proxies inside syria or going through to lebanon on saturday night there was an attack on damascus international airport report saying that that hit a plane that had just unloaded a weapons shipment again none of this able to confirm we did have an unusual and rare admittance by the israelis couple of months ago saying that they had hit around two hundred targets over the last year and a half inside syria iranian weapons shipments targets also you know things that would go to the group hezbollah so again it is unclear picture we have the information from the official news agency we have seen picture of large explosions that seem to be over at the moment and just briefly latakia is bashar al assad's hard. and it is a low white area this is you know a technical industries area some kind of park would have to verify exactly what seems to have been hit but that's all being confirmed by the official syrian state news agency indeed as you say stephanie it's a confusing picture and very difficult it is point to trace the source of such explosions we know that the syrians tend to be very quick to blame the isra

this attack was at the damascus international airport on saturday. a number of missiles were shot down. israel has not commented. >>> and 2000 prisoners were released including this prominent leader who tried to run for president eight years ago. she was arrested and charged in part for questioning some of the government's version of the gener genocide in 1994. >>> and tropical storm florence is expected to move out of the area on sunday, but this disaster is far from over. you can see already that it has claimed 13 lives. and there's the extensive damage up and down the coast that will take weeks to clean up and repair. utility crews have been working around the clock as florence made landfall as a category 1 hurricane. right now more than 1,000 are -- i don't think that number is correct, but there are thousands without electricity. >>> many residents in the storm zone are discovering dangerous floodwaters can pop up quickly without little warning. and emergency evacuation could be their only salvation. ed lavendera has this report storm jacksonvil

airport. the first took place on july 9th, stopping briefly in damascus before landing at the beirut internationalght on august 2nd to departed tehran and landed in beirut two and half hours later. as to whether or not the u.s. continues to plan doing business with lebanon, the state department says the country is still considered a primary security partner of the united states. bret? >> bret: thank you. the trouble administration warning syria against what it calls reckless escalation. the u.s. is vowing a sharp response as of chemical weapons are you doing there. a few hours ago, the kremlin criticized a similar warning from president trump earlier. the exchange happened as towns villages in the province came under intense air strikes, reportedly killing at least eight people there. russia says militants their target its own facilities in syria and pose a terrorist threat. a different kind of threat as a subject of much discussion tonight here in washington. ahead of testimony tomorrow from executives of the major social media companies. but russian interference in u.s. elections is not the only

july 9th in tehran in damascus, syria come up before landing at beirut international airport, the seconding the west's ability to track him down. and lebanon is considered a primary 30 part of the united states. since 2006 they provided lebanon with $1.7 billion in security assistance. this is to combat and counter hezbollah influence, raising questions about what the government in beirut knew about this smuggling route. and the board is currently made up of three members of the islamic revolutionary guard being sanctioned by the trump administration. >> thank you for the live report. prime act bad behavior of iran overall. ainsley: after all the food we ate and drank over the weekend we decided we need to get fit, start over. the navy seal who created the suspension trainer giving us a lesson. brian: bill hammer gives us a lesson on what is news today. >> need those guys outside off of the holiday weekend. we are going into the hearing of the year. brett kavanaugh center stage, 30 minutes from now. what do you listen for? the republicans have votes here? senator john cornyn and juan wil