power. russia's air force president assad in power. russia's airforce and president assad in power. avy helping syria's leader turned the tide of the country ‘s civil war, and boosting moscow's role in the middle east. today, the kremlin accused washington of using a pretext for missile strikes. those american tomahawks might be targeting the syrian military, but byjudging what the command has been saying, it is relations between us and russia that will now really a battering. the russians had been hoping the donald trump in the white house that relations with america would improve. but so far, there has been no sign of that. later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. translation: it could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. all it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for false. —— that the assad regime is playing the russians forfalse. —— macgowan. that the assad regime is playing the russians for false. —— macgowan.” w

sir, a point you've made, the centrality of the assad air power, particularly supported by russians in both the gains they've made against the rebels and also the attacks on civilians. >> purely through the use of air power we're in the war today. when the rebels started taking more territory from the assad regime, he took to the skies. no deterrent for that. created situation where syria out of his control would be unliveable. that's why uses chemical attacks on population centers, to ensure unliveable, can't be managed and struggle to be free. >> i had colonel on who expressed skepticism that he was positive it was assad regime responsible for the chemical weapons because he said it's loser's weapon, if you're winning, why use it. others said the same. >> used it over 170 times the last years, usually in micro battlefield to change or sway things. make inroads on a certain offensive or defend against a rebel offensive. in the juta attack, when the rebels were making massive moves, hit it and killed people with chemical weapons that day. second reason is to punish the population. for

. >> president trump order add powerful air strike on the country days after the regime allegedly used chemicals on its own people. >> good morning. so many fast-moving developments on this. here is the latest. at least six people reported killed in the air strikes and the u.s. military is reporting that 58 out of the 59 missiles successfully hit their targets, and russia is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council, calling this an act of aggression. from two american destroyers in the mediterranean, the u.s. launched 59 tomahawk missiles at syria. >> tonight i ordered a target attack on syria from where the chemical attack was launched. >> and he asked the international community to denounce bashar al assad for using sarin gas against his own people. >> even beautiful babies were murdered in this very barbaric attack. no child of god should ever suffer such horror. >> more than 80 were killed, mostly women and children in brutal and horrific deaths. >> vladimir putin says he regards the strikes as a sign of aggressi aggression, and many are praising theresident's

>> no one is doing this with air power alone. e is a combination of air tour and special operations forces. but it gives surveillance to develop that target. no ground troop is ever without air power it's always overhead and on call. charles: the decisive decision making out of this white house. and it's got everyone on notice. thank you very much. really appreciate it. coming up, knowledge is power when investing. i have got a payne 101 so you can enjoy long-term wealth creation. [♪] charles: the trump administration announce all visitor logs to the white house will remain private for at least five years after trump is out of office. ♪ ♪ welcome to holiday inn! ♪ ♪ thank you! ♪ ♪ wait, i have something for you! ♪ ♪ making every stay a special stay. holiday inn, smiles ahead. whether for big meetings or little getaways, member always save more at holidayinn.com charles: you want to be a buy and hold investor? really? the reason individuals lose money in the market and are held hostage to subpar returns is because of low emotional

his ability to kill people through conventional weapons has to be taken off the table in terms of air power. the next step to me would be, if assad goes back into the air and drops bombs and kills babies in another way, i hope we would hit him again. my goal and senator mccain's goal is to ground the syrian air force and basically take rocca in a fashion that will hold it, not relying on kurds. the bottom line is to get assad ushed out. the weight you push them out as you take his airpower off table, begin to train syrian opposition in a safe haven. the next step is a safe haven. we have to declare parts of syria say havens until the russians and the assad air force that if you come across this line, you will be shot down. with those, established humanitarian zones so people can live without being bombed and allow people to go back to syria and start training syrian opposition groups to take assad n. the ultimate goal is not only to destroy isil, it is also to push the assad regime out. >> mr. o'connell said in his press conference a few minutes ago that he sees last night as strictly about

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>> no one is doing this with air power alone. ab strike is a combination of air tour and special operations forces. but it gives surveillance to develop that target. no ground troop is ever without air power it's always overhead and on call. charles: the decisive decision making out of this white house. and it's got everyone on notice. thank you very much. really appreciate it. coming up, knowledge is power when investing. i have got a payne 101 so you can enjoy long-term wealth creation. [♪] charles: the trump administration announce all visitor logs to the white house dear predictable, there's no other way to say this. it's over. i've found a permanent escape from monotony. together, we are perfectly balanced, our senses awake, our hearts racing as one. i know this is sudden, but they say: if you love something... set it free. see you around, giulia ♪ sorry, just getting a quote on motorcycle insurance from progressive. yeah? yeah, they have safe rider discounts, and with total loss coverage, i get a new bike if mine's totaled.

