national security interests, including the free throw of commerce in the red sea. just this month, the houthis attacked a saudi oil tanker in the red sea, threatening commercial shipping and freedom of navigation in the world's fourth busiest maritime choke point. this conflict has unleashed a humanitarian toll on yemeni civilians, as my colleagues from the state department have already mentioned. this is why secretary mattis believes strongly that the efforts of the special envoy, martin griffiths, to bring all sides of the conflict to the negotiating table are so important. we need a stable inclusive government in yemen to provide security to the yemeni people and reduce and ultimately eliminate terrorist safe havens being used by al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and isis in yemen. a political solution to the yemen conflict will also reduce the chaos that iran has exploited to advance its maligned agenda. the houthis have launched more than 100 ballistic missiles and rockets into saudi arabia directed at major population centers, international airports, military

air and naval platforms in the red sea, the arabian gulf and the eastern. 4:00 a.m. in syria which is 9:00 here on the east coast. i'm going to give you more details about the platforms. first in the red sea, the class cruiser fired 30 tom hawk missiles and laboon fired five tom hawks. in the eastern mediterranean the french fired three missiles. also in the mediterranean the virginia class submarine fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air fired 19 missiles. in addition, our british allies fired eight missiles. our french allies flew a combination launched nine scout missiles. taken together and as you can see from the graphic behind me, these attacks on multiple were able to -- tanker and electronic warfare aircraft in support of these operations. none of our aircraft and missiles involved in this operation were engaged by syrian air defenses and we have no indication that they were employed. we are confident that all of our missiles reached their targets. at the end of the strike mission all of our aircraft safely returned to their bases. we assess that over 40 air

is transiting up through the red sea. it doesn't have to go through the suez and join the forces here in the med. that could get a little bit crowded, but could stay in the red sea to go either north or go south and get back into the indian ocean. we also have forces that are down here. this is where the strikes came from. i think what's important to realize here as well is that russian forces in syria are co-located in many locations where syrian forces are. what we see here, this indicates that russian forces are here. it's also a location where syrian forces are. so you have strike packages that might be going into locations like this or in damascus where you have proximity. you need to have standoff. we do not want to go to war with russia. that is not the intention. escalation is not the objective. de-escalation on the other hand is, but to take assad's chemical weapons capability off the table in terms of how he can go forward with that as a weapons system. >> that was general james marks there. let's get the view f

several ships at sea, the red sea and not north launching tomahawk missiles. they have had them since the 70s. very capable cruise missile. it flies at sub ssonic speeds. it is hard for air defense systems to detect. it makes it a challenging platform to shoot down. the pentagon is sure not all of them have found their targets. there were air launch cruise missiles. you can see how many each were flown. notably this bomber was launching these joipt air to surface stand off missile. it is basically a tomahawk for the air. it is much more advanced and has infrared homing and automatic target recognition. in the very end game it can dynamically choose its targets. the president talked about new and smart missiles he was talk about this. the british and the france also have these. it is essentially the same. a very complex mission. very precisely executed? will they embark to end the civil war in syria? >> all right. let's bring in a military analyst. it is good to have you with us there. in the aftermath of these strikes how much is seen as symbolism and with reg

navy ship in the red sea. they hit targets, which the pentagon's lieutenant general frank mckenzie called the heart of syria's chemical weapons s ogram. >> this is going to set the syrian chemical weapons program back for years. >> reporter: the most important rtrget was this research and development center in the capital of damascus. three buildings were hit with a total of 76 missiles. >> the barzah facility is a core ate for them, and as you can see from the graphic, it does ext exist anymore. >> reporter: two other targets were sites where the chemicals used to manufacture the weapons were believed to be stored. ereenzie said they were destroyed without releasing a poisonous cloud that would threaten civilians. h right now, we have no reporting of any civilian casualties against any of the eprgets that we struck. >> reporter: the 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 bom

