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Tumult with hosni mubarak set to be released from prison ahead of a retrial, there are worries about further violence in a country that, of course, has seen recent crackdowns against pro-morsi rebels and awful reprisals against egyptian police and christian civilians in places of worship. joining me now is nbc news chief foreign correspondent richard engel. richard, what do we know? what can be confirmed about the awful, awful, awful images we are seeing out of syria today? >> reporter: weve spo...

Reports that the syrian regime carried out a toxic gas attack this week. while the government is denying it used chemical weapons, earlier today the white house was asked directly what it would take for america to use military force. >> so far in syria more than 100,000 people have been killed. thats effectively like wiping out the whole city of south bend, indiana. how many more people need to die before the u.s. does employ some force beyond the humanitarian aid were providing before there is ...

Eyes. two more villagers are expected to speak at the court-martial today. staff sergeant bales faces life in prison. to syria now where activists and rebel groups say the forces have carried out a nerve gas attack near the countrys capital, killing hundreds of people. the regime denies those claims. the heavy shelling coming as a team of u.n. inspectors investigates reports that both sides have enbeiged in chemical warfare here. leland vittert live in the middle east bureau. leland is there p...

Gregg: new signs of an escalation of violence in syria. rebel groups claiming bashar al-asaads regime has killed hundreds of people, some of the victims children in a gas attack near damascus. rebels exchanging gunfire with snipers in the syrian capital. the government calls those claims baseless, but of course they said that before. general jack keane served as the army vice chief of staff. i looked at the video. we cannot show most of it because its so horrific. i can describe it. dead childre...

Web browsing, at the very least your phone call data records which tells them who youve called and when. >> the administration has repeatedly assured americans that their emails and other data are not being examined. the truth is a lot murkier than that. jon: amazing technology and sometimes scary. thank you. heather: right now a new accusation that the regime in syria used more chemical weapons against its own people. according to activists, 100 people are dead from an alleged gas attack. the u...

A worker who tried to remove a suspicious container and died instantly. more than a dozen critically injured, over 3400 treated and some choking for air. some were blinded. >> it got dark all around and i couldnt see. >> i saw something on the train wrapped in plastic. >> reporter: investigators found six containers wrapped in plastic and doctors said the poison was serin, a nerve agent that cripples the nervous system. a drop can kill almost instantly. >> in the end, that serin attack the japan...

And im quite surprised and i can tell you they did not knowingly put in the wrong type of fuel. >> ralph basham is a former director of the secret service. its not the first time this car has met its match. in dublin two years ago -- a steep driveway at the u.s. embassy proved too much for the low-riding beast. president obama wasnt in the car at the time but he reportedly watched from the identical one behind it as agents worked for 15 minutes to unwedge the first limo. the beast and its replic...

Is that what this is about? >> well, really its about the department of homeland security wanting to protect people from terrorism. the initial prototypes are testing on carbon monoxide and fire but really i think the concern is a gas attack on a subway or something like that and theyre going to be asking some cell phone makers to develop these chemical sensing chips in the hope that they can one day be used to collectively sense a poison gas attack or a chemical incident. >> you say collectivel...

Not enforcement came in the early hours of saturday when u.s. french and british forces launched one hundred five mess iles thats a legit chemical bunkers in syria in response to a suspected gas attack last week the white house declared mission accomplished showing off satellite images of the destruction. but moscow says the damage was minimal russian state t.v. broadcast from inside a base it said was targeted a syrian commander claims that with the help of soviet missile defenses the intercept...

One of the largest brant. in the world with more than five thousand marines and navy officers on board if russians attacks such and assume that such an aircraft carrier americans can face a great danger. and youre we know that russian president vladimir putin has called on israel not to take any action that could further destabilize the situation in syria basically you know asking tell of the not to fire any shots right now is the kremlin concerned that it could quickly lose its power and its in...