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about how you killed the babies, it's the fact that you're slaughtering innocent people through air power. if it were not for the syrian air force, russia and iran working together, the opposition would have taken assad down a long time ago. my advice for president trump is to tell assad your days of using the syrian air force to indiscriminately bomb civilians and bomb the opposition's hospitals are over. that i would declare a safe zone. a safe haven and tell the russians if you cross this line, the assad air force, if you cross this line, you'll be shot done. that would allow people in europe from syria to go back to syria the best thing we can do for syria is create a safe haven so women are not raped and murdered, babies are not barrel bombed and chemically attacked. that safe haven to me is the key to going forward. if this is one and done, i don't think we accomplished the goal. we have to follow up. >> here's part of the issue. we heard from a lot of folks in the administration, there have been some mixed messages. the one person we have not heard on specifically what is the unite

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our viewers should understand that the syrian air force and air power is not what it used to be three ago, it's deteriorated. it's more of a terror air campaign. but the russian air power is very effective much they have capabilities similar to ours, they, in connection with the iranians, are major factors against the opposition forces in syria today. none the less, they delivered the sarin gas and this administration has said that we are not going to tolerate it. >> so you have just described russian forces working with syrian forces and iranian forces against the rebels who were backed by the united states and we launched a strike nmed of that. -- in the middle of that. what degree of concern is there on the ground. >> very low risk. they are removed from the area. we know where all of this are. the syrian air force is not going to go against united states troops in retaliation, we would effectively destroy that force if they did. they understand that, the russians are not going to attack american forces on the ground. that window put us at war with russia. they do not want a war wi

. >> and russia is providing the air power. >> the air power helps, absolutely in fact, that is is why the iranians begged the russians in summer of 2015 to come in and help. because for a moment, the rebels were on the verge of defeating assad again, and so the russians had to come in to restore the balance in assad's favor. >> right to derek in a minute but does putin have a lot at stake here because syria was one signal of his reemergence. >> precisely. >> as a player. >> precisely, that's what i am saying. they have invested a lot in assad. i don't see-- whatever price they would ask to change assad would be enormous. and would probably be not less than removing all of the sanctions after ukraine and crimea and probably more than that. >> rose: everybody talks and robert ford talks about leverage on the ground helps negotiation. we had 51 diplomats from state department talk about that very fact during the obama administration. secretary kerry supported them. the president listened, i assume, but didn't say very much about it. what is leverage on the ground and what is is a reasona

involvement, they now have a naval base in warm water mediterranean, they have an active, very powerful airyria, they have a presence in the middle east. they are the power. they have displaced the united states, their entire foreign policy under putin as to recover the glory and territory and influence of the old soviet union one piece at a time. and it does that by taking away from the united states. it is a zero-sum game. the idea we're going to persuade them, it is not in your interest to stay with iran and hezbollah, who are we to say? of course it is in the russian interest. they have succeeded in doing it, and unless we show them a reason to abandon it, they are not going to leave. >> and they're in there because of the vacuum created by president obama and his administration. >> and the lack of pushback. they went in and 2015, they are now ensconced, and we have to worry. if we are going to establish, for example, a safe zone, which we could have done for years, now we have to worry about engaging with the russians, which we are not going to do. this is all a plus for the russians,

