we start with news from the mideast israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to make a prime time announcement about what his office has called a significant development in the iranian nuclear program we're expecting mr netanyahu to speak momentarily and we'll carry his announcement live for you while his address comes hot on the heels of reported missile strikes on several military bases in syria on sunday the targets were in the promises of aleppo and hama twenty six people have been reportedly killed many of them said to be iranians fighting for the syrian government some media loyal to syria's regime have suggested israel

but where does the probe go from here i'm with the aspen institute stars barker mideast expert or weiss logan my. colleague if we could start with you . will the investigation in duma come up with the proof that the assad regime was behind the chemical attack. you're going to the third to be controlled by the q just it's nothing that used interests to to keep any evidence and i mean there was once and this is the nation of damascus i was the and ten minutes of the car bomb was for the hizbullah over at the imad mughniyeh sitting in the g.m. afraid that one of its own had committed this was the site there was hoses fire hoses fed minutes with blood on the car sweeping the side of the city he was an expert in sweeping evidence ok tyson russia says the gas attack in duma was staged by british intelligence to draw the missiles strikes that we've just seen do they have any proof for that and the russians have offered nothing i mean it's typical it's the typical putin playbook which is the clout the space with this information i mean you know putin lives by the ideology that nothing is true a

in order to have pretext for war in the mideast rather libya iraq and starting things off with according wiki leaks in syria with our clandestine support to the rebels and. we're ready to go into another great war and we should consider the whole context of these things that always seems like there's some chemical attack just when it seems like. maybe the united states might pull out of syria like trump was talking about a year or two ago which i never considered to be sincere but nevertheless somebody on the ground in who wants keep the united states involved might well have thought that a chemical attack would be timely now to keep the united states in syria and even to act to escalate tensions so we need to look in the international community needs to look at who is actually involved with the united states policy makers and look at their record for the last fifteen years or more and consider whether or not they have any credibility left on these issues anymore we're destroying the mid-east we're destroying our own country united states economically with their constant wars perpetual w

john had jaws my guest from the american mideast coalition for democracy thank you neil. now in the mean time the new organization for the safety of ad navigation issued a notification alert it says that all flights in the mediterranean area within the next seventy two hours should exercise caution in planning to possible asteroids in syria european powerhouses germany and france have come out with their statements on the situation blaming russia for its alleged obstruction in the investigation this is also we're just internationally russia's served in preventing opportunities to examine things and sustain response ability we don't see this approach as constructive so. it can't continue like that anymore on new can't go and a decision would take will not affect serious allies but if the decision is taken it will of course target syria's chemical capabilities. meanwhile britain's controversial former prime minister tony blair is bid to push his country into yet another military conflict this time in syria in an interview blair claimed that the u.k. should back a u.s. inter

we start with news from the mideast israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to make a prime time announcement about what his office has called a significant development in the iranian nuclear program we're expecting mr netanyahu to speak momentarily and we'll carry his announcement live for you while his address comes hot on the heels of reported missile strikes on several military bases in syria on sunday the targets were in the promises of aleppo and hama twenty six people have been reportedly killed many of them said to be iranians fighting for the syrian government some media loyal to syria's regime have suggested israel was behind the explosions israel has remained silent providing no comment but warned against a possible attack. i live you have that shortly after midnight this pro-government t.v. station broadcast reports of missile strikes in the provinces of hama and aleppo. syrian state media outlets are speculating that the attacks were carried out by israel and targeted iranian facilities but israel has declined to comment on syrian president bashar assad has not

sure that's it for the show they will be back on saturday with palestinian mc gaza or up to the un's mideast envoy has told israel to stop shooting of children can be judged by social media was your saturday fifty one years to the day muhammad ali refused to serve in the u.s. war against vietnam that would kill more than four million men women and children he was stripped of his title as heavyweight champion of the world now here is sarah somerville performing an excerpt from food bank as it is a lot of us volunteers a form of this and every week we hear the same things i'm so shy. so. companies it's me needing help it's usually me helping other people some of them are. quite pale some of them thin some of them can barely hold their heads up they're so low on energy. often if you show them slightest kindness or understanding their burst into tears. even the men. will say things like. i feel broken or everything's wrong just everything and there be tears streaming down their faces. you try and keep it light of course you do. that every week that at least now at least one person says they feel

