Did you see that final round of the masters yesterday . It was Something Else. It was really remarkable. The lights coming on here in new york city, a live shot there with a little bit of jason aldean to get you moving. Good morning to you wherever you are waking up, we always appreciate you watching fox friends first. Im heather childers. Lets begin with this fox news alert. Israel now blamed for a series of airstrikes against syria. An air base attacked early this Morning Hours after one of the worst Chemical Attacks in history left dozens of innocent people dead. Doug luzaders live in washington, d. C. As the u. S. Considers retaliation. Reporter good morning, heather. We dont know who was responsible for these airstrikes in syria overnight. They initially blamed the u. S. Seemingly, now their pointing the springer at israel. Disturb finger at israel. The pentagon says it wasnt us. Whatever the story is, theres a lot of pressure on the United States to act after those horrific images of a chemical attack just outside of syrias capital. Some tough talk this morning from the president s Homeland Security adviser. This is the oneyear anniversary of our action the last time they made the mistake of using these weapons and pushing the rest of the world. This isnt just the United States. This is one of those issues on which every issue, all peoples have agreed and have agreed since world war ii is an unacceptable practice. I wouldnt take anything off the table. These are horrible photos, were looking into the attack at this point. Reporter nothing off the table, and from the president this tweet, among others, specifically blaming russia, president putin, syrias president , assad they see our resolve breaking. If it becomes a tweet without meaning, then hes hurt himself on north korea. If he doesnt follow through and live up to that tweet, hes going to look weak in the eyes of russia and iran. So this is defining moment, mr. President. You need to follow through with that tweet, show a reso that obama never resolve that obama never did to get this right. Reporter and the timing is somewhat problematic. Just days ago President Trump indicated he wanted to pull u. S. Troops out of syria. Meantime, we expect a meeting on the u. N. Security council on this you issue later today. Heather coming almost a year after another deadly chemical attack there. Thank you so much, doug luzader. As President Trump vows a big price to pay in the wake of the devastating chemical attack, florida congressman ron desantos agrees. He says the problem isnt just assad, but russia and iran are to blame too. President trump in his tweet framed the issue exactly right. Yes, assad is a thug, he is an animal, but hes really a flunk key of the iranians and the russians. So you dont deal with assad just in a vacuum. Youve got to look at the support that hes getting from the iranians and from the russians. And part of the problem with whole issue is that President Trump inherited a major mess, one of the biggest messes any president s ever inherited from Barack Obamas failed policy. He drew the red line, didnt enforce it, then they claimed they got the chemical weapons out, but weve seen Chemical Attacks since then. I would say look at iran, look at russia. That is really the root of the problem here. But also be mindful that its such a mess. Theres probably not an ultimate outcome that we can just will or bring into focus given all the really negative forces that are on the ground there right now. Heather and well have much more coming up, so say tuned. In the mean um time, kim jong un is ready to discuss the denuclearization on the korean peninsula. North korea contacting with u. S. Directly for the first time on the matter, increasing the likelihood of a summit. The white house expects that meeting to take place by the end of may but no date or location has been set. So well follow that story as well. And two soldiers killed in a Helicopter Training flight at Fort Campbell have been identified. 28yearold James Casadona and Ryan Connolly losing their lives in the apache crash that happened friday night. Their deaths mark the third deadly crash in the military in just one week. Seven Service Members killed in all. Well, President Trump predicting an end to an escalating trade war or dispute, we should say, with china as washington ups the ante. The president calling for another 100 billion worth of new tariffs after china threatened to target another 50 billion in american goods. President trump tweeting this president xi and i will always be friends no matter what happens with our dispute on trade. China will take down its trade barriers because it is the right thing to do. Taxes will become reciprocal, and a deal will be made on intellectual property. Great future for both our countries. Well, chinese officials have said that negotiations are unlikely. The question is what really happened on the tarmac. Former attorney general Loretta Lynch is ready to talk about her infamous meeting with former president clinton and her relationship with fired fbi director james comey. The interview, airing tonight on nbc, comes just days before comey releases his new book. Comeys has said lynchs meeting made him go pluck about the information into public about the information into Hillary Clintons email server. And feeling the heat from presumption attorney general Jeff Sessions naming a federal prosecutor rt to help speed up the response to republican demand for documents. John rausch