Books of the year. Comeydy does not mince words when it comes to describing how he feels about the president. Here is a guy who only found his conscience and point of view of he got unceremoniously sacked. Welcome to fox and friends this morning. Brandnew video comes in showing a u. S. Attack submarine launching missiles striking targets in syria. This as real estate action continues to pour in. Connor powell is live in jerusalem with the latest. Good morning. Reporter obviously there are mixed reactions depending on where you sit on the side of conflict. Israel praising the move by President Trump to order the strikes against assad regime. Iran and russia condemning the move by the pentagon with the Russian Ambassador to the u. N. Saying that the United States and its allies continue to demonstrate the blatant disregard to International Law. It was shameful to hear that an article of the u. S. Constitution was mentioned. Were starting to hear military reaction from u. S. Allies starting to appear in newspapers here in the region. The images on your screen show the before and after pictures of a site that was targeted by the u. S. In syria. The pictures show a completely destroyed building and facility, there are comments her in the region questioning how effective the strikes were. The question is they were so limited in nature, according to u. S. Military commanders who are allies of the United States, they were so limited that they may not be all that effective in actually preventing the assad regime again from car carrying a chemical attack. Politically its being praised by u. S. Allies but military commanders of u. S. Allies are raising questions about what more could have been done and should have been done as well. Con n conor thank you for tht insight. You see the pic churs pictures. There is it. The a ambassador to the u. N. On the left, sweden, the uq and the u. S. Voting down this russian attempt to make it look bad. Ultimately only three states voted for what russia introduced. China, not our friend and bolivia. And the language of that resolution, just so you know, condemns this in violation of International Law and u. N. Charter. You understand to conor powells report there and the question that remains, we talked a lot about this yesterday, was this enough and is it possible if for the same thing, the chemical attack to happen a year from now. We heard more from the administration yesterday doubling down on the success of the air strikes but also theyre locked and loaded. We heard that from nikki haley, ambassador of the u. N. And also from mike pence, being on the wrong side of history districted at russia. Our message to russia is youre on the wrong side of history. Its time for russia to get the message that President Trump delivered last night. Youre known by the company you keep. I spoke to the president this morning and he said if the Syrian Regime uses this poisonous gas again the United States is locked and loaded. When our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line. And Ambassador Haley there you see Standing Firm in that body just a few blocks away at the United Nations where really reality is sometimes just divorced from, when you look at what happened there in so many countries not really standing with the u. S. Of course. I dont care these are the nonpermanent members of the u. N. Security council that voted. I dont pronounce it. Quazic stand, kuwait, poland, sweden count me as dont care. What i want is what is in americas best interest. I dont love the phrase wrong side of history. Obama used it all of the time. But in this particular case usually leftists like to enforce International Norms. In this case President Trump enforced this International Norm because without doing so you cant be credible with north korea and china. So he limited the me sition strike. Its net going to get rid of all of assads capabilities. But if theyre not waking up that america will act, then they havent gotten the full message. Not even is on your same page. When you look at the lawmakers on the hill, theres a lot of confusion between congressmen and senators. Some people say it was great but ultimately what is the Long Term Strategy when it comes to syria. Is this going to prevent assad from using chemical weapons in the future. If youre on twitter over the last 24 hours, there was a different message from every Single Member on capitol hill. Senator Lindsey Graham saying, President Trump deserves credit in working with our allies in ordering this strike against assad but when the dust settles this will be seen as a weak military response and assad would have paid a small price for using chemical weapons again. Senator bill nelson saying, a democrat, i support the attack because assad must be held accountable for the use of chemical weapons. Ive read ours and nowhere is it is president ial authority to strike syria. Lindsey graham is a thoughtful guy on a lot of levels. He wants regime change. So you dont want to go that far. Open then bill nelson is running for reelection in florida. He wants to be seen as thoughtful. Hes run in a tough reelect. And of course thomas massey, article 2 shows that the commander had the latitude to take actions to defend america. And then you go back to congress for authorization. Even if you go to