the united states blaming russia for keeping tension high. war planes from three different countries took out strategically targets in syria, the u.s., france, and the united kingdom launching more than 100 missiles from air and sea and destroying several facilities linked to syria's production of deadly chemical weapons. the same type of chemicals allegedly used to kill dozen of civilians, many of them children. last weekend outside damascus. color yean gas and u.s. officials believer sarah rin gas was used on this residential area. president trump promised a response in the days that followed. now that has happened. the missiles came from american, french, and british fighters and bombers, also from navy ships and submarines. barbara starr has more details for us on what president trump calls mission accomplished. barbara?

>> ana, it was a limited strike by the u.s., the british, and the french. right now no one is predicting that bashar al assad because of this will give up his chemical weapons. a message from donald trump to bashar al assad and his russian masters. firing more than 100 missiles into the heart of syria's chemical weapons program. >> i spoke to the president this morning, and he said if the syrian regime uses this poi poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. >> james mattis is a light-night pentagon briefing not shutting the door to future military action, but also not saying what would lead to more air strikes. >> right now this is a one-time shot, and i believe it's sent a very strong message to dissuade him, to deteriora him from doin this again.

>> it was after these horrific video emerged in a damascus suburb that the pentagon began planning for military strikes. a chemical research center? damascus and two chemical weapons and equipment storage affiliates located west of homes. after first light as damage emerged, the pentagon said there were no reports of civilian casualties and all the military be objectives were achieved. >> i believe we took the heart of it out last night. i'm not going to say they are going to be enable to conduct a chemical attack in the future, but i suspect they will think long and hard about it based on the activities of last night. >> it started at 4:00 a.m. with a barrage of 105 missiles launched by the u.s., french, and british militaries. it was carried out by three u.s. war ships and a u.s. submarine. the french also launched

missiles from a frigate ship, in the air, two b is bombers launched strikes along with frenk and british fighter jets. one facility is located in damascus. missiles made it past heavy air defenses without being shot down. >> as you can see it does not exist anymore. they've lost a lot of equipment ask material, and it will have a significant effect on them. cripple and degrade are good, accurate words. >> as bashar al assad calmly walked into work today, it's unclear if he is hearing those words. >> behind the scenes one of the big worries here was that the russians would get involved, that they would escalate things and take some type of military action. so far that has not happened. all there's been from moscow is a lot of angry words. >> barbara starr, thank you. let's bring in our panel of experts to talk about this strike and what happens next.

joining us, an expert on air power, robert paip. his book is studied by the u.s. military. analyst and commanding general, mark hurtling, and cnn global affairs analyst kim don't worry abouter. how effective were threes strikes, robert? >> i think they were tact tickly effective. our men and women and arms have done a splendid job, but strategically i'm afraid the effects are likely to be quite fleeting. there's really two big strategically problems that we have. for coercion to work, our opponent must believe we will act in the future. there must be credibility about our future action. and simply put, president trump and the trump administration has a major credibility problem. he has flip-flopped on syria so much just in recent weeks, and even just declaring recently that this is mission accomplished sends the message that we're basically doing a one

and done. this is a major problem for coercion to work over time. second, we have major risks here of retaliation. not so much that russian aircraft will directly attack us in syria, but we have 2,000 u.s. troops not protected by heavy combat units, and what russia or assad can do is give the coordinates of their location away to their proxies such as hezbollah. in the coming weeks we really have to worry about proxies for prussia and assad doing dirty work against our forces. >> general hurtling, how do you blow up a chemical storage facility without creating a toxic cloud? >> ana, this is a lot more complicated than most americans would lead to believe. they've seen the tomahawk

missiles and cruise missiles. what you're talking about is an allied strike. you first have to have the right intelligence for where the targets are. i'm getting to your question. i'm not blowing you off on this. but you have to have the right kind of targets and the right kind of munitions going to those targets. we have the research facilities, those were buildings and they were blown up by high explosives. the one thing that's interesting is the chemical production facility. when you look at the photos of the overheads of that facility, you see one entry hole into a mound, and then a lot of burn marks. well, that's the kind of weapons systems you put against chemicals. what you have to do is not explode them where all the pieces of the munitions that you strike go out and you have the cloud of chemicals. what you have to do is burn the

