strategy and is it regime change or is it american intervention or some bigger or grander way, they have been consistent and no, it is not. there is one red line and that s the use of chemical weapons and a lot of people it is not exactly much of a strategy but in their defense, they have been consistent and they have said that s the only way that the united states is getting involved there. it would be interesting to see what chemical weapons means, does it mean chlorine, we ll have much more coverage on this, we ll be right back. want $4.95, $0.50 options contracts? $1.50 futures contracts? what about a dedicated service team of trading specialists? did you say yes? good, then it s time for power e trade. the platform, price and service that gives you the edge you need. looks like we have a couple seconds left. let s do some card twirling twirling cards e trade. the original place to invest online. -oh! -very nice.
the pictures of the children were not fake news. they were the results of humanity. the united states, france and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime illegal chemical weapon program. the strikes were planned to minimize civilian casualties. the responses were justified and legitimate and proportionate. the united states and its allies did everything we could to use the tools of diplomacy to get rid of assad s arsenal chemical weapons. we did not give diplomacy one chance, we gave diplomacy chance after chance, six times. that s how many times russia vetoed security council resolutions to address chemical weapons in syria. our efforts go back further.
and security council. iran talking about the major crimes and with the supreme leaders here. people are moving on and the message is given clearly from the u.s. and u.k. and france that chemical weapons was the ultimate reaction. nick paton walsh for us, we are lucky to have you there and thank you so much for being with us. did the strike in syria send a clear message to the assad regime. what was that message? i am going to speak with the congressman on the u.s. foreign affairs committee, next. michael cohen ordered to appear in court. sources say they feel this could be a bigger problem for the president than the russia probe. that s coming up.
this strike aimed to deliver a clear message to the syrian regime of using chemical weapons against innocent civilians is inexcusable. we selected these targets carefully to minimize the risk to innocent civilians. initial indications are that we have accomplished our military objectives without material interference from syria. a couple of keywords there, to deter syria and send a message. this is not about regime change, nobody is thought it is going to get bashar al-assad out of power. it is a message to his russian masters, a message to moscow to cut this all out. no clear idea however if this is a new red line if there are additional chlorine attacks or chemical attacks. the conventional bombings continue killing syrians, what
stop. i did not hear a kind of full strategy about a genuine political situation to end the war. as we were talking about before, the syrian could simply stop using the chemical weapons and start using bombs. how does the u.s. and its allies stop the violence and i did not hear an answer from nikki haley of how the u.s. wants to go about that. they have been clear that the goal of this mission was no t regime change in any way. it is clear from everything they have said that it was not in any way to design the offset of balance of power in this country. nic roberston is standing by for us in moscow for us. we have seen this rhetorical dance from both sides from the ug u u.s. on this. do you have a better sense of how far russia really push back here. proposing a measure to condemn the united states for this mission over night that you know it is not going to pass is really nothing much more than