judge gorsuch replaces the late antonin scalia. i'm melissa francis. here's shep. >> it's noon on the west coast, 3:00 in washington. 10:00 p.m. in damascus. we're waiting to here how bashar al-assad will respond to president trump's missile strikes. al-assad is not the only one watching now. fox news has learned that a russian naval ship is heading to the region. experts say it's of no concern. we'll here from general jack keane and chris wallace. the president is monitoring the aftermath. we'll get reaction from around the world and hear what lawmakers from both sides have to say. two other major stories. the confirmation voted for neil

gorsuch and attacks in sweden. a driver plowing his truck into a department store, a lot of news. let's get to it. and first from the deck this friday afternoon, we begin with a stark warning from russia. the russian prime minister is now saying that the syrian strikes have put the united states on the verge of a military clash. quoting here "the last remaining election fog has lift. instead of a overworked statement about a joint fight between the enemy, isis, the trump administration proved that they will fight the legitimate syrian government in a tough contradiction with international law and without u.n. approval. he writes the strikes have put the united states on the verge of a military clash with russia. that as we get word that a

russian warship is headed toward the two united states navy destroyers used in the strikes on syria. we're nearing 24 hours now since the president ordered the strikes on that air base in syria. a response he says to this week's deadly gas attack in syria that killed dozens, including women and children. an attack which the president says there's no doubt the murderous syrian dictator bashar al-assad ordered. the strikes hitting overnight in syria. the u.s. navy firing 60 tomahawk cruise missiles from two war ships. syria claims seven are dead and we're getting our first apparent look at the base after the strikes. this is russian defense video taken from the cockpit of a drone. more drone footage from russian television. this time in color. according to the u.s. military, the targets including runway,

the aircraft themselves, hangers and fuel. i'll show you on satellite images. and this video from syrian state television reported there from near that very base. if you look in the distinction answer the, you can see smoke a on the horizon. for president trump, this is clearly his most dramatic military order since taking office. and more importantly, probably as a nation, it's a significant change from the u.s. approach in that war-torn nation and dealing with the tyrant himself who for years has been slaughtering his own people. al-assad called the strikes reckless and accused the united states of helping isis. >> the aggression of the u.s. on syrian air force today is a proof that the united states is not intent on fighting terrorism

but helping terrorists. >> beyond syria, the white house is in a new world with russia, it would appear, along with iran, al-assad's biggest backer along with the russians. fox learned that a russian warship is making its way to the area and this is no longer a conflict by proxy. vladimir putin said that the president ordered the strikes under a far-fetched pretext. putin says they will reduce cooperation with the united states and reinforce al-assad's air defenses. i want to show you what the the air strikes targeted. here's a satellite image of that syrian base. it's a pretty expansive place. you can see the runways and the access lanes. they're from image sat international.

a private company. let's add some color to this map. this will give you a better idea of what everything is. let's watch the colors. in the yellow over here, those are described as double hashened air craft hangers. there's 13 in yellow. according to the military, they hit all 13. in orange, those are workshops. the one dot there. for aircraft maintenance. if you look in the blue down here, all of this, these are ammo storage areas. you can see that there's roads that lead to them for storing ammo in all of these different places. where each blue circle is, that's where a tomahawk missile strikes. we're told all ten storage areas were taken out. let's look in red. the red dots here against these roads, they're defense and control systems. so in these areas, they're able to control what happens in the flight pattern here. in green, fuel and stories

reservoirs. looks like there's three here. officials say the strikes wiped out most of them, but they say a couple are left. we'll have comprehensive coverage throughout the hour. jennifer griffin has more. the pentagon is investigating whether moscow was involved in the strike on the syrian people with the sarin gas. what do we know? >> we were just told this by two us is senior military commanders. last night administration officials told fox news that they had evidence that russians were present when the syrians loaded those chemical weapons on to that war plane. u.s. officials tell us a russian or syrian drone was seen flying over a hospital where the victims were taken on tuesday shortly before that hospital was bombed. the russians or the syrian