tyson thanks so much for the tyson barker from the aspen institute and a colleague a wise as well mideast analyst thanks very much. let's bring you up to date of the latest on the story now syrian state t.v. are shown what it says are images of the damage left by the u.s. led air strikes missile reports indicate there were no deaths president assad so says stice have increased his resolve to crush terrorism a common response to the alleged chemical weapons attack in duma last week. i'm brian thomas for the entire news team thanks so much for being with us and don't forget there's always more on the story at our website e.w. dot com you can also find the very latest on it on twitter as well thanks for being with us. today. exploring mosul with the camera. ali out of the early photographs hope. these photos to clear his love for the city. needs inhabitants and music. take a look at mosul is why the photographs of only one of the only. reason i was next to g.w. . a sound that truly reverberates. by can stop. them manufacturing nineteen zero in germany. using cheap. muscle cars. and then they

ok we're back with tyson parker from the aspen institute and mideast expert or weiss as well if we could start with you you know when you look at this chemical investigation going underway right now in in duma will it give us some facts we can count on i doubt it because the site has been taken over after the expulsion of most of the sunni population and that by this year in a busy month it's all it russia so if they are if they carried out this attack it's natural for them to hide their faces if you must leave the scene there because a blanket. the difference that a french officer say i'm shocked shocked that gambling is going on here ok tyson you know we just heard from a kitty that there are some legal questions out there about these strikes and now we look at the investigation under way in duma the. questions as to whether we'll even know it was syria or not that was behind these attacks what's the basis moving forward when you look at that well i think one thing to note is that the degree of confidence the u.s. government has had has actually become more confident since thursday so

obama was seen as being more concerned about iran than the mideast. if we pull out of syria, it undercuts everything he told the arabs. syria in short order becomes a safe haven for hezbollah. iran and russia will dominate syria. it's a nightmare for israel. isis will come back and there will be new attacks launched against western interests from syria and north korea will look at trump and say this guy's all talk. >> paul: i guess the response to that would be, you know what, that's sort of a worst case scenario. but look, it's other people's responsibility to take care of that. israel can take care of itself. the saudis should ante up. why don't the french and germans and other people take care of the refugee problems. that's not what i believe in. that's the response you get from a lot of people. >> here's what i tell those folks, who takes care of america? are the israelis, the french and germans going to defend american interest. that argument falls apart if you believe isis is a threat to the united states. it falls apart if you believe iranian

there have not been isis incidents in the united states. .here were in the mideast -- you could have a very good argument over whether this border is necessary or effective to keep out terrorists . the plaintiffs say there are no examples of people coming from libya, getting into this country and committing terrorist acts. there is a good reason to be vigilant about screening people from countries like that. there is no isis incidents. vans, terrorism incidents. host: on the idea of a muslim ban, are you expecting to hear the statement from the trump campaign when he first announced this? for a j. trump calling shutdown of muslims entering the united states until our countries representatives can figure out what the hell is going on. that was president trump on the campaign trail. is that going to come back? guest: those are in the briefs. of tweets ofries tweets the president has on this subject. the early part of this litigation he kept saying i'm not in favor of this watered-down then. i would like to go back to my stronger band. they cited the tweets saying he actually wants a st

