missiles, 59 what the target called for. one might have failed and maybe 60 or 61 but the goal to have 59 hit their targets. they think their precision strikes, the goal was to hit radar installations, fuel pumps and critical infrastructure on all those marks. officials here at the pentagon think, again, this is the initial assessment, think that it was a successful mission. now, they also let the russians know over that decon flfliction line that the attack was coming. the russian and regime, forces so closely intertwined that for the russians not to have known that the syrians were planning a chemical weapons attack was either incompetence or looking the other way. so they think that russia s almost complicit in this and another theme this morning, the speed with which this attack, these strikes, were approved. and people are starting to make the transition that this is a
it does, however, violate united nations security council 2231. it s pretty clear it violates it. the germans said overnight it violates it. nikki haley overnight said it s a violation. it s the melding of all things from mr. flynn is the most newsworthy. an important point to make here, he tied in these recent attacks by houthi rebels in yemen on saudi boats. there have been skirmishes back and forth throughout the fall. if you ll recall in october the u.s. took out, under the obama administration, took out three radar installations in yemen when they were taking shots and painting u.s. destroyers in the gulf there. so, it s this idea that these twinning it all and saying, yes, it s the ballistic missile test and also iran s action supporting the houthi rebels that gives you a sense n some ways, this this was a white house just looking, looking for an opportunity to put iran on notice. and potentially going back to the drawing board on the
time now for the five things you need to know for your new day. donald trump that he made sexual edadvance advances. tru trump s hands were everywhere during the alleged incident one more than 30 years ago. michelle obama on the trail saying look what has been done through the lens of decency. calling trump s lewd comments and his behavior towards women disgraceful, intolerable and not normal. pentagon officials warning iran backed rebels that the u.s. will strike again if iran moves its warships off yemen s coast. struck three radar installations in yemen in response to attempted attacks. extending a cease-fire with farc rebels through the end of the year in an effort to strike
tool for projecting u.s. power in asia. the reason now, these islands have been under dispute for years and years. the u.s. is concerned about it. they are getting extremely concerned now because they are worrying china is militarizing islands its manufacturing. you saw in photos this one here building an airstrip where you have fighter planes take off and land putting in radar installations that will track you as ships. that from the u.s. perspective is too far. they are actually building their own islands at sea and facilities on top of them even though these are international waters right? keep in mind they were coral reeves that might be under water 24 hours a day, a couple phi feet apolo the surface which they dumped a lot of concrete on to make them physical islands which china is building themselves. russia for instance isn t a great comparison but building islands close to the
ian, the arab world has seen so much division. how much coordination can we expect with this new military force? reporter: well, zain, first off, this is unpress didn ted. we ve never seen this kind of unity among arab states before. we haven t seen this. so to see all these arab countries come together to form a unified front, we are expecting this is another chapter, a new chapter in the developments in this region, one where the countries feel the threat not just coming from yemen but other areas in the middle east. egypt would like to see this sort of action in libya as well. but when it comes to yemen, i was in the convention center this weekend, listening to these arab leaders speak, and from what it sounds like, this invasion is imminent. fresh air strikes rock yemen. war planes pound weapon depots and radar installations, also