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Against a southern sta violation -- a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made-up pretext. i dont know what a made-up pretext means. how do you interpret that, and whats your response to russia? >> >> well, i think our response was pretty clear last night. the president ordered the firing of 59 tomahawk missiles that all hit their target to make it very clear that the united states isnt going to sit back and allow this to occur. we spoke with one voice last ni...

Against a southern state in violation -- a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made-up pretext. i dont know what a made-up pretext means. how do you interpret that, and whats your response to russia? >> >> well, i think our response was pretty clear last night. the president ordered the firing of 59 tomahawk missiles that all hit their target to make it very clear that the united states isnt going to sit back and allow this to occur. we spoke with one voice la...

Strikes on syria as aggression against a sovereign state in violation of the norms of international law and on a made-up pretext. how do you interpret that and ways your response to russia? sean: i think our response was clear last night. the president ordered the firing of 59 tomahawk missiles that all hit their target. night as a country and the rest of the world is standing in solidarity with this president with respect to those actions. jesse: it seems reacting in congress, we have seen demo...

Perspective, the concern is twofold, right, about the u.s. taking military action in north korea. they dont want a u.s. military installation on their border, nor do they want a refugee crises thats propelled by a military strike that then fled -- causes people to flee into china. >> absolutely. this is why the chinese say that this would be where they draw the line, and of course if the u.s. chooses to strike the north koreans and the north koreans strike back at seoul, then that would give pre...

Crisis thats propelled by a military strike that then fled -- causes people to flee into china. >> absolutely. this is why the chinese say that this would be where they draw the line, and of course if the u.s. chooses to strike the north koreans and the north koreans strike back at seoul, then that would give pretext for the u.s. to invade north korea and that would pull china into a slippery slope of going to war against the u.s. this could be the scenario for the beginning of world war iii if ...

Air base, but by getting russia to stand down. they did not do anything to stop the missiles as they came screaming in from the mediterranean. we know what tillerson said and -- called this an ak of aggression by the united states and that it had a contrived pretext. >> boy, america this morning, friday morning, were going to think this is a huge move. i do not think it is, chris. the russians are better at the art of the long view than the americans. let me tell you why this is a -- which he is...

>> reporter: yeah, and what lavrov is saying is, look, whatever point were at now with relations, its not irreversible. the problem here is that vladimir putin could not leave this. he had to challenge. he had to challenge the trump administration, so hes done it first with words, and then a few deeds. lets get to those words first, poppy. as you had pointed out, he called this an aggressive action through his spokesperson. the president of russia regards the u.s. air strikes on syria as an act ...

Which is a backer of the assad regime. matthew chance live in moscow with kremlin reaction. what are they saying? >> reporter: yeah. weve been sort of waiting a long time for this reaction because what the kremlin does, what russia does over the air strikes is absolutely crucial. its a nuclear power. the strikes bring u.s. forces into potential conflict, into direct contact with russian forces on the ground. its an immensely dangerous moment. the kremlin doesnt appear to be reacting too hysteric...

The russian military was notified ahead of the air strike. matthew chance live in moscow this hour. theres new information coming from the kremlin. >> yeah. its immensely important what the reaction of russia is going to be to this. russia has military forces on the ground. it youded that base for its attack helicopters in the supporting role they played to support syrian ground troops. they were in the firing line as well as the syrians on the ground. president putin, this is coming from the kr...

Friday morning for "americas newsroom" ." >> this president reacted to events which were so horrific that it required an american reaction and i believe that not only was the act itself important, but the signal that is sent to the world from president trump was as importan important. >> shannon: u.s. strikes in syria raising new concerns about relations with russia. president putin continues to support president assad and condemns the u.s. strength. it spokesperson says "president putin conside...