ok peter that will leave it there for now but it's a very good to get your thoughts that was peter ford former ambassador to syria u.k. ambassador to syria and bahrain thank you thank you there's been another development in syria today over the last few hours the country's military says that the u.s. led coalition has brought down a syrian warplane it the city of rak a pilot is reportedly missing to america has not yet commented commented on the incident damascus based journalist alley but it will join us hopefully life and if you more minutes to bring us further details. wednesday's tower block inferno in west london is now believed to have killed fifty eight people play say that number may still rise to is the slow task of combing through the gutted building for bodies continue the fire broke out in the early hours of the morning in swiftly gulf entire twenty four story residential block. all. right. but i'm betting. it. will. have you known for a whole lot. for me her bodyguard. and the lack of a robust government response has led to widespread public theory protesters in the capital

vitiate prior warnings to the syrian troops which allegedly breached the so-called deescalation zone peter ford former u.s. ambassador to syria and bahrain told us that the american military is willing to resort to any measures to protect the armed groups that it's supporting this new attack youth by no means unprecedented. but let's not forget that the circumstances where the new attack took place it appears that it took place. in an area where the so-called syrian democratic army that the rebels financed by the u.s. was operating. in at the old rock are very much an american creation. that. it appears that the syrian plane may have been attacking their pet dog. and given that this is a very american operation the attempt to drive isis from fifty than the americans reacted to protect toyin. in another development in syria tonight iran says it has launched missile strikes against what it calls terrorist bases in syria more on this now we're joined by emily sitting in the studio good evening to you again emily so what are the latest developments here while the veto andrew the iran referee lucia

jordan the same justification was used not the pro assad forces had breached de confliction so peter ford who served as you can buster to syria and bahrain told us the u.s. military is willing to resort to any measures to protect the armed groups it's supporting this new attack youths by no means unprecedented. but let's not forget that the circumstances where this new attack took place it appears that it took place in an area where the so-called syrian democratic army that the rebels. by the u.s. was operating. in the vicinity of rocket it was very much an american creation. that. it appears that the syrian plane may have been attacking their pet dog. and given that this is a very american operation the attempt to drive isis from fifty then the americans reacted to protect that toy. staying with syria iran has fired several missiles into the country targeting terrorists allegedly responsible for two recent mass shootings in tehran explaining that earlier for us i'm least suit talking to under four here in the studio. the iran revolutionary guard which is the elite defense force in the co

. >> peter alexander, jump back in our hour if you pick up anything interesting from the meeting. i'll bring in my panel, donny deutsch and harold ford and peter baker, out with a brand-new book today, obama, the call of history. >> congratulations. >> thanks. >> joining me from washington, there's more, matt slat, conservative union and heidi for usa today and nbc analyst. you cover this white house and everyone knows this president loves to win. do you think it hurt his efforts at winning that he really never sort of got in line with any conservative principles when it came to health care, kept talking about more heart, less mean. anything that was going to do anything to roll back obamacare was going to have to pick some priorities and make tough choices. do you think anyone had that talk with the president snd. >> i don't think we have a sense of what this president wants the bill to be. we don't know the top priorities other than saying the obamacare program is gone. he made a point of saying it isn't working and collapsing in its own weight own ought to be fixed but he hasn't weighed in, this is the only way i see doing it. in

bureau chief sam ford shows us the new pictures detailing what happened last month. >> that -- sam: chief peter newsham spoke turkish today, reading off the names of 16 turks, two canadians of turkish descent and two citizens one from virginia who have already been arrested. most from president erdogan's personal security team when he was here for a state visit. they are wanted for beating up peaceful protesters in the may 16 across from the turkish residence, where some erdogan watched. >> we saw the violence perpetrated here in washington, d.c. this is something we won't tolerate. sam: the targets were kurds and armenians who opposed turkish government. nine people were injured, including two seriously. of braising attack -- brazen attacks on washington, d.c., from foreign government, bodyguards no less, ever. sam: will they send people back to face charges? >> when a crime is committed we charge them with crimes. sam: but if they don't come back voluntarily the bodyguards should stay away from the united states period. they will face arrest if and whenever they return. reporting from north w

ford theater. today on the front page of the "new york times" this morning peter baker, the white house reporter for that organization, with his story about the president's tweets and response. focuses mostly on tweets president sent on saturday and sunday. even after the investigation getting under way, mr. trump wasted little tape to defend his disputed travel ban on visitor and criticizes the judges who blocked it. he decided to go after the mayor of london at not being tough enough on terrorism. he mischaracterized the mayor's position, why didn't his rip with the united states european allies a bit further. he set off a chain reactions triggering partisan reactions that illustrates just how poll layer -- polarized the united states has come. we want to hear your thought this morning on the president's response to the london attack. democrats it's 202-748-8000, republicans 202-748-8001, independents 202-748-8002. we'll start with tim calling from west virginia, republican good morning. caller: good morning. my comments comes to the president's comments are clarity. we have to come to the realiza

ford to ask the chief if they help make arrests. sam: since they began putting out surveillance video of crimes on youtube, are citizens responding with tips? d.c. police chief peter newsham insists they are. >> the images we have put out are one of the things that improved the ability to close cases. sam: remember these from may 5? many aired the video of the masked men seemingly unidentify but not the people who knew them. of the robbery on 7-eleven on youtube charging documents receive they received a tip from someone who said that the suspect lived in the 5900 block of southern avenue. they were identified and that is what are who police arrested. the pair also hit another 7-eleven and dennies next door. >> you can do it anonymously. that is an important piece to get out there. call us. or text us. you don't have to give us your name. tell us who the person is in the image and we'll take care of the rest. >> police put out video for violent crime and t for some thieves tiptoe around home in this video of a may 22 unsolved burglary on perry place north east. i'm sam ford, abc7 news. larry: i'm larry smith at the "live desk." new at 5:00 tonight one in four amer