u. nment -- u.n. inspectors left syria and are in the netherlands where they will carry out laboratory work, certainly days possibly a couple of weeks with a final report. a final report that the u.s. has said it probably won't wait for because they say they already know the outcome of this investigation. they're pretty certain there was a chemical weapons attack, and they're pretty certain the attack came from the assad regime. here at the u.n. we got more details on the thinking of the secretary-general ban ki-moon from his official spokesman. >> the mandate is the mandate. the team and the secretary-general will abide by that mandate to be able to the expectations of the international community come up with, as i've just said, in an impartial and credible manner evidence collected from the ground and then analyze it. those findings will be made, as i've just said a little while ago, available to member states as soon as that analysis is completed. >> reporter: that's a comment. the mandate is very