how do you judge today i let you judge roll wilson from what we have we have not only mr putin and mr assad in syria we have a proxy war that started in summer twenty eleven with a number of stakeholders and russia is one of those give it a very important one mr assad couldn't continue his mass murdering without mr put in perhaps iran is also necessary but we are now in europe and put in as a very important player so again how do you judge put in zero in this infernal i see russia as a partner in syria and we have said that several times we have said that and it's not only me it's the european union that has stated that and during our last you council meeting here in reality the commish two weeks ago we stand we have to take a pragmatic approach in terms of working together with our you know there are other leaders in europe in the world also in europe are condemning mr bolton's role what is the position of the foreign minister. and that is not only my position we have to scuffs the various instances also inside the european union that we have to work with russia in saying suddenly if you'r

so this is that mean that and we refused to go to another victim understand thank you very much mr assad and so just to put it in context for you the reason that there is such a battle over this village is because of what it could represent in the future there are fears that there will be further illegal israeli settlement expansion in this area to the east of jerusalem further cutting off jerusalem potentially slicing a vital part of the occupied west bank into that is why there's been so much opposition from the e.u. and from other international actors because of what the consequences could be for a possible two state solution in the future harry for second i thank you. hungary says it will challenge a european parliament decision which could see it stripped of its voting rights parliament members voted by a large majority to take action against hungary for not following you values on democracy and civil rights it is the first time such measures have been approved and with more from stress. there was applause as members of the european parliament voted to punish hungry for breaching e.

country expelled from their country should be able to participate in this process and i cannot imagine mr assad being elected doing a democratic process in syria. ok we're just listening there to a press conference a joint one between the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov and also his german counterpart hiker mass they were answering questions at the end of that from journalists of course the scrip our case and the situation it came up on the script our case mr lavrov made it very clear that he thought the u.k. was not acting within the norms of international law in fact he said they were engaging in loud speaker democracy where they make assertions and allegations without providing any evidence on the issue he said great measures are being taken at the moment to try and ensure the limit civilian casualties the escalation zones are being proposed along with facilitating local agreements between moderate rebels and also the syrian government and also humanitarian corridors are being discussed he said all these factors were actually not discussed when the u.s. led coalition bombed raca and a

adlib which somehow concentrates all the contradictions and all the problems of the serious look at mrs assad's country he's not in the room and he is still in charge it's his government it's. its of course supported by russia and iran it was saved by them but they play a role and they are pushing for the offensive the difference is that the russians are very much interested in finding a military solution to this. and i think also the bystanders we know that there is many of the rebel factions and their lives are jihadist groups jihadist groups that have. somehow that have been branded to terrorist organization by the united nations and this is also one of the reasons why for example united states somehow standing aside of course they're saying don't use chemical weapons we will have there will be a harsh reaction but in effect they don't really mind that there is going to be a military solution for of for him to live and this is what the tragedy here in the united nations is warning of a humanitarian disaster u.n. syria envoy stuff under mistura has applied let's just listen to him money. peop

forest restoration program in africa and we certainly it's in our congratulations to mr assad chris ragejoining us tonight from amsterdam mystery's thank you very much. the here. well it's being held as a medical while still scientists in the us are reporting success in helping patients with paralysis to stand and even take steps again it's all thanks to an electrical in play at that zaps the spinal cord along with months of intense rehab the research is giving new hope to people suffering from spinal cord injuries. one step at a time jerry is able to walk again five years after an accident that left him paralyzed to be able to move. my legs and. to walk even a stand it means a lot. that there is hope for not only me but other people. because one of three patients taking part in two separate studies in the united states aimed at getting them to walk again albeit assisted the twenty nine year old was the first patient at the mayo clinic in minnesota to have an electrical stimulation device implanted near his damaged spinal cord. the original function of the electrical stimulator was to tr

