i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al assad. to iran and to russia, the nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep. >> michael cohen had tapes, we don't know yet what is on them. but this is only getting worse for the president.

>> if michael cohen flips, he knows all the secrets. he knows all the dirt. this may open up a wide universe of illegal conduct. good morning to you. this morning the united states is promising to keep up pressure on syria after launching a military attack on the country overnight. >> want to show you some of the latest pictures we're getting in from syria and what's on the ground there. american, french, and british warships and planes targeted sites connected to syria's chemical weapons program just days after dozens of innocent people were killed in a suspected chemical attack. syria is claiming it intercepted some missiles. these are some of the new pictures showing what is left there. at least in one city in syria. the british prime minister this

morning calling the strikes successful. >> russia has called a meeting of the united nations security council over what it calls an act of aggression. president trump says he's prepared to continue the strikes if necessary. >> new video just in, some of the damage on the ground in syria. this is in the barza district around damascus. damascus we know was a site there because there is a research and development center there's stockpiles of chemical weapons according to intelligence. and you can just see here how much damage these missiles actually did. and it's interesting to see this when you hear from both russia and syria. they claim that most of the missiles were intercepted. >> not an official number of missiles launched yet by the u.s., uk, and france. syrian forces say that 110 total were launched. again, they say most will be

intercepted. this one of three sites that that were targeted. we'll talk more about this and get you more video as we get it in. we're covering the story like only cnn can. our correspondents and analysts are across the globe. we want to start with nick paton walsh live in northern syria. what are you hearing from there this hour? >> reporter: i think we're dealing with a regime that's showing they weren't defeated, whether true or not. you showed the pictures of barza. that is the key research center, presumably the one referenced by general dunford which was hit by the missiles that gets inside the capital's major air defenses. i should point out that yesterday general mattis -- secretary mattis and general dunford were responsible for the 11 8 or so missiles used.

quite how many got through we don't know. the u.s. said some surface-to-air retaliation by syria took place. we have no idea whether or not the suggestion that's 70 out of 110 may have been intercepted on the way out. to say personally that would be remarkably impressive for a defense system. we see today bashar al assad receiving phone calls from his iranian counterpart, but also walking calmly into work. the marbled entrance hall as he seems to glide, showing he hasn't skipped a beat, hasn't lost a moment's sleep. i have to say russia and iran, while putting out the usual rhetoric, the kremlin demanding a u.n. security council meeting suggesting that international norms have been broken. we're not see seeing anything on the ground personally in terms of retaliation so far.

they don't appear to be hit or angry at this stage. they don't appear to be that many human losses, three injured they say partially because missiles were intercepted. that could be because the u.s. commander in chief telegraphed the likelihood of strikes. it could also be because sites would have been hit before, according to reports by the israeli air force, hitting targets that they see as a threat regularly over the past years. we don't know how effective this has been. we know the escalation seems to be minimal for now. we know the syrian regime is trying to make light of this. >> nick paton walsh in northern syria. thank you very much. let's get the view from washington. >> barbara starr and caitlyn collins have more. mic barbara, what are you expecting as far as a briefing?

>> reporter: good morning. we expect a briefing at the pentagon in just about two hours. what we were told last night is that the briefing will begin to give more detail on the results that they were collecting overnight as to what exactly the success was. we expect to hear more about whether or not any u.s. missiles were, in fact, intercepted and shot down and rate of success about the targets. i'm going to be cautious and say we expect to hear that. we were told by secretary mattis last night he wanted to see transparency oh this matter because he felt that the russians or the syrians would come out with propaganda on all of this. so we will be looking for those answers. one of the big issues right now is whether or not this situation will have a military escalation and whether the russians will take any action. what we know from last night is that the u.s. military took significant steps to try and assure the russians that the u.s. was not coming after them.

