TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be presented with a passage and have to answer a question based on your understanding of the events inferred from the passage. Try to find the best answer that is most likely to fill in "_". Note that the URLs in the text have been replaced with [Link].
PROBLEM: (CNN) US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that aired Sunday on CNN that until Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is out of power, she doesn't see a political solution to the conflict in Syria. "There's not any sort of option where a political solution is going to happen with Assad at the head of the regime," Haley told "State of the Union" anchor Jake Tapper. "It just -- if you look at his actions, if you look at the situation, it's going to be hard to see a government that's peaceful and stable with Assad.""It's going to be hard to see a government that's peaceful and stable with Assad," Haley said"If he needs to do more, he will do more," Haley said when asked if Trump would order more strikes 
 Question:President _ ordered the strike in response to a chemical weapons attack against civilians earlier in the week, which US officials say was carried out by the Assad government.

SOLUTION: Trump

PROBLEM: Tarboro, North Carolina (CNN) The weather is picture-perfect nearly a week after Hurricane Matthew unleashed winds and torrential rain on North Carolina's eastern flatlands -- but Princeville still is under water. "This is a disaster area. It's not going to recover in 24 hours, and it's still going on as we speak, not only in Princeville but 150 miles from here," Gov. Pat McCrory said. "People are playing golf 20 miles from here, and yet we have a whole town under water." The aftermath of Matthew's deluge has caused normally tranquil rivers to swell to record levels. Princeville, a town settled by freed slaves in the late 1800s, is among the most severely hit.Floodwaters persist days after Hurricane Matthew hit North CarolinaCommunities such as Princeville struggle to cope with storm's aftermath 
 Question:It isn't the first time _ has experienced disastrous flooding.

SOLUTION: Princeville

PROBLEM: Pep Guardiola in the technical area and Lionel Messi on the pitch – it’s the combination that won Barcelona 14 trophies in four years and the dream ticket that would help Manchester City dominate the Premier League and Champions League for years to come. With £265m of Chinese investment recently pumped into City Football Group, the company that owns the club, funds are not going to be a problem. While it’s true that the new the Chinese consortium CMC’s backing will not transfer directly into a massively increased budget for new players, it does take City’s commercial capacity beyond new frontiers and leave them even more assured than they were before that nothing in world football is financially beyond them.Manchester City are frontrunners to hire Bayern Munich's Pep GuardiolaThe former Barcelona boss announced he is leaving the Bundesliga giantsLionel Messi would form a dream combination for the Premier League clubMessi’s buy-out clause is €250m (£180m) and he earns €21m (£15m)Money is no barrier for City, but can Messi be lured by a new adventure?See the latest news from Barcelona's Lionel Messi 
 Question:The 44-year-old coach has also shown he can win without _ at Bayern Munich since they parted company, but together they were better than they might ever have been had they not worked together.

SOLUTION:
Lionel Messi