Investigate a weapons attack in syria. They were shot by unidentified gunmen. No one was hurt. The team is now able to continue to the site in another vehicle. The u. N. Says they visited two hospital and interviewed witnesses, survivors and doctors as well as collecting some samples. Theyre down now for the day. They have returned to their hospital. Al jazeeras David Jackson has been watching the events in syria from beirut, and david what is next for these inspectors . Reporter well, as you mentioned, dell, their day was cut short by the fact that the sniper attack happened at all. They had to turn around and go back again. They lost a little bit of precious time during the course of the afternoon. It is true that theyre back now at their hotel. They have gone to two different locations on the ground, two different hospital locations. This is on the west side of the damascus. There is a larger problem, if you want to call it that to the east side, the death tolls are to the east, and
Footballrelated injuries. Discrete and limited, that is the response the u. S. Is threatening to take against syria for the cue use of chemicl weapons against civilians. But whatever it says it will not be like iraq. The president has been cleared hes not contemplating open reaction. What hes contemplating is discrete and limited. The president has briefed the house and john boehner. I think we can be as certain as possible when we have a regime that has used chemical weapons on 14 occasions and is likely responsible for this large scale attacks, attack, anf nothing is doing they will think they can do it over and over again. They are arguing whether reaction will destabilize the question. Bashiral asha alassad is respog to the military strikes and says, quote, the country will respond to any aggression. So the president medes with the speaker of the house, they have a conversation, what comes out of it . 1234507 the speaker said he insisted on further consolation with congress. But on
The Alabama Administration went to capitol hill looking for support on an attack on syria. Secretary of state john kerry made apationat plea and said the u. S. Must respond to syrias use of chemical weapons. Not everyone was convinced. Libby casey has more on the story. Libby reporter thanks so much. The president , of course, is bringing some leaders on capitol hill to try to make a case for why the should take action in syria. However, key members of his top team are also heading to capitol hill, and they are trying to get their message across here in the halls of congress. The president s team making the pitch to congress includes two former senators at home in the halls of capital hill. Ta lord to respond to the u. S. Of chemical weapons. We want to come out stronger than we go into reporter democrats generally expressed support for president obamas plan as long as the strikes on syria are limited in scope. Their repeated words, no boots on the ground. I think we are going to have
Syria and for the Obama Administration its been a day of lobbying congress to take action. It is part of what the white house is calling its flood zone strategy. This morning president obama met with leaders at the white house. He picked for the support of john boehner and eric cantor. Before the meeting the president tried to reassure americans. The military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is proportional. It is limited. It does not involve boots on the ground. This is not iraq. And this is not afghanistan. This is a limited proportional step that will send a clear message not only to the assad regime but also to other countries that may be interested in testing some of these international norms, that there are consequences. We have also heard from the Syria Government today the country said un ambassador spoke a while ago challenging military action. Who appointed the American Administration to anticipate on the outcome and the findi