combined cycle power plant and funding programs for solar energy so it is a central focus in the mideast is considered a green city how much is that the result of citizen involvement. we're very interested in discussing and even deciding fundamental questions with our citizens that's also because we are very young sitting with many university students but also a very committed city which weighs in on many social issues and we're quite proud of that. are you always bike or do you have a car if you have a very rarely i drive less than five thousand kilometers a year thanks for your time. and off we go. well and now we have to do the wild made sure can of us from ottawa was travelling with some friends to newfoundland and has captured his impressions of this green island in a video here's a weekly view me. my next stop is ozzy. and that billick lake in the middle of the city. and here comes my lift it runs on solar power once an hour this boat crossed the lake to take passengers to places like those who i'm going on around trip. unless you're a captain but not a typical captain you skipper

get pulled into lower-level attacks and then find yourselves in the middle of an enterprise in the mideast. >> and the groups currently controlling the groups of syria mostly under the asad regime it is the east portion of the country you will see opposition groups and for the islamic state as the congressman was pointing out within the country of syria we have plenty ofs. calls let's get to them on the democratic going. >> in morning. the corporate tax cuts that make the country competitive overseas talking about the benefits but i'm worried about the endowment tax on university endowments with the job still under the auspices of the tax cut why was this imposed on universities that meet certain criteria to have a large endowment? because that will create more austerity especially for those with higher education. >> we be more broadly your thoughts? >> he led with the right message it is working and this has been a bipartisan realizationid the partisans here on capitol hill they say it will be armageddon fighting fires so when we first passed the bill the average voter said i don't know w

the only way we can protect america from mideast threats is to have our troops working with regionalto have a virtual wall over there. if you take these troops out of syria, isis comes back. iran begins to dominate syria and that's the end of us being a reliable ally. the kurds at fault with us will get slaughtered by turkey. the entire region is going to melt down into the sunni/shia conflict so pompeo and bolton need to explain to the president of the united states what happens in syria matters to america. there is no foreign government or force to outsource our national security. keep these troops in syria. if you pull them out too soon, you'll have a iraq all over again with worse consequences. >> senator graham, just finally back to domestic politics, epa chief scott pruitt has been under fire this week after numerous reports questioning his spending habits. do you think he should go? >> i think he's done a good job but i'm looking to see what the oversight committee is going to say. the one thing i can say if you're the epa administrator and two lobbyists change the locks you'v

mount the significance of temple mount is twofold first because of its contentious status in the mideast conflict and second because it is a sacred site for both jews and muslims of the temple and this superior power on temple mount can only be defeated if its leader is defeated and he operates out of a bank tower in the city of london the bryza the evil force that reigns over east jerusalem that orders the jews to enslave humankind rules from its headquarters in an international finance santa all that plays to the codes and myths of anti-semitism and dammit we had records and. we ask god to respond he agrees to discuss only one aspect of the video via instagram the symbolism of the ring is over markman of the pentagram and hexagram are magical symbols but far predate the beginnings of judaism so i have to ask you what's your experts area of expertise that he's obviously not a historian. rapper has refused to acknowledge their lyrics harbor and the semantic content is no exception. to that and of course anti semitism exists in german rap just like it exists in the rest of society in the

and talk about where this is headed i'm joined by marcus carr mideast analyst from the german institute for international security affairs good morning i guess what do you think will donald trump authorize military action against targets in syria i think you've been he has two options very limited strike like the. military attack a chemical weapons attack last year where the u.s. forces. military members of syria or we could see more extended to the military campaign which could take a couple of days but would you what. has the difficulty compos possible confrontation with russian forces on the ground and the greater problem is what is the political aim of this military campaign because the united states has announced exactly last week on the go one week ago that it would leave syria in military terms ok now how would russia respond to any possible merit in military action i mean there's a big difference between a limited air strike like we saw last year or a larger campaign water rushes off it's difficult to say i think russia so far has avoided the direct military confrontation was in

