welcome to worlds apart of the tomahawk missiles launched by two american destroyers in syria last week definitely had a bombshell in fact on global politics but they didn't change the balance of power on the ground did that strike represent a pitch for a new american strategy in the region or just a publicity stunt for the new administration well to discuss that i'm not joined by commander keke lippold former commanding officer of the u.s. navy destroyer u.s.s. cole commander it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time thank you for having me on today a pleasure to be here now contrary to the expectations the news cycle here in moscow today was rather slow the u.s. secretary of state the rex tillerson already had he's bidding with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov but it's still unclear at this point rather he's going to mit's with the russian president do you expect anything substantial to come out of his russia visit. i actually do i think the despite the obviously tense introduction that. secretary teller soon and lavrov had where there was no eye contac

generated by how the news media covered it when you look at what we did militarily they took those tomahawks you have to remember when the united states chooses to employ that weapon they put together a strike package and say ok what are the objectives of this strike what do we need to hit what we looked at was given that the strikes the chemical strikes came from that air base with the aircraft that were there they targeted. those aircraft they targeted the fueling facilities the preparation and maintenance facilities they specifically didn't strike what they thought might be the chemical facility because obviously you don't want to create additional problems right there but nonetheless this was a military objective that was achieved the political ject it goes to a larger strategy and when i think you look at it syria has always been a bit of a conundrum for the united states through successive administrations there is almost been this bubble over there we have not touched syria we have been doing to with other countries in the region whether it is been an eleven on coordination with jordan

enough to take the entire city out oh it depends on again it depends on what you want to do the tomahawk missile is a very unique and very versatile weapon when it looks at it the warhead itself can be it is it is you have different types of warheads for different missions that you may want to conduct and depending on what you want to do you put together a package so that certain missiles are designed to do certain things some may be designed to take out a hardened aircraft bunker others may be designed to damage a runway so if the warheads on them are all different and you put together that combination of missiles necessary to achieve you know military objectives i don't know whether twenty would have been sufficient clearly the military felt that sixty was wild if they they felt that that sixty missiles were necessary to take out whatever facilities that they were targeting but you know that the syrian air force resumed that flies out of the airfield just hours after the blowing raid isn't that perhaps a signal that the american signal wasn't really received well i don't think so i thi

there were very direct questions about should japan have a tomahawk? [laughter] we are going to start on that. i will ask if you have some additional thoughts to add on the, whether japan should be seriously considering this ability or in case of -- a little something more drastic like tomahawk. whichever one of you. >> the idea of having the ability to attack and or counterattack capability, we think about ballistic missiles i think there are things that are important. the first is to enhance the ability strike down a missile, that has to be with the aegis piece. and deterrence, to be able to strike. another thing is that we have cooperation with the united states. we need to continue that and then missile defense, whether we can protect 100 percent against missiles, i think it is very difficult. so what is it we can do about damage control if we are not able to shoot down 100 percent of the missiles? that is the counterattack capability. japan does not have this at all. and my colleagues -- given that, what is it that we can do? as i said earlier, th

there were very direct question about shouldn't japan have a tomahawk, so -- so we already heard what you heard on it. let's continue on that line and ask admiral takei to see if -- if you have some additional thoughts to add on the -- weather japan should be really seriously considering counterattack capability or in case of something a little bit more drastic like tomahawk, whichever one of you -- you're spared from this because you've already done this. it's open to either of you. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> the idea of having ability to attack enemy base, counterattack capability, when you think of bmd, there are four things that are important. the first is to enhance our ability to strike down a missile and that has to do with the ejus peace and also deterrence to be able to strike enemy missile bases. another thing is that we have the control cooperation with the united states, we need to continue that and then missile defense whether we can protect 100% against missiles. i think that's very difficult. so what is it we can do about damage control if we were not able to s

or in case of a jmsdf, something of a little more drastic like tomahawk. general, you're spared from this. because of' alreayou've already. it's up to the three of you. [ speaking in japanese ] >> translator: having the ability to attack enemy bases, counterattack capability. when you think about ballistic missile defense, i think there are three important things. the first is to enhance our ability to strike down a missile. and that has to do with the aegis piece. and also deterrence. to be able to strike enemy missile bases. another thing is that we have the control and cooperation with the united states. we need to continue that. and then missile defense, whether we can protect 100% against missiles. i think that's very difficult. so what is it we can do about damage control, if we are not able to shoot down 100% of the missiles?