in the red sea, the class cruiser monterey fired 30 tomahawk cruiser monterey fired 30 tomahawk cruisedestroyer fired seven tomahawks and in the north arabian gulf, the bird class destroyer higgins fired 23 tomahawks and in the eastern mediterranean the french frigate fired three missiles of their navel version of the scud missile and also in the mediterranean, the virginia class john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, two lancer bombers fired 19 joint air to surface stand—off missiles. in addition, our british allies flew a combination of tornados and typhoons and launched eight storm shadow missiles and french allies flew a combination of raffaella and mirages and scud missiles and taken together, these attacks on multiple axes were able to under —— overwhelm the defence system. we flew a variety of defensive counter air tankerand variety of defensive counter air tanker and electronic warfare aircraft in support and none of the aircraft in support and none of the aircraft or missiles involved were successfully engaged by syrian air defences. and we have no indication tha

in the red sea, the monterey fired tomahawk missiles. in the north arabian gulf, the higgins fire 23 tomahawks. in the eastern mediterranean, the french fired three versions of this cap missile. also the john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, 2 bombers fired 19 missiles. our british allies flew tornadoes and typhoons and launched8 -- launched 8 storm shadow missiles. taken together, these attacks on multiple axes were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system. we also flew a variety of defensive counter air tanker and electronic war aircraft in support of the operations. none of our aircraft or missiles involved were successfully engaged by syrian air defenses. we have no indication that russian air defense systems were employed. we are confident that all our missiles reached their targets. at the end, all of our aircraft safely returned. we assessed over 40 surface-to-air missiles were deployed by the syrian regime. most of them occurred after the last impact of our strike was over. it is likely that the regime shot

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

a short circuit sparked the blaze at the warehouses in the rebel held port city of what data the red sea port has been a lifeline for people in the war torn country but has inaugurated a new president in a ceremony designed to highlight a smooth transition of power but what's my c.c. took over from him comma who stepped down on saturday see thanked his predecessor and promised to uphold the constitution. it is of a deep sense of humility that i said the immense the responsibility that has just been bestowed on me and the trust and confidence by early posts as the fifth president of out of public a nation of. in carrying out my duties might start touchstone shall remain the oath i just made to uphold the constitution the rule of law and maintenance of national unity good governance peace and prosperity the international criminal court has detained a mali and man accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity the indictment is over the destruction of religious sites in timbuktu in twenty twelve and twenty thirteen when the suspect was the de facto head of the islamic police he's also ac

is transiting up through the red sea. it doesn't have to go through the suez and join the forces here in the -- in amed and that could get crowded but stay in the red sea to go north or south and get back into the indian ocean. and we also have forces that are down here. this is where the strikes came from. i think what is important to realize here is that russian forces in syria areco-located in many locations where syrian forces are. we see here and this indicates -- this indicates that russian forces are here, it is also a location of where syrian forces are. so you have -- you have strike packages might be going into locations like this or damascus where you have pr-- prom imity, you don't want to go to war with russia. escalation is not the objective, but deescalation is but to take assad's chemical weapons off the table, it needs to be degraded. it won't be defeated completely but we want to give him every opportunity to shell that capability and never touch it again based on the results of the strike this evening.

air and naval platforms and they red sea the , northern arabian gulf, and the eastern mediterranean. all weapons hit their targets close to the designated time of 4:00 a.m. in syria, 9:00 on the east coast. i am going to give you more details about the platforms. first, in the red sea, the ticonderoga-class cruiser monterey fired 30 tomahawk cruise missiles and the arleigh burke class destroyer fired seven tomahawks. in the north arabian gulf, the burke-class destroyer higgins fired 23 tomahawks. in the eastern mediterranean, a french frigate fired three missiles. also in the mediterranean, the virginia-class submarine john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, to be one lancer bombers fired surface-to-air missiles. in addition, our british allies flew a combination of typhoons and launched eight storm shadow missiles. our french allies launched nine scout missiles. taken together and as you can see from the graphic behind me, axese attacks on multiple were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system. it is also important to note that we flew a variety of defensive and

