damascus. this is going to set the syrian chemical weapons program back for years. the satellites photos show three chemical weapons facilities obliterated. storage sites also destroyed neanear homes. a pair of b-1 bombers fired 19 stand-off missiles for the first time in combat. and launching tomahawk missiles from the me mediterranean. the monterey fired 30 tomahawks from the red sea. in the persian golf, launching 23 missiles and about 23 missiles in total were fired into syria from french and british forces. and general mackenzie said russia s air defense system remains silent but assad s
that correct bartlett, an iraq war veterans and rob jones, a retired marine and double amp tee who lost his legs in afghanistan. robert and rob, thank you for your time, your service and sacrifice. you know these levels first hand. you ve seen them. robert let me start with you. you were hit ultimately by an iranian made weapon on the battlefield. you know how dangerous iran is. iran has a stake in syria in propping up assad. what s the best thing for american to do for our own interests and to deter iran in. the policy change. the policy change of engagement. we watched over the years, time and time again, whether iran, saddam, any of these nations stand back and continue to destroy their own people and we ve done nothing or wait too long. to include hitler.
international norms. in this case president trump enforced this international norm because without doing so you can t be credible with north korea and china. so he limited the me sition strike. it s net going to get rid of all of assad s capabilities. but if they re not waking up that america will act, then they haven t gotten the full message. not even is on your same page. when you look at the lawmakers on the hill, there s a lot of confusion between congressmen and senators. some people say it was great but ultimately what is the long term strategy when it comes to syria. is this going to prevent assad from using chemical weapons in the future. if you re on twitter over the last 24 hours, there was a different message from every single member on capitol hill. senator lindsey graham
imperfectly but really fighting for his own power. should reworry about islamic groups striking us back as a result? it shows the complicated situation we re in in syria and all of the middle east, pete. looking at this we always have to be every american has to be keenly aware of the potential terrorist attacks that come from those that are a fundment on their belief that they re doing the work of, you know, of mohammed and of islam and conducting the attacks which would be completely false. and isis is going to be the group that try to do that here at the united states. but specifically looking at the attacks that we conducted twb are strikes on friday against the syrian regime in douma who targeted innocent civilians as well as the rebel forces, the rebel forces located in douma really would be more like-minded with isis than they are with the syrian regime. this isn t going to be something that motivated isis to conduct attacks but let it be clear that isis would always want to
parents and other materials to the syrian regime. without russia s backing, syria would not be able to kill its innocent civilians. russia is responsible for this, and that s why we ve tried all the diplomatic options, there are still more diplomatic options ahead of us that we can employ three the gossamer haley at the united nations but also through the european union and getting more allies on board with us. our acting secretary of state has spent a lot of time on the phone working with our allies and partners around the world, and they agree with us. many other countries agree with us that this has to set up now. abby: the president made that clear in his speech to the nation on friday night directly to russia. this is a moment where you need to make that decision. as you know, the president likes communicating oftentimes through twitter, as he has about what s going on in syria. he tweeted earlier in the week, and yesterday in response to the air strikes. and part of the tweet tha