russian foreign ministry is preparing a statement regarding the u.s. strike that happened in syria overnight. we can expect to have that as our coverage continues live on fox news channel. from a year, i am shepard smith. for now, good evening. >> a shocking war crime in syria that sickened the world into night, the u.s. has responded as we are reporting with air strikes. right now the question is how will bashar al-assad respond. they finally backed down or will it be emboldened? on what are the wider implications that has been a civil war in syria, middle east, and u.s. relations. as well as president trump sending a blunt and direct message earlier last evening out of the deployment of a chemical weapons that were now spanned by the geneva convention back in 1925. >> we have assad choked up the lives of lifeless men, women, and children.

it was a slow and brutal death for so many. >> it is just after 1:00 a.m. on the east coast. it is 8:00 a.m. in damascus where the sun has come up. we are seeing the damage of the strikes. thank you for joining us. i'm eric shawn. >> a barrage of american tomahawk missiles blast and airbase in central syria. retaliation for a political chemical attack that left 90 innocent civilians that earlier this week. the trump administration said syrian president bashar al-assad is to blame. >> around the world has been astounded with his military action, making many wonder if the new coalition of sunni arab nations will finally come from the assad regime. congressional democrats and republicans saying congress must now be consulted. senator rand paul saying congress must now give congressional authorization to any further military action. saying that the u.s. was not attacked and there are more questions that the u.s. could be drawn into deeper health and the

7-year-old conflict. tomorrow, bolivia has requested an emergency meeting of the united nations security council, expected to condemn the air strikes that syria has printed tonight and aggression by enemy america, saying the air strikes did cause damage and some death. we are now awaiting a statement from moscow. >> the surprise attack on syria market-based for commission trip he warned against getting the u.s. pulled into assad civil war. in 2013 he tweeted... there is no upside and tremendous downside. that's a commander-in-chief and office president obama pledged to change his trump spiel. sent from the state department, with a more tonight on development. burning the midnight oil, it's running late tonight. >> when you look at what the

trump administration is saying, secretary of state rex tillerson, the justification for this as he presented it in mar-a-lago where he is right now with president trump was essentially that the assad regime has continued to use chemical weapons, they have normalized that use, and because of no international response previously, the secretary of state said the trump administration was respond to a spot in the way that it did. it also took russia to task. we have heard a stronger language towards russia from rex tillerson, the secretary of state, and the trump administration over the last couple of days saying because of the deal that was struck in the last administration that russia said it would destroy the chemical weapons and oversee the destruction of chemical weapons in syria. tillerson says clearly russia has failed in its responsibility and russia has been complicit or simply incompetent on delivering its end of that agreement. it is a question of where they stand on bashar al-assad's

future. here's the secretary said. >> assad's role in the future is uncertain with the acts that he has taken that would seem that there is no room for him together the syrian people. >> that is much more aggressive language of the secretary of state took last week when he was dad the longer-term status for bashar al-assad would be decided by the syrian people. secretary was asked if president trump would organize an international coalition to remove assad. the secretary of state those steps are underway. he was referring to in that case the dash negotiations that were ongoing in geneva with the united nations. beyond this though, the question is where russia will react to all of this? of this is only a few days before secretary of state travels to moscow. later this after -- or late in the afternoon the previous afternoon on thursday, senior state department officials were saying that the trip to moscow

was still on and they were going to talk about potentially finding areas were russia could partner with the united states so long as a benefit u.s. interest. this as they are saying that essentially what the trump administration is seeking to do his work with international partners, defeat isis, stabilize the area in iraq and syria. use a local government officials and officials in those areas and begin to settle syrian refugees who left the area and then work on some type of permanent solution or government solution to replace assad. that's going to take some time. >> thanks so much. russia of course as you know is protected assad and a syria in the security council. nikki haley called assad a war criminal. we will have more of that interview later on in our program.

