Incouraging but said the use of chemical weapons is a threat to americans. We have coverage tonight, gauging reaction. We begin with ken wayne on the president s first address in two years. Reporter the president wasted little time explaining why the Syrian Regime should be held accountable. The images from this massacre are sick ening. Men, women, children lying in lines killed with poise an gas. Reporter president obama said that syria has admitted it has chemical weapons and theres ample proof that president Bashar Alassad used gas on their own people. They distributed gas masks to troops and fired rockets from a regime controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clean of Opposition Force snooze the president said failure to act will lead to the spread of chemical weapons by other dictators. Our troops would face the prospect of Chemical Warfare on the battlefield and it would be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and attacks
Gauging reaction. We begin with ken wayne on the president s first address in two years. Reporter the president wasted little time explaining why the Syrian Regime should be held accountable. The images from this massacre are sick ening. Men, women, children lying in lines killed with poise an gas. Reporter president obama said that syria has admitted it has chemical weapons and theres ample proof that president Bashar Alassad used gas on their own people. They distributed gas masks to troops and fired rockets from a regime controlled area into 11 neighborhoods that the regime has been trying to wipe clean of Opposition Force snooze the president said failure to act will lead to the spread of chemical weapons by other dictators. Our troops would face the prospect of Chemical Warfare on the battlefield and it would be easier for terrorist organizations to obtain these weapons and attacks civilians. He said that military action would be limited. A targeted strike, deterring the use of ch