president, mr. assad, it sounds like -- i think we have laws against assassination. thank you.d when we return, let me finish with so many of us witnessed on saturday at senator john mccain's funeral. i thought it was a rare spiritual in this community. ra spiritual in this community. need a change of scenery? kayak compares hundreds of travel and airline sites so you can be confident you're getting the right flight at the best price. cheers! kayak. search one and done. >>> let me finish tonight with so many of us felt and witnessed on saturday. i was honored when i received the call to anchor john mccain's funeral. inspired by him, and wanted to be part of it. i did. i did it for the reason i loved being at the brandenburg gate, i loved being in south africa, in rome when john paul ii laid there. i am a romantic in my politics and senator mccain made fun of that once. i can do maverick he told a big room when i was there, i can't do messiah. great political novels, the kind john f kennedy. i wished we had a progressive like him. fortunately his spirit isn't gone. i saw that sp

would target russian and iranian military forces aiding mr. assad in syria.hey could use targeted economic sanctions against syrian officials instead of military strikes. there are other options out there. let's see what decision they make on that. a significant parade in north korea over the weekend absent of icbms. >> they always have them on parade. this is a major anniversary for them. 70th anniversary. they usually put out all their wa*ers. they're trying to send a message they're willing to work with us on denuclearization. what happened here, we received a belligerent letter from a north korean official. based on the tone of that letter president trump canceled secretary of state pompeo's visit to north korea. very similar to a response that president trump had over the singapore summit when he ran into a belligerent attitude just prior to the summit. the north koreans have responded in kind once again and this time reaching out to the administration saying in so many words that we have not given up on dee nuclearizing and willing to try to attempt to

the strikes come hours after president trump sent a warning to the assad regime and its allies. mrke a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in a potential human tragedy.‘ over the past week un officials have been working around the clock to try to avoid what they say would be a ‘humanitarian catastrophe‘. idlib is the last major area of resistance. as the assad government has been retaking control over regions across the country, rebel fighters and civilians have negotiated deals for safe passage to the north. and until now the region has been under a fragile ceasefire monitored by turkey. within idlib there are rebel fighters as well as the various islamist groups linked to al-qaeda, who have vowed to fight until the end. and among them, some 3 million civilians. turkey has already sealed its border so — should an assault begin, these people would have nowhere to flee. well, to talk more about this, joining me now in the studio is jennifer cafarella, from the institute for the study of war. thank you for coming in. we‘ve seen indications that a full out could be imminent from t

what is iran today the revolutionary guards directly like mr bari who was not very direct in his tweets but revolutionary guards separated record assad arabia was behind the attack so it is very critical times in the middle east where you have iran and saudi arabia on the opposite end of many conflicts you know you have syria you have the yemen war and iran and saudi arabia are on the opposite side of these companies so it's quite very very tense times in the middle east and on and on and both groups. you know seizure as an enemy and this i mean particularly disservice group deters attack in iran is very important it comes. at a time when iran is in a feeling the pressure of sanctions by the west also at a time has been the middle east is quite tenuous and that was the guardian's iran correspondence eight come on a day can speaking to me earlier from london. now to some of the other stories making news around the world the death toll following a ferry accident on lake victoria in tanzania has risen to two hundred nine the boat capsized on thursday state media says the ferry was overloaded two days after the disaster emergency workers

russian military to another forest and one of israel's arch enemies bashar al assad is a very clear way of making that warning shot mr now how do you think israel is going to respond now to these anti missile defense systems being deployed to syria israel's former military intelligence chief thomas yadlin has said that he assumes that the if falls will destroy the s three hundred if it's hand handed over to syria what do you make of that. i think that the situation in syria has become more big complicated for these earlier false previous declinations and reports from the inside the israeli army indicate that israelis believe they can walk around the s three hundred if it is deployed in syria and still achieve their goals might be most complicated it might be but they will achieve their goals a line in the past to clarify that every. defense system that is attacking its jets will be attacked and as it happened in the past and so the possibility i'm not sure that it would be a preemptive attack but if those systems would be activated against israeli jets it is very likely that they the israeli jets will attack them int