regime was trying to destroy and cover up evidence of the chemical attacks. last night there were 12 to 100 russian military personnel at the syrian air base when the u.s. military struck. that according to those defense officials that just briefed here at the pentagon. the all is military took efforts not to hit the barracks. they don't believe there were any russians killed. the u.s. said they gave russia an hour heads-up. about 20 syrian aircraft were destroyed at the base, shep. >> shepard: what do we know about the timing on when the president decided to take the strike? >> we're told yesterday at 4:30 eastern time after being briefed but the national security team at mar-a-largo, he took the decision. general mattis and his national security adviser flew down separately from their boss with the plan. 60 tom house missiles were launched from the eastern m

meredetarian sea. it tookes 30 minutes to launch the tomahawks. some circled overhead and then an hour later at 8:40 p.m. eastern, all 59 missiles hit within two to three minutes with the trump administration said the nerve agents were loaded on to a russian-made war plane. we just learned that that hotline set up between the russian and u.s. military to prevent military mishaps in syria, that is being shut down by the russians. back to you. >> shepard: jennifer griffin with the new developments. thank you. let's turn to general jack keane from the united states army. thanks for being here last night and today.

>> glad to be here, shep. >> shepard: a couple things. this russian ship, the russian destroyer on the move toward our ships, what are we to make of that? and the bluster from vladimir putin and his spokespeople? >> well, first of all, the russian ship is staying in international waters. has a right to be there. i don't think our military leaders are all that concerned about it. russia does not want to go to war with the united states. russia has been pounding our proxies inside of syria, the syrian monitors. the c.i.a. was the first one that they bombed with their air campaign. if they were going to do more, that it use their own bombers. so unlikely any conflict between u.s. navy ships and russian ships. in terms of putin's bluster, we're used to it and we'll hear more of it. frankly, russia and iran is in a good spot.

let's face it. they beat back the opposite forces out of aleppo. they consolidated the regime's holding. russia was able to succeed and accomplish what they intended to do, prop up the regime when they were in danger of being overthrown in 2015. they accomplished what they wanted. i think for them to do anything that would aggravate the situation further doesn't make a lot of sense to me. >> after 37 years in service and we thank you. you have a lot of good contacts. i wonder what your understanding is of the next steps. >> well, i think certainly as sad is controlling fate here. if he wants to continue to use wmd, we'll take down those other five air fields and make certain that all of his aircraft are grounded permanently. so he holds that fate. i don't believe the russians will do anything to aggravate the situation with the united states. they do not want to have

confrontation or conflict with the united states. i think from our perspective, we're going to focus on taking isis down. the pentagon has submitted plans for that. the president has approved the plans. we'll see the manifestation of that unfold in the next number of weeks. he's not going to tell us how or when he's doing it. it will unfold and the media will start reporting on it. in terms of the overall strategy object syria, let's be frank about it. there's nothing easy here. this is by and large an intractable situation. we squandered all the opportunities, shep, to do something favorable here for the syrian people over the last five or six years. we are out of options. i think safe zones still make some sense because it would be a way to get some of these syrian people away from these bombs that are going to fall on them, conventional bombs and artillery. we can protect them with international forces to do something.

i think that's something that we should work -- it's worth doing. >> shepard: general jack keane, thanks for the information. >> thanks, shep. >> shepard: the strike in syria was a message. not only to the syrian dictator but to others. the missile may have sent a powerful warning to north korea. one that the united states is willing to go it alone. so what does this mean for president trump? as he meets with the leader of china. an ally of north korea. how important a meeting that now is as the news continues on a friday afternoon from the fox news channel.

