Headquarters in new york. Were following breaking news. New and dramatic reaction after the United States and its allies launched missile strikes against the assad regime in syria. In response to last weeks alleged chemical attack. President trump tweeted out Mission Accomplished but is it . What happens next has everything to do with what the assad regime decides to do and has everything to do with what the russian government decides to enable as well. This hour the way forward and the next move to expect from syria and its allies. We begin with new video from the French Ministry of defense. It shows night vision shots from the cockpit of a French Military plane. French Officials Say it was taken during last nights missile strike on Syrian Government chemical weapons facilities. The pentagon says the United States, the United Kingdom and French Forces carried out a Successful Mission firing 105 weapons at their targets. Those missile strikes high on the agenda at this, an emergency meeting of the United NationsSecurity Council. It was called by russia but at the end of the vote, russia failed to convince the u. N. To condemn the coalitions military action. Ambassador Nikki Haley SaysPresident Trump is ready to act again. The Security Council has failed in its duty to hold those who use chemical weapons to account. That failure is largely due to russian obstruction. I spoke to the president this morning, and he said if the Syrian Regime uses this poisonous gas again, the United States is locked and loaded. When our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line. President trump tweeted his pleasure with the mission this morning, calling it a perfectly executed strike, adding these two words that are coming under some criticism now, Mission Accomplished. We have correspondents covering the story from different angles. Hans, let me start with you. What is the latest from the pentagon . Were getting little bits more out of the pentagon and the United Kingdom and france about how this mission happened. Reporter theyre claiming its a success, a tactical success. It had limited objectives but those were just to take out those three locations for the development, production and the storage of chemical weapons. Weve heard over the last 12 to 24 hours the legal justifications somewhere along the line of the doctrine of selfdefense and in Critical National interest. Yes, the pentagon and the white house did notify congress, the administration was very clear about that but this didnt expressly ask congress for authorization before they went in. Where theizati situation is deg and theyve gotten to the heart of Bashar Alassads capabilities. Why didnt they want get all of . They wanted to avoid killing any civilians and killing any russians. Any further response from the white house . Yes. Can you see the contours of a campaign taking place here. Geoff, geoff, let me interrupt you for a second. On the topic that youre talking about, mike pence is talking in peru. Lets listen in. Okay. Proud of our American Forces and our allies who conducted this attack with such professionalism and brought about an extraordinary success. The president has also made it clear that the United States of america is prepared to sustain this effort to reestablish the deterrent framework that exists in order that the Syrian Regime and its patrons know that there will be a price to pay if chemical weapons are used again against innocent men, women and children. Ive been heartened by the support thats been expressed here at the summit of the americans and from leaders around the world. Many World Leaders here at the summit in lima have expressed support to me privately, many are publicly for the joint action last night and expressed appreciation for President Trumps strong leadership and the efforts of our armed forces. So we stand against, as the civilized world has for more than a century, we stand against the use of chemical weapons, against innocent civilians. And mamerica with the strong sport of the United Kingdom and france took action last night to bring our instruments of power to bear to see to it that the Syrian Regime understands and its patri patrons understand th a price to pay for the use of chemical weapons. We had bilateral discussions with a number of countries. I met this morning with the president of peru. I also spoke with the president of colombia and with the Prime Minister of canada and the president of mexico. We had in each case a substantive and meaningful dialogue about our relationships with each country. The focus of this overall summit is on the tierney and humanitarian catastrophe that is venezuela. We appreciate the strong leadership of the new president of peru and their country in formulating this summit around that principle. First organized around dealing with corruption, which is an issue ill speak about before the Plenary Session today, an issue of great importance and significance. Effort ins wil nevertheless, the United States will be supporting a declaration today that will have many signatories here at the submit of americas, condemning the repression, the collapse of democracy and the humanitarian crisis in venezuela. I just completed a meeting with president santos of colombia, and he expressed appreciation for the Additional Resources that we announced yesterday that will be flowing into colombia to assist their efforts to deal with nearly a