U.S. Launches Missile Attack On Syria Airbase

JEFF: THIS IS "KCAL 9 NEWS" AT
9:00 P.M.
JEFF: I'M JEFF VAUGHN.
LEYNA: I'M LEYNA NGUYEN.
WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS ON
SYRIA.
JEFF:
WARPLANES TOOK OFF TO CARRY OUT
TUESDAY'S CHEMICAL
AGAINST THE VILLAGE.
DAVE BRYAN JOINS US WITH NEW
VIDEO AND NEW INFORMATION AND
THE LATEST REACTION.
I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS FROM THE BEGINNING.
REPORTER: THE PRES PRESIDENT
INDICATED HE WAS DEEPLY
DISTURBED AND WE FOUND OUT HOW
DISTURBED.
TRUMP IS MOVING QUICKLY IN
APPROVING A CRUISE MISSILE
STRIKE ON SYRIA.
THE WHITE HOUSE SAID IT WAS
INTENDED TO WARN SYRIA'S LEADERS
OF USING ANYMORE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ON THEIR OWN PEOPLE.
SYRIAN TV IS REPORTING THERE ARE
CASUALTIES AT THE BASE.
CNN IS REPORTING RUSSIANS WERE
THERE TOO.
RUSSIA IS SYRIA CLOSEST ALLY.
NOW THE PENTAGON JUST RELEASED
THIS VIDEO OF THE ATTACK.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT CRUISE
MISSILES LAUNCHING FROM TWO
DESTROYERS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
SEA.
THEY LAUNCHED A TOTAL OF 60
MISSILES, EACH HAS A 1000-POUND
WARHEAD.
THE ATTACK HAPPENED JUST BEFORE
6:00 P.M. AND TARGETED THE BASES
AIRCRAFT HANGARS, AIR DEFENSE
SYSTEMS AND RADAR.
THE ATTACK COMES 48 HOURS AFTER
SYRIAN PLANES DROPPED CHEMICAL
WEAPONS ON A REMOTE VILLAGE HELD
BY REBELS.
ONE HUNDRED PEOPLE INCLUDING
DOZENS OF CHILDREN, CIVILIANS
DIED IN THE ATTACK AND IT
BROUGHT STRONG CONDEMNATION FROM
NATIONS AROUND THE WORLD.
THE TURKISH GOVERNMENT REPORTED
THEIR TEST TO SHOW THE VICTIMS
DIED FROM SYRIAN NERVE GAS WHICH
IS BANNED BY INTERNATIONAL LAW.
TRUMP ANNOUNCED THE ATTACK IN A
BRIEF TELEVISION UPDATE.
SYRIAN DICTATOR ASAD LAUNCHED
A HORRIBLE CHEMICAL WEAPONS
ATTACK ON INNOCENT CIVILIANS.
USING IT DEADLY NERVE AGENT, HE
CHOKED OUT THE LIVES OF HELPLESS
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN.
IT WAS A SLOW AND BRUTAL DEATH
FOR SO MANY.
EVEN BEAUTIFUL BABIES WERE
CRUELLY MURDERED IN THIS VERY
BARBARIC ATTACK.
NO CHILD OF GOD SHALL EVER
SUFFER SUCH HORROR.
TONIGHT I ORDERED A TARGETED
MILITARY STRIKE ON THE AIRFIELD
IN SYRIA FROM WHERE THE CHEMICAL
ATTACK WAS LAUNCHED.
IT IS IN THIS VITAL, NATIONAL
SECURITY INTEREST OF THE UNITED
STATES TO PREVENT AND DETER THE
SPREAD AND USE OF DEADLY
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
THERE CAN BE NO DISPUTE THAT
SYRIA USED BAND CHEMICAL
WEAPONS, VIOLATED ITS
OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE CHEMICAL
WEAPONS CONVENTION AND IGNORED
THE URGING OF THE UN SECURITY
COUNCIL.
YEARS OF PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS AT
CHANGING ASAD'S BEHAVIOR
ALL FAILED AND FAILED
AS A RESULT THE CRISIS CONTINUES
TO DEEPEN IN THE REGION
CONTINUES TO DESTABILIZE,
THREATENING THE UNITED STATES
AND ITS ALLIES.
TONIGHT I CALL ON ALL CIVILIZED
NATIONS TO JOIN US IN SEEKING TO
AND THE SLAUGHTER AND BLOODSHED
IN SYRIA, AND ALSO TO END
TERRORISM OF ALL KINDS AND ALL
TYPES.
WE ASK FOR GOD'S WISDOM AS WE
FACE THE CHALLENGE OF OUR VERY
TROUBLED WORLD.
WE PRAY FOR THE LIVES OF THE
WINDED AND FOR THE SOULS OF
THOSE WHO HAVE PASSED AND WE
HOPE THAT AS LONG AS AMERICA
STANDS FOR JUSTICE, THEN PEACE
AND HARMONY WILL, IN THE END,
PREVAIL.
GOOD NIGHT AND GOD BLESS THE
WORLD AND GOD BLESS AMERICA.
REPORTER: IT'S A BIG CHANGE IN
U.S. ENGAGEMENT IN SYRIA.
BEFORE THE THURSDAY NIGHT
MISSILE ATTACK ON THE SYRIAN AIR
FORCE BASE, REX TILLERSON SAID
THERE IS AN EFFORT TO REMOVE
ASAD.
HIS ROLE IN THE FUTURE IS
UNCERTAIN, AND CLEARLY WITH THE
ACTS THAT HE HAVE TAKEN, IT
WOULD SEEM THERE WOULD BE NO
ROLE FOR HIM TO GOVERN THE
SYRIAN PEOPLE.
REPORTER: THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE
MISSILE ATTACK IS PART OF THE
CAMPAIGN TO GET RID OF HIM.
TILLERSON'S REVERSAL FROM LAST
WEEK IS DRAMATIC.
LAST WEEK HE INDICATED THE U.S.
WOULD NOT FORCE ASAD TO LEAVE
POWER SPIRIT LONG-TERM STATUS
WILL BE DECIDED BY THE SYRIAN
PEOPLE.
REPORTER: THAT WAS TRUMP STANCE
DURING THE CAMPAIGN.
IF THEY DID OVER THROW ASIDE,
THEY COULD VERY WELL END UP WITH
WORSE THAN HIM.
REPORTER: HE SAID YESTERDAY THE
HORRIFIC IMAGES OF SMALL
CHILDREN CHOKING ON NERVE GAS
CHANGED HIS MIND.
IT COST A LOT OF LINES FOR M
ME.
REPORTER: IN THE AFTERMATH OF
THE ATTACK, THERE IS A TRAIL OF
QUESTIONS LEFT BEHIND.
IS THIS A ONE TIME STRIKE OR THE
BEGINNING OF A MORE MUSCULAR
ENGAGEMENT IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL
WAR THAT HAS KILLED 400,000
PEOPLE IN SIX YEARS AND DRIVEN
5 MILLION PEOPLE FROM SYRIA TO
OTHER COUNTRIES AROUND THE
WORLD, INCLUDING THE U.S.
HOW WILL IT AFFECT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE U.S.
AND RUSSIA WHO IS THE BIGGEST
SUPPORTER OF ASAD.
THE RUSSIANS HAVE AN AIRBASE IN

U.S. Launches Missile Attack On Syria Airbase

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