distraction stand. >> i thing a lot of people can wrap their head around that one. thanks for being here this morning, really appreciate your insight. thanks for tuning into a special early addition of "fox & friends" first, and early additi >> tonight i ordered military strikes in syria. >> a serious matter requires a serious response. abby: 59 missiles planted as one air base. >> struck a military force, not just a chemical attack but future chemical attacks. >> bashar al-assad on notice if he uses chemical weapons again it will be the end of his

regime. >> as we face a challenge of our very troubled world. >> live from new york city, 8:45 last night eastern time, donald trump orders tomahawk missiles to strike syria. 59 cruise missiles hit the airfield where the chemical act killed 80 tuesday. happening in a direct targeted way. the sharad airbase where the chemical attack came from. making sure russian targets were not struck as well. abby: making sure we destroy any capacity to do this again. we went after the airstrip, hangers, control tower, ammunition area and there was a warning in advance so people

would know the attack was coming, we would be injuring or killing many people, there are two reports, two soldiers were killed, four soldiers were killed. >> donald trump last night in addition to the fact that we called russia and said in 30 minutes we are going to start bombing, the president also turned to his dinner companion last night, the president of china and said we are going to take out that airbase where those planes came from. china in the past has gone ahead and backed rusher in their attempts to protect bashar al-assad in syria. the president last night at 9:00 talking from mara lago. >> on tuesday, bashar al-assad launched a horrible chemical

weapons attack on innocent civilians using deadly nerve agents, 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, chemical attack was launched. it is in this vital national security interest of the united states to prevent the spread and

use of deadly chemical weapons. tonight i call on all civilized nations to join us in 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 the wounded and the souls of those who have passed and we hope that as long as america stands for justice and peace and harmony will in the end prevail. good night and god bless america and the entire world, thank you. >> had a chance to speak briefly

on your program. it is clear he is a changed man, seeing the images of those children in that chemical attack as commander-in-chief and leader of the free world if we don't uphold those international norms that those types of things are unacceptable who is going to? it is not going to be the un, and -- >> this is a turning point, 78 days in a turning point because this changes the presidency in a mighty way. >> changes the direction the us has had regarding aggression in that part of the world completely, look at barack obama, he had that red line where people were killed by poison gas just like this, he had a chance to do something. >> it sends a message to the rest of the world that we are not going to lead from behind, we are not going to stand for the brutal and painful death of these children, 86 people were killed in that attack, that chemical attack tuesday and many of them were children. we have all seen the images and

this sends a message to the international community that america will not stand for this. >> this is more than the airbase in syria. we are willing to take action when interests are threatened. >> that is how we feel but what about people around the world? us allies voicing support for donald trump after launching 5 million missiles taking out that airbase. connor powell live on the border of israel and syria with breaking details. >> according to pentagon officials, 59 tomahawk cruise missiles were fired at holmes province a few hours ago. according to syrian state tv and russian state tv there was significant damage done to this airfield from these strikes, we are hearing two things, there were six soldiers killed on the syrian side, because the us

notified russia before these strikes were carried out the syrians stated they were able to get most of their jets out of the way and there was limited damage done and a significant amount of damage, the airfield, syrian leaders are condemning this attack not surprisingly saying it undermines syria's ability in their counterterrorism operations, presenting this as, and extremist groups operating in syria not mentioning the fact that this was the airfield, where chemical weapons, and departed from and returns to. and they struck this airfield in connection to this chemical weapons attack a few days ago. the bigger question is what happens next?

very precarious in this region, israel and saudi arabia praised this move but what happens next? hezbollah is a proxy group, supporter of the assad regime, they could in fact carry it some type of attack in retaliation, back to you. >> connor powell, thank you very much for that report. ainsley: he was the king of hezbollah. the reason america believes this was carried out by assad's there were eyewitnesses that thought six wing aircraft used to launch chemical weapons to say. they say the al qaeda group and isis do not have these types of aircraft. >> isis doesn't have an air force was they have other ways of carrying out terror attacks.

