we measured the british and french dimensions for this. done, what is your reading of that? the americans have a lot of troops in iraq. that one has a lot of acids in iraq. that one has a lot of acids in iraq. the one thing that the pentagon... a lot of assets in iraq. whatever happens, iran could retaliate through their proxies, a lwa ys retaliate through their proxies, always through the proxies, against american troops. many american troops were killed by ieds plaited by the iranian proxies. there is a bit of that concern. the extra day didn't hurt, in the end. i think it was a good thing that they waited. thank you for your company today so far. gritter will be healed with the 2pm news. now let's look at the weather. —— rita will be here with the 2pm. the sunshine is in the sky, it actually feels warm. significant boost in temperatures out and about. this is the satellite picture. the extent of such, the best in england and wales, northern parts of sunshine. plug it in central and northern ireland. look at all that sunshine, continuing

the missiles have described were delivered from british, french and us airand naval delivered from britishr and naval platforms in the red sea, the north arabian gulf and the eastern mediterranean. all weapons hit targets very close to the designated time on target of about four o'clock in the morning in syria, nine o'clock your own east coast. more details about the platforms. in the red sea, the class cruiser monterey fired 30 tomahawk cruiser monterey fired 30 tomahawk cruise missiles and the destroyer fired seven tomahawks and in the north arabian gulf, the bird class destroyer higgins fired 23 tomahawks and in the eastern mediterranean the french frigate fired three missiles of their navel version of the scud missile and also in the mediterranean, the virginia class john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, two lancer bombers fired 19 joint air to surface stand—off missiles. in addition, our british allies flew a combination of tornados and typhoons and launched eight storm shadow missiles and french allies flew a combination of raffaella and mirages and scud missiles and t

president donald trump has praised american british and french missile strikes against the syrian government as perfectly executed and mission accomplished it's the most significant attack against president bashar assad and the first coordinated retaliation the last saturday suspected chemical attack on duma washington and its closest allies launched more than one hundred missiles targeting a scientific research facility in damascus and to chemical weapons storage facilities in their homes one that was also a military command center syria says it shot down thirteen incoming missiles over damascus while its ally russia says syrian forces intercepted seventy one cruise missiles throughout the country the strikes are currently being discussed yet another heated u.n. security council meeting this one called by russia so we'll bring you the latest from there in a moment first though al-jazeera zaina holder is in beirut looking at the reaction in syria to the missile strikes. so liberations in the streets of the syrian capital and a message of defiance from government supporters hours after u.s. l

u.s., british, and french british naval and air forces were involved. for reasons of operational security, i will not be more specific this evening. before we take questions, i would like to address how they is strike was different than 2017. last time, we conducted a unilateral strike. this evening, we conducted strikes with two allies on multiple sites that will result in a long-term degradation of syria's capability to develop , research, and employee chemical and biological weapons. important infrastructure was destroyed which will result in a setback for the syrian regime. they will lose years of research and development data, specialized equipment, and expensive chemical weapons precursors. the strike was not only a strong message that their actions were inexcusable, but it is inflicted maximum damage without unnecessary risk to innocent civilians. we would be glad to take your questions. >> mr. secretary, did the u.s. suffer any losses initially? and more broadly, the president in his remarks said the u.s. and his allies are prepared to sustain t

the message that the americans french and british are sending is really very mixed they probably are genuinely concerned about the awful use of chemical weapons but they're not genuinely concerned about the deaths of syrians the french and the british and the americans collectively in the last century have been responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of arabs the injuries of hundreds of thousands and the displacement of tens of millions of people over the last century the french have been fighting in the middle east since napoleon so we have to be really hard nosed when we analyze the motives of these western powers and i think the russians are pretty much in the same boat i wouldn't let them off anymore easy these foreign powers will do anything they want in this our countries because the arab countries have not been able to pass the test of sovereignty or statehood cannot protect themselves cannot take care of their people and open themselves up both to the kinds of civil wars that they've suffered and then the foreign interventions and the basically my last point is that wh