chemicals. so the missile that goes into those facilities usually has either a white phosphorus phase or a burning agent which will go up to 1,000 degrees temperature and will the burn type of chemical agent that's in that underground storage facility. it doesn't have a whole a lot of explosion, but. the a whole lot of intense fire. when you talk about at a big strike with multiple airplanes, multiple ships from multiple coalition partners all going, they each have their particular target and kind of munition, and they know what they're trying to strike. part of that system that goes into that weapons facility was created by this agency that is very little known about. it's called ditra the defense reduction agency. >> fascinating. after looking at those pictures, i have to ask, officials say no

one was killed, but those buildings are completely gone. would you expect a research facility and these two storage facilities to just be empty? >> well, you would on a friday in an arab nation. literally, you're talking about their weekend, their prayer day. friday is their prayer day and that was probably the reason why these facilities were struck on that. plus, you add to the fact that they did have a warning that this strike was coming. so they would have he might those facilities to be sure, but they would have been not present for duty in the first place from because this is the their day of prayer. >> could trump's warning earlier in the week warning russia and the whole world that smart missiles were coming, could that have impacted the effectiveness of this strike? >> some of the intelligence officers i've spoken to have said you actually send a warning out to make sure -- especially in this case

where you have high-ranking russian and iranian officers working with the syrian military. you want them to know, get out of the way. you don't want to have that kind of collateral damage that could cause escalation with russia or iran. at the same time this was a message not so much yes to assad -- we'll let you beat back your people and take back territory, but not in this way, but the large message if you pull the appear chure back is to russia and iran that they have to get their proxies in check, especially with russia being accused of the attack on the former russian spy in britain, sergei skripal. we have watched you, you over the past few years from ukraine onward, pushing the boundaries of international order, and the u.s., britain, and france are drawing a line here and saying no more. >> robert, what do you think

could have been more effective in terms of a lasting impact? >> we need to create a long-term policy for syria. one of the problems we've seen with the trump administration in the last few months is that since isis has been rolled back from its territory, there has not been a long-term coherent policy for syria. i think that without a long term coherent policy, then the kind of signals that kim is calling attention to is very short lived. they're going to be fleeting because in the coming weeks we're going to start having issues with north korea. we have issues with china. are we going to be become distracted? is president trump going to hasten withdrawal of u.s. forces rather than actually develop a coherent approach? are we going to push on

embarrassing assad and putin for using these chemical weapons week after week after week by releasing more and more intelligence? or are we essentially going to forget about the issue? these are the credibility problems that our first and fore most blocking those signals from working. >> general hurtling, senator lindsey graham responded to the strikes saying in part, quote, russia and iran will view the limited action as united states being content to drop a few bombs before heading for the exits. we seem to have settled on and be comfortable with the chemical weapons police. do you agree? >> senator graham is exactly right. these kinds of strikes are tactical noise. it doesn't contribute to an overarching strategy or policy toward a region.

the question becomes, in terms of accomplishing the mission, did we deter assad from using chemical weapons again? possibly. but we're not sure. will assad go back to doing the kinds of things to his people using other techniques like barrel bombs, bombing of hospitals and schools, the treatment of his population, that's still going to occur. so we haven't done much in terms of affecting the civil war other than perhaps preventing him for a short period of time and using chemical weapons. but he's tended to go back to that. the bigger issue too is, i'm not sure we've deter russia from supporting assad in this manner. they are continuing to back him up because they want that strategic base in syria. >> you mentioned russia and trump had incredibly strong words for russia and iran last night. let's listen. >> to iran and to russia, i ask, what kind of a nation wants to

be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women, and children? russia must decide if it will continue down this dark path or if it will join with civilized nations as a force for stability and peace. >> kim, given the president's history with russia wanting more relations, were you surprised by his words? >> not surprised. i think he has decided that russia respects carirying a big stick, and this is a situation where trump is saying you have attacked what you consider your enemy. we're going to also show you that we are willing to use force. and the idea is he's leaving an avenue open where two tough guys can sit down together and talk like equals. he's not cutting them off, but he is sending the message that

the u.s. won't be pushed around. we know that there had been back-channel talks where they said you have to get the syrians to stop using these chemical weapons, and yet week after week, month after month, there are multiple reports of uses on chlorine gas on civilians. so the message is, we asked you to bring these guys in line, you didn't, so we have to act. now, clean slate, let's start again. >> thank you all for being here and for joining us tonight. >> thank you. those who survived last week's horrific attack in douma are telling their stories. we found many of them at a refugee camp near the syrian border of turkey. their personal stories convey what happened in terrifying detail. we heard them firsthand.

