weapons attack? military official told me that they did observe regime aircraft in the area with chemical wepns using potentie il weapons. the goal was not to obliterate this airfield. it was about sending a message, an act of deterence, tailored to chemical weapons use. they want to make sure that the signal was sent to syria this this chemical weapons use would not be tolerated in the future and opened the door for potentially more strikes should the regime in damascus continue to use chemical weapons in the future. not going to affect the conventional war on the ground, specifically chemical weapons. ryan browne, thank you very much. back to you in new york, fred. thank you so much, jim. meanwhile, president trump has