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. >> nicholas kristof, thank you very much. and kimberley dosier as well and michelle crosinsky. i really appreciate it. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> just a little bit past 11:00 p.m. here on the east coast. our breaking news of the usa military action in syria continues right now. this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. it is 6:00 a.m. in syria, just about 6:00 a.m. in syria where the sun is up. where u.s. aircraft including b1 bombers and at least one airship was used on the attack of the regime of assad's. let's get to our experts, some of them on the ground, others that the pentagon. ryan brown, that's where we'll find our pentagon reporter. we heard secretary mattis talk about targets tonight and what the goal of this strike is. what more did he say? >> well, the secretary laying out exactly what the objective of these strikes were, which was to deter syrian president bashar al assad from using chemical weapons, and that was reflected in the targets. a chemical weapons storage facility, these targets specifically selected for their relationship with the chemical weapons p

. >> back with us, mike murphy and nick kristof.comey's book where he describes what john kelly said to him after the firing. this is james comey talking about john kelly. he said he was sick about my firing and that he intended to quit in protest, comey writes. he said he didn't want to work for dishonorable people who would treat someone like me in such a manner. i urged kelly not to do that, arguing that the country needed principled people around this president, especially this president. and mike murphy, tonight john kelly is saying that that's not the way it went. it was a very brief phone call. james comey has a witness on his end of the phone call who says that the comey version is accurate. >> yeah. i mean who knows, but we've seen a couple of these general kelly u-turns, and it's starting to remind me of the old niagara falls vaudeville routine. slowly i turn, step by step. go ahead and quit. you know, if he doesn't want to serve a dishonorable person, i think john kelly -- we've seen all these leaks about how fed up he is

. >> nick kristof bringing the policy to fallback friday.bblehead. we've never ever shown a bobblehead on the show before. kind of amazing. > this is a talking bobblehead. >> i'm not going to -- that's him from the wire. >> i'll play it. it will be okay. >> isaiah whitlock, nick kristof and davies, thank you. we'll be right back. you might take something for your heart... or joints. but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally found in jellyfish, prevagen is the number one selling brain-health supplement in drug stores nationwide. prevagen. the name to remember. you won't find relief here. congestion and pressure? go to the pharmacy counter for powerful claritin-d. while the leading allergy spray relieves 6 symptoms... claritin-d relieves 8, including sinus congestion and pressure. claritin-d relieves more. discover card. i justis this for real?match, yep. we match all the cash back new cardmembers earn at the end of their first year, automatically. whoo! i got my money! hard to contain yourself, isn't it? uh huh!

nicholas kristof of the u.s. got in through subterfuge, but i hope maybe you can get permission to visit inside burma these areas. this is what nikki haley had to say. even before the violence started, malnutrition was a serious problem in rackened state and now there's reports from rohingya that military actions are leading to purposeful staff vags forcing people out of the come. homes are being looted and girls and women abducted into sexual slavery. i'm glad that our ambassador to the u.n. has spoken out. again, it's such a horrific situation that it's important that the u.s. rally the world to respond. we all had a lot of respect for aung san suu kyi in the past, but now she needs really the clarity of the world that this is -- that this is unacceptable, and it's going to take u.s. leadership. so i wanted to turn to the food budget. i'll echo the point my colleagues have made. i just returned from northern africa and on a four famines tour, two famines in kenya and idp and refugee camps in eastern congo. 20 m

. >> you've probably seen the reports by nicholas kristof, who went into this area. the leader of burma invited the world to come and see. five members of congress went to see and were denied access. nicholas kristof got in through subterfuge. these areas. this is what nikki haley had to say. even before the violence started, malnutrition was a serious problem. now there are reports the rohingya, the manager's actions compay -- camping a purposeful starvation. homes are being looted. girls and women are being objected into sexual slavery. i'm glad our ambassador to the u.n. has spoken out. again, it's such a horrific situation. but it's important that the u.s. rally the world to respond . we all have a lot of respect. in the past. but now she needs really the clarity of the world that this is unacceptable. and it's going to take u.s. leadership. so i wanted to to -- turn to the food budget. i just returned from northern africa. two famines and the refugee camps. 20 million people at risk of dying. are the numbers you are presenting us today, your best judgment of the