listen for a minute to what general joe dunford, had to say last night. >> we specifically identified these targets to mitigate the risk of russian forces being involved, and we used our normal deconfliction channels, those were active this week, to work flew through the airspace -- work through the airspace issues, and we did not notify the russians. >> reporter: as i said, in about two hours we're having another briefing at the pentagon. we will hope to learn much more about what happened. back to you. >> thank you. caitlyn, let's go to you now. the white house is getting response from lawmakers. some pushback from some and support from others. what are you hearing? >> reporter: yeah, the early reaction seems to be breaking down among party lines, of course. republicans seem mostly supportive of this so far. democrats are raising questions about what the president's

long-term strategy in syria is. and just how well thought out the strikes were. tim kane, democrat from virginia, who ran in the last election saying that trump's decision to launch air strikes against syria without congress' approval is illegal. he says we need to stop giving the president a blank check to wage war. today it's syria, but what's going to stop him from bombing iran or north korea ext? senator john mccain, republican from arizona, had a different response. he applauded the president for the air strikes that were launched but said the president needs to lay out our goals, not just with regard to isis but the ongoing actions in syria and the region. the question going forward is how does the president's base react. of course the president was someone who long advocated for not getting involved in syria, who was critical condition of barack obama for that, as well, and you have to look at what he

said days before the chemical attack happened, what he said he wanted the u.s. to withdraw from syria. how does this square with the president's plan there, what does he want to do in syria going forward. those are the questions that peep will be looking for answers today. >> barbara starr, caitlyn collins, we appreciate it so much. thank you. russia and syria have condemned the u.s.-led military strikes. moscow's calling for an immediate meeting of the u.n. security council. >> christiane amanpour here with the global reaction. good morning. we know that the eu's foreign policy chief came out and said that the european union is in support of stopping all chemical weapons used. what has been the global response to these strikes? >> reporter: look, as you've been discuss, obviously syria's allies have rejected these strikes. russia, iran, et cetera. just about everybody else has supported them. those who have been public. and whether it's turkey who is very close to russia and iran has said this was an appropriate

strike given the circumstances, israel obviously has said the same thing. that we need to see this international low regarding banning the u.s. of chemical weapons or other weapons of mass destruction needs to be upheld. that is what this has upheld. you saw what the president said, the [ prime minister, the french prime minister, what general mattis and dunford have said, that this was precisely targeted against just those specific chemical weapons-related targets. they speped it up from the -- stepped it up from the last time. they needed to. after the last time president trump responded when assad crossed the red line, the syrians were back at it again. this comes at a time when the world seems more united against the use of these chemical weapons. not only has assad been using them with impunity, but russia, face it, the british believe that it was russia that was responsible for the nerve agent

attack on the skripals, the russian father and daughter here in england. there is a coordinated now feeling that we cannot, they cannot let this proceed any further, and this lesson has to be late down now to once again establish the baseline, the foundation, of this red line. at the same time, they have said this is not about regime change. this is not about getting involved in the other parts of the war. and the french president and indeed general mattis and president trump basically threw the bag back into syria's -- the ball back into syria's court and russia and iran's, say figure there are other uses of chemical weapons from now on, they will get a response. the ball is back in their court. >> prime minister theresa may spoke and said there must be a wider diplomatic effort. is there even space for that? >> reporter: this is the thing that's bedeviled the international community since the war began. the united states has a process called the geneva process. that's been sort of limping along to the point where it's

completely, practically, to all intents and purposes, it doesn't exist. the syrian president has never engaged properly in that. and the russians have not pushed him to do that. instead they have an alternate political channel which they, the russians, the iranians, turkey, and syria seem to be talking about. again, nothing has come of it. and this is the problem. that even though syria has pretty much won the war, given the help from russia and iran, won the war on the ground, it has still not come to any political solution or any effort to resolve and stop the killing on the ground. so you know, this is an issue, and frankly, the analysis of that chemical attack on douma was just a spiteful, last-minute gesture by the syrians when negotiations with the rebels broke down, and they said, okay, let's barrel bomb them. sure enough, the next day,douma

surrendered, and assad has got it. yes, there needs to be a political track. in fact, president trump and general mattis and, of course, the british prime minister and the others have -- have talked about how necessary that is. >> we'll wait to see how the rest of the world responds to the strikes overnight. thank you very much. dozens of missiles rained down on syria, though, at the end of the day. wean e that much. as the u.s. and its allies strike syria and try to take out the chemical weapons, shortage sites and development sites, where did they strike from? what was the main point? that military strategy is coming up. plus, after searching cell phones, safety deposit boxes, an office and hotel room, more details on the key evidence the fbi seized from president trump's attorney, michael cohen.