tel aviv and earlier in riyadh that actually still hasn't been to his office but he came on this mideast through the overarching the most important i think when it comes to the americans at the moment is to have a united front among the gulf countries when it comes to iran and i think he had very stern messages there towards saudi arabia and the u.a.e. saying you have to solve the issue with qatar and then the second main issue being of course syria and it sounds biased his words at least at least the way he's putting it that the israeli palestinian conflict might not be as important as the at the moment as it is for example for de jordanian and did my pump i mean he spoke about iran growing influence in the region what's the jordanian assessment on iran. well it certainly. doesn't speak very much. when it comes to iran that has the same worries it is aligned with saudi arabia so certainly those concerns out there those concerns are there all throughout the middle east that actually iran is gaining more and more territory and it is spending its influence throughout the region so that is

and speaking of the mideast he had to do sea. n. no, and it's eye and the date of the roamingion skwluch. and pfrpt to note that the u.s. cannot westbounding wooshgs woi twch. and that's is a region and europe. bow are genocide. and attach sflo and they have gone from syria to europe. and dear a new terrorist threw in much and that ingifrom frchl ichlt and you the freshman and sighing he, i i are not figure to be the this much. and me wants to get them out neft. and what does it mean for the fut for positive upon>> and theee to. and they are there to fight isis. and mostly in the eastern halfiost that is where the strikes occurred and are whether hem chemkidnap develops and the fight gones u.s. troops will have to remain or enough. and we saw the attack a week ago and poosh eyivy. and what are your thoits in >> i deter to general mat i guess who is the pest of the west. he did a very good job of making sure the options preponderated to the president were reasonable one and smart fons and in the u.s. interest. i support what happen.

at least in the mideast, he's still drainvolved momentarily.aveat to that was the airstrike from last year, so now he's boxed who came to him, and an exhibition of real compassion from the president. then just days ago, julian said, the u.s. should be out of it and leave this to spbls. is he likely re-evaluating what he just. >> we don't know how much more this will entail, whether it's a strike or something grand. we don't know really where the president goes with that. there was a reason that obama was hesitant to enter into this. he had a certain blindness to what was going on. we need to watch. and again, this is where the lack of any kind of doctrine or larger sense of advice becomes problematic with the president. >> there's a lot of i.c.e. going around. some people, including lindsey graham, are weighing in on this and getting the president to live up to his tweets. >> if he has a tweet from russia and iran, this is a defining moment. you need to follow up with that tweet. show a resolve that obama never did to get this right. >> we can'

futures to a lower opening after equities slipped in new york to read oil and gold jumped on escalating mideastgesting a more hawkish tone in the fed minutes. policymakers edged toward faster tightening. betty: i am betty liu in new york, where it is just after 7:00 p.m. wednesday evening. mission accomplished, mark zuckerberg survived a two on capitol hill. even critics retain their doubts on the company.

highest since 2014 not only on tension in the mideast, but a yemen missile attack on saudi arabia.bout 1% recently edged back. ♪ ♪ emily: this is "bloomberg technology." mark zuckerberg is time on capitol hill is over. a new bill has already been introduced. requireent act would the ftc to create new online privacy protections for users of sites like facebook and google. to discuss the last days of hearings and what new laws my come out, i would like to welcome a congressman who is located in the heart of silicon valley. representative khanna, you have been watching mark zuckerberg being grilled. on what topics did you come away reassured and on what topics did you come away more concerned? rep. khanna: i was pleased that mark zuckerberg subjected himself to five hours of testimony to the senate and house. this was long overdue. facebook should have been testifying much earlier. i was pleased he is at least open to well-crafted regulation. i was concerned in two areas. one, the senate seems to have a knowledge gap. many have not use facebook or twitter and it was apparent after the

in spite of trumps the media calls for america to disengage from mideast conflicts. >> the president has said he absolutely wants the truth to come him, but he wants the mission to be accomplished in the defeat of isis. >> reporter: many lawmakers on capitol hill including some republicans are dead set against deepening the military involvement in syria and calling on the president to consult congress for new authorization before conducting any more airstrikes. >> you heard the president say i am going to make you pay a big price and you are an animal. that what did he see? a military strike that did not change his life at all. >> reporter: but the white house is putting much of the blame on russia following years of military aid for the syrian government. and we saw what happened with the silly reset, and this is a president that takes action and doesn't talk. >> reporter: senators bob corker and tim kane have offered a partisan bill that would provide authorization for the use of military force in syria, but it is unclear when the lawmakers will consider it. >> reporter: a judge in

