Facility as well as another site. So three sites were struck tonight. We just heard from secretary mattis. Heres what he said. Tonight, france, the United Kingdom and the United States took decisive action. Clearly, the assad regime did not get the message last year. General dunford said that syrian surface to air missiles had been engaged at the beginning of the air strikes. They, however, have not reported that there were any u. S. Or allied losses as a result of those Sam Missiles Being fired. There was no sign that the russians engaged in any way. General dunford said that the Deconfliction Hot Line was employed but the u. S. Did not give russia any advance warning
welcome and thank you all for your time tonight. Were told that u. S. Navy warships were used, also b1 bombers. Given your experience in the military, tell us about the capabilities of those two working together theyre impressive Capabili Capabiliti capabilities. The navy assets, of course, are really good at what they d
a lot of people concerned that the kurds, who populate that area, were very helpful in the u.s. fight against isis but the tucks don turks see the kurds connected with a terrorist group inside of turkey that the turks don t like. even mitch mcconnell came out and say this is problematic. i ll read to you what he said. a precipitous withdrawal would only benefit the rashad regime, increase the risk of isis and terrorist groups regroup. i urge the president to exercise american leadership to keep together our multinational coalitions to defeat isis and prevent significant conflict between nato ally turkey and counterterrorism partners. in large part, not exclusively but in large part refers to the kurds. the sdf, both kurdish and fighting so valiantly against
growing concerns at the explosive situation in syria could take a turn for the worst if the russians follow through on a threat to create chaos in response to further coalition action against the ashad regime. this comes after the targeted airstrike degraded the chemical weapons capability. as you know the united nations security council met several times on this issue without a consensus about peaceful pathway forward. u.s. ambassador says russia will feel the sting of sanctions as long as it backs the murderous syrian dictator. russian sanctions will be coming down, the secretary will be announcing those on monday if he hasn t already and they will go directly to any sort of companies that were dealing with equipment related to ashad and chemical weapons use. i think everyone knows that we sent a strong message and our hope is they listen to us.
what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women, and children? syria and the people have suffered terribly under the prolonged brutality of the ashad regime. on april 7th, the regime decided to again defy the norm of civilized people by using chemical weapons to murder women, children, and other innocents. we and our allies find these atrocities inexcusable. as our commander in chief, our president, has the authority to use military force overseas to defend important united states national interests, the united states has vital national interest and specifically deterring the use and proliferation of chemical
the country. there is still 2,000 u.s. troops within syria. but president trump has made it clear he wants them out within the next six months. george? ben wedeman, thank you so much for the reporting. we ll stay in touch with you. and the white house says president trump spoke with french president emmanuel macron about the suspected chemical attack in syria. both leaders agree the assad regime must be held accountable for its human rights abuses. the reported chemical attack on civilians may pull mr. trump back into syria s civil war. just days after he said he wanted to withdraw u.s. troops. abby philip has details for us. reporter: president trump finds himself once again respond to an alleged chemical weapons attack perpetrated by the assad regime in syria. this time the president is lashing out after vladimir putin, russia, and iran for enabling the rashad regime. but he is also criticizing his