that cut includes the complete elimination of federal funding for the corporation are for public broadcasting. the outlined that would be a tragedy. if we are serious about supporting high-quality educational programs we should be talking about an increase of 13% for the corporation for public broadcasting not a flat funding or certainly not a cut or elimination. the border wall is projected to cost $21.6 billion. i suggest that we save that, that we use those funds to support public broadcasting in the next 50 years years. would have to support essential programs. we cannot do more with less. we can only do less with less so i thank you for everything that you have done and we look forward to hearing your testimonies. >> thank you ranking member delauro and at this time i would like to recognize the full committee ranking member ms. lowey for her opening remarks. >> thank you very much and welcome. i do want to thank ranking member delauro for holding this hearing and i do welcome you. pat harrison, anne brachman you come before is at a critical time following the recent trump administration

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. the trump administration's foreign policy team is articulating dual priorities for the united states in syria. today, secretary of state rex tillerson said the ongoing fight against the islamic state group, or isis, which is headquartered in raqqa, syria, remains the primary goal. >> our priority is, first, the defeat of isis-- remove them from access to the caliphate, because that is where the threat to the homeland and so many of our homelands of our coalition partners is emanating from. >> sreenivasan: tillerson added, in his trip to moscow this week, he will press russian leaders to fulfill their 2013 pledge to force syrian president bashar al-assad to surrender his chemical weapons. assad's chemical attack on a rebel-held syrian town prompted president trump to order a u.s. missile counter-strik

national endowment for the arts, the national endo youment for the humanities, the corporation for public broadcastingl provide critical funding for appalshop. many of these agencies have been threatened with extinction before. >> in the 1990s, when members of congress accused the nea of supporting offensive art, the agency's budget was cut nearly in half. but the trump administration says this time the cuts aren't about taste but about taxes and struggling taxpayers. budget director nick mulvaney. >> can i really go to those folks, look them in the eye and say, look, i want to take money from you and give it to the corporation for public broadcasting. that is a hard sell and something we don't think we can defend anymore. >> reporter: this, despite the fact that all together than .02% of the federal budget. >> to me, again, it is really short-sighted and silly. >> reporter: ada smith says that in fact these federal budget cuts will hurt the people struggling the most in areas that helped length the president. ledger county voted 4-1 for president donald trump. >> the people working on this budget hav

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the first round of france's presidential election is over. exit poll projections and early returns indicate controversial nationalist marine le pen will be one of the two candidates advancing to a runoff two weeks from today. the other will be centrist candidate emmanuel macron. it appears macron and le pen will each win about a quarter of the vote in a crowded 11-candidate field. incumbent francois hollande did not seek a second five-year term. >> sreenivasan: turnout was high by american standards. by early evening around 70% of eligible french voters had participated. making his first run for office, macron is a former investment banker who served as france's economy minister for two years. at 39, he was the youngest candidate on the ballot. his plan for reducing france's 10% unemployment rate incl

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the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening. as the 100-day mark of the trump presidency approaches, mr. trump is pushing his america first campaign promises looking for a legislative win. priority one, healthcare. before the break, the conservative freedom caucus rejected the g.o.p.'s plan because it wasn't a complete overhaul of obamacare. at the time president trump said he was ready to move on to tax reform. but this week, the president seemed more optimistic that congress has the votes to move quickly on both fronts. president trump: the plan gets better and better and better and it's gotten really good. a lot of people are liking it a lot. we have a chance of the getting it soon. robert: kelly, people feel immense pressure from the president himself to get moving on healthcare but over on capitol hill they're saying, we don't really have the votes to the white house officials take care as you move forward. what are you hearing? kell

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again, live from washington, moderator robert costa. robert: good evening today marked the final day in the mythical first 100 day milestone that all new administrations are measured by. president trump traveled to atlanta to thank some of his most strident supporter at the n.r.a. annual convention. his message was reinvigorating the republican base after watching the white house reverse course on a few campaign promises. president trump: you came through for me. and i am going to come through for you. the eight-year assault on your second amendment freedoms has come to a crashing end. robert: julie, fascinating speech by the president defiant in tone. but he gave this revealing interview to reuters the day before talking about how his grappling with power, the brutal reality of governing and the presidency. which trump are we seeing at the end of this first 100 days? julie: i think we're seeing a president who is starting to recognize the limits of the powers of his

