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Seeing had this rocket motor attached to this, and then this front end, the central core extension bent up on the ground. and what people were not seeing was this larger canister that had broken into many pieces when the munition hit the ground. >> reporter: he says the rockets with the large payload chamber at the top looked something like this. cnn cannot verify the information. he says he can't rule out that the rockets could have come from the rebel side but -- >> my best guess though, was that it was the assad government because the amounts of sarin you need, the design of the munition, t...

People of america. >> reporter: president ease usually deliver the war speech after they've initiated military action. president reagan's invasion of grenada. >> we got there just in time. >> reporter: president obama toppling manuel noreaga. >> last night i ordered military forces to panama. >> reporter: the bombing in kosovo. >> today we joined our nato allies in air strikes. >> reporter: president george w. bush in iraq. tonight president obama will make the case for war before the first missile has flown. >> i think it's become a stopgap speech instead of a leadership speech. it seems like...

This proposal has become the world's de facto plan a for syria, radically changing the debate. >> reporter: just hours ago, kerry dismissed the plan the minute the words left his mouth. >> turn it over, without delay, and allow a full and total accounting for that, but he isn't about it do it. and it can't be done, obviously. >> reporter: but now his hypothetical is a full-fledged proposal, embraced by the unlikely alliance of syria, russia, and china. and britain, germany, the u.n. and now secretary kerry himself. >> president obama will take a hard look at it, but it has to be swift. it has ...

To discuss the syria crisis with russia's foreign minister. the united nations security council was supposed to hold an emergency meeting on syria at russia's request this afternoon, but a u.n. diplomat tells cnn the russians later dropped their request. let's go the our senior international correspondent, nick paton walsh, at the united nations right now. i suspect we will see a lot of activity at the security council in the coming days and probably weeks, but what's the latest? >> reporter: it's been a phenomenally confusing day of back door diplomacy here. the french starting it off with th...

Of muddled messaging and zigzagged policy-making, some clarity could solidify his ability to lead in this brewing crisis, and i should point out he will be giving the speech not in the oval office but on his feet. >> that's the same location he gave the bin laden speech? >> reporter: yes. >> let's dig a little deeper now. jon favreau is joining us. you've been talking to some of the speechwriters. what's going on? >> i check in on my colleagues once in a while. they're still tinkering, but it's just about ready. >> it's a lot different than it would have been before the last 24 hours of diplom...