>> president trump announcing the air strikes while meeting in florida with china's president. joining us now live from mar-a-lago with the latest from a trump compound in florida is fox news correspondent kristin fisher. kristin, what's happening on the ground. >> he made his first big military action and presence he showed two things. he is willing to take decisive military action perhaps what his predecessor were not. he also said he is willing to be very flexible and change his stance as situation more in. it was just last week that the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley said that regime changing in syria it was no longer the top priority. this white house and then watched syrian president escalated with a series of escalations culminating with that syrian gas attack. from there, president trump had a series of two meetings with his national security council. they presented him with a series of options, president trump as you know yesterday was very upset by the images, the

pictures that he saw of all those children, all those babies that were killed and that sarin gas attack. that was weighing on him as he was meeting with his national security council and presented them with a series of options. he ultimately decided on a course of action today, a course of action that is very different from what he sat on the campaign trail. what changed? we are hearing at salem a lot of it had to do with the pictures, those images and videos that president trump saw of the children and babies that had been cast. we also are hearing that has a lot to do with the we now know that russians were at the base when chemical weapons were loaded on those planes. president trump was frustrated that the russians wouldn't even acknowledge that assad was responsible. that was a big source of conflict heading into this, and all of that led to the strike tonight. the target of that strike was of the source of that sarin gas attack, the airbase in syria.

tonight, we learn from the national security advisor, general h.r. mcmaster exactly what the concerns were and they were factoring in before the strike took place. the thing they were really watching for was not stockpiles of sarin gas, they were very concerned that if they hit a stockpile of sarin gas that that could cause serious issues for civilians in the area. there are also worried about the civilians themselves. that's why they launched the strikes in the middle of the night in syria. there were also worried about the russians that were on the ground there. there russians manning the air defense systems, protecting that airbase. tonight, the national security advisor said the efforts to minimize risk for nations at the airfield were taken. you can read russia from that. what's happened in terms of communication between the white house and russia? tonight, the secretary of state rex tillerson said that president trump did not seek permission from the russians, nor did he directly's with

russian president vladimir putin, though they did follow the deconfliction for the popular military channels are already in place. what was really striking at this briefing tonight here in palm beach with the secretary of state and the national security advisor was just how strong they came out against russia. they said secretary of state clearly russia has failed to deliver and its commitment in 2013 to make sure that stockpiles of chemical weapons were removed. russia has been complicit or incompetent. in his ability to deliver on that. this sends a very strong message to both north korea and iran and other potential adversaries that this president is willing to go to places perhaps his predecessor was not. he is willing to take decisive military action and do it very quickly. it also sends a message to china and president trump is going to be meeting with the chinese president at mar-a-lago

tomorrow. trying spread it xi jinping sends a message to him as well that this president is willing to do things differently than his predecessors. that is argosy going to shape the forces of their conversation tomorrow. >> absolutely. you are there in mar-a-lago with the administration. when you think will that work for the next steps? >> is really tough to say because typically at these big summits, if you have a press conference with the two world leaders, you have some press availability but not this time. at this time we don't know if we are going to have a press conference, we don't know if president trump is going to speak again. we heard him for about two and a half minutes night. given the scope of what happened tonight that we are going to sit here a bit more from the administration tomorrow. as of now, no official on the record comments scheduled for certain tomorrow. >> kristin fisher, thanks so much for that comprehensive report. certainly flexibility something

the administration has talked a lot about and the lack of predictability. the obama administration has said we don't want them to know what we will do next. you see that some of the steps are taken here. >> that's what you're saying and that's where they went through on that promise. meanwhile, we have some in the middle east worried about the fallout from this attack. the question that will trigger a new effort for peace or will potentially lead to more violence across the region, such as retail tour attacked by hezbollah or even radical islamic terrorists in our country taking action. john huddy joined us now from our jerusalem borough where you can see the sun is up, it is now morning with the very latest reaction from israel. hi, john. >> eric, the israeli reaction is in support of president trump and at the strikes on syria. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that he fully supports president trump's actions in syria.

