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Today. And activists on the ground reporting at least 16 people have been killed so far in a heavy government shelling near the capital. Now, most are believed to have been members of the opposition. Greg will be reporting live from the region in just a moment. But, first, we go to molly live in washington. Good afternoon. The European Union said it today, the french government said it yesterday, they want to wait for United Nations inspectors to release their report on the august 21st alleged chemical weapons attack in syria before supporting any kind of military attack. But secretary kerry made it clear that the u. S. Has not decided to wait on the u. N. Report. Hes in france now after arriving in lithuania earlier to meet with his European Union counterparts. They agreed in a statement that there is, quote, strong evi ....
Both israel and hamas. We saw lots of palestinians going out, shopping, many of them stocking up on supplies just in case the fighting does resume. Others went home to assess the damage to their houses and to their belongings. This area has seen some of the heaviest fighting the past three or four days. Everything is destroyed. Buildings are burnt out. There is rubble everywhere. Obviously, nobody can go back for his home. No animals, no electricity, no nothing. Workers are still pulling bodies from the rubble. It will take days before the actual death toll will be known but the damage unlike anything palestinians say they have ever seen before. People are getting a first look at homes or whats left of their homes. The priority is grabbing what they can, personal items, mattresses, animals anything they can take to safety. Several people said they couldnt recognize their own homes after heavy fighting between hamas and israeli troops. Anger and frustration is everywhere. Many blame isr ....
right now at 10:00, a winter weather advisory. one look at true view shows the nasty weather headed our way. this time we re not talking about snow but we are talking about a mix of weather that could affect your sunday. gwen tolbart is live to get us started. we are talking ice and that means hazardous conditions on the roads. let s look at the radar. this is the big picture. you can see the moisture well to the south of us. all that is headed our way as the low pressure system develops on the coast and is pushing all the moisture into colder ai that we will have to deal with tonight. let s go to the weather maps and give you a picture of where this winter advisory is, primarily to the west and north of the d.c. metro area. but it doesn t mean it couldn t head our way. this is a chance we could see this advisory expanded. what are we keeping an eye on? the coastal low. we have a chance of rain and a wintery mix and that could mean slick conditions on the roads on s ....
Believe these criteria have been met, and i cannot support military action against syria at this time. top senate democrat harry reid says he thinks he will have enough votes in the senate, but it s a close work in progress. and house democratic leader nancy pelosi sent out her fifth letter in five days to her colleagues urging them to take note of the president s comments on syria earlier this week. kelly and jamie? molly, as you know, the american people are watching this one extremely closely. molly henin berg reporting from washington. a question a lot of people are asking is how it s playing out on the ground in syria. greg is streaming live from across the border in beirut, lebanon, with the latest on that. reporter: we re just about 40 miles away from syria in beirut. from our contacts on the ground in syria, the fighting continues unabated despite the diplomacy surrounding a possible strike against syria. government forces continuing to ....