SPACE, NASA UNVEILING A VIRTUAL
TOUR OF THE MOON.
BUT, FIRST, THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION RALLYING ALLIES
FOR POSSIBLE MILITARY STRIKE ON
SYRIA.
THE PROSPECTS FOR U.S. ACTION
RISING YESTERDAY AFTER RUSSIA
REJECTED A UN SECURITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION TO ALLEGED THE
CHEMICAL WEAPON'S ATTACK, WHITE
HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY SARAH
HUCKABEE SANDERS WEIGHED IN
YESTERDAY.
>> THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CLEAR,
WE ARE WORKING WORKING WITH PARN
WE ARE WORKING WORKING WITH PARR
WE ARE WORKING WORKING WITH PARS
WE ARE WORKING WORKING WITH PARA
WE ARE WORKING WORKING WITH PARD
ALLIES AND NATIONAL SECURITY
TEAM TO LOOK AT ALL OPTIONS AND
AS WE HAVE SAID ALL OPTIONS ARE
ON THE TABLE BUT I'M NOT GOING
TO GET AHEAD OF ANYTHING THE
PRESIDENT MAY OR MAY NOT DO IN
RESPONSE TO WHAT'S TAKING PLACE
IN SYRIA.
DAGEN: THIS COMING AGO EUROPEAN
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL AGENCY IS
REPORTEDLY ALERT AIRLINES TO
EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO
POTENTIAL AIR STRIEK WITH SYRIA
IN NEXT THREE DAYS, JOINING US
NOW SECURITY ANALYST PROFESSOR
OF COUNTERTERRORISM AT LIBERTY
UNIVERSITY RYAN, YOU WERE
PREVIOUSLY A VOLUNTEER
RESEARCHING FOR SYRIA.
WHAT DOES THE U.S. NEED TO DO
HERE?
>> THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE TO
HAVE DETERRENT OBJECTIVE ON
ASSAD SO EQUIPMENT CAP WELL'S
ATTACKS AND OTHER FORMS OF
ATTACKS CAN BE STOPPED.
THAT'S VERY DOABLE BECAUSE HE
HAS WEAK AIR FORCE, WE HAVE THE
CAPABILITY TO STRIKE AT HIS
SHIPMENTS OF FUEL, THE STUFF
THAT'S COMING IN AND OUT OF THE
PORTS THAT THE RUSSIANS HAVE TO
USE, SO THERE'S PLENTY OF
TARGETS THAT ARE VULNERABLE,
HITTING JUST A HANDFUL OF THEM
WOULD HAVE A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON
THE GROUND AND HAS TO BE MORE
THAN PUNISHMENT.
WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN DICTATOR
ASSAD HAS TO ACTUALLY LOOK AT
THE SITUATION AND SAY, MY
CHANCES OF LOSING THIS WAR GO UP
WHEN I DO THINGS LIKE THIS AND
THEREFORE I'M GOING TO STOP
DOING IT AND THAT'S THE
CALCULATION WE HAVE --
>> HE HAS RUSSIA ON HIS SIDE
PREVENTING THAT?
>> RUSSIA DID SAY, THEY CAME OUT
THIS MORNING, THEY WOULD
RETALIATE, THEY WOULD LOOK TO
STOP ANY MISSILES COMING TO
SYRIA AND THEY WOULD STRIKE ANY
PLACE WHERE IS THE MISSILES WERE
COMING FROM.
>> WE'VE HEARD THAT EVERY TIME
THERE'S BEEN CONFRONTATION CAN
RUSSIAN ALLY, THAT'S KIND OF HOW
THEY TALK.
IF YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
WITH AIR STRIKE LAST YEAR, WE
GAVE WARNING TO RUSSIANS, AND
THEY GOT PEOPLE OUT SO THERE
WEREN'T CASUALTIES AN GIVING THE
HEADS UP DOESN'T MAKE MUCH OF A
DIFFERENCE IF YOUR GOING AFTER
HARD TARGETS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T
PICK THOSE UP AND THAT'S REALLY
WHAT YOU'RE GOING AFTER.
>> THIS IS MORE AGGRESSIVE THAN
THAT.
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A
STRETCH UP FROM LAST YEAR.
THERE HAS TO BE MORE RISK
INVOLVED, NO?