why are we so set on what is happening in the mideast, worried about them coming over here?e should be worried about us here. guest: i think the color made that point better than i could. .hat is one of the big debates is the threat for in terrorists, or homegrown violent people and mass shootings? that is not the issue in this case. the only issue is the white house position, we have to be careful about not letting people in from countries that are war-torn. aboutoesn't say anything what is the greatest threat to our day-to-day security. ask you when you come on about retirement watch on the supreme court. what you are expecting at the end of this term. justice kennedy. your thoughts on what will happen? guest: idol think i have ever given a good answer. thing. well hidden justice kennedy has given no sign he is leaving. there have been rumors. who sayalked to people he is in good health and in fine spirits. is the crucial deciding vote on all of the big cases. decidessurprised if he to retire. but he is going to be 82 years old this year. so at some point, he talked about

the deployment is a waste of money and no good ever comes from american military ventures in the mideastid he do? he told his team the mission can continue for now. the president is mad, he doesn't want to be there. he publicly said several times it's time to get out. what's the deal now? officials say he wants a plan to get out in six months? >> let's just say as a candidate, he was pretty critical of previous presidents who announced their timeline, so let's take that with a grain of context also. but i think the president is running up against a reality which is it's much easier to campaign on principle than it is to govern because there are so many pieces to governing. if the u.s. pulls out, declares victory right now, syria pulls out and everybody on the border goes flying back in, children perished for nothing, et cetera. and then on top of all of that, if he does decide to go through with threats to withdraw from the iran plan and then just turns syria over to the iranians, the russians and assad, he's going to have a lot of questions to answer, maybe not from his domestic politic

in the mideast you have a country that is six months to a year away from being able to develop one. seems irrational. >> you have macron coming in and he's being very chumbhrmy with president. either way if he doesn't go back to france with an assurance from the president he's not going to get out of the iran deal, what does it say? donald trump is a great negotiator and not going to negotiate something he doesn't want or he's someone you cannot negotiate with? period. >> macron wants that and wants to be a player on the world stage. going to the u.s. is a big deal for him. we have seen in other decisions that the president like kind of does something. he campaigned against this deal but has been pushing it back. he was saying we can build upon this. >> jonathan, i forgive you for hijacking our past panel. that's because you are so well color coordinated today. purples. springtime in new york. unwrapping the art of the official state gift. alright, i brought in high protein to help get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks! i'll take that. -yeeee

the president used the word insa insane, he used the word ridiculous, and anywhere you look in the mideast, iran is the bad actor. >> wherever there is trouble, yemen, syria, no matter where you have it, iran is behind it, and now unfortunately, russia is getting more and more involved. they're not going to be restarting anything. if they restart it, they'll have problems bigger than ever before. if they restart the nuclear program, they will have bigger problems than they've ever had before. >> john kirby, you dealt with this from a state perspective. if you're the president, you're happy about it. if you're president macron, it's ridiculous and never should have been agreed to. what do you think? >> i would go back to trump and say, you know, it's ridiculous to restart it because their breakout went from months to more than a year. that's the reason to keep it there. the other thing i would say to president trump, and macron is probably thinking this, too, hey, you want to be tough on iran, keep the deal, because they would want nothing more than for you to rip it up. they don't want it,

