our top story, the u.s. wants answers, the u.n. is demanding access but is getting nowhere, and international outrage continues to grow over an alleged chemical attack in syria. 1300 people are believed dead. president obama urged intelligence community to quickly gather information about the use of chemical weapons in syria. the government denies that they use chemical weapons, but washington does not believe they have the means for chemical warfare. reporter: a day after hundreds of syrians including women and children, were killed or injured, a search among the dead for missing relatives. syrian opposition say more than 1300 people died after government forces used chemical weapons in a number of areas east and west of the capitol of damascus. but the shocking picture of the victims have brought swift international condemnation. the french government demanding some sort of action. if proven our position of france is there needs to be reaction. what does it mean? not
more international outrage tonight over allegations of chemical weapons attack in syria. now it is willing reported that not only were runs killed but emergency responders who helped the victims died too. here is what we know right now. president obama has directed the u.s. intelligence community to quickly gather information about the alleged use of chemical weapons. the u.s. state department says syrian rebels do not have the means for chemical war fair. but the government is denying it used any toxic weapons. we want to warn you the video we are about to show you is graphic. we cannot independently verify that john what are you hearing from the un. we are hearing from officials all over the world today. but all of them keen to couch their words very carefully because as william hague said today this remains unkw unkwap uncooperated evidence. . let s hear from two leaders. translator: we are very concerned about the reports that chemical weapons have been used nea
massacres by american service men. one involves the sentencing of an army sergeant who killed 16 civilians in afghanistan. the other, an army psychiatrist who killed 13 of his fellow service members. in that case the verdict unanimously came in guilty for the murders in 2009. let s start with heidi jo, and heidi jo, the court has wrapped court-martial begin, and that s where things get more implicated. would sentencing him to death give him what he wants? would that be justice? these are questions never before asked in a military court-martial until now. former army international law chief chris jenks believe the jury will sentence him to death. it will be tough to look back on the road and feel comfortable with. reporter: the man who gunned dowdown soldiers may never be executed. no one has been executed in two decades. now there are five soldiers sitting on death row. one has been there for 25 years. historically that suggests that major hassan will languish on de
syria. the images were taken soon after the alleged chemical weapons attack and appear to show men, women, children and animals that died suddenly in the streets. at the same time, there s no pressure on syria to cooperate with u.n. investigators. first, this warning, the pictures are extremely graphic. we have a report from syria. there seems little doubt that some sort of chemical weapon killed these people. this video was shot by an independent journalist for britain s i.t.v. news. victims lie where they fell, men and women, some with their children at their side, their faces con torted in pain, frozen in the agonizing moments they died. whatever killed these people killed in discriminately, a cat, a flock of sheep, and only feet away, a small creator and exploded metal, evidence, witnesses say of one of the missiles that delivered whatever ended these people s lives. it was a small explosion. when we went down to see what s going on, we smelled a strange odor. people