we are following post syria, post now a supreme court justice on his way to being sworn in on monday. let us alive tomorrow, if it matters to you, it matters to us. we will be there covering every angle of the issues that cover in your money and your life, see you then. >> 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 this threat and use of deadly chemical weapons. >> hello, everyone, welcome to

schiff, i'm kimberly guilfoyle, and we have brand-new developments in reaction tonight to president trump's decisive response to tuesday's heinous chemical attacks in syria. with classmates strike on a syrian air -- last night strike, the rest of t tolerate the use of weapons of mass destruction. russia condemned our military action and now has one of its four trips steaming toward our two distress that launch the missiles. more on that any moment. president trump hasn't said more about the strike today, he is continuing his talks with china's president xi jinping about north korea's arsenal. let's bring in our chief congressional correspondent john roberts who is live in palm beach florida. john? >> good afternoon to you. the big question and all of this is what come comes next. first of all, will bashar al-assad come to heal, and what is this going to do about u.s.-russian relations.

not particularly good at this point and look like it could be getting worse. sent a very big message to bashar al-assad saying if you keep doing what you're doing, you stand to lose everything. today at the united nations, nikki haley said the united nations is prepared to do more, though she hopes that that was not necessary. secretary of the treasury at steven mnuchin mason is saying that the united states will soon be announcing additional sanctis on this behavior, play for that depriving people of doing business with syria will help bring bashar al-assad to heel. also, the secretary of state said that they did not attack the runway at that air base. there was some news that some flights still taking off from there, said they did not attack the runway because it is a hardened runway, even if they had, it would have been fixing hours. we have seen a very strident

statements from people like the statement for vladimir putin, however, i'm being told that while the public statements are somewhat strident that the back channel diplomatic relations have actually had very little blowback. second tillerson said he is disappointed but not surprised by what he is hearing because that shows they are still backig bashar al-assad. the secretary of state is headed to moscow next week. he'll be having talks with his foreign minister counterpart there, serge lab ralph, next week. i think that will begin to tell the tale as to how this is going to be going forward between the united states and russia. certainly it would seem to put to rest a lot of the talk that president trump is trying to coddle russia, would you say? >> i would say. most of the world access but not

iran and not syria's greatest ally, russia. vladimir putin called the military action illegal and a blow to u.s.-russian relations. he has deployed one of his warships to the eastern mediterranean toward our navy distress that launch the air strike last night. secretary of state rex tillerson goes to russia next week. will he be able to get to the to rethink its support for bashar al-assad? international filaments overnight with a very bold, decisive move but president trump and when some critics are saying is not in accord with his prior statements that he has made. >> which i think is fine. it is a little bit jarring for people who might have been supportive of such action when president obama faced the same decision and didn't do it. i feel like what president trump did last night was put america back on the geopolitical map.

for many years, these atrocitie atrocities, including other weapons that were being used like flooring gas, how are we defining those in the last several years, and what rex tillerson, the secretary of state said, i think that is important for the rest of the discussions will have today. and for the american people to understand, if there are weapons of this nature available in syria, the ability to secure this weapons would not have them fall into the hands of those who would bring those weapons to our shores and time american citizens, this is one of the reasons it had to be done. i also feel like there's no doubt that worrs have been trying to figure president trump out since november 8 and they got clarity last night. final point from me, president bush has been talking about thi this, been speaking to multiple audience all at once. our allies, our enemies, the american people, and our military.

i think what they said to our military is that the strategy might not be perfect yet, it might not have been laid out, been working with that with the national security council and dod, not quite there. this activity by assad basically leapfrogged to the head of the line and he decided to act. i feel like he stood up for the decency that i believe makes america exceptional. >> eric, you have been pretty firm and your resolve in terms of saying that we should not get involved in what is going on despite the humanitarian tragedy that obviously affects everyone. how do you feel now in the aftermath and seeing the specificity of the target and how it went down? >> so i saw this last night, i was watching it all develop, and i think -- listen. i woke up today, we had the meeting. i think president trump proved why i voted for president trump and by a lot of people ended up voting for president trump. on one hand, now you have a conservative supreme court, got