british and french allies assume their responsibilities the military intervention was necessary and it was appropriate. ok that's some clear support will germany be supporting britain france and united states in other words well essentially what we're seeing is an absolutely concerted effort not only by the chancellor but also by the foreign minister by the defense minister of germany both of them speaking today all three of them giving giving the message verbal and moral support if you will for this action saying it is necessary and appropriate exactly that language used in fact by all three so a clear determination that that is essential and they have also made it clear that this they stand united with the other members of or with the members of the security council and yet we see quotes this morning from the foreign minister saying look i'm no pacifist but we made a clear decision that this is not the place for us to use force and to be honest prime germans germany's military resources at the moment are strange they are only to breaking point they would scarcely have addition

french british cruise missiles went anywhere near either of those facilities so it didn't have to putthe s four hundred into use but yeah i think it would of course be embarrassing for the russians if it was tested properly in combat situations and found one thing but of course there's a flip side to that if it was found to be very successful and blasted all of these cruise missiles out of the sky then that would be a serious problem for the u.s. and its much vaunted cruise missile tomahawk systems for the moment to relieve that come back to you of course through the day. you are watching al-jazeera and our ongoing coverage of the u.s. military strikes in syria a reminder of the key point so far the u.s. has carried out strikes in conjunction with british and french forces on targets associated with syria's suspected chemical weapons program the pentagon says the first target was a scientific research center in the greater damascus area two more took place west of homs in what the pentagon says were chemical weapons storage facilities syrian state media is reporting the military's air

officials have described the military action as brutal and american british french aggression. now all of the strikes were aimed at degrading syria's chemical weapons capabilities and the first target was a scientific research center in the greater damascus area the pentagon says it was used for the production and testing of chemical and biological warfare technology two more sites were targeted west of homs both were chemical weapons storage facilities according to the pentagon one of them was also a military command center now we're tracking reaction from around the world to our correspondents in washington d.c. moscow beirut london and paris live to all of them after alan fischer wraps up everything we know so far a response had been promised predicted and no delivered by fellow americans a short time ago i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al assad donald trump has argued be us had to take action to protect its national interest at the stop the assad regim

us, british and french naval and command post. us, british and french navaland air command post. ench naval and air forces were involved in the operation, and for reasons of operational security i will not be more specific this evening. before we take questions i would like to address how this evening's strikes we re address how this evening's strikes were qualitatively and quantitatively different than the strikes in 2017. last year we conducted a unilateral strike on single strike, on aircraft asserted with the strike in 4017. this evening we conducted strikes on multiple sites with two allied is that will result in a long—term degradation of syria's capability to produce chemical and biological weapons. important in construction was destroyed that will result in a significant setback for the syrian regime. it will lose years of research and development data, equipment and chemical weapons pi’ecufsoi’s. equipment and chemical weapons precursors. tonight's strike was not only a strong message to the syrian regime that its actions are inexcusable but it also inflicted maximum risk

british attache. secretary mattis just outlined the policy and parameters in syria. in 9:00 p.m. eastern standard time, french, british and u.s. forces struck targets in syria and support a president trump's objective. our forces were integrated throughout the planning and execution of the operation. the targets that were struck and destroyed were specifically associated with the syrian regime's chemical weapons program. we also selected targets that would minimize the risk to innocent civilians. the first target was a scientific research center located in the greater damascus area. this military facility was a syrian center for research, development, production, and testing of chemical and biological warfare technology. the second target was a chemical weapons storage facility west of homs. we assessed this was the primary location of syrian sarin and precursor production equipment. the third target contained both chemical weapons equipment storage facility and an important command post. u.s., british and french naval and air forces were involved in the operation. for reasons of operational security, i will

e esident, the french president and the british prnister are criminals and have committed a crime. >> sreenivasan: newshour weekend special correspondent jane ferguson joins us from beirut to discuss the reaion in the middle east.as thereeen some time for this to settle. what's the reaction been? >> in lebanon, we've seen condemnation of the attack from the president here. he is a christian who is allied with hezbollah. he himself has said that the missile strikes will impede all ongoing attempts to end the suffering of the syrian people. unsurprisingly, we have also seen condemnation coming from hezbollah themselves, calling this a "trilateral treacherous american, british, french aggression against syria."w ose, of course, are voices from the very much pro-assad ngs here.h i think anybody who is anti-assad or pro-opposition is not exactly celebrating in the streets here, as we have seen in damasc, for those who are backing the government there. they have been celebrating. but those whare anti--assad are likely to see this as something that's not necessarily going to change the cours

