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bashar al assad needs to go.proven a willingness to use chemical weapons, multiple times. we just think about the time he did this last when we had the response with the 49 or 59 missiles in syria. he's done this on a couple of occasions and having these red lines are important, but it's important also to follow-through. if there is a threat, you must follow through and in preventing bashar al assad from using chemical weapons again on his citizens on our troops is the right move. >> as you know, iran in reacting to the white house statement put out its own statement saying, any remarks by the u.s. about syrian chemical weapons attack represents, in the words of iran, a dangerous escalation that will only serve isis. how does that impact what the u.s. might do? a very strong statement against the u.s. wording from iran, and from russia, for that matter as well. both iran and russia support bashar al assad's regime? >> if bashar al assad uses chemical weapons, i should hospitalized t hold the iranians and russians

but a strike against the government and bashar al-assad is a new thing. president obama came to the foreign relations committee and received that vote from the committee to attack bashar al-assad. it was never brought to the floor of the senate because president obama decided not to carry out an attack against syria. president trump has already attacked syria, and i think he's gotten support from many members of the congress. but this is a very conflicted and difficult space given the threats we've received from russia that they would attack american aircraft operating west of the euphrates. our troops and families need to know we enjoy their support and a strategy that justifies that authorization. >> congressman coons, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> president president trumptr up his meeting with the gop republican leaders. >>> there is a secret video inside an isis stronghold that soon may be obliterated. (dog) mmm. this new beneful grain free is so healthy... oh! farm-raised chicken! that's good chicken. hm!? here come the accents. bluebe

there is no solution you can see to ending civil war doesn't involve bashar al-assad. loss of power and influence and prestige for your country and mine. >> eric: curtis, would you agree it is time to moonwalk away from syria and that the russians and syrians work it out with isis? >> curtis: we should follow it president trump said. on this, i agree with him. we need to work with the russians. we are already working with the iranians. we are right next to him she militias that have iranian guards with them teaching them how to launch the invasion side-by-side as we are teaching the iraqi special forces. we are already working with iran. work with russia which means you work with iran to destroy the number one enemy to all of us, isis. that's the problem. who was supporting isis? saudi arabians, qatar, oman, uae. >> eric: i don't know about that. that's a leap i'm not necessarily willing to take. >> eboni: let me -- explain it to me, douglas and curtis. when you talk about working with the russians, we were forked with evil before. i get you, curtis. you talk about why

it does little to shake the confidence of the leader, bashar al assad expected russian fighter jets ate. >> reporter: brian, this was a stern very public warning from the white house against bashar al assad and now the entire innational community is left wondering what will happen next. the white house is accusing the regime of syrian president bashar al assad of planning another chemical weapons attack on his own people and warns assad be prepared to pay a heavy price. >> our goal every day is to do what we can to protect life. >> according to the pentagon there appears to be preparations underway for a chemical weapon as tack similar to the one they carried out on january 4th. that one killed 70 people. and the air force base used in that attack is once again active. >> the activity the last couple of days is associated with chemical weapons handling at a known spot on that base, a known aircraft shelter used for chemical weapons. russia still has a presence at the base and a strong ally with assad. after the warning from the white house assad visited a russian base and sat in a russ

the president of the united states said bashar al assad doing that to his own people crosses a lot of lines. what does that mean? what can you do? so he said that the obama cair process moved too quickly. we're talking about the republican on your screen, senator saxby chambliss. that was his criticism at the time of the aca. how does he feel about this process and what is this republican's perspective on the red line in syria? next. book a hotel room, i want someone that makes it easy to find what i want. booking.com gets it, with great summer deals up to 40% off. visit booking.com. booking.yeah! we send our kids out into the world, full of hope. and we don't want something like meningitis b getting in their way. meningococcal group b disease, or meningitis b, is real. bexsero is a vaccine to help prevent meningitis b in 10 to 25 year olds. even if meningitis b is uncommon, that's not a chance we're willing to take. meningitis b is different from the meningitis most teens were probably vaccinated against when younger. we're getting the word out against meningitis b. our teens are get

