Strike from his maralago resort in florida where he is hosting the president of china. President trump on tuesday, syrian dictator Bashar Alassad launched a horrible chemical weapons attack on innocent civilian. Using a deadly nerve agent, assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of god should ever suffer such horror. Tonight, i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. It is in this Vital National security interest of the United States to prevent and determine er the spreadd det and use of deadly chemical weapons. There can be no dispute that syria used band chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the chemical weapons convention, and ignored the urging of the un security council. Years of previous attempts at changing assads behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. As a result, the refugee crisis continues to deepen and the region continues to destabilize, threatening the United States and its allies. Tonight, i call on all civilized nations to join us in seeking to end the slaughter and bloodshed in syria. And also to end terrorism of all kinds and all types. We ask for gods wisdom as we face the challenge of our very troubled world. We pray for the lives of the wounded and for the souls of those who have passed and we hope that as long as america stands for justice and peace and harmony, we will in the end prevail. Good night and God Bless America and the entire world. Thank you. Reporter mr. President , what is your legal justification for the strike . Abolishedh amendment slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. Later today, a discussion on the 13th amendment and the incarceration of africanamerican men. We will be live at the hill center at the Old Naval Hospital in washington, ec, starting at 7 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. Check out our cspan classroom website at the span. Org classroom. It is full of Teaching Resources for cspan classes. Resources, including short Current Events videos that highlight Current Events in washington, d. C. , constitution clips that bring the constitution to life, social studies lesson plans, as well as on this day in history resource functions. Teachers can filter by date, function, keyword, topic, and grade level. Our bellringer teacher favorites, discussion questions that make the federal government and politics more accessible to your students. I love the bell ringers often time i do not use them as actual bell ringers but in conjunction with an activity we are doing that day as a wrap up. The new website is just fabulous, my students use it regularly, and it is so easy that they are working on clipping videos and making questions that they can design and turn it into their own bell ringers. My favorite aspect is the deliberation phase. It is a perfectly set up, ready to go classroom deliberation on a variety of topics that are current and relevant