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We met up with a survivor of the chemical attack. >> translator: one brick in the roof and they were stuck. everybody in that house and at least two other houses died. the barrel was five feet long, yellow and made of thick metal. doctors say they only had room to treat those who had a chance of survival. they left the others to die. >> reporter: and weve also heard that the regime has found the graves of the chemical victims in douma and have taken the bodies so that they cant be tested. we hea...

Would not be here today. >> the emergency meeting was called at the request of russia. you heard ambassador nikki haleys response. the u.s. now has evidence from last saturdays deadly attack on the damascus suburb that confirmed chemical weapons were used. the evidence blood, urine samples that tested positive for ch chlorine gas and another nerve agent. >> russia said the brits must have been involved. independent chemical weapons agents are headed there tomorrow. formerly the rebel held town, ...

According to two u.s. officials familiar with the intelligence, america has obtained blood and urine samples that have tested positive for both chlorine gas and another unnamed nerve agent. also, intelligence compiled by the united states and allies include images showing that the assad regime was behind the attack. france has confirmed it has proof of the syrian government that it carried out the attack and that chemical weapons were used. they have previously used chlorine and saran gas in att...

Director to separate each and every element of that. theres just -- it is a minefield, senator murphy. >> well get into the mueller investigation a little bit later in the show but the big question we are asking today right now is, would mike pompeo be a secretary of state who could stand up to the president when necessary? lets get to our team of reporters and analysts. joining me now, nbcs military and national security correspondent courtney kube and nbcs garrett haake who is on capitol hill....

That would be consistent with their past behavior. what we now know is there are blood and urine samples that have come from victims of this attack over the weekend and they have tested positive for chemical weapons, craig. >> as you are certainly aware, the syrian -- the official syrian line is that it wasnt them. we heard from the ambassador to the united nations earlier today and yesterday. to what degree of certainty are these officials confident that it was, in fact, bashar al assad who was...

>> we have been following the senate foreign relations committee hearing for president trumps nomination for secretary of state mike pompeo. we will go back to that hearing in just a moment. we have some breaking news to bring you. in the last hour, president trump talked about syria. he said that he is still having meetings about what action the united states might take against the assad regime there. and that a decision will be made fairly soon. courtney kube joins me now with some breaking ne...

Zero mention of syria in a press conference but he has been in meeting all day trying to figure out how the u.s. is going to respond to saturdays chemical attack in syria. >> its too bad that the world puts us in a position like that. but you know as i said this morning weve done a great job with isis. now we have to make some further decisions. they will be made fairly soon. >> he said they will be made fairly soon. 24 hours after addressing russia directly that a missile strike could be coming...

On what kind of response to expect. now u.s. officials tell nbc news they are confident the assad regime was behind last saturdays deadly attack in syria after blood and urine samples tested positive for chemical weapons. for more, joining me is bill neely. bill, bashar al assad has appeared in public. he made a statement and appeared notably about iranian officials. >> yeah, correct. for the last three days he has been photographed. it appears he is still in de mass discuss. predictab predictab...

In the luge, right? [laughter] seriously, i remember reading this report when it first came out. and the mouse hole in the side of the wall and they are stuffing the urine samples through there to swap them out. i mean, it was unbelievable story. the idea that this could be overturned by this body is, i think, shocking. >> look, i think its an indication and your earlier story about the u.s. olympic committee that we have got serious governance problems in international sports actually in the bu...

Your fast food already made meals in recent weeks. if you maam much tap water do you drink. or have you had a neon lamp shatter lately how often have you chewed gum in the past four weeks. two or three times in this bill and his fellow investigators ask more than one hundred questions in every household as they try to zero in on the offending foods and objects. urine samples are also collected theyre called and taken for analysis to a mobile lab all the hormone mimicking substances that enter a ...