has accused syrian president bashar al assad's military back in april of a chemical weapons attack oncivilians and now again this monday said there was evidence another attack was in the making but you say there was still no proof the attack back in april was the work of assad's military so tell us what you've been looking into that leads you to believe this. well the white house report issued on april eleventh was issued four days after the april seven. a cruise missile attack from the us against the shah wrought syrian air base and the white house report referred to images of a zero and alleged crater in conch a coon that where the suppose it sound release occurred so this was publicly available information and i quickly was able to find images of and actually videos of people around the crater and one could see that first of all nobody who had any idea what they were doing would have cited this kind of evidence as evidence of a nerve agent attack reason is that. the likelihood that a crater like this would be tampered with is essentially certain i mean the people were all over the

trish: what does this mean for bashar al-assad syria now? are things backing off.status quo as usual? >> militarily, uses weapons and people look at it, doesn't make any sense, he already conducted a campaign to systematically kill off the sunni population using all tools he has available to him. he has limited amount of forces with the iranians. he uses chemical weapons to shut things down one place while he is off with his forces doing something else in another place. from his perspective he sees it as military tool. the world see is it a weapon of terror and moral -- trish: how does russia see it? >> they support assad. they are killing sunni population in syria at alarming rate themselves. they're fundamentally committing war crimes the minute they got in there, focused on the civilian operational areas. only russians have ability to bomb underground hospitals. the russians use penetrators on them. trish: if they're committing war crimes why are we not calling them out on it. >> obama administration washed their hands of it. nikki haley should go after this wit

an american president telling bashar al-assad to back off. late last night report surfaced that assad was prepping another chemical weapons attack. the last time he pulled the trigger, president trump fired almost 60 missiles into his country. the latest engines are being greeted with both denials and dismissals by syria and its biggest sponsor, russia. it also comes as the u.s. is fighting two wars in that troubled region. we have fox team coverage. jennifer griffin at the pentago pentagon. and look at u.s. forces fighting in iraq but we start with kevin corke at the white house. >> good evening. the white house is making it plain and clear to the syrian assad regime and certainly there are stakeholders in russia and iran. the use of chemical weapons on the syrian people, specially when you consider their latest details coming out of the pentagon about a particular air base 100 miles from damascus. >> the statement from the white house was unmistakably direct, putting leaders in damascus, tehran, and moscow on notice. activities similar to p

syria's president, bashar al—assad, wa nts syria's president, bashar al—assad, wants the perception tomal. sport helps with that. but regardless of his intentions it is clear that sport, that football, coming back to syria provides the people with the chance to forget about their worries, at least for 90 minutes. after six years of war, more games are being played and fans are slowly returning. but football is only possible in government—held areas, and not in large parts of this country outside the regime's control. this season is interesting because all syrian people want to come back to stadiums, want to support the teams. i think it is 2-2 at the moment. we will see who can get a late winner. first time on this field, two team scored four goals, because all games on this field finish higher. there is another! 3—2. field finish higher. there is another! 3-2. all games on this field finish in 1—0, 1—0. the first time this year, five goals. a bit because you came here. it is the bbc‘s fault. we should come every week. what looks like normal life does go on in president aside's damascu

clearly they are the puppet masters behind bashar al—assad, as are the iranians.r al—assad is in power today is due to his support from those two countries, so they have to make a decision, to keep corrupt murderer in power, or move towards a diplomatic solution. the military situation has been getting more tense. we have seen russian and americanjets flying more tense. we have seen russian and american jets flying very close to each other, the americans have downed a syrian planes. the russians did not like that. what other risks at the moment of some kind of miscalculation in syria ? at the moment of some kind of miscalculation in syria? that is my greatest worry as well because the russians have turned off that channel. we had a strong communications channel between ourselves, the coalition nations, and the russians, to make sure there was not any kind of accidental shutdown, accidental problem, inside the ear, but that can only be done if they deconstruction channel remains open, so it is up to the russians in my mind to open —— to reopen the channel so that w

