13/04/2017 100 Days

The US military has dropped what is ominously called

"the mother of all bombs" on eastern Afghanistan.

The target was a series of Islamic State caves where

The bomb is so destructive is has never been used before -

a short time ago the White House press secretary explained why

We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that Isis fighters used

to move around freely, making it easier for them to target

US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area.

Syria's president is defiant in his first interview

since being charged with carrying out a chemical attack,

And Syrian refugees welcome the American air strikes,

but supporting Donald Trump doesn't come easily.

We are thankful that someone finally did something,

even if it was the same man who tried banning us

A week of big military parades in North Korea -

celebrations in North Korea as a brand new high-rise district

opens in Pyongyang that officials say shows the country's

It might seem like an extraordinary celebration to mark the opening

of a street, but it's about so much more than that.

And we will introduce you to the hard-line

Republican lawmakers, who are threatening

But are their voters loyal to the Freedom Caucus -

The largest non-nuclear bomb ever used has been dropped by the US air

force on a remote area of Afghanistan that was being used

The weapon is know in short-hand as the "mother of all bombs",

and it is so destructive it has never been

The area they targeted was the Achin district of Nangarhar province

It is one of the most remote regions of the world,

and, of late, we know Isis fighters have moved in,

At the weekend a US soldier on special operations

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer has been giving his daily

briefing and this to say about the bombing.

At 7pm local time in Afghanistan, last night, the United States

military used a GBU-43 weapon in Afghanistan.

The GBU-43 is a large, powerful and accurately delivered weapon.

We targeted a system of tunnels and caves that Isis fighters used

to move around freely, making it easier for them to target

US military advisers and Afghan forces in the area.

The United States takes the fight against Isis very seriously,

and in order to defeat the group, we must deny them operational

The United States took all precautions necessary to prevent

civilian casualties and collateral damage as a result of the operation.

And joining me now is Zalmay Khalilzad,

former US Ambassador to the UN, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan.

President to a campaign promise to he was going to attack Islamic State

and we did not necessarily think that would be in Afghanistan but

that seems to be what has happened, correct?

It seems so. Isis has been moving into Afghanistan. Government of

Afghanistan has come in the field, and they have been raising the issue

of Isis presents. We have conducted operations against them. Isis was

added to Al-Qaeda on the target list some time ago in Afghanistan. This

area is near the famous area where bin Ladin ran away at the end of

operations in Afghanistan. And I know that it is concern both here

and in Afghanistan as, as the pressure on Isis increases in Iraq

and Syria, one area they may think of moving to is Afghanistan. That is

because recently the Afghan Government has... Because of the

change in the balance of power, they have given up some areas in that

region to opposition. For all of those reasons, I think this action

was taken with the current threat and the movement of Isis from the

Middle East... Partly because of the ridiculous

name of the bomb, mother of all bombs... There is a lot of focus on

weapons being used. President Bush tried to go after bin Ladin in these

caves and failed to get in there. And from what you are hearing in

this morning, this weapon in this area against these cakes, what do

you think? Definitely against caves... We will

have to see... We don't know enough. It takes some time before you can

come to a judgment. But this weapon is capable of doing a lot of damage,

especially the underground at targets. In the case of Bin Laden,

there were not enough forces surrounding, so he ran away to

Pakistan. But I think this shows the seriousness, and the issue of Isis

moving from the middle east to Afghanistan.

Ambassador, this is Christian in London. To put more flesh on what

this bombings, 11 tonnes of TNT, 21,000, pounds. It destroys

everything within a mile radius. This is from the defence archive of

the bomb being dropped in 2003, as it lands you see the destructive

nature. I imagine that what... It has not been used before because if

it has an explosive radius of a mile wide, you're going to have

collateral damage. Call me a bit about why it would be suited to

Nangarhar. Would you not have a civilian population that?

This is a revolt area. It is on the border of the Nangarhar area. -- it

is a remote area. An area close to Tora Bora... I now believe it is not

a highly populated region of Afghanistan, but we will have to

wait and see what the Pentagon and the Afghan sources report, in terms

of today's configuration of what kind of population were in the area.

My judgment is it was not a highly populated area but... I think if it

was just populated this bomb would not have been used.

