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Allies. were still working on this. >> is the u.s. military ready to conduct a retaliatory strike if ordered? >> all right. the u.s. continues to drum up support from allies for a unified response. fro france put forth its support. france appears to now be on board after presenting new evidence assad is to blame for the attack. the prime minister has ordered submarines to move within striking distance of syria. the syrian observatory writes it has evacuated airports and military bases ahead of a...

Bashar al assads military command headquarters. >> assad was given a warning a year ago. he didnt heed that warning, and so the president is going to have to go back in with something thats going to make more of an impression on mr. assad. >> reporter: assad has denied his forces carried out that horrific chemical attack, but today, images were posted by activists on twitter said to show an unexploded barrel bomb, which a man wearing a gas mask said contained chemicals. but the u.s. has also poi...

Iranians. and there is a real concern, right? weve got reports today of syrian soldiers going into russian bases that we go from that what happens tonight or tomorrow or the day after means something really escalatory. >> well, it could be escalatory and the way that syrian forces or are arrayed and now if theyre in a disperse it will regime, this could turn away from a single night strike which we generally tend to do at about this time early in the morning to a multiday action because we very ...

Do, but if theyve move all those aircraft out of the bases north of damascus and near homs and theyre all up in the air because on the syrian coastitying is with russian aircraft, then well already have faced before weve launched the first missile. >> that is the question about what is being strategically who will be killed, about whether those people killed will be civilians or whether theyll be combatants, what nationality theyll have and the question of all u.s. military action, what comes af...

Just listening to what fred went through and what the president -- the presidents tweet, the russian reaction, the president says the missiles are coming. russia says, well see if they carry through on this. russia says its prepared to shoot them down. russia says its prepared to target where they come from, which would be u.s. warships and maybe other bases in the region. the french are involved in these conversations. the tweet takes you into the area of, what is this? but the substance of thi...

President here. we can really see that escalation. one of the things that is important to point out, not only threatening to shoot down missiles, they are threatening to fireback at the bases where they are fired from. of course its anybodys guess what that can mean. one of the things were seeing here is syria. there could be an american strike back after this alleged chemical attack and that strike could happen very soon. there are reports that the syrian military is moving hardware around. and...

Evidence -- [ inaudible ]. >> were still assessing the intelligence ourselves and our allies, were still working on this. >> reporter: is the u.s. military ready right now to conduct a retaliatory strike if ordered? >> we stand ready to provide military options if theyre appropriate, as the president determines. but thank you very much. >> lets go to our senior international correspondent, nick payton walsh on the ground in syria. you tell me what youre seeing and hearing about people being on a...

Convoys in the damascus area moving around more than normal. its unclear if thats directly related to what the president has been tweeting. were getting reports of the syrian air force removing jets from some air bases, presumably also in anticipation of possible u.s. strikes. the syrian government has also reacted, theyre calling the presidents language reckless saying its a threat to international peace and stability. and of course, the russians themselves have reacted. theyre not only saying ...

Did conduct a limited air strike it was seen more as a face saving exercise by dollar charm but that was limited the russians werent informed earlier in a sense it could be contained and. this internet evidence was pretty much back in the day but this time the president of the united states says not only that the missiles were becoming but also the smarter than you are which means that it would be tomahawk like the last time something more need turn so it would be a bigger strike that if it is a...

Port. the other ships are now presumed to be at sea. also, the figaro is reporting the syria army is evacuating military bases and transferring to bases with strong russian presence. this following the threat by the u.s. to respond to what is widely believed to be a chemical attack on syrian opposition and civilians. russian forces have threatened that retaliation will be taken. the air traffic control authority in europe has put out a warning for those flying about the possibility of disruption...