Hold gets a shock to the system after a democrat forced a runoff. But he couldnt nail down an outright victory. So if this was a referendum on. Trump what does that mean . First throw, a moment you may have missed at the white house briefing. The super bowl Champ Rob Gronkowski checked in to see if sean spicer needed help about a question with trade. Well see what pans out in the negotiation. Can i just can i help . [laughter] i think i got this. Thank you. Thanks, man. See you in a minute. Hold on. That was cool. Shepard may be cool if youre a pats fan. Lets get to it. We begin with breaking news. Word that russia has just made a big move to help syrian regime. The same regime that has murdered hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians. U. S. Officials tell fox news that Bashar Alassad has moved all of his aircraft to a russian air base. This comes nearly two weeks after the u. S. Navy launched 59 tomahawk missiles at a Syrian Air Base and took out nearly two dozens of his jets. That in response to a chemical attack that killed 80 people and a lot of them children. The russians big supporters of Bashar Alassad. So moving the aircraft to russian territory, a carefully calculated move. In a game of chess with global implications. Meantime, the russians are making other moves flying Nuclear Capable bombers off the coast of alaska for the second straight night. This time coming even closer. This time 36 miles off the aleutian islands. The United States bought alaska from the russians almost exactly 150 years ago. Perhaps moscow misses it. More on that in a moment. Jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. What exactly are you hearing out of syria . Senior u. S. Defense Officials Say in the wake of the u. S. Tomahawk strike, syria moved all of their aircraft into a base along the coast. This is after the attack destroying two dozen jets. The Syrian Air Force relocated in the past few days. Yesterday there were 40 combat flights from that russian base, shep. Shepard i mentioned for a second night in a row, russian bombers capable of carrying nukes flew off the coast of alaska. They flew closer last night than they did monday. Another russian provocation. Is that how this is being seen . Absolutely. This is, as you mentioned, the second consecutive night russia now two bear bombers off the coast of alaska. Flying north of the aleutian islands. The two Nuclear Capable planes were spotted by u. S. Military radar at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, 5 00 p. M. Local time. Unlike a similar incident monday night, this time the u. S. Air force did not scramble any fighter jets. Instead, they launched a single century Early Warning aircraft known as awacs to make sure there were the on two bombers. U. S. Territorial waters extend 20 nautical miles from shore. A day earlier, they approached the kodiak islands. What is notable about last night, the russian planes got closer and the u. S. Air force decided not to scramble the jets. Perhaps the u. S. Commanders did not want to escalate the situation. Shepard perhaps. All this comes as russian officials are now accusing u. S. Media outlets of meddling in russian elections. Thats right. The moscow times, an english language newspaper is reporting the Russian Parliament is investigating u. S. Media outlets based in russian and whether they illegally influenced the countrys parliamentary elections in 2016. Out lets like voice of america and cnn are being investigated according to the head of the state Duma Committee on information and communication. He said journalists work could have affected russian elections without providing any evidence. Theyre using a variety of instruments in respect to both the russian electoral process and in our country as a whole. Cant make this up, shep. Shepard wouldnt even try. Jennifer griffin, thanks so much. Back to the breaks news. Two bold moves by the russians this afternoon. Lets turn to Michael Ohanlan where he specializes in Defense Strategy from the brookings institute. The satellites are down or something, so hes on the phone with us. How do you see this, michael . Shepard, i think its a clever move by the syrians and the russians and the sort of thing you have to expect from them. When i say clever, im not condoning it, but these are tactical competitive military operations and engagements and the russians feel like we did a quick one over on them and theyre going to come back and they played this game well. I dont think it surprised of any at all the assad uses chemicals. We should declare even if hes operating out of a base where theres russian plane, were going to retaliate against the plane. Were not going to hit the bit. If we miss somebody, thats the mistake of the russians for allowing the syrians to use chemical weapons. This complicates things and its the sort of thing i would expect from putin and assad. Shepard it would be the mistake of the russians, but could the effect be getting drawn further and possibly on the ground in this Syrian Civil War . I dont think so if the logic of it and the proportionality are carefully explained. So im just