>> there's definitely something that stings. >> these backpacks belong to these twins from douma. they are a little shy, hesitant. we smelled something, she says. their mother tells us they remember everything vividly. they were hiding in a basement when the alleged chemical weapons attack in douma took place. they could barely breathe. she felt her body go limp. she clawed her way up, dragging her daughters. but then the other strikes began. we were between two deaths, she remembers, either from the chemical strikes, or the others on the rooftop. the smell is still quite strong. these are the things they weren't able to wash yet. that's the toy her daughter hid away to try to keep her safe and

she would tell the toy, you might suffocate, but at least you'll be safe from the bombing. that's how the kids' minds work. yesterday they were digging a tunnel for the ants so that the ants wouldn't suffocate, just in case something happened. in another tent we meet a boy with a scar running across his abdomen from shrapnel. his uncle was among the worst affected in the chemical strike. his blood sample was taken the day before. this new camp is inhabited with those who survived the siege in douma. something as simple as feeling the sun on their skin was a luxury. this woman ask her family felt there was a lull in the bombing and went outside when she said three air strikes slammed right

next to them. the next thing she remembers is being in the hospital. >> she had just gotten over surgery in the hospital when the wounded from the chemical strikes she says began coming in. >> the scene was so horrific, she says she forgot her own pain. what she doesn't know, what no one has the heart to tell her is that her husband is dead. her son, just two years old is too young to remember his father. the limited french/u.k. strikes may have sent a message about chemical weapons, but not about the rest of its arsenal. for those who have enendured the unimaginable, it's a little more than a move on a gruesome transplant. this six-year-old arrived four days ago from douma. she has buried too many to count, including her son and two grandchildren. even if they could go home, there's nothing left. >> she says her country has caused her too much pain.

and remembering the long lost days when her family was around her, when they were all alive, when feeling safe wasn't a luxury, it's all just too much. cnn, syria. >> our thanks to her. up next, president trump using the phrase mission accomplish"mission accomplished" when praising the air strikes in syria, but his choice of words raising some eyebrows. our chief white house korn correspondent breaks it down next live in the "cnn newsroom."

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hours after announcing a series of military strikes against syria, president trump took to twitter to announce mission accomplished. his word choice did not go unnoticed on social media. cnn chief white house correspondent jim acosta reports on the backlash and the message the white house is seng syria tonight. jim?

>> reporter: the white house is putting the syrian government on notice there could be more air strikes if chemical weapons are once again used on innocent civilians in syria dispute the fact president trump tweeted that it was, quote, mission accomplished a phrase that was once used by former president george bush in iraq before that war dragged on for years. it was a sobering message delivered to syria. backed by u.s. military might. >> we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. >> while the pentagon insist u.s. forces along with britain and france achieved their objectives, it's one of president trump's tweets that may have been misfired. celebrating the operation, the president tweeted, a perfectly executed strike last night, thank you to france and the united kingdom for their wisdom and their military. could not have had a better result.

mission accomplished. that phrase, mission accomplished, was a flash back to 2003 when then-president bush landed on an aircraft carrier and and declared victor in iraq, a war that continued for eight more years. over bush's shoulder was a banner reading mission accomplished. >> major combat operations in iraq have ended in the battle of iraq. and united states a our allies have prevailed. >> even mr. trump's supporters are cringing. former bush press secretary ari fleischer weighed in on the tweets saying i would have recommended ending this tweet with not those two words. asked about the president's confidence, the pentagon didn't disagree with the commander in chief. >> last night's operations were very successful. we met our objectives. we hit the sites, the heart of the chemweapons program. so it was mission accomplished. >> still on a conference call with reporters, a senior official considered the air