with that said, there was a statement that was released from the prime minister's office. i will read a 4a. "in both word and action, president trump sends a strong and clear message today that the use and spread of chemical weapons will not be tolerated. israel fully supports president trump's decision and hopes that this message of resolve in the face of the assad regime's horrific actions will resonate not only damascus but to iran, pyongyang, and elsewhere." they share intelligence information with the united states. they are a close ally of the united states. they launched air strikes aid in syria, in particular on syrian arms convoys destined for hezbollah. that has happened frequently, just about every day and certainly in recent weeks. that obviously has been a concern for israel.

and also, hezbollah's arsenal of rockets, along with iran's involvement in syria and a support for assad's government and of course hezbollah and of course the concerns about chemical weapons and the attacks -- potential attack on israeli citizens. israel, a close ally of the united states, supports president trump's decision to attack syria, and we are waiting for more information from israel. the response from israel, eric, israel of course shares intelligence information with the united states. and that will continue. >> all right, john. thanks so much for joining us now from in our studio about the air strikes. he joined us and he's a research for the defense of democracy. i'm going to ask you to get into assad's head right now. basically for seven years he's acted with impunity, 500,000 of

his citizens killed. he's barrel bombed innocent citizens, chemically attack them. and now he has been hit by this administration. what do you think he is thinkin thinking? >> i think the paint as to how he is thinking comes from this sigh of relief that all of americans outlined in the region have expressed at this action the president trump has taken in the defense that it's a clear departure from the pattern that we have been used to for the last six years in the previous administrations which is essentially one of impunity as you noted. interestingly though about the strike also is that it addresses key concerns of our regional allies. it is their chief among them. which basically it had all but ignored and exacerbated. those are next to the use of chemical weapons and transfer chemical weapons is the role of iran and syria. what's interesting is the base that was struck today, in fact,

is a base that has been used by the iranians and hezbollah heavily. and striking the space and afterwards talk to donald trump about it how he intends to fight all terrorist groups in syria, not just isis and al qaeda, but all terrorist groups, meaning groups like hezbollah and other shiite militias that are on there. this is going to be very much music to the ears of our allies that have long and pleaded with the administrations to act in place. now they get a sense that they are from smiling back. >> prime minister netanyahu is in moscow in the other is vladimir putin on this issue. what are they thinking in tehran? where they have the negotiations on the iranian nuclear deal? they are not used to this. >> absolutely. the previous president had said that he recognized the need to respect and preserve iran's

equities in syria. there are essentially to pass on weapons to hezbollah. that was a really sour message as far as american allies go and are concerned. the fact that now you have a clear and new pattern of behavior in the united states in trying to allies and it will not tolerate the use and transfer of chemical weapons, especially in the areas where the iranians, this is very close to the border, as you know on the map earlier. these are areas of concern for the israelis and a lot of this cannot -- and not chemical weapons but other types of kits to connect sophisticated weapons that they've received from ironic that can be passed on to lebanon. to have the united states back and recognizing the concerns of its allies and taking action towards addressing them, that is a big sigh of relief for all of

america. >> what about a concern about potentially having implications for spreading wider? what are your concerns? are they legitimate? that this could expand and where could expand? what could be next? and what would we do next? >> i think the administration has signaled that this is a targeted strike and it doesn't lead to anything bigger. unless it reassesses, unless assad asides? decides he's not going to heed the message and decides to use to push the envelope a little more. if that's the case, then the administration has signaled that since this is not tolerable, and might happen again. whether iran's assets decide that they are going to test the result of this new president by taking some sort of reaction against, let's say, american troops in iraq, then you will

see, i think it will be a big mistake on their behalf but that's where you will get to see what the administration is ready to do to make sure that his resolve is not tested. pointed out that americans allies is back to her. >> what do you think this signals a true new course and policy as it pertains to the war in syria? are we looking at a new direction? do you think they will seek to contain this to a quick strike for stage right where it is? >> i think from this statements coming out it's more the latter. i think secretary tillerson was quite explicit on this point. the contours of the policy are that we are still looking to resolve this through the framework of geneva, the geneva conference for the geneva that they cited 2012. which is to have a transitional government away from aside. interestingly, the emphasize

