ANNOUNCER: This is CNN breaking news.</s>CAMEROTA: We do start this hour with breaking news. Welcome to your NEW DAY. French President Emmanuel Macron says he has proof that the Assad regime is behind the chemical attack in Syria. German Chancellor Angela Merkel says it's quote "obvious this was Assad's doing." And the U.K. cabinet is meeting to approve whether the Brits will be involved in any military response.</s>CUOMO: All of this comes as President Trump tweets that he never said when airstrikes on Syria might take place, if at all. All eyes now on President Trump's National Security Council meeting today. Will President Trump order a military response today? Can he do that without consulting Congress and getting authorization? Let's begin with CNN senior international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh live in northern Syria. You are in the best and the worst place to be right now. What is the situation on the ground?</s>NICK PATON WALSH, CNN SENIOR INTERNATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: I think we can look at Donald Trump's tweets -- President Trump's tweets as a bit of an outlier really of the messaging we're seeing from his allies, quite coordinated in laying the blame squarely at the foot of the Assad regime. President Emmanuel Macron, of France, clear that he believes and says he has proof that a chemical weapon or at least chlorine was used in the attack in Douma over the weekend which killed 40 people and affected about 500 or so. Now that is important because the specific nature of the gas is key here.
French President: "Proof" Assad Is Behind Syria Chemical Attack