welcome to worlds apart of the tomahawk missiles launched by two american destroyers in syria last week definitely had a bombshell in fact on global politics but they didn't change the balance of power on the ground did that strike represent a pitch for a new american strategy in the region or just a publicity stunt for the new administration well to discuss that i'm not joined by commander keke lippold former commanding officer of the u.s. navy destroyer u.s.s. cole commander it's great to have you on the show thank you very much for your time well thank you for having me on today a pleasure to be here now contrary to the expectations the news cycle here in moscow today was rather slow the u.s. secretary of state the rex tillerson already had he's beating with his russian counterpart sergei lavrov but it's still unclear at this point there he is going to mix with the russian president do you expect anything substantial to come out of his russia visit. i actually do i think the despite the obviously tense introduction that. secretary teller hsan and lavrov had where there was no eye con

josh reddick tomahawks that one off jarrell cotton. runs of his own. 13 oth of the year. 7-3 astros. bases loaded for marcus simian. are you kidding me? grand slam, his third career slam. we're tied 7 all in the eighth. >>> johnson white sox in chicago. pablo sandoval was 0 for 79. no cheapy here three-run homer. 3-0 g-men. panda drove in four on the night. span deep and gone. his 11th of the year. what's up with all these home runs this year? giants take game one in the battle for the basement. 9-2 your final. >> indians going for their 16th straight win. edwin incar nas yoen. tribe up 3-0 just like that. and struck out seven. including former a smith, cleveland wins 5-0. their 16th straight win. longest streak in the majors since the a's won 20 in 2002. all right we're down to the final four. the u.s. open. where south african upset the 12th seed to grab one spot while nadal and potro battle for the other spot. tiger woods in the house rocking the raiders pull over. not much else to do. and on fire in the firs set. catching nadal off

and he's bombed syria with the 59 tomahawk missiles. so, he will talk the america-first talk. but underneath it, the american foreign policy establishment, that was skeptical about this president, last summer and ins then, as well, has gained complete control of american foreign policy. let's look at what he says. that's political. when we look at what he does, i think it's business as usual. >> another big topic at hand will be iran. the nuclear agreement. is that in danger? >> no. it's not in danger. it's in danger from the political rhetoric only. and i think that keeps iran under pressure and it does what i was saying earlier on. it makes everybody think that trump is a tough guy hero. he's going to take on all of america's enemies, the axis of e evil and so on. last week, the white house i signed off on the agreement for 120 days. they signed it off last week. not much fanfare. but it says that iran is complying with the nuclear agreement and the white house is happy to sign it off. there's a lot of rhetoric. but actually, we have to look at what they do. and i think that

tomahawk. there are a lot of options. charles: a lot of options. we're out of time now. here's lou ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the still powerful hurricane maria, northwestward-bound tonight, starting to lash the turks & caicos after lashing parts of the dominican republic and devastating puerto rico. as of right now maria is a category 3 hurricane, sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. forecasters to expect the storm to track east of central bahamas and stay well offshore of florida and southeastern united states. in puerto rico residents emerging from their homes today, seeing the devastation from the biggest and most destructive hurricane to hit the island in a century. smashed buildings, balconies torn from the buildings, uprooted trees. floodwaters turning streets into rivers. president trump approved a disaster declaration. saying he will fly soon to puerto rico to assess the damage, to meet with local government officials and victims of hurricane maria. fox news correspondent steve harrigan is in san juan and has our report. reporter: they certainly do need he

. >> the tomahawk missile was the weapon of choice aimed to sent a message to accuse terrorist kingpin dismantled terrorists for many years. there have been and will be times when our very national security is challenged. and and when we must take extraordinary steps to protect the safety of our citizens. >> within minutes of today's attacks in afghanistan and sudan, some in washington were openly questioning the timing of it. >> it was the wag the dog question about the movie where a president fakes a war to distract the country from news of his sexual dalliances. >> there are a quite a few people who believe that clinton is trying to distract americans with a shiny object from what really matters which is his impeachment trouble for the remainder of his time in office. he wouldn't authorize attacks unless the information was absolutely perfect because he anticipated that criticism. >> we came within yards literally of taking out osama bin laden himself. >> and he got away, obviously. >> well, by you know, happenstance, luck. >> bin laden at war with the united states every second of

that's been for the past couple of year, whether it was iran or syria, it was tomahawk missiles.korea and yet these markets continue to climb the wall of worry. at what point should investor, just to be a little bit safe, take profits off the table? now? yesterday? >> next week, october. maybe october is going to be scary again because that's traditionally the time. i think everybody is right, scott is right, everybody is right. no reason for this market to sell off. it had every opportunity to sell off with the concerns about north korea, the concerns about slow growth because of the hurricane. none of that happened. and actually all of those events could turn out to be even more bullish as we look ahead. now that we're putting tougher sanctions on north korea because of the hurricane, we're not going to see any interest rate increases any time soon. we're going to get stimulus spending from the government and big boost on the back of the storm. all that means bigger prices. liz: amen, elaine chao, the labor secretary said we could have infrastructure plan later this fall. cater

