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Poll after poll shows that most americans are accepting as fact that syria's bashar al assad did use poison gas against his own people. that he is absolutely to blame. those same polls reveal an overwhelming majority of americans actually does not believe that it's a good enough reason to go ahead and punish him with air strikes. this is the dilemma that is now facing congress. do they listen to the people? their constituents? or do they listen to the president? it seems that half of the senate is still undecided. and when you look at the house, it's an even tougher sell. the representatives a...

Chemical weapons. one thing is a near certainty -- our latest polls show that not only a majority of americans oppose taking military action against syria, but also revealed brand new insights into this crisis. joining us with more, brianna keilar is at the white house. and cnn's political director, mark preston, is in our washington studio. so, the pulse of the people is so critical because so many of these congressional members have been getting an earful from their constituents right before coming back to washington. >> yeah. that's right. and the polls show if you look at just whether -- w...

It was the assad government that gassed its own people including young children and not the opposition that was looking to curry favor. we want to show some of the videos that the administration has started showing a select groups of senators to try to make its case. cnn obtained 13 of these videos. we want to warn you that they are extremely graphic and extremely gruesome, but extremely critical in this national argument. [ yelling ] [ speaking native language ] >> this is one part of many videos. obviously showing the foaming at the mouth, a hallmark of a sarin attack. then the children, the...

>> okay. mark preston, thank you for that. i think it's telling when you do see the numbers how people are responding. they've been getting snippets and bits and pieces of information. whether that amounts to a full intelligence picture, no. it definitely does not at this point. mark preston and brianna keilar, thank you. as we also mentioned, wolf blitzer's going to go one on one with the president about syria this evening. and you can watch it all starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. and you have probably seen at least some of the horrifying videos that were released this weekend...

Men, boys, and girls convulsing and dying on a tile floor. cnn can't independently confirm the images, but a government source says the obama administration told senators the u.s. intelligence community verified they're real. the source told cnn officials concluded the video was not tampered with because it was shot from multiple different angles. the intel officials are said to have verified the actual locations and that the video's match survivors' accounts of the attack. the images don't answer the critical question -- who is responsible. >> you've seen the video proof of the outcome of tho...