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I know that there are going to be people in the republican and democratic parties who for policy reasons will oppose. others are tempted to hang the president out there by voting no. when they do that, theyre not just hanging the president out there, theyre hanging america out there, compromising our credibility in the world. so i appeal to fellow members of congress, give the president the authority he asked for. incidentally, the fact that he has waited now, gone to congress in my opinion has ...

The presidents newly updated options include cruise missiles launched from one of four navy destroyers or jets firing from outside syrian air space. >> were prepared to exercise whatever option, if he decides to employ one of those options. >> chris lawrence joins us from the pentagon. tell us some of the options the president is considering. >> some of the potential targets include command bunkers in the delivery systems for weapons such as artillery batteries or missile launchers. on a next le...

Chemical weapons used by the rebels. the question is going to be whether or not the u.n. inspectors will be allowed to meet with the rebels. this is something that weve seen in our past, in our time in syria reporting on the ground that is sometimes restricted by the syrian government. they dont give united nations officials to go and meet with all of the parties, if you will, of this conflict. the other point is going to be whether or not the u.n. will have access to the locations where these a...

>> the bloodshed unjust fyable according to security council members. >> security council made it abundantly clear that there are no circumstances whatsoever that justify the use of heavy weapons attacks against civilian population. >> the syriaenian ambassador called it unfounded allegations. >> i had like to condemn also on behalf of my government the lies that were said a few minutes ago by some members of the council who try to -- >> it has been a buzz lee last few hours as many people walke...

Pockets they have left outside of damascus and a few other areas just not by using chemical weapons. and already we are seeing that defiance in damascus. people say the are jet stream is still standing the next day. maybe they will get the message there is a price to be paid for chemical weaponsment or maybe wont. >> you can understand one of the long criticisms of this war is so many countries involved in this operation would tolerate the fact that on a daily basis they would kill with barrel b...

Terrorist groups do harbor lessons learned. they watch and see what is effective. what we have seen over the last year is these simple vehicle as weapons attacks where they just take a rental vehicle, or the stolen van as we -- the tractor trailer, like we saw in nice, and they just drive it into a crowd of pedestrians. i have done some analysis on the photographs of the vehicle itself. and i know that area that it went to. ive been to barcelona many times. ive lived in spain for eight years. it...

>> part of what you mentioned, syria. and youre hearing more from the administration on that topic. what are they saying? >> reporter: well, one of the interesting things is what are the u.s. goals in syria. we have the assad regime which has been responsible for deadly chemical attacks against its own citizens. conventional weapons attacks, as well. is regime cnge t u.s. policy. it has not been. at the same time, there is also the isis component inside syria. the u.s. definitely saysity to t bo...

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