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Fight back. but there are certainly people that we've also been speaking to off camera that say yes, of course they're nervous as to what exactly this will bring. there's people who are buying canned food and dry food thinking that all of this might escalate and things might get worse for them. because one of the things we have to keep in mind is that while there's been a civil war going on, there has been somewhat of a military balance with both sides. and so a will of people here in damascus can actually lead fairly normal lives. now many people think that might be in jeopardy. you don't get...

So the idea that the muslim brotherhood will sit down and take this seems a bit more -- farfetched right now. it does appear to be people at this -- peaceful at this second, but things can change in the coming hours and possibly even coming minutes, shepherd. >> when you boil it down and think about the root of this, they went to great lengths to make sure that all voices were represented. the opposition side last time around as jonathon mentioned -- if i remember correctly there were 17 candidates at one point. there was no way for that opposition side to get a foot hold. the muslim brotherho...

A war crime. so, these bits of proof are coming out from the syrian side, from the opposition side. the administration has, as you know, reported this letter, sent it to congress talking about varying degrees of confidence that the assad regime has used chemical weapons but their red line would come into effect, would kick in, when they have full corroborated proof. >> you bring up this letter sent to members of congress, let me read part of this intelligence letter. quote, this assessment is based in part on physiological samples. our analysts must build on this evidence as we seek to establi...

We also expected them to argue loudly that this is a voter approved referendum. something that the voters approved back in 2008, on the opposition side, opposition of prop 8. we expected them to basically say that the constitution under the equal protection clause guarantees same-sex couples the right to be able to freely marry. we also expected them to say, listen, supreme court justices, you have to place a much higher level of scrutiny any time you're talking about discriminating against same-sex couples, because this is a class of people, gays and lesbians, that have traditionally been dis...

>> we're being cautious like the u.s. government. we haven't addressed that issue publicly yet. we might soon. but the concern has been there for a very long time. you have a regime that is falling apart. a brutal regime which is apparently on its last leg, that is fighting for its life. you have on the ground in syria, on the side supporting assad you have groups like the iranian revolutionary guard on the ground with the assad regime. you have lebanese hezbollah on the ground with the assad regime. on the opposition side, you've got some actors that are also very problematic groups affiliate...