wants a deal and perhaps a nobel prize. there s no place to kick the can. president trump told me three days ago that he wants to end this in a win-win way. he thinks that s possible but if they pull out, they play him, then we are going to end north korean s threat to the american homeland in his first term and i will let you surmise as to what that might look like. an ominous warning in the event that talks fail. mike: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon tonight. thank you. secretary of state mike pompeo announcing the administration s policy towards iran. economic isolation and sanctions. the secretary outlining a so-called pressure campaign to weaken iran s economy until it changes its behavior. the sting of sanctions will be painful if the regime does not change its course from the unacceptable and unproductive path that it has chosen to one that rejoins the league of nations. these will and indeed end up being the strongest sanctions in
disinformation campaign has already begun. there has been a 2,000 percent increase in russian trolls in the last 24 hours. in fact, general mckenzie said that if there were casualties in syria from last night, they likely were from those 40 syrian surface-to-air ballistic missiles that syria launched after the fact. those were unguided and who knows where they landed. kelly in kelly: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon tonight. thank you. a number of lawmakers accusing president trump of going around congress on the syrian airstrikes. some even calling them illegal. we will look at the political implications. plus, worldwide reaction to the strikes in syria. who is condemning the operation and who is praising the u.s. for taking action? the use of chemical weapons by anyone anywhere under any circumstance is illegal and reprehensib
the reason isis exists right now is because of bashar al-assad s brutality. so i think this was a very important move by the president tonight, but long term, these are strategy talks that we re going to have to have as americans. but there s no doubt that tonight it sucks to be russian because they got embarrassed and i think we made a very strong statement. something else we heard from the pentagon tonight, mattis, who has been pressed this week to step up and say that this was assad using chemical weapons on his own people. he said that they are fairly confident that there was chlorine gas used, yes. they re not ruling out sarin. but for now he said this is a one-time strike. we ll see if assad tries again with chemical weapons. and this was completely tied to the issue of chemical weapons and not any broader issues with
disinformation campaign has already begun. there has been a 2,000 percent increase in russian trolls in the last 24 hours. in fact, general mckenzie said that if there were casualties in syria from last night, they likely were from those 40 syrian surface-to-air ballistic missiles that syria launched after the fact. those were unguided and who knows where they landed. kelly in kelly: jennifer griffin reporting from the pentagon tonight. thank you. a number of lawmakers accusing president trump of going around congress on the syrian airstrikes. some even calling them illegal. we will look at the political implications. plus, worldwide reaction to the strikes in syria. who is condemning the operation and who is praising the u.s. for taking action? the use of chemical weapons by anyone anywhere under any circumstance is illegal and reprehensib
republicans might be more in the mood to cut a deal. bret? bret: kristin fisher live on the north along. he was supposed to go live on trial later this month. but now reports say that army sergeant bowe bergdahl will plead guilty to avoid trial. doug mckelway report from the pentagon tonight. he served the united states with honor and that is not a shared opinion of bowe bergdahl. only 16 days from his court-martial, the associated press reports he is expected to plead guilty to desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. the army would not confirm the report, telling fox news we continue to maintain careful respect for the military s judicial process. the rights of the accused, and ensuring the cases fairness and impartiality during this ongoing legal base. nor would bergdahl s attorney would confirm the ags story.