waiting on orders from president obama. in making the united states case, the secretary revealed horrifying new facts about the chemical attacks. according to the intelligence, at least 1,400,289 -- 1,429 people died, including 400 children. >> instead of being tucked safely in their beds at home we saw rows of children lying side-by-side, sprawled on a hospital floor, all of them dead from assad's gas. >> trace: u.s. officials said in the past they would not launch any strike without the backing of the international community. but will britain's parliament pulling that country out of any coalition, it seems the administration is standing firm and willing to go it alone. >> this matters to us, and it matters to who we are. and it matters to leadership.