some of them exploding less than a mile from president assad s home. meanwhile, more calls from congress about america stepping up to the opposition. here s intelligence committee chairman mike rogers of michigan. we create a safe zone in the north, meaning think of this. the assad regime has used approximately 100 scud missiles so far on civilians. that in and of itself should prompt action. so we can do this in a way that doesn t lure the united states into a big boots on the ground conflict but use our small group special capabilities to make sure that scud missiles don t reach their target. nbc s ayman mohyeldin is live for us from cairo. aman, a lot going on, the bombings, the questions about were chemical weapons used last week and our ability to find out. give us the latest from the ground. reporter: well, as you mentioned, a lot of developments. if you start with some of the military ones, or at least in terms of the fighting intensifying in the capital of damascus now
republican coming out and we better do that. in the house, republicans and democrats saying we better do something. he doesn t want what he calls a big boots on the ground, but something small could make a difference. harris: thank you. a spectacular sight at the vatican today. pope francis leading thousands of catholic faithful on this palm sunday for mass. he took time to remind the crowd to remain humble and loyal to god. palm sunday is the final sunday of lent and leads up to the holeiest day on the calendar, easter. right now investigators trying to piece together how two skydivers on a dream vacation and something going wrong in the air.