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Welcome back. i'm yasmin vossoughian. this week's chemical attack in syria was one of the worst in the country's history, and it drew's world's attention. heartbreaking images emerged showing children gasping for air, parents clutching their dead children and aid workers trying to save lives. joining us is nbc news medical correspondent dr. john torres. thanks for joining me. the russians are now contending this was not a chemical attack. from what you can see. >> it's hard to think of anything else. some of the symptoms they're showing are very typical for this type of attack. their pupils ar...

We should know in the coming hours. some assessment of the damage they caused and what the impact they think may be to the syrian regime if any at this point. >> again, the headline right now 50 to 60 tomahawk fired between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m. east coast time in the united states. all targeting that one air base? >> reporter: at the moment that is what defense officials here are telling us, they were targeting this single air base called shayrat. a regime air base in western syria they believe was directly tied to the nerve agent attack and the aircraft the syrian aircraft that flew from that b...

Fixed-wing aircraft that went to this location, they tracked the bombs being dropped by that aircraft, saw explosions and then saw civilians reacting in ways that were consistent with the nerve agent attack. so that's the first step. the u.s. has to prove or convince the president that they know who was responsible and that already seems to be under way. the next step, once you have this chain of culpability, would be to present the options to the president. we've also learned that almost since the moment this attack took place, for the last 48 hours or so, national security officials have bee...

Close, a member of the kgb when he was part of the soviet spy agency so he's very well versed in not only that agency but what the gru is capable of. as jim acosta just relayed to you, right now the tensions between the united states and russia certainly among the spy agencies, the national security officials is quite high. not reflecting necessarily president trump's comments but president putin obviously would be well versed in how the gru could carry out such an attack if so ordered. >> as you know, the russians have denied being involved in the nerve agent attack in the uk. did you get a s...

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