attack is showing members of congress to convince them air strikes against syria must happen. we're going go to cnn dr. sanjay gupta for a live report for you. i'm dr. sanjay gupta reporting all week from the syria lebanon border. joining me is my colleague brooke baldwin. >> you're next door to syria. i have a lot of questions for you as far as what you've seen in the last couple of days. let me just begin with what we have seen so far. we've seen the videos.

it looks absolutely devastating. you are there. is what you've seen what you expected? >> reporter: i've been to many refugee camps around the world and as father you can't help but notice the children in a lot of these camps and sort of try to imagine what they're going through. what is particularly changing here in lebanon is a very chaotic situation. you have refugees coming across the border so frequently. after two years now of setting up these camps right along that border in sometimes some dangerous areas it's still very makeshift. they are always that way but more than i would expect. >> i want to talk about some of

the people that you've met. let me first ask about this exclusive access that you and our cnn team had into this secret hospital steps from the syrian border. how did you get in there and what did you see? >> reporter: we were spending time in refugee camps that day and we got word of that hospital. we kept asking what if people are more severely injured and that led us into a pretty secretive hospital. we're talking about a syrian hospital staffed by syrian doctors and staff to take care of syrian patients and all of it in lebanon. they did give us access and allowed us to visit certain floors and to really get an idea. take a look. hard to believe but these are

the lucky ones. most refugees end up scattered in camps like this with little medical care available. four months ago members of the free syrian army took over this mosque. they turned it into a very basic hospital. >> types of injuries are gunshot wound, amputations, spinal cord injuries. we see all of those here. >> reporter: we're just walking distance to syria. look over there to those mountain passes. they left their country to take care of wounded rebels. to keep them safe the hospital is secret. no signs outside. they only allowed us to take pictures on the patient floors. we agreed to limit what we would show that would identify people here. >> you don't want us to show your face. how worried are you about your own safety? >> it's dangerous to do.

>> reporter: there are many floors filled with patients and inside this room every man you see is a rebel fighter. every one of them shot or injured in combat. a sniper shot this man in the leg. this man's arm peppered with shrapnel. they're all afraid. none wants to be identified including this 24-year-old who said he was walking to work when a rain of missiles came down. he felt heat on his back an soon found hi could not move his legs. he did get a ct scan which showed the fractures and made it to this clinic. he did get an operation. you can see the screws in the bones here to do the fusion. the problem was this whole process took too long, three months. the operation was unsuccessful. >> can i try and examine your legs? >> yeah.

>> can you try to pick up at all? >> nothing. >> reporter: it's not likely he'll be able to walk again. in the last several weeks they have cared for more than 300 patients and the good news all of them survived. basic supplies are now returning low. these shelves are filled with antibiotics and pain medications now he said it's just enough to last till the end of the month. that's part of the problem. there's not enough supplies. think about those numbers. this is one of the few hospitals that can take care of people with those severe injuries. you saw what the supply situation was like. you get an idea of what some of the nervousness and anxiety is here. >> it's those that you've seen in the hospital and then just we have the talk about refugees. there's one syrian refugee every

15 seconds and you've been to the camps. you talk to the people. what do they have to say about a possible u.s. strike? >> reporter: i think the sense is they think it's going to happen. granted, they don't have nearly the same access to information that you do and a lot of people do that have television. it's much more word of mouth but so much of the increase, even coming across the border was because of the concern of those strikes. i think that only grows. that concern only grows in these refugee camps. you see families that are coming across and other members coming across later. again, the numbers just increasing. i'll just point out quickly because i know you've been talking about this. they say 700 to 750,000 refugees from lebanon to s from syria the lebanon. those are just registered. it's very difficult to keep track of this.

>> then there's the fear of additional chemical weapons to be used. there's video of syrians making these homemade gas masks to protect themselves in the case of another attack. here they are. what about these masks? would they help? >> reporter: i think it shows the desperation. you can inhale it or just get it on your skin and it could also cause the devastating symptoms that way as well. it's odorless. it's tasteless. you don't know you've been exposed until you start to develop symptoms. to your question, that mask there that we showed the video of would not work. let me show you the type of mask could offer benefit. this is a military grade mask.

it covers the skin on large part of your face. you have to cover the skin on other parts of your body as well. best advice, if you think there's been a release you have to run out of area. it tends to a heavy gas. it settles close to the ground. get out of there. get your clothes off of you. wash your bad because it can linger your honor skin. people who have nonlethal doses will recover but getting out is the key. >> with issarin, there's hundre of thousands of tons not far from where you are. how far would it spread? >> reporter: the possible good news, as far as the refugee camps that are over the mountains it's unlikely to come

over into those refugee camps. the people who have these concerns understandable concerns but probably not something they need to worry about. it's a heavy gas. if there were small concentrations that made it over the mountain overpasses it would likely not have an effect. this is a psychological terrorism as much as physical. if there's any good news in this, at least for the people further away they're not likely to be affected. >> let's tykeake a quick break. i want to talk to you about the people struggling to survive without food or medical care. back in a moment. ding! ] ...the immune system... [ ding! ] ...heart health... [ ding! ] ...and muscles. [ ding! ] that can only be ensure complete! [ female announcer ] the four-in-one nutrition of ensure complete. a simple choice to help you eat right. [ major nutrition ] nutrition in charge.

