forces are operating from to do this kind of work is a small base in southern syria that's right at that calnevari spot between iraq and jordan and syria, that little base called al tanf. well, on friday, syria time, when the new administration decided to shoot tomahawk missiles, that was not an abstract thing for these hundreds of u.s. service members who were on the ground in syria. "the wall street journal," nbc news, stars and stripes, a few other outlets have now reported that when those u.s. missiles were shot into syria, the u.s. special operations troops who specifically were based at that little base in al tanf, when those missile strikes were launched thursday night east coast time, friday morning in syria, those special operations troops left. they left their base. it's not a secret that they are there. the united states has been bombing isis targets in syria, thousands of air strikes. the u.s. had some military presence and involvement in syria all the way back to september of 2014. in all of that time, though, the u.s. has not had american pilots shot out of the sky by syria

it happening in southern syria.americans were on that base, along withe syrian/jordanian border when they were attacked by suicide bombers wearing vests. ryan, was this attack thwarted? >> that's right, fredricka. this attack was repelled by the combined coalition supported rebel force that was using that base. now it was a very intense attack, as you described, using vehicle-born ieds, suicide vests. in fact the coalition forces there had to call in a series of air strikes against the isis fighters to destroy their vehicles and to eliminate some of that attacking force. so you know, we don't hear much about the coalition train and advise program in southern syria. usually it is focused more towards the north near raqqa, isis' capital and the u.s. forces there. but this force has been there for some time aiding rebel groups, helping to stabilize that southern border with jordan, a key u.s. ally. so we don't hear much about it, so it is a bit of a surprise i think to hear that isis is making this kind of aggressive p

. >> coalition troops and allies syrian opposition forces, but a joint base in southern syria. >> the u.s. led coalition says the carrier, a complex attack on the border against a vehicle rigged with an explosive device and 20 to 30 suicide bombers. >> initial reports indicate there were no coalition casualties. cnn reporter ryan brown. >> this was an intense battle, as you said, involving multiple suicide bombers. this vehicle borne i.d. the u.s. had to call air strikes against the isis assaults. this base, you know, it's not really where a lot of the attention where the spike has been in recent months. most of that occur further north where u.s. air and kurdish allies are making a push and backed by u.s. troops. so this is kind out along the jordon border, a little bit out of the way for the main fighting. a little bit of surprise, attack by isis. the coalition and local allies are able to fight it off successfully in this case. >> international attention will be focused on the trump administration's foreign policy after last week's strike on syrian air base. ryan nobles report. >>

russians are saying that chemical came from weapons that were held by the rebels on the ground in southern syria where these scenes took place. they say the syrian air force did attack a factory unit but a factory manufacturing by the rebels chemical weapons and it's because they attacked that factory that the chemicals caused so much bloodshed. >> matthew chance live in moscow. >>> president trump placing the blame on his predecessor, president obama. in a statement president trump called the attack on civilians reprehensible but add this. these heinous actions are a consequence of the past administration's weakness and irresolution. president obama said in 2012 he would establish a red line against the use of chemical weapons and then did nothing. this comes during a high stakes week of diplomacy. the syrian attack certainly to come up when king abdullah visits the white house today. >>> the clock is ticking down that could change the senate forever. democrats in a last ditch effort to stop the nuclear option. >> live pictures from the floor. r joint pain immediately. blue-emu continuous pain

. >> the antiisis coalition groups and ally syrian opposition forces, at a joint base in southern syriaack on the syria of jordanian order against a vehicle rigged with explosive device and 20 to 30 suicide bombers. >> initiate there were no coalition casualties. ryan brown has more on this. >> this was an intense battle, as you said, involving multiple suicide bombers. this vehicle i.d. the u.s. had to call it air strikes against this isis assault in order to help repel it. this base, it's not really where a lot of the attention and the isis fight has been in recent months. in fact, most of that fighting has occurred further north where they're making a push. self declared capitol backed by u.s. troops. this has been along the jordan border, the south, a little bit out of the way. so a little bit of the surprise with the coalition and they're able to fight it off successfully in this case. >> police in sweden have made a second arrest after friday easter r's easter -- terror attack. a man they arrested after the attack was likely behind the wheel. >> the prosecutors say a second man is

