Making Sure Assad News Today

>> julie: back to the follow-up from the u.s. air strike on syria. senators are being briefed on the operation at this hour as we speak. meanwhile, the trump administration getting praise and criticism for launching the attack. in fact, in response to a deadly chemical attack in syria, all of this as the secretary of state rex tillerson prepares to travel to russia next week. moscow and washington now at odds over syria s russia continues to support president assad. >> there is no doubt in our m...

These are two groups who -- or who countries aligned very much against assad. now, iran, the assad regime and russia have condemned the attack. we have yet to hear from hezbollah here in lebanon. hezbollah being the shia-aligned iranian group which is very much in favor of assad and they have proven to be a decisive factor in this conflict. well start to hear more reaction. right now what were hearing is basically the same alignments, the usual suspects aligned against each other in this region....

We had hoped to the security council would move forward, but russia made it known, as it has done seven times before, that it would use its veto once again covering up for the assad regime. further delayed by prospecting not compromising from russia by a watered-down resolution which has only strengthened assad. strengthening assad will only lead to more murders. we were not going to allow that. but it is even more than that. russia is supposed to be a guarantor of the removal of chemical weapon...

Us exactly what authorization he would like to have. >> i think it was a welcome demonstration of americas commitment, but what comes next is harder. >> julie: ray me now is lawrence jones, tv host on "the blaze," radio host and a conservative commentator. also scott, former chairman of the democratic party in washington, d.c., and a democratic strategist. thank you both for talking to us. >> good afternoon. >> julie: you just heard the top ranking lawmakers in both parties, many applauding the ...

Unexpected groups to come out. i mean, we havent yet necessarily heard from isis. we havent heard from al qaedas linked affiliates here in syria or in the region. we have heard from ahrar al sham. they came out and praised the u.s. intervention. thats a little unexpected because they are a hard line islamist group. theyve had kind of beneficial arrangements from time to time. again, a hugely, hugely complicated situation. but to have a hard-line islamist group, a very powerful militia group oppo...

>> tonight is not symbolic. i think it has strategic value to it. the question is, what happens next? is there a comprehensive plan to follow this up? what i hope happens is conditions for alternative for assad to emerge. i dont think syria will be a stable, u.n. tear government in any time in the future but i think we can take steps to provide alternatives to assads role. >> not every republican supported last nights strike, however in a series of tweets senator rand paul said the president nee...

Concerned about, democrats and republicans in the house and senate is what does this mean? does this get a steeper end? if we do, what is our overall strategy? the president has to explain that, and i think he will find bipartisan support if not perfect support that he has to go to congress to at least have the discussion. >> julie: scott, go ahead. >> and nothing this is an interpretation issue. i thing the president is in his powers. remember, this has been done over 125 times per president ob...

Of civilians and have lots of civilian deaths. he will now have to worry about that. whereas, up until yesterday, i think he truly believed he would never be held accountable. this really changes the dynamic in syria. that is really important. you heard nikki haley give a really good speech, really important speech, justifying why the u.s. did this, and then she talked about what is next. she pushed for a political resolution to this. she also was very strong and stating that russia and iran hav...

Conflicting over the skies of syria which has potential escalating. >> when russia is in the sky, in syria. as you just heard, marco rubio, you are interested in what the other side of the aisle feels, very supportive from the democrats this morning. >> this is about america. listen to what chuck schumer said, making sure assad knows, he will pay a price is the right thing to do. >> nancy pelosi wrote the strike in syria is a proportional response to the regimes use of chemical weapons. at a mom...

Before any attack on syria. saying it would be a big mistake if he doesnt. and warning about a possible long-term conflict. now, during the campaign president supported the idea of safe zones to protect civilians but warned against direct u.s. military action. in fact, here he is just days before the election taking aim at hillary clinton. >> now she wants to start a shooting war in syria in conflict with a nuclear-armed russia could could very well lead to world war iii. russia is heavily armed...