he had the strikes on april 7th, the night of april 7 because negotiations had broken down between his forces and rebel opposition forces in the town the town hit by chemical weapons. so in order to push the rebels to capitulate, he used chemical weapons. as it turned out, it was a successful tactic. the next day the rebels did capitulate after that chemical attack. as we heard from secretary mattis in this that we have sent a clear message to assad in his words. how do you think assad interpreted that message? where do you think we go from there on that side? well, i think assad will stand down for a time from using chemical weapons. if it is true, as the pentagon officials said they did significant damage to chemical weapons facilities and stores.
richard, are you with me? yes, brooke. for the eighth time, russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution regarding the horrors going on over in sear yeah. the russian veto was expected but considering the nature of the chemical weapons attack in syria last week, some thought there might be some relenting. this resolution would have called on moscow and president assad of syria to cooperate with an investigation and to turn over helicopter pilots for interviews, flight logs, find out what was going on in the skies over that town hit by the gas attack, brooke. okay. richard roth, thank you so much, on the notion that assad would have cooperated, thank you. bob baer, let s pick up on this fisa warrant that was obtained. your thoughts on this conversation. well, brooke, what happened, as they were listening to the telephone conversations of
do nothing. the trump administration says it s prepared to do more after this week s missile barrage and a syrian air base meant to deter bashar al-assad from using chemical weapons against his own people. in a few minutes we ll ask one of the key figures who helped president trump plan the attack, in kristin. mcmaster. fisher live from palm beach with the latest from the southern white house. reporter: residents of the same syrian town hit in that chemical weapons attack said war planes have returned to bomb them, this time without the deadly gas. in a letter to congress he
putin needs to enforce commitments and assad s arsenal for good and get fully engaged with the u.n. peace keeping process. julia staffy is joining us and nick paton-walsh is also joining us. what is the latest, nick? at this point, we are hearing of yet more civilian deaths. in a province which was the target of those chemical weapos attacks. bear in mind the last 48 hours a number of air strikes have gone from syrian regime jets and perhaps with russian support over the skies of that rebel-controlled area. a town hit by the chemical weapons hit the last 48 hours and causing four deaths but also in another place, we are learning of 16 civilian deaths according to the first responders there known as the white helmets. this is a message the chemical
iraq. in nineveh, iraq. they ll be using one of those stones from iraq to start the rebuilding process for some other offices in this area of carpi. the pope in the afternoon will go to a nearby town called miranodola, another town hit in the 2012 earthquakes about where he will meet with families of those who lost lives in earthquakes including a muslim family. this is area has a significant population of immigrants particularly from india and pakistan. the pope will be meeting with them, as well and lay a wreath at a memorial for the victims of that 2012 earthquake. natalie? the pope, this is george here. the taupe simply being there, focusing on the revitalization of that region, again, these live images we re seeing as it takes place right now in carpi, i remember from reporting with various other earthquakes, just the sense that people didn t