mr. trump told the defense secretary james mattis about bashar al-assad, "let's bleeping kill him, let's go in and kill the bleeping lot of them." mattis humored the president saying he would get right on it but was stunned that the president ordered an assassination. the retired general said tonight this is fiction and any claim he uttered contemptuous words about the commander in chief is a product of someone's rich imagination. john kelly also denying the claim that he told the president he was an idiot, we are in crazy town. i don't even know why any of us are here, this is the worst job i've ever had. kelly says "the idea that i called the president an idiot is untrue. i spend more time with the president than anyone and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. he always knows where i stand and we both know this story is b.s. i'm committed to the president, his agenda and our country. the book says there was a practice session to prep the president with a possible interview with bob mueller and it went badly. the president's personal attorney allegedly said don't testif

mr. trump told the defense secretary james mattis about bashar al-assad, "let's leap being killed him, let's and killed the bleeping lot of them." he's telling associates he's trying to prevent world war iii but the retired general put out a blistering statement tonight saying, this is fiction. any claim he uttered a contemptuous words about the commander in chief is a project of "someone's rich imagination." john kelly also denying the claim that he told the president he was an idiot, we are in crazy town. i don't even know why any of us are here, this is the worst job i've ever had. kelly says "the idea that i called the president and 80 it is untrue. i spend more time with the president than anyone and we have an incredibly candid and strong relationship. he always knows where i stand and we both know this story is b.s. i'm committed to the president, the agenda and our country. the president's personal attorney allegedly said don't testify. it's either that or an orange jumpsuit. while dowd is assisting, not true. he said there was "no so-called practice session or reenactment of a mock

mr trump said an attack on idlib would be a grave humanitarian mistake and a tragedy. president assad'ssive. the latest ad campaign from the sports giant nike will feature the american football player, colin kaepernick. he's became a figurehead of the protests against police brutality towards african—america ns, when he took a knee, knelt during the playing of the national anthem before games. caroline rigby reports. "believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything." the words of former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick, part of an advertising campaign for the sports brand nike. kaepernick was at the san francisco 49ers when he began kneeling during the national anthem in the 2016 nfl season, a protest against racial injustice and police brutality, what he saw as state oppression against african americans and people of colour. his actions sparked a wider movement and national debate. criticised by some, including president tromp, for being disrespectful to both the american flag and the military. people are really feeling their humanity. now a free agent, kaepernick is suin

national really believes there is no evidence assad is planning a chemical attack in libya the major threat against civilians is the terrorists that are mr kim jong il the north korean supremely leader is key not to delay and to visit moscow as soon as time allows the two leaders have of course corresponded before if this visit does go ahead that will be the first time at least in recent history that a north korean leader will visit moscow for bilateral talks now on top of this we know north korea has been in touch with the u.s. south korea to see what the what is the state of play between those countries at the moment while very much changeable obviously went from the brink of conflict just about easter time to that summit in singapore with donald trump but she was very keen to advertise as something highly successful something very productive and now things have taken another step back toward some pretty hostile rhetoric the u.s. has accused north korea of cyber warfare of hacking and trying to stifle free speech in the west take a listen the north korean backed conspiracy attempted to crush freedom of speech in the u.s. and the u k. i

mr trump tweeted that president assad's allies, russia and iran would be making a "grave humanitariann assault. thousands of syrian troops have already been deployed to the area in advance of an expected offensive. with rebels defeated in most of syria, the offensive in the northern province could prove to be the last major battle of the syrian civil war. an american football player, who protested against racial injustice by kneeling during the us national anthem, has been revealed as the face of nike's new advertising campaign. colin kaepernick first protested in august 2016. other players followed his lead by kneeling during the anthem, leading to criticism from president trump. caroline rigby reports. "believe in something, even if it means sacrificing everything" — the words of former nfl quarterback colin kaepernick, part of an advertising campaign for the sports brand nike. kaepernick was at the san francisco 49ers, when he began kneeling during the national anthem in the 2016 nfl season, a protest against racial injustice and police brutality — what he saw as state oppression a

