Threat on a difficult day in our nations history, september 11th, 2001. The president paid tribute at the pentagon. For you, for your nation, these have been difficult years. By your presence here today and the service you have led, you embody the truth that no matter what comes our way, america will come out stronger. Our city here paid tribute at ground zero. Our beloved shawn, husband, son, father, brother, uncle, and friend. We adore you. We treasure you, you are unforgettable. Our daughter, shawn, is a beautiful reminder of your face every day. God bless you. A reminder of how much is at stake here. Joining me to look ahead at what comes next in the fight against isis. We have tom brocaw on set, one of the greats and someone i learned a great deal from watching my whole life. At the white house, we have Chris Jansing and from iraq, Richard Engle and bob casey and for an iraqi perspective, she is of shiite and sunni heritage. I want to start with Chris Jansing. Reporter his a few h
Saturday. Charles krauthammer shares his thoughts on how the president is handling all these International Challenges. I think this is reassuring that we are returning to the classic american definition include our allies and most important we accept world leadership in a way that had not been accepted by obama and seemed to be not accepted by trump, the candidate. Dana general jack keane agrees with the commanderinchiefs military strategy. This is another step in the right direction. What President Trump has done since january 20th has given his commanders in areas where we are conducting conflict operations, given them the authority to conduct strikes as they see fit, to move forces as they see fit, and not to ask the white house for permission. The micromanaging of the military is over. The commanders feel very good about their ability, their freedom of action and as a result of that our operations will definitely be more effective. Dana mike more relative who was at the Obama Admin
Welcome to americas news headquarters on the road. We wish you were here, it is a Beautiful Day in south florida as donald trump enjoys his weekend. Gorgeous weather, thanks for joining us this saturday. It is another highstakes working weekends for President Donald Trump and his foreignpolicy team as they chart their next move if any to punish syria but there are media reports alleging a possible shakeup among members of the trump inner circle. Kristin fisher is in palm beach with the latest. What can you tell us . Reporter the white house is downplaying any reports of a staff shakeup, dealing with all the fallout from taking the first Major Military action. Donald trump continues to believe his decision to strike syria was a good one. He posted on twitter an hour ago congratulations to great military men and women representing the United States and the world in the syria attack, donald trump is at Trump International golf club in West Palm Beach, dont know if hes Holding Meetings for
What are the next steps . There were two opportunities today where we thought we might get an answer to that question. First there was what we call a pool spray when President Trump was meeting with president xi this morning. He went in and made some comments about the relationship between the two, but we did not get an answer about anything regarding syria, so his comments from last night stand. But as you mention the, there was also an offcamera briefing by sean spicer, and what he said was, when i spoke with him yesterday he said, listen, were not going to be telegraphing our moves. However, this decision was decisive, that it was justifiable, and most importantly, it gifves a signal not just to america but to the world that we are going to take action. That action played out in dramatic fashion. From sean spicer we got details on how this all came to be. It started with a briefing on tuesday morning. We saw publicly what he expressed privately in that briefing when he saw what had
The damaged airfield as syria says nine people were killed, others wounded. The president of the United States addressing the nation. It is in this Vital National security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. Russia condemns the u. S. Attack calling the accusations, quote, trumped up. And vowing to help syria combat more air strikes. While new questions arise this morning, what is the president s end game . And what will syrias leader do next . We got a lot to get through this morning. I want to start with what exactly we know right now about the u. S. Missile strike. The first to target the assad regime during their sixyearlong civil war. All right 8 40 p. M. Eastern last tight, 3 40 a. M. Local, 59 tomahawk missiles fired from u. S. Naval ships in the mediterranean into the shayrat airfield in western syria. Less than an hour and a half later, President Trump spoke to the American People and called for other countries to jo