will supervise the handing over of materials to congress on the surveillance of carter page. The firing of Andrew Andrew mccabe from the fbi and the investigation into Hillary Clintons private email server. The move comes after the president tweeted this heather maybe theyll finally get those documents. Well, facebooks data scandal front and centered today. The social media giant expected to notify millions of affected users a day before Ceo Mark Zuckerberg prepares to face lawmakers. Kelly wright is here now with what we can expect. Good morning. Kelly good morning to you as well. Facebook will post detailed messages to the news feeds of 87 Million People to let them know their privacy was breached. The members will receive a notice titled protecting your information with a link to see what apps they use and what information they have shared with those apps. Compounding facebooks dilemma, it suspended cube you, thats a company that was gathering information about facebook users through quizzes that were labeled as nonprofit, academic research. That was misleading. All of this comes ahead of facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg meeting later today with u. S. Lawmakers before formal hearings tomorrow and wednesday. Chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg tells fox news that zuckerberg is prepared. Marks happy to go to congress because mark wants to answer every question people have about the service we offer. You know, we really believe in social experiences, and we were really focused on that, and we werent focused enough on being proactive enough. Kelly theyre focused now, and Republican Senate john kennedy hinted some lawmakers may want to regulate facebook. I dont want to hurt facebook. My biggest worry in all of this, and i have many, many questions for mr. Zuckerberg. But my biggest worry with all this is, is that the privacy issue and what i call the propagandist issue are both too big for facebook to fix. Kelly Cambridge Analytical reportedly misused the data from millions of profiles, improperly assessed users information to build to files on voters that were later used to help elect President Trump in 2016. Meanwhile, heather, christopher wyle, the whistle blower, says he cant confirm if the Trump Campaign used the data, and he is cooperating with the justice department. Heather remember when facebook was founded . Remember when it didnt even exist, and now hes testifying before lawmakers. I think it just grew so quickly. Kelly 2. 2 billion people using facebook. Heather thank you so much, kelly. Appreciate it. Well, wisconsin. Stepping up the fight against the Opioid Epidemic today. Republican Governor Scott walker will sign two new bills into law to address the crisis thats killed thousands of people in the state over the past decade. Now, the first bill creates programs to prevent substance abuse, provide drug treatment and combat drug trafficking. The second bill pushes for more education and prescribing in prescribing controlled substances. To oklahoma now, oklahoma teachers extending hair strike into a second week their strike into a second week, forcing dozens of schools to close this morning. Were not leaving. Heather yeah, some districts have already canceled class through wednesday. Last week you may remember lawmakers approved several tax increases to help fund the States Education system, but some of the teachers say still not enough. And american golfer patrick reed is the masters champion. Yes, it will. [cheers and applause] captain america captures awe bus that. Heather the 27yearold holding off late charges by Rickie Fowler and jordan spieth. Boy, that was something by jordan spieth. President trump congratulating reed on twitter with writing with, quote heather congratulations to him. Well, the time now is 11 minutes after the top of the hour, and no option is off the table. The white house preparing to respond to another sickening gas attack by the assad regime in syria. Our next guest says, or hes a National Security analyst, i should say, and he says that military retaliation may be the only option. Ask lots of questions about this and that. [laughter] about this and that. Heather backlash is building. Jimmy kimmel under fire for making fun of melania trumps accent. The brand new push to boycott his show. And shirtless, barefoot and wrapped in an American Flag. The man who captivated hollywood climbing a 200foot crane. Heather welcome back. President trump talking to tough after another gas attack in syria, calling out russian president Vladimir Putin and iran for backing animal assad, this as russia blames u. S. Ally israel for airstrikes on syria overnight. So what does this mean for the u. S. Now on the worlds stage . Joining me now is National Security analyst ryan moore. Ryan, thank you so much for joining us this morning, we appreciate it. Thanks for having me. Heather so this story continues to develop, coming about one year, almost exactly one year after another deadly chemical attack there in syria. What should our response be . I see no other option besides military action. I think i would actually be surprised if by the end of this week were not talking about american airstrikes on syrian targets. Not just one of them, not just one air base like we did last time, but multiple, probably designed to severely damage if not completely remove the Syrian Air Force from the sky ises. Because if our standard before was to respond to Chemical Attacks and we blew up one air