nikki hayley talking about being skplokd loaded again. she got into a verbal spat with the russian ambassador as well. what is the role right now of the u.n. skirt council in this conflict? >> theatrics is the right word. it is a very dramatic place, for sure. there is a lot of talk arc lot of wanter, a lot of you know muscle flexing. i think that's what ambassador hayley was doing. i think she's being straight when she says that we are locked and loaded. i think if there were another attack the u.s. would be ready to strike again. fwhu term of the u.n. security council given they have been debating resolution after resolution in all islanders kinds of ways when it comes to syria, sanctions or investigative teams to go into sirrial and investigate those chemical weapons attacks and or assess responsible for them -- >> want to interrupt? what do you make. you have this body going in there to investigate the chemical weapons attack. they are on their way there. they have not conducted the investigation yet. why not wait for the investigatio

security council, where nikki hayley is speaking now. >> chemical weapons.s time, it's about a military grade nerve agent used against two people on british soil. in the constant push of meeting after meeting here in this chamber, it's easy to lose track of what this means. we are rapidly confronting a frightening new reality. if chemical weapons can appear in a small english town, where might they start appearing next? none of us will be immune from this threat unless we immediately start rebuilding our consensus against chemical weapons. i will not engage in an argument over self-evident facts. i will not trade accusations of shameful behavior with those who have no shame. i will not waste this council's time. i will only say this -- the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons has released an independent report that confirmed the united kingdom's lab analysis of the toxic chemical that was used in salisbury. three people were seriously injured. hundreds were exposed. this act was brazen and in co complete consensus of the sbrng consensus again

it depends on if you are listening to nikki hayley or to the white house.t can't go anywhere from up, to cite your russia optimist view. >> from your perspective, john allen, as you are looking at this problem now, what is the greatest strategic challenge to the united states at this point? >> well, there are several, marvin. i think one of the things that the russians have done quite well is to create a relatively modern capability of conducting operations, coherent military operations in all of the six doe mains. so on the ground, on the sea, under the sea, in the air, in the cyber domain, and ultimately in space. they are actually quite sophisticated in that regard. they have also mastered the capability of conducting operations in what we call the gray zone, which are operations that can accomplish their objectives, but are not so provocative, any one of them, that it breaks the threshold potentially for a nato react or a u.n. reaction. they have mastered that. from my perspective, the great strategic confrontation that we have with the russians is that

ambassador nikki hayley who web on tv sunday to out the sanctions for russian for its role in the chemicaleapons attack on isn't civilians in syria. only to be cut down by larry custody low. hayley's sons was succinct and blunt. with all due respect, i do not get confused. she was basically following what she thought was policy testimony policy was changed and she wasn't told about it. so she was in a box. interesting use of the term box. could it be that a whole lot of people were trying to box the president in on russian sanctions. that's not the first time that the team seemed to be out of the loop or that prescriptions seemed to change abruptly. several months ago, rex tillerson was said to be quote wasting his time trying to negotiate with kim jong-un. and now pompeo, the nominee to be the next secretary of state met recently with kim jong-un. >> left north korea, had a great meeting with kim jong-un, and got along with him really well, really great. and he's that kind of a guy. >> the news of is that meeting just happened to leak at the same time as pompeo's confirmation is getting a

>> first of all, i suspect that it's not that nikki hayley was out on the edge of her skis.it was agreed something that she was told was going to happen. and then the president, it's not for the first time that he has wrong-footed one of his aides. he just doesn't seem to care. and so he just wrong foot them and it's usually over this issue of sanks. >> do they go to him first and say here is what we are doing? is he not listening? or is the administration trying to force him to be tougher by making these moves and booking him in with it? >> for some time it's been pretty clear that there is a whole group of people, including secretary mattis and others, who feel that the approach to russia should involve a heavy dose of sanctions for all the things that they have done. and for some time the president has kind of felt outnumbered by them and has often acquiesced which is what happens when the expulsions took place although you note the president was pretty upset when he saw the u.s. was this the dozen of expulsions and some of the main allies were just in single digits. so h

we're waiting to hear what nikki hayley is going to say at the united nations security council meetingt. it comes less than 24 hours after hayley fired back at larry custody low by saying she doesn't get confused. that is in defense of of her comments in anticipating new sanctions against russia. comments she made on television on sunday morning that were then discounted by the administration. >>> then there is mike pop offo. the new choice to

we knew from nikki hayley there would be a meeting at the white house she would be attending but the fact that it's deputy level tils you about timing the any military action. >> meaning missiles may be less imminent or the white house wants to signal less about the timing of such an attack if one is going to happen. a good point. halle jackson for us, our chief white house correspondent. >>> i want to talk about the big topic of the he have brooing, james comey and his tell-all book. with me, a chief investigative correspond enfor yahoo news and the author of russia roulette, which is out now. michael let's talk a little bit about this. you have had some chance the review some of this book, a number of people have read all through it. we have seen the exempts erpts. is there anything here as it relates to the biggest concern, the reason that president trump told lester moment he got james comey, because of the russia investigation? is there anything in this book that furgts the russia investigation, that hinders it, that changes the potential outcome? >> i didn't see any in terms of

we mentioned that the us ambassador the un, nikki hayley has been talking about what might come next with regard to us troops in syria. yes, that was interesting, he was responding to a question about president trump's commitment to syria, he said he wanted to pull out the 2,000 us troops home and bring them home. she said the troops would be saying until the u alex s has defeated the islamic state group and that has been the main foreign policy goal in syria for the americans. secondly, she said they wa nted americans. secondly, she said they wanted to have a check on the chemical weapons use of president assad to make sure that these weapons would not be used in a way that was against american interests. this is a new goal. this is something she is saying they're working towards within the past week in terms of their presence in syria. she talked of a check on iran's influence and they wanted a check on that, with the help of regional allies. president trump said he has called on regional allies such as egypt and others to step up, to provide resources to make sure iran does not pr

