well as enable c forst employed in the asiterranean sea -- as well naval forces employed in the mediterranean sea. the army's performed with a andect sense of execution, i will leave the general to say more about that. the targets were picked with lots of attention in close coordination with our allies, so as to minimize the collateral delivering a firm and determined answer to the doings of the syrian regime. if those operations are token of our determination, they were also implemented with constant concern to avoid any kind of escalation. that through ordering these strikes, no incidents between our forces and the other forces present in the , and from now on his time for diplomatic action and humanitarian action. i would like to thank our american allies and british noticeably james mattis and gavin williamson, with whom i have talked day and night since sunday. before leaving the floor to the general, i wish to homage to theo men and women of the french armed forces who prepared and veryted this with important professionalism, and a lot of courage. madaml: thank you, minister. i would like t

it depends what the mediterranean sea will offer to us.and how long is the line? >> eric: well, he says hhas about, today, 300 hooks. >> anthony: so he basically lays it out at night? comes back, pulls it in. >> eric f: yeah. and pick it up. >> eric: wow. in marseille it's only five guys. five fishermen who are working like him. >> anthony: wow. >> eric: you know he has 300 hooks. ♪ >> gerald: i think he's arriving. he's arriving. ♪ >> anthony: this must be the twelfth fishing scene. no, i must have done 20 fishing scenes in my life and i think, i think i had one good day out of all of them. other than that it's been one humiliating goat rodeo after another. ordinarily, our typical fishing scene actually would be, it would be rougher than this. >> eric: rougher. >> anthony: so we would be pitching back and forth and i'd be hanging on to my, the contents of my stomach only by realizing that they're feeling even sicker because they have to look through the viewfinder so they're like -- so it's basically, you're playing this sort of race agai

journey from ivory coast to europe he says he lost a close friend and so many people die on the mediterranean sea crossing. one public found out about hosting refugees on social media and felt compelled to act. i don't do it to get something about it because i had to flee my home and end up in the streets in winter i hope that people would help it's a human shield in france whether it's the government or citizens where we just don't care enough about this french charity say there are thousands of refugees sleeping in the street the paris city council provides some shelters but there aren't enough places for french government wants to see an end to camps like this it's proposing a new immigration law which would aim to crack down on so-called economic migrants but speed up the process for asylum seekers but some experts say that's simply the wrong approach to keep purpose of the bill is to try to deter migrants and silence the girls from going to france the bill doesn't do anything to try and make the living conditions better for those who are here already. last year one hundred thousand people ap

dramatic pictures of been released of migrants being rescued in the mediterranean sea italian coast guard say sixty three people drowned after a boat capsized on monday the u.n. says around eight thousand two hundred people have arrived via sea crossing to italy as yes or five. hundred firefighters are fighting more than fifty wildfires that have broken out across russia the worst situation is in the country's far east where fires usually flare up as winter snows melt. and the baby name guessing game has begun in mr royal watchers in britain placing bets on prince william and the duchess of cambridge's new baby boy and james are the bookmakers favorites prince x. the fifth in line to the british throne. the united nations has told a donor conference in brussels that a fresh humanitarian crisis in syria must be avoided delegates were told that the rebel held region of labor is likely to be the regime's next target un syria and voice stuff and de mistura e.u. foreign policy chief for the record warned that the water the region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian

news around the world dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued in the mediterranean sea sixty three people were pulled out by the italian coast guard after their boat capsized on monday the u.n. says around eight thousand two hundred refugees have arrived via sea crossings to italy so far in two thousand and eighteen. convicted a war criminal and radovan a color church has insisted he sought peace in the balkans conflict the former bosnian serb leader is in court on the final day of his appeal against convictions for genocide and other atrocities and he's asking about his forty year prison term be overturned by the u.n. war crimes trial buna. and the baby name guessing game is on a royal watchers are placing their bets on what the duchess of cambridge and her husband prince william will name a bit new baby boy arthur and james are leading the bookmakers favorites the new prince is first in line to the throne. turning out of the conflict in syria which has ended its eighth year it's taken a heavy toll on the people of the country although it's difficult to get exact numbe

dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued from the mediterranean sea italian coast guard saved sixty three people from drowning after the boat capsized on monday you would have said i was around eight thousand two hundred pardons have to italy by sea so far this year. hundreds of firefighters are fighting more than fifty wildfires that have broken out across russia it was the worst situation is in the country's far east where five usually flare last winter snows melt. the united nations has told a donor conference in brussels that a fresh humanitarian crisis must be avoided in syria delegates were told that the rebel held region of it live could be the regime's next target un syria and voice staffan de mistura and e.u. foreign policy chief federica marini warned that the water own region is not a chessboard and that peace has to be built by the syrian people tensions escalated after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma this month western states blamed damascus the regime denies responsibility and has suggested the incident was staged stuff in the mistook as r

claimed responsibility dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued from the mediterranean sea the italian coast guard saved sixty three people from drowning after their boat capsized on monday the u.n. says that around eighty two hundred miners have arrived in italy by c.s. so far this year. mexican authorities have arrested a man they suspected of involvement in the killing of a renowned mexican journalist javier valdez condé nast was gunned down clue. as to his office in signal though a state last may well deads was known for his reporting into drug trafficking and organized crime police say that his killing was linked to the cartel. the united nations has told a donor conference in brussels that a fresh humanitarian crisis must be avoided in syria tensions have escalated there after a suspected chemical weapons attack in duma earlier this month and with international stakeholders in the crisis at loggerheads the u.n. says more needs to be done to ease the suffering of ordinary sieves syria its feet . the war in syria has claimed an estimated half a million lives according t

this is very relevant because the mediterranean sea is warm wart. tartus is the only port the russians have, only port south of finland that gives them access to the mediterranean and southern atlantic. the or seat athers are on the b or the caspian sea. it really, really important for the russians to have an outpost on syria. this is a russian naval base. so syria's location is vital to russian interests as a global naval pow and its ambitions in an old style order of nations. without at assad government, without bashar al-assad, none of this access to the mediterranean and ultimately to the atlantic and the rest of the world is guaranteed to moscow. i want to take the story back to syria, right inside. i want to speak to mahmoud who is a syrian journalist and for the past year has lived here in the united states. he was forced to leave syria and he know what people inside that country are suffering. the message is the world and america may be missing the point here and that while chemical weapons are awful and they should not be used against i inn

missiles were fired by u.s., british, and french aircraft, ships, and one submarine from the mediterranean sea, the red sea, the persian gulf, and an airbase in qatar. two b-1 bombers carried long-range cruise missiles rarely used in combat. mckenzie said the multi-pronged attack overwhelmed syrian defenses. >> we are confident that all of onr missiles reached their targets. at the end of the strike mission, all our aircraft safely returned to their bases. we assessed that over 40 surface-to-air missiles were employed by the syrian regime. fost of these launches occurred after the last impact of our strike was over. >> reporter: pentagon briefers insisted last night's strike inv not mean the u.s. is becoming involved in syria's civil war. but at the u.n., ambassador chiefhaley made it sound like the commander in chief has given the military a new mission. >> i spoke to the president this morning, and he said if the ourian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. >> reporter: perhaps the biggest concern before the attack was that russia would attempt to shoo

dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued from the mediterranean sea.he italian coast guard saved to 63 people from drowning after their boat capsized monday. united nations says 8200 migrants have arrived in italy by sea so far this year. mexican authorities have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the killing of a renowned mexican journalist. the journalist was gunned down close to his office last may. valdes was known for his reporting into drug trafficking and organized crime. police say his killing was linked to the cartels. tonight in canada, a toronto court has charts the suspect in yesterday's ban attack with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder. prosecutors allege the 25-year-old drove into pedestrians on a busy city street. 10 people killed, 15 injured. a police arrested him in incident in an operation that has been praised for its levelheadedness. >> standing next to a van and appearing to point a weapon at a police officer, this is the suspect in the toronto attack. the tense exchange was captured by several witnesses. >> co