million refugees from venezuela. There are a sham elections approaching in the weeks ahead in venezuela but as the opposition leaders expressed to me yesterday, the world is not deceived. Leaders across this region are not received. Democracy has collapsed, a dictatorship has risen, and to have in maduro a leader that will not allow humanitarian aid into his own country as people are starving and people are dying is unconscionable. Im encouraged, i know President Trump will be encouraged. I want to go back to jeff bennett right now who has been keeping an eye on what the white houses response has been. The picture you were painting is that there is a coordinated response. You have mike pence in lima, peru, where President Trump was supposed to be, you have nikki haley. Theyre talking about something accomplished that is a much bigger problem than the chemical weapons attacks. Thats right. President trump is supposed to be at the summit of americas through sunday night but a Senior Administration official tells us one of the reasons that trip was cancelled was because they knew this military action was coming and they didnt want the president overseas while it was happening. But to your earlier point, yes, the Vice President is singing out of the same hymn book as the Senior Administration officials in just the last hour. Here is the Vice President again. Hes taking questions now, ali. Okay. In a sustained way that syria understands there will be a price to pay if they ever use chemical weapons again. We carefully examined the possibility of a response by syria, or by its allies, russia and iran in this calculation and the president made the decision to target the chemical weapons facilities, having counted all the cost and the potential of those decisions. Mr. Vice president , in the year between the u. S. s first strikes on syria and these latest strikes, syria carried out a number of suspected chemical weapons attacks. Why do you think that the action that the u. S. Took last night will change the regimes calculus in any way . The action last night at President Trumps direction with the strong support of our allies in france and britain was focused exclusively on the Chemical Weapons Program. And we believe that it has significantly eroded and crippled the ability of the regime to produce question calls that theyve been using against innocent civilians. The attack a year ago was against a military base that had deployed that type of ordinance. This attack the president made the judgment was to be focused on the actual chemical weapons regime itself and our hope is that syria and their patrons got the message. But syria should know their supporters in russia and iran should know that the United States and our allies and the civilized world are prepared to continue this effort until we are assured that chemical weapons will never be used again against innocent civilians in syria. Reporter you say the capabilities were crippled but they do still have the ability to carry out chemical weapons, correct . We believe we degraded their program and severely degraded their ability to create chemical weapons. But this was also about establishing a deterrent framework. Working with our allies as President Trump reach oed out t the United Kingdom and france, almost daily telephone calls, negotiations between our various National Security teams to arrive at the targets, to arrive at the strategy and then the president made the decision to go, it was all in an effort to do everything in our power, not just to destroy aspects of the Chemical Weapons Program but also to send a message to syria and to their patrons in russia and iran that there is a price to pay if they ever use chemical weapons again. Reporter when you talk about a framework, other than additional military strikes, what does that look like . Obviously the United States t d tried in 2013 to cut a deal where assad was going to get rid of his chemical weapons, clearly that has not happened. What does your Administration Plan to do to make it happen in this case. And the president tweeted Mission Accomplished and do i think thats true and was it wise of him to use that phrase . The president s decision was to use military force in concert with our allies, to make syria pay a price for using chemical weapons against innocent men, women and children. Think about that for just a second. The images have seared the conscience of the world and troubled every american. And this president worked with our allies to come to the place where we used the instrument of American Power that is military force to degrade their ability, but also to send a very clear message, that there will be a price to pay if syria ever uses chemical weapons again in the future, and that price will involve the use of military force. That being said, we, as the president also said last night, while we dont look for an openended commitment of military troops on our mission to destroy isis in syria, we are reaching out and have been in recent days to our allies in the gulf states to invite a greater participation, a greater level of support so that American Forces, Syrian Democratic forces, our coalition in the region that has been so successful on our primary mission in syria, which is to defeat and destroy isis, will be in a position to facilitate a political solution. Ultimately thats the hope is that we have managed to restore a deterrent