you're in the cnn newsroom. it this saturday, february 11th. in syria today, the seventh straight day the residents in the sticity of homs have been ur assault. troops are surrounding the city. at least 30 people are reported

killed today. saudi arabia has drafted a formal condemnation saying the government there is violating human rights and the u.s. ambassador to syria directly blames the syrian military for killing hundreds. here now is ivan watson. >> reporter: residents of the besieged city of homs a woke once again at dawn on saturday morning to another day of sustained bombardment. that is routine. a deadly routine they have lived for for the better part of a week, a routine that has killed hundreds of people and wounded hundreds more. at the hands according to the u.s. ambassador to syria of the syrian military. take a listen to what ambassador robert ford had to say to wolf blitzer friday night. >> we know who is shelling homs and it is not the armed opposition groups. it's the government. and that's why i wanted that picture put on our facebook

account so people could see there is the artillery and that's what's firing at homs right now. the armed opposition has rifles, it has machine guns, it even has a few rocket propelled grenades, but it doesn't have artillery. only one side in this has artillery. >> reporter: the syrian government has consistently argued since the beginning of the uprising that it is fighting armed wrists linked to al qaeda. that's how they've termed with a started as peaceful protests around the country. increasingly we're seeing signs that the opposition is resorting to the use of arms to fight back against the syrian security forces. one syrian opposition group claimed responsibility for killing ten syrian soldiers in the northern province as the result of an improvised explosive device and an ambush. those are some of the tactics and weapons we saw in neighboring iraq during the bloody u.s. occupation of that

country. now, turkey has made an announcement that it will start a process, going to apply to the united nations at its headquarters in geneva to try to find some way to start sending humanitarian aid to syria. the potential obstacles to trying to send aid in would be significant and would probably require the permission of the syrian regime itself. which is accused of encircling cities like homs and preventing fresh supplies of food and basic medicines. ivan watson, cnn, istanbul. >> cnn presents a special program tonight, focuses on the syrian uprising. called homs, city under der siege. 10:30 tonight right here on cnn. iran's president is promising a major announcement about his country's nuclear

program. ahmadinejad made the comment at a rally. he only mentioned iran has made several major nuclear achievements. back in the u.s., the university of california san francisco has agreed to perform a life saving kidney transplant on an up documented immigrant following a massive online campaign. jesus navarro had been kenned the surgery because of his immigration status. change.org gathered more than 130,000 possession signatures. the petition drive was launched by a former kidney recipient.si. the petition drive was launched by a former kidney recipient. and at this hour, a memorial service is ending for two children killed by their father. hundreds are remembering the 7 and 5-year-old brothers charlie and braden powell. their father josh powell had lost custody of the children just days before the explosion.

he was also the only person under investigation in utah for his wife's disappearance in 2009. in atlanta now, a rally today near the site of a vicious beating. three men could be seen shouting anti-gay slur, punching and kicking 20-year-old brandon white. you can see that happening on video last week. that video was then circulated online. one of the three suspects has been arrested. 18-year-old christopher cain is charged with aggravated assault and robbery. right now in the nation's capital, one of the most influential conservative groups in this country is gathering. and next hour, the members of cpac will announce which republican they support for president. mark preston joins uses live from the cpac conference. so which candidate seems to be getting the most buzz there?

>> it's got to be rick santorum. and for the reason alone that he has the momentum at his back. some very big wins for him this past week in colorado, missouri and minnesota. he's trying to position himself as the alternative to mitt romney. now, rick santorum, mitt romney and newt gingrich all addressed the conference yesterday. santorum got a very good reception here. mitt romney might have stird up a little bit of controversy by using this word when he was describing himself as a conservative. he called himself a severe conservative when he was the governor of massachusetts and in some ways that has kind of put off conservatives that have attended this conference. newt gingrich focused all of his fire power on president obama. so we should know in the next hour, hour and a half who will win the straw poll and i have to tell you, the audience behind me, thousands of people are waiting to hear from sarah palin who will speak at 4:30 here. >> before sarah palin speaks,

how does that work exactly and why is it that many of the candidates, maybe three out of the four candidates, are feeling like it's an important victory to be had if they were to win the straw poll? >> what's interesting is that the four candidates in the race right now, gingrich and is an or rum, romney and paul being the fourth candidate, ron paul has decided no to tt to play here. and he has won the straw poll the last two years and he's won it because he has been able to draw a lot of young voters to come here to the cpac conference and to vote for him. but instead, ron paul is focusing all his attention on the maine caucuses which of course we'll have the the results of those tonight. but for here, it means different things to different people. if rick santorum were to win

tonight, he continues to so vo conservatives flocking toly candidacy. if romney would win, perhaps it will show conservatives have started to rally around his candidacy. and for newt gingrich, perhaps a win today could help bring his campaign back. which right now rick santorum seems to be dominating that conservative side of it. >> and real quick before i let you go, you took some pictures of a little behind the scenes activity. explain what this one means. >> this image on the screen just shows you really where we are in the race. rick santorum's worker had a booth in the hotel hallway and it shows that he is hiring. seriously. and it just goes to show that rick santorum at this point is starting to get the money, he's

