from last hour. this is deliberate military strikes. you can t do what you did a year ago. if you ll be effective you have to eliminate assad s ability to carry out another chemical weapons attack. how do you do that? massive and complicated. not easy decisions for the commander-in-chief. sandra: timing is so important. we ll see. bill: other big stories. president trump says illegal immigrants will be stopped at the u.s. border. president trump: we re beefing up the border patrol who have done a fantastic job. ice has done a fantastic job and we will take care of that situation. bill: so the first national guard troops arriving. more are on the way. we ll talk more about customs and border protection next. sandra: mark zuckerberg already apologizing for the massive privacy scandal at facebook. what will come out of this senate hearing today? bill: also former a.g.
interference as u.s. military prepares for possible strikes against the assad regime after an alleged chemical weapons attack outside damascus killing nearly 50 civilians including young children. the russian jamming started weeks ago. the pentagon won t say if any u.s. drones have fallen out of the sky. the u.s. military maintains sufficient counter measures and protections to ensure the safety of our manned and unmanned aircraft. our forces and the missions they support. the russian military has boosted its spy techniques of late. officials say the equipment moscow is using has at times busted through american military encryption. it comes as more fire power is getting ready to set sail tomorrow morning to head to the mediterranean sea. the u.s.s. harry truman launched strikes two years ago and the u.s. us donald cook is within striking range of syria.
united states, because of the power of our country, we re able to stop it. sandra: connor powell is live from our middle east bureau in jerusalem. what type of response are we seeing from the syrians and russia? sandra, the region appears to be preparing for a u.s. military strike on syria. obviously the white house is still weighing its options. we don t know what s about to happen. the syrian military is on high alert and is reportedly taking defensive measures following president trump s statement that the u.s. will respond forcefully. russian and syrian leaders are continuing to deny that poisonous chemicals were used and both countries are saying they ll invite chemical weapons experts to visit the site to prove this point. we re also seeing military preparations by the assad regime and russia. fox news has also learned the russian military is trying to jam u.s. drones in syria. this could have a really big impact on how the u.s. responds to this weekend s chemical
russians found some of the u.s.-drafted language, quote, unacceptable. so far russia has vetoed 11 resolutions in the security council dealing with syria including five of those dealing with chemical weapons. sandra, back to you. sandra: we ll look to see the vote if and when it happens. bill: president trump drawing a hard line against vladimir putin. his comments from last night. president trump: he may, yeah. and if he does, it will be very tough. very tough. everybody is going to pay a price. he will, everybody will. president trump: u.s. military action, nothing is off the table. bill: jack keane in the studio, chairman of the institute for a study of war and strategic analyst. how are you doing? a year ago you have tomahawk missiles flying into an air base in syria at 4:00 in the morning. i imagine that s not the
cannot stand by in the face of atrocity again. adam kissinger and sits on the foreign affairs committee. this is not easy. this is not tomahawk cruise missiles at 4:00 in the morning. if you believe assad is responsible, what do you do about it to make sure he cannot do it again when you had an understanding three years ago that russia was going to take care of all the chemical weapons in his arsenal and get rid of them? this reminds us don t trust russia. all you have to do is look at twitter and see the russian boughts out there saying it was a u.s. false operation. the reality is bashar al-assad used chemical weapons. whether russia authorized them to do it or not they re supporting assad in this process. it has been since world war i we ve held as an international community and the united states