lost in in the shuffle of whatt on last night, on the other hand, even though i disagree with attacking syria with military force, he acted, as dana points out, very decisively. more importantly for me is he did it with chinese president xi right next to him, finishing dinner, goes ahead and calls for the launch. whether or not they launch, the attack with the 59 tomahawk cited syria are going to have an effect on bashar al-assad, maybe it won't have any effect. the effect that it did have, it told not only kim jong-un, that saber rattling going on there, but also, that chinese president realizes who he is dealing with now. he is dealing with a man who is willing to strike another sovereign country while he is just finishing up a dinner with the other superpower. there is no question that donald trump -- i disagree with the attack on syria, but definitive, decisive, and got

the american people behind him with that launch. i applaud what he did there even though i disagree with the tactic. >> no u.s. troops on the ground to accomplish the goal. they were able to take it out, a very successful mission. >> not sure that success has anything to do with the 59 that it. the success will have to do with the optics of it around the world. >> get your reaction on this, just talking about it yesterday in terms of the options with jennifer griffin and this is one of the things i asked her about, alternative sites and perhaps hitting specifically chemical sites, notifying the russians they had time to get out. >> what we know from the options that were given to president trump by the defense department and his national security council is that he accepted the least powerful method, which was a limited cruise missile strike against specific airbases. he didn't go after assad personally, he didn't bomb his

troops, no, he went after these airbases. they can be reconstructed. the question for me and i think for lots of people in the congress is, what is the endgam endgame? because if you do, in fact, destabilize syria by hurting assad, do you plan then to go in and take over syria? oh, my goodness. i think that is what eric bolling is concerned about in terms of a prolonged u.s. military commitment that would mimic something like what happened when we went into iraq or our ongoing commitment in terms of afghanistan. and we do have troops on the ground, as we heard yesterday, and those troops could be targeted for repercussions, either troops in syria or afghanistan, even turkey. so all of that is at play. today i think in the congress, you saw something that was not, i think, divided by republicans versus democrats but by people saying, so, if this is a one time, one-off deal, but we don't know the endgame, if you are

thinking, president trump, about putting americans on the ground, you'd better come to congress. don't forget, trump is a guy who said during the campaign, unless there is a clear u.s. economic interest or national security interest, dana says, welcome at the gas, i think that's bogus. i don't think i see how that is going to be a clear security interest for us. >> really? if the rest of their stockpile -- >> nobody has the capacity. the guy that has the capacity, apparently, would be kim jong-un. what changed donald trump's mind to say all of a sudden this impacts america? he has been making the case, when he condemned obama, no american interest in this, stay out of it. >> he also wasn't president then, now he is president, privy to all of the national security reports, based on his evaluations, he made it. can we talk about russia, they

were given notifications so that they were able to make sure -- >> it was really nice. i love what this will do to the russian narrative on other networks. i guess trump isn't putin's puppet. i think people are making a lot out of this. this is not war. this is the military equivalent of a public spanking. assad just got whacked and i'll three at walmart in front of his classmates, and that's the important -- >> that hurts. >> it does. it's humiliating. trump answered, unlike president obama. he kicked back hard. he didn't think. it is a message that is being sent to north korea, iran, russia, china, not about necessarily winning right now, it is about sending a clear message that there is a new sheriff in town and you can't expect them to do the predictable. there are a number of good things. i happen to agree with this, and i believe -- when you talk about

a atrocities, gassing kids, this feels like a reasonable respons response. this is a targeted, specific, measured response. it also says, i am committing to a redline. that is kind of refreshing. it refutes the putin's puppet narrative and it shows that trump is capable of surprising everyone from enemies to analyze, something he said he would do and he did it, it's funny that he did it while he was having dinner with china. that's like essentially having a meeting and taking a phone call. it does show that you can multitask, which often confuses other politicians. how can he do this and that? he just does it. >> rand paul called me today and said, let's have a discussion about what this is about. he knows where i am that i am in the camp that would disagree with that assessment that it actually changed anyone's mind in syria.

