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In, his words in the last short time. these parties, he said, primarily the members of the american coalition and the americans aren't aiming to leave syria as president trump said and let other people take care of it, but to settle there for a very long time. now of course russia would know all about that, because it has been in syria for a very long time. it has an airbase at its warm water port near the heartland of president assad. ali, you know we should never underestimate the ability of the syrian war to spiral out of control in a direction we never imagined. you know, it's very, very l...

Alabama republican senator richard shelby. it's nice to have you on, sir, especially today. just to get you on the record on this, are you supportive of the president's actions, the air strikes overnight? >> i'm very supportive. i think that it was a measured response to what happened with the chemical weapon attack on innocent civilians and so forth, but we've got to know what's going to come next. we've got a bad situation in the middle east. russia's a player there, we're a player there, and others. but assad needs to go, and the sooner the better. and i think that should be the topic of so...

And escalating threat, the pentagon confirms it has detected a launch of a ballistic missile from north korea, which landed in japanese sea lanes off the coast of japan after flying for about 45 minutes. we'll have a lot more details coming up next. and good day, everyone, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. a busy day where john mccain lived up to his maverick reputation, standing up to the president casting the deciding vote to save obamacare. now the challenge for both sides can they work together to repair what needs to be fixed in the healthcare system. or will the president deny subsidi...

And is completely blown out and you see it down here on the ground. a lot going on and the airport terminal back behind us, and this kind of famous domed airport building, built in the 1950 significance, the beg -- 1 the windows are blown out and people are in the airport and they are trying to get out today and 70% of the flights they say will go up and some cases will take two months before they completely repair the damage here at the airport. jamie? >> jamie: we're glad you are there and, without a doubt, the folks that jumped into action overnight, the night before last saved lives, they ...