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morning in russia. as you know, our coalition has been flying out in the eastern part of syria a daily basis. there was a big question as to whether attacks could be launched on targets in and around damascus. britain, france, and the u.s. have managed to do that. they targeted right near damascus and near a major military base. so that syrian air difference system did not do its job. i want to listen here to syrian journalist danny mackie, one of the first people in syria that we re hearing from regarding what the consequence has been on the ground because of this strike. let s listen here. the presidency page in syria floated a picture of the president going to work as usual this morning. that s probably another ploy to show the world that things are continuing as normal. i can definitely tell you that in the hours between 4:30 and 5:30 this morning, things were not normal. this was not initially a symbolic strike in an airfield
and cocoa butter extracts. whole blends nurtures and protects. for naturally-beautiful, shiny hair. only from whole blends. find every blend at walmart. the air strikes conducted by the u.s., uk and france hit a target in the capital of syria, damascus, and that s not something citizens there are used to. cyril vanier spoke with danny mackie who stribed what it was
sites within dthe history of th war. targeted sites within and around central damascus. danny, is it possible to hilt any of these locations that the u.s., france and uk targeted to night, without, clapt r collate damage, without killing citizens in the area, or military night shift on guard on watch on duty. at the time when the landed. in regard to the three sites. i can give you a quick analysis of how it want down. the first site, which in east damascus is in a populated area. it would have been heard. perhaps maybe civilian casualties. can t confirm that at the moment. the second streak in the military airport. a military site. which isn t near residential areas. quite a large base. and so it is constipicuous.
in a civil arwar and it was t about regime change. as i discussed with president trump and president macron it was a limited, targeted, and effective strike with clear boundaries that expressly sought to avoid retaliation. jeff bennett is at the white house for us. we have hans nichols at the pentagon. we begin with danny mackie who is inside damascus, the capital of syria. i m sure that you were aware, as we were, of the conversations taking place over the last seven days about how the u.s. might react to that chemical weapons attack. let me just get a sense from you of what happened last night or early in the morning your time. what did you realize what was happening? well, it was around 4:30 in the morning yesterday and after what was a build up for about three or four days of you sensed the deescalation toward syria.