the corporation for public broadcasting and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. once again from washington, robert costa of "the washington post." robert: good evening. the investigations into russian interference in the 2016 election continued to playing the trump administration. house intelligence chairman devin nunes is under scrutiny for receiving top surveillance reports from white house officials. president trump's former national security advisor michael flynn is looking for legal protection from prosecution in exchange about any possible collusion between the trump campaign and the kremlin. and paul mannafort, roger stone and former policy advisor carter page have agreed to testify without the promise of immunity. immunity deal is not a sign of guilt but it would make it all but impossible for the justice department to prosecute flynn. lots to unpack here. let's begin with flynn who president trump fired last month because he misled vice president pence about his contact with russia's ambassador to the u.s. during the transition. kelly, what i

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president trump's national security adviser h.r. mcmaster calls north korea's latest and failed missile test part of a, quote, "pattern of provocative, destabilizing and threatening" behavior. only hours after yesterday's massive military parade in pyongyang, north korea launched what was believed to be a medium-range missile. u.s. pacific command said it blew up only four or five seconds after launch. south korea said the test" threatened the whole world" and japan called it a "provocation"" shortly after the failed missile test, the pentagon said president trump had been briefed, but mr. trump did not comment. the president attended easter services with his family today at a church in palm beach, florida, where they're spending the holiday weekend. vice president pence was aboard air force two when

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening. thanks for joining us. syrian government warplanes today resumed bombing the same town hit by a chemical weapons attack earlier this week. that attack was in violation of international law and prompted an american missile strike in retaliation. at least 87 people have died since syrian president bashar assad unleashed chemical bombs on civilians in the rebel-held town of khan sheikhoun in the country's northern idlib province. today's government air strikes with conventional bombs killed at least two people, according to human rights groups. elsewhere today in syria, near raqaa, the de facto capital of the islamic state group, american warplanes targeting isis militants killed more than 20 people. today in florida, president trump spoke by phone with saudi arabia's king salman. the white house says the king reaffirmed his supp

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. north korea marked its most important holiday today with a show of military might and a blunt warning, but there were no new north korean missile or nuclear tests, as some analysts had thought might happen. the totalitarian regime celebrated the "day of the sun"" the birth of its late founding ruler, kim il-sung, 105 years ago today. his grandson and current ruler, kim jong-un, looked on as troops and firepower paraded before him in the main square of the capital, pyongyang. of paramount interest were what appeared to be new intercontinental ballistic missiles, including one with a purported range of 600 miles that could be launched from a submarine. kim didn't address the crowd, but there was some harsh rhetoric in a speech from choe ryong-hae, thought to be his number two. he accused president trum

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, megan thompson. >> thompson: good evening, and thanks for joining us. president donald trump is marking his 100th day in office with a visit and rally tonight in a key swing state that propelled him to the white house. mr. trump is expected to address supporters in harrisburg, the capital of pennsylvania, which backed him last november, the first time the state went republican since 1988. before the rally, the president was set to visit a shovel and gardening tool manufacturer and sign an executive order directing the commerce department and u.s. trade representative to identify trade agreement violations by other countries and recommend solutions within six months. earlier, in his weekly address, the president touted his record on saving jobs and bringing change to washington. >> the most fundamental change can be found in the relationship between the people and their gove

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening and thanks for joining us. the process to fill the supreme court vacancy left by the death of justice antonin scalia 14 months ago takes a step forward tomorrow. the nomination of judge neil gorsuch gets a vote in the senate judiciary committee that questioned him last month. the committee is expected to approve the nomination along partisan lines, with republicans having the majority, as they do in the whole senate, with 52 of 100 seats. today, senator joe donnelly of indiana joined heidi heitkamp of south dakota and joe manchin of west virginia as the only democrats to say they'll vote for gorsuch. all three are from states won by mister trump. republican senate majority leader mitch mcconnell predicted the nomination will pass. >> what i'm telling you is that judge gorsuch is going to be confirmed. the way in which that occu