now the white house is warning if another attack goes ahead bashar al-assad's regime will pay a heavy price. from an unusual warning president trump's administration, aimed at determining a repeat of the event when searing gas was allegedly dropped on sleeping civilians, killing 80 people and leaving many struggling to breathe. in an official statement the white house said it believes another asked attack is being prepared that could result in mass murder. with president trump's administration should it is willing to carry out a second targeted strike in syria the united kingdom said it would consider military action. >> we supported the last strike that took out the airplanes. if the united states is considering a similar strike we will support that. i'm discussing this with the american defense secretary at the next meeting in brussels thursday. >> any intervention risks direct confrontation with russia, a firm backer of assad's regime. >> let's go to washington. philip, why is the pentagon making this morning? >> the pentagon says it has proof. that is something we did not get from

it also warned president bashar al assad that there will be a heavy price to pay if such an attack is carried out. what prompted this warning seemingly out of nowhere? for the latest, let's bring in international diplomatic editor nic robertson, monitoring developments from abu dhabi. nic, this is counter to what we've seen for the most part from the trump administration. they didn't want to telegraph anything they did in terms of military preparations, a different approach here. >> reporter: yeah. it seems to be so. that was how the strike happened last time. the 59 cruise missiles that were fired on to assad's air base where the chemical weapons attack was perpetrated from. no warning. it was a surprise to the international community, certainly a surprise to assad and his backers, russia and iran. and nikki haley said this time that not only is assad potentially going to pay a heavy price, but they'll be responsible -- there will be responsibility on the part of russia and iran. now, it's interesting today that we're hearing from the state media in syria, the syrian state media unde

. >>> developing news involving syria, the white house issued an overnight warning to bashar al assad saying if his regime is preparing for a chemical attack, they should prepare for the u.s. we'll have more on press secretary's message to assad and what the price could be. >>> and a showdown in the senate for the gop health care bill. they are pushing forward for a vote before the july 4th recess. several senators are putting that possibility in jeopardy. >> good afternoon sara, at this hour president trump is meeting with one of of the most vocal critics rand paul. >> i won't vote to proceed unless the bill changes. >> the bill seems to be on life support. >> you put all of this together and the score does not help any. >> with democrats united in opposition. the gop can only afford to lose two votes and six republicans are on the record saying they cannot support this bill. and one taking their opposition a step further refusing to debate it on the senate florida floor. >> i want to work with my colleagues. i will vote no on mtp. short for motion to proceed. a necessary step before

breaking overnight, the white house delivering a stern warning to herian -- syrian president bashar al assad, saying the they would pay a heavy price and matt bradley is following the details from london. what more do we know? >> thanks, frances. middle eastern observers are calling this an unprecedented step in u.s. foreign policy, so rare to fire a shot across the bow like it did last night. the president's statement was pretty vague. the white house said they're seeing movements on the ground that they say are similar to those that led up to the chemical attack in western syria back in april. that attack killed 100 people and injured hundreds more. in response, 60 cruise missiles at the syrian government air base that he said had been the staging ground for attacks. that was the first time the u.s. forces attacked the syrian regime. remember, the u.s. says it's fighting in syria only against isis. just in the past week, things in syria have become so much more complicated. the u.s. shat doot down a syria fighter jet and if bashar al assad uses chemical weapon again and the president

bashar al-assad does this again for the 100th time, kills more of his own people.e are supposed to bomb syria again, maybe implicating russia because they are already there? north korea, that crazy dictator is doing the same thing to his own people. so we are going to get involved there? i believe north korea is our issue. i don't think syria is our issue. humanitarian reasons, there are so many humanitarian atrocities around the world. we are going to get in everyone, will be spread -- finite resources. we will have none left. >> eboni: a lot of people feel the same way. what we can't save the world, we cannot be the worlds police that they see the pictures and they get emotional and they conclude there is a compelling reason to intervene. does the intervention potentially undermine our ability to defeat and destroy isis with a russian component and cooperation? >> stephen: i am confused by what i just heard. we're going to take action period we sent 59 cruise missiles. what's the endgame? you honestly believe assad is not taking action without russia's approval?

