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Would be operating in. they didn't give them the targets. when they struck at that base last year, there were russians at that base. in had this way withes, last year's strike was riskier, posed more potential for conflict with russia. this time they hit three syrian targets related to the disruption and the dissemination of chemical weapons. david. >> hans, thank you very much. now we want to turn to the white house and nbc's jeff bennet. what is the reaction coming out of the white house this morning? >> good morning, francis. in explaining to americans why he ordered u.s. strikes in syria...

Or allied losses reported. russia says it didn't use its air defense systems, it didn't try to protect president assad. the u.s. says it didn't target russians. so both sides are trying to avoid any escalation. president assad still has moren than 250 war planes and he can use those to continue his had conventional bombing campaign. and perhaps kill tens on of thousands of people. as for his chemical weapons, with france has threatenened this morning that if he uses them again, there will be more ache strikes. david, francis. >> we'll see what the response will be from the united states and ou...