into northern syria and there is a substantial force operating quietly out of jordan as well in southern syria. so, this stirs the mix a little bit. it throws things up in the air. i think they're hoping this is part of a bigger strategy. i think their concern is that a little bit like donald rumsfeld said after the invasion of iraq, stuff happens and we'll watch it happen. if that's the case, then they're going to be very concerned indeed. >> surprisingly, we got earlier reaction from at least one of the rebel groups fighting inside syria. one of the morris llamaist groups, i understand. they welcomed any u.s. intervention that could perhaps, as they described it, limit the killing of innocent civilians. how much do you think tonight emboldens rebel groups to perhaps try to, you know, follow these air strikes with some ground operations and seize more territory from the syrian government? >> well, of course they're going to try that. but we don't have any evidence, frankly, that this air strike has done anything that substantially weakens the syrian military or puts assad in danger. there's n

. >> overseas today a terrorist attack involving american troops deployed to southern syria.ng there. today's confrontation happened a joint base not toor frfar from border with jordan. isis sent a car bomb. let's get more now from our pentagon reporter ryan brown. what happened exactly and how -- more importantly how are those u.s. service members? >> we understand that there were no coalition casualties, no u.s. forces wounded or killed in the confrontation as we know right now. and this was an intense battle as you said involving multiple suicide bombers. this vehicle born ied. the u.s. had to call air strikes against this isis assault in order to help repel it. this base, you know, it's not really where a lot of the attention and the isis fight has been in receipt months. in fact, most of that fighting has occurred further north where u.s. arab and -- this has kind of been along the jordan border towards the south a little out of the way of the main fighting. a little of the surprise this attack by isis. the coalition and its local allies were able to fight it off success

jihadists who we can help to become players both on the negotiating table and in southeastern and southern syriaplayers in the future of syria, as an alternative to assad. >> when we talked on friday, you thought the administration was moving in the direction you're outlining. after listening to secretary of state tillerson do you still believe that? >> i'm concerned. there seems to be a difference in what ambassador haley is saying, as he said last night, that assad really has no future. and what i heard this morning. i don't mean to pick a fight. what i'm telling you is i think the strategy he seems to be outlining is based on assumptions that are not going to work. there is no such thing as assad yes, but isis, no. the focus that you can defeat isis as long as assad is there is not true. they're two sides of the same coin. as long as bashar al assad is in power in syria, you will have a reason for people to be radicalized in syria. all this talk of isis. there's an al qaeda group growing in strength that are prepared to step into the vacuum left behind by a defeated isis. you cannot have a st

base in southern syria. the u.s. was able to repel that attack. it gives you a sense that the u.s. ll actively engaged in a very tough fight against isis in syria and iraq and potentially this shift in policy, if it is a shift in policy with regard to bashar al assad, could complicate that fight. because the russians are, of course, assad's biggest backers. but they are also essential for the u.s. to go about this fight against isis. and that is because they have an enormous amount of highly sophisticated anti-aircraft weaponry. they could potentially shoot american planes out of the sky if they wanted to. you have some 1250 u.s. military personnel on the ground inside syria. if the assad regime and russia turn against them, you are talking about a potentially very complicating factor, not to mention the so-called deconfliction. that will make the fight much tougher. >> thanks very much. be careful. back now with our panel. tony, during the campaign, donald trump talked a lot about trying to forth a relationship with russia, because he believed russia was a valuable asset in the fig

that a coalition air strike accidentally struck and killed allied forces. 18 people killed in southern syria jennifer griffin joins us live with new details. hello, jennifer. >> fox news can confirm it was a u.s. coalition air strike that killed 18 u.s. backed local fighters two days ago on the ground in northern syria. we just received a statement. the incident occurred 30 miles west of raqqa where the u.s. military airlifted hundreds of local fighters last month along with some u.s. military advisors. central command says the coalition jet was given the wrong coordinates by their partner forces a mix of kurdish and arab fighters known as the syrian democratic forces. the u.s.-backed fighters in syria are supported by a u.s. marine corps artillery battery and gun ships. the top u.s. general for u.s. forces in the middle east says he might need more artillery units to help these local syrian fighters. but as of right now the move to retake raqqa is on hold, shannon, until after the turks carry out their referendum on sunday. a referendum that should give the turkish president more power. bac