assad, sb 6 points out, was in damascus, and at the airport, and he still has the capability to do it. again, i asked jennifer griffin yesterday, what is the administration's purpose or the military's purpose here? is it to kill assad? and she specifically said, not only not kill assad but not even regime change. >> killing assad would be illegal. you cannot kill another world leader. even if you really want to. no one is ever going to say that. >> but the russians say but we did was an attack on a -- >> if not kill assad, then what? >> maybe first of all, don't use that gas again, number one, and we'll figure out the rest later. i don't care what russia says about, oh, the united states attacked a sovereign country. are you kidding me? ukraine and crimea? give me a break. that is the ultimate fake news. >> the worst of it was, they

also said that they don't think this was caused by the chemical attack. they think this was prepared by the trump administration. >> the cia. >> this is a problem of calling legitimate news fake news, because what russia does in terms of trying to deal with its domestic audience is spread fake news, actual fake news. that is not true. >> i agree it is not true. ridiculous conspiracy theories from even within the united states that somehow the e chemical gas into the plains, like it took some evil genius to figure that out. has the video that shows it was their planes that were doing it. >> the best response when somebody brings up, pulse flag, so was the retaliation, that was a false flag as well. it is all theater. you can't disprove me either.

>> it certainly has change the geopolitical climate. not afraid to stand alone and act unilaterally as president trump did last night. will president trump be taking more action in the days and weeks to come against syria? the latest from the pentagon ahead. a programming note. make sure to catch "fox news sunday" this weekend. the tenant general h.r. mcmaster is giving his first television interview as national security advisor to chris wallace. a fox news exclusive. please check your local listing listings. i mean wish i had time to take care of my portfolio, but..

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>> while, the united states is not going to underwrite the use of chemical weapons anymore. >> i think it shows the world that we are a nation whose words mean something. >> we cannot let use of weapons of mass destruction stand anywhere in the world because they are a threat to everybody. this is a president, president trump, hole will take action if the vital interests of the united states are threatened. we have a president who says he's who will do what he says he is going to do. >> some of the top brass backing up president trump's decision. for more details on the strike, let's bring in our national security correspondent

jennifer griffin. rex tillerson, just a couple of minutes ago, put out a statement saying was carried out -- very deliberate by potus. as we said last night, this is the part i want to get to. the response, at this point, the future will be guided by how we see their reaction. what are they looking for. >> it is interesting, eric, i think with the state department and presidents might be looking for might be different than what the pentagon is looking for. the pentagon planners have a lot of experience with regime change until the aftermath doesn't always go as one plans particularly when a vacuum is created and nationbuilding is required at right now you have multiple -- you really have a civil war, a multidimensional civil war going on. it's been described to me like a rubik's cube, and all of those different groups, you do not want to create any more vacuums.

on the one hand, they box themselves a little bit into a corner because they have sent this very strong signal to assad and to his russian patrons. however, assad survived, and they know, yes, the u.s. military has ways to ramp this up, but the u.s. military also could get drawn further into a quagmire and both russia and the assad regime knows there is no real stomach for that. >> we are going to bring it around. >> so interesting, jennifer, you're doing excellent reporting, we discussed this and talked about those alternative sites just like the one that was hit in particular. what do you make right now of the dynamic between the united states and russia, because what i saw, they took down, they disabled their air defense system that we were also able to get in because they also didn't want us to pick up some of the tracking from that. >> i think what is interesting,

kimberly, the pentagon has this hotline that is established so that they were not innate -- so u.s. warplanes fuente to come up for interest, russian airplanes. that hotline, we are told, is still operational even though the russians have threatened to take it down. it has been used since the attack, and the russians were given a one hour heads up. that means they knew this was going to be a limited strike. this was a very powerful, symbolic strike, 59 tomahawk's, you wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that paid 59,000 balls 59,000. the pentagon has left itself some wiggle room, if assad carries out another chemical weapons attack. they know where the other five or six bases are and other storage facilities for other chemical agents are, and they will strike again. we are told that one of the u.s. navy destroyers that was

involved last night has already returned to port and is resupplying with the tomahawks because they shot, as we mentioned, 60 out of the 78 the two were carrying. they are already resupplying, back in position in the eastern mediterranean as though the u.s. military is retreating. >> how long will it take them to reposition another they are going back to resupplying? >> not long. i'm not going to give away where they resupply but it's close. >> jennifer, what happens if assad uses very much ordinary ordinance to attack, let's say, hospitals, schools, escalate his attack in response to the u.s. christmas attack. >> i think that's a great question, and i don't think we have a clear vision, from all accounts, assad has not given up. we have heard there are reports

