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Touting the mission a success. >> the president made a decision to go, it was an all in 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. kelly: chief white house correspondent john roberts joining us now with more. john? >> kelly, good evening to you. and president trump today acutely aware of appearances. it's the nicest day of the year here in washington, a day when the president would typically be ...

Him, ah. oh hello. that lady, these houses! yes, yes and yes. and don't forget about them. uh huh, sure. still yes! xfinity delivers gig speed to more homes than anyone. now you can get it, too. welcome to the party. kelly: the pentagon touting those airstrikes in syria as a significant victory. and praising u.s. servicemembers and their allies for successfully hitting every target. here's pentagon spokesperson dana white. >> last night operations were very successful. we met our objective. we hit the sites, the heart of the chemical weapons program so it was mission accomplished. kelly: our n...

Authorization? >> yeah, you know, this is one of the most debated issues in constitutional law is that, you know, that war power, article ii, section 2, doesn't say very much. it says the president is commander-in-chief. of course we also have the war powers act which itself is a bit confusing. it says that the president has to get congressional approval but also gives him, you know, a couple months if he doesn't get approval to go back and get approval afterwards. kelly: so basically then is this left up to the discretion of the president and his secretary of defense and his cabinet members b...

Any future chemical attacks and to deter bashar al-assad from conducting these kinds of strikes. but when you look at the united states and hear from members of congress, there's been no reaction in terms of what their criticisms have been there, but apparently no one has taken the time out to say this is heinous. it should not be done. something has to be done about it. so i guess my point is, what are the political ramifications in all of this when the president's critics continue to criticize his behavior in taking the stance to actually make a stand against chemical weapons and then those ...

About how the trump team would position this and what they could say about this. they actually started talking about drafting a press release with us still sitting there, and the reason that was so striking to me is that that's just not done. >> the white house is not letting this go unanswered. yesterday press secretary sarah sanders took some preemptive shots at comey's book. >> the american people see right through the blatant lies of a self-admitted leaker. this is nothing more than a poorly executed pr stunt by comey to desperately rehabilitate his tattered reputation and enrich his own b...