He loved to make you laugh. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. 59 missiles going off in space. President trump retaliates against syria. I ordered a military strike in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Moscow calling the air strike as violation of International Law. He acted under his authority as commander in chief to target a place that killed babies and children and he made the choice. Nunes steps down. Mitch mcconnell on the Nuclear Options. This was really the period of the end of the sentence. The United States senate is not what it once because. Severe weather slammed the eastern half of the country. Slammed trees into homes and knocked out power for thousands. Hillary clinton gave her first interview since the election. As a person im okay. As an american, im pretty worried. All that he cant find the ball. Its stuck to his chest protector. I have never seen that before. Charley hoffman takes the masters by storm. That was something special. And all that matters. Funny thing about don rickles, the news that he died didnt make people cry. It made them laugh. Im not too crazy about you. I know that. On cbs this morning. They called him mr. Warmth as a joke. Thats what he was. He would always ask about my parents, my kids. He would always say keep my name alive, which is funny because, you know, youre don rickles. You keep my name alive. Welcome to cbs this morning. Don auld trump is facing his First International crisis and we know that because he sent a serious message to syrias president Bashar Al Assad. American warships launched cruise missiles before dawn local time. The pentagon hopes the attack made it much harder for syrias president to use chemical weapons on his own people. U. S. Warships in the Mediterranean Sea used 59 missiles. They pounded the air base. The president explained his decision late last night. Tonight i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Margaret brennan is with the president in florida. Holly williams is in turkey. But we begin with david martin. Hes at the pentagon. David, good morning. Reporter good morning. The u. S. Tried to avoid causing casualties, but there are reports of several dead following the Early Morning strike. The pentagon is still assessing the damage but believes it knocked the base out of commission. The pentagon spokesman said there is no need for further strikes unless syria once again resorts to chemical weapons. Nearly 60 cruise missiles thunder toward a Syrian Air Base just three days after the regime used chemical weapons in an attack against its own people. Tomaha tomahawk missiles were launched from two ships located in the Mediterranean Sea. The strike targeted shayrat airfield believed to be the point where the planes took off dropping sarin gas. The ammunitions, air defense systems, and air Traffic Control radar. The pentagon said the attack was successful and has rendered the airfield unusable. Prior to 2013 the base located about 50 miles due south of the location of the gas attack had been used to store chemical weapons. But the u. S. Did not target areas where remaining weapons might be stored. The strike comes 3 1 2 years after former president barack obama threatened military action against the assad regime. A red line for us is we start seeing a whole bunch of chemical weapons being moved around or utilized. But despite air strikes the threat would be to deter them from using chemical weapons. President obama backed off after president Bashar Al Assad said he would back off using chemicals, a promise he didnt keep. Reporter the u. S. Gave advance warning of the strike and the missiles did not target areas where they were believe to be levering. Still president putins is an ally of assad and the strook will almost certainly damage u. S. russian relations. Norah . David, thank you. It marks a sudden shift by the u. S. Administration. For years he said they should not take action and secretary Rex Tillerson said just last week the Syrian People will decide the future of assad. President trump is meeting with chinas leader again today. Margaret, good morning. Reporter good morning. Well, President Trump has shown he isling to use at least limited military action to enforce that red line against chemical weapons first drawn by his predecessor. The Trump Administration believes Bashar Al Assad has used sarin gas in at least three attacks over the past two weeks. Assad choked out the lives of helpless men, women, and children. In a late evening statement President Trump said small children choking to death on gas moved him to action. It was a slow and brutal death for so many. Even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered. Reporter the decision to strike was made after the president arrived thursday in palm beach for a summit with chinese president xi jinping. Before their dinner he consulted with National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster and general mattis. He was considering action following wednesdays meeting with jordans king. The president worried toxic agents could end up in the hands of terrorists and used that threat as justification for striking without the permission of congress. It is in this vital National Security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. Reporter secretary of state Rex Tillerson said the sarin gauze was a violation of the deal between russia and u. S. Brokered to have them hand over the stockpile. He said after president obama turned a blind eye to the repeated violations was not an option for President Trump. Previousous attempts at changing assads bafb have all failed and failed very dramatically. Reporter now, these syria strikes may help chinas president zee jinping to gauge President Trumpslei willingnes regarding north korea. Next week hes supposed the fly to syria to discuss Vladimir Putin. Holly williams is in istanbul, turkey, with the reaction. Good morning. Reporter good morning. There are no surprises at all from Syrian Regime as well as its ally russia. They called the strike an active blatant aggression this morning and said it made the u. S. A partner with isis and other terrorist groups. Russia says the strikes violate International Law based on a, quote, trump pretext. They deny there was a chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun despite all of the evidence. Israel and turkey support the strikes. Here in turkey theyre calling for more action with a nofly zone in syria. We spoke with many rebel groups very happy to see u. S. Military against the Syrian Regime because they hopet stops them from bombing them. We have senator marco rubio. Good morning. Good morning, charlie. My question is where do we go from here and what are the great risks many. Its an important question, a good one. I believe this is the case, realizes that as long as Bashar Al Assad is there, youre going the have isis oral al nusra. What are the risks . I think risks are an escalation. We dont know what the russians are going to do in response. So far it seems pretty measured but i certainly think if theres an effort to remove assad, theyre going to get a little more aggressive. How would you remove him . First of all he has to be removed from a combination of syrians on the ground. Not fighters or foreign forces. Again, this reminds me of one those cage masters in professional wrestling. Sometimes you fight each other and sometimes you turn on someone else. You have hezbollah, iran, syrian forces, rebel groups that are nonjihadist and al nusra. Ultimately you are totohave a sunni nonjihadist alternative and i hope the work begins to carve out a space for them to be able to grow and get more powerful so they can be a clear alternative to assad, whatever happens. Hopeful hopefully negotiation, not continued bloodshed. Hes killed 500,000 of his own people. 