In the capitol. More from greg palkot in pyongyang ahead. Were expecting this is a first well hear live from the cia director about the global hot spots were watching. About the pentagon uses the biggest bomb ever used on the battlefield. The target . Lets get to it. Centcom and the white house confirming the u. S. Military dropped what it called the mother of all bombs on a terrorist tunnel network. The target, Islamic State fighters. We dont know the damage it did it. Its the first time the military used in combat. Its the largest nonNuclear Weapon in all of americas arsenal, which earned it the name, mother of all bombs. The official title is massive ordinance air burst. The massive is without question. It weighs 21,000 pounds. If youre within a mile of the thing when it detonates, youre in trouble. Troops dropped it in the nangahar province east of kabul where an American Green beret died days against. He was 37 years old. This afternoon the White House PressSecretary Sean Spicer said the strike is a signal of how seriously washington takes the fight against isis. We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that isis fighters used to move around freely, making it easier for them to target u. S. Military advisers and Afghan Forces in the area. The United States takes the fight against isis very seriously and in order to defeat the group, we must deny them operational space, which we did. Minutes ago, the president responded to a question about whether he personally authorized the strike. Listen. Everybody knows exactly what happened. So what i do, i authorize by military. We have the greatest military in the world and they have done a job as usual. We have given them total authorization. Thats what theyre doing. Frankly, thats why theyve been so successful lately. Look what has happened the last eight weeks and compare that to what has happened the last eight years, youll see theres a tremendous difference. Details down to chocolate cake on the the missiles, but not on this. The bomb is so big, the best way to deploy it is to load into it a cargo plane and dump it out the back door. Officials say thats exactly what happened last night when the United States military deployed one of the most devastating weapons in all of its arsenal. Jennifer griffin life at the pentagon. Why drop this bomb for the first time today, jen . Do we know . Its interesting. The military first tested this bomb, the 21,000 pound bomb in 2003. It has not seen fit to use it until today. It is clear that the pentagon and the white house are sending a geo strategic message to not only isis and the leaders of isis but to moscow, to north korea where kim jongun is preparing for a sixth nuclear test and trying to deter that and to pakistan. This area of afghanistan, shep, is where the isis fighters that are pledging allegiance to the isis leaders in syria, some of them are local taliban that have changed shirts, some alquaida leaders. They have been back and forth to pakistan. Thats their supply line into pakistan. Its a message to islamabad as well. This is a very isolated area. Its not far from tora bora. Its about 35 miles south of where jalalabad where the u. S. Has a base. Were told its not a very populated area. But this kind of bomb was needed because this is a concussive weapon. 21,000 pounds pushed out of the back of a plane. Its gps guided. It is if you think of the tomahawk missiles used in syria, though were 1,000 pounds of explosives each. This is 21,000 pounds. And i mentioned a green beret died in the same area. Is this the direct response to that or are they saying . The pentagon is pushing back hard on that. They say its merely a coincidence. Theyre still mourning the loss of that green beret. The Staff Sergeant that was from maryland, not far from where we are right now. He was deployed from Egland Air Force base, which is in 2003 where this moab bomb was first tested. Again, the pentagon saying its not in retaliation for his death in this very same area of nangahar on saturday, shep. Jennifer griffin, thank you. Bashar alassad said he didnt do it. He calls the latest deadly chemical attack against his own people a fabrication and claims that its part of a u. S. Conspiracy to justify President Trumps missile strike in syria. Assad made the comments with the french pressing agency. He claimed he gave up all of his chemical weapons so theres no way he could have ordered this attack. We dont have an arsenal. We dont use it. We have many indications if you dont have proof because nobody has information or evidence. But you have indication. None of that is true, by the way. Hes a war criminal and a huge liar. Western Officials Say theres no doubt that assad carried out the chemical strike last week killing dozens of civilians and including women and children asleep in their bed. British investigators say a chemical weapons watch dog group confirmed samples from the site tested positive for sarin. Still assad denies everything. Again, hes killed hundreds of thousands of people . What is a little lie here and there . Russia has blamed the attack on syrian rebels. The russian explanation, the Syrian Government air strike hit a weapons depot where they were stockpiling chemical weapons. The u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson visited to moscow this week made it clear the United States and russia are not on the same page. A spokesman for Vladimir Putin said its too early to tell whether putins meeting with tillerson improved u. S. Ties with russia. The spokesman said that putin shared his views and what he calls the deadlock in a relationship and that he hopes President Trump will become aware of that analysis. President trump yesterday said u. S. Relations with russia may be at an alltime low but today he sent a more optimistic message on twitter. Kristin fisher is in palm beach where the president will head for easter weekend. Seems to be yet another shift in tone from the white house. Yeah, their tone shifts hour by hour on this issue. Earlier today, President Trump seemed to be toning down the heated rhetoric that has been escalating a lot. He said on twitter things will work out fine between the u. S. A. And russia. At the right time, everybody will come to their senses and there will be lasting peace. But as you mentioned, President Trump said that we may be at an alltime low with russia and the same day that we saw the frosty press conference between secretary of state Rex Tillerson and his russian counterpart. For sean spicer, he didnt spend a ton of time on this issue during the briefing today given the bomb that was just dropped in afghanistan, but that in and of itself sent a strong message to the kremlin, the same message that was sent a week ago today with the strikes in syria. That is that this president is willing to act very fast and take very aggressive military action. Very clear today that he has fro problem with doing just that. Shep . Shepard there was a resolution in the u. N. Security council to condemn syria for what it did. The russians vetoed that. The white house is speaking on that matter . They are. Actually today at the briefing press Secretary Sean Spicer called it a win for the u. S. And President Trump. Heres why. As you mentioned, yesterday russia was the only permanent member of the u. N. Security council to vote