Here about just exactly what was done. Do you anticipate well hear fallout in the coming days and perhaps in 15 minutes . I think the press conference will be an opportunity for reporter to ask the president directly that they have asked the white house and state department about this and the retort that bounced back is that this was planned all along, its old news, part of the 1. 7 billion that was agreed to that is they say irans money, going back to tehran, and the timing of it, while it looks bad according to the administration, was just a coincidence. That doesnt fly with a lot of people in that the hostages were released moments after the plane gets there with the 400 million in cash, of euros and swiss francs and congress was not kept in the loop. Thats an important point. Keep thinking how on earth does 400 million suddenly get transferred to the iranians with no one looking at the ledger sheet and saying, where is that 400 million going . How do you move those amounts of money
Of frame behind the president. What to make of it . Well, anybodys guess, but it does come on a day when theres a slew of reporting that bannon could be on his way out of the white house. As you know, the decision to strike have said about syria. Some of it as recently as just a few day ago. Was it warranted, was it wise . Is it part of a larger strategy for syria and if so what is it . In short, what exactly is next . Tonight we have new reporting on much of this expert analysis on all of it we have news making gue guests, including senator john mccain and we have information on that possible russian collusion. Reporter tonight the u. S. Military is investigating whether russia was complicit in the Syrian Regimes gruesome chemical weapons attack on its citizens earlier in week. Whether a russian warplane dropped a come on a hospital treating victims of the attack just five hours later. A russian drone flew over the hospital site just before the bombing. The probe comes after President
The way our Founding Fathers intended. It was the right move. It was legal. The president at his maralago resort have his full command center with him. There are tensions within the white house just as there are tensions within President Trump himself. All the focus is also on russia. The secretary of state will be going there next week. Thats where this goes next. Welcome to our viewers in the u. S. And around the world. Im Victor Blackwell live from new york. Im Brianna Keller in washington for poul poul. The United States is delivering a stark new warning for syria and keeping a suspicious eye on russia this morning. The pentagon is investigating if moscow was involved in the syrian chemical attack. The kremlin is denying any complicity in the attack but ratcheting up the stakes for Rex Tillerson when he travels to moscow for his first meetings with russias foreign minister next week. A russian war ship is on the move to a naval base in syria. The ship is armed with cruise missiles
Attack the airbase if central syria. It was a missile launch. 59 tomahawk missiles hitting that airbase. Barbara starr has more on how it unfolded. Reporter this was the message President Trump wanted to send to Bashar Alassad, attack with the chemical weapons, the u. S. Will attack you back. 59 Cruise Missiles striking the syrian airbase, the u. S. Says was used to launch aircraft, killing men, women and children tuesday with a nerve agentfilled bomb. The pentagon said the strikes severely degraded or destroyed their intended targets, which included aircraft and aircraft shelters, fuel and logistical storage, ammunition supply bunkers and air defense systems. The United States took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more. Reporter but this was also a message to moscow, which denies the syrian chemical attack even happened. To justify an armed action, washington has entirely twisted what happened. The american side cannot understand the Syrian Government troops did
The parties on a way forward. It is through that political process that we believe the Syrian People will ultimately be able to decide the fate of Bashar Al Assad. While u. S. Diplomats send dueling messages, russia and iran are trying to show unity, citing a joint statement from moscow and tehran saying we will respond strongly to any aggression on syria. Russia and iran will not allow america to dominate the world. That ominous warning comes as the Trump Administration tackles another potential threat, north korea. Right now an Aircraft Carrier is deploying towards the Korean Peninsula. A u. S. Official confirms to cnn this move is a direct response to recent north korean provocations but what happens next . Secretary tillerson said recently when it comes to north korea, everything is on the table. Cnn is covering this as only cnn can. We have a team of reporters and analysts standing by from the Syrian Border to pyongyang where we are the only american tv crew, our correspondent wil