is that were truly one air force. we have pilots edit are in all three of the components that contribute to operations around the world. quite frankly, as the chief of staff of this one air force, we cannot do the job were doing without our guard and reserve with or with us. i have called it a crisis but i will tell you that it is a national level issue that i'm trying to approach from starting off at a national level. this is just a supply and demand mismatch. the nation, right now, is producing less pilot that we need to service commercial, business, and even naval aviation. you have to start this dialogue at a congress level. on behalf of my fellow joint chiefs, were all affected by this. how do we first to get at this at a level where we can look nationally at incentives to increase the supply to better meet the demand and then you take a look at what were doing with in the military. for me it's a balanced approach of quality of service and quality of life. quality of life tends to be those things that we incentiv

, we are truly one air force with throw components. and we have guards that can contribute to operations around the world. quite frankly, i -- as the chief of staff of this one air force, we cannot do the job that we're doing without our guard and reserve right there with us. but pilot shortage, i have called it a crisis. but i will tell you that it is a national level issue that i'm trying to approach from starting off at a national level. because this is just a -- this is a supply/demand mismatch. the nation right now is producing less pilots that we need to be able to service commercial, business and military aviation. and so you've got to start this dialogue at the national level. and have enlisted the help of congress to work with me as the lead airman on behalf of the -- my fellow joint chiefs, because we're all affected by this to say how do we first get at a at a level where we can look nationally and incentives to be able to increase the supply to better meet the demand. and then you take a look at what we're doing within the

i don't want an engagement with the russian air force. i am hard over on the idea that the syrian air force must be grounded. this man is a war criminal and the air force has been the vehicle of choice to kill 500,000 people. i handful have been killed by chemical weapons. the syrian air force is the biggest instrument of war crimes at the hands of assad. i would tell the russians if you want to fight for the syrian air force, you are welcome to do so. i don't believe they will. >> did you speak to president trump? what did he have to say? sen. graham: he said, what do you think? i said i'm very proud of you. you have reset the world in a way it needs to be. we are no longer leading from behind. you had to do it, you should have done it. i'd like to talk with you about what i think comes next. but you did something very necessary and over time, the world will benefit from this. he said about 100 countries had called him saying he did the right thing. the president of china said he did the right thing. the president of china said he did th

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american missiles hammered a air base 24 hours ago and now that air base has opened. syrian warplanes are taking off from there again. pentagon officials say the strikes were meant to deliver a message to the syrian government after the chemical weapons attack killed # 89 people earlier this week. russia respond, promising more help to syria. president trump praised the troops today who carried out the u.s. strikes, he tweeted this morning, congrat places to our great military men and women for representing the united states, and the world, so well in the syria attack. something else in syria today, the town that was hit by that deadly chemical attack on tuesday it was bold again today. nobody knows just yet who was behind these new air strikes. cnn senior international correspondents clarissa ward and matthew chance is with us now. clarissa, tell us what you're hearing about these latest air strikes in western syria, who's behind them and what's the possible explanation why this town is being targeted again? >> reporter: well, from what we're hearing from activists o

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air force for the strategic air command. it simulates a quick strike response to a surprise soviet nuclear attack against the united states and europe. in the nuclear conflict depicted , millions of americans, russians, japanese and european die. probably used for training, it was made public by george washington university's national security archives in 2011. >> at this moment, you are in the central part of the united states, over 100 feet below the surface of the earth, surrounded by thick, reinforced concrete. in the event of an attack, this entire structure can be sealed, protected against a radioactive fallout. through those doors and around the corner is the operations control room of the long-range air offense force. >> thank you, sergeant. >> from this room, the force throughout the world is controlled and monitored 24 hours a day in peace as it would be in war. this force is a combat ready offense force. it is a deterrent force dedicated to the prevention of war, any war, large or small. this offense forces commen

those are air forces and space. so general john hype, who is a strategies who is responsible for that portfolio of fighting in space should a war extend into space. there's no such thing as war in space. there's just war. but we have to be ready if war extends into space. so we are -- we've been doing this since 1954, the united states air force. the way i see it, not as a competitive dialogue. you know, very often it quickly becomes a competition for resources. that's not where my head is. i look at this this is an obligation i have as a joint chief responsible for preponderance of the space force and the space architecture, 12 constellations we're flying now as we speak. to ensure that we provide those capabilities and we have shared access to space. and that within the dialogues that occur relative to space and all the stakeholders in space being commercial allies and partners, defense, intelligence that we're looking at, first of all, how do we ensure we have good strategy and policy? that it can drive the conce