s mideast envoy accused israel of killing children.he eu caused on the military not to use deadly force against unarmed protesters. palestinians are calling on the council to investigate. israel's defense minister says hamas is to blame for the boy's death. they say hamas uses civilians for human shields. hours before israel dropped leaflets urging people not to take part saying hamas is endangering their lives. yesterday's protest marked the fourth friday in a row that palestinians in gaza have demonstrated near the border. their goal to win what they call the rite of return. palestinians uprooted from their homes decades ago say they want to reclaim their land. since the demonstrations began one month ago, at least 32 palestinians have been killed. more than 1600 have been wounded. these demonstrations are slated to continue until may 15th. that's the date marking the anniversary of israel's founding. the palestinians call it the day of the great catastrophe. molly? molly: david lee miller from jerusalem. thank you. >>> president tru

mccain said we spent millions of dollars in the mideast, nothing has worked, it's a waste of money, let's get out. mccain is saying that's the message to putin and assad, trump wants to wash his hands of syria. for those of you who joined us at the top of the hour might not have heard the president at the beginning, but there were reporters allowed in the cabinet room. here's the president saying he's now reviewing this latest atrocity, barbarism he called it inside syria and he'll have a way they're going to react soon. >> it was an atrocious attack. it was horrible. you don't see things like that. as bad as the news is around the world, you just don't see those images. we are studying that situation extremely closely. we are meeting with our military and everybody else, and we'll be making some major decisions over the next 24 to 48 hours. we are very concerned. when a thing like that can happen, this is about humanity. we're talking about humanity. and it can't be allowed to happen. so we'll be looking at that barbaric act and studying what's going on. >> momentous moment, anyway, in t

be the united states alone, and frankly really needs more involvement from arab nations within the mideastations are wealthy, uae, saudi arabia, qatar for their effort to take a leadership role in their own region, this can't be the united states role to get involved in a syrian civil war, to be responsible for replacing assad or having responsibility long term to fix syria. what's amazing about the video you played of assad showing up to work, look how beautiful that building is that he is arriving in. i don't know where else in syria you're going to find a video of anyone arriving to work in a suit and briefcase to big beautiful buildings. it will cost a lot of money, can't be the united states' responsibility to do alone. >> quickly, should the united states have direct talks with bashar al assad, with syria, nikki haley today saying no, that shouldn't be the case. then we have the example of north korea and kim jong-un. >> in syria it's probably without russia, without iran, without turkey, impossible to just on a bilateral basis be resolving what's going on in syria. beyond that, a lo

exchange between prime minister tony blair, clinton, and other state department officials entitled "mideast peace." another completely redacted email. in this document, even the recipients were removed. the title of the email was "planned." other emails reveal some pretty evidence that the clinton state department was in fact actively colluding with the clinton foundation and the clintons constant obsessive moneymaking schemes. in one disturbing email, campaign official retrieved a request for, in 2010, asking for advice how to get through to bill clinton about big money offered to speak abroad. was it russia? where was it? the email was forwarded to a state department employee and even huma abedin herself. during hillary clinton's time when she was secretary of state. remember christian sasuke? the navy sailor recently part of my president trump only after he was forced to spend time in jail, sentenced to a year in jail for mishandling six pictures he was proud of because he worked inside a u.s. submarine. hillary clinton is mishandling top secret emails. this new release only accounts for

we were supposed to, there were years put into including a question on mideast and african backgroundif people came from that background. it had been a draft and proposal put out a year ago to include that category and administration in the last few weeks said it would drop that. now, i think there are many people in this country that probably had mixed feelings about that, as well. we need to know who is living here. we need to know what the demographics of the population are. we need to have a lot of questions answered and a lot of people will be afraid to answer questions on the census and i think it's not going to result in an accurate document. >> yeah. on a much lighter note before i let you go, villanova, michigan tomorrow night in the ncaa. i don't have to ask but enjoy the game. >> hey, i'm in my go blue. i went to the easter vigil right after the win last night because i love sister jean. john din gle loves sister jean but god loves us all. >> great point. it will be a great game tomorrow night and a great easter holiday. thank you for joining me for part of it. >> happy eas