that assad would not have a role in the future of syria, he cannot go in syria in the future. that's a very good point of clarity. it's good to get that out of the way. but in terms of the political framework, it's still the idea of a transition. but now, with this strike, it has the graded capabilities on one hand but put muscle behind the american position that we are not just following the russian leader. that we have are here and we have statements and our allies have a statement. we are representing those statements. >> tony from the foundation from defense of democracy. thanks for your expertise. we will be back with more of our extended coverage on the u.s. missile strikes in syria. >> to u.s. warships floating watching 59 tomahawk missiles on that syrian air base near

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>> welcome back to fox news channel on this busy news night the strike against syria came as president trump was hosting his chinese counterpart g xi jinping at his resort in mar-a-lago. they were launched from american warships in the eastern truth mediterranean sea. they were aimed at the same air base at the pentagon believes was used by the syrian aircraft that dropped the chemical weapons last tuesday. in a short statement late thursday, president trump explained his decision to take military action. >> my fellow americans. on tuesday, syrian dictator bashar al-assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. using a deadly nerve agent. assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and

children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. no child of god should ever suffer such horror. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent and deter the spread of use of deadly chemical weapons. there can be no dispute that syria used chemical weapons, violated under the chemical

weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the u.n. security council. years of previous attempts at changing assad's behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. as a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen, and at the region continues to destabilize. threatening the united states and its allies. tonight i call the nations and seeking to end the slaughter. and bloodshed in syria. and also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. we ask for god's wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world.

we pray for the lives of the wounded and it for the souls of those who have passed. and we hope that as long as america stands for justice, then peace and harmony will in the end prevail. good night and god bless america and the entire world. >> president trump clearly, deeply affected by the images of those children, especially the babies who were so savagely slaughtered by this suspected sarah chemical gas. pulitzer prize winner who has had many years covering the middle east good to see you tonight from washington. did you expect to see the reaction so quickly from the trump administration considering the other day rex tillerson was out there saying that the future of syria and assad is up to the syria people? >> not only do i expect it, eric, but charles dell sure,

former weapons massive in iraq in an article for fox news recommended that president trump do precisely what he has done. and that is attack the airfield from which this dreadful chemical attack illegal international attack was launched. they recommended that in the good to see done this and it's long overdue in 2013 as you remember that bashar al-assad used chemical weapons against his own people and nothing was done, although almost 1400 people died. this is finally a limited proportionate strike that puts bashar al-assad on notice, that if he does this again he will not live to do it a third time. >> what is the message to that who has had bashar al-assad's back in his rear end protecting him this whole time? >> i like the way you put that

because that is precisely the message and that is control your client. do not defend him, do not deny that he is doing what he is -- that he is using chemical weapons, which is what the russians have done. do not veto resolutions in the united nations which is what the russians have done aimed at resolving this dreadful crisis. it is also a message to russia to control bad behavior finally it's a message to the chinese that are sitting with donald trump at new york state where they can choose -- if you are sitting there and you are president xi jinping and you are watching this, you suddenly have a different opinion about what president trump is a willing able to do. to stop the use of wmd and that

has to make a huge impression on president she when it comes to north korea. it's really a threefold message, want to bashar al-assad, two to the russians and three to the chinese about north korea. >> what happens to bashar al-assad? nikki haley was with her the other day interviewing her, she called him a war criminal. that means bringing him to the international criminal court, potentially. only 30 seconds left. does he leave the regime change? is not so moscow friendly because of their bases there? >> we still don't know. i don't think the policies such as it is toward syria has change. as your interview with nikki haley shows because a week earlier she had been saying exactly the opposite things. we don't know what the the trup administration has in mind of broader goals for syria and for bashar al-assad. >> judy miller i know you will be with us in the evening. thanks so much.