threat to syria's bashar al-assad has worked.e u.s., regime was appearing ready to conduct a chemical weapons attack. mattis is telling reporters the syrian government didn't do it. it appears they took the threat seriously. it's almost as if the wording alone. he >> eric: that is optimistic and i love the idea that the day after the warning was given they are declaring it all clear. >> eboni: they said don't do it and they didn't do it. >> eric: i hope they are smart enough not to do it. this is one of those things where i say not our fight. >> it may not be our fight but when you have a clear line in the sand to be erased and you do nothing, i think the clear difference here, james mattis speaks and people believe what he does. >> i love that rhetoric seems to matter with rhetoric in the administration, i would compare it to the southern border. he has largely secured the border. >> eboni: doesn't that mean we don't need the wall? the border is so secure. >> eric: still 30%. only a 70% reduction. >> kat: the result of those 59

: a late-night warning for the white house, accusing the regime of syrian president bashar al assad of planning another chemical weapons attack on his own people. in a statement, quote, if, however, mr. assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons, he and his military will pay a heavy price. this statement came from white house press secretary sean spicer, accusing assad of preparing an attack similar to the one he carried out on april 4th. that one killed at least 70 people, including many children. the white house said that attack crossed a red line, and their response was swift. a u.s.-led missile strike on a syrian air base within 63 hours. abc's military analyst steven gan-yard says this time we could see an even bigger strike. >> if he didn't believe assad is getting the message, he could expand the target set, including the syrian headquarters or even assad himself. >> reporter: syria denies they were responsible for the prior chemical attack and russia the charge is unacceptable. >> the use of chemical weapons against innocent civilians is absolutely abhorre

so what is clear is that though the trump white house is putting bashar al assad and indeed the russians and iranians who back him on notice that if there is another chemical weapons attack, a heavy price? what could that mean? could that mean a u.s. military response? we don't know. the pentagon not talking about all this, but it appears to be a new red line from a president who said he would not senate adversary what's he planned to do. maybe he's learning that at this point it may be worth it to signal assad, warn him, warn the cre kremlin, not to do it again. >> interesting. does going out early with this threat, i guess you call it, would this maybe reduce the chance of any attack at all, or just increasing the amount of time syria la to prepare for whatever u.s. response may come? barbara starr, thank very much. >>> so the health care battle, we're spending a lot of time on it, because it matters a lot. and there's been a very compressed time frame here at the urging of the man who was just on your screen. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. are they going to get a vote? if the

it also warns syrian president bashar al-assad saying if he conducts another mass murder attack usingpons he and his military will pay a heavy price. as of now, the white house has not provided any evidence for its statement. >>> a suspected nsa leaker is expected to appear in a georgia courtroom today for a pretrial hearing. attorneys will discuss how to handle classified information during her trial. reality winner a former federal contractor is accused of leaking a classified nsa memo to the intercepted a news online outlet. no hack affect any votes. >>> in stockton, police are looking for suspects in a double homicide. a man and a woman were shot outside of a sports bar around 2:15 a.m. just after closing time. right now there's no information on the shooter or why it happened. >>> a swim coach in san jose is facing child molestation charges. 25-year-old timothy nguyen was the assistant coach for the quicksilver swim team. he reportedly texted several underaged swimmers asking for nude pictures and sexual favors. the club he worked for called police at the end of may. he was arres

we are not inside bashar al-assad's head. again, when you step away from this particular incident, and remember, years ago bashar al-assad did not abide by the threat of military action by a united states president to stop his atrocities. if you step back, the really critical issue here is we are effectively at war in syria today. we've got hundreds of troops on the ground. they are exposed to capture and other things there. and, of course, we shot down a syrian plane. we are effectively at war without a clear mission. it's not clear. you heard the sabre rattling against assad there and the white house is saying this is really about isis. not a clear mission and no debate and authority granted for this military mission by the united states congress. and again, that's a big deal. >> let me shift gears, congressman. as you know, president trump has accused former president obama failing to act on russian election meddling. but sara murray and dana bash are both reporting tonight that they are really trying to persuade him russi

