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Milita military. with russians having such a significant military presence in syria, with reports over this week that some syrian assets may have been moved to russian-controlled bases in syria, essentially to get them out of harms way, do you have any clear sense, keir, from your reporting about what the russian response would be, what they would do next if russian assets are targeted or if russian troops or indeed civilians are harmed? >> reporter: thats the question ive been asking russian of...

Further detail about the scale of whats underway tonight? >> i think precisely. one of the important issues will be did james mattis win the argument, arguing for a more limited approach, worried about a wider war or the john bolton win? we understand there was quite a debate over this. it also could have been communicated to the russians to try to avoid direct hits on russian bases and activity as we understood the syrian regime moving equipment and personnel into russian areas to use them as r...

Rush. back russia on. american bases are american ships that was more conquer all and right now been crowned russia. than russia. if only syria not even if there are some russian maybe there. i dont believe russia. or not. because an escalation bare in the middle east would mean that i mean a coalition with me the basic russian course of there was this. big national interest that havel just just because what were running short of time and i dont want to bring on this is a live elizabeth back in ...

♪ >> shepard: so, they know were coming because the president told them the missiles are coming. so they know that and jennifer griffin is reporting from the pentagon that the syrians have taken their best air assets, meaning helicopter fleet that they use for dropping barrel bombs and all of these -- the air force if you will and put them on russian bases. they know we are not going to bomb the russians. you figure were not. so, whats the plan? turn to michael, former senior director national...

A continued and believe most intelligence officials in western countries at least is that he either hid some of the stockpiles or has made fresh ones with the help of local scientists now that happened then now again it sort of occurs that donald trump is sort of following the same red line by president obama and this certainly has given us our time or the last few days weve seen a lot of activity in syria to our heart actually hearing reports how all the air bases have been emptied our forces h...

Russians and americans have come into conflict before and lives were lost. that information hasnt been coming through the administration with a very loud voice for obvious reason. we heard from david sanger from the "new york times". you know him. we heard from him. there is proof in syria on the ground that they are already moving sensitive aircraft and material onto russian bases. have you seen indications or heard indications on the ground there that they are making the case closer to russian...

>> so we have had evidence in the past 24 hours. picking up their aircraft that they dont want to lose and moving them to russian bases so we would have to make the decision to strike the aircraft and get rid of them about killing russians on russian bases if we did it. there is conversation under way on that deconfliction line. the more time it goes on the more time they have to enter mingle their own forces with russian forces. and thats the big danger here. the moment that they have done that...

Situation is not like last year anymore the russians there are iranians there are shia militia in many syrian bases so the dangers are a lot higher. than in the past ok this is very important you just mentioned these shia militia the iranian assets on these air bases along with russians what would be the red line for the russians and for the rains that should be crossed by the united states their red line that they would take military action i think there is a difference between the russians and...

At the end day this is an atrocity, we need a humanitarian intervention. otherwise what will be left of syria will be mass chaos that will spread. >> general one of the things that happened -- this may be because the president tweeted early that he was sending missiles over. we have seen reports of lots of syrian personnel, military personnel and military material moving to areas that are protected by iranian bases or russian bases. >> right. >> in other words, without attacking those iranian ba...

Right? weve got reports today of syrian soldiers going into russian bases that we go from that what happens tonight or tomorrow or the day after means something really eskalatory. >> well, it could be escalate tory and the way that syrian forces or are arrayed and now if theyre in a disperse it will regime, this could turn away from a single night strike which we generally tend to do at about this time early in the morning to a multiday action because we very coalition partners that are gatherin...