2017-18 春 Week 4 Assignment 4.mp4 2017-18 春 Week 4 Assignment 4.mp3: Now at 10. Breaking news. The United States, France and Britain unleashed airstrikes on Syria. President Trump says it's punishment for a chemical attack. A new day is dawning in Syria just hours after 100 missiles 1______________________________. All suspected of supporting the government's chemical weapons programs. We're getting new video into our newsroom of the military action. And KCAL9's Tom Wait is live in the newsroom 2______________________________ right now. Tom? Hi, there, Elsa and Juan. As you said, we are seeing new video of the strikes. Those blasts could be seen and heard across the Syrian capital. There was a rapid succession of explosions. Video 3______________________________ shows explosions lighting up the night sky in the Syrian capital of Damascus. Allied forces from the U.S., France and Great Britain were targeting suspected chemical weapons 4______________________________. The blast could be seen and heard across the city. The French government posted these videos of fighter jets taking off as the secret mission began. 5______________________________ Bashar al-Assad's chemical weapons arsenal. Syrian state TV claimed they were able to shoot down some of the missiles during the offensive. When the operation was finished, President Trump addressed the nation. We are prepared to sustain this response until the Syrian regime stops its use of prohibited chemical agents. The purpose of our actions tonight is to establish a strong deterrent against the production, spread and use of chemical weapons. The president 6______________________________ the Syrian regime. He called them out during his address. To Iran and to Russia, I ask what kind of a nation wants to be associated with the mass murder of innocent men, women and children? Friday strikes come in response to the suspected poison gas attack 7______________________________ Douma near the capital of Damascus that left dozens dead according to opposition groups. The airstrikes are the second time Mr. Trump 8______________________________ for using chemical weapons against civilians. We used a little over double the number of weapons this year than we used last year. It was done on targets that we believed were selective to hurt the chemical weapons program. We confined it to the chemical weapons-type targets. And U.S. officials said they would be assessing the success of the mission in the overnight hours. I'm Tom Wait, live in the newsroom. 9______________________________. OK, Tom 10______________________________.