the chemical weapons, that killed the innocent civilians. it was very targeted. i would say the president has not elim flighted the possibility for further strikes. i think this is a wake-up call around the world in addition to the chemical weapons convention, of course, we the russian syrian agreement some years back to give up syria s illicit stockpile of chemical weapons: that really worked out. i think now we have shown we have the determination that when countries enter agreements that involved the united states they better be prepared to honor their commitments. ainsley: ambassador, how would the president know to do all of this so strategically? is it because is he listening to his national security team who has a lot of military experience? well, i think the precise terms of this strike were undoubtedly planned out months and perhaps even years ago against the contingency that a president might order it. as i say, it walls a very precise strike. one could argue that he could
steve: fox news alert. thank you very much for joining us on this friday morning. we are talking about the fact that yesterday president trump ordered a strike on syria taking out, as you can see, as the tomahawks are launched from the uss ross and porter, that airfield where the chemical attacks were launched 48 hours earlier, killing 80 innocent civilians in the country of syria. joining us right now is florida senator marco rubio. he joins us from capitol hill. well. good morning. steve: senator, what do you think. it was the right thing to do. number one it was legal it had to be done. he was in violation of an agreement that we were guarantors of that he would get rid of chemical weapons answered lied and didn t do so. also in violation of international law. also in violation of the u.n. security council resolution. number two is we have american troops, hundred of american troops now embedded throughout syria and iraq. this guy is dropping sarin gas it posed a threat to ameri
but likely potentially fighter jets and other personnel a lot what we will hear in the aftermath is d. jets get away. this is standard protocol. he hey, let me tell you so you can get out of there. 24 is president trump and his team talking about the targets he wanted to hit. make sure it was hit the intended target and not the russians to escalate. ainsley: not to kill people but actually destroy their base so they can t do this again. steve: and poison gas. here is the thing, ainsley about russia. and you said would they have time to move the poison gas? no, because russia has been telling us we got rid of it. there isn t any there. what are you talking about? ainsley: syrian rebels are responsible for this not assad because he got rid of the chemical weapons. right. pete: that s right. ainsley: conor powell is on the border of israel and syria with the breaking details for us. good morning, conor. good morning. as you were just saying overnight the pentagon launching 5 tomahawk cr
u.s., syria and iraq as retaliation. i thought the iranian foreign minister s statement was very telling. for the first time in a long time iranians sound cautious. that s a good thing. steve: all right. andrew and tony, and gary, thank you very much. i have now have the other two tweets from the foreign ministry, he says u.s. aide saddam use s of cw against iran in the 1980s. thank you. steve: you are welcome, military force over bogus chemical weapons allegations first in 2000 and now in 2003 in syria. not only two decades after 9/11 u.s. military fighting on same side as al qaeda and isis in yemen and syria. time to stolen the hype and the coverups. mark steyn, best selling author, fox news contributor as well joins us right now. so that s interesting. the iranians are saying we are a partner of isis. right. this is the confusion of it i think that was what was great last night.
from the halls of congress. many people are very happen with what the president did. many people approving of it. there are other members of congress who are saying he didn t have the authority to do it. and this is an aged old argument nothing that george w. bush didn t hear, nothing that president clinton didn t hear. nothing that president george h.w. bush and ronald reagan when they launched military action as well. of the president does have the authority when it s in the national security interests of the united states to launch such attacks that s why the president last night in his message said that this was to preserve the vital national security interests of the united states to make sure that these weapons are not used or spread around the globe. you take a look at vladimir putin s response as well, saying it s an aggression against a sovereign state, against the norms of international law. it s something he has zero credibility on when you look at what happened in crimea. s