US Looking into Syria Poison Gas Reports

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the United States is trying to establish what really happened before it considers a response to allegations poison gas was used again in Syria. Ambassador Samantha Power said Sunday reports of poison gas use are "unsubstantiated," but the United States will do everything in its "power to establish what has happened and then consider possible steps in response." Both sides in Syria's civil war blamed each other for...

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