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welcome back. more on our breaking news. the u.s., uk, and france warships and planes targeted sites connected to syria's chemical weapons program. this happened overnight. just days, of course, after dozens of innocent people were killed in a quarterbachemical a. >> we have more on where the strikes came from and movements of the allies in the area. >> most of the strikes probably came from this location here, where both the french and u.s. are located, because of the proximity within targets to syria and the closure time on the targets. the u.s. has presence in circle, the brits in sigh -- in turkey, the brits in cypress. the british are also in the mediterranean. we know the u.s. is transiting up through the red sea. it doesn't have to go through the suez and join the forces here in the med. that could get crowded but could stay if the red sea to go north or go south to get to the indian ocean. we also have forces that are

down here. this is where the strikes came from. i think what's important to realize here, as well, is that russian forces in syria are co-located in many locations where syrian forces are. what we see here, this indicates, this indicates that russian forces are here and it's a location where syrian forces are. we have strike packages that might be going into locations like this or in damascus where you have proximity. you need to have standoff. we do not want to war with russia. >> lieutenant rick francona with us, military analyst and former military attach a in damascus, and flowsenior fellow and milit expert, thank you for being here. colonel fran cone athe u.s. has -- francona, the u.s. says it avoid the targets to avoid the forces. can you tell us how that

happened? >> the intelligence collection is ongoing on all these facilities. we're pretty aware of the chemical weapons program. that's what the tharg set was. most of the places where the chemical weapons were produced and store sudden primarily a syrian operation. they've done this for years. they've had a chemical weapons capability going back decades. it's not surprising that the russians would not be at some of these facilities. the target is in which the syrian media laid out where the targets were hit, are all part of the chemical weapons program. it includes the production facilities, storage facilities, the air bases where the helicopters dropped the bombs operated from, as well as some of the command and control. it's important that when they select these targets that they minimize any target that might include russians. of course, we don't want to get into a super confrontation in the eastern mediterranean. >> colonel davis, if you had a strike on a facility that produces or stockpiles the

chemical weapons, do you not risk the disbursement of weapons into the air? >> you certainly do. if there was, you know, any amount of chemical weapons actually in the facilities at the time, it certainly is unclear whether those were storage facilities, as well. i think the bigger question now is what's the significance of this, what was the intent of the missile strikes, if it was to send the message don't use chemical weapons, i'm not sure that message was fully received. the damage appears to have been pretty light. and at least at a russian press conference this morning, they claim they have shot down 71 of the 100. we can expect that was ex-age raise, it doesn't appear that the damage has been too severe fundamental this was a light attack, it may have a negative response from what we would like. >> so colonel, to that point -- i want to know, can we put up the video that we're getting in?

some of the newest video we've gotten in of at least one area, the barza district in damascus where there is research and development and stockpies, we understand -- stockpiles, we understand, based on intel. this is the damage being done. we may not have full scope of what was successfully struck here. but colonel, when you look at the damage that's been done, if you don't get all of the chemical weapons out of syria in one fell swoop, do you not risk them being used again? >> the purpose of this as colonel davis says was to send a message. the message was not only sent to the syrians, the message was sent to the russians. the message is stop your client state from doing this. you would look at the attack, it's inkproecomprehensible why

they've done this. they bottled up the opposition in idlib. they're on a role. they didn't need to do this, i'm sure the russians are shaking their heads because they'd invited all of this external attention they did not need. i believe the russians will put pressure on the syrians not to do that again. if that was the intent, it would be successful. as to what we damaged, yeah, we blew up some buildings. remember, we've been talking about this for days. if they had high-value things in the research facilities, i would have moved them if i was a syrian. the syrians are pretty good at moving stuff around. i would suspect that we blew up a lot of buildings, maybe not a lot of impact on a chemical weapons program, but that wasn't the point. the point was sending the message. i think the russians got the message. >> and prime minister theresa may wanted to hone in on a point this morning about the fact that the -- not

about regime change. >> this was not about interfering in a civil war, and it was not about regime change. as i discussed with president trump and president macron, it was a limited, targeted, and effective strike with boundaries that expressly sought to avoid escalation and did everything possible to prevent civilian casualties. >> colonel davis, russia calling for an immediate u.n. security council meeting, calling it an aggressive action. do the words to say that this is not about interference, this is not about regime change, do they matter at this point? >> they're certainly fully expected. there's no other response that they could have. i go back to that may be the intent. and prime minister may, that may be what she wanted to have happen. but the reaction so far from

