thousands of tomahawk cruise missiles on board left a port call in cyprus putting it within striking range of syria. the russians are blaming israeli jets for bombing a syrian airbase last night, which is used by both the russians and the iranians. three iranians were killed in the overnight strike. officials here at the pentagon tell me the israelis gave them a heads up about the strike and suggested more could be an offering plate shannon: jennifer griffin of the pentagon. thank you very much. u.n. ambassador nikki haley has made a habit of tough talk on russia. she s back at it tonight. the russian regime, whose hands are covered in the blood of syrian children, cannot be ashamed by pictures of its victims. we tried that before. we must not overlook russia. shannon: let s talk about it for the rob o neill, the
to be made, alisyn, keep your friends close and enemies closer or convert your enemies into friends. the other thing to note is the chinese are going to be making a port call. navy will be in the philippines for the first time since 2010. when that happens, it is very clear the united states does need to have a bridge to the philippines. as gordon said, they will not be a huge help directly in north korea. it is the south china sea aspect that could actually make a difference. so at that level, it makes strategic sense to do this. the problem is you really are excusing bad behavior at this point. gordon, also, kim jong un. president trump seems to be taking a sympathetic view of kim jong un. here is what he said this weekend about the north korean leader. he was a young man of 26 or 27 when he took over from his father when his father died.
of confidence in secretary mattis appropriately, and chairman dunford and the field commanders and they re still under very tightly supervised rules of engagement. but i think they have been empowered to take tactical steps without going back to the white house situation room. courtney, it is the pentagon s job that global force that the general just referenced to be ready for whatever military action any president may decide to order. so, tell us a little bit about the kinds of movements we re seeing, whether they re just to send a message or they re really to get in place? well, you mentioned the carl vinson strike group, which was already in the pacific region. it was headed towards australia for some exercises and it s actually still going to those exercises. it just canceled a port call. it will be heading off the coast of korea in a little over a week, about a week and a half. the carrier group, as far as some sort of specific response to some sort of north korean
harris: lucas with more. reporter: good evening harris, mcmaster told chris wallace this decision to send the carl vinson strike group was the prudent thing to do. this say rogue regime. that is now a nuclear capable regime. the president has asked us to be prepared to give him a full range of options to re threat to the emergency people, and to our allies and partners in the region. reporter: last month battle group took part in annual military exercises with south korean and japanese allies, saturday, in addition to his call with south korea acting president, president trump spoke to japan s prime minister to discuss the north korea threat. that same day, heads of pacific command orders aircraft carrier do reverse course. canceling a port call in australia, among the strike
harris: lucas with more. reporter: good evening harris, mcmaster told chris wallace this decision to send the carl vinson strike group was the prudent thing to do. this say rogue regime. that is now a nuclear capable regime. the president has asked us to be prepared to give him a full range of options to remove that threat to the emergency people, and to our allies and partners in the region. reporter: last month battle group took part in annual military exercises with south korean and japanese allies, saturday, in addition to his call with south korea acting president, president trump spoke to japan s prime minister to discuss the north korea threat. that same day, heads of pacific command orders aircraft carrier do reverse course. canceling a port call in australia, among the strike