hi, julie. the u.s. has about 2,000 groups on the ground in syria. it s clear the pentagon would not like to get drawn into this. last night, i reached a senior u.s. defense official after the strike began to ask if the u.s. military was being asked to help israel and was told there had been no request for support or any political decision made as of yet about the u.s. military getting further involved. the white house just released the following statement. the united states condemns the iranian regime s provocative rocket attack from syria against israeli citizens. we strongly support israel s right to act in self-defense. iran s islamic revolution guard bears full consequences for its reckless actions, and we call on the i rgc including has a lot to take no further provocative steps.
that needs to focus, as we do, on our security and our safety, she is the person that we want in that job and that s why i m going to vote to confirm her. let me talk to you about a couple of big issues. we now have a date for the summit in singapore. it will be in june, june 12th, i believe, with president trump and kim jong un. your reaction? you know, i had dinner with the president last night with a number of senators. we congratulation as well as the speaker of the house and we congratulated him on the release of the americans and he was heading off to andrews air force base after dinner to greet them. i think this is a major step by president trump. previous presidents, republicans and democrats, could not get us to this point. we know that north korea with a nuclear weapon makes the world less safe, less secure, less stable. if there is any way to get the nuclear weapons out of north korea without military
they ve done with the money taken from the sanctions. came after a day president trump hold up the iran nuclear invited to israel on an unusual trip given that israel does not fall under centcom, but syria does. they would not stand by and allow irradiating infrastructure to grow unchecked in neighboring syria. the past seven years, julie, israel has carried out more than 100 air strikes in syria since the civil war began. last night was by far the largest rack. julie? wow. okay, jennifer griffin. thank you. president trump offers a hero s welcome to three prisoners arriving home from north korea. who are these brave men? we ll take a closer look. also, the new secretary of state pulling off a dramatic coup. why they owe mike pompeo a apology. i think the secretary of
breakthrough the kind of breakthrough that has eluded the united states and the world community for more than 20 year years. a breakthrough is an understatement. the somebody asked the president last night commode do you see yourself going to pyongyang? anything seems possible. that is quite incredible to hear that conversation being had. look, all of this is remarkable signs of progress. i think we still have to be very wary about this. the reason i m so weary is because i ve seen north korea enter into agreements before it to denuclearize, get rid of nuclear weapons, get rid of their plutonium, get rid of that you know you and him get rid of their uranium, they light every single time. we ve seen this play out before. that s what makes this one a little different. the hardest days ahead won t even be the summit itself. it would be the months and years to see if north korea goes back to usual pattern and lies. they say they would denuclearize, the get rid of