resolutions the who these continue to fire missiles into saudi arabia on a regular basis targeting red sea shipping in threading threatening the saudi people while we will continue to assist saudi arabia with this defense the us and support its right to defend its own borders a political solution is the only way to advance long term stability in yemen and end the suffering and i know we agree on that. the us secretary of state told saudi leaders the gulf diplomatic crisis needs to end saudi arabia the u.a.e. bihari and egypt have imposed an economic on embargo on qatar for almost a year but they also stress to the foreign minister the gulf unity is necessary we need to achieve it. but i was reported extensively throughout the middle east region joins me now on the set so let's start first of all with the qatar blockade . he was sounding a note there of needing to resolve this. standoff at some point and in contrast to. the lack of unity that we heard from that from the u.s. administration before it seems now that the americans are pushing for an immediate end to the g.c.c. crisis and the w

for what's being billed as the future of urban living in saudi arabia located on the coast of the red sea planners in vision some two million people living here one day so far there are only six and a half thousand residents the apartment blocks are separated according to the income levels of future inhabitants this area. feels like a ghost town. this one is designed for the rich but even here over half of the apartment blocks remain empty. a seaview for the wealthy with the swimming pool out back among those living here already is the project's corporate communications manager it's the fact that my can my dogs can go out and walk the dog along the promenade there's no cars there's no traffic because it's all pedestrian ised it's easy for me to get around the city it's very convenient but it is a new city i don't have a shopping mall on the on the on the doorstep. inside two hundred fifty square metres of luxury three bedrooms about kony and a terrorist for eight hundred thousand euros the target market young ambitious executives from saudi arabia and beyond but the success of the city wi

coalition fighting in yemen has killed twelve civilians in the coastal city of ho data data is the red sea port where most humanitarian aid arrives in yemen the attack destroyed a house where people displaced from other provinces were living the saudi led coalition said reports of the attack would be fully investigated. the un is hosting a meeting in geneva today to raise money for war torn discussing military issues related to the conflict organizers are hoping to bring in some three billion dollars the new pledges to meet the rising costs of providing a three years of fighting in yemen have claimed around ten thousand lives a proxy war between the saudi government and iranian backed who the rebels has also driven an estimated two million people probably homes u.s. has been revising upwards the number of yemenis in need of assistance the organization estimates that since last year another three point four million more people depend on outside help for survival. is mother to five young children not all and she's also alone in the world since her husband died she has to track for two hours

o'clock here on the east coast i'm to give you more details now about the platforms first in the red sea the to counteract that to counteract a class cruiser monterey far thirty tomahawk land attack cruise missiles and they are early bird class destroyer lagoon fired seven tomahawks in the north arabian go off the bird class destroyer higgens fired twenty three tomahawks in the eastern mediterranean the french frigate language fired three missiles of their naval version of the scat missile also in the mediterranean the virginia class submarine john warner fired six tomahawk missiles in the air to be one last or bombers fired nineteen joint air to surface standoff missiles in addition our british allies flew a combination of tornados and tie phones and launched eight storm shadow missiles our french allies if you flew a combination of referrals and mirages and launched nine scout missiles taken together and as you can see from the graphic behind me these attacks on multiple axes were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system it's also important to note that we flew a variety of defe

on the other side you have the red sea. 5 million barrels a day flowing into that choke point.ues and choke points and underlying this, you have robust demand demand 100 million barrels a day in crude >> right. >> this is -- we need the oil. we can't afford to have -- >> well, we do we have one game changer here, that's the u.s. production 10.5 million barrels a day does that change the landscape in terms of what we've seen in the past we have something to fall back on >> it does and it doesn't. i think the big question about u.s. production and where we go with that story, it is a great story and it's changed the oil market fundamentally is infrastructure there's no doubt that the u.s. now has the oil in the ground. what happens if you get serious disruption to crude supply coming out of venezuela. where did they all come from a lot of the questions around u.s. oil is how much shale oil can get caught on a train and go to market. so i think that in a way the risks in the u.s. are different. they're around infrastructure. in the middle east, it's political. >> it's not that pro

