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During this very crossing. and that figure continues to rise. two nights ago 24 people died. the night before that, 36. before that, 20. this island is a beacon of hope for so many people trying to reach here, but it also stands in the middle grounds. behind people leave the syrian conflict, middle eastern conflict, assads barrel bombs, gas attacks and the beheadings of isis. but ahead of them lies a europe in chaos, a europe which in many parts doesnt want them and cant hale them. jenna? jenna:...

Blood coming out of their ears. >> the rockets fired on those people contained nerve gas. an estimated 4,800 people died in the attack. president obama had called the use of chemical weapons a quote red line. and if syria crossed that line there would be quote, enormous consequences. have you heard that obama said the use of chemical weapons would be a red line? did you then expect something to happen? >> translator: we thought president obama was going to stop the war. >> instead the u.s. and r...

Blood coming out of their ears. >> the rockets fired on those people contained nerve gas. an estimated 4,800 people died in the attack. president obama called the use of chemical weapons a quote red line. and if syria crossed that line there would be quote, enormous consequences. have you heard that obama said the use of chemical weapons would be a red line? did you then expect something to happen? >> translator: we thought president obama was going to stop the war. >> instead the u.s. and russi...

Blood coming out of their ears. >> the rockets fired on those people contained nerve gas. an estimated 4,800 people died in the attack. president obama had called the use of chemical weapons a quote red line. and if syria crossed that line there would be quote, enormous consequences. have you heard that obama said the use of chemical weapons would be a red line? did you then expect something to happen? >> translator: we thought president obama was going to stop the war. >> instead the u.s. and r...

Blood coming out of their ears. >> the rockets fired on those people contained nerve gas. an estimated 4,800 people died in the attack. president obama had called the use of chemical weapons a quote red line. and if syria crossed that line there would be quote, enormous consequences. have you heard that obama said the use of chemical weapons would be a red line? did you then expect something to happen? >> translator: we thought president obama was going to stop the war. >> instead the u.s. and r...

We spoke to many people who were in the gas attacks in damascus. and we have heard the horrible stories, the choking, the burning throats, the blood in the ears climbing over dead bodies in the middle of the night. and yet no one came to help them. when a red line was drawn nothing was done. >> america promised to help but they did nothing. >> so says this man, a rebel general in charge of supplying elements to the fsa, the free syrian army. >> the whole world did nothing. with respect to obama,...

Mikey, im reminded as a counterexample of the gulf war when famously there were scud missiles going into missile and a question about how to respond to that and how to run from that. there was a time when many missiles lobbed into an outdoor concert and there were fears there would be gas attacks and all the musicians put on their gas masks and kept playing. many of the people there who travel with gas masks put them on and kept playing. it was a photo that went around the world in the early 90s...

How does that protect the homeland, and what are we doing to reduce the other threats. >> you are and i are in agreement. msnbc counterterrorism only lift michael leiter, thank you as always. >> thanks a lot, alex. coming up as syria touts progress in dismantling its stockpile, disturbing new video surfaces from gas attacks. details on that coming up next. you, my friend are a master of diversification. who would have thought three cheese lasagna would go with chocolate cake and ceviche? the s...

Small. you tell the enemy that an attack on them is going to be unbelievably small. you wait days and days after you have announced that you are going to do that while they disperse their forces, move civilians to military targets and vice versa. by the way, as an example, while they were worried about the strike they grounded the air force. as soon as the pause was announced the air strikes recommenced and heavier than they had been before and the intensity on the ground before. here we are, gr...

Congress and those of you watching at home tonight to view those videos of the attack and then ask, what kind of world will we live in if the united states of america sees a dictator brazenly violate international law with poison gas and we choose to look the other way? >> president obamas glum message to members of congress tonight. i want to go back to washington now where wolf blitzer is with senator rand paul, one of the toughest critics of president obamas syria plan. >> thank you for joini...