that his warplanes are in the air today after his strike, assigned that he wants to show he's still standing, he still air. human rights groups say they have seen the planes flying. inevitably, this is not appropriate rex tillerson has said that he hopes that this will give them some momentum going into the geneva talks toe assad. i don't think we have a clear answer from the administration, the state department, or anyone else on that. >> jennifer, are they looking at the pentagon right now, looking for legal justification, or do they have it based on the world war i conventions about banned substances? i think that's one of the questions that "the hill" is asking for. >> it is interesting, dana. we have not heard articulated very clearly the legal

justification, talk to a jag officer, legal justifications, this is international law, and he is in violation of that. however, if you talk to, particular advocates on the hill who have been calling for a new authorization for military force, they will tell you that the president does have constitutional rights and authorities to carry this out, other presidents have done so, president reagan, president clinton, but there still is this larger issue of, we are still operating in syria and elsewhere on a 2001 aumf. i think this is going to need to be debated in the coming days. >> jennifer, you keep hearing about the paralysis by retaliation, you don't want to do anything for fear of retaliation. in this case, president trump

went ahead and did something and now you're hearing about haslett as one of the potential agents who will do something. is that a potential concern? >> i think that was a factor in terms of military planning. hezbollah is always a factor. of 100,000 iranian troops inside iraq were the u.s. has 6,000 troops. these are all groups and proxies of one another and very close proximity. let's not forget, let's keep our eyes on the prize, the upcoming operation to retake raqqa from isis, that is what the u.s. is gearing up for. this is a bit of a distraction for that. yes, those troops, it's going to be very important in the days ahead. so far the pentagon says they see no signs that any of those groups are going to attack u.s. troops in a direct manner but you always have to worry about the indirect, and that is why groups like has the often used terrorism to carry out that kind

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>> welcome back to "the five." a lot of members of congress have expressed their support for president trump strike in syria including the chairman of the senate armed services committee, john mccain. >> i believe the president of the united states has the authority to carry that out. this president reacted to events which were so horrific that it required american reaction, and i believe that not only was the act itself important, but the signal it sends to the world from president trump was as

important. >> but there are others on both sides of the aisle questioning the constitutionality of it. warning the president not to take further action without consulting congress first. >> the president really doesn't have the authority under the constitution to initiate war. i think now what we're doing is illegal and unconstitutional, and the ramifications could be extreme. >> i don't think he has authority to take action. the constitution is very clear. aside from the defending the united states from imminent threat, the president cannot start a war. >> we already have debate. nothing like a tomahawk missile strike defocus mind some with the constitution says. >> diplomacy without force or threat of force, you want to talk about constitutions and freedoms, that's what protects their freedoms. i enjoy watching people decry retaliation against genocide because trump did it. hillary would have done the same thing, actually said she would have, what trumpeted is a

symbolic response to the indecisiveness of the past, and he basically just said, we are not obama, we're not like that, we don't take this sitting down, it is a very important message to be sending to the world. >> it's interesting, eric, the members had a rough few weeks, at least of the house republican side, re-failed to repair and replace obamacare like they wanted to it. now we have an international situation where many members of congress are saying going to have to get back there and pass some legalization. >> for this? >> for more. >> that's why i think the statement that came out -- i didn't know if it was last night or this morning saying, that was it, we are finished, we have accomplished a goal that we set out to do. and i asked jennifer griffin yesterday with the plan was, it was never a regime change. it was a statement, this could

get worse, and i think donald trump would go to congress if you wanted to declare war on syria. again, i think this is a big mistake to escalate this any further but, you know, is assad going to use chemical weapons again, is he going to hit hospitals and schools? or is he going to have hezbollah, which has bases within syria commit to it for him. it gets so ugly. i hope we are done with this now. >> investor nikki haley said they don't want to have to do mo do more if that's what it comes down to. focusing on syria's reaction, not ours. >> she was very strong on this, i think it's important to send that message, and the united states showed that we are a strong country, we are prepared to act alone and decisively. i think the president made the right call with going ahead and proceeding versus going to congress, then you would lose any kind of element of surprise,

