air base early friday. two navy destroyers launching missiles in retaliation for an earlier chemical weapons assault by syria. the australian prime minister coming to the defense the decision made by the administration to fire the missiles. this is a vitally important signal, a vitally important message, that we will not tolerate, the world will not tolerate the use of these chemical weapons. secretary of state rex tillerson is still planning to travel to moscow next week, the russian foreign ministry saying they look forward to tillerson s visit and expect him to answer for the missile attacks on syria. china s president is on him after his face to face talk with united states president. i m jackie ibanez for the very last time, throw it back to red eye. in the middle of the night for the last ten years.
and i m glad he did it. majority leader mitch mcconnell praise the commander in chief for his response after a brutal attack by the syrian regime using weapons of mass destruction against its own people. the strike was well-planned, well executed, was certainly more than a pinprick, and sent a message, not only to assad that using chemical weapons again is something that he cannot do with impunity. mcconnell said vice president pence called him last night to brief him ahead of the strike, and there was at least some bipartisan support after the people of syria have suffered for so long under a brutal regime. making sure that assad knows when you commit such despicable atrocities he will pay a price is the right thing to do. house speaker paul ryan praise the president for taking action but is now calling on the administration to consult with congress on next steps. some of the senate s top box
globe praising the trump administration paid with the saudi embassy in washington issuing a treat in support of president trump for his courageous decision to respond to the syrian regime s crimes against its people. benjamin netanyahu saying, president trump sent a strong and clear message today. but other allies pressed the u.s. to do more to bring down the assad regime. is it enough? i don t find it enough. it s not clear if syria or one of its backers like iran, it has blood, or russia will retaliate, but if they do, there are ample targets, u.s. troops to turkey, to here in israel. bret: conor powell. thank you. the congressional battle over the next supreme court justice is now over, the hard feelings and political consequences will last a long time.
weapons come up they planned to do about that, a document released last night from the administration basically said the administration expects russia to change its posture on syria. i don t think they intend to do that. if they leave chemical weapons, if they were complicit, if they leave chemical weapons in syria, do we respond this way every time there is a chemical attack? there s always something to criticize, but truly, republican senators even saying out loud, what is the long-term strategy? and it is so dependent on the posture on of the russians. may be a change as far as backing assad. they may not have a problem if assad leaves, but another in his tribe takes over and they sit at the table and this gets them to the table, charlie, and it changes the dynamic. that is a different posture. interesting that the russians got a heads up, didn t clear out any of the syrian soldiers from
russians. america is back and it is liable to react now. he no longer have a free hand. that s, i think, is going to change a lot in the world from a single response like this. we should note about that russian ship in the mediterranean, russian ships are in the mediterranean from time to time, this one moved in just today where the other two u.s. naval vehicles not continuing they re making an aggressive move but it was moved there today. here is the u.n. ambassador ambassador to the u.s., nikki haley, and the russian ambassador. it could be that russia is knowingly allowing chemical weapons to remain in syria. it could be that russia has been incompetent in its efforts to remove the chemical weapons. or it could be that the assad regime is playing the russians for a for for full spirit the