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. >> after ording the strike on syria, the president had dinner with xi jinping. that had about 30 guests at the president's resort in south florida. an analyst sent the message that president trump is willing to go it alone when it comes to taking on dangerous dictators, possibly even china's ally in north korea. john roberts is live in mar-a-largo in south florida. explain how this decision came about, john. >> shep, good afternoon to you. clearly a lot changed for president trump. back in 2013, donald trump urged president obama not to take military action in syria in response to that august of 2013

sarin gas attack that killed 14. but now he launched attack he did last night. what changed? having to weight of command on his shoulders, now he's president played a lot into it. seeing the horrific children dead, dying or suffering so horribly played into it and then there's this idea that if bashar al-assad were to get away with it, the use of chemical weapons might become somewhat normalized and would increase the chance that they would be used against the united states, which presents that urgent national security threat that the president cited last night. this decision-making process unfolded over the course of 24 hours at four meetings with the president at 10:00 on tuesday morning culminating with the meeting here at mar-a-largo on thursday afternoon in which the president made the decision to go ahead and do it at 4:00 p.m. i'm told the president is very

pleased with the way the attack was carried out, praising the performance of the military among members of his staff and as well, very happy with the global response to this, which many of america's allies and most of the arab countries of region offering words for support for the action taken in syria. >> shepard: john, one country not supporting this is russia. what is happening with that relationship? >> as jennifer griffin mentioned, this deaconfliction line will be taken down. and despite all this public bluster and statements, i'm told by sources that along official diplomatic lines there's very little blow-back from the russians. sean spicer was here.

i asked him about that. >> there was no contact with russia. the rest of the world understands that we took justifiable action based on the tragic actions that the assad regime took. this is an action that cannot be tolerated. >> here's where the tale will be told. rex tillerson is headed to moscow next week where he will meet with his russian counter part. talk about being a fly on the wall, that will be an interesting one to be a participant in. shep? >> shepard: stay warm, john. looks nice there, doesn't it? the missile strike on syria was a measured step. we could see more of it. those words from the united nations ambassador nikki haley today. i'll speak with chris wallace about what is next.

we'll have lawmakers live here to discussion their reactions and how this could unfold. it's a busy news day. glad you're in.

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>> shepard: if you're going to support a bloody dictator, the whole world should know it. that's what nikki haley told bolivia. she says bolivia's ambassador called for a closed door meeting after the strike. but as president of the council, she's a decider. nikki haley is holding an open door meeting instead. any country that chooses to defend the atrocities of the regime will have to do so in public view for the world to

hear. the bolivian ambassador welcomed the meeting. >> the united states took a very measured step last night. we're prepared to do more. but we help that will not be necessary. it is time for all civilized nations to stop the horrors that are taking place in syria and demand a political solution. >> ambassador haley called out moscow saying the russians have stood beside syria every time bashar al-assad has crossed the line of human decency. let's turn to chris wallace. a lot going on at the u.n. >> well, a lot is going on with the trump foreign policy. think about what a dramatic statement this is. this is a president who ran saying he wasn't going to get involved and this is a president trying to reach out and create a new relationship with the

kremlin. over the course of the last 24, 48 hours, all that has gone out the window. this is a president who is involved in setting a very bright -- yes, i'll use the expression red line in syria -- about the behavior of assad and his secretary of state and u.n. ambassador have taken on russia and talked about their involvement and complicity with the al-assad regime and attacks on civilians, a dramatic turn-around in trump foreign policy this week. >> shepard: have you learned anything about the next steps? the if then possibility. if assad carries out another attack like this, then what? >> i'm told there's quite a split. i'm told by a top u.s. official, there's quite a split inside the trump administration, that general mattis, secretary of defense is one of the hawks on this. in fact, wanted to take even

more action in this attack yesterday. this is a very measured attack. yes, they fired 59 cruise missiles but it's all at one air base as general keane mentioned. assad has six air bases and could have gone at after command and control and the president personally. the president just decided to go after the one base specifically tied to the chemical attack in northern iraq and the civilians there. mattis is one of the hawks in this regard and steve bannon, one of the american firsters and who is one of the people pushing during the campaign the idea that we shouldn't get involved with other countries, we should be looking to this country, has been one of the people pushing for restraint, seems that in his decision yesterday, president trump took the kind of half step. i think it's easy to answer part of what you're asking.