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statement at that point that the use of chemical weapons would use to enormous conflict consequences. fast forward six months later, nerve gas used to kill 26 people. in august 202013, hundreds suffocated in the syrian blaming this syrian government for that attack, president obama then went to congress asking to carry out strikes but didn't get the support he was looking for. he ordered syria to account for and just destroy its chemical weapons. the government stocks were not fully accounted for and that it retained no supplies. that's what we are seeing here. the u.s. launched air strikes on isis in 2014 and then the next year 2015, there were more reports that chemical weapons being used by the government. civilians of course are brought to this week, at least 80 people killed. from that horrific chemical attack and the images coming out of syria this week are just devastating. back to you guys. >> they are an unforgettable and

prompted the president to act. thank you, jackie. i spoke with our new ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley just a few days ago about bashar al-assad and what the u.s. should do and her reaction to russia's continued protection of assad and the security council. we will have more on that straight ahead. >> we will also be talking with fox news contributor colonel michael walz. he knows a little about this region and one of the next steps, where does this go from here on this busy night. stayed with us. whether it's connecting one of the world's most innovative campuses. or bringing wifi to 65,000 fans. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink.

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>> assad is a war criminal, plain and simple, so says u.s. ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. i sat down with her just a few days ago just before the chemical attack, and in her interview she faulted the obama administration and the u.n. security council u.n. security council for prolonging the civil war that has been such a human contrast or fee taking estimated half a million lives, as well as causing roughly 14 million refugees. you see her there in the security council so she's confronting the russian bachelor directly the rest of the master of by showing those photos that we've seen with children who are gassed in that attack in syria. it was a stark and blunt moment. the stark counsel again last night was unable to reach a consensus on the syrian issue. because of russian support for assad in her interview, she

braided him a war criminal who should face justice. >> do you feel the security council failed when it comes to syria that the war and this horrendous carnage could have been prevented? >> i think you know the previous administration needs to take responsibility for that as well. you look at syria and is just gone so far off. first of all, assad is a war criminal. he is use chemical weapons on his own people and he's not allowing aid to come in. he's very much a deterrent to peace. you look at the fact that the security council has to take knowledge when the chemical weapons, we have proof that he's used it three times on his own people. why are we dealing with that? and you have to look through iranian influence in the fact that we have to get that out. syria is in such bad shape, but it doesn't have to be that way. if you look back so many things could have been done to prevent where we are today. and that's what we need to focus on now. >> bolivia happens to be a per

temporary member of the security council and they have called for a an emergency meeting. later today, ms. haley would like to point out that they did not call back on the chemical weapons attack by the assad regime on isis, on radical islamic terrorism. instead she says they have focused all their attention and many of these meetings on israel, the russian ambassador by the way it last night said if there was going to be an attack, it would have negative consequences but did not go further what that could be. >> seems a bit off base. >> let's get a military insider's perspective now on the ongoing events for the middle east. we are joined by lieutenant colonel michael walz who is a former green bay commander and onetime counterterrorism's advisor to vice president dick cheney. thank you so much for joining us. you wrote a book called the warrior diplomat. diplomacy has not worked in that region. it was attempted by the previous administration with the strikes today on this target. what you make of them? >> as a military officer and a

one has doubts about trump during the campaign, president trump has acted just as we would want our commander-in-chief to act. he was decisive, he was bold, and he moved forward with the military option and response to a heinous war crime. what trump is shown the world now with this act was that he has not president obama. let's think about for a second what this has not count. there are not weeks of deliberation and less u.n. meetings and talking to congres congress. they may be announcing what they would or wouldn't do. weeks in advance like we saw in the obama administration. the other thing that we saw there was the inaction has very serious and very tragic consequences. i think if we had moved for without again and not acted now and turning a blind eye to a chemical weapon attack would have given a green light around the world for the use of wmd.