president's short of predilection for picking it pals or family members, jared kushner becomes our mideast expert or his daughter travels to china and represents our country there. he seems to have a very small circle of people he knows. and would therefore give these responsibilities to rather than going out to zip recruiter or somebody and trying to find the best people for the job. >> and in this case, chris, the criticism from the start has been that he picked ronny jackson because he was someone who he warped to, had a good relationship with, but remember that briefing that lasted for over an hour, that remarkable briefing which jackson gave the president a clean bill of health. the thinking is that the president thought he looked the part of being the va secretary despite the fact he didn't have any background in managing a major government agency like the va, the second largest agency that there is. i spoke with an advocate for veterans earlier today who said look, the issues go back to that. their frustrations go back to that point that he would appoint someone who doesn't have a b

and with us here now in the studio is mideast expert peter steinberg good morning to you donald trump is under incredible domestic pressure right now to launch some type of military action from both sides of the aisle republicans and democrats can he avoid this pressure is he in a corner right now and essentially being forced to act on syria well never predict donald trump i think that's a basic rule ever since he was elected into office i think because of the domestic pressure that he that he would consider a military strike but probably he tweeted this message. he has his counselor has told him about the dangers of what is happening that the situation is not like last year anymore the russians there are iranians there are shia militia in many syrian bases so the dangers are a lot higher. than in the past ok this is very important you just mentioned these shia militia the iranian assets on these air bases along with russians what would be the red line for the russians and for the rains that should be crossed by the united states their red line that they would take military action i t

bush when it came to mideast policy, something they were really declined to pursue and he had that influence on him. we'll see what merkel and macron can do together. >> we'll see at 11:45 a.m. eastern this morning they'll have a press conference with president trump and president macron. see if they announce anything. i mean, sometimes that matters, though chuck and nancy learned with running for press conference with the dreamers sometimes that also changes. we'll see that at 11:45. >>> let's move on what's happening with the president cabinet's nominations. looks as if ronny jackson, president trump's pick to head the veteran's affairs administration is in trouble. we don't know why, but the hearing about this may even be postponed because lawmakers have enough concerns, john avlon. something has come up in their vetting of him, some sorts of allegations. and that's all we know. >> yeah. it's important to put those allegations almost aside because they are so murky. what's significant is that the white house is getting pushback from republican senators who say this may not be ready for pr

left port at norfolk heading toward the middle east but there are some capabilities already in the mideast. if, for instance, the united states were to impose strikes very similar to the ones any did years ago. >> this will take at least -- at least a week to get there. they left probably a couple hours ago so they wouldn't arrive well into the next week. we don't even know if they're headed toward the mediterranean. we just know they're going to the 6th fleet. there is the "the donald cook," the destroy in the eastern med. they have destroyers in the persian gulf and red sea. they've got f-22s, b-52s. the number of assets and capabilities in the region, they have a big airbase there in turkey. they have a lot of assets, in part, for the fight gns eagains isis. the key word is proportional. what sort of proportional response will you have that could deter the syrian regime from using chemical weapons again. when we heard from mattis last year, he was very clear that if assad used chemical weapons again it would be very clear than those 59 missiles they launched. it is proportional, it is d

limitation us them russia state media and apologizes in other countries, including countries in the mideast, emphasize the strength of russian power and argue that russia was desires and if would bring the tend to eye sunday but the reality is different. -- eye sunday but the reality is different. the russia intervention was airborne and its ground operations have been limbed. russia has been very reluctant to place boots on the ground, at least official boots on the grounds, and most of it is combat operations in syrian territory are limited to paramilitary organizes like black water, and the russian ones have actual combat roles and who are these people? from the best reports they have they go under the strange name of wagner, after the famous composer, a favorite of a rushing nationalists empathieser recycled from -- people with a nationalist bent, describe them as mercenaries, sent into syria the thousands and not edged by the government, operating with tremendous plausible deniablity, and the most recent case, they attacked a facility protected by americans and lost dozens if not hundr