because of electricity and fuel shortages which means that sewage is pumped directly into the mediterranean sea israel's ten year blockade on gaza has been blamed for the crisis in the latest in our water series shall start with reports from gaza. the hill who delivers filtered water to thousands of families of gaza with around fifty percent unemployment here he is lucky to have a job. the water from gaza's taps is on safe to drink because it contains dangerous levels of chlorine and sulphate. but the head says israel's ten year long land sea and air blockade has made people so poor many can't even afford to pay for his company's better quality water while there are now visual i know what our business is down up to sixty percent people can't find jobs and many of them tell us they can't afford war they say one day when they get money they will pay me back the. lack of money has forced gaza's municipality to call for the services it offers many people use water supplies at mosques where the filtering is more efficient. mohammed alawi and his family live in a shelter refugee camp he says also onl

syriant see one of those boys dying on the mediterranean sea. that we cant mean absorb everybody. people that are looking for a better life. we must regulate and work together. the best answer is that when i exercise with my government. let's go to the roots of the problem. let's solve the problem in their home, in their country and bring up development. that is what nafta did for mexico, that is why we are not getting that many immigrants coming. we need to put that in central america. panama to develop central america. so that we can have jobs there, we can develop that part and we don't get the migration. i know it is difficult, but it is worse to let people die on the mediterranean sea or die of hunger. something must be done. president fox says. [applause] you.ank we have to deal with the problem at the source. of course the obvious problem of the source in the middle east is syria. another very purchasing question -- in george washington's farewell address he warned against in tingling alliances. there is a globalist viewpoint that goes against this view. eyewash we wish --

to contest american access or nato access to critical shipping lines and routes through the mediterranean sea. strategic level challenge being played out in the context of a vicious local civil war. host: mary is on the democratic line from philadelphia. caller: good morning, ladies. i agree with your last caller. we have to be careful about entering into these conflicts in , i am auntries because democrat and i always believe what president reagan said -- trust but verify. with have not verified any of the conditions in this country, in these other countries based on regime changes that a lot of times the united states pushed for. we have no idea who released chemical weapons in syria. it could be rebels that are trying to overthrow that government. that is just like anyone in the united states, a rebel going against our country and release terrorist bombs or things in our country. we cannot go by what information these other countries are releasing. ,e have to verify it our self and our country is going bankrupt as a result of doing the job of these other countries. they should be involved

captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is resteves:le for its caon the mediterranean seabasking between the french and italian rivieras, the principality of monaco barely fits on its one square mile of territory. of its 30,000 residents, less than 10,000 are true monegasques, as locals are called. many of the rest call monaco home because there's no income tax. despite overdevelopment, high prices, and mobs of tourists, a visit here is a riviera must. and monaco is a work in progress. the district of fontvieille was reclaimed from the sea. it bristles with luxury high-rise condos. the breakwater -- constructed elsewhere and towed in -- enables cruise ships to dock. and cars still race, as they have since 1929, around the principality in one of the world's most famous auto races -- the grand prix of monaco. the miniscule principality has always been tiny, but it used to be less tiny. in the 1860s, it lost most of its territory to france. but the prince built a casino and managed to connect his domain to the rest of the riviera with a new road and a train line. humble monac

because in spring flocks of tourists descend on the bees a which has become known as the mediterranean sea number one party destination it's visitor number sore the environment pays a price and most holidaymakers couldn't care less a road leads straight through the say sunniness national park to a highly popular beach which is teeming with visitors even in low season tourists stop to snap pictures of the exotic birds some even stray into the nature reserve. when there's only one i don't know that they want but while that's the only way to get to really see these beds. unfortunately that's how it is when the winds were nature is a that in all the land to see the birds in that actual habitat to get is that not and i can assume someone out there are going to have thought oh man feels this kind of behavior has to stop. us where the phoenicians began producing salt two thousand years ago has plenty of plankton and small crabs for flamingos to feed on it's an ideal breeding ground for the birds says palermo were it not for the tourists. and most of them simply don't know how to act appropriately

we receive peace we are against nuclear weapons we want to mediterranean sea and a state of peace not war in. the information war over syria is raging with dissenting voices facing staunch attacks from the u.k.'s mainstream media. you saw a lead has details there have been some in the u.k. who have said that the discussion around the u.k. policy to syria have resembled something of a mccarthyite witch hunt in the mainstream media and the most prominent example has been an article written in the times newspaper which has targeted a number of leading academics in the u.k. and accuse them of being apologists one of the people pointed out or singled out in the times article is louis all day the times said that he had written a tweet calling into question the account of previous chemical attacks mr all day has since gone on twitter and shown that he never sent that tweet and has demanded an apology from the times another example is tim hayward he's another academic here in the u.k. and he's been seen as being guilty of association because he's written for. publication called twenty first c

