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Bbc just at the start of the g-20 summit in russia. >> do you now believe there is more evidence than you were able to bring before the country when parliament voted? >> i think the evidence is growing all the time and we have just been looking at some samples taken from damascus in the laboratory of britain which further shows the use of chemical weapons in that damascus suburb. >> so clearly the timing of this is also important, and the fact that prime minister cameron is saying this in russia...

This discussion, their answer so far is that syria did not use chemical weapons. obama did. in syria somehow. yeah, thanks. you guys, cheers. meanwhile, back in fact land, there remain the scientists, the actual u.n. weapons inspectors who are investigating these allegations in syria, that have given rise to this whole international fight. just like they were in the leadup to the iraq war, the u.n. inspections team in syria this year, is led by a swede. the swedish prime minister kept mentioning...

Reported just last hour britain says it has taken samples from the alleged chemical weapons attack in the damascus area and that they have tested positive for sar in. there is an interview david cameron granted to the bbc where he is talking about what it is that they found in this chemical attack. listen to this. >> do you now believe there is more evidence than you were able to bring before the country went parliament? >> i think the evidence is growing all the time, and we have just been look...

Chemical weapons knowing it was going to draw an international response. >> yeah. the parallels of 2002 are kind of creepy, arent they, joe? the amount to which we dont really know whats going on and i think its why people should absolutely be asking questions about all of the intelligence, when the administration says that 1429 people were killed, how exactly did they get that number? they still havent told us yet. its a far higher number than doctors without borders, for example, had been repo...

Have lied to me and to the american people. thats what happened. so this time around there is a u.n. investigation, investigators from the united nations have gone in on the ground and theyre now have taken samples and done analysis and theyre now trying to put it altogether and compile a report. it may take two weeks. president obama assured us we dont need to act right away. we can wait a few weeks. we can even wait a month. why not wait for an impartial u.n. investigation. it is very strange ...

So as i told the prime minister, i am very respectful of the u.n. investigators who went in at great danger to try to gather evidence about what happened. we want more information, not less. but when i said that i have high confidence that chemical weapons were used, and that the assad government through their chain of command ordered their use, that was based on both public sourcing, intercepts, evidence that we feel very confident about, including samples that have been tested showing sarin fr...

And whether those are going to be enforced. so, as i told the prime minister, i am very respectful of the u.n. investigators who went in at great danger to try to gather evidence about what happened. we want more information, not less. but when i said that i have high confidence that chemical weapons were used and that the assad government through their chain of command ordered their use, that was based on both public sourcing, intercepts, evidence that we feel very confident about. including sa...

Are currently working very seriously on obtaining results of their mission in syria? why preempting the results by this kind of irresponsible anticipation? why preparing the ground for an illegal military aggression against syria? >> if indeed -- >> what would be the result of the investigation -- investigative team? >> they seem to say they have taken a lot of samples. as i say, yet, again, there have been many, many tests done over the last year or so because you havent used them just once but...

>> it could, senator. i mean they -- there is some indication that they have assured the regime that if we destroy something, they can replace it. but thats not a reason for me to hesitate to act. and to the -- to your point, there is always unintended consequences of conflict. but as the secretary has mentioned, we know what the consequences could be, probably would be if we do not act. >> thank you. >> mr. secretary, and teresa, you look great. you look absolutely fantastic here today. its my ...

Very important not to make a mistake in this area. >> okay, so speaking of iraq, some internationally wonder where the united states got its samples in syria. it said it got it from independent sources. who were they? >> well, it said also in various statements they got it from first responders. and i take that to be the medical personnel that youve shown and other stations have shown on video who treated them. let me just say, if you look at that video, those first responders were extremely cou...