the russians on the americans always disagree on the bashar al—assad regime. is something greater going on here related to the pressure on the so—called islamic state group. let's get the analysis of our defence and diplomatic respondent jonathan marcus. i think it is. this is if you like the next war, the next major battle that is coming. you have two was going on at the moment in syria, many sub conflicts, but two broad struggles. one between the us and its allies and so—called islamic state. the other between the syrian government and its allies, russia and iran, against a whole variety of other groups and many of the syrian people. what is happening in eastern syria at the moment is that as is is on the back foot as forces close in on raqqa, the de fa cto forces close in on raqqa, the de facto capital of is, there is every sign that it will fall eventually although we don't know when, the question is, who will control that oratory wa nts question is, who will control that oratory wants is is in that sense defeated? the oratory wants is is in that sense def

threat towards syria bashar al assad has one really bad habit and that habit is and you need does this when he's winning. he ruins everything by doing something really stupid for no reason at all. take acids army now they're crushing slavek state liberating vast swaths of syria and out of the blue comes this the united states has identified potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the saddam regime as sad knows the probable cause and sequences of a chemical attack it's the only thing really right now that could ruin him by giving his enemies the opportunity of a pretext to attack him why would he do it because he's evil the murderous syrian dictator bashar assad has been a brutal dictator bashar al assad's a murderous regime in syria assad is the worst kind of brutal war criminal a classic super villain boof stupid and evil beyond any logic the kind of villain batman would go off to and and merica is batman. if mr assad conducts another mass murder attack using chemical weapons he and his military will pay a heavy price britain is already on board if i ask how does

iran's part in a participation in the syrian conflict backing bashar al assad against u.s. backed rebels you know a lot of americans are very war weary they feel that going into the middle east has never worked out well for us it is always turns into a quagmire and yet we're seeing this administration might be getting more deeply involved and you're saying you know it might be appropriate because we need to push back on iran's expansionist ambitions in that region no not not appropriate to get engaged militarily in fighting iran it's appropriate to push back against iranian behavior though in the region in terms of its support for terrorist organizations and also calling it on its human rights violations but what's happening inside syria when you see american. military activity getting closer to iranians to the islamic revolutionary guard corps these are legitimate dangers botts and we have to be very careful if we're going to get engaged militarily we have to be centrally have our eyes wide open because we've seen as we did with the war in iraq that one can think they have

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issues it's anyone's guess we've seen young leaders take over countries in the middle east like bashar al assad and initially there were hopes for opening to the west into israel and internally and clearly we've seen that go the other way so there are no guarantees it's going to require a lot of significant intensive engagement with saudi arabia so let me ask you this the trumpet minutes you know trumps first trip abroad his first stop was saudi arabia he got the royal treatment dancing horses. like you know even a motorcycle rally the night before his arrival with taco trucks as saudi arabia trying to demonstrate an arab. right yes there affinity for u.s. culture do you what do you think this administration pivoting toward saudi arabia away from iran after the obama administration was working so hard on diplomatic relations with the islamic republic well the iran nuclear deal which was the center focus of the obama administration that deal has prevented iran from getting a nuclear weapon and in fact the trump administration is corroborated that and said that iran is living up to the agre

forces supporting bashar al- assad entered with a tank, artillery, antiaircraft weapons, and other vehicles. >>> london police have identified the suspects in the terror attack from saturday. there are questions about one of the suspects. meg oliver is in london. >> reporter: london police say youssef zaghba is the third suspect, described as an italian national of moroccan descent. and questions are emerging about 27-year-old khuram shazad butt. he appeared in the documentary called the jihadies next door. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: the prime minister says intelligence services are reviewing what they knew about butt. >> i recognize people's concerns. >> reporter: london bridge is open to vehicles and pedestrians. there are new security barriers in place to protect pedestrians who walk across. >> reporter: do you feel these barriers will protect people better? >> i think so. i think people are on the alert. >> reporter: thousands paused to remember the victims. at the end of london bridge. people stood in the pouring rain near the growing tribute of flowers. meg oliver, cbs news, londo