Thank you. President Assad of Syria is accusing

Donald Trump of being He is questioning whether

the children killed in last week's chemical attack are

actually dead at all, and he says the US has

fabricated the whole story. Mr Assad made that string

of extraordinary allegations in an interview with

a French news agency. Sources at the Pentagon now say US

intelligence has uncovered communications between military

and chemical weapons experts in Syria, as they were discussing

their preparations for the attack which contradicts Mr Assad's

version of events. There was no order to make any

attack. We don't have any chemical weapons.

We gave up our arsenal three years ago.

Even if we had them, we wouldn't use them,

and we have never used our chemical arsenal in our history.

As I said, the only sources Al-Qaeda.

But our impression is that the West, mainly the United States,

They fabricated the whole story, you know, to have

It wasn't an attack because of what happened,

it's one event, its stage one, the play that we saw

on the social networking and on TV, the propaganda.

And stage two is the military attack.

That's what we believe is happening, because it's only a few days,

48 hours between the play and the attacks,

The only thing were allegations, propaganda, and then the strike.

So who, according to you, is responsible about this

The allegation itself, Al-Qaeda, Al-Nusra Front,

They announced that it is under their control.

Definitely, 100%, for us, it's a fabrication.

We don't have an arsenal and we are not going to use it.

Important to note that THAT interview conducted by AFP was

shot by the Syrian presidency and only a portion of the questions

Listening to that interview, it is interesting to see he looks like

somebody who does not feel he is under siege, but we know that the

Americans have reversed their position on President Assad. The

Russians are under pressure after that long meeting with Rex Tillerson

over President Assad. But the man himself, you see him looking calm

and as if he is totally in control of the situation in the country.

Because Russia are still on his back, and as long as Russia are

still there, it is difficult for the allies of the West. What would you

make generally of what we have seen in the last week? We talk about this

bomb and his positions on Syria and the bombing of Mosul, but this

president said he was not interventionist?

But a president who is clearly prepared to move fast. We talked in

the last few days about how the Obama administration has been

criticised for not being able to act, and they had paralysis

analysis. Clearly Donald Trump is not that. If they want to act he

will act fast. Whether he can carry his die-hard supporters with him...

At some point he will have to live it. But this White House always said

that it would work with the American economy and the situation at home,

but it looks like he is a foreign policy president, not what the

campaign suggest that he would be. Interesting.

There were many fierce opponents of Donald Trump who found

themselves in the odd position of applauding his actions,

when he ordered US air strikes on a Syrian base.

And none were more conflicted than the Syrians living in the US,

as our North American Correspondent, Aleem Maqbool,

She happened to be on stage the day after a bomb hit her aunt's home

We lost ten members of our family yesterday.

We lost ten people yesterday, all in just one bombing.

Her aunt, her cousins, her cousins' children and an unborn

It happened on the very same day as the chemical attack that got far

more publicity and spurred Donald Trump to order air strikes

No child of God should ever suffer such horror.

Does it take someone to be gassed to be considered

My family died in an attack that was separate from the chemical

attacks, but what was happening in that region has been happening

If the chemical attack will make them move, then broadcast it

on all of the televisions, because we are thankful that someone

finally did something, even if it was the same man

who tried banning us a couple of months ago.

Amal admits feeling conflicted about the fact she is grateful

to Donald Trump for doing something she hoped would have

Well, Amal was born here in Denver, but what about recent

arrivals to these shores - Syrian refugees?

With the rise of Donald Trump, of course, they have been

at the centre of something of a political storm.

Yassin fled the war and came here as a refugee.

He couldn't speak English and only had a few hundred dollars,

but opened a successful restaurant, introducing Syrian food to locals,

He is also pleased Donald Trump has expressed sympathy

for Syrian children, but worries about the

You can't step into the war and what's happening in Syria

and at the same time not be allowing people to have a safe place.

If I don't have the chance to be here...

If I got sent back to Syria, I would not guarantee

There is no doubt Yassin's view of Donald Trump has changed,

but he hopes the president will not only continue to put

pressure on Bashar al-Assad, but will also reverses ban on taking

Syrian refugees figuring out what to make of the Trump administration, no

easy task, particularly for them as well as everybody.

And when you have a ban in place on refugees coming in. The two policies

are not joined up, so you can understand why there is frustration,

while at the same time some interest in what is going on in Syria.

We have been talking about reversing positions...

A major test of the Trump Presidency has always been more global -

In the past 24 hours it almost seems as if Donald Trump has

Yesterday, Trump effectively abandoned some of the most

nationalist, populist promises he campaigned on.

Here's the problem with Nato - it's obsolete.

I said it was obsolete - it's no longer obsolete.