congress, what is that going to result in . Seems like were not going to get through anything if the president was waiting for congressional approval to launch the air strikes, i dont think that would have happened. You read these responses. No one is on the same page. And we have to look back to the Obama Administration for which failed to hold the Syrian Government accountable. There was broad support amongst democrats for enforcing obamas original red line. So now youre having this mixed reaction because the democrats and the republicans. To your point, pete, that the president struck the right tone, he was stuck between not getting involved and yet another bush extended interventionist war and not appearing weak like obama. I thought the most telling moment we had is when Lieutenant General mackenzie said ive got three words to describe this, presize, cover well ming and effective. You to think about the advisers behind closed doors with him, mattis, dempsey, sere people who take the threats to america seriously. They want to make sure we dont overprovoke russia but knowing we have to send a signal to russia. Russia yesterday saying theyve got a planned response to what we did. They have to be careful about their response. Nikki haley, were locked and loaded and were going to respond if we have to. Absolutely. If you read about the context of the decision that was made. It did come from President Trump. But last monday seeing what happened to these innocent young kids, he was so heart broken and went to his general saying what do we do about this. And he has a series of deliberate meetings. The left wing attack that hes chaos and does what he want, he went through a deliberate approach and chose what was best for American Interest. Before friday night everyone was talking about this james comey book being released on tuesday. And the interview that everyone has been waiting for with George Stephanopoulos. Its airing tonight, the 20 20 special. Were continuing to get more pieces from this book. One in particular where james comey is talking about releasing the email for the clinton investigation just days before the election. Reopening the case. George stephanopoulos asked him about the decision to release the letter and heres how that went. Hillary clinton is convinced that that letter be defeated her. I hope not. I dont know. I honestly dont know. I sure hope not. But the honest answer is it wouldnt change the way i think about it. Try to realize that im not trying to help a candidate or hurt a candidate. Im trying to do the right thing. At some level wasnt the decision to reveal influenced by your assumption that Hillary Clinton was going to win . I dont remember consciously thinking about that but it mows have been. I was operating in a world where Hillary Clinton was going to beat donald trump. Im sure it was a factor. And if i hide this from the American People, shell be legitimate the moment she was elected. If you knew that would affect donald trump would you still send it . I would. If i ever start thinking about whose political intentions will be affected by a decision, were done. Were just another player in the tribal battle. So if youre like me, youll be watching life, liberty and levin tonight. Here hes talking about an institution that should be above any sort of politics. And you look in the recent months and the last two years of people who have been fired or demoted in the fbi and the doj. Clearly there are some serious issues that were present there. And the institution i think a lot of people are questioning that. I had a chance to look at an advanced copy and peruse 50 or 60 pages of it. Its going to be interesting how its perceived. A lot of people are looking for a settingtherecordstraight from former fbi director james comey but what you end up with is sank sanctimonious part. One part he talks about being on your death bed open wanting to do the right thing. Theres not as much record and fact setting. Not a lot of policy and legality. If you read a lot of the pieces that have been released, most of it is tabloid, how he feels personally about President Trump. Thats what sells books. Hes trying to hold two things constant at once. One, hes above everything but i i was living in a world when Hillary Clinton was going to be president of the United States. Doesnt really work. Well the media is up in arms after the president tweeted Mission Accomplished. Mission accomplished really not a wise thing to tweet. Does Mission Accomplish mean . Thats an interesting choice of words. Well break it down ahead plus, a damning report by the doj Inspector General blasts Andrew Mccabe were misleading investigators. Ron desantis is here next for a cup of coffee. Well be right back. Tech at Safelite Autoglass we know that when youre spending time with the grandkids every minute counts. Ac. In is a fox news alert, mixed reaction from Congress Following the u. S. Strikes on syria. Some lawmakers accusing President Trump of failing to get congressional approval ahead of the attacks as others claim he didnt need it. Joining us now, ron desantis. Great to have you with us. Good morning. All right. So there is a lot of mixed reaction from congress about these air strikes, some saying he didnt go far enough, some saying he didnt have the authority to not