base, well, assad just did it again. Thats quite a challenge, and i dont think trump want toss back down from a challenge. Heather thats what im wondering. Since the response one year ago was to launch tomahawk missiles, what should the response be this time around, the same or different . Bigger, probably longer. And thats because like i said, we have to actual makes a sads grip on power loosen. He doesnt care if he loses people within his military. He doesnt care if his own civilians die. What he does care about is his own power. So if the u. S. Targets the Syrian Air Force, individual military units involved in Chemical Attacks to the point where assad says, look, im losing territory, that could possibly deter him. But more broadly, we also have to think of the terrorist groups beyond isis that could benefit from assad losing territory and, frankly, i think we need to double down on our support for the kurds, christians and arabs allied with us in Northern Syria so that we have some type of longterm partner there. Ive got news for you, turkey is not that partner. We have a lot of people, including socalled friends, who are acting as spoilers. Heather yeah. Heres Something ElsePresident Trump tweeted over the weekend, and this was in reference to obama and the red line. He said if president obama had crossed his stated red line in the sand, the syrian disaster would have ended long ago, animal assad would have been history. What he is referencing is back in 2012 when president obama promised that or he warned syrian president Bashar Al Assad not to cross that red line. He did cross that red line and used chemical weapons. There was some sort of agreement made, and Bashar Al Bashar al ad agreed to remove his chemical weapons stockpile which apparently has not happened. Right. I dont necessarily agree with trump because, look, he enforced obamas red line last year, and assad waits a while and started up the Chemical Attacks again, and they started increasing as he saw a lack of International Care for the syrian people. And so now hes back at it, and its time for the United States to respond. But what i want viewers to understand is that over the next week youre probably going to be bombarded with disinformation from the propagandists of russia, iran and assad. Youre going to be hearing stuff like conspiracy theories saying assad is somehow innocent. Hes a great ally against the jihadists. It couldnt be further from the truth d. Heather what is he getting out of these, what is he getting out of these attacks, assad . His forces are overstretched, so when he gets bogged down in certain areas held by rebels and or terrorists because not everyone fighting assad is necessarily a Freedom Fighter he has to use these type of chemical weapons so that he can better control the population, and hes trying to regain as much territory as he possibly can. So thats why a lot of people say this is not going to end until assad as a person is out, meaning him individually out of syria or, frankly, someone near him decides to become a hero and kills him, but the regime does not implode. We need to hurt assad, but if the regime implodes, everything gets worse. Heather yeah. And it brings in russia and iran. Meeting with the u. N. Today, so perhaps an international response. Thank you so much for joining us, ryan, we appreciate it. Well keep an eye on it. All right, thank you. Heather the time now is about 20 minutes after the top of the hour, and hundreds of National Guard troops deploying to the southern border at this hour and more could be on the way. We have 250, we have planning to raise that number on a weekly basis until were either told thats enough or to continue to bring troops on. Heather our own Griff Jenkins live at the border as the president s plan takes shape. And highspeed hyperloop, the brand new test to see if elon musks transportation pods can reach half the speed of sound. You know whats awesome . Gigspeed internet. You know whats not awesome . When only certain people can get it. Lets fix that. Lets give this guy gig really . And these kids, and these guys, him, ah. Oh hello. That lady, these houses yes, yes and yes. And dont forget about them. Uh huh, sure. Still yes xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. Now you can get it, too. Welcome to the party. Heather welcome back. Troops from the texas National Guard are arriving at the southern border to help stop the threat of illegal crossings as apprehensions reach an alarming milestone. What were seeing is a 200 increase this month of march, this past month, in apprehensions. Its alarming. Its an over 200 increase, and were talking about apprehending over 50,000 people attempting to cross our border in one month. Heather our Griff Jenkins spoke with the National Guard leaders coordinating the mission, and he joining us live at camp mayberry in austin as even more troops are expected to deploy. Good morning, griff. Reporter good morning, heather. They are on the border, the first to respond, the texas army National Guard, and they are conducting missions at this very hour as we speak in support of the Border Patrol down there. They tweeted yesterday that they were on the job, and it is amazing being here at the headquarters, because im seeing their planning, the logistics. You know, heather, since 2014 the texas National Guard has been supporting texas in a smaller role, a hundred troops, guardsmen, down there. But its getting much bigger. We spoke to Brigadier General trac