strikes may not have neutralized the chemical weapons threat in syria, saying if this does not success, we are prepared the act again. which means the age-old questions that come with every u.s. intervence have returned, how long will that take? two weeks after mr. trump raised the prospect of removing u.s. troops from syria. >> i want to get out. i want to bring our troops back home. i want to restart build our nation. democrats are raising questions. >> i cannot tell you what this administration's policy is towards syria. one week ago he was talking about entirely pulling out. that ended up giving a green light to assad and you saw how assad took that green light and ran with it. in terms of gassing innocents, including women and children. >> and how the handle syria's two biggest backers, russia and iran. >> to iran and russia, i ask what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass

murder of innocent men, women, and children? >> vice president pence continued that tough talk at the summit of the americas in peru. >> our message to russia is you're on the wrong side of history. >> president trump will face more questions about syria next week when he meets with the japanese prime minister shinzo abe at mar-a-lago. the president will be discussing the fate of another regime, north korea, another foreign policy crisis with no easy answers. ana? jim acosta, thank you. did you go lass brinkley is joining us now. due course how loaded is it for president trump to use those two words, mission accomplished? >> it was a mistake. the connotations are 2003 with george w. bush. that was considered his hot dog moment a moment of grand standing. it would have been better if he just stayed quiet and add that mission accomplished at the end of his tweet. bush 41, the other bush, the

father, we had a germany reunification, and he didn't say mission accomplished. he had the breakup of the soviet union. you don't say mission accomplished. the reason you don't do that is because you never know what's going to happen the next day. you give things a bit of time. as we just heard, who knows, maybe we didn't take out their chemical weapons capabilities and we might have to do yet another strike and another. so it was just a mistake in phrase in an otherwise positive, but successful, narrow mission. >> does president trump's handling of the syria situation have a different ending, do you think, than what we've seen in the obama administration's handling of syria? >> syria has been a problem now for a long time. secretary of state warren christopher for bill clinton, the active secretary of state went there 27 times, went to

damascus 27 times. warren christopher couldn't get the result that he wanted there. the civil war have been going on since march of 2011, and there's no end in sight. we don't have a syrian policy right now. barack obama didn't know what to do. the problem is it's a fight for the middle east, iran, russia, working with syria and then united states and israel now with what's a heartening moment last night to be working closely with our allies, bryant and fran -- britain and france, a coalition of the willing he would call it. and we did have a good coalition with britain and france and u.s.-european relations have been tense. so the fact that he could collaborate flawlessly as a positive development. >> looking at russia's pivotal role in all of this, you think about the cold war.

did you ever think as a historian we would see russia reemerge on the world stage like this? >> you know, once the soviet union broke up in 1991, we were the only super power for a while, at least we thought we were the only one and we started doing nato enlargement and poland game part of nato. putin is an old kgb type with keen memory, and he's trying to reestablish empire, reclaim at least the soul of the ukraine and control the oil in the middle east of iran and syria. russia is good at two things, oil and nuclear weapons. they don't really have the same type of air force we have or navy, but the nuclear weapons are quite a deterrent.

they are a big pe tro giant. if they can make inroads into the middle east, it's a growing strategic problem for us. >> you are such a wealth of knowledge. our cameras tonight caught a glimpse of michael cohen, the president's longtime personal lawyer strolling around new york city. coming up, we'll tell you who cohen was talking to on his taped recording seized by the fbi. you're live in the "cnn newsroom." elp get us moving. ...and help you feel more strength and energy in just two weeks! i'll take that. -yeeeeeah! ensure high protein. with 16 grams of protein and 4 grams of sugar. ensure. always be you. owners always seem so happy? because they've chosen the industry leader. subaru forester holds its value better than any other vehicle in its class according to alg.