last night british french and american armed forces conducted coordinated and targeted strikes to degrade the syrian regime's chemical weapons capability and deter the use this was not about interfering in a civil war and it was not about regime change as i discussed with president trump and president back wrong it was a limited targeted and effective strike with clear boundaries that expressly sought to avoid escalation and did everything possible to prevent civilian casualties we would have preferred an alternative path but on this occasion there is none we cannot allow the use of chemical weapons to become normalized meanwhile so when president bush says the strikes have hardened his resolve to crack down on those he called terrorists yet that. we stress that this kind of aggression will not stop our army our alliance will continue targeting terrorist groups across the country this will strengthen us and we will continue to defend our sovereignty and our homeland and people security. egypt's army says eight of its soldiers and fourteen fighters have been killed in central sinai egypt h

british or french ships or missiles? secretary mattis, were any of the strikes intended to kill bashar al-assad? gen. dunford: the only reaction i am aware of at this time was syrian surface missiles. in thened to be down command center and was aware of that activity. i am not aware of any russian activity. again, those will be details we will pull together for you in the morning. sec. mattis: the targets tonight again, were specifically designed to degrade the syrian war machine's ability to create chemical weapons and to set that back. there were no attempts to broaden or expand that target set. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming in this evening. based on recent experience, we fully expect a significant disinformation campaign over the coming days by those who have aligned themselves with the assad regime. in an effort to remain transparent and accurate, might -- accuracy and transparency, my assistant, dana white, and general mackenzie will provide a brief of known details tomorrow morning. we anticipate about

attacking some sort of american or french or british location. by conducting cyber war but i don't think the big super powers would like to ask really in any way that their interest is to keep things as is. but it was. i think there was not option except to go to such a strike and sending another message don't try you. take my word. messed up and i thank you as always for your time that is. joining us live from the jordanian capital amman well jordan is facing an economic crisis compounded by the influx of syrian refugees but the government is now joining forces with the un refugee agency to find the book reports from jordan on how this could be a blueprint for other countries in the region. or strip mohammed of the life he built in syria his job as a factory supervisor has allowed him to create a new one in jordan and restore his dignity. in the beginning i could not provide the basic necessities of life for myself and my wife thank god now i'm having a decent life. jamal is one of thirty syrians recruited from refugee camps working at el san ab

margaret: the british and french were talking to each other, for sure. they also knew each other's plans. there is a wonderful spy thriller sort of movie, and the german spy who met a french spy on a french railway train, wrapped in bandages to disguise his appearance, and handed over all the german plans. but i mean, they could tell. because moving hundreds of millions of men is not something you can hide. the fact that the germans were building railways to the frontiers, building small villages on the frontiers, and they suddenly had railway platforms much longer than anything the village needed. the bridges over the rhine were being reinforced. the french had a good idea of where the german invasion would come. it is just they thought it would come slower, they thought they could do something else. i think they knew a good deal about what each side was planning. there were spies, there was a famous colonel basically selling the austrian war plans to russians for years, and nobody noticed he was living at a standard way above his army pay. but i think

this is in damascus after american, french and british war ships and planes targets sites connected to syria's chemical weapons program overnight. the strikes in response to a suspected chemical attack that killed dozens of innocent syrians last week. >> next hour we expect to hear from top security officials at a pentagon briefing. >>> plus, the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting in three hours from now at 11:00 a.m. eastern. and a nato meeting is scheduled for this afternoon. we have a team of correspondents covering the latest developments from the pentagon to london to northern syria. we'll take you there in a moment. first a look at how the military strikes happened. watch. video from syria shows the missiles in the sky after president trump announced coordinated strikes. >> we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. >> u.s. allies britain and france were also part of the strikes on what are said to be chemical weapons facilities. >> the combined american, british and french response to these atr

