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Missiles on port left a port putting it within striking range of syria. >> dana: general mattis is trying to explain keeping his options open, but are we capable of hitting those sites? i wonder if part of the calculation is the death and destruction is happening at a rapid clip against civilians in syria. it doesn't necessarily always have to do with chemical weapons. is that part of the discussion? >> reporter: it's really complicated. of course, the u.s. can strike syria. if you look at the explosion, the air strike that occurred overnight at the t-4 air base in central florida, overnight f...

Analyst, it is almost certainly israel that carried out the strike. we just got this video in from syrian state media. we cannot independently verify the contents of the video, syrian state media says it shows the missiles flying towards the t-4 air base near homs, syria. if it was israel, why did they carry out the strike? the former air force commander said the chemical weapons, the alleged use of chemical weapons cannot go without a response. but the big picture here is iran. the base that was struck is not only a syrian base, it has iranian forces there. the news agency confirming there we...

Ground, many of them children, foam in their mouths, which is a potential bit of evidence of a chemical attack. just more than a year ago that the u.s. launched missiles at a syrian air base. that strike came after an alleged sarin attack by the syrian government. the president will meet with his advisers and military officers in the coming hours, and he'll have to decide how the u.s. responds this time to those videos that you just saw. >> that's right. and cnn's ben wedeman is in beirut in neighboring lebanon. he joins us now live. so, ben we have seen reports of a missile strike on an air b...

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Remember that on the 10th of february, the iranian drone was launched from there. it entered the israeli airspace. the israelis struck the t-4 base and one of their f-16s after that air strike while returning to his israeli airspace was hit by syrian defenses. so this may actually have nothing to do with the alleged chemical attack in douma yesterday. it may perhaps be a result of israeli revenge for the shooting down of the f-16. at this point we simply don't know. we waiting for more details. >> we certainly are. in the meantime, ben, what is the latest information you have in douma where th...