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. america's first billionaire president is surrounded by many staffers with a very high net worth. a batch of the financial disclosure forms top white house staffers are legally required to fill out shows 27 administration staffers have assets worth a combined $2.3 billion. among the wealthiest are trump's daughter, ivanka, and her husband, jared kushner, both serving as unpaid west wing advisers. they have assets worth at least $240 million and as much as $740 million, mostly in real estate owned by both families. national economic council director gary cohn, a former president of goldman sachs, has assets worth between $254 million and $600 million. technology adviser reed cordish, a baltimore real estate developer, disclosed assets between $92 million and $798 million. chief political strategist ste

additional support has been provided by: and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. from the tisch wnet studios at lincoln center in new york, hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: good evening, and thanks for joining us. the nation's capital has seen large demonstrations for civil rights, for and against abortion rights, protesting wars and many more causes. today, the cause was science and defending it from political attacks. on this 47th annual earth day, thousands of scientists and those who support independent, fact-based research on climate change and a range of other policies, took to the streets of washington, across the country and around the world. newshour weekend's christopher booker has more. >> reporter: from sydney to berlin to london, it was a global day of action, in the words of organizers, to" celebrate science and its critical role" in society. the march for science drew scientists, teachers and students in more than 500 cities across the world, calling for more science-based decision making in pub

can i look them in the eye and say i want to take money to you and give it to the corporation for public broadcastingsell and something we don't think we can defend anymore. >> just four days after declaring public broadcasting, a burden on single mothers, the trump white house asked for volunteer muppets for the hastily planned easter egg roll. fortunately, the folks at sesame street were feeling generous. they said they could have one. so on this easter sunday, i have a little pulpit wisdom for the trump white house. first, failing to plan is planning to fail. second, sesame street has been teaching kids to count and read for decades. things you can't learn from the celebrity apprentice, and third, when it comes to next year's event, try to keep some of that egg off your face, but until then, i got you. instead of allergy pills. it's more complete allergy relief in a gentle mist you may not even notice. 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 gr

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. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: neil gorsuch has been sworn in as the 113th supreme court justice. the 49-year-old former appeals court judge fills the nearly 14- month vacancy created by the death of antonin scalia, and restores the court's conservative majority. during a rose garden ceremony, gorsuch received praise from president trump, and took the second of two oaths, administered by justice anthony kennedy, for whom he once served as clerk. >> and to the american people, i am humbled by the trust placed in me today. i will never forget that to whom much is given, much will be expected. and i promise you that i will do all my powers permit to be a faithful servant of the constitution and laws of this great nation. >> woodruff: we'll take a closer look at the impact justice gorsuch could have on the high court, later in the program. in the day's other news, there's word the governor of alabama, robert bentley, is resigning amid a

the ongoing support of these institutions >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the battle for a u.s. house seat near atlanta has come down to a runoff, in a race seen as a referendum on president trump. a democrat easily led tuesday's voting, but faces a runoff with a republican, in a district that has voted republican for years. we will have a full report, later in the program. in britain, the house of commons overwhelmingly approved prime minister theresa may's call for an early national election. she proposed holding the vote in june, instead of waiting until 2020, while britain is also negotiating its exit from the european union. before today's vote, may urged lawmakers to give the government the strongest possible hand in the brexit talks. >> leaving the election to 2020 would mean that we would be coming to the most sensitive and critical part of the negotiations in the run-up to a general election, and that would be in nobody's interest. >> woodruff: may ruled out holdin

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> yang: good evening. judy woodruff is on assignment tonight. the stage is now set for what's likely to be a bitter showdown on the senate floor-- over supreme court nominee neil gorsuch. he cleared the judiciary committee today, but it came as democrats secured 41 votes against him. that means republicans can't get the 60 needed to break a filibuster. republican lindsey graham warned his side will change senate rules to allow confirmation with a simple majority. >> senate traditions are going to change over this man, based on the times in which we live. i find it ironic and sad we're going to change rules over somebody who's lived such a good life, who's been such a good judge for such a long time. >> yang: democrats, like patrick leahy, said gorsuch is pro- corporation and too conservative. >> i cannot vote solely to protect an institution when the rights of hardworking americans are at risk. because i fear the s

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the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the united states senate formally opened debate today on supreme court nominee neil gorsuch, and headed toward a bruising battle. republicans said they will change the rules to permit a simple majority to confirm gorsuch if they can't come up with what is called "cloture," the 60 votes necessary to close off a democratic filibuster. >> it appears as if cloture will not be invoked, but we'll find out on thursday. but either way, we'll be moving toward confirming judge gorsuch on friday. >> senator mcconnell would have the world believe that his hands are tied-- that the only option after judge gorsuch doesn't earn 60 votes is to break the rules, to change the rules. that could not be further from the truth. >> woodruff: only three senate democrats have said they would join the 52 republicans in supporting gorsuch. the trump white house is talking to house republicans again about repealing and repla