framework so that the brutal assad regime understand that chemical weapons are no longer available for them to use without paying a very high price. But our ultimate objective is to destroy isis in syria but be a part of what will be a widening effort across the world to achieve a political settlement in the long term. Reporter what chemicals do you believe were used in that attack . And why did the United States not wait for the inspectors to finish their work in syria and to make a very clear determination [ inaudible ]. Let me say all along the way, it a process when youre dealing with a brutal and tyrannical regime like syria, the ability to obtain evidence we went in with the was in that they conducted this attack, and a high confidence that at minimum a chemical weapon of chlorine was used in this attack. I will tell you that that investigation is ongoing and we may well ultimately determine that sarin was in fact used in in attack, as it had been in the past. But the president made this decision with high confidence of our intelligence community, supported by our allies, that syria had conducted the attack and dropped these chemical weapon bombs and ordinates at inopi innocent civilians. Reporter there were two very important leaders of mexico and canada. What are your hopes for a deal on nafta within the next month . Secondly, did you ask president nieto to help fund a border wall . Let me thank you for the other question. Let me say last night the objective of the mission, the command are in chief gave our military forces and our allies was completely accomplished with swift professionalism. I was heartened this morning to at least hear initial reports from the pentagon that despite having fired between ourselves and our allies over a hundred cruise missiles that there were at this point no reported civilian casualties. We hope that continues to be the case. But that was the report this morning. But as i said before, the pre president and i couldnt be more proud and the president affirmations this morning, to go in and destroy key elements of the infrastructure in syria was completely and professionally accomplished. The meetings with mexico and canada were very productive. I will tell you, with regard to mexico, the topic of funding of the wall did not come up. I think president pena nieto understands he and President Trump have a difference of opinion on that, but we spoke at great length about areas where we are making great progress. We spoke about changes that mexico is deliberating over their own immigration policies that will impact transnational migration. I spoke, as the president has, i appreciateively, and we talked a great deal about nafta. I will tell you that in my conversations with Prime Minister trudeau and with president pena nieto, ill leave this summit very hopeful that we are very close to a renegotiated nafta that will be a better deal for the American People and will have the kind of fairness to it that will permit us to go forward in a productive mutually beneficial relationship with the peep of mexico and the people of canada. Its not done yet. There are still issues that need to be resolved, but we believe there is a real possibility that we could arrive at an agreement within the next several weeks for a renegotiated nafta that will be a better deal for American People. Reporter russia today condemned the u. S. Action and it seems the u. S. russia relationship has gotten a little frostier on this issue now. Whats your message to russia . Our message to russia is that youre on the wrong side of history. It time for russia to get the message of President Trump last night. Youre none by the company you keep. It was 2014 when then secretary of state john kerry negotiated an agreement that he would represent and that administration would represent, eliminated 100 of the chemical weapons in syria and russia agreed to be the guarantor of that agreement. And now we see the atrocities, the horrific images emerging from the brutality of this monster in damascus and all the while we understand that russia has been standing by aiding and abetting and supporting this brutal regime. And the time has come for russia to join the family of nations in condemning the assad regimes use of chemical weapons and demanding that they live up to the commitments that they made in 2014 under the last administration. Denying on the world stage, offering resolutions that were properly rejected at the u. N. Security council a few hours ago is not a pathway toward a better relationship with the United States of america and the wider world for russia. Russia and iran are on the wrong side of history, and last night President Trump called on them, called on them as we call on every nation across the world to join us in condemn beiing the uf chemical weapons. And again, sco restoring the ki framework whether it be in syria or anywhere else that these kind of weapons that have the capacity to suffocate and murder innocent men, women and children are never used again in the world. Roberta. Reporter at the beginning of your meeting with president nieto, he made the comment in his remarks that there needs to be Mutual Respect in a relationship. I wonder if he brought up with you some of the President Trumps recent remarks about putting National Guard troops on the border and other issues . Did he bring that up and, if so, how did you reassure him . The United State