it's this one air field. it is a punishing air strike. it took out aircraft.. but he has many other air fields. i mean, obviously it was meant to control the air attacks with chemical weapons and it may do that to a small degree, but we don't really know where any other chemical weapons are. they removed massive amounts of chemical weapons in 2013 after assad agreed to that, but they clearly hid some of them. don't know where the others are. but the americans were very sure this was the air field. they knew those two aircraft, where those two aircraft took off from. obviously they didn't know at the time they were armed with chemical weapons. but they were absolutely certain that's where they took off from. >> colonel ganyard in washington, d.c., where do we go next with this? are we now embroiled fully in syria's civil war? >> hopefully not, dan. hopefully this is it. i think as martha and brian were talking about, the attack was so prescribed, it was so -- in such a small area that the intent here was to send a message and not to get into a wider war. if you

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all targeting that one air base? >> reporter: at the moment that is what defense officials here are telling us, they were targeting this single air base called shayrat. a regime air base in western syria they believe was directly tied to the nerve agent attack and the aircraft the syrian aircraft that flew from that base. now, what we don't know is if in the coming hours we will see additional u.s. military action against additional targets. nobody is saying that, but you can never really close the door to that possibility because when they present option to see a president, the military always presents a range of options. here's the list of things you can do based on what objectives you want to accomplish. we don't know if this is just the starting point or if this is going to be it and will it change assad's behavior. having one air base bombed and what signal will it send about a trump presidency. >> reactions from russia and iran who have been propping up the assad regime. >> we're learning more from the pentagon

air strikes in syria. this is according to a televised statement by the armed forces general command. we're still learning about the effectiveness of the strike. is this, above all, meant to send a message to the assad regime? >> well, good morning, dave. i think it is. and the reason it's a message is because of the air base that was selected as a target. this air base was used, obviously, as the base from which the su-23, mig-23 aircraft were used to go after the idlib province targets they went after. when they did this, what the u.s. was doing, they were telling the syrian regime, that we know that you used this as the base from which you launched your aircraft. we know you have chemical weapons stored on this base. the fact that you have the chemical weapons on this base means that you are violating agreements that we have made with you and with russia and quite frankly with international law. and that becomes a real problem for the u.s. and that's the way the trump administration has decided to deal

warships in the eastern mediterranean, hit various targets at this syrian air base, the al shayrat air base in syria, none were destroyed by any surface to air anti-missile that may have been launched by russians or syrians or anything like that. the u.s. secretary of state, rex tillerson, is scheduled to go to moscow next week. is the trip still happening? what were they supposed to be talking about? >> well, it was still happening as early as yesterday, when we were notified about what was going to be taking place. he's coming on the 12th of april, so, middle of next week. it was always going to be a difficult meeting, obviously, because of the long-standing issues, outstanding between the united states and russia, particularly syria and ukraine, as well, and the issue of sanctions. all of that was meant to be discussed. but it's obviously going to be a much more difficult meeting now, if it goes ahead, and we're assuming it will go ahead. what's interesting about this whole development, though, is, i think it's -- perhaps the final nail in the coffin in the idea -- of the idea that

air strike, what would happen? think there ought to be, if there are not, there ought to be, conversations in back chach channel right now, talking to the russians saying, look, we're serious about striking back, we're going to strike back. most likely you have people where we are going to strike back. recommendation is you pull them out right away. so that there are some conversations. we can't wait for them to pull them out because you can't retalia retaliate, can't conduct punishment unless it is very closely related in time to the infraction in the first place. but if they don't do that, and russians are killed, then we've got some problems on our hands and so do the russians and it's going to be able to be resolved only -- only in -- that's one of the reasons why tillerson is going, only behind closed doors in the corridors of power, not on the battlefield. >> colonel jack jacobs, this is the story of the hour, if you wouldn't mind, stand by. >> i shall remain. >> we'll go back to you throughout the hour. we h