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russia has tons of air power. >> bill: he only has a small air force that could be destroyed fairly easily. a the downside is use the military action against an independent country. >> i want russia to use its country -- power against assad and remove him from office. >> bill: xi jinping. the chinese leader. he is coming to mar-a-lago. i'd hope he doesn't get sunburned because it's very hot and warm down there. no golf. unlike the japanese president. trump says it's going to be a difficult meeting. number one is he wants xi jinping to take care of north korea. he wants the regime change. there's no way that this guy is going to do that, is there? >> i think there is. there is a considerable advantage of having president trump in that meeting. he's a man who knows what the other presidents before him have gone through. they have all been played by the chinese leadership. and it's over. donald trump has made it very clear.do who's going to take responsibility? the russians can be bribed. the chinese are being bribed every day. we are supporting a 12 trillion -- in nominal terms, a $12 trilli

particularly when it involves the use of american air power. ground troops but air power, we ought to applaud it. one pundit said we shouldn't have done this on holy thursday? guess what, sometimes the needs of our military don't allow us not to fight on a thursday, holy thursday or on a sunday. the idea that we would somehow or another -- we put this in the hands in the generals, not the theologians. we're involved in a just war in afghanist afghanistan. they decided the day was to troop it. holy thursday in afghanistan is not a holiday. i was taken aback by that comment jo thanks, karl rove. see you soon. >> you bet. >> stuart: president trump making things clear to isis with that bomb. on other issues, he reversing course, changing direction from nato to china to the dollar to the federal reserve. is that a good thing or a worrisome trend? ben stein on that. he's next. and 26 vitamins and minerals. for the strength and energy to get back to doing... ...what you love. ensure. always be you. our 18 year old wase army in an accident.'98. when i

the russians of course are the dominant military power in syria, they have air power on the ground, theye syrian government. the iranian revolutionary guard and hezbollah are fighting with them, the united states has none of that. of course we have been fighting the islamic state, we have been working with syrian kurds, but it's very much an imbalance of power right now. and i just don't think that president putin is going to be pushed off his position, that he's going to be a stalwart supporter of president assad and try to keep that regime alive. and in fact their goal is to win the war. so i appreciate what secretary tillerson is trying to do and that is to move the russians towards negotiations over the future of syria. it's an uphill climb given the power disparity between the us and russia these days in that country. right, but i can imagine the white house responding by saying, hold on a second, we just launched 59 missiles, we have shown that american military might is back again. and doesn't that give us more negotiating power? i think it does provide the us with a little credib

power. russia's air force and navy helping syria's leader turn the tide of the country's civil war and boostingoscow's role in the middle east. today, the kremlin accused washington of inventing a pretext for the missile strikes. those american tomahawks may be targeting the syrian military, but judging by what the kremlin has been say, it is u.s.-russian relations will take a real battering now as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. so far, there has been no sign but of that. later, they countries clashed at two the un security council. ambassador haley: it could be that bush is knowingly allowing weapons to remain in syria. a good be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. >> i would ask america not to insult my country, said russia's deputy ambassador. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between u.s. and russian warplanes over syria. >> which means of t

power. russia's air force and navy is helping syria's leader turn the tide of the country's civil war, and boosting in the middle east. today, the kremlin accused washington of inventing a pretext the tide of the country's civil war, and boosting moscow's role in the middle east. today, the kremlin accused washington of inventing a pretext for the missile strikes. those american tomahawks may have been targeting the syrian military, butjudging by what the kremlin has been saying, its us—russian relations that will take a real battering now as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. so far, there's been no sign of that. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over syria. which means that we have two big military powers in the area operating without any contact and any coordination, which is very dangerous. the russians are hoping that this us strike was a one—off, but tonight, they are strengthening air defence systems across syria, just in case.

power. russia's air force and navy helping syria's leader turn the tide of the country's civil war, and boostingemlin accused washington of using a pretext for missile strikes. those american tomahawks may have been targeting the syrian military, butjudging what the kremlin has been saying, its us—russia relations that take a real battering now as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. but so far, there's been no sign of that. later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. it could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. "i would ask america not to insult my country," said russia's deputy ambassador. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over syria. which means that we have two big military powers in the area, operating without any