if there were another chemical weapons attack, there's no doubt that president trump would respond and escalate his attack. the more interesting question is, because he didn't go after the regime, he didn't get involved in the civil war, he made a statement about chemical weapons, what happens if assad goes after civilians in northern iraq with conventional weapons? then what doespresident trump do? chemical weapons are over the line but slaughters thousands with conventional weapons isn't? that and more. >> shepard: chris has a exclusive interview with one of the mans helped trump plan the strikes. lieutenant general m.r. mcmaster. this will be his first interview since getting that position.

he's not done national television. he will this weekend only on "fox news sunday." chris will talk to john cornyn of texas and the majority whip and a member of the intelligence committee. ben cardon of maryland, the ranking foreign relations minister. if you can catch one show this weekend, "fox news sunday" is the weapon for you on your local fox station. and ahead, we'll spook to a lawmaker from each party and each party's role in this and whether president trump should have to go to congress for approval as president trump suggested that barack obama should back in the day. but first, what could have been our top story on any other day? the nation getting a new supreme court justice. it's not until the bottom of the hour. it's the top of the news then and we'll have it next.

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>> shepard: the top democrat in the house of representatives, nancy pelosi, is demanding that paul ryan is calling the representatives back after the air strikes last night. she said congress must debate an authorization of use of military force against a sovereign nation. an aide said the president's actions were within his authority but it's appropriate to consult with congress when they consider next steps for the crisis in syria. lawmakers on both sides are criticizing president trump's decision to strike in syria without first going to congress. is others are praising him for taking the action. last night the president said the air strikes were in the vital national security interest of the united states. two congressmen coming now, first a democrat, gregory meeks of new york. he's a senior member of the

house foreign affairs committee and ranking member of the europe, eurasia subcommittee. good to have you here. >> thanks to be here. >> should the president have consulted congress? >> the acts of mr. assad, there needs to be a response. so the question is what is the appropriate response. had he come to congress first, we would know what the plan is because a response is not a strategy. you whether it was the appropriate thing to do or not because i don't know what the strategy is. the president just a week ago had a different plan or at least what he said how -- what he was talking about. so i do believe that this -- it is important for the president now to come to congress with what that strategy is and if there's any additional use of military force, then it should be first voted on and debated by

members of the united states congress. >> shepard: should bashar al-assad launch another sarin gas attack on his own people this evening killing women and babies, the president should go to congress before retaliating? >> i wish he came before. i believe i had the opportunity to vote when president clinton decided to do air strikes on bosnia. i had the opportunity to vote. when president bush went into afghanistan and iraq, i had ant want the opportunity to vote. that's how the american people have their voice and that is what the constitution demands. >> shepard: congressman, did the president do the right thing last night? >> again, i said that if there is a strategy to go along with -- >> shepard: just on the surface of it. retaliating in that way, in that measured way. >> if it's just a retaliation, if it's just a message with nothing else behind it, then i

will say no. if it is and there is a strategy that is behind it, then we -- let's talk. i'm willing to have that dialogue. i need to know the facts. that's what the constitution demands. the heaviest vote that a member of congress has is to determine whether or not that we are to authorize military force. i don't want to avoid that situation. i asked for it also when president obama was contemplating utilizing military force. president obama came to congress asking them to you'd lies -- to give them the authority and congress decided not to step up to the plate. we should step up to the plate. because whether it's this president or any president, we should not share what our responsibilities are under the united states constitution. >> shepard: what ally do you expect to see involved now? >> i would hope we have all of our allies in the gulf region,

because as indicated in the past by secretary powell, once you break something, you own it. so i want to make sure that all of our allies in the gulf states are there as well as our european allies and allies around the world. what has happened and when you talk about the violation of the chemical weapons particularly, it is a violation of international law. i think that is clear. we all need to stop and try to fight together to prevent the humanitarian crisis that syria has begun. which includes making sure that those that are properly vetted and those that for safety, kids and women and et cetera, those properly vetted as they're going to germany, we should allow them to come to the united states of america. >> that was part of your short statement on this matter. you believe that syrian refugees should be admitted to the united states as they are in so many other countries. is the vetting in place, a two-year vetting process for refugees, was that not strong