mr trump said an attack on idlib would be a grave humanitarian mistake and a tragedy. president assad'ss are believed to be preparing a major offensive. the iranian foreign minister said on monday that what he called the remaining terrorists should be cleaned out. let's speak to our north america correspondent, david willis. david, what is the latest from there on this? well, mike, i have to say that donald trump is not the first member of his administration to express disquiet over the possibility of an attack on idlib. just last week the secretary of state, mike pompeo, warned that this would represent an escalation of the syrian conflict, an already dangerous conflict, as he put it. well, today, president trump entered the fray on twitter, saying that the russians and iranians would be making a grave humanitarian mistake to ta ke making a grave humanitarian mistake to take part in this potential human tragedy. hundreds of thousands of people could be killed. now, we know that syria has been planning this attack on the idlib area and indeed there are about 3 million civilians there, s

especially mr putin favors a harsh a strong military action again against all kinds of rebel groups inside it live including the groups that turkey is currently supporting against the assad regime so the joint declaration today had no real news the three leaders agreed to continue cooperating to try to resolve this crisis somehow but there was little more on this documents so we don't really know what will happen in the next hours in the next days what will happen next in egypt so if the worst does happen. with refugees what would that mean for. refugee. well aid or aid organizations here in turkey are reportedly already prepared preparing for this worst case both sides of the border the tech side and the syrian side so they're preparing for it missed out on emphasize again that they already reached their limits and what they can do but i believe that in this case this whole turkey deal would need to be renegotiated missed out on would ask for much more financial and human syrian assistance from europe and that's something europe seems to also take into consideration seems to be aware of the german foreign minister a visit to turkey this week and he said in the case off

the atrocities being committed in syria by the brutal dictator, assad, and his evil collaborators and co-conspirators, russia and iran. mr. hill: i commend president trump for taking a standard against the reckless attack on the province and tens of thousands that could be killed. i'm proud of the work that arkansans are doing in syria, particularly in idlip province on behalf of the syrian people. through the work of the syrian emergency task force led by a syrian american and arkansan, arkansans are directly supporting the reopening of a kindergarten and women's certainty there. i'm -- center there. i'm especially concerned about the tragic consequences and loss of life that an assault, particularly a chemical weapons assault, will have on this vital kindergarten and work for women there. i stand in support of the president's recent message, but call on him to strengthen his resolve against assad's brutal actions and continue to support the innocent syrian people. thank you, mr. speaker. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? >> mr. speaker, i ask unanimo

assad vernment a and a russian allies. he convinced climate -- - vladir putitin that a compromise is t e better sololution. he will have told mr. putin that it will be t turkey in the end o will have to deaeal with the humanitarian consequences of a military assault. thatat is something thatr. erdog an has been talking about over ththe past few days. he fears a b bloodbath. he fears this would have confident -- conququences for eurorope as well.. many questions remain unanswered. it is a didifferent thing whwheu come up with this at the negotiating table and how everything else pulls -- ends up on the ground. brent: will president putin be able to enforce this agreement? emily: that depends on all of the sides of the conflict. the syryrian side has yet to age to this deal. but russia has a huge influence on the syrian government. they have been there main backer throughout this war and they also changed things on the grground when the end of this wr in 2015 when they entered to back the regime. they will likely be the backers for them in the postwar. it is likely that syria will tell the line -- toe the line. brent: what does

