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Only the u.s. has the power to help. >> there was a real sense that last week's tomahawk strike at a genuine effect on the strength, at least from geopolitical standpoint. on the ground, the battle is as brutal as ever. >> new mexico invention, thank you. the top man at the pentagon says there is no doubt syria's government was behind it. defense secretary jim mattis has issued a warning. good evening, jennifer. >> defense secretary mattis stop short of blaming anyone other than the syrian regime for the chemical weapons attack exactly a week ago today. he would not say it, when asked, whether...

Russia knew in advance. the reason on friday we were told by these two senior military commanders in the wake of the tomahawk strike that they were investigating russia's possible involvement with the chemical weapons attack is that there were several pieces of circumstantial evidence. for one, there were 12 to 100 russians based at that air base where chemical weapons had been stored in the past and where they believed, the u.s. government believed, that the attack on that village that took place last tuesday, the planes took off from that base where the russians were. so at that time, they a...

Like this. it's inexplicable to thinking what on earth they could be doing. that all led to the response by the united states and president trump ordering the strike on syria's chemical we pops and obviously some bases and other materials inside that country. here's what sean spicer had to say about russia and that particular attack. >> i think that if you look at the countries that are with us, it speaks loudly the number of countries that have stood shoulder to shoulder with this president. russian stands with syria, north korea and iran. when you contrast the two groups of countries, it's c...

Destruction proliferation and usage. >> bill: last point. an extraordinary think to see how quickly international matters come to the forefront because the previous administration had a much different approach to it. now you see this white house putting its foot forward in so many ways. >> shannon: the obama era in america foreign policy is over and it ended with the tomahawk strike at the end of last week. more to do to be sure but i think the administration now needs to focus particularly on what the middle east looks like after the destruction of isis, which hopefully comes before the end o...

>> good evening from the syrian border. we've been speaking today to people who survived a brutal chemical attacks. we've been asking them how they feel about trumps tomahawk strike.