>> syria has other airstrips which how do they know it was that when? we have things with radar and stuff and we watch the attack and the plane took off, flew over the area, went back and landed there. that is where we bombed. ainsley: a lot of countries in support of this, turkey's deputy prime minister saying this is important and meaningful. israel sent a different message and australia support the swift response by the united states, came out immediately, russia and iran not in support. >> vladimir putin responded differently through his spokesperson. he said in regards to the us attack on syria as aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law under a trumped up pretends.

in the united states, for the most part everybody i have heard on capitol hill has been supportive. rand paul said the president needs authorization from congress but marco rubio said this about what happened last night. >> they are using chemical weapons dropping from airplanes and that is the airfield they are flying those attacks from, they conducted flying bomb attacks in the airfield and sarah and attacks on the airfield so the objective of this mission was not to kill russians but destroy and airbase so assad cannot use it in the future. it has nothing to do with a nefarious conspiracy theory one might come up with. you have an objective and dedicate resources to achieve it and armed forces of the united states as they always do. >> it is clear, let russia say what they want. russia has said they will stop

conflicting over the skies of syria which has potential escalating. >> when russia is in the sky, in syria. as you just heard, marco rubio, you are interested in what the other side of the aisle feels, very supportive from the democrats this morning. >> this is about america. listen to what chuck schumer said, making sure assad knows, he will pay a price is the right thing to do. >> nancy pelosi wrote the strike in syria is a proportional response to the regime's use of chemical weapons. at a moment like this democrats are coming alongside saying this is the right action. >> nice that americans coming

together. how long was the last. >> rallies around the president of the first 24 hours, it is 5:11 in mara lago. some sort of statement in the 8:00 or 9:00 hour this morning. the bond damage assessment and what they did, we should get more details. what happens next? that is so critical and should it go further than one facility, and the president and his team thinking about right now. >> continuing coverage, will assad retaliate? how should america respond? if we do, when should we respond? a warning next. people just can't get enough of me and my discounts.

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>> welcome back. airstrikes ordered in syria as response to a deadly chemical attack. will the president's actions ramp of the war against isis or the assad regime and how should america respond if syria or russia tries to retaliate against our allies? andrew peak is a former advisor to us and nato commanders in afghanistan and joins us to react with you have a fascinating column in the daily news, the first paragraph, six years after the. civil war, 500,000 syrian depth later the us will finally lead to punish the evil regime of bashar al-assad, it is long overdue, you support these strikes. what do you think happens next? >> next, i am very concerned the

syrian government retaliate against our kurdish allies with 1000 us troops advising them and what i would do in the interim is start sending whatever heavy weapons the kurds need, particularly their defense and missile defense systems to protect against countermeasures by the syrian government. >> we have 1000 us in turkey and iraq, understanding the syrian regime works with the iranians and russians. >> it can come from the iranians. the iranians are good at conducting -- against us troops. and was explosively formed projectiles which came from iran. i can see the irani and doing the same pink. >> inside the calculus of the

syrian regime. he was regaining control of the country, why use chemical weapons now? >> two answers to that was one, there is a lot of evidence that syrian military controlled by not damascus, lower-level commanders. back in 2013 when obama threatened to move the previous use of chemical weapons, deployment of sarah and that got away from a local commander, too much was used. these weapons, and the syrian government did not expect a serious us weapons of this usage. >> one of their airbases, the trump administration can keep this narrowly tailored and contained and not grow into a larger conflict. >> i don't think the syrians or

russians have an interest in escalating further. russia shares a lot of interests with the us government in a broad array of fronts, the syrians want to win their civil war, they don't want to give the us any excuse, the one country that worries me is iran. iran benefits politically from confrontations with the united states. >> continued instability benefits tehran. president trump sending a message to the world, but what are the risks, we will break those down next. eight years of assad crossing the red line. a former cia officer will announce that.

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>> in this wild national security interest of the united states for the spread in use of deadly chemical weapons. syria used band chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention and ignored the urging of the un security council. >> donald trump sending a clear message to the world after authorizing a strike on and airbase in syria but what were the risks the president took by

doing this? >> live in new york city, good morning to you. let's start by talking about the target. the target we know was the airbase where the jets took off from with the boys gas and landed as well but the syrians are not the only ones using that airbase. >> i understand why people are uncomfortable getting involved in a jpmorgan like the world's police, while the getting involved? that same airbase used to launch the chemical attack has for a long time been linked to activity by the irani and revolution and hezbollah who we consider a terrorist organization. if that is where chemical weapons were stored, you have a terrorist group operating in that area, that is readily dangerous. >> chemical attack like this have happened under president obama, the response, a new sheriff in town, what message does this send to russia and isis.

