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>> were just learning that president trump gave the order for the missile strike at 4:00 p.m. eastern yesterday. the first missiles launched at about seven: 9:40 p.m. eastern. the uss porter and uss ross. it took 30 minutes for both ships to launch the missiles. we are told some later than the air, circling overhead and then an hour later at eight: 40 eastern, all 59 muscles hit within 2-3 minutes. im told this was the tomahawk ee or eco version. its the latest model of the tomahawk. it has two ...

In the region is that the people who have supported assad during this brutal six year war continued to his support the assad regime. countries that have long oppose them continue to oppose them and support of this u.s. strike on syria and airbase, the bigger question going forward is what happens, does russia, does iran, does the assad regime, do any of them launch any type of retaliation against israel, jordan, turkey? this is limited and precise strike, that doesnt mean that russia, doesnt mea...

That the chemical weapon attacks are not acceptable. >> sean: obviously this is to prevent further mass casualties and attacks. a message has been sent before before i go to general jack keane, i wouldnt doubt that there are politicals out there that would make a over the fact knowing that at this particular airbase in syria that russian soldiers were there that they were tipped off. here we go, we had eight months of this russian conspiracy so i wouldnt be surprised if that happens, that would ...

Tomahawk is fired from these two destroyers out in the eastern mediterranean, the uss porter and the uss ross, they could carry up to 70 tomahawk missiles. we are learning now that more than 50 missiles were fired at this one airbase. to put in context for our viewers, one tomahawk missile is approximately 18 feet long, two feet wide. it carries 1,000 pounds of munitions. this is like a flying telephone pole, member we first were introduced to the tomahawk missiles during the gulf war, they were...

Fox news correspondent with the latest. >> good morning. president trump came out tonight and said that the reason he launch this attack on that syrian airbase was because the syrian president had violated international law by gassing his own people, and of the russian government is coming out and saying the u.s. is the one who is in violation of international law. all this has the potential to blow up u.s.-russian relations after what seemed like a very friendly start in terms of u.s. relations...

Make sure that they didnt hit it. they wanted to make sure that they avoided any civilian casualties, which is why they did it in the dark of night when there werent a lot of people around. they didnt want to hit any russians, there are russian troops guarding that airbase. those surface-to-air missile defense systems. so that played a big part into it, but the secretary of state was asked multiple times tonight, did president trump personally notify russian president vladimir putin and the answ...

While theres shifts going on in the the white house. well look at what the president said about syria on the campaign trail and how hes got to get this thing moving quickly. >> one of the reasons why it was effective is a clear goal. the goal to degrade and destroy an airbase that was not just a great strategic value to the assad regime but the one used to carry out the attack that happened earlier in the week. will your business be ready when growth presents itself? american express open cards ...

Sunni nations. he will be able to begin to make different calculations about the middle east. the relationship to iran will change. that threatened all of the sunni countries that are our allies. its changing things. >> eugene, why am i thinking of the invasion of grenada, the bombing attack on libya? these kind of one-act acts. >> i think thats one way it might play out. thats one impact it might have. i wonder, though, about the fact that it is being billed as a proportional attack, meaning li...

Dobbs says we have to have a conference with putin in china. >> id go lindsay one better and says they are too for the price of one. i agree we should eliminate syrias air force. ive always felt one of obamas worst mistakes was allowing russia to build an air base in syria. i tell the russians to clear out of that airbases they dont become assads air force. >> so you would take military action against assad now. thats a pretty strong deal. >> its a shift for me. i havent favor that before but i ...

And says they are two for the price of one. i agree we should eliminate syrias air force. ive always felt one of obamas worst mistakes was allowing russia to build an air base in syria. i tell the russians to clear out of that airbase so they dont become assads air force. >> bill: so you would take military action against assad now. thats a pretty strong deal. >> its a shift for me.s i havent favored that before but i think the president really said that today when he said his -- they crossed ma...