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And fortunately didnt strike her. we know victims some of the victims were kids. we dont know who makes up the fatalities. but, its just a tragedy. all the way around. we should be careful to say we dont know the motive. at this hour. >> thats exactly correct. we dont know the motive. we know the consequence of this action. we know that there are multiple fatalities. many people are receiving horrible phone calls this evening. from officials. notifying them of the loved ones that have been decea...

Isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didnt think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on the border anyway. but theyre staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the presidents claims. >> reporter: in that rambling statement from president trump, there were many things that didnt strike true with reality here. the u.s. never said they would protect the kurds forever. but many thought it wo...

Some of the presidents claims. >> reporter: in that rambling statement from president trump, there were many things that didnt strike true with reality here. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops pulled back from the border area. but quite frankly, they were not about to be obliterated by advancing armies. they were the reason that turkey felt restrained before starting this incursion. after the past 48 hours, were seeing troops rallying and leaving a di...

Isis. >> the president said, beyond a small force, quote, to secure the oil, he didnt think it was necessary to leave troops behind in syria. he said there were 28 troops on the border anyway. but theyre staying in the middle east. nick paton walsh will look at some of the presidents claims. >> reporter: in that rambling statement from president trump, there were many things that didnt strike true with reality here. but many thought it would end in the more managed fashion. there were 28 troops ...

Himself from the story and to make sure the administration isnt asked daily about why isnt acosta resigning yet. >> is there anything acosta realistically could have done or said in? anything that might change what your describing? >> once the "miami herald" published the story about the deal that acosta struck with epstein in 2008, any resurfacing of the story in which the story became active, which is what happened this week when the southern district from new york indicted him was going to me...

Air strikes, the media with them and he get the nobel peace prize. such a double standard. do you buy into that as a republican that this president is getting no credit for walking up to the line, considering the situation carefully, and against a narrative that so many in the media pushes every day says, you know what, i do not think its a prudent thing to do right now? >> yeah, its kind of funny because, again, i disagreed with the presidents decision. but this said, this should be the thing t...

Evelyn, elizabeth, freddie, and robert, tonight, everybody in this chamber is praying for you. everyone in america is grieving for you. >> laura: that was the president recognizing parents of two young women killed by gang members who enter the country as unaccompanied minor illegal immigrants. a number of democrats invited those illegal immigrants and they called them dreamers to the state of the union, and then they refused to stand to honor those parents. invite whoever you want but not stand...

Viewers is that russia is the most decisive player in syria. russia controls the skies and the land. it has some of the most advanced air defense system inside syria. it has been able to change the strategic balance of power on the ground. and the syrian -- the russian response has been extremely aggressive, as you know, in the past few hours. it has decided to discontinue this particular channel of trying to prevent basically accidents between the united states and russia over the skies of syri...

Isis, turks against the kurds. does this embolden the rebels now that the u.s. has skin in the game? >> youve seen statements by the rebels that, yes, this is something theyve been waiting for. that doesnt mean we take the next step. it does mean that perhaps one of the most hideous, worst types of arsenals that assad has probably wont be used again. that dynamic alone has changed, i think. if they are used again, the united states will have to and must strike and that means it will strike the r...

Him with options, theyre probably also asking him what are the military objectives that you want to accomplish? what do you think the military objectives of this strike were this evening? >> i hope it wasnt just military objectives. i hope theres at least some forethought into what is the strategic objective? what is our plan in syria? what is our plan in the region? i think at a certain point the mission planning that went into this was how do we make sure theres no further escalation? when you...