>> a friends, and enemy, and things trump said was so quick, and and the wild west. new sheriff once to look like robocop, the change there wasn't much to do. >> we were going to suspend cooperation, and getting into a dogfight with posturing. a dogfight got out of control.

and and minimal casualties. this wasn't warmongering. >> and to strike american military, and the cyberattack. they have to do something, but they have to be thinking i we next, we don't know what we're dealing with. >> the final thing on the list is the attack on us personnel. what is their threat? >> isis will exploit this because there airbase was to keep all opposition forces including isis and other terrorists fighting assad, my main concern is the irani and

proxy like hezbollah and syria. a lot of shiite militias really hate the american president and afghanistan. russia and iran, it sounds crazy that russia is doing this, the us military has to do it. >> what happens? what is the international reaction today? >> a lot will be predictable, a lot of condemnation lose everyone will be planning and the question people will be thinking, is the assad regime going to implode? so there is an internal split we have to deal with? among the other questions we have, also when assad kills a lot more people in chemical attacks what is trump's response going to be? is it just about using chemical weapons or massacres in general? >> thank you for being here. we continue coverage on this breaking situation in syria, the

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with a fox news alert, donald trump hosting the president of china at the same time the military was blowing up and airbase in syria. >> near mara lago, the president's warning, kristin. >> shortly before the biggest military action of his presidency, donald trump was sitting down to dinner hosting chinese president xi jinping at his mara lago was, xi jinping was not given a heads up about what was about to happen with

these strikes syria. before donald trump came out and spoke publicly to the press, listen to this. >> previous attempt at changing assad's behavior have all failed and failed dramatically. as a result the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region to use to destabilize threatening united states and its allies which >> that statement donald trump knocking out the previous administration and sending a signal he is willing to do things for, plagued by a different set of rules, willing to be flexible and take decisive military action and move very fast as secretary of state rex tillerson said he is willing to act when government and actors

cross the line. this action will make the chinese president think a little differently before crossing donald trump, perhaps he is that unorthodox to impose a tariff on china as he threatened to do. trump said that is not what this meeting is supposed to be about first face-to-face meeting, an icebreaker of sorts, they want to keep the focus on trade in north korea. on the air force one flight donald trump said he believes china will be stepping up to help stop the nuclear program but keep in mind trump has threatened to take on north korea without china and has proven he is not afraid to take military action unilaterally. let's bring in the former cia analyst. what is your headline, where the poison gas came from?

>> president trump reestablishes american credibility. that is why everyone was surprised at this was the world became used in the united states that issued ultimatums and laid down redlines and didn't back up, leading from behind, american weakness. we now have a president who says something it backs up his word, that will have an effect around the world. >> what effect will it have on the situation in syria? folks to expect this to happen, for america to take the strong sense. >> it will affect the planning of the assad government, they could get away with it. concerning resolve in syria not very optimistic because i am concerned there are only two options, invading the country, occupying in nationbuilding, the american people won't stand for that are letting the country

fall under the control of isis and outside of. and the deal of the century with russia and europe and regional states and finding solutions to this and i don't know what the solution is. >> the deputy prime minister said this is a positive but it should be completed. do we have a plan for what happens next or has it already been completed? >> i suspect there will be additional strike to take out syria's air force, dropping horrible barrel bombs killing many syrians every day, and engage allies, reinvigorated diplomatic process and i don't know what the strategy is to move to a situation where assad is out of power. we cannot have a situation where we remove assad without knowing what comes next. >> you have been in that town

for a long time, you see what happens when bad actors around the world do things but have you seen anything this quick? it happened tuesday, the gas attack was tuesday. thursday night, 48 hours we hit bombs on the airbase. >> ordinarily we would go to the united nations, extensive consultations, talking to congress, the bad guys would move the weapons out of the area. the swiftness of that action sends a signal to rope states, iran and north korea. >> the targeted nature of it, you let the russians know you don't want to kill russians and 8 the process. would you say there were strategic and targeted to make sure they didn't set up something larger than they wanted? >> it was carefully measured strike, nancy pelosi conceded

that and it is a credit to donald trump for choosing general matus, a brilliant military genius to come up with options, sent the message we wanted to send. >> i was reading stuff that suggested, the reason we gave the russians a head up, some have suggested the russians a head up, and further evidence, colluding with the russians. >> trump haters say anything. donald trump does something which was a real win for the united dates, showed we are serious about weapons of mass destruction, i think it is outrageous but there was advance notice to the russians, some concern syria and aircraft might have been removed from this

facility. >> what do you think russia is telling assad? is vladimir putin discouraging them from continuing attacks like this or supporting him? >> vladimir putin is pretty angry, they are allies, he will not defend what he did but condemn it and say we broke international law and complete the united nations, behind the scenes assad is going to get tough words from the russians. >> additional action from syria or russia will trigger further american action we see immediate follow-ups to the fence and a response? >> i don't think syria will retaliate, syria is already engaging rebels to take down the assad regime, the trump administration may follow up if it sees there are additional barrel bombs being dropped or other attacks on civilians it