the missiles that i've just described were delivered from british french and u.s. air and naval platforms in the red sea the northern arabian gulf and the eastern mediterranean all weapons hit their targets at very close to the designated time on target of about four am in syria which of course is not a clock here on the east coast. i'm to give you more details now about the platforms first in the red sea the to counteract that to counteract a class cruiser monterey far thirty tomahawk land attack cruise missiles and they are early bird class destroyer lagoon fired seven tomahawks in the north arabian go off the bird class destroyer higgins fired twenty three tomahawks in the eastern mediterranean the french frigate language fire three missiles of their naval version of the scat missile also in the mediterranean the virginia class submarine john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air to be one last or bombers fired nineteen joint air to surface standoff missiles in addition our british allies flew a combination of tornadoes and thai phones and launched eigh

they fired off together with the french and british 105 kroocrui missiles. they also claimed they have strategic maneuverability. that is if assad decides to use chemical weapons again, there would be another response. in the words of nikki haley, locked and loaded. we still don't have clarity whether chlorine would trigger another response. it seems as if the signaling is sarin plus chlorine qualifies for a response. they do say evidence of the attack and chain of command for the weapon that was dropped by forces loyal to assad. >> hans, any reaction to what happened coming out of the u.n. security council? not necessarily that the pentagon would react directly, but since that just had within the last several hours, any readout there? >> they've not responded to what happened at the ung security council. i will last night, secretary mattis making a point of standing there were the french and british count er parts that attach the embassies, they were standing on the stage behind me before the leaders had spoken. it's clear being flanked by the individuals t

the latest headlines: president trump has spoken to british and french leaders about military action alleged use of chemical weapons. british ministers and the french president have said it is "highly likely" the syrian government was responsible for last weekend's chemical attack. but what action can the rest of the world take? here's our middle east editor, jeremy bowen. in the streets of douma, supporters of president assad paraded. the town's been a no—go area for them for more than six years. thousands who used to live there have been bussed out. these were arriving in idlib, a province held by rebel groups. they didn't bring much more than they can carry, and account of what they'd experienced. for many, this was their parting memory of douma before they left. it's been condemned by the west as a chemical attack carried out by the assad regime. its ally, russia, says this wasn't caused by chemical weapons. abu, a medical technician who says he treated the wounded, arrived in idlib with some bad memories. translation: fatalities came in, they had suffocated. there were entire fa

british and french allies assume their responsibilities the military invention intervention rather was necessary and appropriate earlier this week the german government ruled out joining any military action against syria but today defense minister ursula found a lie and echoed merkel support for the strikes. thought the security council has obviously been deadlocked on this issue for days that is why

british, french, and u.s. forces launched missile targets in response to last week's suspected attack on civilians in syria. the strikes took place over syria's capital damascus. u.s. officials say the strikes targeted president bashar al assad's chemical weapons capabilities. but syrians gathered to show support for assad. the government released video claiming it shot down incoming u.s. missiles along with footage for assad showing up for work as usual. >>> earlier today the french released a statement saying they believed assad was behind the chemical attacks. >> in a civil arwar and it was t about regime change. as i discussed with president trump and president macron it was a limited, targeted, and effective strike with clear boundaries that expressly sought to avoid retaliation. >> jeff bennett is at the white house for us. we have hans nichols at the pentagon. we begin with danny mackie who is inside damascus, the capital of syria. i'm sure that you were aware, as we were, of the conversations taking pl

ordinance, the ordinance from the french as well as the british. last time, they lost and didn't have success rate. we had the president boast, not recently about how this was perfectly executed, but earlier in the week how smart the missiles were. crucially, what do they think they degrated the ability to create chlorine gas or seratin gas. they were not clear. they lack confidence on what sort of gas was used. we might be able to clarify that a little bit by what they think it hit and where does this go forward. do they think u.s. forces are at risk in eastern syria. they are altering the force posture there and going to make sure they are protected there. these are the key questions they are going to get. i think they might be walking in here. we'll send it back to you and come back when this is wrapped up. guys? >> hans nichols for us, thank you. >> what we are going to learn is one of the points mattis made last night is making sure there's no iranian casualties in the strikes. >> severe escalation. >> i imagine we are going to learn about tha

