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the syrian regime. the question now for us is are we more likely to deter the future use of chemical weapons by acting or not acting. the obama administration says this would be a limited attack. they re not trying to force a regime change. but they do want to send president bashar al assad a clear message. the entire mideast region is on alert this morning as military action against syria seems more imminent. let s get the very latest live from our jerusalem bureau where abc s molly hunter is standing by. good morning, molly. let s start with israel. what are they doing to prepare for the worst? reporter: israel is watching from a distance, mostly. yesterday, prime minister netanyahu said, they were ready for any scenario. ready to respond if threatened. but they re mostly watching from a distance here. normal israelis are taking
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we begin this half hour with what appears to be an imminent u.s. response to the syrian government s use of chemical weapons on its own people. it now no longer appears to be a matter of whether the u.s. will strike syria but when. abc s martha raddatz is in the region this morning and has the latest on the crisis in syria. reporter: he is the man at the center of the horror, a brutal dictator who the vice president said is undeniably responsible for gassing his own innocent people. there is no doubt who is responsible for this heinous use of chemical weapons in syria the syrian regime. reporter: there seems no question that the u.s. is ready to strike a punishing blow to assad. u.s. warships are in place, cruise missiles at the ready, the targets in syria selected. if the order comes, you are ready to go like that? we are ready to go like that. reporter: what might assad do in response?
yesterday they laid low. did a security assessment to plan the rest of their week. we heard that they visd to southwest of damascus on monday. activists actually tell us most of the fatalities were east o of the fal.lities were east o out again. abc s molly hunter live from jerusalem. stay with abc news as we follow all developments from syria. look for live updates on america this morning and good morning america as we cover t military te mid six people are dead after building collapse in brazil s biggest city. the two-story commercial building in sao paulo was under construction when it caved in. on dozens of people. more than 20 people escaped were trapped. an investigtio disappearance of madeline mccain is growing more momentum in portugal. he4-britl disappeared in 20her scotland yard is now recruiting