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Republican senators seeking support. shep? >> shepard: mike, the president is set to making his case to it even more republican lawmakers tomorrow. the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell's office revealed president will join g.o.p. senators at lunch to discuss this potential strike in syria. in the meantime though, president assad's troops over in syria today launched a new offensive to control historic christian village. where the deadly fighting has stretched on for many days now. in fact, that town has already changed hands several times from government control to rebel control and back...

American weapons, were very slow in coming? >> they are not well equipped to deal with chemical attacks. we went to a field hospital today and it was in a relatively safe area, an area that is more or less -- i keep using these terms -- under rebel control, and we saw they had built a small hangar outside of the field hospital to deal with any potential chemical weapons casualties. it was very sad to look at. it was a small shed like the thing you might put in your yard to have extra tools in. it had a hose so people would come in, they would be hosed down outside of the hospital so they would...

And that is something horrendous took place in syria. >> yeah, this is video of people twitching on the floor arriving in agony, looks like dozens of bodies of young children lying in rows. all of this comes as un inspectors are on the ground to inspect alleged prior use of chemical weapons. can they allow inspectors to decide this attack? >> reporter: basically all lies as to whether or not the security counsel decides to task this team for looking into this particular attack. they went in with specific locations they were going to be visiting. if that does happen, they would then need some s...

Twitching on the floor, writhing in agony, looks like dozens of bodies of young children lying in rows. all of this comes as u.n. inspectors are on the ground to inspect alleged prior use of chemical weapons. any worry the regime is going to allow inspectors access to the site of this attack? >> reporter: basically all lies as to whether or not the security counsel decides to task this team for looking into this particular attack. they went into specific locations they were going to be visiting. if that does happen, they would then need some sort of permission from the syrian government. they ...

Government. they are guests of the government, to access the sight. then, if the security situation is going to allow them to reach the site as well. presumably a cease-fire will have to be brokered between the government and rebels. the area where the chemical attack took place is under rebel control. time is of the essence. a lot of chemical weapons experts saying it is not necessarily soil samples people are looking for, the investigators are looking for, but more samples from people being exposed to whatever toxic substance it was in their hair. it's difficult to see how it moves forward b...