damascus has been defiancdefian. the people have been celebrating like they achieved victory for just having stood up. i've never seen a situation where using a bombing strike, especially one that doesn't really cause that much damage, is going to cause the recipient to capitulate and to give in. i think if anything this may cause them to actually bow up more. this may not work out the way we wanted. >> colonel francona? >> i hope it t does, but i'm not sure. i've been in a lot of situations in syria. they can put a lot of people in the street on a moment's notice to come out and chapter fnt for government. this will unify the syrian government, but it doesn't matter. what matters is what the syrian government will do in response. they're going to talk a good game. they're going to show defiance. but in the end, i do not think that they're going to use chemical weapons again because militarily it's just not necessary. they don't need the chemical

weapons. they're going to win. we observers of the middle east know how this ends. bashar al assad stays in power, the russians become the key power player in the country, and the syrians -- sorry, the iranians, russians, and turks have a seat at the table to decide the future of syria minus the united states. >> lieutenant colonels franconia, davis, we appreciate your insights and perspective as always. thank you, gentlemen. michael cohen under investigation. the latest evidence in the case against the president's personal attorney. you wouldn't accept an incomplete job from any one else. why accept it from your allergy pills? flonase relieves your worst symptoms including nasal congestion, which most pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. flonase. so let's promote our spring travel deal on choicehotels.com like this. earn one free night when you stay just twice this spring. allergies. or, badda book. badda boom.

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glad to have you with us. 30 minutes past the hour. i'm christi paul. >> i'm victor blackwell. good morning. a source tells cnn the fbi now has recordings of president trump's attorney, michael cohen. cohen apparently recorded his conversation with the lawyer for two women who say they had affairs with the president. >> all of this is unfolding, of course, and meanwhile a source says cohen got a call from the president yesterday, a white house spokesman says cohen is still the president's personal attorney even though he's under criminal investigation. according to a warrant, cohen's being investigated for bank fraud, wire fraud, and campaign finance issues. so far, cohen has admitted no wrongdoings and has not been charged. >> we have learned a lot in the last 24 hours. joey jackson, legal analyst and criminal defense attorney, and

kelly jane torrance, deputy managing editor for "the weekly standard" joining us. good morning. >> good morning. >> joey, let's start with the recordings is, the senior citizen exclusive, that there -- recordings, the cnn exclusive, that there are recordings by the attorney of stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, the value is what? >> the value is everything. think about this -- how many times do you say wouldn't you like to be a fly on the wall? right? to the extent that you have recordings that gives you insight to exactly what was happening. what were the conversations about? who were they about? who did you indicate that they were representing? you know, what was the agreement about? when did it sinatra when did it begin? what were the terms? what were the conditions? it will tell us everything. the larger question for me is why you would record such a thing. i thought we learned in the days of nixon that that wasn't such a smart thing to do for a lawyer.

if the warnings exonerate you, the attorneys will say, aha, you set it up because you knew you were guilty and have proof to show you were doing nothing wrong. on the other hand, if the recordings implicate you, look, it speaks for itself. that's problematic. the last thing i'll say is this, i think we should have any discussion concerning michael cohen under the backdrop of the scooter libby pardon. i mean, we're talking about michael cohen, who's so close to the president, and gets a phone calling from the president no matter what they spoke botch the weather's changing, whatever else. i think the code is, listen, you know the power that i have, you know what i can do, i know you know my secrets, don't say a word, and i've got your back. >> you can't have to talk about the topic of the day, just a call may send message enough. let me come to you. this may not be exclusive to the conversations between cohen and richardson. ry -- we understand this was a practice cohen employed for some time. >> let's face it, there might be

some good reason that michael cohen was recording his conversations. and that's because he's doing a lot of unsavory business with some unsavory people. i have to say, donald trump talks about how he hires the best people. this guy did not graduate from harvard or yale, he graduated from western michigan cooley university law school which apparently a couple of years ago had the worst entering class that league academia had ever seen. and this guy deals with a lot of sectors not known for transparency and not known for great dealings. we're talking taxicab medallions, things like. that the fact that he's recording his calls might mean he's dealing with a lot of unsavory people. look, when you think about it, these recordings could be very big because the things that the search warrant said they're investigating is wire fraud, bank fraud, possible campaign finance violations.

