Marco Reacts to Kerry's Proposal on Syria (CNN)

senator Marco Rubio is out front center thank you so much for taking the time you know this morning we woke up I thought we were here to present to

would be for Syria turn over its chemical weapons all of the actually on the table were you surprised well it's the first I'd heard of it so

certainly like the certainly obviously heard that news the first time today and I think if they're kind of early to react and about

it because of some questions about it they are obviously would be ideal ive aside no longer had possession of chemical weapons but

I continue to believe that you respect chemical weapons are beyond the chemical weapons it is still a vital national security interests of the United States the

the Syrian people have a chance to remove Assad from power so that issue still remains irrespective

of the chemical weapons issue as part of the proposal secretary Kerry meant today I would and then like that would work but that certainly

out I would want to ask about how something like that would work but that but certainly anything that would take chemical weapons out of the hands of the thought of something we should consider where

single bit of it chemical weapons over in the international community in the next week with any said but he isn't about to do it and

the president jumped onto it I mean the deal that you could see yourself supporting an eighth of a complicated but what I am is a couple questions one would have to certainly I mean no one is against any

plan that would proposal to get weapons out of the hands of the thought I have my own concerns about whether he would legitimately do that beyond that I think there have to be on

easy to go down on patrol I have concerns about how those weapons are transferred out of there are these convoys could be ambush so I'm

you know again I'm not the first I hear of it so I'm reacting to something here that we've only known about for a couple of hours when Kateri

carry first mentioned earlier today he did so exactly along the lines of what you've described as something that isn't going to have so

I need to learn more about that polls do you think this idea of the president's way of backing down from a strike I mean doesn't look I know you're not for

a strike in your for any event for for example helping the rebels instead but does the way this has been handled you know building up to these interviews in an address to the nation to justify strike

and instead both instead but does the way this has been handled you know building up to these interviews in an address to the nation to justify a strike and

look again I don't know what to think and undermines the U. S. position globally on national security I will say this though I think one of the things that made this very

difficult to deal with is the fact that for two years the administration has not made the case as to why Syria matters an outcome there

are people in my own heart that have gone around for two years arguing that we shouldn't care about with Syria we should care without Syria

it is a vital national security interest to the United States and the second question is what do we do about it and I've always believed and continue to believe while

come as Prasad to be removed by his own Syrian people possible outcome as first thought to be removed by his own people by the Syrian people and

the U. S. should try to do what they can what's possible to make that sorted now I thought it would be a lot easier to do that two

years ago a year and a half ago wishing that it got more difficult because of these foreign fighters at a point in the Syrian and these video

that we're seeing now on a steady basis and the horrible things that they're doing as well are you still open arming the rebels they