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Of this brutal war and the agony of grief. american, british and french weapons experts believe this attack was most certainly taken from taking town force. i'll is likely guerin gas. but in an interview, mr. assad denied it had taken place. calling it 100% of fabrication. ? just heartbreaking to watch that. has the u.s. strikes made any difference to the situation on the ground there? >> reporter: i think there was a real moment of optimism, that the u.s. striblgs could change things on the ground.

Of this brutal war, and the agony of brief. grief. american, british, and french intelligence, as well as chemical weapons experts we have spoken with, agree this attack was almost certainly carried out by al assad's forces, the gas was likely sarin gas which has been outlawed since the end of the first world war. but al assad denied it ever even took place, calling it 100% fabrication. >> my question s have the u.s. strikes made any difference to the situation on the ground there? >> i think when you talk to people inside rebel-held syria, there was a real moment of optimism, that the u.s. st...

Considered lucky. free from the unspeakable crimes of this brutal war and the agony of grief. >> american, british and french intelligence as well as chemical weapons experts who we have spoken with all agree that this attack was certainly carried out by president assad's forces. samples taken from the scene have shown that the nerve agent was likely sarin gas which, of course, has been outlawed since the end of the first world war. and, jake, when president assad was asked in an interview shortly after the attack what his thoughts were about it, he denied that it had ever even taken place, ca...

We just showed. is the there evidence that the syrians are in possession of more chemical weapons than even that? >> well, this is what's really alarming, jake, because if you talk to chemical weapons experts and some intelligence officials they will tell you that there is reason to believe that there are multiple facilities inside syria, in rejet stream-held areas, that are still being used to make chemical weapons, and sarin gas, for example, actually has a relatively short shelf life, so if it had just been leftover stockpiles, the sarin would not have been potent. that leads many to extrap...

Regime could make it harder for the u.s. to track his nuclear weapons. that means they could disperse them. most of them i suspect is under ground and that ultimately means the u.s. does not have a first strike capability because we can't be assured of taking out all of their weapons. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence officials and independent weapons experts tell cnn kim jung-un more aggressive over the last year and a half than he's ever been. the regime tested missiles more than 20 times since the beginning of 2016 and tested nuclear warheads twice in that span. albright says with each nuclear...