>> ANY TIME YOU HAVE GREATER
NUMBER OF STOPS THERE'S GREATER
NUMBER OF RISKS ESPECIALLY
MISSILES FROM THE SEA AND
HITTING PARTS, ESPECIALLY
SHIPMENTS SO YOU DON'T GET
SUPPLIES IN AND OUT, IT'S NOT
SOMETHING THAT RUSSIA WILL WANT
TO RISK WAR OVER.
PUTIN HAS ALWAYS AT THE END OF
THE DAY BE ABLE TO SAY, PROOF,
THAT AMERICA IS WEAK AND I'M THE
FUTURE OF THE WORLD, GIVE HIM
THAT.
DAGEN: WHAT IS THE END OBJECTIVE
HERE?
WE HAD ONE STRIKE ON AIRFIELD
LAST YEAR, THERE WAS A CHLORINE
GAS ATTACK WHICH OUR RESPONSE
WAS ESSENTIALLY A LETTER FROM
THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THERE WAS
NO FORCE TAKEN AT ALL AND THAT
SENDS A MESSAGE TO BASHAR
AL-ASSAD DOES IT NOT, WHAT IS
THE END OBJECTIVE TO ESSENTIALLY
TAKE OUT THE AIR FORCE, ASSAD'S
AIR FORCE HERE?
>> THAT'S WHAT I THINK IT'S
GOING TO BE, MAY NOT BE EXPLICIT
OBJECTIVES BUT IT'LL BE AT LEAST
CRIPPLE TO THE POINT WHERE THERE
IS A DIFFERENCE ON THE GROUND
AND THAT ADVANTAGE IS LOST BY
ASSAD AND INCREASES THE PRESSURE
ON HIM AND IN THE PAST WHEN IT
LOOKED LIKE ASSAD WAS GOING TO
LOSE SIGNIFICANT TERRITORY, THE
RUSSIAN TONE DID CHANGE, THEY
SAID, WE LIKE ASSAD, HE'S OUR
FRIEND BUT WE ARE NOT DEDICATED
ONLY TO HIM AND YOU WOULD
ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE OPPOSE TO
ASSAD THAT WERE GOING OVER TO
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA WANTS A PUPPET STATE AND
MILITARY BASE THERE.
IF THEY THINK ASSAD IS A LOSER,
THEY WILL LOOK TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
I DON'T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY
OF COOPERATING WITH THE RUSSIANS
IN THE FUTURE IF WE HANDLE THIS
CAREFULLY.
>> THE COALITION IS FAIRLY EASY
IN DO YOU THINK FRANCE, UK,
SAUDI ARABIA?
>> COALITION IS DONE.
SO MANY PEOPLE HATE ASSAD THAT
THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF FEW
PHONE CALLS.
I'M CONCERNED OF WHAT ALLIES WE
GET INVOLVED IN THIS LIKE QATAR.
TURKEY, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY
DEMANDS THAT WE DITCH OUR
ALLIES, THE KURDS AND THEIR
I GET WORRIED ABOUT PARTNERS
GIVING US BAD ADVICE, WE SHOULD
-- NORTHERN SYRIA, DOUBLE DOWN
ON THE KURDS AND ALLIANCE,
YOU'RE SEEING THE BEGINNINGS OF
A DEMOCRATIC FUTURE IN THAT PART
OF SYRIA, AMAZING STORY THAT'S
NOT TOLD.
DAGEN: JUST ONE LAST THING
BEFORE WE MOVE ONTO ANOTHER TOP
N TERMS OF SYRIA, DOES THIS MEAN
THE U.S. IS GETTING OUT OF SYRIA
-- AGAIN, PRESIDENT TRUMP LINKED
THAT TO ISIS BEING ON THE RUN,
BUT THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS
PROBLEM FOR THE SYRIAN PEOPLE,
IS THE LEADER WHO IS STILL
THERE, ARE WE THERE FOR MAYBE
EVEN A FEW YEARS TO COME?
>> OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY, EVEN IF
HE WERE TO GO BACK TO ORIGINAL
POSITION, ASSAD IS NOT MY
CONCERN, THERE ARE TERRORISTS
WORST THAN ISIS IN SYRIA
INCLUDING AL-QAEDA WHICH
BASICALLY HASSAN ROUHANI AN ARMY
OF 20,000 PEOPLE, ANY TYPE OF
POLLY THAT FOCUSES SOLELY ON
ISIS IS PROBLEMATIC TO ME
BECAUSE I SEE WHAT'S COMING
AROUND THE CORNER AND COULD BE
WORSE.