We can't continue to allow China to rape our country,

What they have done to us by playing currency is very sad.

But since his meeting with President Xi last week,

he's now saying, "They're not currency manipulators".

Here are some other Donald Trump U-turns...

When it comes to the US economy he is now considering re-appointing

Last year he said she should be "ashamed" of what she was

He is now embracing the Export Import bank,

a govt agency he said should no longer exist.

And in the Middle East, no more foreign interventions,

no more regime changes, was the pledge -

ditched last week after the chemical weapons attack in Syria.

That went up in smoke quite literally, and again today with the

bomb in Afghanistan. What do we make all of this? How

will supporters respond? We are joined by Ronald Christie,

Republican strategist. Is this a problem for Donald Trump, in terms

of those supporters who thought they were voting for somebody quite

radical, a particularly focused on the issue of China and tariffs and

currency? If abandons those positions and looks like a more

normal, mainstream establishment, dare I say it, President, what will

his supporters think? I think it will still support him

and Donald Trump is the brand of Donald Trump. They wanted him to go

in there and it will look at him and say, he went in and said he would

drain the swamp in Washington... They will say, Donald Trump is

pragmatic. Look at what he has done with the Chinese to get them to

pressure the North Koreans. Look at what he's doing with manufacturers

and business leaders and the White House, to make it more responsive.

In short term, people might think, Donald Trump is hurting his brand,

but long-term I think it is a pragmatic approach of strong, steady

Government that people are looking for. Kristian, great to see you as

well. I would add to that... It is

stunning that he keeps saying, I was wrong, I did not realise that health

care was so congregated. At the weekend he said, I sat with

President Xi Jinping for ten minutes and he would have known it was not

easy to get a deal with North Korea? Natal is obsolete, then it is not

obsolete... Edicts correcting himself. Why is he not doing better

than he is? Having been in the White House with

George W Bush for his first 100 days, you coming and... Are the

promises and what you want to do, then you realise it is harder to

manipulate the Government then you realise. It is harder to make change

than you thought. Some promises you make, pragmatism tells you can't.

Take for example the president saying he would have a

constitutional amendment in the first 100 days, with

congressional... He has recognised that working with people in Congress

to get regulatory reforms through, the package through, it is harder

than he realised. His recognition that Government can be part of a

solution rather than the problem, I think, will have his ratings rise

rather than the level we have right now.

It is a stunning turnaround, shifting positions, carrying his

supporters with him, you have to think that only Donald Trump can do

it, perhaps. Thank you, to you. Voters in Turkey are set

to cast their ballots in a referendum on a new draft

constitution this weekend. A "yes" vote would significantly

increase the powers of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

and turn the country from a parliamentary

to a presidential republic. Let's cross to Istanbul

and our correspondent Mark Lowen. Watching the referendum. How fair

has the campaign been? I have all your stories online, and you can see

it has been tough... I have spent the day out in this

square in the heart of Istanbul, one of the biggest and most iconic

squares in Turkey. You do not find a single no voter or opposition poster

in that whole square. It is exclusively Erdogan yes posters.

Some estimates have put the ratio of no to yes posters by one to 20

something. No campaigners have been attacked and heavily under pressure.

I think monitors are bullying in to say the campaign has been unfair. So

far we will have to see whether that will extend to the vote on Sunday,

hugely divisive. Polls are showing it could be a neck and neck race,

despite the fact that the Erdogan site overwhelmingly dominates with

posters and the airwaves. But Erdogan also dominates the

opinion polls. He is doing well in polls, but they hear voters saying,

listen, I like Erdogan but I am not sure I want to make this kind of

constitutional change, and it would... Affects a body that might

come afterwards? Is that a segment of the dog? -- a segment of the

vote? I hear from people who have voted

for Erdogan, and his party, all their lives, and somehow feel it is

not right to put all of the powers in the hands of one man, as is

constitutional change would envisage. The interesting thing is

that there they are too afraid to speak on camera radio. I was at a

bazaar here in Istanbul over the couple of days, and it was the most

visited tourist attraction in the world, and 30 or 40 shopkeepers,

about ten of them were opposed to the constitutional change and none

of them would be on camera. That is the kind of fear created by

President Erdogan. A tight race and one which will have huge

implications far beyond Turkish borders.

Good to see you and we look forward to your report of the week. You can

look at his report on the website, a special report about Erdogan.

