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What's happening. and he specifically mentioned iran, hezbollah and north korea. and he said they will draw their own conclusions if the united states does not do something. so that's another part of the rationale that they're trying to put together and put forward for taking some type of action. >> jill dougherty, thank you. as we mentioned, that second alleged chemical attack, we showed you the pictures. arwa damon, let me just bring you in. because as we look at these pictures, and really there are no words. there are no words to describe what we're looking at. tell me what you know about t...

Point with, like you said, all of the buildup, with all of the intelligence information that secretary kerry has said publicly, with everything that they are looking to do to frankly talk about why this is necessary, i can't imagine that at the end of the day, the administration is going to do nothing. from a personal standpoint, i don't think that would be politically savvy. i don't think it's acceptable from an international standpoint. but there's no question that these are all bad options. the majority of the american people don't want us to take any option -- don't want us to take any act...

Some of the key phrases i heard from the president speaking at the white house this hour. he said, not considering any military action involving boots on the ground. not considering a long-term campaign. we are looking at a limited, narrow act. when you hear that, what does that entail? what could that accomplish militarily? >> well, the accomplishment in terms of a military objective would be, as the president indicated, would be very narrow, very limited, very precise. you'd want to think that it would fit within a larger tragic construct. kind of a picture of what this end state looks like....

Motion when he realized the opposition was much stronger against this. then was even defeated by 272 for, 285 against any military action in syria. the bottom line is for many lawmakers, there was simply not enough evidence to justify a strike. but also a lot of questions about what any military action would do. what would it achieve? what happens next? and with those unanswered questions, lawmakers not just from the opposition labor party, but from within his own conservative party, voted against him. >> let me ask you this. just because i do think it's an important distinction. britain is a ...

Of state john kerry and the proof and the numbers, the deaths that chemical weapons attack, more than 1,400 killed. of that, more than 400 children, here's my question to both of you. liz, i'll start with you. what about inaction? what if after all these days of buildup, the president, the administration, decides to hang tight and do nothing? liz, how would that -- how would that be responded to? >> certainly there are going to be some people who are going to knock him for inaction. and, frankly, for having built this up into such a big deal where action was expected. and then, you know, there...