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new video tonight of president trump's personal lawyer michael cohen, cnn qataring cohen on t capture him on the streets of new york. stormy daniels a he is known as trump's fixer. cnn's brian todd takes a look into all things cohen has done for trump so far. brian? >> ana, we're told there's nothing michael cohen wouldn't do for his boss. he's been known to threaten, cajoll, cut any deal. but now man known as the fixer

seems to have placed himself at risk of going to jail. >> we're all good? >> donald trump's personal lawyer and confidant in serious trouble on several fronts tonight. michael cohen is coming off a tumultuous week which included fbi raids on his home, office, and hotel room. and the news that cohen has been the subject of a criminal investigation for months. as he prepares to follow a judge's order for him to go to court on monday, cohen could be on the verge of taking a major legal hit, ostensibly in the service of one men. >> the next president of the united states. >> prosecutors say cohen told at least one witness donald trump is his only client. for 12 years, cohen has been trump's personal attorney, or as many call him, trump's fixer. one former trump campaign official says cohen is a less cool version of ray donovan, show time'sificationle hollywood fixer. >> oh, jesus, ray. >> he's every bit as at the

nation. >> he's a guy who carries a pistol in an ankle holster. he makes it clear it's a tough guy. >> from ruthlessly attacking from facilitating business deals. he displays the one characterize donald trump values most. >> there's little in the world that's more popularity to trump than loyalty, and michael cohen has shown he will hold confidences and hit back harder than you've been hit. >> cohen's legal handling of the stormy daniels case has come under skunt. he said he used his own personal funds to facilitate a payment to the porn star shortly before the 2016 elections. trump recently said he had no knowledge of the payment, something legal experts say is almost unheard of. >> it is extraordinary and i would tell you that probably

99.9% of the lawyers in america would never even contemplate doing this. >> cohen tells cnn his legal handling of the daniels says has been solid, airtight, and that he believes it's daniels who's liable for millions in damages based on her conduct but honey cohen is being criticized from a pure public relations see to standpoint. >> whole thing was completely incompetent. >> michael ruben says it was a bad idea to believe paying daniels off would make her go away. what should cohen have told trump? >> tell him this isn't going to work. that's what he really should have done. there was nothing they could have done to make this go away, so dealing with it honestly is the only choice they have. >> michael cohen defends himself on that score as well, telling us that he hopes stormy daniels and her attorney are enjoying their 15 minutes of fame and that will diminish once a judgment is entered against her.

as to the allegations of an affair, there was denial on several occasions. as speculation grows over whether president trump is considering firing deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, cnn is now learning rosenstein has had his own questions about recusing himself. a cnn exclusive next. you're live in the "cnn newsroom."

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we're back with tonight's special coverage. the president's longtime personal attorney michael cohen under investigation and due in court monday. he was strolling the streets of manhattan today. inside the white house trump's angry rising fast. one of the most loyal, devoted members of his inner circle under federal scrutiny. cnn now learning the fbi has conversations with stormy daniels and former playboy play mate karen mcdougal. let's talk the michael zeldin and cnn political analyst. michael, these court documents we got a hold of yesterday say the u.s. attorneys office already obtained covert search warrants on multiple e-mail accounts belonging to michael cohen before this raid earlier this week. what does that mean exactly?

>> it means that michael cohen is under a month's long investigation by the southern district of new york based on a referral from robert mueller, which indicates as the pleadings say, he is being investigated for fraud and for evidence of untruthfulness. so they have seized from him all of his records, his computers, his phones, e-mails, addresses, so determine what it is at the heart of the fraudulent activity allegations and what underlies the feeling that he has been less than full truthful. >> we know the the president's name up in the documents that were released. "the new york times" saying trump kfconfidants worried this

may be a greater threat to him than the mueller probe. what does that tell you? >> look, cohen as any reporter who covered the trump campaign or trump presidency knows, cohen is one of the most important advisers to president trump, whether as a lawyer or just someone who does his bidding. he's one of trump's most important defenders. and he knows everything about this president, and everything about this president's family, his kids, and he knows everything about the trump organization and its business dealings. they say keeper of all the secrets. i am very skeptical that at the heart of this investigation it's about alleged campaign finance wrong doing related to the payments to the people who are alleged to have had romantic relationships with president trump. i just don't believe that the southern district of new york is raiding the president's lawyer's

office, safety deposit box and his electronic devices because of a complicated case. there are clues in the document that was published on friday that this is much more obvious, clear crimes that related to michael cohen's business dealings. whether that relates to trump or not, we don't know, but we do know that all the evidence they have gathered undoubtedly relates to the president because of cohen's relationship with the president. and michael maybe can answer this a little more clearer, but i assume as long as there are no attorney/client issues, if they find new evidence of criminal wrong doing that relates to trump that his relationship with cohen, that's fair game, and that's why to go back to your question, the advisers are worried. >> michael, what about that?