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feared than loved? s the democrats coins is now that you were out in the field. is this action the right want to take? >> it sure wasn't sure is we have seen four years, civilians and others, we had this opportunity years ago, we didn't take it and a lot of people died so it is a good proportional response. >> you said we had an opportunity during the obama years to do something and we didn't. did that bother you? you have the authority, do something. >> the hallway we are approaching us. what do we do tactically to degrade the capability of the assad regime? the second piece a lot of us were concerned about was what

about the day after? what we saw in libya and iraq is it is easy to kill dictators, it is hard to run countries. >> even in the trump administration do you want to take that next step or not or is this a proportional response based on international norms, is that were this should stay? >> it is something we can't do unilaterally. we have to engage with the russians and what comes next, it will be easy to get caught up in a quagmire in syria. imagine a call donald trump would have to make to a mom and avoid was what will he say to that mother why their son or daughter died in syria? we have to answer that question carefully. i don't think we have a thoughtful answer yet that will encourage us to send troops to

syria. >> as they launch one of 59 tomahawks the cia business, you love the tomahawk. >> there are a number of good tools to be deployed is what is great about the tomahawk, you can limit the destruction -- >> it is easy to drive around, talking to satellite the whole time governments like you decide rather than hit that base we had another one, push a button and move. >> from what i understand, they did a good job degrading capabilities of assad. if you additional targeted strikes, depending on how russia response. >> we lead from behind for the last eight years, we heard different rhetoric donald trump, now action. >> you will see the russians started come to the table and

negotiate. when john kerry got on stage ringing his hands frustrated with the russians they did what they want and you have an element of surprise, vladimir putin will folks in tehran never saw this coming and they are on notice. >> he meets with the president of china. >> when i saw this last night, at the end of the day. and and -- and >> the attack happened tuesday and says that illegal active aggression, it will be interesting -- china has lined up with russia to protect syria in the past.

>> you will see mister kim -- he is watching this. saddam hussein and iraq, saw what happened, both the good and bad thing, he is very irrational actor. proceeding with tremendous caution but to play that role moderating the crisis. >> what is the single thing you pay the most attention to. >> i want to see what comes out of pyongyang. that will be an important secondary effect. i want to see what is happening in tehran. >> north korea lunch is another scud missile today. thank you very much. russia responding slamming the

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ainsley: the kremlin save the strike on syria violates international law, suspending a deal with the us to prevent this error incident over syria. >> how does this complicate our relations with russia? let's ask gary bernstein. how does this complicate the relationship with russia? >> clearly the president, the

thing i ever heard, rated that last night. and to be a coordination of friendly fire incidents, and the kremlin forced to do something to save face the president of the united states, their clients between the main course. and highly complex dangerous situations, best to apply massive doses of common, that is what donald trump did last night's trading steel lied under. >> last night when this was breaking, i am watching fox

news, he is eating his main course with the president of china, what does that tell you? what does it tell you about the planning process with the national security team because this chemical attack took place tuesday, we are retaliating on thursday. >> planning, potential upside and downside, there is danger, americans on the battlefield syria. the forces of assad, russians, isis. this is a very difficult and complex to do. they did it very rapidly. the response illustrated it was well thought out. the president passed the test,

terrible things happen and make decisions there is no upside to any of these you got to respond in a way that is sound and defend the interests of america and the american people and that is what he did last night and why i voted him. >> had barack obama the red line, had he done something like what happened last night -- >> that is a great question. had president obama enforced his own line instead of waiting for donald trump to enforce the red line -- >> what would be different? >> would not have fired chemical weapons at those people. >> would he even be in power?

is people -- he would still be in power, the us would have moved against him but put a marker down, your behavior as such will act against you and act violently against you it would have understood his position at risk. if he goes across this line next time maybe there are 100, got to recognize that. >> resin and others in the us proclaim international law, the us is breaching it, what do you say to that? >> i don't think clearly vladimir putin would not have approved of assad doing something like this. it puts him in a bad position and so a lot of people say it is

the russians's falls, we need a dialogue with the russian, a more positive relationship, we are up against each other in a number of places and talk these things through, we are not at risk of confrontation with russian. it makes a safer world >> thank you for joining us today. coming up this friday coverage of missile strikes, we are live on the syrian border. >> john bolton will join us at the top of the hour. it's not how fast you mow, it's how well you mow fast. it's not how fast you mow... ...it's how well you mow fast! they're not just words to mow by, they're words to live by. the john deere ztrak z345r.

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