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Never were one of the signato signatories of the convention. there's no doubt at that republicies under saddam hussein use -- iraqis under shuk uaddam hussein used chemical weapons. there was a long war in the '80s against iran. the iraqis used it then. if you listen to the obama administration rate now, there's no doubt in their minds that the regime of president bashar al assad is doing exactly the same thing right now despite all the denials coming from damascus. the key question is what if anything is the international community led by the united states going to do. i know that the preside...

Attack. and it was being analyzed in secure locations. that's why the white house tone changed so quickly from friday's "get the inspectors in" to sunday's "it's too late to be credible." and it's why an administration official sounded so confident in saying there is little doubt at this point that a chemical weapon was used by the syrian regime against civilians. [ siren ] >> reporter: the president's newly updated options include cruise missiles launched from one of four navy destroyers in the mediterranean sea or jets firing weapons from outside syrian airspace. >> we are prepared to exerci...

Last week. there were flow injuries in this morning's sniper -- no injuries in this morning's sniper shooting, but no word on who is responsible for it. activists say the u.n. inspectors later reached the site and did check the area with doctors. our chris lawrence is covering this developing story. >> reporter: the bombs are falling -- [ explosions ] >> reporter: the accusations flying. now the pressure's on president obama to defend his red line on chemical weapons which rebels claim killed more than 1,000 people in syria. >> we cannot sit still. we've got to move and got to move quickly. >>...

I'm ashleigh banfield. monday, august 26th. let's get started and get straight to the big headlines. in syria, the united nations says sniper fire hit one of its vehicles carrying u.n. weapons inspectors who were just trying to check for evidence of an alleged chemical weapons attack. there were no injuries, luckily, and no word on who was pulling the trigger in that sniper attack. activists say the inspectors later reached the alleged attack site and had been checking for evidence with doctors there. a white house official this morning saying president obama has made no decision yesterday on ...

Do you have any ideas from your sources on what president obama is doing today given this most recent news? >> i think it's clearly a crisis. i don't know if he's going to be making a final decision today, tomorrow, later in the week. but the schrock clearly ticking. my suspension -- clock is clearly ticking. my suspicion is that he will wait for to see hear from observers. they'll submit a report to the united nations. the security council will get the report. the president will see it. russia will protect the regime of syrian president bashar al assad with a veto in the u.n. security council...