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Force. so all of this has to be brought to bear. the question is, is there any appetite to do it? and wooelt see what russias diplomatic response is going forward. as of yet, you know this is a proportionate response to what happened in douma. not an excessive response. and president putin has called it an act of aggression but he didnt say its an act of war against russia. so lets see what happens in the security council and whether any kind of political process can be salvaged from this rubble...

Air response. proportionate. we wait to see whether assad is going to have the chutzpah to do it again and well see whether that brings the response that general mattis and president trump and president macron of france said it would, if russia -- if syria does this again. but remember, russia is also under a lot of pressure because of the whole evidence that it was a russian military grade novichuk nerve agent that poisoned the skripal father and daughter here in england. so right now theres th...

And there seems to be an effort to gather information. is this unusual that three weeks after something like this, an event like this, they still dont seem to know everything about what happened? >> no, its not. theres a couple of reasons for that, chris. first, youve got to look at the volume and variety of information in 2017 that youve got to collect. its not simply interviews with individuals on the ground or radio transmissions, you want to overlay that with what kind of drone footage you m...

Russian president putin saying the countrys on the brink of war. >> this amateur video, purports to show ukrainian tanks a disadvantage. >> watching with laser focus. >> if we win, russia escalates to its actions. youre live in the "cnn newsroom." good morning, im carol costello. thanks so much for joining me. we begin this hour with a new search on the water a half a world away, with the united states providing help again. a rescue operation underway for nearly 300 people, most of them studen...

Pentagon briefing. plus, the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting in three hours from now at 11:00 a.m. eastern. and a nato meeting is scheduled for this afternoon. we have a team of correspondents covering the latest developments from the pentagon to london to northern syria. well take you there in a moment. first a look at how the military strikes happened. watch. video from syria shows the missiles in the sky after president trump announced coordinated strikes. >> we are pr...

Lieutenant general abdul assadi the guy who is leading much of the batting against isis in iraq is complaining u.s. airstrikes are eve rat tick. what do you make of those claims? >> i think thats nonsense, john. the strikes have been ramping up pretty proportionally. were up to around 1400 total. i would argue we probably could raise that number but you always need appropriate intelligence you. cant just randomly drop bombs in a confused situation. i think the air response has been quite capable...

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