In-depth and enjoyable to read. There is speculation that North

Korea may be looking to conduct its sixth nuclear test soon. Satellite

images show an increased bit of activity at a test site in the north

of the country. Our correspondent Jon Sudworth has

sent this report from Pyongyang. His movements have been monitored

and tightly controlled. They poured into central Pyongyang

in their tens of thousands. Of citizens and soldiers alike,

North Korea has always demanded And at the front of the crowd,

there was Kim Jong-un. Celebrating not just a missile

launch or a rocket test but the construction

of Pyongyang's newest street. The inauguration of a few tower

blocks and shops would, anywhere else, raise

barely a murmur. In Pyongyang, it's met

with rapturous applause. It might seem like an extraordinary

celebration to mark the opening of the street, but it's

about so much more than that. It's about economic survival,

resilience, and sending a message to the outside world of total

loyalty to the leader. The country's Prime Minister,

Pak Pong-ju, told the crowd at the opening of the new street

sends a more powerful signal to the world than any

number of nuclear bombs. But, in reality for North

Korea, bombs are vital. With reports that another nuclear

test may be imminent, we are taken on a tour

of the school. "The Dear Marshall Kim Jong Un

clothes and feeds us", And from an early age,

she is told that it's bombs and missiles that

guarantee his regime's survival. For a poor and isolated

country like North Korea, Might it have gone the way of Iraq

or Libya, its leaders ask, if it So, foreign journalists are brought

here to be shown a friendly face. There are many of them but also

the willingness to endure. "Sanctions don't bother us

at all", this man tells me. "United around our leader,

nothing can harm us". North Korea is marching

towards its nuclear future and no amount of threat or coercion

from a US president pictures and we will be watching

closely to see if the test goes ahead, and North Korea are

continuing to trouble the US president.

He doesn't seem to want to let this one go, does he, Katty?

Christian, this morning, Mr Trump posted this...

"I have great confidence that China will properly deal with North Korea.

If they are unable to do so, the US, with its allies, will! USA."

You wonder... If I was reading the very political tea leaves, I would

think that after a couple of days of cosying up to China, reversing

himself on so many positions, Mr Trump needed to put out a tweet that

showed, you know, using words like "USA" shows he will be tough, but

not answering the question on how the US will deal with North Korea,

because frankly as we have said many times the options are no better

today than during the Obama administration. No good policy and

North Korea frankly for the last ten years. Not many options emerging.

They have to work with China, that is their best option.

Detox tough language, -- he talks tough language. He talks about

battleships going towards them as an armada. Some of the language, you

wonder who you hear speaking to. His face, when they pulled them about

these sort of things, they are not too interested. -- his voter base.

They are not interested in intervention strategy overseas.

