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Indeed this is genocide. >> our fred pleitgens part of the team that captured images of the mass grave and he's back in kyiv with the latest. >> reporter: hi, there, pamela, as the russians continue to withdrawal from areas here around kyiv and towards the border with belarus and ukrainians move into the territories, two things are increasingly clear. on one hand, more hardware was taken out than anybody would have thought and on the other hand, a lot more civilians came to harm, as well. we witnessed some firsthand. here is what we saw. as russian forces retreat from the area north of kyiv in...

Ukrainians make more inroads and access more areas, unfortunately, they're probably going to find more of the same. pamela? >> awful. fred, thanks. the u.s. state department will help document any russian atrocities committed against civilians. arlette saenz is at the white house. arlette, what are you hearing about this from the biden administration? >> expressing shock over devastating scenes out of bucha with antony blinken calling it a shot to the gut. blinken and the nato secretary general refrained from using such a term but both leaders said that russia must be held accountable for it...

Smuggle him into syria. fred pleitgens is heading up our coverage. we have tlaerlearned that polic beijing have raised the alert level there. >> this is taking on more and more international dimensions. we have so many strings we are following. that heightened in turkey. investigation into the terror attacks that happened last friday continues. one of the things that's also going on is that the french are preparing for final new attacks should they happen. one of the big concerns is chemical weapons in the hands of isis. it is a terrifying thoughts. terrorists warning they could go as far as u...

Government, and lot of them were really in the mode of disbelief. they said they never would believe that the government would ever use kchemical weapon, and they believe it is fabricated and done by the opposition if anyone used chemical weapons, and then that mode of defiance where people were saying if america wants to come here, and if america wants to help the rebels, let them do that, because we are ready to fight against america, but of course in everything that people say here, you do hear that worry, and that concern that if america were in fact to play a larger role in the conflict, ...

Scene would deal a large blow to that. >> fred pleitgens in damascus for us this morning or this afternoon which could be a different damascus tomorrow than it is today. one person who has been arguing for intervention since the civil war began is senator john mccain, and he may be finally getting the wish or at least part of it. the senator joins me now. senator mccain, the white house makes clear that the u.s. will start providing military assistance to the rebels, presumably that means weapon, so what weapons are you comfortable giving the rebels there, and are there any weapons that you ...