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Al assad paid a price for using the chemical weapons in the sense that he lost part of his air power. >> tucker: right. in afghanistan the use of that massive bomb had the effect of killing isis fighters and damaging a tunnel complex that theyrs had been using against the afghan regulars and our own forces. so these things had military purposes. but, as i say, military purposes that are valid and stand alone but they also had the additional effect of changing the diplomatic atmosphere. and i thi...

Was before the committee he said he was satisfied with the authority he had and i assumed this is not a new authority. it was something he was authorized. deploying a particular weapons system. >> right. but there was a comment that said, look, in the previous administration, we wouldnt have dropped this without at least alerting the white house. in this one we dont have to alert the white house. that that is the essentially -- thats essentially changed. are you comfortable with that change? >> ...

And good use of this bomb? >> absolutely. it was the exact type of weapon that was necessary for that target. isis has moved into that region over the course of about two years. the district runs right up against the border with pakistan. its also in the same area where we went on after bin laden. that cave complex and tunnel complex is massive. we lost to greenbrae there sadly, last week, and the reason is they have the entire region mind going up to the tunnels and in the caves, and so to be h...

The largest non-nuclear device ever deployed by the military. lets watch this and well talk about it. >> there is no sound on this. you can see it. >> very large impact. that is the aftermath right there. we will re-rack it and show it one more time. "spider" if you can watch this and tell us what were seeing as we are seeing it here. >> notice the terrain. it is veryrestrictive. when you have a concussive blast, it will be contained in the smaller area. the force of the blast is exacerbated bas...

Bombs, why are we using it right now when we had it since 2003. what is the change here? >> inauguration day with the change. when it was developed it was designed to take out a tunnel complex, cave complex or underground facilities like nuclear places, kim in north korea, it served a dual purpose, killed a lot of bad guys which is a good thing and serve to deter other bad actors from acting bad. those two things, the best use for military hardware ever is to stop somebody from doing something t...

Russia, iran and syria say they are nighted in condemning last weeks missile strikes against the syrian air base. no big surprise, but president trumps home was that secretary tillersons trip to russia this week might have per ssuaded president putin on change course. watch it play out here. the first combat use of the militarys largest nonnuclear bomb against an isis camp and tunnel complex. >> this was the right weapon against the right target. >> barbara starr was first to report this dramati...

There have been air strikes, drones, through the past years certainly targeting isis camps. trying to degrade theyre capabilities there. the question with this bomb, successful destroying the tunnel network? the high-profile isis leaders were in that particular area? and take enough of them out potentially to thwart their planning? very remote, very rugged, aplace frankly the u.s. struggled to maintain and secure bases over the period of time they were in that part of afghanistan. isis moved in....

Choose your adjective. it has never been used in combat before even though president george w. bush and president obama could have used it. what does it effectively do? >> it creates an overpressure can had collapse a tunnel complex, tunnel complexes, destroy mine fields, and kill troops and destroy vehicles and so forth. you know, had we had this weapon, say, back in 2001 at tora bora or 2002, bin laden might never have escaped into pakistan. so using it here against isis in a very fortified ar...

That country sees fit. the rising tensions on the korean peninsula coming as vice president mike pence prepares to head to the region, himself. pence scheduled to arrive in south korea on sunday. this, the first stop on a ten-day trip that will take pence to japan, indonesia, australia and back around to hawaii. afghanistans defense ministry says that at least 36 isis fighters were killed when the u.s. dropped a massive bomb on a tunnel complex in a remote eastern area of that country. yesterday...

And both the u.s.er saying it will support. let me start with the decision in afghanistan. why that weapon? if this was to get tons, and i asked this as a did he haves advocate here was, this the best weapon to get to the tunnels? or did they want to show symbolism here? >> im not a factor of single factor analysis. it could be both. i think trump is very lucky in his timing. they tried with other weapons to knock out that tunnel complex. it has been under construction and occupied for a long, l...