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Will it align with the jared kushner branch of the west wing or what side more with steve bannon? julie: kristin fisher for tonight, thank you so much. the u.s. attack apparently has not slowed syria down much. that is the word. just hours later syrian warplanes from other bases apparently struck opposition targets including one near the site of a deadly chemical attack which provoked the u.s. response of the very first place. this chairman of the senate armed services committee john mccain seen...

Conflict between the united states and russia which is something that terrifies all of us. >> reporter: a senior u.s. official said the u.s. military gave their counterparts one-hour notice about the strike. >> if the united states is going after the syrian regime which russia supports the risks go way up, right the united states is taking bases where russians are, its attacking facilities where russians are, and its at war with people the russia are backing. >> reporter: another sign of immense...

Syria was positive and bipartisan bases and going under the radar was the neil gorsuch nomination confirmation which was a huge thing for conservatives. that maybe because he brought in some outside help with kelly ayotte and others who were really pros working on this. he had a really good week. >> so doug, momentum is key. we remember being in this place before meaning of the trumps white house was celebrating after his address to members of congress and there is the momentum felt by the waist...

This worked perfectly. can you thread that for us at all in terms of giving us an assessment there? >> sure. the base itself, the majority of the damage to the base itself was infrastructure. they did not pock up the runways. these strikes were very targeted. they didnt take out the syrian air force as some were calling for early yesterday. what they were trying to do was send a very clear message, a very clear signal that the specific assets that were used for this chemical attack earlier this ...

Those believe this was a necessary step due to the nature of the chemical attack. and to some degree, u.s. partners around the world viewing it favorable. of course russia does not. they have the closest ties to the dictator in syria, assad, and dont want to see the u.s. involved there. that has been sort of their zone. there will be new challenges for the president especially when you consider all the things that relate to the russia relationship. the things we have talked about russia meddling...

Creating some logical solution to the peace situation in syria. at this point in time he has killed over half a million people. there are six million people who are refugees. there is another shiite that can ultimately emerge in order for us to help bring about some negotiated settlement in syria. look, were not going to bomb our way to a solution in syria, sheinelle. >> thats what im going for there. >> were not going to do that and american boots on the ground are not going to solve syrias pro...

Theres an administrative and maintenance area. its not that large. 50 tomahawk will send a message and do damage. will it damage aircraft? i dont know. it depend on the ability of the tomahawk to penetrate. >> i assume it would depend on whether or not the syrian air force had moved the jets because if they were going to -- if this he we they were concerned about an attack they might assume the air base where they had launched the gas attack they might have moved aircraft and i assume the u.s. w...

They are target folders for the six main syrian basis, developed prior to 2013 with the capability to deliver on president obamas redline. last nights plan, executed less than 72 hours, because of the strong intelligence and the existing targeting plans. as general jack keane explained on "fox & friends." >> we always have contingency plans, assad only has six bases that he uses operationally, we know the infrastructure at those bases, those are the depots, the fuel storage, the runways themselv...

Permanent bases that had been built up by the russians there. and, yeah, we had this idea, as the obama administration was ending, an official of that administration said, look, our program to make syria give up all their chemical weapons worked. they are all gone and others said we think they held on to some. it certainly looked like the russians had a lot of reason to know that they were there and a lot of reason to know that an attack was under way. >> tom foreman, thank you so much. what d...

Kimberly, the pentagon has this hotline that is established so that they were not innate -- so u.s. warplanes fuente to come up for interest, russian airplanes. that hotline, we are told, is still operational even though the russians have threatened to take it down. it has been used since the attack, and the russians were given a one hour heads up. that means they knew this was going to be a limited strike. this was a very powerful, symbolic strike, 59 tomahawks, you wouldnt want to be on the re...