it's in southern turkey near syria. we are working on getting video of the blast from a turkish newspaper. we'll have that later in the newsca newscast. >>> u.s. russia relations are at the frostiest in years. one is the fallout against the strike in syria with russia facing the charges it knew that syria was using chemical weapons. >> reporter: new accusations from washington that russia was well aware of the chemical weapons stockpile. >> i believe russia knew about the chemical weapons because they were operating from exactly the same base. >> reporter: russia is denying all accusations and continues to support the syrian government. new images appear to show syria's russian-made fighter jets are back in business on the very same base the u.s. destroyed and now russia, in a remarkable joint statement with iran and hezbollah warning the u.s. of retaliation for any new strikes saying "from now on, we will respond to anyone, including america if it attacks syria and crosses the red lines." and while the president has no

we have information from sources that provocations are being prepared in other parts of syria, including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they are planning to release some sort of substance again. james: mr. tillerson must tread very carefully to make a deal with the russian leader. >> we know putin well. putin is a person who can make unexpected moves towards partners, and even concessions, but never bends under pressure. just the opposite. james: on last week's gas attack moscow and washington seem to , agree on one thing there , should be a full investigation. but there is plenty of room to dispute who should carry it out, and when, and how. the g-7 meeting of america's allies ended today without giving rex tillerson much political ammunition. ministers failed to agree on any future threat of targeted sanctions. boris johnson pressed hard for it, but insisted no consensus was not defeat. secretary johnson: i don't pretend you this is going to be easy. there are very few better routes forward that i can see for the russians. this is a way forward for russia and syria, and in making this offe

provocations, i can‘t call them differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria as well, including the southerno release some sort of substance again. one leading kremlin watcher says mr tillerson must tread brake heavily to do a deal with the russian leader. we know putin well. putin is a person who can make unexpected moves towards partners and even concessions, but he never does it under pressure, just the opposite. about last week‘s gas attack, moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing, there should be a full investigation, but there is plenty of room to dispute who carries it out and when and how. the g—7 meeting of america‘s allies ended today without giving rex tillerson much extra political ammunition. ministers agree any further threat to sanctions. borisjohnson had pressed hard for it but insisted no consensus was not defeat. i am not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy, but there are very few or better routes forward that i can see for the russians. this is a way forward for russia and for syria, and in going to make this offer, i think that rex tillerson

syria, too. including the southern suburbs of damascus where they are preparing to release some sort of substancegain. —— translation: . induced substance again. —— translation:. induced in italy, g7 ministers rejected further sanctions on syria and russia. theyjoined a call to abandon assad but it seems that message may fall on deaf ears. sarah corker, bbc news. donald trump's spokesman has admitted making insensitive and inappropriate remarks after asserting that hitler did not use chemical weapons during the second world war. sean spicer made the comments during a white house press briefing, comparing president assad of syria to hitler and criticising russia for supporting the syrian government, which he said had used chemical munitions. david willis reports asked about the syrian government's use of chemical weapons, the president's press secretary used this surprising assertion. we didn't use chemical weapons in world war two. you know, you had a... you know, someone as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to the... to using chemical weapons. asked to clarify those remarks, mr spicer du

intelligence from various sources that similar provocations are being prepared in other regions of syria, including southern of damascus, where they are planning to plant chemicals and blame the syrian government for using them. we believe any displays of this kind deserve to be thoroughly investigated. mark: russia has rejected allegations that its ally, the syrian government, was responsible. more than 100 prospective candidates have signed up so far on the first day of registration an's presidential election. registration is open until saturday, and any iranian national can apply. although they do not approve dissidence or women for the final race. north korea's parliament convened today as the u.s. and south korea conducted the largest ever military exercises on the grand -- korean peninsula since the start of their alliance. the uss carl vinson aircraft carrier is also headed to the area. experts say pyongyang could be preparing for its sixth nuclear launch. i'm mark crumpton in new york. this is bloomberg. it is after 5:30 p.m. tuesday in new york, 7:30 a.m. wednesday in sydney. david joins us with th