>> colonel, move us forward a little bit here. a decisive first action by the president. if you are bashar al-assad, if you're vladimir putin, if you are the iranians have already doing and what are you talking about this war and the middle east in response to this? >> until just a few weeks ago, lots of folks thought that it would be relatively easy and it made sense to partner with assad and by extension to russia for all of us to focus on defeating isis. i think the big shift in policy that we are potentially seeing here that we can't just focus on isis. what i want our viewers to completely understand is that assad, russia, iran, has not been attacking isis over the last couple of years. they've been attacking every other group but. so that they can eliminate any type of middleground choice and that we would have an international community would have no tip a choice except for isis or assad. i think that dynamic has completely changed and moscow now is weighing this option and

i will be very interested to see is the day unfolds in the middle east today as we speak, what type of response that we see. we could see a response and i rock from the iranians. we could see shiite militias fighting in a relative proximity to our forces. and right on the outskirts of morocco there is close troops to our traders and with the kurds and with kurds and other arab forces. we could even see things escalate some action in the street of -- there are a number of places where the iranians and russians could dilute the temperature if they need to. and let's not forget as well, that we have american fighters syrian fighters and russian fighters flying over syria at syria is a speak as well. as a number of places that we

could put but i think what president trump has sent along with scheck and terry matus and h.r. mcmaster is that there will be consequences. >> we only have a moment here but could you foresee a future where bashar future as a stamina. q. week regime change -- could this keep it limited in scope? >> i think it could be. i think the russian's interests are in their own present in western syria where they have their expanding base in with nokia. they always want access. assad personally has to go but they are able to maintain those interests. i think we could see some daylight diplomatically to pull them away. >> there is an opportunity. thank you for your expertise. earlier in the morning with lieutenant colonel michael waltz and joining us on the phone. we will be air strikes help push the syrians at the peace talks in geneva? we will look at the prospect for the end of a civil war and with

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>> what is russia do connect continue to support assad? attacked the rebels we support? or will these air strikes change the dynamic? joining us from palm springs, california, rick, good to see you. the russian ambassador of the security council warning tonight of negative consequences. what are the hazards to our troops in syria, what could the around you fear could be the consequences of the convocations of this air strike. >> i think now is a pressure point because what president trump has change the calculate inside syria, not only for the russians, not only for assad, not only for the turks but what i think is happening right now is a real chance for diplomacy is push forward and talk to our allies to see what the reactions are going to be.

i'm very interested to know what the russian ambassador is going to save tomorrow what maria zach roma, the russian spokeswoman said any minute now, i think we are waiting for that the russians have been very top on the west and the brits in particular for blaming assad and the russians for these chemical weapons and so i think when they look at rex tillerson statement which makes it very clear that the russians promised us that they will be able to control what was going on inside of syria with chemical weapons and they were not able to do it, either they were hoodwinked or they just failed. and i think that statement from rex tillerson is extremely tough and i think that puts it right in the center of the russian is why to the tomorrow security council meeting will be very interesting to see what the reaction is but now is the time for diplomacy. now is the time for a very tough

diplomacy. i would think that this is going to force the assad regime to the table. they are looking at donald trump and they are saying i am not sure that we are going to be able to survive this and we are going to have to recalculate what we want out of this. she does he want to live come up he want to escape? this is where the diplomacy between the turks and the russians and the others are going to be very important to startssad and say you should go, you should go peacefully because if you don't, there's a real chance that donald trump is going to force you out militarily and you are going to have a very ugly endin ending. >> it is a precursor and diplomacy. what is our big list of leverage point? another of country's number of leaders, where can we really go first to twist assad and the russians to say this is going to change? >> i think having a credible threat of military action is really key. we've always had a threat of

military action but it hasn't been that credible. i think what donald trump is saying to the middle east and the entire region is that he is here to enforce president obama's redline. i think that where we have and opening is where donald trump himself has issued a very credible threat of military action. now what we have to do is diplomatically go to the russians and say we this is what can happen. donald trump is serious about this. he is not president obama. there is a new day and you need to recalculate. what we have to do -- we have to do that with the turks, we had to do that with the saudi's, and we really have to pay attention to the regions and with the regions are saying. what we want to do is get rid of assad peacefully. we want him to calculate that he should go because of the end is going to be bitter and ugly if he doesn't. >> we are at a time. thank you and i know you will be

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