>> the way the attorney/client privilege works is the client has to go to a lawyer and ask for legal advice. if he does, then that communication is a privileged communication. if a lawyer is providing business advice to a client, should wegy bye this build, should i invest in the new york yankees bullpen, that is not legal opinion advice, and it's not protected under the attorney/client privilege. and so the nature of the communication between the trump organization and michael cohen, if it relates to the provision of legal advice by cohen as a lawyer for that organization, will implicate the privilege and we'll have to see if there's anything that waives or breaches it. but if it's just pure business advice, it doesn't implicate attorney/client privilege, and the communications will be readily available to the prosecutors. and that's what the hearing was about on friday.

that's what it will be about on monday. in that hearing, if you remember, the judge said to michael cohen, tell us on who's behalf you are acting assist a lawyer. tell us the names of your clients so we can call out that privileged material for inspection. and his lawyers couldn't name any clients. so they're coming back on monday to see whether he has any clients to name that fit within this legal advice attorney/client privilege status. >> our reporting is president trump was his only client. and yet there was no e-mail communication between cohen and president trump. what do you make of that, ryan? >> that's not that surprising. it's very when wiell known that president trump doesn't use e-mail. even at the trump organization, he was not on e-mail. he famously had h aide hope

hikes during the campaign print out e-mails that were sent ostensibly to him, and he would have handwritten notes. it didn't shock me, the fact they're not e-mailing each other. the interesting fact is the southern district of new york had warrants to monitor cohen's e-mail. didn't surprise me there were no e-mails from president trump. he doesn't use. >> it that is interesting. but they have these recordings. who know if president trump is on these recordings. i want to get to rod rosenstein, michael. one of the questions -- i want to follow up with this. can president trump stop the investigation into michael cohen like he potentially could with mueller? >> well, he can't fire anybody that's overseeing the southern district of new york's investigation, so he can't cap

take t -- in that way. if cohen is charged with any crimes, but the thing to remember is a pardon doesn't excuse the person from offering testimony. it just means they don't have a fifth amendment right to not answer questions. he doesn't have a realistic way of stopping the investigation, which is why some perhaps in "the new york times" have written it would be more damaging for him. but this is a case that's going to go on. we'll have to see whether there's nexus to the president. >> i want to also ask about new reporting on rod rosenstein, ryan. over the course of this mueller investigation, rod rosenstein, the deputy ag who oversees the special counsel investigation

has squultd ethics adviser to ask whether he should recuse himself from this investigation in part because of the questions about this memo he had written that was connected in part parth to comey's firing. apparently he's been taking the advice of these doj ethics advisers. does that give him hardware legitimacy, and would it quiet the critics, especially republicans who've been saying maybe he's conflicted in some way? >> absolutely. he is genuinely taking the advice of an independent ethics adviser at the justice department and abiding by those recommendations. that gives him a very clear way of saying i should not recuse myself because the ethics advisers told me not to. the reason this has come up is because he famously wrote a very extensive, very critical memo of james comey, the fbi director, and advised the president to

dismiss him and trump has sort of argued that, well, >> then he later came out and said i want this guy fired and the memo was produced as justification. but yeah. i think, look. sessions recused himself because he was a sur fate of the campaign and so he had a series of connections to the russian, russia portion of the investigation tt predated his service. >> exactly. it's different. >> thank you guys both. our next guest survived a chemical attack in seara five years ago and reacted to trump's military action in his home country. why he says he wants to buy the president a beer, we're live in

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our coverage of the strike on syria continues. >> let's get started. saturday, u.s. president donald trump declared mission accomplished in syria. senior u.s. officials say that both chlorine and sarin, they believe were used in the attack. we know three sites were targeted including a research facility in damascus as well as storage