ambassador nikki hayley was pretty tough today. what she said. >> we are beyond showing pictures of dead babies. we are beyond appeals to conscience. we have reached the moment when the world must see justice done. history will record this as the moment when the security council either discharged its duty or demonstrated its utter and complete failure to protect the people of syria. either way, the united states will respond. >> let's be honest, the u.n. is not going to do any, any resolution that mice pass, russia is going the veto. and they have got veto power. so they are kpleektly ineffective in this scenario. you have john bolton, his first day was today, the new national security adviser. always being described as a hawk. when it comes to syria back in 2013 when he was on fox news he advocated that president obama not do anything that congress not do anything until response to a chemical attack back then. do you think his calculation will have changed now that he's in this administration? >> i think it is a question of where

ambassador to the united nations nikki hayley promising sunday that the trump administration would implementer round of sanctions against russia for support of the assad regime in many syria. despite that, no new sanctions were rolled out yesterday. instead the white house saying nothing decision had been reached. this up morning, larry kudlow told reporters "she got ahead of the curve. he's done a great job. he's a very effective ambassador. there might have been some momentary confusion." ambassadors haley responded with all due respect, i don't get confused. kudlow has now reportedly apologized tonight telling it "the new york times" account policy was changed and she wasn't told about it. she was in a box. this comes as "the new york times" reports that the president rejected new sanctions on russia for now describing it as a course change that underscored the skrix between the president and his national security team. they reports he was annoyed with ms. hail will he for getting out in front that have policy. eric swalwell of california sits on the house intel committee. congressman, i'

kpim' sure nikki hayley will give an pope response from the u.s. side. from moscow, sergey love rov the foreign minister warning that the israeli air strike overnight was a dangerous development. and he is now accusing the u.s. of not wanting to leave syria at all but infact wanting to bed in, his words in the last short time. these parties, he said, primarily the members of the american coalition and the americans aren't aiming to leave syria as president trump said and let other people take care of it, but to settle there for a very long time. now of course russia would know all about that, because it has been in syria for a very long time. it has an airbase at its warm water port near the heartland of president assad. ali, you know we should never underestimate the ability of the syrian war to spiral out of control in a direction we never imagined. you know, it's very, very long time since i was in duma on those streets watching peaceful protesters being attacked by syrian forces. you know, we are now a long long way from that. we had israeli warplane

he's trying to slow the rush to a military strike in part because despite what nikki hayl hayley, he feels he needs more evidence to corroborate that he's responsible for the death. and he's concerned that a bombing campaign could lead to a wider conflict. now, that was i guess just yesterday, not two days ago. a lot of was apparently determined and confirmed over the last 24 hours. but just body language, reading him, do you think he seemed 100% confident about what we saw tonight? i mean, to me, i just see mattis when he's all in. >> game on. >> just my body language. i could be totally wrong. he seemed like he was -- he's not saying he's not for it, but i don't know, it just seems like he's worried. he's a warrior. >> i think he had a lot on his table tonight. there's been a lot of speculation. today you heard reports coming out of syria and russia that this was all a result of doings of the uk. >> the british planted it all, yeah. >> there's mixed stories coming out. we don't want to go head to head with russia. i think that's why we had the attacks we did tonight where there wer

hayley very clearly that. she is saying that there are a number of things that now have to be addressed in syria before us troops leave —— nikkip was not saying that two weeks ago. two weeks ago he was talking specifically about the so—called islamic state group being the big threat, and they have largely been defeated in that area. so what was the point in staying? making clear that, as far as he was concerned, that, as far as he was concerned, that syria was not america's problem, it was a much bigger problem, it was a much bigger problem, and that others would have to step up to the plate. now there isa to step up to the plate. now there is a different tone, and certainly president macon of france has given an indication that he has been instrumental in talking to president trump and giving him some food for thought about what should happen here. now, there have been inside the white house, but according to nikki haley, the us ambassador to the un, there are new priorities. some of it is to do with iran, some of it with chemical weapon used inside syria, and potentially concerns is could develop and form in some way and fin

ambassador nikki haley was not left twisting in the wind in his first interview since revealed that russian sanctions were canceledded after hayley promised they were coming , mnuchin telling me exclusive law enforcement he, not just president trump, played a role in the decision to back down from hayley's public promise but why was the pause button pressed? so i was speaking with secretary mnuchin here in d.c. at the international monetary fund spring meetings, imf managine director christine laguard is sounding the alarm about trade wars, massive global debt and the world economy and she quotes churchill in my interview with her to explain her position, unless she really hates trade wars and how china/u.s. trade tensions could wound our improving gdp but the u.s. has definitely done something right thanks to president trump she's straight ahead plus president trump arriving in west palm beach moments ago after spending the day in key west and got as close to the cuban border as possible on the day the island nation begins the post-castro era. special reports analyzes it all with us. we do have some stubborn clouds hanging over

ambassador nikki haley was not left twisting in the wind in his first interview since revealed that russian sanctions were canceledded after hayleyere coming , mnuchin telling me exclusive law enforcement he, not just president trump, played a role in the decision to back down from hayley's public promise but why was the pause button pressed? so i was speaking with secretary mnuchin here in d.c. at the international monetary fund spring meetings, imf managine director christine laguard is sounding the alarm about trade wa