. >> what from he could do it through air power alone, not just tom haul missiles but warplanes going in and leveling all of the syrian air bases and destroying their planes from the air, not on the ground? >> he can't do it with air power alone. >> he could do a lot of damage to his regime. >> you can, but, remember, there are russian air defenses that were not triggered for this limited tomahawk missile strike but would likely be trigger federal there was a broader campaign against syrian assets. we're potentially getting involved or sending signals of getting involved in a hypercomplicated proxy war in which there are major powers, the russians and ranians, with assets on the ground. future air campaigns won't go as smoothly as this tomahawk missile strike did. >> afraid that the u.s. could get engaged in another iraq or afghanistan and stay there for a long time. >> should be all of our worry. >> stand by. much more to discuss. let's take a quick break. we'll be right back. i mean wish i had time to take care of my portfolio, but.. well, what are you doing tomorrow -10am? staff me

for the last 26 years we provided air dominance through our joint power air force, make no mistake, your air force is always there. however, being always there comes at a cost to equipment, infrastructure, and most importantly our airmen. and we are now at a decision point. sustained global commitments and recent funding cuts affect capacity and capability for the fight for the near adversary. compounding this issue, the mandatory surge for airline pilots causing the aviation industry to begin hiring at rates. this crisis is the result of multiple factors, high operational tempo over the last 26 years, a demand for our pilots from the 26 years. a demand for our pilots from the commercial industry, and cultural issues that affect the quality of life and service for our airmen. as we close fiscal year 2016 the total force was short 1,555 pilots across all mission areas. of this amount, the total force was short 1,211 fighter pilots. it should be noted that the cost to train a fifth generation fighter pilot to prepare him or her for their first operational squad drant is approximately $11 m

russia has tons of air power. have as well. only has a small air force that could be destroyed failing easily. the downside is use the military action against an independent country. i want russia to use its country against assad and remove the slb from office. >> the big chinese leader. he is coming to mar-a-lago. i'd hope he doesn't get sunburned because it's very hot and warm down there. and there is no golf. unlike the japanese president. >> bill: trumps is going to be a very difficult meeting. number one on the list is he wants jinping to take care of north korea. he wants the regime change. there's no way that this guy is going to do that, is there? >> i think there is an import and, there's a considerable advantage in having trump in that meeting across the table from president xi because he is a man that knows what the other presidents before him have gone through. they've all been played by the chinese leadership. and it's over. donald trump has made it very clear. who's going to take responsibility? do it arnold schwa

power. russia's air force and navy is helping syria's leader turn the tide of the country's civil war, and boostinge middle east. today, the kremlin accused washington of inventing a pretext for the missile strikes. those american tomahawks may have been targeting the syrian military, butjudging by what the kremlin has been saying, its us— russia relations that will take a real battering out as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. so far, there's been no sign of that. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over syria. which means that we have two make big military power was in the area operating without any contact and any coordination, which is very dangerous. the russians are hoping that this us strike was a one—off, but tonight, they are strengthening air defence systems across syria, just in case. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. until this week's chemical attack in northern syria, president trump had appeared set against any intervent

power. russia's air force and navy helping syria's leader turn the tide of the country's civil war, and boostingoday, the kremlin accused washington of inventing a pretext for the missile strikes. those american tomahawks may have been targeting the syrian military, butjudging by what the kremlin has been saying, it's us—russian relations that will take a real battering now as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. but so far, there's been no sign of that. later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. it could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for fools. i would ask america not to insult my country, said russia's deputy ambassador. today, moscow suspended a deal designed to prevent incidents between us and russian warplanes over syria. which means that we have two big military powers in the

well, assad remains in power because russia saved him with their air power. after an attack in 2013, the russian and obama administration coordinated in to seize and destroy assad's chemical weapons, but tuesday's attack shows assad cheated on that agreement. we asked one of the most experienced reporters on syria, elizabeth palmer, to tell us more about russia's reaction. >> reporter: from state tv, which broadcast pictures of the aftermath, to russia representatives at the united nations, the outrage was unanimous. "the attack" said vladimir safronkov, "was a flagrant violation of international law." in moscow, major general igor konashenkov said the missile attack on the shayrat airfield violated russia's agreement to cooperate with the u.s. in the fight against isis. russia has been fighting in syria but on bashar al-assad's side since 2015. the kremlin says it's there to fight terrorism. military analysts say it's to protect its mediterranean base on the syrian coast, and, also, its own influence in the middle east. as soon as the news of the chemical at

i think that should be aimed at assad's air power, his air assets, because that's what he's using forhe delivering of these chemical weapons. >> will you vote for an aumf for the use of military force in syria, specific legislation giving the president that authority to launch strikes? >> i'd want to see the specific legislation, but i am absolutely heading in that direction, because these are -- these sorts of attacks against these citizens, these crimes, heinous crimes, will continue unless someone steps in and does something. the u.n. has been unable to do anything. other nations have not stood up. russia and china have actually been a shield for asasad. i think the world sis demanding that we do that. i have great confidence in general mattis to supply the president with the right information so he can make the fiem decisio final decision. >> i know the military has vary contingency fans. one option, air strikes. cruise missile strikes. boots on the ground, forces actually moving into syria. would you support the last option? >> i'm at a point where i'd want to make sure the crime

