it was in response to a very specific attack? it s not an ongoing operation. did began dunford have anything to say about the possibility, and the pentagon is looking into the possibility, that russian forces were actually involved in the chemical weapon attack against syria, syrian individuals earlier this week? that investigation will continue. however, at this time they don t have any concrete evidence that shows that russia was involved. they have been complacent i think in a number of operations that have gone on in syria, but there is no evidence to say that they worked with syria on the specific attack. as president obama was taking action against assad s forces in 2013 after a chemical weapons attack killed more than 1,400 syrians in the suburbs of damascus, then citizen trump treated the warning, quote, the president must get congressional approval before attacking syria. big mistake if he does not. obviously president trump did not get congressional approval
permanent bases that had been built up by the russians there. and, yeah, we had this idea, as the obama administration was ending, an official of that administration said, look, our program to make syria give up all their chemical weapons worked. they are all gone and others said we think they held on to some. it certainly looked like the russians had a lot of reason to know that they were there and a lot of reason to know that an attack was under way. tom foreman, thank you so much. what do the strikes in syria and russia condemning the united states mean for congress investigation into russia s meddling in the 2016 election? we ll talking about that with a member of the house intelligence committee next. stay with us. it s nice to remove artificial ingredients. kind never had to. we ve used real ingredients, whole nuts, and natural flavors from the very beginning. give kind a try.
they need more witnesses to come forward and tell what they said or what they saw from this attack before they can 100% for sure say this was in fact the driver. from what you re saying and what police are saying it sounds like police are not sure that there was just one person involved. this could have been multiple terrorists? reporter: absolutely. i mean, the police are saying that there s still full force trying to search through buildings just around us. i mean, the the central stockholm, there s a huge area that s been cordoned off standing just about 100 yards away from where the truck is still at. this is the center, the heart of stockholm. you ve got the main train station just over there, and police are have also closed the borders so they are checking everyone leaving the swedish territory to make sure they are not one of the terrorists. so the police are working full force trying to identify the guy they arrested and also looking for any other terrorists. there ha
syria to destroy evidence. is there any proof of this charge? we ll talk to a senator who was just briefed by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. plus, screaming and running for their lives as a hijacked truck plowed through a crowded street. now at least four people are dead after another likely terrorist attack turning a vehicle into a weapon. good afternoon, everyone. welcome to the lead. i want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m jake tapper. president trump campaigned, as you know, on a platform of removing america from foreign entanglements. last week his foreign policy team said that mindset extended to syria where they would not push for the removal of brutal dictator bashar al assad, and then assad appeared, again, to use chemical weapons against his own people. it was hardly the first time he had done so. it frankie will wasn t even the deadliest attack.
terrorist attacks in sweden unlike in other european countries. are swedish police, swedish officials prepared to carry out an investigation like this? reporter: i mean, that s what they are saying. just a few days ago they actually had a big training exercise between the security service, stockholm police and also the army. they all had a big training exercise together. they have seen what happened in london. they have seen what happened in berlin. they have seen what happened in nice, so this type of attack was actually not unexpected, that s what police said today during a press conference. they have trained for this type of scenario. you know, immediately they closed off large parts of stockholm working to try to find this driver, and it looks like they may have actually now arrested the driver. however, they still don t know. all right. that report from sweden, thanks so much. a u.s. official now saying