Chemical Attack In Syria Kills About 100 People

PHONE CALL AND THREATENS TO
KIDNAP HIS DAUGHTER BUT IT WAS
ALL A HOAX.
LEYNA: THE U.S. IS BLAMING THE
SYRIAN GOVERNMENT FOR A DEADLY
CHEMICAL ATTACK ON ITS OWN
PEOPLE.
JEFF: AS MANY AS 100 PEOPLE WERE
KILLED.
LEYNA: DAVE BRYAN HAS THE LATEST
ON THE ATTACK THAT IS BEING
CALLED A WAR CRIME.
FINGERS ARE POINTING US TO
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
THE ATTACK CAME ADD-ON.
THE IMPACT WAS SHOCKING AND
BRUTAL.
THE QUESTION IS HOW WILL THE
U.S. AND THE WORLD REACT SINCE
THE SYRIAN REGIME IS BELIEVED TO
HAVE ORDERED THE ATTACK EVEN
THOUGH THE PRESIDENT THERE AND
HIS ALLY IN RUSSIA DENY ANY
CONNECTION.
A WARNING THAT SOME OF THE
IMAGES YOU WILL SEE OUR GRAPHIC
AND UNSETTLING.
REPORTER: THE ATTACK ON THE
VILLAGE BEGAN AFTER SUNRISE.
IT'S BELIEVED TO BE THE LARGEST
AND MOST DEADLY AT CHEMICAL
ATTACK IN YEARS.
IT KILLED MANY VILLAGERS
INCLUDING CHILDREN AND LEFT
OTHERS GASPING FOR BREATH AND
COUGHING UNCONTROLLABLY.
SOME VICTIMS WERE NOT RESPONDING
TO LIGHT.
THAT'S IT INDICATOR OF A
TOXIC NERVE AGENT.
ANYONE WHO WANTS THIS
EVIDENCE C TO INVESTIGATE IT,
PLEASE CONTACT ME.
REPORTER: A SPOKESWOMAN SAID
THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE MUCH
DOUBT ABOUT WHAT KIND OF ATTACK
THIS WAS.
EVERYTHING WE'VE REVIEWED,
THE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS SHOWING
PATIENTS WITH CLEAR RESPIRATORY
DISTRESS, PUPILS HAVE SHRUNK TO
THE SIZE OF TINY PINPOINTS AND
ARE NONREACTIVE, FOAMING AT THE
MOUTH, DOZENS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE
SHOWING THE SYMPTOMS ACROSS THE
BOARD.
ALL OF THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH A
NERVE AGENT EXPOSURE SUCH AS
SERUM GAS.
ASIDE DENIES IT HAD ANYTHING TO
DO WITH THE ATTACK BUT IT'S
KNOWN AS A STRONGHOLD FOR SYRIAN
REBELS WHICH HAS
WITH AERIAL ATTACKS CARRIED OUT
BY THE ASAD REGIMES AND HIS
ALLY, RUSSIA.
RUSSIA ALSO DENIED IT HAD ANY
ROLE IN THIS CHEMICAL ATTACK BUT
THE MILITARY INTERVENTION IN THE
ROLE HAS PROPPED UP ASHAD AND
FAILED TO RESTRAIN HIM FROM
CARRYING OUT CHEMICAL ATTACKS.
THE LATEST OF WHICH A SENIOR
STATE OFFICIAL APPEARS TO BE A
WAR CRIME.
NIGHTMARE SCENES LIKE THIS
AROUND EVERY CORNER.
THE ATTACK CAME A FEW DAYS AFTER
SECRETARY OF STATE REX TILLERSON
INDICATED LAST WEEK THAT TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION WAS NO LONGER
INTERESTED IN TAKING DOWN
PRESIDENT ASHAD.
THE LONGER TERM STATUS OF
PRESIDENT ASAD WILL BE DECIDED
BY THE SYRIAN PEOPLE.
REPORTER: THAT STANDOFF APPROACH
BROUGHT CRITICISM FROM TWO
REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
IT IS ANOTHER DISGRACEFUL
CHAPTER IN AMERICAN HISTORY AND
IT WAS PREDICTABLE.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT WAS A
HUGE MISTAKE.
THE WHITE HOUSE CALLED THE
LATEST CHEMICAL ATTACK
REPREHENSIBLE AND HEINOUS BUT
TRUMP ALSO BLAMED THE PAST
ADMINISTRATIONS WEAKNESS AND
YOUR RESOLUTION FOR NOT CLEARING
OUT AIRSTRIKES WHICH HE
THREATENED TO DO IN 2012.
A REDLINE FOR US IS WE START
SEEING A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHEMICAL
WEAPONS MOVING AROUND OR BEING
UTILIZED.
THE NEXT YEAR ASAD DEFIED THE
RED LINE AND LAUNCHED A CHEMICAL
MASK HERE IN 2013 KILLING MORE
THAN A THOUSAND PEOPLE WITH
SHARON, A DEADLY TOXIN.
IN RESPONSE DONALD TRUMP TWEETED
PRESIDENT OBAMA, DO NOT ATTACK
SYRIA.
THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE, SAVIOR
POWDER FOR ANOTHER AND MORE
IMPORTANT DAY.
BUT NOW THAT HE IS PRESIDENT,
MR. TRUMP HAS CHANGED HIS MIND.
SEAN SPICER OUTLINED IN AN
OFF-CAMERA BRIEFING ON TUESDAY.
AMERICA'S CREDIBILITY WAS AT
STAKE AND I THINK THE PRESIDENT
WANTS TO POINT OUT THAT THERE
WAS A REDLINE AND THEY DID CROSS
IT AND WE DID TALK ABOUT, WE DID
HAVE ALTERNATIVES TO REGIME
CHANGE AND THEY WEREN'T TAKEN.
REPORTER: SEVERAL OFFICIALS WERE
CRITICAL OF PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR
NOT TAKING ACTION TO STOP THE
SLAUGHTER IN SYRIA.
THEY WERE ALSO SHOCKED AT THE
CAMPAIGN FLAVOR OF TRUMP'S
RESPONSE ON TUESDAY.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THE WHITE
HOUSE COULD HAVE ISSUED A SOBER
SERIOUS STATEMENT.
INSTEAD THEY NEEDLESSLY CHOSE TO
PLAY POLITICS.
IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE ANYONE
COULD SEE IMAGES OF VICTIMS
FOAMING AT THE MOUTH AND THINK
THAT STATEMENT WAS APPROPRIATE.
REPORTER: REX TILLERSON SAID
RUSSIA AND IRAN BEAR GREAT MORAL
RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE MOUNTING
DEATH TOLL IN THE SYRIAN
CHEMICAL ATTACK BUT THE RUSSIAN
DEFENSE MINISTRY SET A SYRIAN

Chemical Attack In Syria Kills About 100 People

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