power. military, economic and diplomatic. u.s. officials said they hit three targets, including a biological warfare research site and two sites near homes. one a sarin gas production facility. the other a storage site and command post. we did everything we could in our intelligence assessment and our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties. cruise missiles were among the weapons used and british tornado jets, u.s. b-1 bombers and war ships also part of the strike. we had some initial surface to air missile activity from the syrian regime. that s the only retaliatory action that we re aware of at this time. the strike comes less than a week after a suspected chemical weapons attack on syria s rebel-held down of douma. graphic footage shot by rescuers and activists show victims, including children dead and injured. cnn has not been able to verify