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Welcome to the programme. A moment of extraordinary global diplomacy as we wait for key meetings to take boot mack take place. The g7, Un Security Council and the israeli war cabinet. All considering what happens next, what response to iran. Lets take a look at what happened. Air raid siren these are the sirens and explosions over israel, this isjerusalem, over 300 missiles and drones launched at israel. Israel says 99 of them were intercepted and destroyed. It wasnt just over air space in israe...

Concern among the americans. as one expert put this, theres one clear winner in this entire scenario at this stage and that is the russians. they are now exerting, as they have been all along, influence over damascus. they also have greater influence over ankara and they have a measure of influence over the kurds, who have turned to just about everyone they can for help but have come up dry. the though, it would seem have managed to make a key strategic victory, and that is in seeing the u.s. mi...

Actually go even further than any of them had anticipated. turkey and its arab syrian fighting force have managed to capture a key area of whats known as the m4 highway, a strategic highway that cuts east to west. this has not only cut off key kurdish towns from one another, but also poses a risk to the u.s. military given where their bases are located. in all of this, who is actually the big winner? an expert i was talking to says its russia. they are not only the playmaker here, but also the k...

Hes a general. hes been around this all his life. anytime you have the situation, youre going to think about that. i think he doesnt want to be the guy that brings people in. >> all right, guys. thanks so much. joining us now from jerusalem is mike t mike. >> we know right now first of all that dawn is breaking, so well start to get a better idea of what the damage is. there are vehicles driving around the city of damascus right now with loud speaker blasting syrian nationalists songs. weve got ...

Unfettered access. and investigate the douma attack. the president made the final decision about military action yesterday. in the beginning of the week there was strong indications he wanted to do. he made the final decision and gave the order tonight. and that is where the presidents national security team and also uk and france. everyone signed off on it and off it went tonight, shannon. >> thank you, john. defense secretary mattis speaking and giving us the lay of the land. well bring in jen...

Forces to be involved. and the channels worked through the air space. we did not coordinate with the russian or prenotify them. >> reporter: the strikes involved scientific research center in damascus, thats an rnd facility where they produce and test chemical weapons according to the pentagon. a chemical storage facility north. damascus and another chemical torage near hom . mattis said this is a one- time shot unless assad does not get the message. he felt he had enough evidence to determine t...

>> shannon: i want to show you video. night scope video. they have released what they show missiles coming in over the city by u.s., britain and france. returning fire attempting to takedown the missile. and surface to air missiles were send up. and there is posturing on how will they did going after the tomahawk. the pentagon will release more data after their full assessmentes. and hesbollah tv station, they are showing video of cheering crowds in the streets of damascus. and mike tobin connec...

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Bloodshed. why? because we get into it by shooting and killing people. not just military people, necessarily, all kinds of people who has been to be living next to a mobile missile launcher or some other defensive weapon. why? because its difficult. unless were able to command the skies ourselves. and that means being able to carry through an effective campaign to knock out these anti-aircraft weapons before we go in. so lets make sure we arent going to put our pilots in danger of getting shot d...

This dance. step one, tell yourselves that we have to get into it. if we dont fight, it means bloodshed. why? because we get into it by shooting and killing people. not just military people, all kinds of people that happen to be living near a mobile missile launch or a defensive weapon. why? because its difficult i suspect to carry out a no fly campaign unless were able to command the skies ourselves and that means to be able to carry out an effective campaign before we go in. lets make sure wer...