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34 countries in declaring that the assad regime is responsible for the use of chemical weapons on that night. even iran, which is fighting on ass assad's behalf in syria has blamed the assad regime for the august 21st attack. in the preparations for the attack and in our post-attack observations, it's common sense that they don't have the capabilities to coordinate an artility attack from a regime held neighborhood targeting opposition neighborhoods. i think it's also worth pointing out there's a great irony that in the placement of an op-ed like this, because it reflects the truly exceptional...

Chemical weapons program, why that same kind of pressure can't be applied for example to at least try to enforce a ceasefire or at least try to put some sort humanitarian corridors into place. >> arwa damon, thank you. what about the united nations? president obama said he plans to give u.n. inspectors their time to report their findings on the august 21st attack. odd turn from a week and a half ago when it seemed like the white house could barely wait for them to get out of syria to strike let alone wait for that report. nick, there was a security council meeting that russians ended up postpo...

>> my best guest submstimate wa was the assad government because the amount of sarin you need, the design of the ammunition, the cleverness with which it was put together sort of implies a state actor. >> reporter: the syrian government repeatedly denied launching the august 21st attack. now, russia's proposal to put syria's alleged chemical weapons stockpile under international control is viewed with some skepticism. >> their hands with regard to serious chemical weapons capability may not be clean. >> reporter: decades ago the russians in the soviet era and afterward provided syria with some...

The speech took place was so utterly dejected about what had happened, he's been living under siege. and he's been wondering why it is that if the u.s. can pressure the russians to pressure the syrians to disclose their chemical weapons program, why that same kind of pressure can't be applied for example to at least try to enforce a ceasefire or at least try to put some sort humanitarian corridors into place. >> arwa damon, thank you. what about the united nations? president obama said he plans to give u.n. inspectors their time to report their findings on the august 21st attack. odd turn from...

Seeing had this rocket motor attached to this, and then this front end, the central core extension bent up on the ground. and what people were not seeing was this larger canister that had broken into many pieces when the munition hit the ground. >> reporter: he says the rockets with the large payload chamber at the top looked something like this. cnn cannot verify the information. he says he can't rule out that the rockets could have come from the rebel side but -- >> my best guess though, was that it was the assad government because the amounts of sarin you need, the design of the munition, t...