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Administration was urging haste. got to get this done. now, all of a sudden they say we will let negotiations go on for a couple of weeks to see if they've gained traction. does that inconsistency and now this lack of urgency only help assad, who according to the latest intellihas scattered his chemical weapons stockpile to some 50 different sites? >> greg the longer this drags out, the better for assad. he can dwrag it out. we saw what hussein did in iraq. he can blame it on rebel attacks, because they haven't stopped fighting, he can't give all access. it can be any number of delay tactics h...

August 22nd where general dempsey says that we could destroy the syrian air force but, that would not decisively turn the tide. it would not be militarily decisive in turning the tide against the syrian regime but it would decisively engage america in that conflict. and general dempsey went on to say that, the more prudent course of action would be to establish a coalition of friends and allies, and, support a moderate opposition force to deal with the assad regime and he cautioned against military intervention at this time. bill: so now we move to the interview today with bashar assad on cbs ...

Very, very quiet here in damascus. a lot less shelling than before. that doesn't confirm or dethink the report. there seems to be an eerie calm in the syrian chemical, anderson? >> there is a new twist in the syrian ambassador ito the u.n. that he submitted evidence, or what he claims are evidence of three previous instances where the opposition used chemical weapons. what more do you know about that? >> well, they say that those are three incidents that happened in the past couple of days an the damascus area. there was one incident i found particularly interesting, particularly because i was...

The economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. >> shepard: some crazy video now of an under water sinkhole that swallowed a bunch of trees in a louisiana bayou. it happened yesterday in a waterway west of new orleans. officials say they noticed the sinkhole last year and ordered a mandatory evacuation of the year. look at this. state and federal agencies have reportedly been monitor being it ever since. cameras happened to be rolling, they tell us, when the hole opened up and sucked down the trees. nobody got hurt. at least 30 people are hurt after a massive w...

Sunday, 10:00. we'll also be in washington wug this weekend, broadcasting as well. our special coverage of the march on washington, the 50 years since that. alex wagner will pick it up. >> president obama takes the fight on the road but the real battle lies ahead in washington. it's thursday, august 22nd and this is "now." congress may have two more weeks left but for the president, vacation is over. it's also over for me, too. hours ago he began his two-day bus tour through new york and pennsylvania pushing higher education reforms as part of his better bargain for the middle class. >> for ...