from italy's highest court and specially looking at the situation from the last they saw in the mediterranean sea that it's getting more and more difficult dangerous for migrants to cross he he is very disappointed and he's very angry because of this verdict when we consider that the majority of migrants who are rescued at sea are picked up by by n.g.o.s what is this burning for the situation in the mediterranean moving forward. but the situation if we look to the situation it's still very tense it seems that there are many migrants waiting in libya to cross to see they want to come to italy we see that the total numbers compared to last year the day got back but we can see that. compared to those who are trying to come over more of them die so we can see that the situation is getting more and more they injure us because they're less ships are circulating down there rescuing the migrants moments are with us from rome thanks very much for that. this is still to come on the show arranging women showing their muscle the country's female weight lifting team they've been given permission by the nation

sikandar a senior russian lawmaker for example set russia would engage its washington in the mediterranean sea to protect russian assets in syria in addition to ground based air defense systems that russia has in the region the top russian military officer general stuff chief value to get us in off war until last month that russia would strike back against both missiles and their carriers three weeks ago i myself was embedded on one of the largest u.s. aircraft carriers on the u.s.s. theodore roosevelt there were more than five thousand people on board so kind of small town in the middle of the persian gulf if russians attack such an aircraft carrier americans can face huge implications. the stakes are very high right now are clear back to you the president has been linking the tensions with moscow to the probe into alleged russian meddling during the last presidential election what you've been saying. that's right he's been blaming what he's been calling a bad blood with russia on the russia investigation that's being led by special counsel robert muller and the thing that originally made tru

the lebanese media which are saying that the missiles were coming from the direction of the mediterranean sea through lebanese airspace and another news outlet from lebanon saying that unknown jets have entered syrian airspace from lebanon and they are speculating that these jets could be from israel now what may back this up in one way or another is that this particular air base in the homs province previously has been targeted by israeli jets but when the military representatives from that country were asked whether they know anything about it they said we're not going to comment on that for now also we don't have the reaction of the russian ministry of defense to that it's early in the morning here so perhaps they're going to come up with some statement a little bit later so indeed the situation is getting complicated and all of this is happening right after the chemical attack that you mentioned allegations of a chemical attack the blame is being penned on the assad government which damascus denies and has again we all know russia called it a provocation and vladimir putin has been more w

dramatic pictures have been released of migrants being rescued from the mediterranean sea italian coast guard saved sixty three people from drowning after their boat capsized on monday the u.n. says that around eighty two hundred migrants have arrived in italy by sea so far this year. mexican authorities have arrested a man suspected of involvement in the killing of a renowned mexican journalist. was gunned down close to his office in the lowest state last may valdez was known for his reporting into drug trafficking and organized crime police say is killing was linked to the cartel this. incident in canada of a toronto court has charged the suspect in yesterday's van attack with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder prosecutors are alleging that the twenty five year old deliberately drove into pedestrians on the busy city streets ten people were killed fifteen others injured police arrested alec manasse and shortly after the incident in an operation that has been praised for its level headedness. standing next to a van and appearing to point a weapon at a police officer. this i

weapons have no right to be here we are city of peace we are against nuclear weapons we want to mediterranean sea in a state of peace not war you know. following the weekend bombing raids in syria a bipartisan group of u.s. senators has unveiled new legislation to limit the white house's power to continue its global war on terror. for too long congress has given presidents a blank check to wage war we've let the nine eleven iraq war authorizations get strange to justify was against multiple terrorist groups and over a dozen countries from nigeria to the philippines a proposal finally repeals those authorizations inmates congress do its job by weighing in on where when and with who we are at war their proposed legislation would require the president to give congress forty eight hours notice ahead of any new minutes reaction congress would then have sixty days to review that move and doesn't set a limit for any military action however it includes a congressional review every four years another proposal also expands the president's authority to take action against al qaeda isis or the taliban but no