i could care less what bashar al-assad thinks about us.kat and i have been on the same page about what our syria policy should be. i don't think we should be there. it's not our fight. what jogged my memory. the shrinking of isis territory. it was massive. there is going to be a power vacuum in those areas, and you certainly don't want radical islamists, irradiance, picking up the vacuum. -- iranians. >> kat: you are supposed to go through the proper constitutional channels if you want to declare war. >> eboni: people see those photos. you see children and babies. >> eric: president trump's legal team fighting back at rumors and reports, should be reports, not rumors, he is under investigation for possible obstruction of justice. our specialists are going to help us make sense of it. tech: when you schedule with safelite autoglass, you get a text when we're on our way. you can see exactly when we'll arrive. i'm micah with safelite. customer: thanks for coming, it's right over here. tech: giving you a few more minutes for what matters most.

. >>> developing this morning, the white house is issuing a new warning to syrian president bashar al assad. >> angie goff is in the newsroom with details. angie? >> eun, chris, take a look. >> that is how the u.s. responded to the chemical attack in syria a few months ago. now the white house is warning president al assad not to do it again. white house press secretary sean spicer issuing a statement last night saying the u.s. spotted potential preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the syrian government. the white house says the preparations are similar to what was being done before the april attack. spicer warning if another attack using chemical weapo weapons, assad and his military will quote, pay a heavy price. >>> guilty across the board. he admitted to shooting and killing his estranged wife outside high point high school last year. the crime spree continued the next day when he shot four people in parking lots at montgomery mall and aspen hill. two people died and he entered guilty pleas in those cases as well. >>> this morning, people in a burning apartment buil

they called him bashar al-assads to stand down. he and his advisers seem to think this was policy and it was the right thing to do. what was interesting is the day after he made that statement he went on vacation for two weeks. this is not someone that was going in war footing but if youn spoke to syria for time and regional powers they think a regime change is not u.s. policv so they calculated a massive uptake in people taking up arms in syria. it was already happening but there was a point when united states would come and help us. most of the rebels started thinking how he would prompt some type of intervention from united states. there was a point about being ae responsible world leader which don't have a big mouth and don't say stuff just to throw away a comment. if you aren't to be the leader of the free world when you call in regimes to fall do something about a. >> when you were part of your book that i found so eloquent and picks up on what they were talking about while this was going on, the syrians were suffering and th

it warned bashar al assad that there will be a heavy price to pay if such an attack is carried out. what prompted this warning seemingly out of nowhere? for the latest, international diplomatic editor nic robertson is monitoring developments from abu dhabi. good morning. did this come from the pentagon, from what we understand at this point? >> reporter: from what we know at the moment, this was a statement from the white house. it hasn't been backed up by any evidence so far. but in a situation like this, one would be surprised if the white house or the pentagon were to be -- would want to publish photographs or evidence that they may have that they believe assad is preparing a chemical weapons strike. they would lose in part the element of surprise. perhaps surprising in part because president trump has said in the past that he would not -- he would not give warnings, he would just act. that's been the narrative until now. so far, nothing from the pentagon. obviously waiting to hear what they have to say. nikki haley, ambassador of the united states nations, being clear that it wo

he thinks president bashar al-assad took president trump's threats seriously. u.s.issued their warning after they saw new activity in an aircraft hanger near homes. senior pentagon officials say they said a syrian mig fighter jet parked to a hanger that stored chemical agents. this is the same base that assad used in northern syria to kill women and children in april. officials are not being more specific citing the sensitivity of the intelligence, the new intelligence. the u.s. military struck the base with 59 tomahawk cruise missiles in early april. a pentagon spokesman said a short time ago, this hanger was partially damaged in the cruise missile strike. since late may, there's been six attacks by the u.s. against the assad regime, this month, the u.s. shot down two iranian drones, one which fired on u.s. forces in southern syria. mattis said syria's chemical weapons program goes beyond this one air base, shep. >> shepard: jennifer, what kind of forces does the pentagon have in that area? >> should president trump decide to go beyond the warning and if assad were

