HOUR. TONIGHT'S SYRIA'S LEADER BASHAR
AL ASSAD IS FACING WORLDWIDE CONDEMNATION AGAIN, ACCUSED OF
USING CHEMICAL WEAPONS IN HIS NATION'S SIX YEAR LONG CIVIL
WAR. IT'S BEING CALLED THE WORST
CHEMICAL ATTACK IN YEARS AND THE THIRD ALLEGATION OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS USE IN JUST THE PAST MONTH.
HEADS UP HERE FOR SOME DISTURBING IMAGES.
NOTHING WITH YOU DISTURBING IMAGES THESE DAYS COMING OUT OF
THERE. THIS COMES FROM A REBEL HELD
AREA OF WESTERN SYRIA NEAR ALEPPO.
ADULTS AND CHILDREN, YOU SEE THEM WASHING THEM DOWN WASHING
THEM DOWN TRYING TO GET THE CHEMICALS OFF OF THEM.
ONE RELIEF AGENCY TELLS NBC NEWS THE DEATH TOLL WAS 83 IN THIS
ONE ATTACK. 25 OF THEM CHILDREN.
ANOTHER 350 ON THE INJURED LIST. IN THE CHAOS AFTER THESE
ATTACKS, CLINICS ARE OFTEN TARGETED.
A CAMERA OWNED BY A SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVIST WAS ROLLING WHEN ONE
SUCH IRE STRIKE HIT. -- AIR STRIKE HIT.
THAT IS WHAT IT'S LIKE. AMAZINGLY, WE ARE TOLD THAT MAN
WE SAW ON CAMERA SURVIVED IT. THE MESSAGE FROM THE DOCTORS AND
THE MEDICS TREATING THE INJURED IS CLEAR.
>> IT'S DISASTER. ALL THE WORLD ARE WATCHING US
KILLED BY CHEMICAL WEAPONS. >> THE GAS ATTACKS ARE
CONTINUING EVERY DAY, AND NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING TO STOP THESE
GAS ATTACKS. >> THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT IS
DENYING ANY INVOLVEMENT. A STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT TRUMP
TODAY READS IN PART, THESE HEINOUS ACTIONS BY THE BASHAR AL
ASSAD REGIME ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PAST ADMINISTRATION'S
WEAKNESS AND IRRESOLUTION. LET'S BRING INTO OUR
CONVERSATION TONIGHT FORMER AMBASSADOR CHRIS HILL.
FOUR-TIME AMBASSADOR REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES
IN IRAQ AND SOUTH KOREA AMONG OTHER POSTING.
HE IS A CAREER DIPLOMAT, STATE DEPARTMENT VETERAN, HAVING
SERVED THREE U.S. PRESIDENTS. NOW HE IS DEAN AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF DENVER SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES.
THAT'S WHERE HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
AMBASSADOR, I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU ON A BRIEF TOUR OF THE
WORLD. IT'S EASY TO KNOW WHERE TO
BEGIN. AND THAT'S SYRIA.
AND IT COMPLICATES THINGS, THIS NEW PRESIDENCY, THIS NEW
ADMINISTRATION. THE URGE TODAY TO RELITIGATE THE
LAST ADMINISTRATION, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT YOU SEE?
>> WELL, FRANKLY, I MEAN, I THINK IT'S KINDS OF HARD TO TAKE
THAT SOMEHOW THIS IS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FAULT FROM THREE AND A
HALF YEARS AGO. CERTAINLY, WHAT HE SAID ABOUT
RED LINES AND THE FAILURE TO BACK THEM UP, I THINK HAS BECOME
A METAPHOR FORSOME SOMEHOW BEING WEAK.
BUT I THINK TO PIN THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT ON HIM IS A
LITTLE FAR FETCHED. I MEAN, THERE ARE MANY OTHER
STATEMENTS FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN AND NOW THE TRUMP
PRESIDENCY THAT WOULD SUGGEST A KINDS OF INDIFFERENCE TO THE
SITUATION IN SYRIA. THERE'S' ALSO BEEN A KIND OF
FAILURE FROM WHAT WE CAN TELL FROM REALLY DO WHAT THEY SAID
THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO, ENGAGE THE RUSSIANS DIPLOMATICALLY AND
COME UP WITH SOME SORT OF SOLUTION.
I DON'T SEE ANY EFFORT DIPLOMATICALLY OR ON THE GROUND.
AND WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE WE LEARN THE DETAILS OF
THIS INVESTIGATION. THIS LOOKS A WHOLE LOT LIKE THE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT DROPPING CHEMICAL WEAPONS ON CHILDREN.
>> WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WERE HANDED CARTE BLANCHE, IF YOU
WERE SECRETARY HILL INSTEAD OF SECRETARY TILLERSON, WHAT WOULD
YOU DO VIS-A-VIS SYRIA? >> I WOULD ADVISE THAT WE HAVE
TO STRIKE THEM. THERE HAS BEEN AN UP TICK IN THE
LAST MONTH IN THE USE OF WHAT -- WHAT APPEAR TO BE THE USE OF
BANNED WEAPONS. I WOULD ADVOCATE SOME APPROACH
TO, YOU KNOW, HIT THEIR FORCES. AND THEN I WOULD -- I WOULD WORK
VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE KNOWS WHY WE'RE DOING IT,
INCLUDING THE RUSSIANS. SO -- AND BY THE WAY, I'D GO TO
THE U.N. WHICH I SUSPECT THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS DOING.
BUT I THINK MOST OF ALL, IT REQUIRES A RESPONSE.
THIS IS OUTR
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