weapons have no right to be here we receive peace we are against nuclear weapons we want to mediterranean sea in a state of peace not war you know. well as mentioned earlier no probe into the chemical weapons incident has yet been carried out according to the russian military a team from the global chemical weapons watchdog o.p.c. w will start work in the syrian town of do well on wednesday and meanwhile many britons oppose the rush to military action a poll by the mail on sunday newspaper found more than half believed to resume a should not of the order of the bombing without the approval of parliament r.t. asked people in london for their views. it was an emergency situation where there was no room for maneuver one hundred meters or so this is not an urgent it could have waited one two days more at least i don't think it's something she should have made a decision on herself general principle about going to war. i think in this particular instance it wasn't a war situation on the minds of all of them paid discuss in parliament i know you're coming you know pick anywhere are you achieving mu

jets were used over the mediterranean sea you want to be. alone in mansouri in the red sea strategic bombers b. edge in the one b. . where you entered syrian. airspace at. the turn at a tough area. controlled by the united states. strikes . targeted number of. civilian and research facilities. according to plan our reports and there have been the victims in mt civilians or syrian military we michigan for months based on the information available to us a total of one hundred three cruise missiles were used including tomahawk sea based missiles. someone as well as g.b.u. thirty bombs dropped from b. one b. planes we have fifteen soon f. sixteen s so i want to use the danske here to surface missiles go. it's launched a total of eighteen missiles the syrian and to air defenses based on soviet produced systems successfully repelled attacks from c.b.s. generally are based sources what is remembered you are forty one missiles were intercepted is what's good using s one hundred twenty five s. two hundred book yes quite hard and systems and this. indi

capacity because of electricity and fuel shortages which means so we just pump directly into the mediterranean sea israel's ten year blockade on gaza has been blamed for the crisis reports from gaza now the latest in our series on water shortages around the world. delivers filtered water to thousands of families and garza with around fifty percent unemployment here he is lucky to have with george. the water from gaza's taxes on safe to drink because it contains dangerous levels of chlorine sulphate. but israel's ten year law of land sea and air blockade has made people so poor. many can't even afford to pay for his company's better quality water although now covers you know what our business is down up to sixty percent people can't find jobs and many of them tell us they can't afford water they say one day when they get money they will pay me back. the lack of money has forced gaza's municipality to call for the services it offers many people use water supplies at mosques where the filtering is more efficient. mohammed alawi and his family live in a shelter refugee camp he says also only comes on

would have been refueled mid-flight she also said that a frigate have been deployed into the mediterranean sea in terms of the targets well it was very clear that the targets they chose with those that they believe the syrian regime is using to produce chemical weapons and she said the two very important targets were struck so that's pretty much what she said in terms of the military involvement of france she said it was very carefully coordinated alongside . alongside her partners from the united states and from the u.k. the targets of prepared and i should add importantly she said that the russians were told that this was going to happen yes so that everyone's been a great pains to say that the russians were told and it does seem that the de confliction mechanisms that rim place did work. yes that's right that's right i mean we also heard i should say from the french foreign minister and his message was very similar to the one that we've heard from the french president over the last few days in the message is really that france felt that it simply had no choice that this use of chemical weap

donald cook recently arrived in the eastern mediterranean sea now that's joint a guided missile destroyer the u.s.s. puerto it's capable of firing missiles from hundreds of miles off shore well off of range of syrian air defenses the last week aircraft carrier the u.s.s. harry truman loaded with strike paint set sail from the u.s. also to the mediterranean and the u.s. has the l a date s in kata there has stealth f. twenty two fighter jets which could be used to evade the syrian regime's russian made at defense systems now if the attack takes place it may be more aggressive and have more international support than the unilateral strike by the u.s. one year ago that's what us navy launched fifty nine cruise missiles from the mediterranean towards syria's remote shire at air base it was in response to another apparent chemical attack on hunch a coon another syrian town held by rebel forces but let's take a look at russia's weapons also mill for its latakia based in the west of syria it has weapons including the s four hundred sufis to air missiles now these have just over three hundred kilo