air strikes? >> i don't think there is. these air strikes have been a message to assad that isis is already doing whatever it can to hold its territory and fight against the united states and iraqis in iraq and in syria as well to hold onto their territory against an onslaught alliance led by the united states that targets isis. you know, i think the idea that this narrative that this strike is going to aid isis, i think that falls flat. what you look at from a european perspective is to get more clarity from the united states on what the next move is. you just had the british foreign secretary today who was due in moscow on monday ahead of rex tillerson announce that he's not going to go. he's going to focus on the foreign ministers g-7 meeting in italy on monday and tuesday. rex tillerson will be there as well. the germans, french, italians, canadians as well to get a sense of where america stands now on assad and on isis. remembering just a week and a half ago defense secretary james mattis was here in london and the foc

for the air force, $2.8 billion. to find $2.8 billion, i have to stop depot maintenance lines and it's not linear, at the end of the time frame, it's not like you start the line back up midly. all of those workers that have not -- have left and we haven't been able to hire their back fill and lost their qualifications, there will be a spin up time to get them back up and running. by the way, the aircraft that have been flying in the flight are coming due for their maintenance. it continues that backlog over time and what you end up doing is grounding aircraft. and so while i could buy all of the parts in the world, if i chose to be able to do that within my flexibility, those parts will sit on the shelf because i don't have the workforce i need to put the parts in the airplane. >> i appreciate the insight and yield back. >> thank you, mr. chairman and gentleman for your testimony and leadership and candor about the impact on the men and women in uniform putting their lives on the line to protect our freedoms and i re

air strikes.s calling on the house to have a vote, the type of vote they did not have when president obama was weighing striking out against assad or striking out against isis. now the house minority leader is asking for such a vote. >> the big question is will members of congress wibe willin to put their name on this. they wouldn't do it in 2013. will they do it now? >> correct. >> also, we know that next hour the president is meeting once again with china's president. this as china's already voicing opposition to those air strikes overnight in syria. good morning. what are you hearing? >> good morning, poppy. as you said, that meeting will get underway next hour. there is also a working lunch scheduled for the president and president xi and there are a long list of issues on the table to be discussed, everything from north korea's nuclear ambitions to trade, to maritime and ter tor ral issues, especially in the south china sea. this first direct military action against the regime of assad is lik

>> this is one air strike, one air strike on one air field but it shows the united states, you know, is willing to do it. that in an age of sovereignty, when sovereignty matters, it shows the russians that the u.s. is going to do it. it shows the rest of the international community. it san jose the chinese, and president xi who is now stuck in florida next to trump mott able to do much else but watch the united states at will go into syria and say enough is enough. if it doesn't change the calculus of assad, doesn't change him the war still goes on. it's at least something and it kind of calls russia's bluff, if russia doesn't come back with any kind of military force -- that was the being reason we kept hearing why the united states couldn't do anything. russia is there. the closest they have come is on the ground to keep humanitarian aid from coming in and to keep helping assad retake ground from the rebels, or from isis. it all changes now. we don't know what is going to happen next. finally something has happened where the united states military has come in a response of this hum

once we establish air superiority, your air force provides unmatched global reach, with an aircraft taking off or landing every three minutes, delivering critical personnel or supplies where and when they are needed, and we sometimes operate out of locations in insecure areas, and it's our special forces, air commandos, who are trained to secure airfields when and where we need them, in places like iraq. and when it comes to global precision strike, i call your attention to the january raid, where a pair of b-2 bombers departed their home base in missouri for a 32-hour round trip sortee to libya. these stealth bomber crews delivered 85 bombs over two terrorist camps, delivering precise lethal effects within ten seconds, and i repeat, 32-hour mission, within ten seconds of their designated time over target. and in the counter-isis fight, the lieutenant general, the air component commander, leads the coalition of 16 nations in the fight to defeat violent extremism in the middle east. in the current fight against isis, coalition partners have dropped over 40,000 munitions on our enemy, with t

while the industry is insisting that cabin air is clea n, is insisting that cabin air is clean, the westgateite. you can also get in touch with me and some of the team via social media, or on twitter. now let's catch up with the sports news in sport today. hello. this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: dustin johnson withdraws from the masters without hitting a shot, as his back injury gets the better of him. on the course, charley hoffman leads by four strokes after his first round. and kenya's olympic champion, jemima sumgong, has tested positive for the banned blood booster, epo. hello and welcome to the programme, where we start with the news that world number one dustinjohnson has withdrawn from the masters without hitting a shot. the 32—year—old fell down some stairs in his rented house on wednesday, injuring his back. and despite hitting the practice range early on the morning of the year's first major championship, felt that by the time hejoined his playing partners bubba watson and jimmy walker on the first tee, he wasn't in a position to co