it's a critical point in a part of the country where they are battles rebels in the southern part of syria. as i said, i think this is an important decisive step that was taken. it is not a message. it is a degrading of the capability of the syrian regime to carry out further chemical attacks against innocent civilians. this will degrade their capability to launch those attacks from the air and i think it was important step and hopefully it's part of a comprehensive strategy. >> when you talk about a comprehensive strategy would you like to see more urgent air strikes. this is degrading it is not eliminating as far as we know air capabilities in syria which as you know bashar assad has used to degrade barrel bombs and all manner of atrocities over the last months. >> first of all fr, in is a significant step. i am telling you this is the area from which those chemical attacks were launched. it's the place you were going to see future attacks come from particularly targeting innocent civilians and in area they felt they were losing territory. there's a message to this, but it is more than j

intelligence from various sources that similar provocations are being prepared in other regions of syria including southern suburbs of damascus where they are planning to plant chemicals and blame the syrian government for using them. but we believe any displays of this kind deserve to be thoroughly investigated. we will officially turn to the corresponding u.n. structure in the hague and to call on the international community to thoroughly investigate these actions. >>> white house press secretary sean spicer has been forced to apologize for saying that hitler did not use chemical weapons. delivering his daily press briefings, spicer sparked condemnation when he made remarks to assad's alleged use of weapons. kirsten well ker h kristen welker has more. >> reporter: tonight, a messaging misstep rocking the white house after press secretary sean spicer compared syria's president, bashir al assad, to adolf hitler. >> we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you had somebody as despicable as hitler who didn't even sink to using chemical weapons. >> reporter: those comments sparking an immediate backlas

leader various sources that similar provocations are being prepared in other regions of syria, including southern damascus where they're planting chemicals and blame the syrians for using them. >> there's no evidence of any of this. spicer just yesterday said the united states may launch more strikes in syria if al-assad uses chemical weapons again or barrel bombs. that's significant. today syrian activists report the syrian regime has done just that. dropped barrel bombs in multiple locations. details coming. first, secretary of state rex tillerson has arrived in moscow to discuss the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov. >> russia has aligned itself with the assad regime, the iranians and hezbollah. is that a long-term alliance that serves russia's interests? or would russia prefer to re-align with the united states, with other western countries and middle east countries who are seeking to resolve the syrian crisis. >> tillerson also said it's clear that assad's regime is coming to an end. on what he bases that assessment is unknown. most analysts disagree and strongly. secretary tillerson s

we have intelligence that some of her obligations are being prepared in other regions of syria, including southern suburbs of damascus where they are planning to plant chemicals and blame the syrian government for using them. >> saying there is no doubt assad used chemical weapons. administration is pointing out the nation supporting syria. senior officials say second tillerson will likely discuss several issues here, there is also nato, the defense alliance that is opposed the soviet union and russia for nearly 70 years. this afternoon, president trump signed a ratification document bringing montenegro into nato. another uncertainty surrounding second tillerson's trip into moscow, whether he will meet with vladimir putin. for chickadees, the kremlin has been saying there is no such meeting on the schedule thus far. >> >> bret: rich edson. rich, thank you. syria is apparently willing to call the president's bluff on barrel bombs. the administration has suggested that type of attack might trigger a response similar to the one from last week's chemical weapons use. saying the syrians are already usi

we've got team coverage from the ground in syria to trump's southern white house in florida. let's begin with ed wedeman on the border between syria and turkey. ben, what more are we learning about these new air strikes? >> there were air strikes yesterday and today on a town which on tuesday morning aircraft struck, it's believed with chemical weapons. death toll to that attack has now gone up to 89. now, we understand one of the air strikes today left a woman and several other people wounded and there was another air strike on a town just about seven miles to the north of -- excuse me -- as well. in that instance ten people were killed. of course, it's important to stress that chemical weapons were not used. this was conventional weapons and of course, you know, we've been paying a lot of attention to the chemical weapons but the fact of the matter is this is routine for syria. more than 400,000 people have been killed in syria in the last six years. this is just one incident. >> all right. ben wedeman, thank you so much. hope you can get some water there. we'll check back w

