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Estimates that 400,000 syrians have been killed. its also notable that in that time, donald trump, then citizen trump, then candidate trump, he spoke out repeatedly against this exact kind of action, the exact kind of action that president trump just carried out. were covering all the angles with our reporters all around the world. want to begin with cnn pentagon correspondent barbara starr. and barbara, we just learned that the russians got a one-hour warning on this attack. >> reporter: thats ...

So, should this attack that happened overnight from the united states have happened sooner? >> well, sometimes you have to create a dynamic, and assad created the dynamic to bring the world down on him by using chemical weapons, violated international law and everything, and -- >> but he had done that a long time ago. >> absolutely. hey, hes a bad actor. his father was a bad actor. look what hes done, brutalizing his own people. we should do everything we can to stop this. we shouldnt go it alon...

Days of august in 2013, after that chemical weapons attack in gunpoint , was that the time for this strike? >> i think in 2013 we accomplished by not firing a shot far more than we could have accomplished with an attack. back then, we couldnt have targeted the chemical weapons themselves. we would have taken strikes similar to what president trump took last night. but instead, as a result of being prepared to use force, we were able to get a deal with russia to get the vast bulk of the chemical ...

Of course. all right, also following these u.s. air strikes overnight, we want to remind you just of the humans, the real toll behind all of this. the president said the stories, the images from the chemical weapons attack are what led to his decision. the words he used, "choking the lives out of these people," stories of abdul hamid yusuf, a father who lost his entire family this week in the chemical weapons attack. this is yusuf crying at the grave of his twin children who were killed follow...

Bath party, or whats left of syria that it still rules, and basically expressing solidarity for the syrian presidents fight against what north korea describes as imperialism. so, no question there about where north koreas sentiments lie when it comes to syrias civil war there thats gone on for some six years. now, the question about how north korea would interpret the attack here on syria, youve got to do a calculation about what could happen if the u.s. was to conduct a similar attack in north ...

Barbara starr, thanks so much. syria and its allies are condemning this u.s. air strike. the syrian army says the united states is now a partner of isis. cnns ben wedeman live in turkey near the syrian border. ben, what are you seeing? >> reporter: now, john, what were hearing from the syrian presidency, via the syrian arab news agency, is that theyre describing the u.s. missile strikes as unjust and blatant aggression, irresponsible, and short-sighted. the syrian foreign ministry has put out a ...

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