the leaked comey memos likely contained classified information. they contain classified information at the secret or confidential level. sandra: thank you. bill: another alert. syrian state tv saying a chemical weapons watchdog team has entered the town of douma. the scene of a deadly chemical attack that triggered last week s joint military air strikes against the syrian regime. kentucky senator rand paul speaking out about what he thinks inspectors will find there. i think this is a real question. i think assad is either the dumbest dictator on the planet or he didn t do it because you think about it. they ve been winning the war for over a year. the only thing that galvanizes world opposition to the assad regime, the only thing that gets us involved at all is the use of chemical weapons. bill: rich edson, investigators finally getting the chance to go to that chemical attack site now. good morning.
bill: news from congress. another republican leaving office. the 15th congressman from the state of pennsylvania, the area of allentown, pa. he have put out a statement. after discussions with my family and careful reflection i ve decided to leave congress in the coming weeks. that adds to the list. is it up to how many? more than 40 republicans who will not seek reelection this year. so that s a long list and a lot for those folks to do. breaking news there on charlie dent. president trump: did our generals do a great job? did our military do a great job? [applause] and you know, with way over 100 missiles shot in they didn t shoot one down. sandra: syrian state television reporting inspectors are finally in the town of douma, the site of this month s
both using rhetoric and with events like this. meanwhile u.s./u.n. ambassador nikki haley the u.s. is preparing a third round of sanctions targeting russia to go after russian companies that deal with equipment related to syria s use of chemical weapons. meanwhile russia s deputy foreign minister said the fact finding team from the u.n.-backed organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons cannot repeat cannot enter the town of douma. that s where the reported chemical attack took place. russia says that team lacks the required approval from the u.n. department of safety and security. the team arrived in syria over the weekend only a short time ago and this is worth noting russia said it was going to guarantee not to interfere with that team s work. russia said it was committed to their fact-finding mission. now it appears there is a serious reversal and roadblock for that team being able to do
a look here at the rubble. it used to be a research lab. hours after the attack you could still see smoke rising. after the strikes the syrian regime is declaring victory. the syrian military says it now has cleared all insurgents. it includes the city of douma. the syrian regime labeled as terrorists. in a statement a top syrian military official says units of our armed forces completed the cleansing of eastern ghouta in all towns and villages.
our planning to minimize to the maximum degree possible any chance of civilian casualties. cruise missiles were among the weapons used, and british tornado jets, u.s. b-1 bombers, and warships also part of the strike. we did have some initial surface-to-air missile activity from the syrian regime. that s the only retaliatory action that we re aware of at this time. the strikes come less than a week after a suspected chemical weapons attack on syria s rebel hie -held town of douma. victims including children shown dead and injured. cnn has not been able to verify the authenticity of the images independently. the evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children trashing in pain and gasping for air. these are not the actions of a man, they are crimes of a