get approval from congress. Where do you fall on this . Well, seems to me that the strikes did what they were intended to do. They seem to be proportional in response. But they seem to be effective. I think well get more information as time goes by. I think the larger point here is that this president is somebody, unlike president obama, who when he says something she follows through. Its not just in Holding Assad accountable for using gas. Hes done it in other areas, such as recognizing jerusalem as ilisraels capital. I think the president helped himself with that. I do think its important that we not get mired into syria and i dont want the president wants to do that because theres no real victory there given all of the disastrous things that are on the ground there right now that obama basically left President Trump. But in terms of the strikes, i think they did what they intended to do. Duke h. Do you think he ned congressional approval . Probably not in this interest. We have troops in syria. If you have chemical weapons being used, defending people we have in the region is enough of a reason under article 2 for him toaf acted. To have acted. Let me ask you about this scathing report. Its devastating. Remember were going to have to listen to jim comey with his book and do the interview. What did comey say two months ago, praising mccabe, said he stood tall, an example of everything he wanted. This report demonstrates that mccabe, not just that he lied but that he lied repeatedly to fbi officials over and over again. And what he was doing, he was the one involved with leaking the information. And he actually had the gal to reprimand other people who were underneath him trying to act like they were the ones leaking it. His firing was ab absolutely justified and this whole comeymccabe era has done a lot of damage to the bureau. Do you think the ig will criticize mccabe . I think there will be criticism of comey. He claims that Loretta Lynch was conflicted in dealing with the Hillary Clinton case. And yet he took it upon himself to make the decision to say yes, even though she had classified information on her server, even though she was grossly negligent, we dont think a prosecutor would take this case. That was not his decision to make. And i think the consequences that flowed from that have been very bad for the country. And oh by the way, look at how they conducted the clinton case. They went doing grand juries, pursuing obstruction of justice, they didnt per sue false information by cheryl mills. I think the way that case was handled was disso disastrous. This report raises questions about Loretta Lynch. Your thoughts . Big questions. Were there people at justice telling mccabe to shut this down, saying we shouldnt be doing the Clinton Foundation because hillary is running for president. We need for investigation in that. But that was a strr troubling although unfortunately not surprising come poe nebilit come report. Thank you congressman Keith Ellison is at it again. Women are dying because we are losing elections. Yes yes dont have the right to lose a damn election. What is he talking about . And President Trump taking evil head on with the strikes in syria. Why is it so important to take down the rogue regimes. Well ask two retired military members, one a double amp tee that lost his legs in afghanistan. 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Well, President Trump leading the charge against the assad regimes chemical attack on its people with a strike in syria. The evil and the despicable attack left mothers and fathers, infants and children thrashing in pain and gasping for air. These are not the actions of a man. They are crimes of a monster. So why is it so important for the u. S. To take a stand and fight evil head on . Here with their take, staff is that correct bartlett, an iraq war veterans and rob jones, a retired marine and double amp tee who lost his legs in afghanistan. Robert and rob, thank you for your time, your service and sacrifice. You know these levels first hand. Youve seen them. Robert let me start with you. You were hit ultimately by an iranian made weapon on the battlefield. You know how dangerous iran is. Iran has a stake in syria in propping up assad. Whats the best thing for american to do for our own interests and to deter iran in. The policy change. The policy change of engagement. We watched over the years, time and time again, whether iran, saddam, any of these nations stand back and continue to destroy their own people and weve done nothing or wait too long. To include hitler. We wanted too long and millions died. Its important to strike hard, strike them quick and try to take the regimes out so theres a regime change and deal with the new one after that. Im sick of watching people die. They say we dont care about muslims or other people but then we watch them die on tv and they o make, rob. I agree with that and thats the goto. But how is it any worse or different than we have now. Assad is more organized with what were going to have to deal with past assad. You can try to say okay, isis is going to do better or going to be worse. Well, theyre all bad. Bad is bad. Theyre all bad. No, rob jones, thats true. These are no good options, all bad options. The Trump Administration would say but why do we wa