we have greater capability with tomahawk. there are a lot of options. charles: a lot of options.re's lou ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. the still powerful hurricane maria, northwestward-bound tonight, starting to lash the turks & caicos after lashing parts of the dominican republic and devastating puerto rico. as of right now maria is a category 3 hurricane, sustained winds of 120 miles an hour. forecasters to expect the storm to track east of central bahamas and stay well offshore of florida and southeastern united states. in puerto rico residents emerging from their homes today, seeing the devastation from the biggest and most destructive hurricane to hit the island in a

at the ballpark they were watching the game on the jumbo tron, even doing the tomahawk trot for the bravesso, a huge thank you goes out to the braves who are playing the nationals tonight. it was sunday when those fans were cheering them on because the nats clinched the division. but the work is still not done yet for this ball club. carol maloney has more from nationals park. >> reporter: the party is over! no remnants remaining of that wild sunday celebration here at nats park. it's back to work. 19 games left for the guys, including tonight's series opener versus the braves. dusty shouldn't change the guy's day to day passion for winning. >> if this is the game to play, you might as well play to win otherwise you're wasting everybody's time. so, we'd like to be -- keep rolling regardless who we put out there and really roll the last week of -- or so of the season. >> there's nothing better than bringing in a group of kids and their families. taking away the everydayness of going to the hospitals and the pain and suffering they go through. >> reporter: also on the nbc washington app, a s

going to different just fifty nine tomahawk missiles going. oh the people just let me you know just give me the hammer and nails and let me fix it all. really i think that you've heard enough in here let's get out of here you go ahead and i have one more trick. a bartender keep him coming. i'd like to begin with the president's schedule three p.m. the president travels going to meet with the leader from central asia the president the boy. was. also back up to moderate. time for sport now has pizza. thank you very much lewis hamilton has extended his lead in for me the ones driving with a victory at the singapore grand prix on sunday but there was drama for ferrari who suffered in a race that were expected to dominate. his reports. to dissolve the ferrari at the start of the singapore grand prix a wet marina bay street sakit made way to vent. both ferrari's out of the race they were expected to dominate. the best in vettel collided with teammate kimmie reichen in and right both much to stop and stop a good average. of the crash causing the face

going to different just fifty nine tomahawk missiles commit. some of the people just let me let you know why just give me the hammer and nails and let me fix it oh no. really i think that you've heard enough in here let's get out of here you go ahead and i have one more trick. paper tender people coming. i'd like to begin with the president's schedule three p.m. the president travels going to meet with the leader from central asia the president's voice and. also my back to my every day. a clear and small is that source awards daily t.v. and he joins us now from raleigh in north carolina thanks very much for coming on to al-jazeera i mean on this question the president ciampi is dominating the news agenda are all over the world is now obviously dominating the lights of saturday night life and he looks set to be dominating the emmy award ceremony tonight. yes thanks for having me absolutely i can't imagine a scenario in which stephen colbert doesn't focus on quite a bit and as well as the winners in the speeches that they give it's been a heavily

you can have 50 to 100 tomahawk missiles, airstrikes, extremely limited so north korea would not be tempted is the hope. thank you, appreciate it. i want to let you know it looks like republicans might be losing another vote. rand paul is the no vote. seems like the only republican no vote on health care measure they were cooking up, susan collins of maine leading against the latest bill, they cannot afford to lose anymore and that doesn't include the likes of dan sullivan and lisa murkowski, alaska senators -- grants and waivers for alaska, john mccain of arizona and gerri moran of kansas but no indications yet any of those folks are dropping off. the numbers are down to 50 and one more after this. don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase outperforms the #1 non-drowsy allergy pill. it helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause symptoms. pills block one and 6 is greater than 1. flonase changes everything. for tech advice. dell small business advisor with one phone call, i get products that suit my needs and i get back to business. ♪ if you

launched tomahawk fifteen thousand. but the question of real question is common. word i you re supposed too find thm anand how long would it take to recruit times will be able to put it so it does if it is true but i it's what e have problems. recruiting policece officers one things that we need to pay them more. and we also have to admit i'd like to take away part of that burden i mean why. do they have to take care of you know mina. no traffic problems a minor car accident white count other people take care of that bureaucracy if you take away all that. plutocratic bed and they would have so much more time to protect our citizens. equity you're right two thohousand recruiting base fifty thousand police officers will be an issue. and it will probably take us through all three lists. that's why i say. they should be less bureaucracy for the police officers. presents one point it's less work that can be done by others. and this would bring more police officers. out on the street but. i know and you know i'm i know what i'm talking about my father was a police offic