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It was overdue and i was glad to see it. kelly: ambassador on the ground in syria, there were people on the ground celebrating in demascus, celebrating bashar al-assad even after the strikes basically in an act of defiance, what should the international community perceive with that type of celebratory behavior? >> well, assad will pose himself as the underdog, david fighting goliah, if you will that he had survived what they would describe a massive american attack, tri apartheid aggression. kelly: i don't want to interrupt you but i have to get to the answer, so based on that then, would you ...

Kelly: president trump speaking about u.s.-led military strikes in syria saying the u.s. is prepared to sustain this response until bashar al-assad stops using chemical weapons on his own people. the president says u.s. military does not seek indefinite presence in syria. former ambassador to syria joins us now, kissinger fellow at the yale jackson institute, ambassador, thank you for joining us, your first response to what unfolded last night with this joint military strike with the uk, the united states and france? >> i think it's important to send to syrian president assad a very clear, blu...

To scott's point of us takenment, if there was another one-off, how many one-off does the president get in the issue with syria? >> again, depends on the circumstances and the urgency of the president's actions. the president has to be free to protect our country and, you know, congress can debate forever. they can have consensus -- eboni: i think we can all agree with that point. we are running up against hard time, guys. we can debate this a long time. we are up against a hard block, we have to get out, kelly. kelly: that was it for us, we will see you back here in an hour for the latest on ...

>> time will tell how effective the raids were and whether it will deter syria for carrying out more chemical attacks. joining us is judy by phone. it is good to talk to you. this is an important move by the trump administration. what do you think will be the fallout from this and will it deter mr. bashar assad? >> that remains to be seen, kelly. i looked at the strike a year ago and tonight. i was struck by the differences in two military actions. last year, a year ago, the

Not confront iran. they want the trump administration to take on iran. and this is seen in that context as a first ever for going after iran in the entire region. we haven't had official statements, there is no doubt there will be support from these countries. >> it is a growing concern. thank you, conner powell for that report from jerusalem. >> kelly it was a busy night in the pentagon. kristin has the latest from washington newsroom. >> we hear that the strikes are over for now. mattis call would it a heavy strike and starting 9:00 p.m. eastern and quick to point out key differences between...