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>> the pentagon had to deny syrian state media reports that the attack was carried out on the air base in homs. we have cnns ben wedeman with the latest. ben. >> reporter: alison, this strike took place on the t-4 air base which is 60 miles northeast of damascus. according to the syrian arab news agency, there were fatalities and casualties in that strike, but they were rather slim on the details. however, just a little while ago, the russian defense ministry put out a statement saying this stri...

Gulf but a navy guided missile destroyer with dozens of tomahawks left cypress this morning putting it within striking range of syria. >> shepard: i mentioned there was a round of air strikes overnight. who do we know about it? >> the syrians blamed the u.s. but the pentagon denied involvement. the russians later blamed israeli fighter pilots that launched the strike from lebanese airspace. the explosions occurred in central syria at the t-4 air base. its a little hard to see. the base is used b...

Reported iranians and their supporters. that attack was launched from here inside lebba knees airspace. israel has, in fact, attacked that base before called t-4 most recently just a couple months ago. of course it followed the killing of dozens of men, women, and children, medics absolutely sure that that was a chemical weapons attack. syria is denying it. iran and russia needless to say joining in saying that its all made up and it was a pretext to launch military action. as youve been hearing...

Missiles. five apparently were shot down but three landed at the airfield, killing apparently 14 people. some of them, according to reports, were iranians. israel has actually attacked that base. its called t-4, before, twice, in fact, just a couple of months ago. it follows the chemical weapons attack in which dozens of civilians, men, women, and children were killed. medics on the ground almost certain that that was either a chlorine gas attack, possibly even a sarin gas attack. president assa...

Near palmyra, where they went to take out the launching system that sent this drone toward israeli air space. now, during this air raid apparently some israeli aircraft encountered a good deal of anti-aircraft fire. and one f-16 was damaged it appears. and when it re-entered israeli air space, it crashed. we understand the pilots are still alive, one is in critical condition. now, following that, the israelis launched 12 air raids around damascus in retaliation. and several hours afterwards, ano...

All glenn beck needs is a single word to send him into a nazi tizzy. especially when it comes from president obama talking about his supreme court justice. >> i view that quality of empathy, of understanding, and identifying with peoples hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes. >> did you catch it? neither did i. but guess who did? >> hitler decided that it was the only empathetic thing to do is to put this child down and put him out of his suff...

President obama talking about his supreme court justice. >> i view that quality of empathy, of understanding, and identifying with peoples hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes. >> did you catch it? neither did i. but guess who did? >> hitler decided that it was the only empathetic thing to do is to put this child down and put him out of his suffering. it was the beginning of the t-4 which led to genocide everywhere. it was the beginning of it...

President obama talking about his supreme court justice. >> i view that quality of empathy, of understanding, and identifying with peoples hopes and struggles as an essential ingredient for arriving at just decisions and outcomes. >> did you catch it? neither did i. but guess who did? >> hitler decided that it was the only empathetic thing to do is to put this child down and put him out of his suffering. it was the beginning of the t-4 which led to genocide everywhere. it was the beginning of it...

From president trump. they hear two israeli fighter jets that fired eight missiles at the t-4 air base in syrian air base. the israelis struck before shortly after a drone flown from syria. iranian drone flown into israeli air space. now attacking the same space again. russia is making that clear. also very clear is the russian foreign ministry has a message for the united states. essentially saying this claim of chemical attack is a hoax. blaming groups on the ground, rebel groups on the ground...

First day on the job is today. >> thank you, abby. the pentagon had to deny syrian state mediimmediatmedia reports attack was on the air base in homs. we now could learn who is behind the strike. we have ben wedeman in beirut. ben, what are you learning? >> reporter: we heard early in the morning local time that there had been a missile strike on what is known as the t-4 air base which is one of the largest air bases in syria. about 60 miles northwest of damascus. initially the syrian media was ...