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And manned aircraft to gather intelligence over syria in the last few years. we havent had a lot on the grouped, but weve gathered enough intelligence to put spotters on airfields. its gotten better and that reinforces your planning capability. when somebody says whats our plan for something next week, they will get a bare based plan. it wont be refined. thats crisis action planning, but theyll put a spin on it request quickly. theres a lot of lights on determining whats going to happen next and...

Tillerson was speaking about the diplomatic effort, not an actual formal marine change by the united states military. guys? >> so, hans, just a little bit of clarity on that. you had referred to two different options, a sort of broad attack on the air power, airfields and assets of the assad regime, a narrower one on where we think the chemical weapons is? is that right? >> not necessarily where the chemical weapons are because in a lot of ways, remember the deal that was brokered between then s...

Airfields, but is there not a better understanding in damascus this afternoon that, if he uses chemical weapons again, there will be another airfield or another airfield or another military target hit? >> thats exactly the thought that the administration wants to plant in syria but also globally. as we used to say in the soviet union, it is no coincidence comrade, that these strikes occur during the mar-a-lago summit. another part of this message is she jing pi, who is watching this unfold liter...

Strikes. this is degrading it is not eliminating as far as we know air capabilities in syria which as you know bashar assad has used to degrade barrel bombs and all manner of atrocities over the last months. >> first of all fr, in is a significant step. i am telling you this is the area from which those chemical attacks were launched. its the place you were going to see future attacks come from particularly targeting innocent civilians and in area they felt they were losing territory. theres a m...

Impeding that, that is the deal, okay, that he wouldnt do that anymore. that it would be more difficult. it might even open fire on the troops if they found not. certainly, assad wont be happy that the u.s. is bombing his airfields. conceivably, that could happen. >> certainly, anything is conceivable. i cant imagine that assad bashar al- is going to escalate against the united states. >> bill: i would say it is a gamble. if there military action does launch, russian planes are ther there, too. ...

>> if you are going to hit them, if you are going to try to blow them up, you know, are you going to create agent plumes, which are going to damage, you know, civilian areas. >> reporter: the u.s. attack plan in 2013 included syrian airfields, tank depots and even the ministry of defense in downtown damascus. >> they can go right through a ten-foot block of that building, so right into a particular office. >> reporter: but any attack now could be less sweeping because of the presence of russian ...

Bri brian? >> hans nichols at the pentagon. were going to let him go report and see what more we can find out about this, again, this volley of cruise missiles launched tonight from u.s. navy vessels onto land targets in and around the city of homs in syria. specifically aviation targets, were told. that could change. airfields, aircraft on airfields and the like. kristen welker is at the white house tonight. kristen, what will we hear, if anything, from the building behind you or from the trave...

Hope the rest of the council is finally willing to do the same. >> bill: joining us now from washington, christopher harmer. and from boston, fox news military analyst, colonel david hunt, author of the new book "without mercy." colonel hunt, what you think is going to happen here? >> what i think is going to happen, the secretary of defense will meet this weekend, talk to the president, and ask or tell him, two options, strategic or attacking. one is wiped the entire air force off the map. if w...

What happened, a dramatic turn of events, because donald trump, we know, before he became president, was very apprehensive of engaging any type of syria conflict, in fact, in 2013, he said the president did not have the authority to do so, without the approval of congress. well, tonight, he acted decisively, but the secretary of state, rex tillerson, he said this, don, i was trustruck by t comment. he said, the u.s. could not turn away, or turn a blind eye to this. now, they did not, you know, s...

Theres nothing to do or all out and boots on the ground. there are many things in the middle. i think making the case for those is worth doing. i think candidate trump didnt do that. he actually adhered a bit to the obama line and the arguments that there were these two ends of the spectrum. you do have to be clear about what your end game is and what you understand your strategy to be. i am not sure the unpredictable and often changing president trump is the one to make that case. >> do you thi...