Yeah. You're watching

100 Days from BBC News. Still to come for viewers on the BBC

News Channel and BBC World News: Donald Trump failed to repeal

and replace Obamacare. We meet the Ohio Republicans

he blames for that setback - And he's a man of detail when it

comes to cake, but not countries. We'll explain why this presidential

slip-up wasn't so sweet. That's still to come

on 100 Days, from BBC News. The weather is looking

fairly quiet out there We have had a little bit

of sunshine but for many of us, it is pretty cloudy and a little

on the cool side. Here is the satellite picture

from the last few hours. Not much is going to

change in the next few. What you have got right

now is more or less what you will have through the rest

of the evening and overnight. Maybe some spots of rain

across northern areas of the UK. In the south, we are talking

about clearer spells and 8 degrees in Plymouth,

Liverpool, Newcastle. In the far north, for

Lerwick, closer to four. Tomorrow, there will be more

cloud around, for sure, and even some rain-bearing cloud

but most of the rain In fact, if you live

across the south, Cornwall, Devon, through the Isle

of Wight towards the south-east and East Anglia, here,

perhaps some sunshine Even if you are on the coast,

looking out to sea across the Channel, there,

the weather might end up But by the time we get

to the Midlands, certainly Wales, the Northwest, Northern Ireland,

southern Scotland, here at lunch time at least,

and this is lunchtime, there will be more cloud

and a bit of rain around, and the Western Isles of Scotland

once again getting further showers. And then the rest of Good Friday,

so this is in the afternoon, you can see weather fronts moving

across the UK. They will be making their journey

a bit further south so later in the day in the south, it will

cloud over and it may turn damp. Saturday, cold air streamed

from the North arrives and by the time it reaches our

shores, rather than I think a fairly fresh day

but at least a sunny day I would say Saturday is going to be

the best day of the Easter weekend because there is going to be a lot

of dry and sunny weather. Quite a crisp morning with some

sunshine in the afternoon so not too Sunday, then, Easter Day,

another weather front Perhaps a bit more cloud

and maybe some spots of rain across northern parts of England

and Northern Ireland but I think the best chance

of sunshine is across the South Plymouth and Cardiff

for example, contenders Into Monday, some of us will have

cloud and others a bit of sunshine and maybe a few showers

from time to time. All in all, the Easter weekend's not

looking that bad but then again, Welcome back to 100 Days with me

Katty Kay in Washington, The US military drops

what is ominously called "the mother of all bombs" on eastern

Afghanistan, targeting the hideouts of so-called

Islamic State militants. And still to come, Donald Trump's

a man of detail when it comes We'll explain why this presidential

slip-up wasn't so sweet. Right now many US lawmakers are back

in their home districts for the Easter break,

some of them getting an earful from their constituents

about Washington's failure to repeal Among those who President Trump

blamed for the setback were conservative members

of his own party who make Republican Jim Jordan represents

Ohio's 4th district and the BBC's Laura Trevelyan has travelled

to the city of Lima to see if voters there are siding

with their President The sound of an economy

that's growing. PalletS move goods around America,

shifting everything And at the Lima Pallet Company

in north-west Ohio plans to expand Owner Tracy Sanchez can't employ

more people until the cost of health insurance comes down

and she was frustrated to see the Republicans

botch their first attempt. I was a little disappointed

that we have had eight years to work on this and I would hope

that the Republicans in eight Your representative here in Lima

was very opposed to the Bill and the President now is blaming him

and other members of the Freedom Caucus for

the failure, is that fair? We know they are working on it

on a daily, if not hourly, basis. We really feel confident,

as most of us in this area do, You are not ever going to get

all you want, but if you push, you will get some better product

for the folks back home. Meet Jim Jordan, Tracy Sanchez's

member of Congress. He's a conservative Republican,

a member of the Freedom Caucus group who helped torpedo the White House's

attempt at health care reform. The president directly

singled out Jim Jordan with his furious tweet storms,

but the congressman is unmoved. Tweets and statements and blame

don't change facts and the facts remain there are concerns with this

legislation, real concerns that we have, and we are

trying to make it better. Lima is in a county where more

than two thirds of the electorate voted for both Donald Trump

and Congressman Jim Jordan The message from Republicans

here is loud and clear, time for the party to work together

and deliver on its promises. At Lima's QP Diner they have

served burgers and shakes And the regulars are keen

observers of politics. I really don't understand

why they are fighting. If it is to help the American

people, help them. Quit this crap about

the Republicans and Democrats. Trump is not a politician,

I want to tell you, but he is going Back at the pallet factory they are

outgrowing their surroundings. Tracy wants to build a new warehouse

and provide affordable health care for the new workers

she is itching to hire. She is relying on President Trump

who has a construction background after all to lay

the political foundations. Sometimes he flies off

the handle a little too quick, I think things are coming around

and I think they will work together This state like others

in the midwest boarded the Trump train because of promises of change,

and new jobs inspired hope. Internal squabbling over health care

reform is not what people here expect now that Republicans

are in the driving seat. And back with us now is Republican

strategist Ron Christie. We were talking earlier in the

programme about whether Donald Trump's flip-flops with Nato and

China will cost him with his supporters. In the end his approval

ratings will be based on whether he produces jobs for American people.

How much does he now have to make that pivot away from foreign policy

to home policy and back onto the jobs trail? People will be looking

and saying what legislation will he worked with Congress to get enacted

in law? What difference will it make to my economic condition? He has

done a lot of executive actions, but he has not done much with Congress.

People will say they want people in Washington to get to work and get

things done. So far Donald Trump has done a lot of things on his own, he

will have to work with the Congress and the freedom caucus to put

together progress. Will those very conservative members of the party be

watching those President's approval ratings and decide to back him defy

him on legislation? They are going to look at him and say, do I want to

work really closely with this president as we head into every

election, or do I want to put some distance between myself and him so

that they still have enough popularity in their districts to get

elected. We saw with Obamacare, the problem for Paul Ryan, the speaker,

is he appeals to the moderates and freedom caucus starts to move away

and if he appeals to the freedom caucus, the moderates move away.

That will apply to a lot of people coming up in the next few months.