russian military to another forests and one of israel's arch enemies bashar al assad is a very clear way of making that warning shot mr now how do you think israel is going to respond now to these anti missile defense systems being deployed to syria israel's former military intelligence chief thomas yadlin has said that he assumes that the if falls will destroy the s three hundred if it's hand handed over to syria what do you make of that. i think that the situation in syria has become more compact complicated for these earlier false previous declinations and reports from the inside the israeli army indicate that israelis believe they can walk around the s three hundred if it is deployed in syria and still achieve their goals might be most complicated it might be but they will achieve their goals a line in the past to clarify that every. defense system that is attacking its jets will be attacked and as it happened in the past and so the possibility i'm not sure that it would be a preemptive attack but if those systems would be activated against israeli jets it is very likely that they the israeli jets will attack them

russian military to another forest and one of israel's arch enemies bashar al assad is a very clear way of making that warning shot mr now how do you think israel is going to respond now to these anti missile defense systems being deployed to syria israel's former military intelligence chief thomas yadlin has said that he assumes that the if falls will destroy the s three hundred if it's hand handed over to syria what do you make of that. i think that the situation in syria has become more compact complicated for these earlier false previous declinations and reports from the inside the israeli army indicate that israelis believe they can walk around the s three hundred if it is deployed in syria and still achieve their goals might be most complicated it might be but they will achieve their goals a line in the past to clarify that every. defense system that is attacking its jets will be attacked and as it happened in the past and so the possibility i'm not sure that it would be a preemptive attack but if those systems would be activated against israeli jets it is very likely that they the israeli jets will attack them

whole european union in other verbs mr advani is trying to say if united states and the west will not do anything regarding the people fence if not to stop the bashar assad and its own las so turkey may you know open the borders of turkey so that the current three point five million refugees that are residing in turkey may come to europe because at the end of the day nowadays according to reports we have with what we understand that there are three million people in italy. come to turkey and turkey. made it very clear that they cannot carry does burden anymore yeah just following up and not on chris say the syrian government offensive. that it should stop and if it doesn't is to muss is going to listen what kind of reaction in effect could we expect from opening the borders anything else. well turkey again they don't want to open the borders they'd they told that very clearly that they cannot have this burden anymore and in this regard turkey's trying to differentiates. different groups like. sham which is considered as a shot and it is also considered as a terrorist organization also by turkey about from the other hand turkey sees some other groups. as

mr as a joke. the russian military claims terrorists in syria's adlib province have filmed a staged chemical attack and intend to frame the assad government's. still more troubling signs a new executive order aimed at protecting us from paul ryan and act.

especially mr putin favors a harsh a strong military action again against all kinds of rebel groups inside it live including the groups that turkey is currently supporting against the assad regime so the joint declaration today had no real news the three leaders agreed to continue cooperating to try to resolve this crisis somehow but there was little more in this documents so we don't really know what will happen in the next hours in the next days what will happen next and. so if the worst does happen. with refugees what would that mean for congress refuse refugee. well eight old aid organizations here in turkey are reportedly already prepared preparing for this worst case both sides of the border the tech side and the syrian side so they're preparing for a miss out on emphasize again that they already reached their limits in what they can do but i believe that in this case this whole e.u. turkey deal would need to be renegotiated missed out on would ask for much more financial and human syrian assistance from europe and that's something europe seems to also take into consideration seems to be aware of the german foreign minister visit to turkey this week and he said in

much longer will mr putin in russia put up with this stranger a range from with israel where boy it's allowed to carry out these sorts of sorties and strike has full or uranium and even assad positions and still remains some sort of an hour in inverted commas with. no official comment from israel on the situation best far but surely israel could argue that it actually did notify russia that the strike was going to take place but the russian memo days those that this morning came just a minute or so before the missiles were launched and said this morning system be regulated somehow do you think it is this just a case of a communication breakdown do you think. as a communications breakdown i think it's quite tactical and quite deliberate on the side of the israelis to give a warning of some sort but leave it to the absolute last second so that gives the element of surprise to the israeli jets and where they're carrying out whatever they're coming out in the in the region in terms of air strikes me if you give five or ten minute warnings to russia i suppose the fear from the idea from israel will be that our information will be relayed on to the targets and that gives opportu