nicholas: i think the hope by the british, french, and americans, is this is a solid demonstration of our determination to stop use of chemical weapons. one would hope that assad is deterred. if he is not and in several months time he repeats to form and hits civilians again with chemical weapons, i think that these three countries and perhaps others with them should make him pay the price again. these were targeted st they were not targeted at regimr change, theycertainly not targeted -in fact, with the russians every precaution was taken to prevent that from happening. but if we do not support the fight against weapons of mass destruction, there is nother combination of countries that can do so. laura: you mentioned the russians there, and russia's foign minister told the bb that the situation between the west and russia is worse than during the cold war. should russia be paying more of a price for s support of esident assad? nicholas: i think it is paying a price.as iteen isolated at the security council. the russian economy is very definitely hurting because of a combination of sa

french have also been speaking? that's right. we have a statement from the ministry of defence describing what british forces have been doing. ute. but emmanuel macron has put out a statement. he says the french involvement will be an attack on syria's chemical weapons facilities. he says they are fighting alongside the united states and the uk. he says, we cannot tolerate the recurring use of chemical weapons, which is an immediate threat to the syrian people and our collective security. that was a statement from the french presidential office. in terms of the british involvement, more details have emerged. what we know is that it involved four aircraft, four tornado gra aircraft, firing storm shadow missiles at a military plant where it is believed to syrian regime has been storing and stock tiling chemical weapons. —— stockpiling. it is about 15 miles west of homs. the ministry of defence says it is believed to be in a bursar populated area, minimising the potential for civilian casualties, which as we have heard is one of the aims of this operation, clearly targeting chemical weapons capabilities of syria and seeking to m

our tomahawks, british storm shadow, and french missiles as well. the next, the chemical weapons bunker facility, we deployed 7 scout missiles. the assessment was that this was successfully hit. i would like to talk about the specific platforms that were a part of the strike. the missiles that i described were delivered from british, french, and u.s. air and naval platforms in the red sea, the northern arabian gulf, and the mediterranean. they all hit their targets close to the designated time on target at 4:00 a.m. in syria, 9:00 on coast.t i will give you more details about the platforms. , the monterey fired tomahawk missiles. in the north arabian gulf, the higgins fire 23 tomahawks. in the eastern mediterranean, the french fired three versions of this cap missile. warner fired six tomahawk missiles. bombers fired 19 missiles. our british allies flew tornadoes and typhoons and launched8 -- launched 8 storm shadow missiles. taken together, these attacks on multiple axes were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system. we also flew a variety o

the british and french governments, as well as secretary james mattis, at the defence department hereler heads. one can only hope that they will prevail. thank you very much. now, we are getting a response from the russian ambassador to the art of states. he warns that such actions will not be left without consequences. he says president trump insulting the russian president is unacceptable and inadmissible. president trump announced the airstrikes nearly two hours ago. let's listen to what he said. a short time ago i ordered the united states armed forces to launch position strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al—assad. a combined operation with the armed forces of france and the united kingdom, is now under way. we thank them both. tonight i want to speak with you about why we have taken this action. one year ago assad launched a savage chemical weapons attack against his own innocent people. the united states responded with 58 missile strikes that destroyed 20% of the syrian air force. last saturday the assad regime again de

u.s., british, and french british naval. for reasons of operational security, i cannot be more specific seating. the forward to questions, i would like to address how they were quality of the -- different fromand last year's attacks. this evening, we conducted strikes with two allies on multiple sites that will result in a long-term degradation of serious capability -- of syri'' s capability to develop chemical weapons. important infrastructure was destroyed. they will lose years of research and development data, specialized equipment, and expensive chemical weapon p precursors. the strike was not only a strong message that their actions were excusable, but it is inflicted damage without unnecessary risk to and innocent civilians. now we will take questions. >> mr. secretary, that the u.s. suffer any losses initially? and more broadly, the president pres. trump:s said this that mean they will be more operations? that will depend on mr. assad. it will depend on the powers that have signed the prohibition. with every reason to