coalition fighting and yemen has killed twelve civilians in the coastal city of the who data data is a red sea port where most humanitarian aid arrives in yemen they attack destroyed a house for people displaced from other provinces reliving the saudi led coalition said reports of the attack would be fully investigated meanwhile yemen's foreign minister has joined with the u.n. secretary general and calling for a political settlement to end the conflict this at a u.n. conference in geneva today seeking three billion dollars in pledges for humanitarian aid in war torn yemen three years of fighting in yemen that claimed around ten thousand lives in the proxy war between the saudi backed government and iranian back to the rebels has also driven an estimated two million people from their homes. after trying to travel by train in france good luck a massive strike is wreaking havoc there monica has more on that coming right up. to. go out and they will not succeed in dividing the town not succeed in taking the people off the streets because we're tired of the stick trying to show you. taking your st

these continue to fire missiles into saudi arabia on a regular basis targeting red sea shipping in threading threatening the saudi people. well we will continue to assist saudi arabia with its defense needs and support its right to defend its own borders a political solution is the only way to advance long term stability gamen and then the suffering and i know we agree on that. and the u.s. secretary of state to tell saudi leaders that the gulf diplomatic process needs to end saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind egypt have imposed economic and boggle on cover for media here they also stress to the foreign minister the gulf unity is necessary we need to achieve it. in other news south korea says kim jong un has promised to shut down the north's nuclear bomb test site next month they say the north korean leader made the pledge during fidei summit with president. the u.n. security council delegation has interviewed more than one hundred one hundred refugees fled a military crackdown in neighboring myanmar large crowds of the henge aligned of the team of the bangladeshi city of cox's bazaar that's whe

reporter: other projects include the futuristic city of neom and the developments of resorts on the red sea. high speed rail networks crisscrossing the country. all with the aim of turning a notoriously difficult place to visit into potentially the next tourist hot spot in this region. with the recovery of oil prices to $75 a barrel they have to make sure they don't get complacent and overly reliant on oil again. this is the saudi arabia airline with the tourism authority and the two discount carriers. they wanted to make a statement it's not about oil only in saudi arabia anymore. they want to push to diversify and tourism is a key component of it. >> they have to diversify. >>> we're going to take a short break. and on royal baby watch, we've got some news for you. been jimmy's longest. jimmy (shouting): james! he's survived record rain and a supplier that went belly up. so while he's proud to have helped put a roof over the heads of hundreds of families, he's most proud of the one he's kept over his own. brand vo: get the most out of your money, whether you're using quickbooks smart invo

we got through that red sea of fire hoses. the lord then parted the red sea one more time.ame thing happened in selma. prize, dr.bel peace king went to see the president, lyndon johnson. and lyndon johnson said i'm sorry, dr. king. we just had a civil rights bill it is 1964.64, -- i cannot have the power. you must have said that at least a dozen times, but we found out later one of the reasons he did not have the power was because he had been meeting with mac and george- mcnamara bundy, talking about sending more troops to vietnam. when we left, i asked dr. king and said well, we really need a rest. you have been going for all of this time. i said why don't we take a few weeks off? said well what i are you going to do? said we are going to get to the president in power. and i said what? said we are to get the president some power. you are so arrogant you are going to get the president some power? and then i realized he would serious -- she was serious, and he said no, we are going to get the president some power. i did not understand it, but two days later, amelia boynton s