there is the reason for the syrian air force to fly, reason for the syrian air force to fly, and in manyir force to fight, either. but everything we have heard from the russians is that they are not willing to accept what you describe. so the us go in, they are engaging russia, they are going infor are engaging russia, they are going in for all out war? surely that is the issue? i don't think so. i think the issue? i don't think so. i think the russians would like to make about. but it is clear that there are procedures that one can put into place, that militaries can put into place, that militaries can put into place, were you are attacking one aircraft, and not attacking the other aircraft. the identification of friends and foe systems that we have, we can make it clear to rush out that the coalition will not allow the syrian air force to fly. if the russians want to get involved in that, they do that at their own peril. certainly what you are describing is accommodated outcome, but already a complicated war. my understanding is that you have just come back from turkey. the original re

they targeted the air field, the infrastructure of the air base. they destroyed aircraft. they destroyed the fuel centers, fuel depots on that air base. it probably did not match up with the level of construction i would expect from 59 tomahawk cruise missiles. >> especially when you consider that each one of those is a double tap. so not likely. by the way, very few casualties on purpose and, as we discovered and/or suspected, we told the russians in advance. >> there's no guarantee that's the same air field. >> and we're showing you a picture there, file picture of a tomahawk cruise missile to give you a sense of how big it is. 59 of those hit that air field. did not quite look like that airfield was severely damaged, according to at least what the pentagon was reporting back to us. we'll take a quick break. a lot more to talk to about when we come back. so, just ahead, president trump has expected other nations to take action that the u.s. has unilaterally done against the syrian chemical attack. answers next. up on all the moments you might have missed. you seriously c

war ships fired at a government controlled air base in syria. the target was the shayrat air base. missiles were fired at the base's air strips, hangars and control tower. this is in response to that chemical weapons attack that the u.s. blames on syrian president bashar as sad. us initials of officials say syrian government aircraft dropped nerve agent earlier this week that kill dozens. president donald trump delivered a statement from his resort florida within the hour. >>> breaking right now out of wilmington. police are looking foreman they say abduction add four-year-old girl around 7:00 tonight. police say driver approach the girl while she was playing outside in the village of plum run. he took her in his car and drove off. the young girl was later found in the area of banning park. we don't know her condition. investigators would like to hear from you though if you saw anything or if you've got surveillance video that could help the case. >>> ♪ >>> i'm a person long term recovery and i know how important and how hard it is to get clean, get sober. >> reporter: seemingly en

over new england, cold air coming down from canada.r still a lot of snow pack into eastern canada. that cold air slowing over that snow pack, a lot of the temperatures remain on the chilly side. pittsburgh at 30. so, cold morning, cold air start to lift on out >> sustained wind 15, 20 piles per hour, but headed out this evening, the win starts to relax little bit, so feels little better outside tonight, but, still, going to be chill which temperatures down to the 40's, 30's, again. then notice the winds arrows tomorrow's direction, now out of the southwest, that starts to bring in the milder air, especially tomorrow into next week. >> snow to northern new england, also locking in the cold air, still to the northeastern part of the united states but again moving on off. look at the temperatures, not bad warming trends today. we get close to 60 degrees, if not that around philadelphia some of the surrounding suburbs, cooler north and west, even the shore reaches the mid 50's today. not bad. it will feel good in the sunshine. when you are

one air field. some radar, some aircraft. in the overall scheme of things, air force is bigger than this, not going to be a permanent impediment to use of air power by the assad regime. >> no but don't forget a lot of this is not -- it's public relations. president said they crossed a line. same thing president obama had said and didn't do anything, i think this president felt compelled to do something so it didn't look like he was obama. >> right. >> he's playing to american audience involved. very important from his political standpoint in the united states to look like he's doing something. not going to have permanent affect on the conduct of the war but what it may do is couple of things. it may dissuade the syrians from using chemical weapons again. one of the more interesting things is it might drive the russians to start thinking seriously to the response of tillerson, who they're backing. if they were to do something like the following, may be lots better off than they are now. work with the top of the food chain with