another thing that he was critical of president obama telegraphing and telling the enemy what they were going to do ahead of time so they had chances to scramble and avoid some of the destruction that occurred. now it looks like article two, commander in chief war powers, we'll see with a file. >> juan, there was praised for president trump from key democrats, both nancy pelosi, the minority leader, and senator chuck schumer said, making sure that assad knows that he will pay that price is the right thing to do. so they were willing to give him some support. >> absolutely. i think anybody who cares about the force of moral good for the united states -- i think you said this earlier, dana, that's who we are, exceptional in that sense, standing up for human rights in the world. what's interesting here is commit to me, this is the same

donald trump who said, if it's not about our national interest, economic interests, he's not getting in it. he told obama, don't get in. when you hear some people saying here today, oh, it's great, america acting with force. america has never been off the scene. we are the greatest military force in the world and our ability to use diplomacy should be key. >> a good reminder. >> going to congress and getting the american people behind our military action is also key command right now, that's not there because he didn't go to congress. >> i'm going to take the last word here. >> one good thing, donald trump has lost the support of white nationalists. donald david duke is very upset, the pizzagate creep is heartbroken. >> alex jones. [laughter]

>> today the reason i voted for donald trump, two reasons. >> the president said last night in his statement that the vital security interests of the united states prevent allowing the spread of chemical weapons, but that was the right thing to do, that that was the justification. >> mitch mcconnell said in 2013, speaking to obama, does the use of chemical weapons pose a threat, the answer is obvious. no, it doesn't. >> what syria and isis have done since those years might change calculations. in addition, in 2013, it was president obama who said, if they cross this redline -- and he didn't. >> the congress, the republican congress, refused to give obama obama -- >> that was not why. >> dana, this is my energy

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lines to confirm gorsuch, heitkamp, manchin and donnelly. gorsuch will be sworn in on monday in separate ceremonies at the court and white house. eric, you said he voted for trump because of the court, your moment. >> i think this is a great moment. think of what we would head right now if hillary clinton were president brady would have a left-leaning court, a court that was completely activist and liberal, we knew it was headed that way. during the run-up to the election, we were saying, a lot of people like me saying, if you don't even like donald trump, at least consider the supreme court going forward that the country needs to say at least the center, the only way you're going to do that is if president trump is there. fortunately, republicans had tuesday nuclear option to get that, such a capable and able and qualified supreme court

justice on the bench paid >> dana, we're short on time, but i want to ask you. my theory is that we politicize the court now beyond repair, the senate is obviously highly partisan. why believe anything that the court does is impartial? >> lets give neil gorsuch a chance. for example, president obama, some of his executive overreach was rejected 9-0 by the court even after he put two supreme court justices on. i think he will rule based on the law, and i do think we should have a moment to think people like neil gorsuch and his wife that are willing to take a lifetime of government public service. obviously the pinnacle of his chosen profession, the legal profession, to be a supreme court justice, but they do sacrifice some of their other opportunities in life, and i was grateful that he was willing to do it. >> what an incredible commitment, you know? the man can do anything. >> greg come up when people talk to you about the court these

days days, and they say, oh, boy, we've got a conservative court for generations to come come up does greg say? >> i'm happy. can we retire to use nuclear? like calling thumb wrestling mixed martial arts. this was an overreaction, this guy is as extreme as a box of kittens, as deering's mayonnaise. the democrats prove they are the party of outrage and their exhausting americans with their constant tantrums over everything. relax, this guy is okay. >> wait a second, kimberly, the heritage foundation, the federalist society said he was not mayonnaise, they said he was a hard-line conservative. >> well, he is in now, isn't he? i think he is a brilliant legal mind, the country is lucky to have him to be able to serve, and for president trump, the icing on the cake is going to be the 100 open trial federal and

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>> back, now, to the first military strike president trump's presidency. the syrian attack, assad cast them with the band chemical gas called sarin. how do we know? catherine herridge will fill us in on the evidence. how is it going, catherine? >> a government official tells fox news that the intelligence picture came together quickly for multiple streams of information including satellite imagery, radar, and input from regional intelligent services. the defense department releasing this graphic that shows the flight path of syrian jets over the side of the sarin attack. the red dots showing the jets traveled from the base and were over the area twice in a nine minute period consistent with the explosion and the sarin gas release. another reason the plane came together quickly and seamlessly,

they are target folders for the six main syrian basis, developed prior to 2013 with the capability to deliver on president obama's redline. last night's plan, executed less than 72 hours, because of the strong intelligence and the existing targeting plans. as general jack keane explained on "fox & friends." >> we always have contingency plans, assad only has six bases that he uses operationally, we know the infrastructure at those bases, those are the depots, the fuel storage, the runways themselves, certainly the aircraft, that is the airpower infrastructure. >> the intelligence of the airbase as described fox news as highly detailed and overhead imagery, and the base has chemical agents which have to have special storage facilities to exclude moisture and oxygen, and that was indicated and obvious from the satellite pictures. let's bring it around.