imagining hypotheticals here, shepard. What donald trump did a week or so ago, as much as i supported it, it didnt affect the broader use of barrel bombs. It was a specific message to assad, dont use chemical weapons. So if he uses chemical weapons again, President Trump has an option to retaliate even with the syrian planes on the base. You should have a discussion to know which planes you want to hit and how confident you are no russians are around them. In so far as that particular message needs to be send again, i still think we can send it. We have at present no strategy for ending the Syrian Civil War. President obama doesnt have one. President trump in fairness has had 2 1 2 months the figure one out. We still dont have it. On a chemical issue itself, we still have things we can do by way if response if necessary. Shepard quickly on policy and messaging. On policy and message, would it behoove the United States to have an if then proposition . If you do this again, Bashar Alassad, well do the following or is this unknown that President Trump believes is a better strategy . There may be a strategy there. You covered the air strikes very well and the explanation was that the United States has a Vital National security interest in chemical weapons not being used anywhere. We can reiterate that. That sends a message that if you use chemical weapons, well have to do something about it. Time, place and manner of tour choosing. Michael, as always, thanks. Thank you, shepard. Shepard a u. S. Aircraft carrier is headed to the Korean Peninsula. But President Trump said there was an armada on the way last week. Why the white house says the president was right all along, this is Fox News Channel. 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Today reporters asked the white house to explain all the confusion. The response in a moment. The head of u. S. Pacific command says the u. S. S. Carl vinson finished up short training exercises in australia before heading north as a prudent measure. This comes as Vice President pence said the era of strategic patience with north korea and its Nuclear Threat has ended. I want to show you on the wall the history of this. It was april 8 and we were told that the carrier left singapore headed to the sea of japan. You can see the locations there. The defense secretary jim mattis said officials cancelled planned exercises and President Trump boasted about the move in an interview with fox business. Now we know the carl vinson wasnt headed up north at all when the president said it was on fox business. Instead, it went south. Went from here down to here in the opposite direction from all the stuff going on in the bad ways and got to behave in north korea. The navy put out a picture on saturday. They put out this picture, which is how we found this out showing ship was not headed there somewhere, it was down here. Some 2,500 miles from the Korean Peninsula. Despite that, the white house claim they never talked about timing. There was nothing to clear up. The president did not speak too quickly. We put out a release talking about the group ending up in the Korean Peninsula. Thats what it will do. I think we were asked about the use of the Carrier Group and what that meant. Thats what we discussed. I would refer you back to any otherish youres with that to the department of defense. The president said he had an armada going towards the peninsula. It happened. Its happening, rather. Sean spicer referencing what President Trump told fox business a week ago. Here it is. Were sending an armada, very powerful. We have submarines, very powerful. Far more powerful than the Aircraft Carrier. Shepard sending all that power, an armada. That was a week ago. In the time between the original announcement and today, not a Single Member of the administration pointed out that the warship was not heading directly to the sea of japan at all. According to the reporting of the wall street journal newspaper, which which we share a common ownership, a senior white house official blamed the mistake on the pentagon and said the pentagon didnt realize the error until tuesday. Also, a second white house official said the white house didnt need to know last week that thement the pentagon didnt give misleading information. In other words, pentagon did it. The white house did not need to know where the ship was exactly. It gets more convoluted. The wall street journal cites a Navy Official who says we certainly did not say that the carl vinson was headed to north korea and the vinson never got north korea as a final destination. Amid all of this, kim jongun and his regime are mocking the United States over the mishap and calling it all a bluff. More on that ahead. John roberts is live on the north line. What else is the white house saying about the very powerful warship . Theyre saying what are you talking about . Theres nothing to see here. You think an Aircraft Carrier is hard to hide. Apparently the white house did it. So a lot of questions at the briefing today about what did the white house know about the u. S. S. Carl vinson and when did it know it. You pointed out that