strikes on an syrian air base. the u.s. says it wants to know if russia was involved on the chemical attack that killed dozens of people including many children. the kremlin that allegations it was complicit were not true. that sfured

we advance clean air, clean water not just with respect to co2, but with those key air pollutants underr quality program we have. chris: again, i apologize sir, because it goes to the whole question of the commitment to trying to improve the environment. under the president's new budget, the epa is cut 31%, that is more than any other agency, and i want to put up some of the cuts kin colluded in the -- cuts included in the president's budget. great lakes restoration, water run ah control for farmers, pesticide safety. what does that say about the commitment of this administration and you to cleaning up the environment when you're making a 31% cut in your agency and cutting things like that, water run ahs for farm -- runoffs for farmers? >> well, part of the issue, chris, is over the last several years there's been a lack of commitment to state partnership. you know, we have state departments of environmental quality across the country that have the resources and the expertise to deal with clean water and clean air issues, and so renewing that partnership -- chris: are you sure they're g

air force to take out the syrian air force in a matter of weeks they would do that. they take casualties. the s-300 air defense system on the ground is lethal. this would not be without risk. it would invite a counter move nor would it change the status of millions of refugees in syria. i argue we need significant humanitarian aid for the syrian refugees in jordan and turkey and iraq. that will make a difference in the short run. >> that's an interesting and important point. this is outside your specific area of expertise. i am curious, there are some who have noted that it is somewhat strange that we are in a situation in which we are bombing, we say in response to this slaughter of civilians who we have seen the videos of and i think anyone feels remarkably empathetic and destroyed. those same children are banned from coming to the u.s. under the travel ban that was signed by the president and is being held up in the courts. do you see a contradiction in that? >> well, there certainly is in u.s. political system. you go back to larger issue are millions of refugees

air strikes in syria.8:40 eastern time last night. 59 tomahawk missiles were launched from "uss ross" and uss porter targeting the shayrat airfield, where syrian aircraft took off before dropping chemical weapons on idlib tuesday, killing dozens of children. >> using a deadly nefsh agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women and children. it was a slow and brutal death for so many. even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. no child of god should ever suffer such horror. tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. >> joining us here on set, retired army veteran, medal of honor recipient and msnbc military analyst, colonel jack jacobs. what happens from your perspective from the u.s. and -- what will their response be? >> at the end of the day, what's really important is we have a strategy and at the moment we do not have a strategy. we shouldn't confuse this attack, which was very limited in s

this cold air has, all the way from the arctic, working south across british isles.rong northerly wind. tightly squeezed isobars across north—east scotland. it will be gales at times, a lot of showers as we start the day in areas exposed to that northerly wind. across the north of scotland, plenty of showers. some heavy, a mix of rain, sleet, hail and of showers. some heavy, a mix of rain, sleet, hailand some of showers. some heavy, a mix of rain, sleet, hail and some snow, especially but not exclusively over high ground. plenty of showers in north—east england and some in northern ireland. south—west scotland, across the spine of england and wales, starting off dry. not many showers, cold and just three degrees in birmingham. in two parts of cornwall in devon, one or two showers. especially in areas exposed to the northerly wind. those wintry showers becoming more widespread throughout the day. just about anywhere you could catch a shower. low levels, some rain, sleet, hail, thunder. could be some snow the high ground. temperatures 7- 13 snow the high ground. temper

this air base is off of the main hayway. it's visible. this air strike was visible. if we were trying to send a message, this was the base to hit. i've been to this base. a few times. it would be visible to anyone in homes. we sent the message. >> speaking of the message, the u.s. president destination after the strike. this is what he said about bashar al assad. listen. >> years of previous attempts at changing assad's behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. as a result, the refugee crises continues to deepen. and the region continues to destabilize, threatening to united states and its allies. >> christiani ychristian christ one on its own? >> it's possible this might happen again. all we know is what the pentagon is saying. saying this is a one off. this is deterred. we'll see what the reaction is. that has to be the bottom line. and presumably it has to come with some channel to assad to say, okay. we did this. and you have to meet this, this and this threshold so we don't do it again. this is something you cannot get over the fact that it is the f

damage to the air base.esident's decisive action is such a big change from his actions and words earlier this week. let's discuss what caused the change and how deep does it go? we have anthony scaramucci. always good to have you on the show. >> good to be here. >> the simple question is what happened? what changed? >> this is a super compassionate man. when he sees the atrocities going on and the human rights indictment of the syrian government as a responsible agent for america and commander in chief and what lincoln said about the country. the last best hope for mankind. he looks at that and he says i have to have a measured response and i need to send a message to people around the world that the united states is not going to stand by idly of the moral atrocities happening. for me, it was a bold, diseaeci action. it sends a message, chris, this is like the air traffic controller message where ronald reagan said listen, don't do this stuff. if you do it, i'll fire you. this message is resonating globally.