a fair amount of cloud into iraq into iran bright skies over towards the eastern side of the mediterranean sea temperatures in beirut five and quite nicely twenty seven celsius want to show us there into turkey no apostle of syria coming down into iraq and on into iran afghanistan general temperatures at around twenty nine degrees to one into what shoes that falls back a little twenty five celsius a basin pieces of right just heading over towards the high ground. with a child's of showers choose the afternoon but it doesn't last you dry across iraq as is the case over towards the med we have a little more cloud having said that one or two shall still in place there for a little bit of wet weather in place across southern parts of the arabian peninsula but that aside it should be dry warm and sunny temperatures starting to knowledge up a little more touted to saudi arabia on shoes day so was a chance of a spot or two of right there in doha stays father dry lovely sunshine temperatures at around thirty five degrees but the sunshine to across southern africa but a bit of cloud just rolling across

la la ♪ ♪ sha la la la la sha la la la la la la ♪ ♪ ♪ [ motorcycles revving ] >> anthony: the mediterranean seas beneath the wheels of our heavy metal thunder. back in beirut after all these years. the first time i was here did not end well, but it made no difference to me. i love it here. in spite of everything, i love it here. ♪ >> anthony: nice ride. woo! it's a good way to see beirut. >> ramsay: this is very similar to that place we went to years ago, barbar. this is rizk. this is your, you know, traditional chicken sandwich, shawarma. >> marwah: deep-fried, broasted. >> anthony: the broasted chicken was this guy's idea, my british-lebanese friend. born, "born to be wild" ramsay short, who i met back in those bad old days of 2006. apparently he's in with the lebanese chapter of the harley davidson group, or hog for short. so, when you roll into some religiously conservative village on these monster bikes in leather jackets, what's the reaction? >> suzan: two types: once, we were greeted with rice from the balconies. like, they thought we were, like, a wedding or something really nice. and t

navy ships and in the submarines in the red sea and mediterranean sea. of the 105 missiles fired, 70% tomahawk missiles. it is 20-feet long and flies at sub-sonic speed. accurate and low to the ground. hard for air defense systems to pi pick up. it can do immense damage. it wasn't just sea coalition effort but also air coalition effort. 40 of the missiles largunched fm the air. tomahawk missiles from the air. and the stand off missile, first time used in combat. very effective. thank you admiral john kerby. back in just a moment. i cleared my inbox! holiday inn express, be the readiest. i had tried to quit before,g i had tried the patch. i tried to go cold turkey; it didn't work for me. i didn't think i could quit until i used chantix. along with support, chantix (varenicline) is proven to help people quit smoking. chantix reduced my urge to smoke. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal symptoms. some people had changes in behavior or thinking, aggression, hostility, agitation, depressed mood, or suicidal

they're going to continue to try and dominate across the entire land bridge from tehran to the mediterranean sea. in order to do that. they have to have complicity in syria. they have to have support from russia. and they have a major challenge from israel as well. so, when you put all of that together, we really have three missions in the region. we want to get rid of the islamic state. or at least drive them off to physical space. secondly, we want to block iran across that region. and then third. and most to the immediate point, did we about accomplishingmri a want to take down the ability to take down chemical weapons. i would say strategically we're no better off tactically we're a slight better off. the real intent was to keep assad from using chemical weapons. hopefully, he will think about that in the future. >> i want you to help the audience understand this over here is the russian naval base. this is the only warm water base that's russians have. in a world where russians have expansion tendencies, the importance of having a warm water base is really once of the principal reasons the

armaments in the mediterranean sea. if you speak to military planners, they are fully aware of the air defenses russian and syrian that defend syria and what they call package response package would take that into account. i had the opportunity to talk with the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman today and she wasn't as strongly worded as the russian ambassador to lebanon saying there are large numbers in syria and russia will do everything to protect its people on syrian soil. we're told that there are around 8,500 russian citizens inside syria. they said smart missiles should be aimed at terrorists. the russians refusing to accept that this could be a chemical weapons attack carried out by damascus. russian military giving a briefing in which they talked about syrian rebels practicing for faking chemical attacks. what will a missile attack by the u.s. have. the reality is i think it will have a limb edlimited affect on ground even if it's substantial. it's an important message over the use of chemokical weapons. in t

