Chemical gas attack. Here is u. N. Ambassador nikki haley followed by National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster. The first reaction from russia wasnt, how horrible. It wasnt, how could they do this. It wasnt, how did this happen. It was, assad didnt do it, assad didnt do it. Why was that the reaction . Thats why youre seeing investigation on russia. Thats why youre seeing the fact that we know the evidence on assad, weve seen it, we know exactly what happened. So were calling them out. But i dont think anybody is off the table at this point. Truly it is amazing that they continue to cover for assad. Its very telling and its not putting russia in a good light in the international community. With a we should do is ask russia, how could it be, if you have advisers at that airfield, that you didnt know the Syrian Air Force was preparing and executing a mass murder attack with chemical weapons . Meanwhile, secretary of state Rex Tillerson standing by comments last week about the fate of pres
French news agency but he said maybe the children seen in that video arent even dead. Maybe this whole thing was an elaborate hoax in order to blim it on the regime. So it just ejecting that little bit of doubt seems to be his ploy. That has been the consistent line that syria has taken and by the way russia backed assads denial saying it wasnt carried out by the syrianregime, this is something that happened because of the terrorists in the area. Of course richard as you note the White House Administration has a very different perspective, and different evidence. T points to about what happened. Stand by. I want to play more from that interview. Our impression that the west, mainly the united states, is hand in glove with the terrorists. They fabricated the whole story in order to have pretext for the attack. It wasnt attacked because of the attack, its one event. Its stage one, the plane that we saw on the social networking, on tvs, the propaganda, and the stage two, the military atta
I order a targeted military strike on the air field in syria from where the chemical attack was launched. Reporter to what extent does a single strike against a single target define President Trumps approach to what u. S. Intelligence agencies call the most diverse array of National Security threats to the u. S. In decades, from syria to, russia, to north korea, china and isis . The world is a mess. I inherited a mess. Whether its the middle east, whether its north korea, whether its so many other things. Reporter so what is in effect the trump doctrine . We do what we can to make sure that our interests economically and National Security are at the forefront. Were not just going to become the worlds policeman running around the world. Reporter military action against one side of a war the u. S. Has studiously avoided would seem to represent a shift from an America First strategy. Despite trumps many assurances to the contrary. Im not and i dont want to be the president of the world. I
Its expensive and thats where this weeks cnn hero opens up a whole new world. A child with a hearing loss can achieve anything. But unfortunately some fall through the cracks. Sometimes these kids are bullied and a lot of people in their life tell them they cant do things. Their parents are often told that their child is never going to learn to speak, which is not true. To see more, check out cnnheroes. Com. Just past the top of the hour, were in cnn newsroom. Im ana cabrera. Our top stories, syria and russia. Movement overseas happening right now. Because of those three countries. In western syria new explosions today in a town thats already dealing with the horror of a deadly chemical attack. Somebody is bombing that town again. Its unclear exactly who or what the casualties are. An update from the Syrian Border in just a moment. Syrian air force planes are once again taking off from the base hit by 50 missills yesterday. Were sent there as a message to syria. A russian show of force
A crime, a war crime. The american leader put squarely at the feet of syrian president , bashar alassad. Young children dying, babies dying. Fathers Holding Children in their arms, that were dead, dead children. They tl cant be a worst sight. It shouldnt be allowed. Thats a butcher. Thats a butcher. So i feel we had to do something about it. I have absolutely no doubt we did the right thing. Bret President Trumps comments came at a News Conference with plate tnatos sy general. Kevin corke is here to tell us more. But we begin with rich he hedso traveling with Rex Tillerson. Good evening, rich. Reporter good evening, brett. The u. S. And russia have been condemning one another from afar all week. Now, they have finally met. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson prepares to leave moscow, it is clear that proximity has done very little to bring these two countries closer. Following hours of discussions in moscow with Russian Foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov and Vladimir Putin, secretary of stat