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: there is growing talk tonight of possible u.s. military action against the government of syria. that comes as new evidence has emerged that an attack that killed more than 80 people this week involved chemical weapons. william brangham has our report. >> brangham: the images themselves left little doubt that this was a chemical weapons attack. now, turkey says post-mortems on three victims who were brought across the border, confirm it. >> with this scientific examination, it has been determined that assad has used a chemical weapon. >> brangham: but in damascus, syria's foreign minister again denied responsibility. instead he charged that militants linked to al-qaeda had the toxic agents in a warehouse, which was then hit by a government air strike. >> ( translated ): i confirm to you once again that the syrian arab army has not and will not use this type of weapon against our people and our child

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: voting is in the news across europe today, starting with a surprise announcement from london: british prime minister theresa may called for an early election, in june, instead of waiting until 2020. speaking outside her official residence, may said she is asking to move up the vote to strengthen her hand in negotiating britain's exit from the european union. >> division in westminster will risk our ability to make a success of brexit, and it will cause damaging uncertainty and instability to the country. so we need a general election, and we need one now, because we have at this moment a one-off chance to get this done. >> woodruff: we will take a closer look at the implications of may's move, later in the program. police in france say they have broken up an imminent attack aimed at that country's presidential election. they arrested two suspects today in the port city of marseilles, and recovered

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: a federal judge in san francisco has blocked president trump's order on so-called "sanctuary cities." it sought to withhold some federal funds from localities that don't cooperate with u.s. immigration authorities. the district judge said today that the president has no authority to take that step. his ruling is in effect nationwide while a lawsuit against the order is being heard. the bulls had the run of wall street today, and the nasdaq hit a milestone. the rally was fueled by strong earnings at caterpillar, mcdonald's and other companies. the dow jones industrial average gained 232 points to close at 20,996. the nasdaq rose 41 points, to close above 6,000 for the first time ever. and the s&p 500 added 14. congress is back in session, and raising new questions about contacts between trump advisers and the russians. leaders of the house oversight committee said today that former trump national s

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: investigators in france are trying to piece together what sparked thursday's deadly assault in paris. a gunman shot a police officer to death and wounded two more, before being killed himself. hari sreenivasan reports on the day's developments. >> reporter: masked police descended this morning on a paris suburb, home of the suspect in the deadly attack on the champs-elysees. prosecutors identified him as karim cheurfi, a french citizen, and said he carried a note in support of the islamic state. cheurfi had served time for trying to kill two other officers in 2001. >> ( translated ): i would like >> ( translated ): all the way through his period of imprisonment, which lasted about 14 years, he did not show any signs of radicalization, or signs of conversion. >> reporter: he was detained again in february for threatening police, but later released. >> you have to stay back. >> reporter: then came the at

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the countdown is on, to a possible government shutdown on saturday, president trump's 100th day in office. congress began returning to work today, facing a presidential demand for funding of a border wall. argued today over putting a down payment in the "continuing resolution," or c.r. >> obviously the money for military and border security and wall have been part of that request. those are president's priorities with respect to the c.r. and keeping government open. i think we feel very confident where we're headed. >> if administration insists on funding for a wall in this bill, it will endanger the prospect of bill passing and raise prospect of a government shutdown, because a border wall we believe is a pointless waste of tax payer money. >> woodruff: democrats do want continued federal payments to make sure the poor can afford health coverage, but republicans may oppose that. president trump called

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the trump administration is out with the broad strokes of what it calls "the largest tax reform" in u.s. history. the plan's main features, released today, include cutting corporate tax rates to 15% from 35%. it would also consolidate existing income tax brackets into just three, ranging from 10% to 35%. and, it would double the standard deduction, while repealing the estate tax. at a white house briefing, treasury secretary steven mnuchin promised the plan will not make the deficit worse. >> this will pay for itself with growth and with reduced-- reduction of different deductions, and closing loopholes. we will be working very closely, as i said, with the house and senate, to turn this into a bill that can be passed and the president can sign, and there's lots and lots of details going into how that will pay for itself. >> woodruff: republican leaders said the plan offers "critical guideposts" for ta

