schiff, i m kimberly guilfoyle, and we have brand-new developments in reaction tonight to president trump s decisive response to tuesday s heinous chemical attacks in syria. with classmates strike on a syrian air last night strike, the rest of t tolerate the use of weapons of mass destruction. russia condemned our military action and now has one of its four trips steaming toward our two distress that launch the missiles. more on that any moment. president trump hasn t said more about the strike today, he is continuing his talks with china s president xi jinping about north korea s arsenal. let s bring in our chief congressional correspondent john roberts who is live in palm beach florida. john? good afternoon to you. the big question and all of this is what come comes next. first of all, will bashar al-assad come to heal, and what is this going to do about u.s.-russian relations.
we had hoped to the security council would move forward, but russia made it known, as it has done seven times before, that it would use its veto once again covering up for the assad regime. further delayed by prospecting not compromising from russia by a watered-down resolution which has only strengthened assad. strengthening assad will only lead to more murders. we were not going to allow that. but it is even more than that. russia is supposed to be a guarantor of the removal of chemical weapons through syria. think about that. russia is supposed to have removed all of the chemical weapons from syria. but obviously, that has not happened. and innocent syrians continue to be murdered and chemical attack attacks. let s think about the possible reason for russia s failure. it could be that russia is
china has suggested that the trails stop, and maybe pyongyang would stop its programs. there don t appear to be any takers for that among u.s. forces. more exercises are planned for next week. we ve got to be prepared to bring our might and capabilities wherever our nation asks us to go. if those cruise missiles launched against syria prove that the military option is alive and the trump administration, and the u.s. military on the ground here showed they could be up to the task as well. greg palkot seoul. now to the u.s. economy. a big drop-off in jobs numbers tonight. just 98,000 added in march, the fewest in a year. the an employment rate slid to a nearly 10-year low of 4.5%. stocks were down on this new state. the dow lost 70, s&p 500 of 2. for the week, the dow lost three one-hundredths of a percentage
hold their ally accountable and abide by the terms of the cease-fire. we expect this council to speak loudly and forcefully when the regime or its allies undermine the political process and countless of our own resolution resolutions. the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more. but we hope that will not be necessary. it is time for all civilized nations to stop the horrors that are taking place in syria and demand a political solution. thank you. i will never see my function as the president of the council. i give the floor to the representative of the syrian-arab republic. jon: strong words from the u.s. ambassador to united nations, nikki haley, regarding the attack on syria launched last night. she said the u.s. is prepared to
do more. in that light, fox news has just learned that the u.s. military is investigating whether russia and fact played a role in the chemical weapons attack earlier this week in syria. the u.s. military says that there were believed to be between 12 and 100 russian military personnel on that base when u.s. cruise missiles attacked it. the military, our military says that we gave the russians about a one hour notice, and it is not belief that any russian personnel were killed on the base. the u.s. military is also saying that russia was not honest when it said that bashar al-assad, the leader of syria, had gotten rid of all of his nuclear weapons. so the investigation is underway as to whether or not russia played a role in that chemical attack. julie: also, coming right back, we re going to be talking about the legality of this. some lawmakers saying that what