to get taxi from done, it is incredibly important, and it is questionable whether that will happen. bret: real check-in. mitch mcconnell says he has reached out to former republican presidential candidate from the about running next year. orrin hatch of utah has hinted he might retire and says he suggested mcconnell take a look at romney. that might not sit well with jason chaffetz who publicly considered a primary run against hatch in 2012 and could be in the mix if hatch does not run. we will talk about reaction to president trump s missile strike on syria, all around and in the u.s. the panel joins me next.
julie: conor powell is live from the syria-israel border with the very latest. the u.s. response to tuesday s chemical weapon attack came in the form of 59 tomahawk cruise missiles fired at the shayrat air force base in homs province. this is a significant and important location for the syrian regime. according to officials, there was significant damage done to the airfield. syria puts that number at six syria jets destroyed, but the pentagon puts that number higher, 20 or so is what they are saying. at least seven people were killed in these strikes, and about nine or so injured. not surprisingly, syrian officials and russia condemning the move. they are saying come according to syrian officials, this will undermine their ability to fight terrorism in their country. they are very much trying to portray this as a strike against their ability to fight groups like isis and the al qaeda affiliate in syria as opposed to a response to the chemical
tonight, i ordered a targeted military strike on the airfield in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. the united states took a very measured step last night. we are prepared to do more, but we hope that will not be necessary. the consequences of this poor regional and international stability, some could be extremely serious. if i were one of our sunni arab allies watching this, i would be encouraged that the u.s. was more in the business of being more assertive. bipartisan support largely on capitol hill for the strakes on syria last night, 59 tomahawk cruise missile sprayed some democrats speaking out prominently. one of them, anne-marie slaughter in the obama administration, director of
concerned about, democrats and republicans in the house and senate is what does this mean? does this get a steeper end? if we do, what is our overall strategy? the president has to explain that, and i think he will find bipartisan support if not perfect support that he has to go to congress to at least have the discussion. julie: scott, go ahead. and nothing this is an interpretation issue. i thing the president is in his powers. remember, this has been done over 125 times per president obama did the same thing with syria. i think this was a restrained option. this is not war. i think though senators should be reminded that we have to do something when it comes to innocent children and families being targeted by another country. julie: lawrence jones, scott bolden, that is all the time we have. thank you very much. we appreciate it. jon: as we learn new details about the syria strike last night, russia is stepping up in support of president assad, at least verbally. what happen
then there are republicans who are not on board peer they are not supporting the president s decision. senator rand paul for example saying that the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. cumbersome adjusted from michigan echoing those remarks saying that air strikes are an active war, atrocities and syria cannot justify departure from constitution which invests in congress power to commence war. under the constitution as we know, the white house only needs to seek approval and an act of war, which this is not. it is in response to an atrocit atrocity. but it is not necessarily declaring war. you re absolutely right about that. i m sorry. i think it is subject to presidential interpretation, one. to come you could argue on the 2003 congressional authorization in regards to the iraq war, he could go in and do this strike, but again, it is subjeco interpretation. the reality is what everyone is