. >> we are assessing the intelligence, ourselves and oural lour al -- and our allies. but to others it's clear, they targeted people in their homes and included children. recipes cue workers were working frantically to help them. the u.s. and france agreeing on the need to attack. >>> the president's tweets, a break from the military strategy of surprise, he often talks about. >> my administration will not telegraph exactly military plans and what they are. >> militarily, i don't like to say where i'm going, and what i'm doing. >> in a tweet on syria from 2013, he asked why can't we just be quiet and if we attack at all, catch them by surprise. >> why this time is the president not taking hiss own advice and being quiet as he put it. >> the president has not laid out a timetable, and he has a number of other options as well. we are considering all options. >> there's no advantage to revealing a strike is coming and no advantage in taunting russia becauses the worst outcome in this up coming scenario, would be direct military conflict between the united states and russi