back to the facilities tomorrow morning they re going to find that there is not much there at least it s morning right now. and they re going to drive up to the work site and go okay i guess i m not going to work today. this was not shock and you a. this was not an attempt to just completely debilitate the regime. this was attack against regime targets minimal in number but significant in terms of attribute to the chemical ability. that the united states and france and uk said you have to cut this out. thanks to one and all. more tonight on the breaking news, the airstrikes in syria plus the bombshell revelation that the long-term attorney of the president of the united states under criminal investigation.
on bass. the strikes in coordination with britain and france focused on the regime s chemical weapons capability. listened to the president tonight. my fellow americans, a short time ago i ordered the united states armed forces to launch precision strikes on targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities of syrian dictator bashar al assad. the purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. establishing this deterrent is a vital national security interest of the united states. we are prepared to sustain this response until the syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. the president speaking from the white house. i want to bring in pamela brown,