That is really the tight rope the speaker of the House has to tread

right now. He has to find a way to resuscitate health care. This is one

thing Republicans have been talking about for several years. They have

to find a way to make good on that promise to the American people. They

have also talked about tax and regulatory reform. People are paying

great attention, what does it mean to have one political party in

charge of the entire government? If Republicans cannot find a way to

work together or work with Democrats to get things done, they will throw

up their hands and say, we gave you the keys to the car to drive us to a

better position, you cannot do it, let's put the Democrats back in. We

have been talking a lot about Steve Bannon who stands closer to the

freedom caucus and the right wing of the party and he is inside the White

House at the moment and is having a tough time. President Trump gave

another interview today and said, he is a nice guy, but he is a guy who

works for me. The White House has got a problem with Steve Bannon.

They have to keep them close because they do not want him outside the

White House is firing back at them, do they? Absolutely not. You often

have staff in different camps. There is a Jared Kushner camp, the Jim

Bannon camp, and if Jim Bannon departed in the short term, the real

risk is it will allow a lot of the people who voted for him to say, you

took the guy out who we thought was minding the store to make sure that

it would not get a bit wobbly and now you are having these more

moderate people in there? Donald Trump is in a precarious spot. He is

the president of the United States, that he needs to have key allies

around who are seen as being outside of the business as usual political

structure. Thank you for coming in. Fascinating, such an interesting

time from the beginning when Donald Trump came in, having campaigned on

these radical proposals on the economy, immigration, and now

transitioning because some of those things will not work unless he can

govern as a more centrist, establishment type of politician. He

needs the structure of government, the very government he spent the

whole of his campaign did crying. He said he would destroy the

administrative state. If you want to govern effectively, you need some of

that establishment. If Steve Bannon walks, he has been privy to all the

conversations, he knows everything from inside and a lot of the

policies, the flip-flopping, will not sit easily with Steve Bannon. If

he walks, it will not be good news for the White House. Steve Bannon is

very close to some of the major backers of the campaign and

potentially he takes their money with him as well and I think that is

why he is still in the White House. I cannot say anything in those

interviews that Donald Trump has given that makes me think Steve

Bannon will be around for very long. Who knows? Let's have a quick look

Let's have a quick look at other news.

Russia has rejected a European ruling that it contributed

to the deaths of more than 300 hostages during a siege

at a school seized by Chechen separatists in Beslan in 2004.

The European Court of Human Rights said Moscow had been guilty

Russian forces used tank cannon, grenade launchers and flame-throwers

A German judge has authorised the arrest of a 26-year-old Iraqi

man detained after an attack on a bus carrying players of

Prosecutors said they believed he was a member of Islamic State,

but prosecutors say they found no evidence that the man

The Italian football club, AC Milan, has been sold to a Chinese-led

consortium bringing to an end the era of ownership by the tycoon

and former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The purchase is worth more than three-quarters

The club's fierce city rival, Inter Milan, was bought last year

by a Chinese electronics retail group.

You are sitting at dinner with President Xi of China,

the ruler of the second biggest super power in the world,

And at that same moment there is a call from the generals

to inform you that the bombing of the Syrian airbase

has been carried out according to your orders.

Pretty awkward given that this is the first time

And not that easy to explain since you are communicating

So here is Donald Trump's explanation of how he broke

the news to President Xi, that while they had been having

I was sitting at the table, we had finished dinner and we were having

deserted and we had the most beautiful piece of chocolate cake

you have ever seen and the president was enjoying it. I was given the

message from the generals that the ships are locked and loaded, what do

you do? We made a determination, so the missiles were on the way. We

just launched 59 missiles heading to Iraq. Heading to Syria? Yes, heading

to Syria. I am just so glad the instructions

to the generals went right. It is definitely Syria and not Iraq. But

the way he described the chocolate cake it is like he was measuring it

and you get the image of a massive chocolate cake. I want to know what

happened between courses. Did he nipped out between the starter and

the main to find out what was going on? He came back and he played it

straight. Apparently there was a ten minute gap when he told them, when

he tried to get the communication going and the Chinese president was

thinking, and I hearing this right? He has launched 59 Tomahawks at

Syria? And even before coffee! There were people in the White House at

the time who were saying they were very glad this news came through as

President Trump was sitting next to the Chinese president with or

without chocolate cake because that gave us the opportunity to show the

Chinese that America is back and America is serious on carrying out

its threat and we would like them to hear that message.

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