they are taking part in the race for clean air. matt delucia is live center city for the start of that race, matt? >> reporter: yeah, these guys are getting ready to start in a couple minutes, and a lot of them lining up at the starting line. behind me, you can see 2,500 runners taking part in the run for clean air. the blue shirts you see there, those are the students run philly group. they are getting kids involved and getting out and active. a lot of them are taking part in this today. i have been talking to some of the folks getting ready for the run, and they have a variety of reasons for doing it. making sure everybody has clean air to breathe, and i spoke to one of those guys a few minutes ago about why he is running. take a look. >> i tell people to take a little step and turn your lights off if you are not in the room, and a walk a little further, if we all took a little step it would make a huge difference. >> i am thrilled to be here today. >> another live look here. this is by the art museum along mlk drive. mlk drive i

>> reporter: well, scott, the target for this air strike was the air field believed to have been theocation from which the plane that dropped those chemical weapons took off. so this was a direct retaliation against the syrian air force for having carried out that chemical attack. the air field itself was located about 50 miles directly south of the village that was hit, and it was the target of, as you said, 59 cruise missiles. they landed at about 8:45 east coast time tonight. that would have been the early morning hours in syria. and they were aimed at various locations around the air field, the aircraft hangars, the fuel storage areas, and they were all designed to go off within th space of one minute. that's 59 missiles each with a warhead of 1,000 pounds going off in the space of 60 seconds. >> and david martin at the pentagon, thank you. this was the president speaking from his mar-a-lago resort just a few minutes ago. >> on tuesday syrian dictator bashar al assad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilians. using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out th

strike over the air base. activists say there is one woman have been kailled and three others injured. the attempt by bashar al-assad to show defiance and show that'll not be cowed and military campaign against the opposition is continuing. as you mentioned, we know the air base, once again this is the air base that u.s. strikes targeted. although it is important to end the size that the u.s. did not attempt to render the base on usable. the attempt from the u.s. strikes point of view was to stop it from being used as a launch base as chemical weapons. the u.s. targeted 20 syrians claims there as well as weapon dump and storage facility. they did not destroy the runway itself. we know that the russians have moved with crew missiles aboardaboarrted towards the west of syria. this looks like a display of force. despite these strikes, the assad regime, and its backers in the form of russian military will go about business as usual fredr fredrika. >> demonstrating those missile strikes were not crippling? >>. >> i

russian and syrian air forces and, of course, the coalition has been ramping up its air strikes against isis in syria as the coalition and its allies make this push on raqqa, isis' capital there. this is a real concern. there's also a thousand u.s. troops on the ground in syria, helping local forces. this deconfliction channel has been used in the past to make russians generally aware of where u.s. forces are to avoid accidental bombings and this was used to alert the russians of the cruise missile strikes to prevent any accidental russian casualties from the result of the strike. so the suspension coming just days after it was used to avert russian casualties. >> it benefits both sides. i'm curious, how concerned are folks in the pentagon about losing this channel, purely for the safety of u.s. forces both on the ground and in the air over syria? >> there is concern. there have been increased conversations between u.s. military officials and the russian counterparts going all the way up to the level of the chairman of the joint chiefs. he has had multiple conversations with his russian

