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Lima, peru, tackling quite a few subjects there. on the issue, however, on syria, he says, and i'm quoting him now, we believe we significantly degraded the ability to produce chemical weapons, and he also said there is a price to pay -- he repeated that multiple times when talking about syria and its continuation of the use of chemical weapons and the price would be paid. and then he also said that we may determine sarin was used, and since his comment we've also learned from a senior official briefing reporters, and i'm quoting now, saying, quote, we assess that both sarin and chlorine were ...

May be sarin use and now we're hearing from the senior official saying a combination of chlorine and sarin. why is that significant? >> well, it's a couple of things. significant because what they do is they mix it. it's mostly chlorine which is kind of weaponize and they mix in sarin to make it more deadly. that's a nerve agent banned by the treaty on chemical weapons. >> chlorine is not? >> chlorine is not, however, the weaponization of chlorine is banned under this convention. the u.s. is being very fuzzy. they say we assess. vice president pence said we may come to. they're making a determ...

So let's talk more about this statement from secretary of state john kerry that signatures of sarin use were found in syria. kerry says it was collected from good and hair samples at the site of the attack 11 days ago and the video showing the scenes from that attack, very disturbing. 1,400 people in the attack in eastern damascus. 1,400 people. gloria borger asked kerry about the signatures of sarin. >> we don't contemplate gnat congrethe congress is going to vote no. we believe it's powerful and grows more powerful by the day. i can share with you today blood and hair sample that is have com...

Reminded of the limits of power. we can't help everybody every place all over the world. now, in answer to your question about syria. it's my understanding that the israelis, for example are very concerned about trying to arm the rebels, help the rebels with their weaponry. because the question of who are these rebels? how many are al qaeda connected if any? what kind of government would happen to syria if we did go in? these are huge questions and we need to have a national debate about it. >> the big question is where this red line on chemical weapons in particular is drawn. the white house ...