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power. russia's air force and navy helping syria's leader turn the tide of the country's civil war, and boostingcused washington of using a pretext for missile strikes. those american tomahawks may have been targeting the syrian military, but byjudging what the kremlin has been saying, it us—russia relations that will now really a battering, as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. —— those american tomahawks may have been targeting the syrian military, but byjudging what the kremlin has been saying, it us—russia relations that will now really a battering, as a result of the missile strike. the russians had been hoping that with donald trump in the white house, relations with america would improve. but so far, there has been no sign of that. later, the two countries clashed at the un security council. it could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that

bashar al assad is a long time russian ally, primarily with air power. they've been backing up his force and forces of his other allies like the iranians on the ground in syria to enable temple to make, not just to fortify their own positions because they were in danger of advance but to take territory across the whole of syria, most recently the end of last year, aleppo with the help of russian air power, syrian forces took back that intershall center of syria, aleppo. they made major territorial advances, the syrians have thanks to russian support. they also provided diplomatic support as well when there's security counsel resolutions. the russians and on some occasions the china have intervened. used their veto. they got that veto because they are permanent members of the security council to protect the syrian regime from sanctions from the united nations. expectations is they are preparing to do that again later on today. >>> while we blame clearly the assad regime the russians say who is at fault here? >> reporter: for this latest atrocity so many p

but even air power can't always spot and silence is snipers and nor do the rockets fired by iraqi forcesthe morning, the casualties mount. gunfire. victory still seems a long way off. explosion. this one battle, for one street, was still raging when we left, five hours later, out of fear for our own safety. after six months, the iraqi forces have only now reached the edge of the old city, much of what you can see on the west side of the tigris is still under is control and there's every indication they'll be fighting and dying for every single street. jonathan beale, bbc news, mosul. prince william has said the death of his mother, princess diana, was one of the reasons for his involvement in campaigning on mental health issues. the duke of cambridge's comments today follow those of his brother prince harry, who revealed he'd had counselling to help him come to terms with her death. both princes have been campaigning for the heads together mental health charity. our royal correspondent, peter hunt, reports. hello, prince william. hello, lady gaga. good morning. a transatlantic call that

rid of him suddenly and if russia stopped supporting him suddenly and he no longer had the russian air power to support him, his army would crumble and you would see the rebels in damascus. they will not be the nice rebels who turn up in suits in geneva, they will be those with the biggest guns, the most ruthless and brutal, the most dangerous. that is not something that is good for anybody. yes, there will be no peace in syria as long as assad is there, but if you get rid of him in a hurry and too quickly, the regime, the entire infrastructure would crumble and it would be a disaster, potentially even worse than the last six years but that is imaginable. and one imagines that was the calculus made by president obama. and donald trump on the campaign child. and frankly, up until about six days ago, that the situation is so six days ago, that the situation is so fragile in syria and whoever might possibly take over from assad could be a lot worse than him. yes, well, i think president obama was thinking more, let's do whatever we cannot get dragged into another disastrous middle east conflict

don't let me just ask, and you think that rewriting in effect, doing away with the clean power plan will improve airhich you say is a major goal? >> scott: look, i think what we have to keep in mind is that epa only possesses the power of the congress gets it. the epa has tried twice to regulate co2. the supreme court struck it down and separately, the clean power plan that the president introduced in 2015, which are subject to a u.s. supreme court state. as much as we want to see progress made in clean air and clean water, with an understanding that we also want to build drops, with to do so in the framework of what congress has passed. tools have to be a little box. the past administration just made it up. they reimagined authority on a statute. as a commitment to the new administration drove a pro-growth, pro-environment approach. the law you talked about many times, the regulatory overreach, the executive fiat that the previous administration engaged in. we can't continue that process, because what happens is clean air is not advanced because you have litigation such as the clean power plan. you

