of this administration. that cruise missile attack, and i ve taken part in attacks. i ve taken part in attack planning. we fired off the missiles. we hit the targets we aimed at. it was the targets we aimed at had zero effect to disable or destroy that air base. it had zero effect in killing or injuring any of the handling crews that actually effected that weapons attack. and it did not kill anybody related to the launch and recovery of those aircraft. that s a mission failure. if you planned it that way, you planned for failure. oh, finally, one other thing. we did not strike the chemical weapons. we didn t use any of the weapon systems we have in our inventory designed to destroy and consume chemical weapons with thermobaric effect. we didn t even try that. so the effect of that was to show that we have the ability to launch cruise missiles, which is
that cruise missile attack, and i ve taken part in attacks. i ve taken part in attack planning. we fired off the missiles. we hit the targets we aimed at. it was the targets we aimed at had zero effect to disable or destroy that air base. it had zero effect in killing or injuring any of the handling crews that actually effected that weapons attack. and it did not kill anybody related to the launch and recovery of those aircraft. that s a mission failure. if you planned it that way, you planned for failure. oh, finally, one other thing. we did not strike the chemical weapons. we didn t use any of the weapon systems we have in our inventory designed to destroy and consume chemical weapons with thermobaric effect. we didn t even try that. so the effect of that was to show that we have the ability to launch cruise missiles, which is ridiculous, because we ve launched thousands of cruise miiles in the last 15 years.
earlier today the spokesman for the pentagon s operation against isis spoke about them. it s important to know that all of these terrorists had eventual designs on attacking the united states. let s be clear about that. that s what they want to do. as far as the stage of their attack planning, we re not going to go into those details yet. because, you know, we want to preserve some of our options to continue striking these terrorists. we re covering this breaking stories on all fronts in london and also in washington. want to start with chapman bell monitoring developments from the london bureau. talk to me about this isis leader, the connection to the ringleader of the paris attacks and the others killed, as well. well, frances, we know this one in particular isis leader killed in syria on the 24th of december named charaffe al mouadan said to have direct ties with the paris attacks
he was killed in these air strikes. abdelhamid abaaoud was killed in a gun battle with french forces in days after the attacks. colonel steve warren delivering this information. he also had this to say. it s important to note that all of these terrorists had eventual designs on tattacking the united states. let s be clear about that. that s what they want to do. as far as the stage of their attack planning, we are not going to go into those details yet. because we want to preserve some of our options to continue striking these terrorists. reporter: so it appears air strikes are targeting isis leaders in syria with links to these paris attacks and other plans to attack the u.s. also interesting to hear more about the raids that happened in belgium and this possible terror plot with two people now in
france. 29-year-old man believed to be linked to the deadly attack planning to flee to syria. at this time exact link to the terror attack is not known but he is now being questioned by police. and back here in the united states, terrorism now taking centered stage in the campaign trail so far the biggest announcement from any candidate is donald trump s controversial plan for a temp it rather ban on muslim immigrants. former speaker of the house newt gingrich is here to go on the record. good evening, sir. good evening. terrorism taking center stage now in the campaign? i think so. at least for the moment because of what happened in california, what happened in paris. well, look at today, the second largest school district in the united states closed out. i mean, i think people so tonight when donald trump takes center stage, i m sure there is going to be some punches from his own team his g.o.p. team about his temporary ban on muslim immigrants. what do you think? they