both the british and french participated in this. all missiles -- we are confident general mackenzie said all missiles reached their targets and all aircraft returned safely. >> there will be much more on this on your local news on this cbs station. and on our 24-hour news streaming service. >>> some of you return to cbs this saturday. this has been a special report. i'm anthony mason along with reena in new york. cbs news new york.ews new (adliib) - they said the surface to air missles specificall targeted the syrian chemical weapons facilities and avoid civilian casualties.... - they say no casualties have been reported... but they note the syrians sent up misssles . >>> you've been watching the developing news out of syria. we return to our local news broadcast. >>> welcome back. we will start this half-hour with a check of our local forecast. it's going to be a beautiful day today. we are looking at clear skies over the golden gate bridge. and as you can see, temperatures are off to a chilly start. 50 in oakland and concord right

french separate geographic targeted areas. it does not appear they were deployed. they cannot take on stealth aircraft. they darn sure can take on the british french aircraft. it appears the are russians sat it out and won't feel feel compelled to respond. we'll not only target -- we'll target the carriers. you don't want to take on u.s. naval air power s 35. it appears to me they tried to conduct a strike of symbolic and military value that wouldn't get us on the up escalation. >> general, thank you. it's been a great pleasurer for us to be able to have someone like you to ask all of our military questions to tonight. we appreciate your candid answers indeed. this carrier battle group the u.s. has assembled off shore to care can a eout some oof what we've seen tonight is formidable. and our hope, along with everybody watching, we presume is that all the americans involved and all the brits and french military get back home and have landed and gone back to station and are safe and alive tonight after this military action we have seen take place in syria. after a seemingly endless day of activity from the trump administration on the politica

syria about in the lead up to these strikes what do they want to see come out of an american in a british french intervention what do they want to see happen on the ground i mean a lot of people by now in syria out of the international situation and they know about trump would not risk would would with russia but they had yearned these millions of people who have been displaced over this process toward this you know had the disappeared don't kid the u.n. for a slap on the face against us but it didn't happen so i'm sure that they said so in these. disappointed that they would have loved to see for example the position of us because go in go in flames like we saw the bombs ellis' in the two thousand and three but they didn't give the maybe unlikely to. i see it now some analysts are calling this the biggest movement of american military hardware since iraq in the region what do you think could there be additional strikes from your perspective. if states becomes intent when vital interests of the united states win would threaten for example two months ago by either admission of u.s. officials plea

banks my french and british forces bomb syria. they were aiming to knock out three targets related to syria's chemical weapons program. two facilities in the capital damascus and one in the western city of homs . syria state t.v. broadcast footage of the building it said was a research center hit by a mistrial the joint military action came a week after a gas attack on civilians which was thought to have been carried out by the forces of syrian president bashar assad. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops or choose of prohibited chemical agents i also have a message tonight for the two governments most responsible for supporting equipping and financing the criminal assad regime to iran and to russia i ask what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men women and children. this is the largest display of joint force by western nations against the assad regime and were significantly bigger than us strikes on syria a year ago. set up at us you visit is objective this o

french and british combined military strike.t, fired from some place other than directly above the target. in a place like syria.

jeremy: there are no easy options for the americans, the british, and the french in syria. it has become a very crowded battlefield. president assad's men work very closely with the russians and the iranians. the western powers need to avoid making matters worse. introducing more force into such s highly militarized country increases the chan escalating the conflict. airstrikes are possible, like those a year ago after another chemical attack. but international inspectors cod travel to syria anyway which wod complicate western military plans. more important than reprisals and much harder to find is a convincing strategy for syria's future. jeremy bowen, bbc news jane: earlier today, my colleague katty kay spoke to republican congressman adam can secureng -- adam kin. katty: what do you think the president might propose with syria? rep. kinzinger: i think probably at the very least you will see what happened a year ago. potentially you could see a broader and more intense response. the western world, and frankly, mivilization has held since world war i that cl weapons have n