we know keith davidson is under fire from one of his former clients, karen mcdougal, who she argues he collaborated with michael cohen to help donald trump's interests and not her interests which, of course, he's her lawyer. he's supposed to. those recordings if they are, you know, honest and made and nobody knew they were being made, they could establish that donald trump's lawyer engaged in fraud or possibly extortion to get these women to remain silence. >> let me come to you with the work that michael cohen's lawyers have to do over the weekend. cohen's attorneys obviously were in court yesterday asking the judge to block prosecutors from using the information, the data that they got during this raid on monday. in part because of attorney/client privilege. the judge asked who are the other clients? give me a list. and his attorneys couldn't give an answer. they've got until 10:00 a.m. monday to give the list. why is that important? >> it's significant for a number

of reasons. let me say this first of all, i think judge kennwood is right o pi point. i was in front of her last year. she listens, she wants to get at what the ultimate facts are. i think she wants to know a bevy of information before she makes a ruling. most of all, as a defense attorney, she listens to what i have to say. doesn't nestle -- doesn't necessarily agree but renders fair rulings. first of all, you want all the information. the next thing is if you want to discuss privilege, you want to make sure that the contents are indeed privileged. what's privileged about it? attorn attorney/client privileges have exceptions -- crime fraud exception, you can't do it for that purpose. the reality is if it's not privileged communication as in attorney to client, if it's attorney to attorney and in the event that an attorney is speaking to a client but not regarding a legal issue, then the judge has to rule

accordingly. i think this judge in keeping with her background and experience is being careful, wants to get it right and wants the information necessary in orders to do that. >> kelly jane, finally to you. in addition to the hush agreements as related to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal, president trump denies the affairs, that cohen facilitated the $1.6 million hush payment last year to a former "playboy" model who says she was impregnated by a top gop fundraiser, elliott broidy. a pattern here, but is the -- is there value more than the pattern, beyond there being a third here? >> i think so. first of all, the fact that michael cohen seems to be the guy handling these kind of cases certainly says something. and elliott brody stepped down as one of the deputy finance chairmanning -- chairmen of the

gop over this issue. and what's interesting is that how did michael cohen hear about all the "playboy" playmate with the claim? it was from keith davidson. he was the lawyer for this woman. looks shady on so many levels. when you look at the fact it's not just donald trump now, it's somebody else in the gop, you do have to wonder how much was going on before the election, and how much was going on because of what was going on before the election. the pattern is concerning. again, if you look at the search warrant, it says wire fraud, bank fraud, campaign finance violations. that has to do with all of this stuff. and the fact that the same lawyer's involved in getting hush money for these women, and apparently, again, the argument karen mcdougal made was he was working against her interests and for the president's interests. it's very suspicious, and you can see exactly why prosecutors got the search warrant.

it's an outrage as some in the white house are trying to say. >> we've got to wrap it because we have breaking news this morning. we know that michael cohen is ordered to be in court monday. thank you both. >> thank you. the u.s. considers an air strike on syria a success. what about syria's allies? we have more. here's the story of green mountain coffee roasters sumatra reserve told in the time it takes to brew your cup. let's go to sumatra. where's sumatra? good question. this is win. and that's win's goat, adi. the coffee here is amazing. because the volcanic soil is amazing. making the coffee erupt with flavor. so we give farmers like win more plants. to grow more delicious coffee. that erupts with even more flavor. which helps provide for win's family. and adi the goat's family too. because his kids eat a lot. all, for a smoother tasting cup of coffee. green mountain coffee roasters. packed with goodness.

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more on breaking news out of syria. the u.s. along with france and

the uk fired missiles there in response to a deadly chemical attack. >> james mattis said they wanted to send a strong message to president bashar al assad. listen to this -- >> right now this is a one-time shot, and i believe that it's sent a very strong message to dissuade him, to deter him from doing this again. >> the pentagon is scheduled to update everyone on the strike in syria in little more than an hour from now. we'll building bring -- we'll bring you that live when it happens. now reaction from syria's allies. nick robertson is in moscow, and we have more from tehran. nick, let's start with you and how russia is framing their reaction to these strikes. they say that syria was finally moving toward peace when this happened. >> reporter: yeah, they're saying they managed to shoot down most of the missiles fired at syria. i think what we're hearing from