enough in your mind for the countries that the president has designated? >> the vetting process and has been successful. arbitrarily, determine that we're going to stop those that had been vetteded for two years and make the determination and many of those individuals were individuals that have helped us in the war. some of them had been members of -- had family members here but they had been vetted for two years. for us to arbitrarily say that we're not go allow them in i think is a mistake. it hurts other individuals who would help us with intelligence on the ground from giving us that intelligence. >> congressman, great for you to be here. thank you. >> my pleasure. >> shepard: and now to ron john on of wisconsin. he's a member of the foreign relations committee and the

chairman of homeland security committee. thanks for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> shepard: the president made this decision after seeing the pictures of the babies slaughtered. you know that this slaughter has been going on for seven years. the action of this brutal dictator didn't change. our actions changed. was it warranted and if so what the is warranted going forward? >> i definitely think this is an appropriate response. it's what president obama should have done after the first use of chemical weapons of the syrian people. should have been swift and decisive and would have probably made a difference. the president dithered. he didn't ask for an authorization. president trump did not allow the moment to pass, so i support his very measured response to this atrocity. >> should the syrian dictator strike again on his own people with chemical weapons, should

the president take out his air force? >> we should respond in kind proportionate with whatever measures that the administration would deem appropriate. i think obviously it would be a stepped up response. >> he's been using barrel bombs for the better part of the last five years as far as i can tell. very crude bombs that are tossed from helicopters or fixed-wing planes. they kill every one in the vicinity the same way these do. if we respond to this sarin gas attack, should we respond to n conventional attacks? >> we should have been. this genocide is continuing without a response. but that was president obama's choice not to respond, not to come to congress with robust authorization. something that did not tie the hands of the future president. that's why president obama could

get an authorization for use of military force. it was too weak. he never told the american public why syria is in america's national interest. we've seen the migrant flow and the hundreds of thousands flowing to europe detablizing those countries and putting into risk the visa waiver program. it's about time we're reacting. it's in response to illegal war crime types of actions. i guess we'll take whatever measures we should in answer to that provocation. >> shepard: what should the limit of our response be in the syrian war? >> from my standpoint, if we're going to get embroiled more in the war, that is something that the president should come to the american people and congress to look for an authorization. by present, i do not believe he needs authorization in terms of defeating isis, which is now in syria. we're talking about two situations here. this response was a one-time

response hopefully to deter future use of chemical weapons. if we're going to address the syrian situation, our first step is to defeat isisle now we have to ask our says question. who will defeat isis forces in raqqa and who will hold the ground. that could make a diplomatic solution possible. >> back to al-assad. should there be a regime change? >> i don't see how a dictator, a leader of a country who has slaughtered 500,000 citizens will last long-term. the sad fact, because of our lack of involvement, weakness, we created a vacuum. iran and russia has filled the vacuum. they have solidified their position in western syria. we have to change the facts on the ground and might allow for a

diplomatic solution. >> iran, russia and hezbollah are all backing the syrians. should the united states engage in that fight, you've said here that we should respond in kind if there is barrel bombing and the like. should the united states pit itself against those three powers at the same time and do you have concerns about it spread something. >> the use of chemical weapons is outlawed internationally. that allow as certain response. >> barrel bombing is as well. >> i understand. again, i have no idea why the world didn't response. we're responding now. it's impossible for russia and iran to defend the use of chemical weapons. it was russia involved in precision bombing of hospitals and humanitarian envoys. the obama administration did nothing other than talk about serious consequences. this president produced real consequences. a very measured and very

directed approach to try to deter further use of chemical weapons. i'm not sure where it goes from here. my standpoint, the trump administration should lay out a strategy, should establish some goals. come to the american public, come to congress for authorization if he decides to do something more robust. >> democrat and republicans agreeing on that. senator ron johnson, the republican of wisconsin. grade to be here. >> have a great day. >> shepard: one analyst said the strike could lead to a political solution and there's a clear path for president trump to get there. what might that be? i'll speak with that analyst next.

