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Make sense of all this. >> one senior official says the president's goal is to make military action regardless whether or not they vote approval. the administration has broad legal powers to take military action. many lawmakers would prefer he does take action only at their approval. certainly a flip in the administration's reaction. first a feeling the strike was imminent, then the president announcing to the world they will wait to see how congress votes on the issue before any final decisions are made with the caveat, however, that he does have the power to act alone. >> while i believe i h...

We are certainly telegraphing for syria. >> still not clear, most interesting part what is the point. the president has said on one hand our long-term goal is to replace the assad regime, that is our goal. that is not the point. the point is merely to teach assad a lesson. >> retired navy commander gordon says the strike is long overdue. >> it's a smart move to consult the congress. the only thing that's really a shame here is he should have consulted congress before he started making threats about the red line. now we've lost a lot of credit able because he made a lot of threats that he may n...

The move to postpone a strike only adds to that sentiment. in syria, government officials said the military there would remain on high alert despite the postponement and assad regime would react if attacked by america. one went on to say america has lost the battle. there are different views of what has taken place. here in israel and across the middle east in terms of closest allies of america there's a lot of concern not only about a strike but the overall postponement means for the entire relationship with the united states, guys, back to you. >> thank you. israeli television, syrian, all c...

I think this action was diseae e decisive. >> reporter: this is a reversal from the stance in 2013 when he called on the obama administration to stay out of the country. aides say the president was disturbed by the chemical he weapons attack after seeingvict >> no child of god should suffer. >> we cannot in one breath speak of protecting syrian babies and the next close america's door to them. >> reporter: the national security adviser says the travel ban restricting syrian refugees did not come up in the sucti discussions around the strike. and the divide is deepening in the west wing with st...

150 years ago. perhaps moscow misses it. more on that in a moment. jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. what exactly are you hearing out of syria? >> senior u.s. defense officials say in the wake of the u.s. tomahawk strike, syria moved all of their aircraft into a base along the coast. this is after the attack destroying two dozen jets. the syrian air force relocated in the past few days. yesterday there were 40 combat flights from that russian base, shep. >> shepard: i mentioned for a second night in a row, russian bombers capable of carrying nukes flew off the coast of alaska. they flew c...