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those hit the hardest are the children. a lot of them are dying. we go to one makeshift hospital with children are struggling to stay alive without food and proper medical care. i have to warn you, some of video is very graphic. >> reporter: in this video up loaded to youtube by opposition activists the 2-year-old struggles for life. his body can't take solid food. it can only digest milk. there isn't any for him. through skype we reached the doctor in syria, the pediatrician who treated him. there are many illnesses because of an absence of food. we have completed our food reserves. even animal products that could act as food. >> since the report was filed we have learned that little boy has

died. cnn has to way to verify the authenticity of the videos. the red cross can't confirm how many people are in the condition because they have not been granted access to some of the most troubled areas. i want to take you to lebanon. dr. sanjay gupta back with me. the video just continues to be very, very difficult to look at. there's absolute devastation and desperation in syria but the refugee camps where you visited in lebanon, is malnutrition a problem for them too? >> reporter: yes. it can be a problem too. i just got to say all the problems in the world that we talk about and we've talk eed about a lot of them, feeding children should not be that big of a problem. it's heartbreaking to look at that. we saw some evidence of malnutrition in the refugee camps where we were. there was a boy who is eight

months old. he looks four or five months old. i have children myself and it's tough to see children who just aren't developing because of the lack of food. it is a problem. they're doing their best. in some of these places the ngos are bringing supplies in. the numbers make that challenging. >> i know you've been all over the world and covered natural disast disaste disasters, droughts, wars. what really works to get the kids what they need? >> reporter: you need to find products that can be sustainable that don't need refrigeration and provide macro and micro nutrients. this is something called plumpy nut and a peanut based product

that doesn't require refrigerati refrigeration. this provides a lot of fat and protein that kids need. this is what i'm talking about. this can help address chronic mall nutrition in many places around the world. peanut butter in a tinfoil thing and costs less than a dollar a day. obviously i don't want to min niez these problems but there are some simple solutions out there that can make a huge difference. >> i don't know people at home are wondering how to help. go to cnn.com/impact. we have a list of all groups that are trying to help get things like that to children in syria and beyond. before you hop the plane to lebanon, we'll talk about the story you were all over in the united states. you'll see her. you'll recognize her. here she is. diana nyad walking up the beach

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>> it's a great story. you have a dream 35 years ago doesn't come to fruition but you move on with life. then you turn 60 and your mom just dies the and you want to, you're looking for something. no one has done it. i'm not sure when the next person will do it. that's how hard it is to get everything right. when i say everything right, with all the experience i have especially in this ocean, i never knew i would suffer the way i did. >> are you hurting right now? >> i was hurting then. >> i know your face is swollen. >> that's okay. that's temporary. 13 hours to avoid the fatal attacks of the jelly fish, they're close to 80% fatal no matter what the sting is.

i had a prosthetics mask made. it's brilliant for the jelly fish. i wasn't stung and they were there. >> what about sharks? >> we had a great shark team, great guys. brave, experienced. in the black of night they're just in there looking for eyes. if the eyes are very very apart it's a large animal. >> when the wind was blowing, how was the squalls and stuff like that, what do you think about? >> my whole mantra this year was find way. >> fientnd a way. i like that. >> it was really rough that first day. i just said forget about the surface up. get your hands in somehow and with your left hand say push cuba back and push forward

toward you. >> you got this. you got this. swim, crawl if you have to. s you got this. >> you've gone through something nobody has done before. does that set in. yeah because i've been trying for so long and because today i had 15 hours. you can see last night the lights of key west. our navigator said it's probably going to be about 15 hours of swimming. i just believed in it. i believed i could make it. [ cheers and applause ] >> goose bumps. find way she says. she says the journey was thrilling but the destination has brought her tremendous satisfaction. we'll be right back with dr. sanjay gupta live in lebanon

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in the first place was because this was chance to hit the reset button your honor li button your life. i know our six pack is watching from malibu. how often do you get chance to do that. another piece of advice i give people is you should do something every day that scares you. it makes you feel more alive. tomorrow morning when you wake up you'll be a little scared. this will be something that scares you. you go swim, bike, run. you want to make sure you're doing that. i got my goggles kicked them off my head at the beginning. get them on and do a few strokes before going. take off your helmet before you start the run. you'll look ridiculous if you start that run with your helmet

on. you may forget things. it's okay. it's part of this tremendous journey and i'm so proud of you. i'm sorry i couldn't be there in malibu. i really wanted to be there. brooke, maybe you can join us next year. >> you sound like a girlfriend of mine who did the iron man. you're in lebanon for a couple more days? >> reporter: we'll be here for a few more days. it's a fluid situation. it's safe to say nobody in the world knows how the next few days will unfold in this part of the world. we'll be spending some time in the border regions looking at the impact of what happens over the next few days. we're walking distance from there in the refugee camps and

we'll look at what's happening in that area over the next few days. be safe, be safe, be safe. incredible reporting. we'll watch for it in the coming days as this is a pretty fluid situation. we'll continue our special cnn coverage from syria and beyond. i'm brooke baldwin. now time for a check of your top stories making news right now. don lemon here. thank you for joining us. we have some breaking news we want to tell you about. i have to give you warning. i'm going to read slowly because if you have children in the room you'll probably want to get them out. you're about to see videos that were made in syria. they are very graphic. they show people in pain and they are difficult to watch. these are some of the videos that u.s. senators were shown in classified briefing a couple of days ago. it's the aftermath of what