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Trying to prepare for. this we heard what jennifer had to stay in terms of the military movements, but also on the ground you are seeing a lot of the regime's prop began darks syrian state tv is showing all sorts of military exercises, trying to talk about the prowess of the syrian military. trying to talk up the amount of support the regime has. certainly a big part of their propaganda machine. lastly, inside damascus, we hear of some people going out to stock up, get ready for things, buy bread, those kind of things. it doesn't seem though that there is a real panic inside damascus though ab...

A.m. in damascus, which means those inspectors could in theory be out already or will be in the next few hours. that might remove one of the last impediments to president obama ordering a military strike. the inspectors are bringing out with them all the samples and evidence that they have collected. those, according to u.n. officials, will be taken to labs in europe for exhaustive analysis. listen. before the mission can draw conclusions about this incident. available information la bore tore analysis of all samples must be completed. >> and we understand that the secretary general of the uni...

Mediterranean including now the uss san antonio. that's a marine amphibious warship. it's joined the other naval assets. this vessel does not carry missiles there are 300 marines on board just in case. >> it will not involve any boots on ground. it will not be open-ended. and it will not assume responsibility for a civil war that is already well underway. >> the pentagon and the u.s. navy is essentially standing by awaiting orders from the president. it is unlikely that the president would order a strike while the u.n. inspectors are still on the ground in damascus. they are expecting do leave...

We're talking about damascus. we're talking about something that to me seems like -- at least it feels like wow, are we entering into something that's rapidly escalating here? i guess the question everybody is asking is what's going on right now? >> i think this is quite a significant escalation in that now we see direct strikes against, you know, damascus itself, the mountains where you have some of the heaviest concentrations of the elite forces of the regime. and just by looking at the pictures and talking to some of our colleagues inside syria, inside damascus, it's not just the research f...

Bomb exploded nearby, at least 16 people killed, many of those women and children. you can see the video provided by syrian state tv shows the destruction there. and this shows how president assad's regime is beginning to lose control. the thread is unraveling as the rebels are unable to now launch attacks over and over inside damascus. two car bombs in the past two days. historically, these have been carried out by a former al-qaeda in iraq syndicate group using fighters who were trained in iraq to then bring their expertise into syria and fight this battle. it shows really how the rebels are...