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Against assad in the six-year civil war, what is the reaction from moscow, and what will be the next move when the president said not long ago the u.s. should stay out of syria? ryan brown, put us up to speed. >> reporter: good morning, these strikes were targeted at this air base link toded to the chem weapons attacks, information indicated that planes were involved in a chemical weapons strike including tracking data showing the planes leaving that air base, conducting the strike and returns, they weren't targeted at the personnel at the base, but were targeted at aircraft, radar, everything...

Up voting yes for it provided that it had come before the congress and it had been so limited and wasn't going to grow into a decapitation strike like we saw in libya. >> 86 people were killed in the tuesday chemical weapons attack. according to the united nations an estimated 400,000 syrians have been killed since this civil war started in 2011. do you think the u.s. needs to commit to doing more than taking a stand when it comes to chemical weapons attacks? >> well, this is another reason why i think last night's raid was warranted. we have to respond more aggressively when we see somebody g...

People are allowed to own shotguns or sporting rifles. there is a very limited population of people who are not police who can have a handgun or pistol. >> you're absolutely right. there's no private ownership and certainly of certain types of weapons. you will see lots of sporting arms. i've gone wind shooting over there. lots of shotguns and hunting rifles, which are firearms but for the most part, handguns, certainly military grade assault rifles, these aren't the types of things we see going on in the united kingdom. we see mainly individual weapons attacks like knives, machetes and explos...

Bent on ruining as many lives as possible, it would be far easier to do that with a gun instead of a knife. >> well, if the individual understands that, you know, bringing yourself to buying a weapon, purchasing a weapon requires a lot of documentation, even if you're going to do a suicide type weapons attack, granted, some you can buy or rent on the street amongst gangs but for the most part, a knife is a weapon at hand. it's an improvised weapon. you can take it and carry out that effect. also, in a lot of these radical extremist groups, they prefer the manual weapon to show your depth of co...

Anonmizers and things that allow them to get online and obscure who they are. so this might get tougher because some of that over-the-counter software is tougher to track. >> worrisome development. does isis peter, really have the capability to launch some sort of chemical attack here in the united states? does isis have that capability? >> i think the short answer is no. the parent organization of isis al qaeda in iraq launched some weapons attacks in iraq when the u.s. was occupying the country. but that's different from getting someone on a plane into this country and conducting an attack h...