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They still believe this russian plan could do that, but they also add this caveat, wolf, and that is if assad strikes again, they believe the u.s. could hit syria in retaliation and nobody here in washington will bat an eye. if he were to strike again. for all practical purposes, assuming that the bashar al assad regime does not use chemical weapons any time soon, the prospect of u.s. military action, military strikes, that s on hold at least for the time being. reporter: that s right. administration officials i talked to earlier today, wolf, say that the pressure is now off of congress to authorize military action. when the president was up on capitol hill, according to people who were in the room, the president was talking about diplomacy, about giving this russian proposal a chance, and that is what we re going to be hearing from the president later on tonight. we certainly will. jim acosta, thank you. senior state department official has just told cnn the secretary of state j ....
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, the cleverness with which it was put together, sort of implies a state actor. reporter: the syrian government has repeatedly denied launching the august 21st attack. now russia s proposal a to put syria s stockpile under international control is being ....
Realization for a man just waking up from surgery. he s married. here s cnn s jeanne moos. reporter: he seemed to be waking up after a hernia operation eating a cracker when his eyes focused on the woman beside the bed. did the doctor send you? man, you are eye candy. reporter: the prettiest woman he has ever seen, he says. my name s candace. i m your wife. you re my wife? holy [ bleep ]. reporter: the video has women gasping. do we have children yet? not yet. man, have we kissed yet? reporter: even female co-hosts were smitten over how ....
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 the white house is hemorrhaging right now and they need to tourniquet it. reporter: or a diplomacy speak. one thing the president could gain tonight after a few weeks ....
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 be real. it has to be verifiable. it cannot be a delaying tactic. reporter: today the administration claimed that the discussion of the stockpiles had been a discussion for a year. ....