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To watch "sanjay gupta m.d.." thats all the time i have for you today. stay tuned. "around the world" starts right now. welcome to this special hour on the crisis in syria. wed like to welcome our viewers here in the united states as well as those watching from around the world. we are zeroing in on alls a pentagons of the crisis in syria. its a u.s. military strike appears imminent. it was one week ago today that the world watched in horror the aftermath of an apparent chemical weapons attack...

Of britain and france. they have signaled they would join in a military intervention against syrian government forces. syria remains defiant. its prime minister says western nations are fabricating scenarios and coming up with false alibis to justify military intervention. >> we want to bring you inside of syria now. cnn is the only network broadcasting live from damascus, giving you a view of the crisis like nobody else can. >> fred joins us from the syrian capital. we are seeing obviously the ...

Theres no doubt about it. heres a president whos defending drones, defending nsa surveillance, talking about a surgical military strike, whos just winding down two wars and who clearly, if he had his druthers, would not want to do this. but having drawn a red line, as hes done once, and now again, and theres a use of chemical weapons, they believe its clear inkcontrovertible evidence, whih they will probably declassify some of it to present to the american public. but having drawn that line, the...

To survivors at a medical facility near damascus. u.s. officials are not placing much stock in the u.n. mission. >> a state department official says too much time has passed for the investigation to be credible. right now, western powers are building a military coalition. president obama has the support of britain and france, who signal they would join in a military intervention against syrian government forces. syria remains defiant. its prime minister says western nations are fabricating scena...

Is the u.s. basing a case on false evidence, that the regime is saying as well. if the u.s. shows evidence, they might have a case, but so far he says there isnt a shred of evidence to support what the u.s. is saying publicly, so therefore -- you also heard the prime minister saying he believes this is also a false pretext. you do have people here on the ground who simply cannot believe that their government would have used these kinds of weapons against civilians. >> fred pleitgen who is in dam...

They will tell you it was not their regime that used chemical weapons. they are stockpiling things like canned foods and dried foods thinking some sort of war might have come. i wouldnt say its fear. i would say its nervousness. uncertainty where people are not exactly sure what escalation this war could bring. some people believe it is going to happen, but they dont really know whether or not its going to tip the scales on the battlefield and what it will mean for them in the future. while your...

In the suburbs of damascus. so you do have a stronger party here. the rebels are able to hold out because theyre getting arms. they are getting arms now. theyre not getting the kind of arms they need to defeat the regime. is it enough to change anything? my guess is not so much if its limited in scope and duration. >> do they still want it anyway? >> this is one of the misconceptions. one of the misconceptions is that everyone in syria is against the regime. not everyone in syria is against the ...