5 million have fled as refugee. Es gassed his own people including children. Is bombing an airfield enough . Well, in terms of retribution for what hes done, of course not. Hes a war criminal and should be brought to inner national justice. Are you concerned at all about a retaliatory strike . From syria . Syria, russia, anyone. Yeah. Well, first of all, syria doesnt have the potential. You do now have hundreds of americanas advisers on the ground. If assad is willing to use gas on his own people, he probably would use it on american people. Why do you think he thought he would get away with it . Thats a good question. They feel like theyre losing territory. Hes prepared to go all the way. Hes not fwot nowhere else to go. For him its a life or death situation. The other day i said i do believe when the sentiment is out there that somehow we have given up on efforts to remove him and, in fact, hes going to stay, do believe it gave him license or incentive to get away with Something Like this. Im glad to see that changed. You think specifically the comments by secretary of state tillerson gave him license. Again, im not saying thats why tillerson said it. Im saying that i believe its not coincident tall. That he sees these statements out there and within a couple of days he takes action. The important point is thats not what theyre saying anymore. They made it very clear last night. Ill say this. I know where the president was. But i dont think you could watch that press conference a couple of days ago where he was standing next o the king of jordan and not see that he was personally moved by the images me got. Theres a different between being a president and candidate and having access to this information and having that on your shoulders. Both in his statements and the press conference, i think you saw a person, a human being, our president , donald trump, who was deeply impacted, as we all were. Thank you so much, senator. Pleasure to have you this morning. Thank you. In the next half hour mike morrill and Fran Townsend join us. They look at the impact of last nights missile strike and what could happen next ahead on cbs this morning. This morning the senate is set to confirm Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch. It follows a controversial change to a Longstanding Senate rule. Under the socalled nuclear rule, senators just need a simple majority to confirm a Supreme Court nominee rather than 60 votes. Jan crawford joins us. Good morning. Reporter good morning, norah. The only thing they could agree on yesterday is the Nuclear Option will forever change the senate. I believe our actions will haunt us reporter poised to change senate rules, republicans and democrats offered stern warnings. This train is running over a cliff. Its taking not just the senate with it but the Supreme Court, and we need to apply the brakes. Reporter it made no difference after democrats refused to end a filibuster blocking the nomination of neil gorsuch. Senate Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell launched the socalled Nuclear Option to change senate rules. In some ways the horse had already left the barn. In 2013 then Senate Majority leader harry reed did away with filibusters for lower court nominations. At the time minority leader Mitch Mcconnell issued a warning. My friends on the other side of the aisle, you may regret this and you may regret it a lot sooner than you think. Reporter and so on thursday in a vote, 5948 they changed the rule to allow justices by a simple majority. In one day they have lessened the distinction between our chamber and our colleagues across the capitol. Reporter they worry there will be i hope were wrong but i hope we s we havent set the demise of the senate. Reporter Justice Kennedy who is expected to retire in the next year or two is more moderate and now replacement can be done even over staunch democratic placement. Thank you so much. Don rickles the comedian died of kidney failure yesterday at his home. He would have turned 91 years old next month. Bob and jenny new hart said in truth he was one of the kindesting care sensitive human beings we have ever known. David letterman added, such a gentleman. I already miss him. God bless you, don rickles. Reporter late night hosts paid tribute to don rickles moments after he passed away. I know it sounds crazy, but he was too young, but he was because he was youthful and funny and sharp and generous. During his more than 50year career. Theres no more booing, no more booing. If there are any more outbursts, were fwoek to let bob get up and do his jokes. I have to be honest. I never liked lucille ball. I never did. He still got them to laugh along with them. I spoke with him in 2007. Its almost a mark of distinction to be in this that audience and have you pick them out. Some people to. I have a knack i dont know how. I have a knack of making fun of somebody and exaggerating without hurting them. Reporter one of the first audience members he insulted was Frank Sinatra who later became his lifelong friend. Im a jew and youre an italian and here we have what. Rickles talked about his biggest gig of his life. Its only a joke, mrs. Reagan. His zingers made him a favorite of late night hosts. He often walked on stage to music evoking a matador about to face off with a bull. Your wife and you have the same name . What are you, a detective . His best friend, bob newhart. Don is saying what the other people are thinking but theyre afraid to say. Hes their voice. Oh, wow. And his delivery, too, charlie. But the turnout across the board shows how much he was loved by that community. You could see Jimmy Kimmels emotion. You seemed to have a real conversation with him. It wasnt a joke a minute. A very smart guy. Absolutely. Smart and interesting and curious. Uhhuh. He will be missed. He will be missed. Very much so. Silicon valley wants to train you to constantly check your smartphone. Ahead, what a tech insider showed 60 minutes about indu. Ahead, the latest on the u. S. Missile attack on syria and whether it will have any impact on syrias civil war. We take a look with mike morrill and Fran Townsend youre watching cbs this morning. The garden patio will be gone. Or you could push that button. [dong] [rocket launching] skip the bank, skip the waiting, and go completely online. Get the confidence that comes from a secure, qualified mortgage approval in minutes. Lift the burden of getting a home loan with Rocket Mortgage by quicken loans. 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