k.g., i thought there were no more chemical agents according to susan rice and john kerry? wasn't this a big victory? >> come of course, people have created, making the world safer, no, making the world laissez-faire in decisive action and improper inspections. under deadline saying they should consider, and i'm sure they are, and make my terms of making sure to eradicate any other supplies that they may know about. if you heard the reports, they knew about these committees were mapped out specifically for president obama to be able to act upon and the information was still relevant and good, from the satellite imaging, et cetera. president trump acted on that intelligence, which i think is a very important point. >> likes to think of the intelligence, juan? >> i trusted. i don't think is it is endowed, i don't think without someone else had done it and this was as you are describing a false flag effort in order to get us to

act. i think it is pretty obvious. the question as we come to some conclusion here is to go on, what is next? how to deal with this, and do congress and the american people have the political stomach for anything else? >> what do you think, eric? >> my concern is, yes, we do have good intelligence, but remember who is supporting this, the iranians are supporting it, russia, hezbollah, and if i'm not mistaken, i thought i read something in "the guardian" that set her back was against the strike. here's my point. i hope this works, i hope it is limited and we are done with it because it is a messy area. >> if syria isn't responsible, who is? no one ever says, who is? the other question is, by what they do this? why do evil people do things? >> right. sometimes you have to make a

decision based on moral equivalence. are we exceptional as a nation at what we want to protect other people? the other thing i wonder, apparently president trump said the picture and videos of this attack is what elicited the outrage in him, but assad has other ways of killing, and he doesn't hesitate to kill his own people and innocent children. that is interesting to me to figure out. so how does that emotional response, which i share, translate into a coherent strategy that is legally justified and sustainable? that will be the question in the next couple of weeks. >> and it is a good question. final thoughts. healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have a sudden decrease or loss of hearing or vision,

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>> welcome back to "the five." a few final thoughts now on what is next after last nights strike in syria. greg? >> i don't know what's next. i know i have a show tomorrow night with you you and rob o'n, spent a lot of time on this topic, i hope everybody will tune in and check that out. yes, i turned this into "one more thing." >> you'll be disciplined by me later. >> we would have jasper here for his "one more thing," it is his birthday, but that is an appropriate today. i think the president did not solve any problems but he did put america back on the geopolitical map in a big way. i don't know the consequences will be, but i do think that now

that the strategy is more urgent we will see something more within the next couple of weeks. >> i agree with you and that is putting america first in my opinion. back in charge. no more leadership vacuum. >> let me phrase it this way. 2,920 days to diminish america's standing in the world stage, president trump got it right back to where it should be. >> i don't understand you guys. i really don't. i don't doubt america's power or influence, and the idea that we would get back into what you, erica might have said, could be another quagmire -- >> i think the whole benefit of this is with the rest of the world. >> they didn't know, nobody knew. >> believe me, they know. the question is, does america have the political will for this long-term effort? >> all the red. our prayers go out to the families and victims of this horrible atrocity with the sarin gas and that brutal dictator. before we go, we do want to wish

a very happy birthday to juan williams, be here on monday when he turns a youthful 21. juan, you look mahvelous for your age. we'll bring you snacks. this is an fox news alert, i'm bret baier. in washington, we are following several major stories, starting up with reaction to president trump's military strike on syria. russia has moved a warship into the mediterranean toward the u.s. ships that launched those missiles. the strikes were in retaliation for a syrian chemical weapon strike on rebel-held territory earlier in the week. another huge story tonight, the senate confirms neil gorsuch to the u.s. supreme court, a historic vote following yesterday's nuclear option of eliminating the filibuster. so what is next for a field supreme court bench? and date significant drop drop