been notable in their degree and number. among them, in the campaign, he proclaimed china to be a currency manipulator. he now says they are not. he dismissed nato as obsolete but on day 83 told the nato secretary-general it s not obsolete. he criticized the export-import bank as unnecessary but now says it s a good thing. after urging president obama in 2013 not to attack syria, on day 77, president trump ordered a cruise missile strike against bosch or al-assad. amid flip-flops and setbacks, president trump didn t rack up one major success. he nominated judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. though democrats blocked the nominee, forcing the senate majority leader to invoke the nuclear, gorsuch was sworn in on day 81. justice gorsuch, congratulate you and your entire family. president trump s first 100 days were also marked by
also ahead, the usa has a brand-new supreme court justice. is that a good thing for you? caution. you are about to enter into the no spin zone. that the factor begins now. hi max, i m bill o reilly. thank you for watching the sniper the usa attack syria, that is around nine eastern time, 50 missiles were launched from american warships in the eastern mediterranean sea. 59 missiles hit their targets. the goal is to destroy an air base from which syrian planes recently dropped sarin gas on civilians, killing 30 children. 30. and 20 women, according to the syrian observatory for human rights. according to reporting based on a variety of cities, this is the
brand-new supreme court justice. is that a good thing for you? caution. you are about to enter into the no spin zone. the factor begins now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thank you for watching the factor. the usa attack syria, that is subject of this evening s talking points memo. around 9:00 eastern time, 50 missiles were launched from american warships in the eastern mediterranean sea. 59 missiles hit their targets. the goal is to destroy an air base from which syrian planes recently dropped sarin gas on civilians, killing 30 children. 30. and 20 women, according to the syrian observatory for human rights. according to reporting based on a variety of cities, this is the fifth time, at least, the fifth time, syrian dictator assad has violated the geneva conventions
what he cannot do is cross a redline that has been firmly established and a penalty is being affixed to that. second of that, bashar al-assad s military is on the narrow margins of survivability. the air force and all practical purposes barely exist anymore. the syrian air army no longerns desists. that is why they need conscripts and mercenaries from afghanistan and iran and iraq to fight the war for him because the syrian people will not fight on behalf of bashar al-assad. he does not have the bandwidthal to risk conflict. bill: doesn t he have the iranians he didn t have it before, guys! bill: let s not allocate our coverage. doesn t he have the iranians helping him out, though? absolutely. he s got the full support of the iranian government, the islamic revolutionary guard, the full support of hezbollah and russia. with that said, bashar al-assad has a very narrow definition of success right now and that s staying alive. there is no fallback option.
i think it was smart to use with cruise missiles. there are still russians at the base to attest the accuracies of the weapon systems. i do not think it will guarantee it won t be used again. i think there is a very limited message being sent to assad, a very powerful message, overwhelming force. it was as our friend already said, a narrow message well delivered. but no. i don t see this guaranteeing. i think assad will trot this out again. and if we got the russians involved bill: why would he do that though? if you trotted out again, that doesn t make any sense to me. he knows that trump is going to up it, because trump is not going to say, okay, i m not going to do anything after you spit in my eye after i give you a warning. the next s time instead of it being 50, it will be 150. it will devastate the whole infrastructure of syria.