into the room there's a line of sorority sisters in front of her and suddenly they part like the red sea. she wasn't expecting to see one of her closest friends, michael. he is a senior at hoigh school but is at her university. >> would you go with me -- >> no pressure with all of the sorority sisters. >> they are on his side. they will help him. >> immediately gives him a huge hug an says yes. there's a long history behind this surprise promposal. they met four years ago. at this school they have the best buddies program where she started spending time with michael and they became very very close very quickly. this is also a little bit of a revenge pay back almost because this is the third promposal these guys have been through. the believe use two have been a surprise for michael. one for disney world. you can see him there bunch of princesses. >> will you go to prom with me? >> yes. >> and the next year he was on stage in front of everyone and erica comes out from the side and asks him. >> will you go to prom with me? >> makes his way across the stage. this was it for his senior year

it posed a threat to saudi arabia and freedom of navigation in the red sea. exacerbating the conflict child soldiers disrupt and commandeered the distribution of humanitarian aid and commercial goods and exploit the deliveries for their own financial purposes. to validate the targets and practice tactical patience and reduce the risk of noncombatant casualties. we also continue to urge the com to allow for access to humanitarian and commercial goods and are encouraged to recent steps of the partners to provide more than $1 billion in humanitarian relief. thank you for the opportunity to testify. >> viability for for interjections along the way. >> thank you to the witnesses and the department of defense for your work. you outlined goals for the united states including ending the civil war through the diplomacy because as you pointed out, that's the only way we will have a lasting peace with yemen. the security of the partners particularly the security of the kingdom of saudi arabia and recognize a. a. in regards to the noncombatant casualties last march, the

we got through that red sea of fire hoses.rted the red sea one more time. [laughter] andrew young: now, the same thing happened in selma. with a nobel peace prize, dr. king went to see the president, lyndon johnson. and lyndon johnson said i'm sorry, dr. king. we just had a civil rights bill in july of 1964. of 1964. just december i cannot go back to congress. i don't have the power. he must have said that at least a dozen times, but we found out later one of the reasons he did not have the power was because he had been meeting with mcnamara and george bundy, talking about sending more troops to vietnam. when we left, i asked dr. king and said well, we really need a rest. you have been going for all of this time. i said why don't we take a few weeks off? he said no, and i said well what are you going to do? he said we are going to get to the president in power. and i said what? he said we are to get the president some power. are soehouse people, you arrogant you are going to get the president some power? and then i realized he

navy ship in the red sea participated. the french said the jets participated in the strikes and british said some tornado jets launched missiles against targets in syria as well. a multilateral operation. and unlike last year in april of 2017, secretary mattis saying double the number of weapons were used. last year about 59 mitchells were fired. this time secretary mattis saying double the number of weapons used. trying to up the ante if you will in the efforts to curb the syrian regime chemical weapons program. >> ryan, stand by. sam kylely pl let's bring you .u.s. ambassador said in response to the u.s., the possessor ever the big ez artisanals chemical weapons has no moral right to blame other countries. has russia indicated any kind of response. >> reporter: not really not yet. it's early in the morning. and i think the russians will want to get -- do their own battle damage assessment as it's called to a assess the extent to which the syrian regime has been hit. and whether there's beenny collateral damage to russian

is transiting up through the red sea. it doesn't have to go through the suez and join the forces here in the med. that could get crowded but could stay if the red sea to go north or go south to get to the indian ocean. we also have forces that are down here. this is where the strikes came from. i think what's important to realize here, as well, is that russian forces in syria are co-located in many locations where syrian forces are. what we see here, this indicates, this indicates that russian forces are here and it's a location where syrian forces are. we have strike packages that might be going into locations like this or in damascus where you have proximity. you need to have standoff. we do not want to war with russia. >> lieutenant rick francona with us, military analyst and former military attach a in damascus, and flowsenior fellow and milit expert, thank you for being here. colonel fran cone athe u.s. has -- francona, the u.s. says it avoid the targets to avoid the forces. can you tell us how that happened? >> the