DAGEN: I WAS CRITICAL FOR YEARS
OF THE FOREIGN POLICY OF THE
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION THAT THEY
CREATED THE POWER VACUUM
OVERSEAS AND THE SUGGESTION THAT
WE ARE GETTING OUT OF SYRIA
WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
>> TERRIBLE SIGNAL TO SEND ALSO
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE
BENCHMARKS.
DAGEN: I WANT TO MOVE ON, SWITCH
GEARS TO BACK HERE AT HOME,
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
DEVIN NUNES CALLING OUT THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT FOR FAIL TO
GO PROVIDE AN UNREDACTED
TWO-PAGE DOCUMENT TO BEGIN THE
RUSSIA PROBE, THE CALIFORNIA
CONGRESSMAN LAYING OUT POTENTIAL
CONSEQUENCES LAST NIGHT ON THE
INGRAHAM INGLE.
>> WE WILL HAVE A PLAN TO HOLD
AND CONTEMPT AND IMPEACH.
>> IMPEACH CHRISTOPHER WRAY?
>> THIS STUFF DRIVES ME CRAZY,
WHETHER THEY ARE TRYING TO COVER
UP SOMETHING OR BEING DIFFICULT.
THIS IS A THREAT TO OUR
DEMOCRACY.
MOVE BEYOND THE ISSUE OF TRUMP
AND THE POLITICS OF THE DAY,
THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING THAT
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
RESEARCHINGERS LIKE MYSELF
ENCOUNTER CONSTANTLY, YOU ASK
FOR SOMETHING REASONABLE, THEY
REFUSE TO GIVE IT TO YOU, WHEN
YOU GET IT IT'S A REDACTED PIECE
OF PAPER WITH LIKE TWO WORDS,
THE AND AND YOU HAVE TO GO AND
FIGHT OVER AGAIN.
A MAJOR CRISIS OF TRANSPARENCY
AND THIS IS TOUCHING BEYOND THE
POLICIES TODAY WITH THE WHOLE
PROBE WITH RUSSIA.
>> I WONDERING IN LISTENING TO
ASPECT OF NUNES DURING THE
PRESIDENT'S BIDDING HERE ON THE
QUESTION OF ROSENSTEIN AND THE
QUESTION OF CHRISTOPHER WRAY,
THE PRESIDENT HAS TALKED OPENLY
IN THE LAST FEW DAYS OH GETTING
RID OF FOR LACK OF A BETTER
TERM, NUNES IS TALK ABOUT A
DIFFERENT SUBJECT.
WE WON'T HOLD BACK, I DON'T KNOW
IF THOSE TWO ARE RELATED,
INTERESTING TO WATCH.
DAGEN: IF THEY DID THEIR JOB,
WRAY AN ROSENSTEIN DID THEIR JOB
AND DIDN'T ACT LIKE THEY WERE
TRYING TO HIDE SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS INVESTIGATION IT WOULD BE A
MOOT POINT AND YOU COULD MAKE
CONNECTION WITH PRESIDENT AND
LEGAL PROBLEMS AND WHAT'S GOING
ON WITH THE FBI AND THE DOJ IN
TERMS OF STONEWALLING.
>> I AGREE, ALL THE PARTIES
INVOLVED IN THIS I'M GREAT DEAL
DISAPPOINTED WHETHER YOU'RE A
SUPPORTER OF THE PRESIDENT OR
AGAINST HIM, WHOEVER IS
REPRESENTING YOU, THE DIALOGUE
THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT I FIND
DESTRUCTIVE.
THE FBI, I'VE NEVER SEEN IT SO
LOW.
EVEN FROM TRUMP'S SIDE, SOME OF
THE RHETORIC REALLY DOES BOTHER
ME WHEN I SEE HOW THAT IMPACTS
PEOPLE WHO SACRIFICED A LOT NOT
JUST RISKING THEIR LIVES, LOOK
AT WHAT THIS TYPE OF SERVICES
DOES TO MARRIAGES AND GET
BASICALLY BRANDED AS AGENCY AS A
WHOLE TO BEING POLITICIZED OR
CORRUPT.
BY THE WAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT
CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.
THAT'S WHY I DON'T MAKE THE
AFFINAL ASSESSMENTS WHAT
HAPPENED BECAUSE 90% OF WHAT WE