provocations, i can't call them any differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria too, including the southernf damascus, where they're preparing to release some sort of substance again. moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing about last week's gas attack — that there should be a full investigation. but there's plenty of room to dispute who carries it out and when and how. and the g7 meeting in italy of america's allies ended today without giving rex tillerson much of a stick to carry to moscow. ministers failed to agree any threat of future targeted sanctions on top russian and syrian military officials. borisjohnson had pressed hard for it but insisted afterwards no consensus was not defeat. i'm not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy, but there are very few or better routes forward that i can see for the russians. this is a way forward for russia and for syria, and in going to make this offer, i think that rex tillerson has, as you can see, overwhelming support. the last family photo in italy for america and her allies was not quite as happy as the hawks in thi

syria too. including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they're preparing to release some sort of substancein. let's turn to the analysis of our bbc russia correspondent. this is the usual tactics used by mr putin in such circumstances. he never steps back under pressure and always just strikes back with some counter arguments. that is exactly what he did. it's very interesting that harsh language used by mr putin is contrasted by language used by russian ministry of foreign affairs. the statement they issued recently says that they are full of hope and they're hoping that these negotiations will open a new page in bilateral relations and that the relations will become better. also there are rumours that there mite antibiotic meeting between mr putin and tillerson tomorrow, even though it's not confirmed by putin's spokesman. but the fact that it's not declined at the moment tells us a lot. definitely both washington and especially moscow are eager to talk and are eager to reach agreement on syria. because russia has put a lot to that story and puts a lot of stakes, it hopes, that syria, it

provocations, i can't call them any differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria as well, including the southernuburbs of damascus, where they are preparing to release some sort of substance again. one leading kremlin watcher says mr tillerson must tread very carefully to do a deal with the russian leader. so, we know putin quite well. putin is a person who can make unexpected moves towards partners and even concessions, but he never does it under pressure, just the opposite. about last week's gas attack, moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing, there should be a full investigation, but there is plenty of room to dispute who carries it out and when and how. the g7 meeting of america's allies ended in italy today without giving rex tillerson much extra political ammunition. ministers fail to agree any threat of future targeted sanctions on top russian and syrian military offices. borisjohnson had pressed hard for it but insisted no consensus was not defeat. i'm not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy, but there are very few or better routes forward that i can see for

from various sources, that similar provocations are being prepared in other regions of syria, including the southernsuburbs of damascus, where they are planning to plant chemicals and blame the syrian government for using them. >> reporter: hours later, white house officials accused moscow of attempting to cover up syria's culpability for the attack with "false narratives." they cited declassified intelligence that establishes syria was responsible, and disproves russian claims that the gas was released by a government strike on a rebel depot. a senior u.s. official had said monday there's evidence russia knew ahead of time about the chemical attack, but white house press secretary sean spicer walked that back today. >> there's no consensus in the intelligence community that there was involvement. >> reporter: at the same time, spicer's own words proved a distraction for the white house. >> we didn't use chemical weapons in world war ii. you know, you had a-- someone who was as despicable as hitler, who didn't even sink to the... to using chemical weapons. >> reporter: when challenged, he acknowledg

provocations, i cannot call them differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria as well, including the southern of damascus, where they are preparing to release some sort of substance again. one leading kremlin watcher says mr tillerson must tread brake heavily to do a deal with the russian leader. we know putin well. putin is a person who can make unexpected moves towards partners and even concessions, but he never does it under pressure, just the opposite. about last week's gas attack, moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing, there should be a full investigation, but there is plenty of room to dispute who carries it out and when and how. the 6-7 who carries it out and when and how. the 6—7 meeting of america's allies ended today without giving rex tillerson much extra political ammunition. ministers agree any further threat to sanctions. boris johnson had pressed hard for it but insisted no consensus was not defeat. i am not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy, but there are very few or better routes forward that i can see for the russians. this is a way forward

