>> they're pounding it more than i've ever seen them hit it before. artillery strikes as well as mortar strikes on the suburbs of damascus, the areas where the chemical weapons were allegedly used. however the syrian government also appears to be hearing the messages that it's getting out of washington. there was a press conference by the syrian foreign minister which is actually still going on where he said the reason why the syrians are pounding those areas so heavily is because they are afraid that they will get overrun by the armed opposition, that of course controls that area. as we said the u.s. doesn't buy that at all. they think that the syrians are tryinging to destroy evidence out there. the interesting thing about this press conference is that the syrian foreign minister directly addressed secretary of state kerry saying that it was not the syrians who were holding up the chemical weapons inspectors. they've been asking for chemical weapons inspectors to come into the country for months and it was the international community that was delaying their coming down here, of course today we're hearing that the weapons