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Regime, how does this affect the conflict in the long term? we have coverage around the world. welcome back, im christine romans. >> im dave briggs, it is 11:32 in syria, we welcome our viewers around the world. president trump launching strikes in syria, u.s. warships launched 59 tomahawk cruise missiles at a syrian airfield, the same airfield that carried out the chemical attacks were based. >> assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. it was a slow and brutal death for ...

Ask about the reports of the damage. one air field. some radar, some aircraft. in the overall scheme of things, air force is bigger than this, not going to be a permanent impediment to use of air power by the assad regime. >> no but dont forget a lot of this is not -- its public relations. president said they crossed a line. same thing president obama had said and didnt do anything, i think this president felt compelled to do something so it didnt look like he was obama. >> right. >> hes playing...

Some sort of black box and solution for syria. but no one has told me what is in the black box in any convincing way. >> i think jack jacobs said it earlier. no permanent affect on the conduct of the war. exactly right. seemed to be a lot of people out there that wanted to see some presidential impulse or strike to demonstrate resolve. that can be one hand clapping in the world. strategic dimension of what were trying to achieve is more important. what struck me was the question about where were...

Government had lied to congress and the american people about the scope of the vietnam war. >> smallest chance of having some affect on the war was worth my going to prison for the rest of my life. >> charged with espionage and facing 115 years behind bars, he went free after a federal judge dismissed the case citing improper government conduct. in 2003, conservative writer and former cnn host robert novack wrote a column blowing the cover of cia operative valley erie pl. >> my name was leaked. ...

Becoming political now with president trump weighing in, have you heard anything that this is a channel thats friendly to republicans, have any other politicians stood up, either for or against bill oreilly? >> no, youre not seeing -- youre not seeing any other politicians weighing in. youre also not seeing many journalists at fox news weigh in. this is really what youre seeing right now is the advertisers and the affect that the advertisers have is somewhat limited for a number of reasons. one,...

>> she should be in front of the committee but not for the reasons you think. i think some people believe she should be there to explain actions. what she did was appropriate. someone before president obama left office was trying to interfere with the presidents ability to sanction rush sla. here is why she should be in front of the committee. the question should be if people were interfering with president obamas sanctions, what was the impact on your relationship with russia? how did you see t...

The way the prosecutors and fbi explained it at the time. when we cultivate assets, they start small, they dont necessarily start with people that have access. they just start a relationship that results in the turnover of documents, get that pump priepd and cultivate people for the long term. >> absolutely. its making that connection. its a long game. you can check in in five or ten years. >> why did carter page confirm this to you and what was his affect towards this information and it becomin...

>> why did carter page confirm this to you and what was his affect towards this information and it becoming public? >> he was very forthcoming. i had been doing a lot reporting on it. so i knew it was him in the d. when i asked him about it, he said, yes, im male-1. he confirmed hes the anonymous male in the document. >> you figured out this. we just heard then candidate donald trump there naming him as one of his foreign policy advisers, the second person he came up with. isnt this the sort of ...

Five or tenears. its certainly a long game. >> why did carter page confirm this to you and what was his affect towards this information and it becoming public? >> he was very forthcoming. i had been doing a lot reporting on it. so i knew it was him in the document. when i asked him about it, he said, yes, im male-1. he confirmed hes the anonymous male in the document. >> you were able to figure this out before you got the confirmation from him, the icing on the cake is him saying, yes, its me. t...

"the wall street journal" and judith miller, pulitzer prize-winning investigative author and fox news contributor. thank you for being here on this monday. you say that the president tweets are sort of opposite sides of a coin, i guess i am -- maybe thats not the most artful analogy, but you say that there are two sides to what he is doing or has done. >> no, you got that just about right. the positive side is that he told them that it it was not for his tweeting, he would not be where he is tod...