the guided missile destroyer uss donald cook is already in the mediterranean sea, carrying roughly 75 tomahawk missiles in 20 surface-to-air missiles. a french frigate with 60 cruise missiles on board has been deployed. british submarines are moving into position. the carrier uss harry truman divert perko departed norfolk yesterday. as defense secretary james mattis says he believes chemical weapons were used in syria and he called that inexcusable. secretary of state nominee mike pompeo said the president will not need to seek any additional authorization for the use of military force if the decision is made to strike. >> i believe that he has the authority he needs to do that. i don't believe we need a new aumf for the president to engage in that activity you describe. >> russian forces moving into douma today. the holdouts for opposition militias during this bloodied and drawn out civil war. following the incident widely believed to be a chemical attack, the only remaining militia, the army of islam, surrendered its weapons. the russians said to be military police that they are ahe

john warner launched tomahawk missiles from the mediterranean sea. the destroyer laboon terks fired 7. 20% of the missiles fired into syria came from british and french forces. eric: what do we know about that much heralded russian defense system that's in place over syria? reporter: they were silent during this entire attack. assad's forces did fire 40 surface-to-air missiles into the sky. but they were basically directionless. and they were launched after the strikes hit their target. russia has vowed retaliation. but what form it may take is anybody's guess. they don't believed putin may launch an avert military strike. it may be a cyber attack or another poisoning of a diplomat. we will find out. eric: we'll ask our u.n. ambassador karen pierce about that. arthel: we'll bring in arizona congress one and martha mcsally. pair force veteran. thank you for being here with us this sunday. if i could start with your reaction to the new sanctions on russia that we are reporting. can you tell us any more details about those sanctions? >> let me first say

. >> 100 allied missiles within minutes of each other washed from warships in the mediterranean sea tothe persian gulf. three of the chemical weapons facilities were obliterated including the research center just outside of damascus. chemical weapons sites were also destroyed outside the city two hours north of damascus. >> we also know we've successfully destroyed three buildings in metropolitan damascus. one of the most heavily defended areas in the world. >> also a first in the attack. the first combat use of extended range standoff missiles, 19 fired for b-1 bombers out of qatar. they also launched tomahawk missiles from the mediterranean. this video apparently shot from the periscope of the submarine which we don't have for you. we will get that later appeared despite russian threats of consequences, it's interesting to note its sophisticated fourth-generation air defense were never used. the forces did fire their missiles at their own into the sky but they were launched after the allied missiles saturday struck the target of virtually nothing. leland: we have the attack in the sp

missiles were fired from ships, submarines, as well as from french and british airplanes from the mediterranean seas in the persian gulf. all 100 plus hit their targets. satellite photos show the targets were obliterated. there were no coalition casualties and not an insignificant factor considering the antiaircraft batteries in and around damascus. >> we also know that we've successfully destroyed three buildings in damascus one of the most heavily defended airspace areas of the world. this will set their programs back for years. >> the pentagon does note that assad retains the ability to carry out more chemical attacks from existing stockpiles that remain. he says taking out those stockpiles was never a good option because it would have required using fuel air mixture bombs that could cause collateral damage especially since some chemicals stockpiles are positioned near civilian areas. nevertheless, russia has vowed there will be consequences. what form that takes is anyone's guess but whether he resorts to a regular military tachy could come in the form of more cyber warfare or perhaps in the beg

donald cook recently arrived in the eastern mediterranean sea now that's joined the guided missile destroyer the u.s.s. puerto it's capable of firing missiles from hundreds of miles off shore well off of range of syrian air defenses the last week aircraft carrier the u.s.s. harry truman loaded with strike payne set sail from the us also to the mediterranean and the u.s. has the hell of a date at best in kata there has stealth f. twenty two fighter jets which could be used to evade the syrian regime's russian made at defense systems now if the attack takes place it may be more aggressive and have more international support than the unilateral strike by the us one year ago that put us navy launched fifty nine cruise missiles from the mediterranean towards syria's remote shire at air base it was in response to another apparent chemical attack on honshu a coon another syrian town held by rebel forces but let's take a look at russia's weapons also will front the talk if they say in the west of syria it has weapons including the s four hundred sufis to air missiles now these have just over three h