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Missiles on port left a port putting it within striking range of syria. >> dana: general mattis is trying to explain keeping his options open, but are we capable of hitting those sites? i wonder if part of the calculation is the death and destruction is happening at a rapid clip against civilians in syria. it doesnt necessarily always have to do with chemical weapons. is that part of the discussion? >> reporter: its really complicated. of course, the u.s. can strike syria. if you look at the exp...

Analyst, it is almost certainly israel that carried out the strike. we just got this video in from syrian state media. we cannot independently verify the contents of the video, syrian state media says it shows the missiles flying towards the t-4 air base near homs, syria. if it was israel, why did they carry out the strike? the former air force commander said the chemical weapons, the alleged use of chemical weapons cannot go without a response. but the big picture here is iran. the base that wa...

Ground, many of them children, foam in their mouths, which is a potential bit of evidence of a chemical attack. just more than a year ago that the u.s. launched missiles at a syrian air base. that strike came after an alleged sarin attack by the syrian government. the president will meet with his advisers and military officers in the coming hours, and hell have to decide how the u.s. responds this time to those videos that you just saw. >> thats right. and cnns ben wedeman is in beirut in neighb...

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Remember that on the 10th of february, the iranian drone was launched from there. it entered the israeli airspace. the israelis struck the t-4 base and one of their f-16s after that air strike while returning to his israeli airspace was hit by syrian defenses. so this may actually have nothing to do with the alleged chemical attack in douma yesterday. it may perhaps be a result of israeli revenge for the shooting down of the f-16. at this point we simply dont know. we waiting for more details. >...

According to the russian statement, two israeli f-15s while flying over lebanon fired eight rockets at the t-4 base. five of them were intercepted. three hit the base. we dont know the specifics of damage or whatnot. the syrian news agency in their statement did say there were casualties and fatalities. there have been reports that perhaps there were iranians among those figures because in the past that was a base that had been used by the iranians to launch drones toward israel going back to fe...

Quote/unquote, decision will happen in the next 24-48 hours and nothing is off the table. he also says if vladimir putin is responsible russia will pay a price. here now is the president. >> we are very concerned when a thing like that can happen. this is about humanity. were talking about humanity. and it cant be allowed to happen. so well be looking at that barbaric act and studying whats going on. were trying to get people in there. as you know, its been surrounded so its very hard to get peo...

Conducted its believed more than 100 air strikes in syria, although this morning the israeli defense ministry did deny comment on reports that israeli forces or israel was behind this strike on the t-4 base. george? >> thank you for the background on that, ben. getting back to these images that we saw, these atrocities quite frankly of people, women, children, fathers dead on the ground from beings apparently gassed to death, what are you hearing about the situation in douma now and the agreemen...

Mr. trump will meet with his top advisers in the coming hours, and they will have to is tied how the u.s. responds to scenes like ones youve just seen. >> lets bring in ben wedeman following the story in neighboring beirut, lebanon. ben, so lets talk about the syrian media report of a missile strike in homs province. are you hearing any indication who might be behind this or what actually happened there? >> well, starting with what happened, some time overnight there was a missile strike on the ...

Now its important to keep in mind that the t-4 base was where on the 10th of february an iranian drone was launched that went into israeli territory. the israelis shot down that drone and then carried out strikes on that air base, the t-4 where there are iranian personnel. and one of their f-16s on when it was on the way back to israeli airspace was shot down by the syrians. one interesting thing weve just seen is lieberman, the israeli defense minister has come out with statements saying that t...