WARNING STRIKES AGAINST THE CARTELS ON LAND COULD BE COMING VERY SOON. HERE’S COURTNEY KUBE. >> Reporter: TONIGHT, THIS VIDEO SHOWING ANOTHER DEADLY MILITARY STRIKE, KILLING TWO NARCO TERRORISTS ON BOARD ACCORDING TO PETE HEGSETH, POSTING THE STRIKE WAS THIS INTERNATIONAL WATERS, BUT FOR THE FIRST TIME, THE BOAT WAS TRAVELING IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC RATHER THAN THE CARIBBEAN SEA. PRESIDENT TRUMP SUGGESTING TONIGHT HE’LL SOON ORDER STRIKES ON CARTELS SMUGGLING DRUGS BY LAND, TOO. >> SOMETHING VERY SERIOUS IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT’S HAPPENING BY SEA AND WE’RE GOING TO CONGRESS JUST TO TELL THEM WHAT WE’RE DOING. JUST TO KEEP THEM INFORMED. HAVE TO DO IT FROM THERE. WE HAVE TO DO IT TO SAVE LIVES. >> Reporter: THIS IS THE EIGHTH STRIKE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION HAS ANNOUNCED SINCE EARLY SEPTEMBER, KILLING AT LEAST 36 PEOPLE.
TWO MEN SURVIVED A U.S. AIR STRIKE ON THEIR SEMISUBMERSIBLE BOAT LAST WEEK. THE US NAVY PLUCKING THEM FROM THE WATER AND TRANSFERRING THEM TO COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR. BUT TONIGHT, A U.
S. OFFICIAL SAYS ECUADOR HAS ALREADY RELEASED A MAN TRANSFERRED TO THEIR CUSTODY.
SOME LAWMAKERS HAVE QUESTIONED THE LEGALITY OF THE STRIKE, BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP DEFENDING HIS EFFORT AGAINST CARTELS. >> YOU REALIZE THAT EVERY TIME YOU SEE THAT HAPPEN, YOU’RE SAVING 25,000 AMERICAN LIVES. EVERY ONE OF THOSE BOATS THAT GETS KNOCKED OUT IS SAVING 25,000 AMERICAN LIVES.
NOT TO MENTION THE TORN UP FAMILIES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. >> COURTNEY, LET’S GO BACK TO THOSE TWO SURVIVORS IN ONE OF THOSE RECENT STRIKES. DO WE KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING TO THEM? >> THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION .
