the russian vote fald. nikki haley was clear about the message the u.s. wants to send. if assad uses chemical weapons again, the u.s. will act. >> i spoke to the president this morning and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. when our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line. >> our live, special coverage continues with our team of reporters covering every angel. hans nichols live and jeff bennet from the white house. hans, this has been a period of sustained pressure on president trump this week. he turns here to the most solemn obligation any president has and according to u.s. authorities as i mentioned to some of what we are hearing around the world, this action went as planned. what else can you tell us? >> officials here are, i think they hit the sweet spot.