story as far as mr putin concerned i mean explicitly and publicly is the line that these discussions today look we want to see nothing else nothing short of a military victory for bashar al assad and that means you take it live. well basically you know the russian position as it has always been is that damascus president assad is the legitimate government of syria and therefore the people who are moving against him will have moved against him over the past seven years of this conflict are essentially terrorists or little better than terrorists there was not much credence given in moscow at the beginning of this conflict to the idea that some are moderate opposition groups and some are more hardline opposition groups basically russia has long considered them pretty much the same deal so yes russia's position is that damascus has to reassert control over as much of the country as it can it has a different perspective from damascus about how exactly that should be done so i think damascus has been more brutal more hardline in its approach to this conflict than moscow has moscow has to listen to the concerns of countries like turkey is trying to build up a kind of coalition of sor

"israel holds the assad regime, whose military shot down the russian plane, fully responsible. " sarah rainsford spoke to us in moscow. i think ithink mr mr putin's choice of language was very interesting, and very deliberate. he came out and say that the statement from the defence ministry had been cleared with the kremlin and it didn't represent russia's official position. but he did not utter those words of condemnation of israel himself. instead, he is careful language to describe what happened as essentially an accident. i think it was deliberate. for russia, israel is also a key ally in the middle east. this is a country which russia prides itself on being able to maintaina prides itself on being able to maintain a relationship with all the key players in the rate —— regions, including iran and syria, where russia has been militarily and politically backing president assad there for some three years. it is a delicate act, i think that what has happened now will put a strain on relations, particularly with israel. but also its era, because despite the fact that these accusations against israel have come from the defence ministry,

a much more sophisticated system to assad's government in damascus that is caused real concern i think from the u.s. from turkey from israel we may hear more from mr lavrov in his speech if we don't straight afterwards he's going to the news conference room here in the u.n. and i'm sure us reporters will try and ask about it all right thank you well still in new york the foreign minister of qatar has met with his counterparts from the four nations blockading his country on the sidelines of the general assembly this is the first time such a meeting has been held since the u.a.e. and saudi arabia egypt and bahrain all diplomatic and economic ties with in june last year the meeting was arranged and attended by the u.s. secretary of state might pump a zero. has more. the u.s. is scrambling to put together a regional alliance to contain what it sees as a growing iranian influence in the region if you listen to the recent statements made by president trump his national security adviser john bolton and secretary state mike pompei of the basically accusing iran of being the world's leading sponsor of terrorism and they're saying that the iran must stop it

mr. president, nowhere are the grim consequences of the erosion of global norms on weapons of mass destruction more than in syria where the u.n. has included the assad regime has repeatedly used chemical weapons. a direct assault on a near century old ban vital to our collective peace and security. yet, russia has repeatedly wielded its veto to prevent the security council from holding the assad regime to account. even shutting down the international body established to investigate chemical weapons use in syria. so i welcome the decision of 150 countries in june, the largest gathering in its history, to empower the opcw to attribute responsibility for chemical weapons attacks in syria and to put in place arrangements for any country which requests it. and i would like to thank president trump and president mack ron for their shared -- -- to for their shared have us-uk-french joint military action in april. perpetrators of chemical weapons use cannot escape our identification or act with impunity. the regime's backers must use their influence to ensure chemical weapons are not used again. there must be no doubt we will respond swiftly and appropriate

mr. bolton said but it is not that strong of a statement because we know we can dot standoff attacks with relative impunity to our own forces frankly with only modest effect on president assad'strying to sound tougher, you are worried about the looming offensive in the province of idlib in northwestern syria you might state, we will not allow barrel bombing. we will not allow helicopters to fly above apt buildings to drop barrels full of nails. even if it is just traditional tnt and shrapnel. these indiscriminate attacks against civilians are what we should be targeting. to assad we'll retaliate a manner our choosing any such indiscriminate action whether chemical weapons or any kind of ordnance. melissa: okay. >> as far as what was said today was fine. it just doesn't go as far. melissa: north korea holding a military parade in honor of country's 70th anniversary. with one glaring omission. they left out the long ballistic missiles which usually are in the event. this steps toward reunification with south korea, something president trump thanked chairman kim for on twitter. we also got word today apparently a letter was delivered to the president from chairman kim asking for