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and kristof here now with some business news with the e.u. and mexico signing off on a new trade deal with the message that's right marianna global trade relations are under pressure by u.s. president donald trump now mexico and the european union are taking a stand for free trade both sides overhauled an old or older trade deal now abolishing almost all tear of speech wean them when german chancellor angela merkel and mexico's president enrique pena nieto officially opened the mexican. exhibition stand at the world's biggest industrial tech chair and hand over mr pena nieto said he is optimistic that an overhaul of the north american free trade agreement nafta could also be reached a deal president trump has repeatedly threatened to tear up german chancellor merkel said multinational corporation was added value for all parties echoing the thoughts of many of the fair speed is the message at hand over customers want their products delivered faster and they want to be able to customize them that means speeding up production and logistics it's

to war with the dancing groom and he tries to chop it down it creates more dancing chrome to nick kristof flooded with in the wizard alice i mean these are algorithms that are out of frickin control and employees within the company can't stop them there who are driven by algorithm who's in charge the algorithm or the head of google those words are shown. about your sudden passing i phone lee just learned you were yourself and taken your last wrong turn. to us we all knew it would i tell you i'm sorry. so i write these last words in hopes to put to rest piece things that i never got off my chest. i remember when we first met my life turned on each time. but then my feeling started changing. and you talked about war like it was again still some are fond of you those that didn't like to question our ark and i secretly promised to never be like it said one does not leave a funeral the same as one enters the mind gets consumed with death for this one quite different to speak to now because there are no other takers. to claim that mainstream media has met its maker. more show you the sooner or

i'm talking to nicholas kristof, writer for the "new york times." what do you think about this?e two separate investigations related to the conduct of the president. it's unbelievable. i guess i do worry that the president's reaction -- clearly he's so viscerally angry. it was increase the risk that he will end the mueller investigation, whether he replaces sessions or -- he's clearly angry about this. >> and many trump supporters and his spokespeople are conflating the two investigations into one. this is not robert mueller's investigation. >> no, there is a referral, but this is a separate investigation, and it's also important to note that even if mueller is ousted that the southern district of new york investigation will continue. so these are -- you know, this is an incredible moment when we have two separate federal investigations of criminal behavior. >> and again, he called this an attack on our country, an attack for all that we stand for. but even while all of this is going on, i want to talk about what's happening now. i want to talk about what's going to happen with

i want to bring in "the new york times" columnist nicholas kristof. we'll have to stop and go to the breaking news and get to our reporter down in arizona. thank you for joining us. what did you make of this first state visit? >> it was fascinating because trying desperately to woo president trump on the issue of the iran deal and angela merkel will be here later this week. they desperately want the u.s. to remain in the iran deal because essentially there's no alternative if he blows it up on may 12th. and president trump left mixed messages. on one hand he said it was an insane deal. on the other hand, he said that he seemed to give hints he might be open to building something new which would probably be some kind of a face saving arrangement in which there are addenda agreed to or more time to reach an addenda. but the deal remains in place. >> how important is this relationship, considering his relationship with angela merkel is not this cozy? >> so it's important because our relations with europe is important. angela merkel, she is the real leade

survive that quote because donald trump's going to have to decide who does he believe, john kelly, nick kristof comey's book. >> he's been on thin ice before. i think this maybe he plunges through. >> nick, i want to get your view on the possible scooter libby pardon. nbc news is confirming that the president is planning to pardon scooter libby. he was dick cheney's former chief of staff. scooter libby was convicted of lying to the fbi and obstruction of justice. and as you know very well, james comey was the deputy attorney general who appointed the special prosecutor who got the conviction on libby of obstruction of justice. >> you know, i obviously disapprove of what scooter libby did, but in general i do think that our justice system is too punitive, and he has been punished. he has been barred from practicing law, his profession. he broke the law, but it was not to enrich himself. and if president trump wants to pardon him, i have no objection. >> mike murphy, it does seem to be a trump opportunity to make the point that obstruction of justice and lying to the fbi are pardonable offenses,

. >> nicholas kristof, we know the president wanted a stronger and quicker action, quicker than this. did he get what he want said, the president? >> it sounds like he did not. it sounds like he made a speech that reflected his larger ambitions when he talked about that sustained attack. but in fact what seems to have unfolded so far as you're going with what secretary mattis described was more limited. and i think that reflects the fact when you're in the white house situation room it's very easy to plan massive campaigns. if you are in the pentagon you remember in 1999 when we were bombing bellgrade in the kosovo operation it was hard to imagine what might go wrong and then we hit the chinese embassy and all of a sudden we had a crisis with china on our hands. and particularly now the it's so sensitive with russia, with iran. i felt reassured when i heard secretary mattis talk about the constraints of the operation, the fact it would not be sustained in any meaningful way. >> how likely is it that this will be successful? >> look, the military toolbox is enormously useful, but it ha

. >> and you've probably seen the reports by nicholas kristof who went into this area. the leader of burma invited the world to comment the and a good five members of congress went to see and then were denied access. but i hope maybe you can get permission to visit inside burma in these areas. this is what nikki haley had to say. malnutrition was a serious problem, but now there are reports that military action of a purposeful starvation facing more under the country. farmers are being denied the ability to harvest crops are girls and women served that could induce avery. i'm glad her ambassador at the u.n. has spoken out. again, such an horrific situation, but it is important that the u.s. rally the world to respond. we all have a lot of respect in the past. but now she needs really the clarity of the world that this is unacceptable and it's going to take u.s. leadership. .. are the numbers representing us to do your best judgment or are these omb numbers? >> senators, as i said we don't pretend that this budget will meet every single need that's out there. it's an eff