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syria, too. including the southern suburbs of damascus where they are preparing to release some sort of substancerom moscow, we've been speaking to our correspondent there, steve rosenberg. after the stalemate it would seem as if rex tillerson is coming to moscow in some sort of holding role.|j think so. he still believes that he can geta think so. he still believes that he can get a deal with the russians and he doesn't believe this is an impossible mission. he does have formed with the russians, when he was an or an executive, he was quite close to people high up in the russian leadership —— an oil executive of the he was given an award in fact by vladimir putin, but it would be much harderfor rex tillerson to secure the political privacy is seen, a u—turn by the kremlin on syria, because if president assad is russia's key military ally in the middle east, no doubt about that. and the russians have invested heavily in him, militarily and politically and financially, to make sure that assad stays in power, and in the eyes of moscow president assad is not only a figure they believe guarantees aga

call it anything other than provocation, is being prepared for in other regions of syria, too, including the southern suburbs of damascus, where they're preparing to drop similar chemicals and then accuse the syrian government of it. we believe any manifestation should be carefully investigated and we intend to apply to the relevant u.n. bodies in the hague and to urge the international community to investigate these matters very carefully. >> while tillerson was in italy at the g-7, he was pushing for additional sanctions potentially against russia as well as syria. but the other nations wanted to hold off sanctioning russia further because they wanted more investigation. they want to see what more evidence is out there. so the u.s. is saying there's strong evidence that this was the assad regime. they're looking into whether russia was complicit in it. now you have russia absolving itself, and saying the rebels within syria are provoking the u.s. to strike, that would ultimately then frame russia and the regime. it will be a difficult conversation once rex tillerson lands -- now that he's here, he'

can't dal anything other than a provocation, is being prepared for in other regions of syria, too, including the southern suburbs of damascus where they are preparing to drop similar chemicals and then accuse the syrian government of it. >> reporter: but the u.s. says the insurgents don't have sarin and in turn pressing the american case that the russians aware responsibility for the chemical weapons attack. the u.s. intelligence community now investigating how much the russians knew about the attack ahead of time. the u.s. knows there were russian forces at the base, and they likely knew about chemical weapons at the base and flight operations happening there. the u.s. also knows a russian drone flew over the hospital treating victims, and an unknown fixed wing aircraft dropped a conventional bomb five hours later trying to destroy evidence. only syrian and russian aircraft fly in the area. so no definitive conclusion yet that it was the russians who were complicit in this. a lot of circumstantial evidence, and what about the syrian air force after the u.s. missile strike? the pentagon now calculates it

strikes on syria as aggression against a southern state in violation -- a sovereign state in violationthe norms of international law and on a made-up pretext. i don't know what a made-up pretext means. how do you interpret that, and what's your response to russia? >> >> well, i think our response was pretty clear last night. the president ordered the firing of 59 tomahawk missiles that all hit their target to make it very clear that the united states isn't going to sit back and allow this to occur. we spoke with one voice last night as a country, and i think the rest of the world is standing in solidarity with this president with respect to those actions. jesse: it seems just reacting in congress we've seen democrats and republicans support these strikes. but some people in your own party have said that if further action's going to be taken, the white house is going to need to seek congressional authorization. do you intend to do that if more strikes occur? >> well, article ii gives the president broad authority to conduct these kind of acts, and under the war powers act the president

call it anything other than a provocation, is being prepared for in other regions of syria, too, including the southernhere they are preparing to drop similar chemicals and then accuse the syrian government of it. >> compari >> reporter: garg to the iraq war in 2003, claims of weapons of mass destruction proven false. >> translator: the iraq campaign was launched and finished with the destruction of the country, the growth of the terrorist threat and nothing less than the emergence of isis oint national stage. >> reporter: he says russia will appeal to the international community for a full investigation of last week's chemical attack. but when secretary tillerson before landing in moscow met with g7 nations in italy discussed the possibility of sanctioning russia or at the very least allowing there to still be chemical weapons in syria, they were not on board >> translator: we must have a dialogue with russia. we must not push russia into a corner. >> reporter: as far as the rhetoric has now gone between sh and the u.s. >> putin is a war criminal. assaded is a war criminal and when secretary tillerson