moscow is no indication that president putin is going to make that change in direction that president trump talked about, turning away from the dark path supporting assad. no indication that there's going to be any movement from moscow as general mattis, secretary of defense mattis said, that the situation should now move toward peace talks in geneva. no indication of that at all. we've heard from president putin, we've heard from the ministry of defense. the ministry of defense, in fact, is almost doubling down in their support for assad, saying that they're considering now upgrading his missile defense capabilities. so they'd be better prepared for another scenario like this. president putin has said that these actions or strikes destabilize the situation as the country was beginning to recover and get out from under the threat of terrorists. he called for a u.n. security council emergency meeting later. we're due to hear from the foreign minister here in a couple of hours' time. i think what we're hearing is

not the anger and bellicosity that we've heard from russian officials in recent days. more perhaps of toned down rhetoric. absolutely they're spinning it here as a victory for the missile systems in their eyes, their claims that they're able to shoot down the u.s., french, and british missiles flying at syria. >> all right. emir, iran's supreme leader we know has called the air strikes maker crimes. are you hearing anything there about movement or what's next in that regard? >> reporter: >> reporter: you're right. harsh words from here in iran, but that is to be expected. and there's nothing unusual about that, either. as you say, just harsh words for now, supreme leader ayatollah khomeini saying the u.s. will been benefit from the attacks the same way they don't benefit from going into iraq.

the foreign ministry has also come out and responded. they have been looking closely at the chemical gas attacks in douma saying there's still a lot of question marks over that. and the u.s., the uk, and france should have waited until there was a more comprehensive investigation before going in. president rouhami saying that iran will stand side by side with the syrians. overall, as nick has also said, calm and quite i think many people here were expecting a bigger and more destructive attack than the one they've seen. >> we'll see more of the destruction as we get more video in. thank you both. this just in from german chancellor angela merkel supporting the air strikes led by the u.s., uk, and france. i'm going to read a couple of sentences here from her statement. she says, "we support our american, british, and french allies as permanent members of

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the targets in the latest air strike in syria were clear. they wanted to focus on any of the buildings that had anything to do with the making or stockpiling of chemical weapons. cnn global affairs analyst aaron david miller with us now. thank you for being here. you tweeted this last night.

let's see what targets are actually hit but it suggests attacks on chemical weapons, a clear part on trump's part to steer clear of intervention in civil war. purpose was to deter, punish and degrade chemical weapons. steer clear of russia and iran. do you believe that was done? >> i do. the main takeaway is in trump land, jim mattis still rules. whatever debate there was within the administration about a more aggressive, comprehensive approach, either to fundament fundamentally degrade the military or hit military sites as opposed to cw ones, this was focused proportional and quite prudent. whether it will work ultimately to deter over time is impossible to say. >> defense secretary mattis said this is a one-time shot. the president on the other hand said we're prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited agents. if there is another chemical agent attack, aaron, has the

u.s. now pinned themselves in the corner? would they have to react solo? >> they'll try to work with the brits and the french. but i think we are locked in. there's no question about it. this is going to be like mowing the grass. the grass is going to grow back. and over time as the syrians grow more confident, maybe assad will deploy chlorine gas. he's used it more than 15 times or maybe even sarin, the nerve agent used in douma. i think there probably will be more strikes but what this was not was a three-day campaign designed to cripple, alter the battlefield balance on the ground. that was clearly not the intent here. >> john mccain tweeted they need to lay out goals in syria and he praised this move. do you believe -- are you confident that there's a solid plan moving forward? >> i admire and respect john

mccain. the reality about this is, no. we have no plan. there may well be no plan for a comprehensive solution unless the iranians and the russians are prepared to fundamentally alter their views of what the end game here is. i think, clearly, these attacks sent a clear message. this president, like the last one, has no intention of getting stuck with a check for syria and the billions of dollars that will be required and the deployment of peacekeepers and leading role for years to come in order to repair the syrian state. >> aaron david miller, always good to get your perspective. we're seeing other details around the u.s. and ally strikes in syria as we get closer to an update from the pentagon and monitor a u.n. security council meeting that woof just learned will take place at 11:00 this morning. >> stay with us. after a short break, we'll take you live back to syria. patrick woke up with back pain.

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