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Likely effects in every way. joining us now from the pentagon is courtney kuby, nbc news national security and military reporter. courtney, thank you very much for being with us. what can you tell us about the presidents decision, the timing and what do we know about the scale of this effort? >> we know very little, as you mentioned, rachel. a couple of things that he mentioned were these are precision strikes on president bashar al assads chemical infrastructure. we dont know exactly what that ...

Something could happen? i guess the window is open now. >> well, the window generally opens around 4:00 p.m. eastern standard time and goes until about 11:00 p.m. thats the area of operations we like to be in is nighttime. and these night operations give us the advantage. a lot of systems in syria are very rudimentary, 1960s, 70s. they have some modern technology in their anti-aircraft defense systems, but they have a relatively low-level visual system outside of the russian air defense systems ...

Malcolm nance joins us as well. hes a veteran of counterterrorism, also a veteran of u.s. operations against syria in the 1980s. both gentlemen are msnbc analysts. malcolm, you can begin. what do you know? what do you think about when something could happen? i guess the window is open now. >> well, the window generally opens around 4:00 p.m. eastern standard time and goes until about 11:00 p.m. thats the area of operations we like to be in is nighttime. and these night operations give us the adv...

Counterterrorism, also a veteran of u.s. operations against syria in the 1980s. both gentlemen are msnbc analysts. malcolm, you can begin. kpl l. what do you think? what do you think about when something could happen? i guess the window is open now. >> well, the window generally opens around 4:00 p.m. eastern standard time and goes until about 11:00 p.m. thats the area of operations we like to be in is nighttime. and these night operations give us the advantage. a lot of systems in syria are ver...

Solution. the president of the united states can determine at any point that he feels, lets say, north koreas nuclear missile program is a clear and present danger to the national security of the united states. he can order that the football, which is communications package and strike options package be brought to him. he can choose a strike package within a minute and using the communications authentication device in his pocket, he can order the nuclear forces to launch a minuteman three missil...

Five workshops near the base there, which stored ammunition. but for some of these images raising more questions. why arent there more evidence or is there more evidence of damage there after the dozens of missiles hit the base. and whats next here? another question. whats next for the u.s.? lets talk about this now. we have with us lieutenant general mark hurtling. good morning. lets start here with the questions about why there isnt more damage to some of those workshops. is that a problem for...

Honor and privilege to have you here. >> thank you for having me on. >> you just saw tom with those pictures. your assessment of what we can see as far as a successful strike and the long run ways are still in in tact. why, do you think? >> what you have to consider is you have a limited number of weapons and when you put together a strike package, you prioritize what are the targets going to be, which ones do we want to hit and which order to inflict the most damage on the targets that you want...

Violation of international humanitarian law. people are outraged. you have been in the hospitals and exact situation. how does something like this happen? >> they have been through during the rwanda genocide, iraq, afghanistan you name it. they took the brunt of staff members there. they are extraordinarily careful an good. september 29th they told u.n. forces where they were and what the location in the hospital was. they image there was a strike package and they had a pi particular laser desig...

>> no question. you see the risks an the doubts as to whether the interlocators were connected to the captors and the change of demands and where the money went. and what is interesting, it was illegal for the faups to offer to pay -- for families to pay ransoms. the government doesnt stand in the way of that and wouldnt consider it material support for terrorism but there are other risks and we see that playing out here. >> jim scuitto. we appreciate that. thanks. and now retired army lieuten...

Weve heard some conflicting information. is it possible to take out assads chemical weapons stores with airstrikes? >> well, certainly, i think, the more important issue is with certitude that the certain military has really, i think, to this point put together a pretty good capability package with the strike package thats represented by the, the dgs in the eastern mediterranean. looking at the targeting that was just mentioned with regard to where the possible chemical weapon sites are, now tha...