mr putin‘s keen to describe it as an accident. syria is of course a very close ally of russia. russian troops are there fighting alongside and supporting bashar al—assadkeen to be this unique force that is able to talk to and negotiate and have dealings with all sides involved, particularly in syria, but also more broadly in the region. that includes israel and that of course includes syria. so it is a difficult balancing act for the kremlin to pull off, but it‘s one i think mr putin is keen to continue doing. senior police officers say a hard brexit could mean losing access to up to 40 european systems used by forces across britain. officers say falling back on slower alternatives will make it much harder to protect uk citizens . earlier our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, talked us through some of the issues police say they could face. something called the schengen information system, accessed by british officers on british streets 539 million times last year. another, the european arrest warrant, which britain uses to extradite criminals. that the alternatives to that would take ten times longer, according to police chiefs this morning. th

assad if he carries out a massacre in idlib. >>> woio reports barack obama will campaign for the democratic ohio gubernatorial candidate on thursday. in a speech on friday, mrp's role in the nation's do advicesive political culture. this morks the first time the former president has mentioned the president by name in a public address since leaving the white house. >> it did not start with donald trump. he is a symptom, not the cause. he's just capitalizing on resentments that politicians have been fanning for years. >> president trump said he fell asleep while watching mr. obama's speech. >>> the san francisco chronicle reports on the battle to gain ground on wildfires burning across northern california. so-called delta fire burning near redding has burned nearly 41,000 acres and is just 5% contained. it has shut down a 45 mile stretch the state's main north/south highway. interstate 5 will remain closed indefinitely. >>> and variety reports john legend, andrew lloyd weber and tim rice have become the newest egots for their performance they became just the 13th, 14th, and fife teeth people to have won and this is what an egot is. an emmy, grammy, oscar and

of the united states to say, assassinate assad and then mattis to say, okay and then hang up the phone and ignore him. another thing to go over there and say, mr. president, you can't do that. that's illegal. this would happen and that would happen. it seems you have people who are just brushing his orders aside. while we celebrate that in the age of trump, it sets a very dangerous precedent for, let's say, the 46th president or 47th president who tells the military leader, don't assassinate the leader. don't cross that boundary. don't fire that missile. >> exactly. that's a great point. and as we've said before we know that the presidency has not changed donald trump. the question is to what extent has he changed the presidency? the chain of command and the civilian military control of our projections of force is a huge part of this. now, it is true that henry kissinger spent most of his time and bob halderman spent most of his time ignoring late-night orders from richard nixon like go bomb brookings or, you know, let's go take out cronkitekrocr boat and there's a great theory about watergate, in fact, that somebody screwed up and did what he

mr. chairman. russia and turkey are working closely to resolve the syrian -- do you believe it to be the case? >> i'm always cautious with russia, iran and assadnterests at heart. however, i talked to the administration this morning. this is welcome news by them because look, we've been talking about a no-fly zone, safe haven in syria for a long time. iran, assad and russia were getting ready to go in and blow up the place. it is important for your viewers to know that. it was getting ready to happen. turkey intervened at the last minute and said look, we have two million refugees in our country. we can't absorb anymore. if you do this three million people in this province, idlib, and we don't want a million more to come into turkey. so if we can save innocent civilian lives in that province, three million of them through a no fly zone safe haven so be it. i cautiously welcome this and i think the administration will be looking at it with a close eye. but i do think it is a positive development in syria. >> sandra: fair to say you're cautiously optimistic as far as trust is always a factor there but possibly it could work. chairman michael mcc