more on a path toward accepting that bashar al assad is going to be the eventual ruler of syria.t's something that isis is delighted to find, that the united states spending its moral credibility and not focusing on defeating isis in its core territory. >> graham wood and wendy sherman thank you both for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, tonight's last word. llergies. llertry new flonase sensimist allergy relief instead of allergy pills. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist experience you'll barely feel. using unique mistpro technology, new flonase sensimist delivers a gentle mist to help block six key inflammatory substances that cause your symptoms. most allergy pills only block one. and six is greater than one. new flonase sensimist changes everything. hidden in every swing, every chip, and every putt, is data that can make the difference between winning and losing. the microsoft cloud helps the pga tour turn countless points of data into insights that transform their business and will enhance the game for players and fans. th

syrian president bashar al-assad climbs into the cockpit of a russian aircraft. the kremlin's military chief of staff watching nearby. just as moscow and damascus get an ominous warning from president trump about assad getting ready for another chemical weapons attack. a sudden overnight statement from the white house saying the united states has identified preparations for another chemical weapons attack by the assad regime that would likely result in the mass killing of civilians, including innocent children, warning that assad will pay a heavy price. >> the goal is at this point not just to send assad a message but to send russia and iran a message that if this happens again, we are putting you on notice. >> reporter: the u.s. had watched this syrian air base for days, the same base the syrians used in april when they attacked civilians with serin nerve agent. they responded then with tomahawk missiles. but it has the u.s. worried. u.s. symmetry shows a syrian aircraft in a shelter with chemical weapons nearby. it's not clear if assad and his backers got the m

. >>> new video out today shows syrian president bashar al assad inspecting a russian air base in syria and climbing into the cockpit of a russian fighter jet. this comes as the white house says it has evidence that syria is planning another chemical weapons attack on its own people. abc news reporter magly rulli has details. >> reporter: the white house is accusing the regime of syrian president bashar al assad of planning another chemical weapons attack and warn assad better be prepared to pay a heavy price. >> our goal every day is to do what we can to protect life. >> reporter: according to the pentagon, there appear to be preparations underway for a chemical weapons attack similar to the one the u.s. says syria carried out on april 4. that one killed at least 70 people, including many children. now pentagon says the air force base used in that attack is once again active. >> the activity we have seen in the last couple of days is associated with chemical weapons handling at a known spot on that base, a known aircraft shelter that's used for chemical weapons. >> reporter: russia sti

syria's president, bashar al—assad, wants the perception to be that his country is returning to normallps with that aim. but regardless of his intentions, it's clear that sport, that football coming back to syria provides the people with a chance to forget about their worries — at least, for 90 minutes. after six years of war, more games are being played and fans are slowly returning. but football is only possible in government—held areas and not in large swathes of this country outside the regime's control. this season is interesting because all the syrian people want to come back to stadiums, want to support the teams. it's 2—2 at the moment. yes. let's see if anyone can get a late winner. i think it's the first time in this field, er, two teams score four goals. because all games in this field... there's another one. it's a goal! 3-2. we saw all games in this field finishing 1—0, 0—0. 1-0, 0-0. it's the first time maybe, er... five goals. because maybe you are coming this time. it's the bbc‘s fault! yes. we should come every week! they chant. what looks like normal life does go on i

instead, they would say that the united states has simply boxed in the enemies of bashar al assad andn a path toward accepting that bashar al assad is going to be the eventual ruler of syria. that's something that isis is delighted to find, that the united states spending its moral credibility and not focusing on defeating isis in its core territory. >> graham wood and wendy sherman thank you both for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. >> thank you. >>> coming up, tonight's last word. today you aren't just making one bundt cake, but a whole bunch of bundts. and each one could be it's own little sticky situation. but the only thing that's going to stick is a perfect landing. you pam do it! [boy] cannonball! [girl] don't... [man] not again! [burke] swan drive. seen it. covered it. we know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪ >>> president trump will not block former fbi director james comey from testifying before congress. that's a good call. because if he block the testimony of the fbi director you praised for investig