provocations, i can't call them any differently, are being prepared in other parts of syria too, including the southernus, where they're preparing to release some sort of substance again. moscow and washington do seem to agree on one thing about last week's gas attack — that there should be a full investigation. but there's plenty of room to dispute who carries it out and when and how. and the g7 meeting in italy of america's allies ended today without giving rex tillerson much of a stick to carry to moscow. ministers failed to agree any threat of future targeted sanctions on top russian and syrian military officials. borisjohnson had pressed hard for it but insisted afterwards no consensus was not defeat. i'm not going to pretend to you that this is going to be easy, but there are very few or better routes forward that i can see for the russians. this is a way forward for russia and for syria, and in going to make this offer, i think that rex tillerson has, as you can see, overwhelming support. the last family photo in italy for america and her allies was not quite as happy as the hawks in this line—u

. >> russia is fighting in syria alongside the assad regime while thousands of russians, most from the southerncuses region have fought on the other side with isis in both syria and iraq. no claim of responsibility. reports that security is stepped up at metro stations there as well. george. >> alex, thanks. let's bring in pierre thomas in washington. we just heard no claim of responsibility yet. what have u.s. officials been able to learn? >> reporter: u.s. government officials are monitoring the situation trying to get additional information. but they're relegated to media and open source reports, matters complicated by the situation where fbi is accusing russians of hacking. but they will continue to try to get additional information and respond accordingly. >> not a lot of close cooperation. thanks. we stay on this all morning long. a deadly explosion at st. petersburg. ten dead, 50 injured this morning. we'll stay on it all day long. over to amy. >> and now we want to get to the severe weather slachling the south. good morning gio. >> the tornado touched down right here. it just destroyed

you tell the story that can kind of take a readser, you know, who hangt been southern turkey never been into you know iraq, syriathose parts of the world and take them on a journey where they kind of experience a similar emotional art? so what -- resonated with me that i already kind of alluded to is so many i had spoken to -- in a day liken their experience with the revolution wanted to kind of fell in love with it. they're going into streets are after growing up under regime and actively protesting they fell in love to the point if their family didn't support them they would turn their back on the family so in many respects, they describe, you know, the revolution as really kind of being almost an adventure of the heart in that way. but in the wake of its failure, they were left heartbroken. and so as i, you know, in the novel and trying to figure out what i kind of call like emotional equivalency so like in some respect the emotional equivalent of going on that journey in rev louis that is again adventure of the heart? and what had sort of started revealing itself in the the story to me was -- that it was a m

syria killed an aid group. the syrian military said it repelled an attack by isis in southern aleppo. >> north korea fired up another missile despite a push to stop the weapons program by countries in the area. >> reporter: an act of defiance in north korea. the country tested a ballistic missile. it was a failure, is the third failure for the rej e-mail this month. >> we can -- regime this month. >> we would like to maintain a high status of alert. >> reporter: president donald trump tweeted, north korea disrespected the wishes of china and it's highly respected president when it launched, although unsuccessfully, a missile today. this comes after the united states chaired a united nations meeting on north korea. >> failing to act now on the most pressing security issue in the world may bring catastrophic consequences. >> reporter: all of this comes at a time of tensions between the united states and north korea. a united states aircraft carrier traveled to the area to install an antimissile system. north korea is protesting the joint military exercises. >>> today marks 100 days since president donald trump took of

passports in middle east countries like syria and iran which homeland security secretary saying the next terror attack could be committed by somebody crossing the southernson gary be says the trump administration pushed to fund the border will wall is the right thing to do right now. >> it is a matter of time that someone driving through the holland tunnel throws a bomb out the back of the car, speeds off and part of the total collapses or some other catastrophe like we had on 9/11. to think that terrorism will be confined to european countries, and the boston marathon massacre is ludicrous, trump says it was voted on. don't know if it was a wall or a mode or thousand of drones flying across which i am the next world war we are fighting and just like world war ii where we spared no resources to win we need to do it in this case. dagen: jonas and the white house budget directors and funding for this wall must be in the spending bill. >> people voted for this law. this wall even with the fear mongering, democrat said it could be $70 billion, a little more than the homeland security budget. and a bigger issue that is not that expensive to solve but first t