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the u.s. military has taken more casualties in afghanistan as it battles fighters of the islamic state. two troops were killed overnight and a third was wounded. they'd gone with afghan forces on a raid in nangarhar province, near the pakistani border. a u.s. special forces soldier was killed there earlier this month, and days later, the u.s. dropped its largest non- nuclear bomb on caves in the region. the pentagon's inspector general confirmed today it's investigating former national security advisor michael flynn. it involves payments he received from russia's state-supported tv network and a turkish businessman after he left the military in 2014. the top democrat on the house oversight committee, elijah cummings, said today that pentagon documents made the rules clear. >> the constitution prohibited him from accepting any foreign government payments without advance permission. the pentagon's wa

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the long-simmering standoff between the united states and north korea is heating up again, with new warnings from both president trump and vice president pence. our chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner begins our coverage. >> warner: the warnings started at the demilitarized zone dividing the koreas, where mr. pence demanded a nuclear-free korean peninsula. later, in seoul, he pointed to recent u.s. military action as >> the world witnessed the strength and resolve of our new president in actions taken in syria and afghanistan. north korea would do well not to test his resolve or the strength of the armed forces of the united states in this region. >> warner: mr. pence also declared again the u.s. and allies will act, unless china reins in north korea. in washington, president trump took a moment out from the white house easter egg roll to send his own warning. >> any message for north k

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: north korea issued a new warning today to the united states. it came amid signs that the north might be getting ready for another nuclear test. the vice foreign minister charged that the trump administration is "more vicious and more aggressive" than president obama's. >> ( translated ): we are taking into account the most aggressive and dangerous option that the u.s. might come up with, and we have also got our options, our countermeasures ready in our hands, which means we'll go to war if they choose. >> woodruff: there's rising speculation that pyongyang could carry out a nuclear or missile test tomorrow. that's when the north marks the 105th anniversary of the birth of kim il sung, who founded the hard-line communist state in 1948. russia, syria and iran say they have sent a "strong message" to the u.s. not to attack syria again. their foreign ministers met in moscow today. they warned that another

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: new tensions between the united states and russia dominated this day. america's top diplomat carried u.s. grievances over syria and other issues to moscow, while president trump spoke out, in washington. chief foreign affairs correspondent margaret warner has our report. >> reporter: the discord was on display at the very outset of secretary of state rex tillerson's meetings with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> ( translated ): we have a lot of questions regarding very ambiguous and-- as well as sometimes contradictory ideas on coming from washington. >> reporter: tillerson acknowledged "sharp differences," and, after meeting privately with russian president vladimir putin, he emerged with an even grimmer appraisal. >> the current state of u.s.- russia relations is at a low point. there is a low level of trust between our two countries. the world's two foremost nuclear powers cannot have thi

. >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> sreenivasan: paris is on high alert again, after a gunman killed one policeman and wounded two more, before being killed himself. the attack came just three days before voting starts in france's presidential election. the sitting president francois hollande said all indications are that it was terror-related. authorities sealed off the area after the incident on the famed champs elysees. it happened near a subway station in an area popular with tourists. >> ( translated ): it was a terrorist. he came out with a kalashnikov and started shooting, but he could've shot us on the pavement and killed more people with a spray of shots, but he targeted the policemen. >> sreenivasan: in washington, president trump called the killings "a terrible thing" and said it "looks like another terrorist attack." we get more, now, from special correspondent malcolm brabant, who's in paris. he spoke with us moments ago via skype

the ongoing support of these institutions: >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcastingd by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: the chemical attack in northern syria has now claimed 75 lives, and it may trigger a shift in u.s. policy. the president today voiced his outrage and threatened a tougher approach. john yang begins our coverage. >> these heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be tolerated. >> reporter: at a rose garden news conference, king abdullah of jordan and president trump condemned the attack as an "affront to humanity." >> when you kill innocent children, innocent babies-- babies, little babies, with a chemical gas that is so lethal, people were shocked to hear what gas it was-- that crosses many, many lines beyond a red line, many, many lines. and i will tell you, it's already happened, that my attitude towards syria and assad has changed very much. >> reporter: administration officials had been saying that removing syrian president bashar al-assad was no longer a "fundamental option." but today, mr. trum