you ll see the helicopter taxi over on the left, arrivals for the luncheon in the u.s. senate. we re allowed to take pictures of initial gathering and being seated, but then once the business of the luncheon starts, we will be kindly escorted out. in terms of the gravity of this moment one of the things as we see the military trappings of some of this handover, we see a lot of military personnel on hand, including on the left side of your screen there, we see this military helicopter here, brian, you were talking about the immediate former commander in chief being seen off by the new commander in chief of the armed forces. right up until the last hours of his presidency barack obama was exerting military force on wednesday, a u.s. streak using stealth b-2 bombers, took off from missouri and half way around the world, reportedly
manageable risks, that we should be willing to bare that responsibility. u.s. defense officials say the only reason to add air strikes to a naval mission by deploying stealth b-2 bombers from bases in missouri among other things would be to go after mobile missile launchers, assad s chemical weapons delivery systems which have been on the move since the u.s. tell graphed it was planning a strike. shepard? shepard: jennifer griffin from the pentagon tonight. despite hundreds reportedly killed in that chemical weapons attack. u.s. officials say it didn t even make a dent in syrians stockpile. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power says the assad regime is still sitting on an enormous supply of boifn gases. she toke today at a think tank in washington explaining why a war strike is the only option. some have asked, given our collective war weariness why we cannot use nonmilitary tools to achieve the same end. my answer to this question is: we have exhausted the
capable b-52 bombers over south korea as a show of force. to the north, these are said to be actual pictures of the bombers in the sky. the b-52 stealth jets are the same that led america s shock and awe campaign, and bombing baghdad to clear the way for coalition forces. and live at the pentagon with more, jennifer. reporter: hi, megyn, we re awaiting for the brief by the secretary and joint chairman of the chiefs in an hour s time. the decision to fly stealth b-2 bombers to korea in a round trip operation was made in essence in response to recent north korean statements and actions. these still pictures were taken from the ground showing the actual b-2 stealth bombers themselves flying south of the capital, seoul, over the korean peninsula, a reminder to the young kim jong-un in the north, the u.s. is capable of reaching them swiftly,
pentagon is saying, they re giving up command and control eventually, the details being worked out, though that deal could break down, but at the end of the day, if the united states is still heavily involved, what s the difference on whether they have command or control? the key thing is, joe, the u.s. very much does not want to be the lead for a sustained effort in libya. if you look at this, what happened over the course of the last few days is the united states had a very prominent lead. a number of tasks had to be taken care of and they had to be done by u.s. assets. stealth b-2 bombers, a lot of cruise missiles, some cruise missiles were launched by the brits as well, but a lot were front-loaded. we re now at the point where there literally and legitimately could be a transition. the u.s. is four score behind that. the problem exists that the united states will continue to have a prominent role as you ve