Suddenly you had the time to do all of the things you really want . Nightly news begins now. From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening, brian is off tonight. Im lester holt. Theres word tonight the pentagon is drawing up military options to respond to this weeks atrocities in syria, as the white house is under increasing pressure to act. The horrible images of lifeless civilians as what the rebels say were killed by chemical weapons. As the u. S. Officials are trying to confirm the nature of the attack nbc news has spoken to one of the doctors on the ground treating the victims. He says the world is ignoring them. Lets get to chuck todd. Is america about to get involved in syria . Reporter looks like in some form we may do just that. The president seems to be on the verge of ordering some sort of military response in syria. The question is, what does that military operation look ke . Right now the president s closest advise
From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. Brian is off tonight. Im lester holt. There is word tonight the pentagon is drawing up military options to respond to this weeks atrocities in syria, as the white house comes under increasing pressure to act. Those horrible images of lifeless civilians killed by what the rebels say were chemical weapons has sparked international outrage. As the u. S. Officials are trying to confirm the nature of the attack, nbc news has spoken to one of the doctors on the ground treating the victims. He says the world is ignoring them. Lets get right to chuck todd at the white house. Chuck, iraq, afghanistan. Is america about to get involved in syria . Reporter well, lester, it looks like in some form. The president seems to be leaning every on sending some sort of strike. The question is, what does that military option look like . Right now thats unclear and the president s closest advisers are di
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