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>> julie: back to the follow-up from the u.s. air strike on syria. senators are being briefed on the operation at this hour as we speak. meanwhile, the trump administration getting praise and criticism for launching the attack. in fact, in response to a deadly chemical attack in syria, all of this as the secretary of state rex tillerson prepares to travel to russia next week. moscow and washington now at odds over syria s russia continues to support president assad. >> there is no doubt in our minds and the information we have supports that syria, the syrian were gm, bashar al-assad are respon...

These are two groups who -- or who countries aligned very much against assad. now, iran, the assad regime and russia have condemned the attack. we have yet to hear from hezbollah here in lebanon. hezbollah being the shia-aligned iranian group which is very much in favor of assad and they have proven to be a decisive factor in this conflict. we'll start to hear more reaction. right now what we're hearing is basically the same alignments, the usual suspects aligned against each other in this region. they've been active and they've been making the kind of statements you'd expect to hear. ayman? >...

We had hoped to the security council would move forward, but russia made it known, as it has done seven times before, that it would use its veto once again covering up for the assad regime. further delayed by prospecting not compromising from russia by a watered-down resolution which has only strengthened assad. strengthening assad will only lead to more murders. we were not going to allow that. but it is even more than that. russia is supposed to be a guarantor of the removal of chemical weapons through syria. think about that. russia is supposed to have removed all of the chemical weapons fr...

Us exactly what authorization he would like to have. >> i think it was a welcome demonstration of america's commitment, but what comes next is harder. >> julie: ray me now is lawrence jones, tv host on "the blaze," radio host and a conservative commentator. also scott, former chairman of the democratic party in washington, d.c., and a democratic strategist. thank you both for talking to us. >> good afternoon. >> julie: you just heard the top ranking lawmakers in both parties, many applauding the missile strike, even senate minority leader, in this one, i do know about you, games as a bit of a ...

Unexpected groups to come out. i mean, we haven't yet necessarily heard from isis. we haven't heard from al qaeda's linked affiliates here in syria or in the region. we have heard from ahrar al sham. they came out and praised the u.s. intervention. that's a little unexpected because they are a hard line islamist group. they've had kind of beneficial arrangements from time to time. again, a hugely, hugely complicated situation. but to have a hard-line islamist group, a very powerful militia group opposed to assad, coming out in favor of u.s. intervention, that is not extraordinary, but it is in...