tonight is not symbolic. i think it has strategic value to it. the question is, what happens next? is there a comprehensive plan to follow this up? what i hope happens is conditions for alternative for assad to emerge. i don t think syria will be a stable, u.n. tear government in any time in the future but i think we can take steps to provide alternatives to assad s role. not every republican supported last night s strike, however in a series of tweets senator rand paul said the president needs congressional authorization for military action as required by the constitution. our prior interventions in the region have done nothing to make us safer and syria will be no different. on the democratic side, senate minority leader chuck schumer had praise for the strikes, saying in part, making sure assad knows when he commits such despicable atrocities, he ll pay a price is the right thing to do. but he called on trump to come up with a strategy on syria and consult congress.
martha: as promised phoepltsdz ago the top house republicans did speak briefly to reporters about the recent scandals emerging in washington. here is house majority leader eric cantor on this. over the past few weeks there have been stories after stories that have eroded the trust in our government. and americans shouldn t really have to worry whether their government is going to hold their political beliefs against them, as it seems the i.r.s. is doing, or whether tear government is telling them the truth. so i think it is imperative for all of us here in washington to work together to restore our trust in government, and that includes the president and members of his administration. martha: he went onto say that the house will continue to hold serious investigations into potential wrongdoing, so there is that for you this morning. bill: we ve got new information