August 21st Attack News Today

34 countries in declaring that the assad regime is responsible for the use of chemical weapons on that night. even iran, which is fighting on ass assads behalf in syria has blamed the assad regime for the august 21st attack. in the preparations for the attack and in our post-attack observations, its common sense that they dont have the capabilities to coordinate an artility attack from a regime held neighborhood targeting opposition neighborhoods. i think its also worth pointing out theres a gre...

Chemical weapons program, why that same kind of pressure cant be applied for example to at least try to enforce a ceasefire or at least try to put some sort humanitarian corridors into place. >> arwa damon, thank you. what about the united nations? president obama said he plans to give u.n. inspectors their time to report their findings on the august 21st attack. odd turn from a week and a half ago when it seemed like the white house could barely wait for them to get out of syria to strike let a...

>> my best guest submstimate wa was the assad government because the amount of sarin you need, the design of the ammunition, the cleverness with which it was put together sort of implies a state actor. >> reporter: the syrian government repeatedly denied launching the august 21st attack. now, russias proposal to put syrias alleged chemical weapons stockpile under international control is viewed with some skepticism. >> their hands with regard to serious chemical weapons capability may not be cle...

The speech took place was so utterly dejected about what had happened, hes been living under siege. and hes been wondering why it is that if the u.s. can pressure the russians to pressure the syrians to disclose their chemical weapons program, why that same kind of pressure cant be applied for example to at least try to enforce a ceasefire or at least try to put some sort humanitarian corridors into place. >> arwa damon, thank you. what about the united nations? president obama said he plans to ...

Seeing had this rocket motor attached to this, and then this front end, the central core extension bent up on the ground. and what people were not seeing was this larger canister that had broken into many pieces when the munition hit the ground. >> reporter: he says the rockets with the large payload chamber at the top looked something like this. cnn cannot verify the information. he says he cant rule out that the rockets could have come from the rebel side but -- >> my best guess though, was th...

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Theyre a constant worry in that region what are you hearing about possible strikes? >> theres been a lot of pugilistic talk. military commanders is saying the whole region would turn into the turmoil and ils rail wont be safe. any country thats been involved in the attack on syria will lose its national security so theyre very vociferous about the comments but when you look at the presidents comments, newly elected president whos only been in office for a month, hes been a lot softer in his tone...

Wait for the u.n. weapons inspector to come back with their report on the chemical attack but now the french indicate they want the u.s. to wait and go back to the u.n. and try again to seek a u.n. security council resolution even though they know its few until because russia will veto it again but that will cause more delay. kerry, being a diplomat, said hell take the message back to president obama but its unlikely unless they lose in congress they would want to entertain that kind of lengthy ...

Today, the presidents calling members of congress, tomorrow. hell give interviews with six national networks and tuesday hell speak direct hill to the american public during a primetime interview. joining me now, contributing editor for the daily beast. and political reporter for reuters, andy sullivan. ill start with you and i know you have seen this horrific and graphic video showing the chemical attack victims. although the videos authenticity hadnt been independently var fived do you think i...

P.m. today. he submitted it last weeks, succumbing to weeks of pressure. 19 women accused filner of inappropriately touching them and making lewd comments. he offered an apology for public failures but denied touching anybody. wolf blitzer is in "the situation room." no doubt the united states will strike against syria in syria. president obama and secretary of state john kerry presenting the evidence making the case for u.s. military action. horrific new video surfacing showing another -- ano...