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On a state to reinforce prohibition of chemical weapons. at that time 11 countries, including the united states, signed on. we now have an additional 15 who joined that. secretary kerry in europe as well working with europeans and arabs. weve been working every day in the united states and country by country. in terms of what we have provided congress, let me just describe top lines of briefings. i wont get into the classified part. the bottom line, as we told congress, we concluded with high co...

The evidence is and where it came from. >> reporter: samples from the bodies of victims according to secretary of state john kerry gives u.s. officials the evidence they need. >> it has tested positive for signatures of sarin. >> reporter: what are those signatures? how can we be sure this is a repeat of the slam-dunk that wasnt, the claim iraq that wmd? former weapons inspector who previously looked for cases in iraq says a signature of sarin is not something you can see or smell. >> think how ...

Inspectors who were there can take blood and hair samples, brain tissue samples from deceased victims and run them through a device called a gas chromatography machine. even if that area of damascus was decimated by syrian army shelling right after the chemical attack, experts say its not degraded to the point where you cant get an accurate test. they can grab samples from walls. they may not be prevented from getting an accurate sample. >> appreciate your reporting. secretary of state john kerr...

>> i suspect were probably into five or seven days more. there are some things you can do that makes it a little quicker, but a lot is riding on this. i can speak of having been under this in the past. youre under a tremendous amount of pressure because the policymakers, the governments, wont answer immediately. youre also under professional pressure. you know the consequences of a mistake. you want to get it right. and so you go one way or the other, depending on the pressure. i think if you ha...

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Asked if hes made any progress. >> we were talking about the economy this afternoon. >> reporter: syria is the proverbial elephant in the room as its not even on the official agenda for the summit pushing all discussions on to the margins in corridors and behind closed doors. >> i think our joint recognition that the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy, but also a violation of international law that must be addressed. >> reporter: in the midst of the private meetings a very pu...

Progress -- >> we are talking about the economy. >> reporter: syria is the elephant in the room as its not on the agenda for the summit, pushing all discussions on to the margins, in corridors and behind closed doors. >> i think our joint recognition that the use of chemical weapons in syria is not only a tragedy, but a violation of international law that must be addressed. >> reporter: a key announcement thursday. britains ministry of defense found frass of gas on clothing. prime minister david...

Talking a lot about syria and the sarin and waiting for the u.n. inspectors to come back with their report about whether it was sarin and how it was delivered hopefully. britain meanwhile were getting reports from our bureau in london saying that samples taken from the chemical weapons attack site in damascus have tested positive for sarin. what type of sarin, we dont know. delivery, we dont know. the u.k. saying it has evidence that sarin was used in that attack. >> thats welcome news for the o...

Taken from a victim from that particular attack. atika shubert has more on this live from london. atika, specifically what did they find and how did they find it? >> reporter: well, the prime ministers office has confirmed that they took these clothing and soil samples from a victim of that attack and theyve spent the last seven days testing them at the chemical testing facility here for the ministry of defense. they say they tested positive for sarin. that certainly adds to the case thats been ...

Military conflict. here we go. im brooke baldwin. breaking news just into us here at cnn. it is the evidence that helps the obama administrations case against syria. britain says samples collected from a victim of that reported chemical weapons attack back in damascus in october, rather august 21st, have tested positive for sarin. atika shubert is live in london. just to be crystal clear, this is not the official testing by those u.n. chemical weapons inspectors whove been in syria. that said,...