you name it, we are critical because of our strategic location in terms of air power. are also a platform for expeditionary forces, air combat, combat teams, first-rate brigade, numerous air and air national guard units ready to deploy at a moments notice. we are the cornerstone of our nation's missile defense. four key constitutes -- alaska has four key missile sites that protect the united states. first avenue fort greeley, home to the 40 ground-based missile interceptors by the end of this year. overseen by the 49th missile-defense battalion. that is an army alaska national guard unit. i love to brag about that. they have a great motto. the 300 protecting the 300 million, and they do a great job 20 47. eventat a wounded warrior at the white house and the chief of staff of the army was there, and i was doing bragging about his army national guard troops in alaska protect the entire nation. that is first and foremost. second, we have clear air force base, the oldest missile warning site in north america, but is now the future home of an upgraded early warning radar an

power. they can confront the u.s. air force an u.s naval air. they're not going too it. but on the other hand, there will be a consequence of any u.s. unilateral use of military power. the iranian revolutionary guards may go after u.s. forces in iraq. we've got 6, 700 special ops on the ground in syria. hezbollah could go after the israelis. so, any use of military power has unknown consequences. that's why you have to decide what is it you're trying to achieve before you use military power. >> bill, i think that much of this started, at least we thought, back several years ago in part the sort ever russia-syria alliance. russia wanted to protect its military interest in the region. is there any discussion in russia tonight about are they fearful that we're going to do something to inhibit those military bases of theirs? >> well, it's interesting, greta, that even some of president putin's harsh est critics are raising their eyebrows at the idea of military strength. gary gasparov is based in the u.s. now and a member of the russian opposition said, air attacks have becom

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it air powers the one part of his military operation which he dominates. seeing that the russians are thinking about air defenses, changes tactically how he can carry out a war that up until this will point he had the belief that he could do anything and not face the wrath of the international community. robert: knowing that part of his forces have been depleted, how does that affect the u.s. response in terms of a second wave of attacks or thinking through what's next in terms of sir y and military action? >> well, the u.s. military said there's no intention of conducting further acts. there was a real earth effort in these strikes to send a message deter assad from doing -- using chemical weapons and as at the same time avoiding any further keaslation. that was the fine line that the u.s. military is trying to walk with the strikes. the signal we've gotten is, unless chemical weapons is used again, there's no intention of further strikes on the syrian force. robert: do your sources at the pentagon have any word whether something besides tomahawk missiles

relationships, was when there was the united states air strike on an airbase in syria in response to a chemical attack. now, russia had it within its powersevent some of that attack on the syrian airbase. why did it not do so? well, first of all, i would ask you not to cut corners in describing the sequence of events that happened. if you referred to a "chemical attack", then you would perhaps wish to at least say an "alleged chemical attack". because there is no confirmation of that attack having happened. of course, there could have been a direct counter—hit, but that might have led to much more serious consequences in russia—us relations. i'm not talking about a retaliatory strike, i'm talking about something that neutralised. you canjust say: "look, we didn't have the military capability". is that what you're saying? no. so there was the military capability to neutralise? i'm not a military expert, but i will tell you what i think of it. 0k... i think that particular situation required consideration of all the different aspects. so it was a political decision not to do that and use the air defence systems? perhaps, but my guess would

naval air power is to significant and capable compared to the russian presence in general, never mind their deployed strength in syria, they are very unlikely to want to take us on in direct combat. they may well now have to think through i wonder if we ought to walk away from assad. i cannot imagine -- they're on the wrong side of this argument, by the way. they're supporting a shiite minority presence inside syria. they're alying themselves with iranian guards, hezbollah, militia. they're on the wrong side of this fight. there are a lot of sunni muslims in the world particularly living near russia. so i think putin's way out over his skis on this one. it may well be that it causes him to rethink their support for assad. we'll see. >> and with your familiarity of a kind of target package like this, or this specific target, let's call it 60 of these, half a million dollars a throw, 18 feet long. i'm guessing we have cratered the runway and the taxiways. i'm guessing since it's a military air base, they have those protected kind of bunkerized, hardened hangars but i'm guessing we've st