against this resolution. It would have condemned syria for this chemical attack. Heres how the white house is spinning this. Theyre calling it a win. That shows how isolated russia is. Its also a win that china abstained. They vetoed six u. N. Resolutions since the civil war began. This time they stayed out. Today sean spicer said that that is proof that President Trump made progress with president xi when he was in maralargo last weekend. Listen. It showed the success of the trip first and foremost and secondly continues to show how russia is isolated on this particular matter. That is important. So on a variety of fronts, it really was a huge win for the United States and for the persuasiveness of the president. President trump will be landing here in West Palm Beach in just a few hours. This will be his seventh trip to maralargo. The winter white house, as they call it, since becoming president. Kristin fisher for the road. Thank you. More on bashar alassads calling the chemical weapons attack a fabrication. Hes also questioned the images weve seen and the victims of the poison gas saying the children, were they dead at all . Team fox coverage continues with leland vittert. Is assad offering anything in the way of evidence . No, no evidence at all, shep. Assad is basically asking the world to believe him rather than our lying eyes that have seen these videos. He said videos like these of the dying and dead from the sarin gas were faked. They believe that the United States is hand and glove with the terrorists. He said they fabricated the story to have a pretext for the attack. In an exhaustive presentation, the pentagon went as far as to put out the radar track of the syrian jet that dropped the sarin bomb. The u. S. Secretary of state doubled down on the charge in front of assads russian protectors. We have very firm and high confidence in our conclusions that the attack was planned, carried out by the Regime Forces at the direction of bashar alassad. So suffice it to say, shep, nobody in washington or anybody weve been able to find is buying assads denial. Shepard it was the russians that were supposed to work to ensure that assad didnt have anymore chemical weapons. Seems thats a failure. Clearly this creates quite a p. R. Pickle for Vladimir Putin. Perhaps one of the reasons that secretary of state Rex Tillerson said that the russians were incompetent when it comes to this attack. Part of the grand bargain to stave off a u. S. Attack was russias assurance that it would destroy all of assads chemical weapons. Now begging the question, are the russians intentionally left him with a chemical arsenal or hoodwinked by their proxy. Shepard the bombing was the second high profile executive against from the Trump Administration in a week. First the tomahawks in syria and now the moab bombs in afghanistan. What message does this send to the rest of the world . Thats coming up on the fox news desk on this thursday afternoon. The road can change in an instant. 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But yes, its meant to send a message to all of these leaders at this time of high tension, that the United States will not hesitate to act if they act. At a time when were essentially just waiting for kim jongun to make his next move, this tension between russia that youve talked about, theyre all signals to all of those places that the United States is serious. Shepard the thing about messages, theyre left to the receiver to interpret. Assad could say, he took out some planes but were at it. Nothing has changed on the ground. Next time he does something, theres Big Decisions to be made in the United States. I wonder if he knows what that would be. Its true. Thats definitely true. We dont know what the reaction is going to be from any of these world leaders. You know, donald trump has said hes put, and in this case, a lot of the authority in the hands of the military folks. The people that are looking at the situation on the ground giving them authority to act quickly. That alone is a message to these other leaders. Its not just the matter of what donald trump will do, but when theres some sort of situation coming up, something that is perceived by defense officials to be threatening, that action can come quickly. The president said were not going into syria. He said it repeatedly to a bunch of reporters. Were in syria. We have hundreds and hundreds of troops on the ground waiting to move in for a strike on isis. Those some of those troops, their base was overrun after this. They went back in and got it back. Any suggestion that United States men and women who fight for our nation are not in harms way there is wildly miss played. Thats definitely true. Were in syria. We have been in syria for a long time. That might have been one calculation talking about our men and women who are fighting overseas. One calculation is dropping this moab bomb is soon as a way to sort of act decisively without having to dispatch Ground Troops. Thats something that clearly we dont want to see our men and women put in harms way if they dont have to be. Dispatching Ground Troops remains very up popular with the public and folks in congress. That is one calculation that went into how to address that military action in afghanistan. Kimberly atkins, columnist for the boston herald. Thanks again. The doctor dragged off a united flight by security is now getting ready to get even. Today we heard from his lawyer who said he broke a nose and lost some teeth. He said a lawsuit is likely. United has lost hundreds of millions in value since the p. R. Disaster that followed. Probably would have been cheaper to give that passenger a jet and give him a pilot and go as he wishes. Tired of getting bullied by the airlines . Were minutes away from scheduled remarks of the cia director. The first time this new director of the c. I. A. Has spoken publicly since he took the job. The cia, the Central Intelligence agency, very busy. 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First and foremost, we should know the intelligence organizations engage solely in foreign spying and terrorist organizations. Were damn proud of it. We analyze this intelligence so our government can better understand our adversaries that we face in a challenging and dangerous world. We will make no apologies for that. Its hard stuff and we go at it hard. Because when it comes to overseas threat, the cia is aggressive in pursuit of information to help safeguard our country. We utilize our whole tool kit, fully employing the capability to the congress, the court and the executive branch has provided to it. Consistent with our american ideals. We do these things because its our job. Its what we signed up to do. Its what our president needs. If we didnt have a tough time justifying our budget to the american taxpayers, that too would be inappropriate. As the ceo of a Research Firm said, the cia appears to be doing exactly what we pay them to do. Now, our mission is simple in concept. Yet incredibly difficult in practice. Ive seen that in a few short weeks. We work to provide the best information possible to the. And the administration to protect our country. The mission that the c. I. A. Has carried out for years quietly and effectively. Accomplishments often remain classified and secret, but a few special ones are k