is transiting up through the red sea. it doesn't have to go through the suez and join the forces here in the med. that could get crowded but could stay in the red sea to go north or south and get back into the indian ocean. and we also have forces that are down here. this is where the strikes came from. i think what's important to realize here as well is that russian forces in syria are co-located in many locations where syrian forces are. what we see here, this indicates that russian forces are here. it's also a location of where syrian forces are. so you have strike packages that might be going into locations like this or in damascus where you have proximity. you need to have standoff. we do not want to go to war with russia. >> thank you to spider marks for that. >>> colonel cedric lleyton with us now. thank you for being here. i want to get back to what the president just tweeted saying it could not have had a better result. mission accomplished. do you agree? was the mission accomplished last night? >> well, christie

first in the red sea, the class cruiser monterey fired 30 tomahawk land cruise missiles. another fired seven tomahawks. north arabian golf, higgins fired 23 tomahawks. in the eastern mediterranean, they fired three missiles of their naval version of the scalp missile. also in the mediterranean, six tomahawk missiles. in the air, two b-1 bombers fired 19 joint air-to-surface stand off missiles. in addition, the british allies flew a combination of tornadoes and typhoons and launched eight missiles. our french allies flew marriages and launched nine scalp missiles. the attacks were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system. it's important to note we flew a variety of defensive counter air, tanker and electronic warfare aircraft in support of the operations. none of our aircraft or missiles involved were successfully engaged by syrian air defenses. we have no indication russian air defense systems were deployed. we are confident all missiles reached their target. in the end, all our aircraft returned to their bases. we assess over 40 surface-to-air missiles were deploy

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in the red sea, the ticonderoga class "monterey." and the arly berk class "laboon" fired seven tom hawks. in the north arabian gulf, the higgins fired 23 tomahawks. the french frigate fired three missiles of the scat missile. in the mediterranean, the virginia class submarine fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, two b-1 lancer bombers fired 19 joint air to surface standoff missiles. in addition, our british allies flew a combination of tornadoes and typhoons and launched eight storm shadow missiles. our french allies flew a combination of rafels and mirages. taken together and as you can see from the graphic behind me, these attacks were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system. it's also important to note that we flew a variety of defensive counterair, tanker and electronic warfare aircraft in support of these operations. none of our aircraft or missiles involved in this operation were successfully engaged by syrian air defenses. and we have no indication that russian air defense systems were employed. we are confident th

egypt's neighbors across the red sea saudi arabia provide the hosts with them.est chance of a victory. the green falcons haven't won a world cup game since one thousand nine hundred ninety four so how can one thousand four. hundred slide would strike him i haven't. he was the top scorer in asian qualifying with a massive sixteen goals. with a striker in one kind of form there's no way saudi arabia will be a walkover when they kick off the world cup on the fourteenth of june. so russia not only have a we are also up against some of the best players in the world i even if they can manage to win against saudi arabia a disappointing failure to qualify could well be on the cards but that might not be the only embarrassment russia and putin suffered on world cup remember this. the first few days of euro twenty sixteen were tarnished by fighting between russian and english rule against well the english aggressors mostly seem to be a bunch of drunken idiots the russians were reportedly more organized deliberately targeting specific groups of supporters so could we see e

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into the room there's a line of sorority sisters in front of her and suddenly they part like the red seashe wasn't expecting to see one of her closest friends, michael. he is a senior at hoigh school but is at her university. >> would you go with me -- >> no pressure with all of the sorority sisters. >> they are on his side. they will help him. >> immediately gives him a huge hug an says yes. there's a long history behi

red sea editerranean, and persian gulf and british fighters came out of cypress and think the french fighters may have flew out of france, air navy as far as -- if i'm correct. don't think we used that strike for syria over the weekend. i think our ability at the base limited this point because of the relationship with iraqi relationship with the turks, but still there. i just i'm not clear in terms of whether they are still flying over syria. i think most aircraft flying missions over syria are coming region. gulf host: peter, did you have a quick follow-up? north yeah, back to korea, i mean, it took forever to the el to fess up act the 2007 raid on the nucle involved- yes, we were in that. there was a footprint there, that was an footprint unmistakable and the syrian and north korean connection goes you know, decades. what about i have, the north korean and this gas attack situation, has that been brought that has been out? is there nothing there at all? i can't believe that is the case. actually h, there was a report by u.n. experts, who out once in s come a while from the u.n. lo