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not much rain in it, but it will bring in cooler, fresh air.g quite well. by monday, a sharp drop in those temperatures. they tend to come back down by a good eight or nine degrees. a fresher feel do things on monday. a different look to things as well. but in the sky and maybe some showers. the cause, it will feel that it's cooler. —— of cause. “— it will feel that it's cooler. —— of cause. —— course. the latest headlines from bbc news: the united states has refused to rule out further military action against syria. it comes after it fired missiles at an airbase from which it believes president assad's forces launched a chemical weapons attack. but despite the strikes, syrian warplanes are reportedly once again taking off from the airbase. four people have died and 15 people were injured, nine of them seriously, after a lorry has been driven into a crowd of pedestrians in the swedish capital stockholm. the prime minister called it an act of terrorism. police arrested a man who they say resembles cctv images they released. the basque separatist

one, there were russian troops at this air base. it's hard to imagine that they were not aware that chemical weapons bombs were loaded on aircraft when forces were nearby. the other thing they're looking at is presence of russian drone flying overhead near the hospital that was struck some five hours after the chemical weapons attack. that strike against that hospital is believed to maybe be intended to cover up that chemical weapons attack because that hospital was treating some of the victims of that attack. so that's another thing that the military is looking at to determine whether or not russia may have been complicit in that chemical weapons strike and that follow on strike against that hospital. >> ryan brown, thank you so much. victor? >> all right. let's go to phil black live in moscow. phil, what is the kremlin saying about this u.s. allegation that russia may be complicit in this chemical attack? >> we put it to them, victor, and they deny it. simply as that. they insist they're not complicit in any way either through kno

have about the location, the capabilities of syria's air force and we've seen obviously syria's air force drop barrel bombs which have killed large numbers of people and we've seen chemical attacks in years past, is there intelligence on the capabilities and the number of aircraft, the location of aircraft and how easy is it for syria to basically just move their aircraft to iran or to other places? >> our intelligence on issues capabilities in syria isn't perfect as you might expect because we don't have a large presence there, but we do have significant overhead isr capabilities in terms of manned and unmanned aircraft and satellite imagery. it's not perfect, but it gives you a good sense and because we have been conducting operations against isis in syria, we have gained more knowledge and information context if you will about how the syrian air force, syrian military supported by the russians are conducting their operations as well. i think we have a good idea. obviously this attack never would have been launched and not conducted in the way it was if we didn't have good solid intelli

on syrian air safety.because it is crowded airspace. —— going after daesh. these strikes were a violation of safety protocols, according to the russians, because it has been made clear that the russians were warned, andindeed clear that the russians were warned, and indeed warning the russians has almost certainly discreet so practically the effectiveness of those strikes because the warnings will have been passed on. also having time to withdraw the aircraft. i think what the russians or annoyed about is that there was a tacit understanding that if the us—led strikes only targeted by ayesh and stayed carefully away from any syrian regime forces dog will only targeted by —— daesh. any syrian regime forces dog will only targeted by -- daesh. how do you pick your way through it? there is strong rhetoric on both sides, it is strong rhetoric on both sides, it is the actions in the end that matter. it is worth judging is the actions in the end that matter. it is worthjudging russian intentions by what they have

in terms of the overall the air presence, what portion is provided by his own air force, with his ownes, which portion is provided by russia? the russian army and air force has been providing significant air support in the last year or so. >> when the russians waded into the conflict in 2015, they tipped war in favor of bashar al assad. before that, al assad had been fighting against insurgents, not just secular groups, but groups like isis and hother groups. so this russian intervention tipped the balance in favor of the assad regime, their planes that have been told to the syrians and piloted by syrians, some piloted from the syrian bases on the west coast, they have actually been a decisive factor in suppressing not just islamic state and other groups but some secular opposition who are actually aligned with the united states. what this does is take the u.s.'s alignment against the assad regime and takes it a step further. but as i mentioned earlier, the question here is whether or not donald trump's intervention will be limited to this air strike, these 60 missiles, or whether the

it was a regular air strikes. against the storage facility in which rebels were keeping their chemical munitions. that's what caused the horrific loss of life. that's the version of events the russians are sticking to. the kremlin saying the syrian army has no chemical weapons. there has been action taken, though, by the russians in response. not just strong words. air safety agreement, which is crucial in syria, we knbetween united states and russian military to prevent the airplanes from contacting each other in the skies as they carry out strikes. that is now suspended. it is an important conduit by which the russian military was warned by the u.s. of the forthcoming tomahawk strikes. that telephone will no longer ring. no mechanism in the future for the united states to warn the russians if they are going to strike at targets inside syria at the ally in the middle east. >> thank you, matthew. jim sciutto is back with us. also joining us is david gregory. associate editor is a.b. stoddard. and military analyst