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>> shepard, well, i think it was a good strike for the purposes that were announced and the purposes that should have been announced. leaves a lot of questions of what comes next. i think it was well-done. >> shepard: what is the effect of that strike practically speaking? >> well, militarily speaking, most of us would agree. not very much. i'm not even sure if there were many aircraft damaged. may have been a few. in terms of any kind of munitions that assad needs, as pointed out, he doesn't need much in the way of technology for the tactics he's employing. it was designed against one air base out of a dozen in the country. it is mostly to send a message. more of a re-establishment of deterrence. it doesn't tell us what mr. trump might do next. he has to think hard about that. there's good options. some involve cooperation with

russia. they're not obvious. >> this russian bluster, how do you read it? >> well, i think the russians will vet nor awhile. for vladimir putin, we've been beating him up for violations of international law. for example, he's used the seizure and annexation of crimea as justifiable because it was russian for so many centuries. but we get on our high horse and blame him for the worst crisis in europe since world war ii and we don't get a u.n. resolution to invade iraq and we invade libya. so he is going to carry out pay-back right now. i don't think it has to necessarily impede us getting back to business next week when i believe mr. tillerson is scheduled to visit moscow. i hope we can start the

cooperati cooperation. it will take some work. but there's ways to each of us getting most of what we want. >> from your knowledge of al-assad, how much danger is there that he would push this toward escalation? >> i think so far very little. because he has to know that the punishment that he received yesterday was very minor compared to what we could do. there's no reason for him there to want to run the risk of picking a fight with a super power. at the moment, all we've said for sure is we want to defeat isis and we won't let him use chemical weapons. otherwise, it's free game for him what he will likely do is keep fighting the war without chemical weapons. after all, 99% of the killing he's done is with barrel bombs as the major problem in this conflict so far. so my expectation is he will see if he can ride out yesterday's strike and have that be the end of it. we'll have to find out.

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>> shepard: police say they have arrested one person after the deadly attack in sweden. they say someone stole a beer truck and killed four and injured 15 more after running it in a department store. we have security camera video. watch here. shows the moment that people take cover as the truck speeds by them. a frantic scene. the swedish minister calling it an attack of terror. it happened in stockholm. officials say they stopped all the trains out of the station. two large shopping malls also shut down.

police say this is an image of man they arrested. they released a photo earlier today. no word on whether they're looking for other suspects. this is right after the crash. sear here in the back? that is the vehicle that beer truck that rammed into the department store. people looking for a place to run there. the truck sticking out of the building. flames burning in the spot where it hit. here's people being treated on the pavement, the cobblestone. the truck attacks are all too familiar. police are taking extra precaution. afghanistan is the site of america's largest war. if anybody knows what it's like to be mired in fighting there, it's the russians. but the russians called it quits on this day in history.

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>> shepard: on this day in 1988, the soviets decided it was time to pull troops out of afgh afghanist afghanistan. the soviet union was stuck in a stalemate. they with drew from the country after eight years of bloody fighting against the insurgents that wanted to topple the pro soviet communist government there. the rebels had the support of the united states. it would take nearly a year until the last soviet soldiers left the country and headed out the kiber pass after the russian defense minister signed off on getting out of afghanistan 29 years ago today. should news break out, we'll break in. breaking news changes everything on fox news channel. the dow has been all over the

place. looks like an ekg. down 272. neil cavuto is up next, this is america's choice for news and information on cable. glad you're with us on fox news channel. >> neil: all right. after the air strikes on that syrian air base following the attack, the battle is on between the u.s. and rush she and the u.n. it got ugly today. off the coast of syria where a russian warship is steaming towards two u.s. destroyers. then look at the dow futures. tanking on news of the strikes before bouncing back as more and more u.s. allies and western european government expressed strong support for those actions. and water on this. a deadly terror a