the interview with Maria Bartiromo was on tuesday. This seems to be portrayed as an urgent response to an urgent and growing threat. It looked according to Satellite Photos that they were preparing for a nuclear test and were told that the United States was having this big show of force sending the strike force to the sea of japan when it was going the opposite direction. At the briefing, sean spicer said theres nothing misleading and what was said. What i was asked, what signal was sent that it was going there. It signalled foreign presence and a strength. Youre asking me why you didnt know better. I dont know. Thats a question that should have been followed up with pacom or the department of defense. The only question we were asked is what signal it sends. We answered it correctly. Nothing misleading about what went down but clearly all confusing. Shepard jim mattis defends the carl vinsons moved. Hes in riyadh, saudi arabia today. You have to look that it was the pentagon, the white house that all seemed to suggest that the ship was going in the direction toward the sea of japan, steaming was language that some people used. There were reports that the russians and the chinese had dispatched spy ships to shadow the carl vinsons strike group when actually it was thousands of miles away at the time. The defense secretary tried to clear that up today. Heres what he said. The vinson, as i have said on the record, was operating up and down the western pacific. We said were shifting here, instead of continuing one direction as she pulled out of singapore, she will continue part of her cruise down in that region, but she was on her way up to korea. So now its perfectly clear. The one thing that people have not been able to tell us, why this was initially portrayed as being so urgent and imminent. That is, the movement of the u. S. S. Carl vinson, when it was apparently neither imminent or urgent at all. Shepard north korea is making hay over the powerful armada move. Well have that. Plus, new propaganda from kim jongun himself, the north korean dictator as he depicts missiles barrelling down on the United States. Thats coming up. You do all this research on a perfect car, then smash it into a tree. Your Insurance Company raises your rates. Maybe you shouldve done more research on them. For drivers with accident forgiveness, Liberty Mutual wont raise your rates due to your first accident. Switch and you could save 509 on auto insurance. Call for a free quote today. Liberty stands with you™. Liberty mutual insurance. Shepard 22 minutes past the hour. North korea is taunting the United States over the trump administrations misleading statements about the u. S. S. Carl vinson. North korean staterun media reports that washington bluffed that it was a warning act. The hermit kingdom has been ratcheting up its rhetoric against the United States. Kim jongun played a marketing video. It showed multiple missiles striking the United States as a north korean chorus played live music. This is a still image. We dont really air propaganda here. North korea held a military parade and tried to test missiles that failed. U. S. Officials say it failed seconds after take off. Ben hall is live. What can you tell us, benjamin . Shep, this is a bizarre piece of propaganda, the only time that you can find in pyongyang. It was celebrating the birth of the founder, kim ilsong, full of orchestras and celebrating with music. It ended with a missile shooting over San Francisco and finished with burning stars and stripes superimposed over white crosses in a cemetery. Today the white house responded and they dismissed the video. This is not the first time they put out propaganda tools. Were not going to comment on it. If there was any hope that this dictator might give up his way, will change under International Pressure is slipping away. Shepard and mike pence spoke on a ten of asia. Thats right. It was planned some time ago. Very much trying to bring allies together in light of this threat. He was speaking on the deck of the u. S. S. Ronald reagan in tokyo bay. 2,500 sailors. He said the u. S. Would do whatever they had to do. Those that challenge our resolve or our readiness should know, we will defeat any attack and meet any use of conventional or Nuclear Weapons with an overwhelming and effective american response. But still, everything really resting on china and whether or not they will join this common idea, this common desire to make the Korean Peninsula denuclearized. Many analysts say theyre playing both sides, but the u. S. Trying to bring china back in the fold. Time will tell. Shepard thank you. The last time democrats held a seat in georgias sixth congressional music, disco was sweeping the country. Last night they had a chance to take the seat back for the First Time Since the 1970s. While democrats did not walk away with a win, they did force a runoff with the Top Republican contender. Well look at what this means and the spin from both sides for politics in america. Cops in fresno say a man pulled again and started murderering a man at random. 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