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We want to go now to tom rogan who is a columnist for the national review here in washington thanks a lot for joining us tonight. sum it up for me, with the national security interest preserved by attacking syria. >> i think it's a two twofold, the first point is the president in his statement this week in relation to what has happened on the ground, i would say that although the evidence is classified, people i talked to both here and abroad, when you have multiple intelligence agencies from different countries saying the same thing, it tends to have more credence. the first point is he put h...

Government of assad maybe it at once. there's a lot we don't know including how russia might react to all this. does it seem a little premature to start logic strikes so shortly after this event? >> that's an excellent question, we don't know all the intelligent, we don't know the utility of the sinkable we don't know all the back channels of the communications that are going on between these great powers as well. as i told you i'm very worried about syria itself escalated to a bigger conflict because of the potential for flashpoints with all of these great powers playing in the same sandbox a...

That were syrian regime of pilots drop those bombs on that town and we saw the aftermath of that. we understand this base was the target because as you mentioned there are airstrips there but most importantly it is where some of the chemical weapons, chemical agents are stored. remember back in 2013, when president obama decided not to go ahead and conduct air strikes against syria at that moment, when the last sarah and the attack occurred. it is generally felt that the u.s. felt that it was too dangerous to strike the regime, president obama wants to congress to get authorization, and the u....

Indication at 3:00 eastern time at the very serious change had happened in american foreign policy, here's what he said the then. >> the events that have occurred in syria with the chemical weapons attack in the past day, i have horrified all of us. and a brush to the front pages into our television screens as well the tragedy that is part of the syrian conflict. there is no doubt in our minds and the information we have supports the syrian regime under the leadership of president bashar al-assad are responsible for this attack. further, it is very important that the russian government conside...

Missiles. targeting at least one possibly two sites where chemical weapons were stored about 120 miles from the site of that chemical weapon attack 72 hours ago. we understand that these airbases are near the town of holmes in syria. >> john roberts levitt mar-a-lago with the president's tonight, john? >> i would expect we would likely hear from the president, this is the first such military action that he has taken, the only other military action >> i'm sorry to interrupt, what's happening now is fox stations across the station from our broadcast partners are going to judge this is a major de...