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Small attack. joining us more to talk about those possibility legal aspects and implications is the former u.n. chief weapons inspector david kay, currently a senior fellow it the potomac institute. dr. kay thank you for being with us. you are such a critical voice at this time. could you tell me, from your experience, being in country in these kinds of circumstances as a chief weapons inspector, what kind of evidence can be found on the ground that the united nations team would be prepared to actually articulate as being at the hands of the assad regime. >> first, realize that the security co...

Alleged chemical weapons strike. they also said they took some samples, some soil samples. ok, they' of course, they're trying to term first of all what agent might have been used in this chemical attack. >> now, the regime of the president bashar al assad, fred, they acknowledge there were chemical weapons used to kill hundreds of people outside of damascus. but they blame the rebels. they blame the opposition. they blame people they call terrorists. is that right? >> reporter: well, their story keeps changing. some government officials say they're not sure if chemical weapons were ever used....

We'll take you there live. first, any minute now, the secretary of state john kerry will be making a statement on syria. all over this. the alleged use of chemical weapons, nerve gas, used on civilians, women and children. it's the latest in a string of alleged chemical weapons attacks across syria. right now u.n. weapons inspectors, they are inside syria. they are testing soil. earlier today they were fired upon by snipers as they tried to collect samples. for the first time the u.s. now says it has little doubt the assad regime has done the unthinkable. fred pleitgen is standing by in dama...

>> reporter: they were. it did cause a big delay to them. they have left for where they are staying at and came under fire. it's unclear who fired. the lead vehicle of the convoy was targeted. they did manage to get on the ground in the district southwest of damascus and one of the places where chemical weapons were used against civilians. they were able to talk to some people there. they got some samples. they took soil samples as well. they now returned to the hotel where they are staying at just a couple of minutes ago. >> the u.s. and others say there's no doubt that chemical weapons have ...

The evidence already been collected that gives rise to this certainty? >> reporter: the u.s. apparently says that some of the evidence has been collected especially in the early hours on wednesday by doctors in those field hospitals from the victims. the u.s. also says that evidence is being compromised because of continued government shelling. as we're speaking these are the suburbs of damascus in some of the place where is the chemical weapons were used. there's massive plumes of smoke because there's continued government shelling going on. it's increased since we heard that the weapons insp...