addition to that, white house officials emphasizing this morning that the international reaction that they're getting has been very positive, one of the things we'll be looking for is what kind of official statements come from many of those

that syria has crossed the line and that russia needs to withhold their support of ba similshar al assaof the americans and wanting him to no longer be the lead o that country. what sort of reception is he going to be getting at the kremlin, and are his concerns going to be heard there? >> up to now it looks like a tough reception. putin apparently has told others that he won't see him, which i think is a mistake. i think he'll get a tough reception from sergey lavrov who is, if anything, a very strong servant 69 state and of president putin, and president putin's ideas and interests. but i think secretary tillerson also has the compassivity of holding his own. that medal doesn't give him a free entry pass into all aspects of the kremlin, but he is going to perhaps be able to make some good remarks. one, he's leveled the playing field in terms of leverage and that's important. secondly, the russians are getting nowhere with assad right now. they have a big liability and hanging that liability on their head is an important process. thirdly, going down the road of escalating on each side,

i preed him on that, and he expressed e need, frankly, for assa tbe removed through a political protscess. but i went further and asked him if he believed isis could be defeated with assad still in power and he said yes. he did indicate the two didn't have to happen along the stame track. he still stressed that it's the president's belief that ultimately he has to be removed from power. a couple other headlines i'll tick through with you as we've been reporting, of course, secretary of state rex tillerson set to meet with his counterpart tomorrow. he is going to urge his counterpart and russian officials to get tougher on assad, to stop propping up that regime. he wouldn't respond to multiple questions, though, about whether or not he would specifically put the threat of more sanctions on the table. so that remains an unanswered question at this hour, katy. and he responded to a whole host of questions about some of the infighting here within the white house between chief strategist steve bannon and president trump's son-in-law jared kushner. he called those reports overblown, although yo

d will predicted assa leave power through a peaceful transition. to do you convince assad participate in a transition that leads to his own ouster? how long will the u.s. wait for russia to come around? rov, your government and united states government seem to be miles apart -- you feel that you cleared up any of those issues you mentioned earlier today since you've had those discussions with secretary tillerson? sec. tillerson: we did discuss at length the future role for assad, whether it be a future political process or not. clearly come our view is the reign of the assad family is going to coming to an end. they brought this on themselves with the conduct of the war these past three years. we discussed our view that russia is their closest ally in the conflict, perhaps has the best means of helping assad recognize this reality. we think it is important that assad's departure is done in an orderly way. constituents he represents feel they've been reprenteat the negotiating table for a political solution. how that occurs, we leave that to the pro

. >> is is wants to go after assa but we're knocking the hell out of them even though it's not a full-blown thing, we're still dropping bombs all over the place. look, they're not exactly loving life over in syria. we're stopping them to a certain extent of going after assad. you have russia that's now there. russia is is on the side of assad. russia wants to get rid of isis as much as we do if not more. they don't want them coming into russia. i'm saying why are we knocking isis yet at the same time we're against assad? let them fight. take over the remnants. >> trump, though, today saying, "if the world changes, i am flexible. that attack on children had a big impact on me. big impact. horrible thing." so the president suggesting that maybe, perhaps, as a result of this news out of syria, he could be shifting his attitude toward syria, or is it just a shift in his thinking on this? is there any specific thing that trump might do in response to this now? kristen welker is standing by at the white house. kristen, that is the question. the president making his horror clear at the news out of

the weekend said we can navigate a political ow come which the syrian people will determine bash al-assas. nikki haley seemed to align. she said no way we sea peace in the area with assad as head of syrian government. who reflects -- >> i don't think they are mutually exclusive statements. reporter: why not? >> one of them is saying we don't see peace with him in charge. the other is saying we need to have him gone. i think that is the point of both. the goal for both of them, the goal for the united states is twofold of as i stated one to make sure we destablize syria, destablize the conflict there, reduce the threat of isis but then secondly is create the political environment not just within the syrian people but i think you can have, work with russia in particular to make sure they understand that syria backed up by russia's own accounting should be held accountable for the agreements it has made with respect to its international agreements on chemical weapons alone. >> can you -- isis with assad still in power? >> yes. sure. but i think that, i think you can defeat isis with him in p

the last one in the world to do domething like that is the assa government because they were winning the syrian civil war with russia's help and iran's help. isis was on its heels. the syrian rebels were on its heels. the government was acquiring more and more of the syrian territory. the last one in the world to use that to inflame the west and give them a chance to intervene was the assad government. in listening to msnbc, cnn, even the fox channel, including the trunk haters come -- trump haters, not one newscaster, not one is saying, is making the analysis like im -- i am. adat in the world with the ass government have to gain? they are making the assumption that is going to come out that perhaps the government was not guilty, but they are all making the assumption. nobody is questioning who in the world is doing it, including our representative at the u.n. i think a lot of people made just be surprised. perhaps a dirty trick, to up even by our own cia permit the united states to intervene, because our plan all along going back to the obama administration, was regime change in sy

made americans more hostile towards russia, take a closer look at all the journal itselvf sists he's assantries he's invaded and planes he's shot down. i don't know. i'm not the first person to say this, but vladimir putin master mind. this may have been a chess move he didn't want to make. it's not ending too well for him. >> people there in state realm complained to me about donald trump, i said, you delivered him. it was a joke. it didn't go over well. >>> critics see signs of interference in french vote. >> same dynamic there in terms of france and russia media and hacking. how do you connect for people who watch rt here. how do you can he think the with the media you saw. is that all russian owned, russian controlled? are they all prop began dis and. >> they are completely state funded. some kind of level of independence, but it was the same thing. their coverage was the same as i saw in russian. >> myad warned me. >> coming up at the t of the hour. gop identity crisis. that's how "the washington post" describes special election in georgia. join us live from atlanta with more and bri

assas been getting away with this for the last eight years, red line's been crossed, nothing, no consequences. i think the broader question, to your point, is what is our strategy in syria? i've advocated that we cannot resolve this conflict, this civil war as long as assad remains in power. he's a magnet for the jihadists. he's created this civil war which has also led to the formation of isis and the creation, this refugee crisis that we're seeing with millions of people fleeing out syria. so it's really the epicenter now of so many problems and i don't think you can just ignore it. pu have to come up with a strategy to plan for syria and congress has a role to play in that. >> chairman of the house homeland security committee michael mccaul, thank you so much for being with us. now let's bring in the dean of the top school of business at dartmouth college, matthew slaughter. we know him. and with us editor of commentary magazine and columnist for the new york post john fedoricz. he's also editor of the daily standard. he said the dollar is getting too strong and he won't label china a curr

indiscernible] we did you send a very clear message that what we have seen a dod -- what we have seen assa do is unacceptable. [indiscernible] sen. flake: i think they have the situation well in her hand. >> was there any word about russia's involvement? discussed, it was but -- it was classified. there were questions asked and answered given. i'm not leaning one way or another. it depends on what happens next. if there is a plan to go forward with safe zones or no-fly, depending on what the next steps are, there we do need for an authorization. what happened last night i would argue would not have required an authorization. , had presidentat obama decided to strike after redline was crossed, that would have required an authorization, although i voted to give him one when it came to the senate. it depends on what the next steps are. >> [indiscernible] sen. flake: no. >> [indiscernible] sen. flake: the one at senator mccain and i are working on has to do with isis or affiliated groups or other nonstate actors. are going to we move forward with next steps, that would require -- >> [indiscern

indiscernible] we did you send a very clear message that what we have seen a dod -- what we have seen assa do is unacceptable. [indiscernible] sen. flake: i think they have the situation well in her hand. >> was there anyor