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Welcome back to our viewers in the united states and around the world. youre watching cnn newsroom. im isa soares in london. >> im hala gorani. we continue our breaking news coverage of the u.s. air strike against the airbase in syria. im in beirut, lebanon. the birds eye view distance between where im standing and central syria is less than 100 miles. this is a region where the distances are sometimes very small geographically but politically and strategically they feel like they might be a mil...

Arthel: we begin with a "fox news" alert. theyre more airstrikes in syria but this time the missiles are coming from the syrian government. this has begin a closer look at the damage left behind by u.s. missile attack of one of the countrys biggest airbases. welcome to "americas news headquarters." im. arthel: to. eric. eric: hello im eric shawn. despite the u.s. cruise missiles causing heavy damage to the syrian airbase the assad regime is taking attack some of its war-making capabilities. as t...

Were prepared to do more. do we know what shes signalling? >> reporter: thats the big question here. what will the next steps be for the u.s. government? according to secretary of state rex tillerson who briefed reporters, a small group of reporter at mar-a-lago yesterday, next steps would depend how the syrian government responds. he said the future will be guided how we see their reaction. he said the u.s. is monitoring the syrian response, whether they try to attack u.s. forces or coalition f...

Attack the airbase if central syria. it was a missile launch. 59 tomahawk missiles hitting that airbase. barbara starr has more on how it unfolded. >> reporter: this was the message president trump wanted to send to bashar al-assad, attack with the chemical weapons, the u.s. will attack you back. 59 cruise missiles striking the syrian airbase, the u.s. says was used to launch aircraft, killing men, women and children tuesday with a nerve agent-filled bomb. the pentagon said the strikes severely ...

>> authorities say jakubowski is in wisconsin im told the honest truth is he could be anywhere at this point. arthel: will carr thanks, will. eric: secretary of state rex tillerson -- rex tillersons visit to moscow is still on. tillersons visit will proceed as planned. uks foreign minister boris johnson canceled his trip to moscow. all of this of course comes as new attacks on the rebel held areas of the country. today they apparently are being launched by syrian warplanes in the same airbase th...

About where trump was going as in relations to putin and therefore the strong european resolve over russias actions, annexing crimea, getting involved in ukraine, worries about what they see is doing inside europe. europe is getting overrun by refugees coming out of syria. so they are relieved in part. but, again, we have to come back to that point what happens next? everyone is saying it and thats the view from here as well. >> nic robertson in london. thank you so much. victor? >> to this russ...

This strike hitting the airbase if central syria. theyre saying this is only going to help isis and other extremist groups. but lets talk a little about the central impact on the syrian regime, it was a pin prick strike but it was a message. do you think it will act as a derer ent? >> -- deterrent? >> as you said in your report by the trump administration, i think this suggestion that president trump is now if you like a normal american policy establishment president in foreign policy terms. and...

Struck by those cruise missiles. the russian view is that, yes, this increases tension, but not because of russia, not because of moscow or decisions being made here. as a result of an unjustified, illegal military operation, russia now takes the view that it must withdraw this pretty important area of cooperation between russian and american forces. >> its a difficult argument made, at least from the u.s. perspective, as they have tracked those very syrian planes. phil black in moscow, thank yo...

And i can only remember this is pretty much still very strong in my memory when ronald reagan stepped on the scene, the soviet leaders and that trickled down through the ranks of the kgb were scared out of their mind and they really respected ronald reagans strong approach to the relationship with the soviet union. but, that did not preclude sitting down and having a conversation as adversaries rather than enemies. >> very quickly before we go i want to you listen to senator marco rubio and what...

Welcome back, everybody, im hala gorani, we are live in beirut covering that u.s. strike on a syrian airbase yesterday. now, there was a very intense war of words between the united states and russia. the security council, there have been accusations flying back and forth. russia is denying it had any role in that chemical attack that killed so many civilians two days ago, a massacre we all know prompted president trump to launch strikes. the pentagon is now looking for the evidence that the kre...