we see bashar al assad getting into a jet. quite clear of russian fire power.heard moscow repeatedly say we are getting out of town, we have had enough of this. they have their own concerns with an election coming up. the population less and less understanding of why they are in syria in the first place. they want to challenge america. they want to keep their foothold on the mediterranean and they look to assad, ha is the end game. >> nick peyton walsh, thank you for that and barbara starr at the pentagon, thank you as well. >>> back to the health care in the united states as the battle continues in washington. we are on top of the breaking developments. much more after this break. aque. be the you who shows up in that dress. who hugs a friend. who is done with treatments that don't give you clearer skin. be the you who controls your psoriasis with stelara® just 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses. stelara® may lower your ability to fight infections and may increase your risk of infections and cancer. some serious infections require hospitalization. before tre

military action is escalating, designed at least in part to deal with the regime of bashar al assad. do you believe the president needs congressional authorization, military authorization, for the use of military force right now before the u.s. escalates its military involvement not only in syria also iraq, afghanistan, given the nature of this war the u.s. is fighting? >> i think having those conversations here in congress are definitely important. when you look at the current aumf operating on since 9/11, it deals with terrorism and bashar al assad i think is terrorizing his own people using chemical weapons, but i think it's something we need to be clear.b. willing to use chemical weapons on his own people for dozens of occasions. i think he's a barbarian and has to go. and i think that would require congress playing a role. >> very quickly, before i let you go, totally different subject. i'm anxious to get your reaction to the president's latest tweets going after the msnbc anchor mika brzezinski. when you saw that tweet yesterday, you see the uproar that developed over the past

. >> while will a paper statement work, though, when air strikes didn't dissuade bashar al assad. >> i don't know that it didn't based on what we know at this point. >> just to follow up very quickly, was there a principals meeting, a deputies meeting before that statement was issued by sean spicer last night? >> i know that there was a routine meeting that took place yesterday. i don't believe that there was anything beyond that yesterday. >> sarah, two questions. given the news about cnn's -- >> be careful letting nbc set your standard. >> given the news about cnn's erroneous story, does the white house believe there are other raugs-related stories from major outlets that have not been retracted and are just as false, including the february 14 story in the "new york times" about collusion between the trump campaign and russia which james comey called into question, which many believe the cnn story was based upon. >> i would have to look back at that specific story. there have been many by "the new york times" that i would probably disagree quite a bit with. i think you could take i

. >> and a new wave of protests against bashar al-assad... >> narrator: civil unrest was breaking out. >> it was an ideal set of circumstances for abu bakr al-baghdadi to capitalize on. >> (chanting) >> narrator: protests against syrian president bashar al-assad had been met with force. (gunfire) >> there were peaceful demonstrations. these were put down violently, and that then sparked this cycle of violence. >> narrator: as the unrest grew, baghdadi secretly sent agents into syria to help fuel civil war. >> he wanted to establish the caliphate now. he wanted to take over towns, villages, and then cities. the border between iraq and syria could disappear if his organization controlled both sides of the border. >> narrator: in damascus, baghdadi's men used the bloody methods of zarqawi's insurgency to announce their presence. >> i was sitting in my ambassador's residence in the upstairs den, reading, when the two bombs went off. immediately, from my time in iraq, knew those are car bombs. that's not a normal sound here in damascus. >> narrator: ambassador ford dispatched a reconnaissa

if bashar al assad uses chemical weapons again and the president follows through, it could make thisin syria fiendishly more complicated. >> matt bradley, thanks so much. >> president trump is lobbing new explosive allegations against himself predecessors tweeting that former president obama and not his associates colluded with russia or obstructed justice by not taking more action against moscow. kristen welker has all the details. >> reporter: president trump unleashing a new tactic on the russia issue, blaming president obama. in a tweet storm righting the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in august about russian meddling, alleging president obama colluded or obstructed without russia, this after a report that president obama struggled with dealing with russian meddling. president obama didussia, if yo i hope you're able to find the 30,000 e-mails that are missing. >> reporter: so why is he now blaming his predecessor? >> how can he accuse president obama of obstructing when he was egging russia on? >> he was joking at the time. >> reporter: he wa