french warship in the eastern mediterranean to a british raf base in cyprus to the uss monterey in the red seays of planning was replaced by execution, with the bombing and missile strikes. the president said britain, france and the us had marshalled their "righteous power against barbarism and brutality." a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al—assad. and he singled out syria's two principal backers. to iran and to russia, i ask, what kind of nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? the nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep. in damascus last night, flashes, bangs and streaking missiles lit the night sky. those launching the attack seemed as keen to define what this mission wasn't as what it was. this was not about intervening in the civil war. it is not about regime change. as i discussed with president trump and president macron, it is about a limited and targeted strike that does not furt

first, in the red sea, the ticonderoga closer -- cruiser fired 30 tomahawk cruise missiles and another destroyer fired seven tomahawks. in the north arabian gulf, the destroyer higgins fired 23 tomahawks. in the eastern mediterranean, a french frigate fired three missiles. also in the mediterranean, the virginia class summary john warner fired six tomahawk missiles. in the air, dose go -- two b-1 fired surface-to-air missiles. our british allies launched eight storm shadow missiles. launched nineies scout missiles. taken together and as you can see from the graphic behind me, these attacks were able to overwhelm the syrian air defense system. it is also important to note that we flow variety of defense ensive and support aircraft in support of these operations. none of our aircraft were successfully engaged by syrian air defenses and we have no indication russian air defense systems were employed. where confident all of our missiles reach their targets. at the end of the strike mission all of our aircraft returned to their bases. we assessed that 40 surface-to-air missiles were employe

who the rebels have struck a saudi oil tanker in the red sea off yemen's main port city has data that's according to saudi owned television who these say they targeted the tanker in response to an airstrike in her data that killed at least fourteen civilians seven of them children the u.n. says that strike was one of the deadliest attacks on children since the saudi led coalition began its aerial campaign in two thousand and fifteen the special counsel investigation into russian connections with donald trump presidential campaign has handed down its first sentence that's lawyer alexander's van has been sentenced to thirty days in jail and a twenty thousand dollars fine for lying to federal agents working on robert mueller is investigation he was found to have lied about contacts that he had with someone working on the trump campaign she had returned see has the latest on that from washington. the special counsel may have begun his probe as an investigation into allegations of a russian meddling in the twenty sixteen presidential election but over the months it has expanded its scope gre

navy warships, some from the red sea. u.s. air force b-1 bombers from qatar, british tornadoes jets launched from cyprus. we expect to hear more about the battle assessment at the pentagon:00 a.m. eastern time. for now, this is looking like a limited strike against assad's chemical weapons facilities and nothing more, guys. abby: thank you so much for us. griff: thanks, lucas. pete: if there are developments at that briefing at the pentagon we will bring them to you here live at the fox news channel. it a lot of confidence this decision which not everyone will agree on. should it be bigger or smaller or should we have done it, whether you have got james mattis and john bolton and john kelly the chief of staff with his experience advising the president you know have you serious people who say we shouldn't back down the way obama did giving recommendations to this president. a lot went into calculations. abby: it is serious when you are sending our own men and women into harm's way. they have served. they have been on the front

french warship in the eastern mediterranean to a british raf base in cyprus to the uss monterey in the red seang was replaced by execution, with the bombing and missile strikes. the president said britain, france and the us had marshalled their "righteous power against barbarism and brutality." a short time ago, i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al—assad. and he singled out syria‘s two principal backers. to iran and to russia, i ask, what kind of nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? the nations of the world can be judged by the friends they keep. in damascus last night, flashes, bangs and streaking missiles lit the night sky. those launching the attack seemed as keen to define what this mission wasn‘t as what it was. this is not about intervening in the civil war. it is not about regime change. it is about a limited and targeted strike that does not further escalate tensions in the region and that does everything possible t