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    How Will U.S. Respond To Another Chemical Weapons Attack In Syria?

    "I think he's going to have a strike," Here & Now security analyst Jim Walsh says of President Trump. "Now, how big a strike remains to be seen."
    Apr 09, 2018 3 minutes
    This photo released by the Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows smoke rising after Syrian government airstrikes hit in the town of Douma, in eastern Ghouta region east of Damascus, Syria, Saturday, April. 7, 2018. Syrian government forces pressed their offensive against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus on Saturday under the cover of airstrikes as shelling of civilian areas on both sides claimed more lives, state media and opposition activists said. (Syrian Civil Defense White Helmets via AP)

    President Trump on Monday told members of cabinet he plans to make a decision on Syria in the next 24 to 48 hours, following another chemical weapons attack the administration says President Bashar Assad carried out on his own people.

    Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Here & security analyst () about how Trump might respond. The president will also meet with his senior military team on Monday to talk about Syria.

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