raised $3 million in the last 72 hours to try on build a campaign infrastructu infrastructure. amazing. >> that is pretty impressive. thanks so much. so right now mitt romney is doing something that he has not done in this election cycle. he's visiting caucus sites in maine on voting day. republicans have been caucusing in maine for weeks how. tonight they will pick their winner. both romney and ron paul are in maine today hoping to break their losing streaks. cnn's coverage begins at 5:30 eastern time with a special edition of the situation room oig. stay with us as we bring you all of the results. and then join us every sunday afternoon 4:00 when we dedicate an entire hour to the presidential con enders in this 2012 election. tomorrow we'll be talking to the daughter of newt gingrich and we'll be talking about how her dad is planning his comeback.

and why he peel feels like he keep going strong. it's exactly one year since mubarak fell from power in egypt. i'll talk to a young egyptian woman who helped push him out.

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the start of it was today with the involvement of the student unions and school takes took part in strike that is to come and we're hoping it will spill over into many working sectors. many people don't know the last three days of the 17 days actually toppled you hugh bear rick when large numbers of workers in different sectors went on strike in hissi. so a year after, nothing has changed. we've been facing the same regime if not worse. the staff is mubarak generals. and we're continuing our revolution with demonstrations, with sitting if, with occupying,

with going on strike and using these weapons to topple the regime as a whole. >> so was the expectation that military rule will be gone by now? >> i mean, a year ago i knew even that it wouldn't be over in 18 days. no revolution is over in 18 days or 18 months or six years for a revolution to go on and proceed. and i believe what we have n now -- the regime is still i intact and we'll continue on. >> whether does that mean, the gathering in tahrir square, or how do you see the strategy changing? >> the strategy, i mean, it's not just here like he said

before. what toppled mubarak was not people gathering in square. this is an important tool, but also workers and students and farmers taking part in striking and using the power to bring down this regime is what's going to settle this revolution once and for all. and we'll in-to push for that and it's obvious that it's working because many of those that are calling for these strikes and this kind of civil disobedience are being cracked down upon and many activists have been arrested. and being accused of trying to agitate for the strike.

so obviously -- >> thanks so much for joining us with that perspective. and next hour, a former white house national security satisfy member, michelle dunn, will be joining me. that's in the 4:00 eastern hour of the newsroom. a former university of virginia lacrosse player accused of killing his ebs girlfriend breaks down during his murder trial after watching a videotape. our legal guys weigh in on this case straight ahead.

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mood this valentine's day. not only is it free to gift it to someone on their iphone or ipad, but for 14 days in a row, they'll get another free app that has been hand picked. so that can be games, romantic recipes, there's music, different kinds of apps that should appeal to your sweetheart. and there's one a day. so it's fun to have two week worth of free apps down loaded. plus there are extra little mini games that unlocked more music and wallpaper to decorate your iphone or ipad. >> a little surprise every day. so for android owner rngs live wallpaper? >> yes.

it refers to animated wallpaper behind your icons. so unlike the ipad or iphone, there is the ability to inter-activity. and you get three different designs in the background. for example, this one as you k scan s see, you can tap little hearts and it will reveal something like a poem or something fun like a link to toic and other neat things that you can get for free for it your lover who is on an android device or for your android lover. >> also sweet. the new app from apple lets you create beautifully crafted

greeting cards. >> definitely fuses the old world with the new world. you use this free cards app on your iphone or ipod touch and you create the message. so you can import your photos, create the message, and then you c send it through apple to someone in the u.s. or elsewhere. and they get a letter press card, a beautiful 4 by 6 creation that you made yourself. maybe hard to see on a web camera, but you get the idea. it's not just for valentine's day and it does take a couple days for someone to get it. but it's nice to have all year-round. only $3 to send something within the u.s., $5 einternationally. so for those who still like something tangible. and i think you're from that school. >> i am indeed. >> but you get to write it and

create it on the iphone. >> and then zagat. >> it's the digital version of the popular restaurant directory. $9.99 for the year. and you getting a says on more than 30,000 reviews and ratings. and you can read the menus within the app. there are gps directions. you can make reservations. so that's something nice that's not just for tuesday, when he'll be take my wife out, but you want to independent forfind the restaurant. it's a go-to source for that. and that's available for all platforms. >> that's great. keep the chocolates and good food coming. all right. thanks so much, mark.

for more high tech ideas, go to cnn.com/tech and look for the gaming and gadgets tab or follow mark on facebook, twitter and linked in. long time award winning entertainer debbie allen has done it all from dancing to directing. the best is drawn to the iconic ms. allen. you mentioned mariah carey. and you have a great relationship. you talked about you being very maternal in a lot of ways. >> i'm another mom for her, yes, i am. i keep people close. when i work with people and we have a good time together. >> straight ahead, face to face with debbie allen. it still pains her to talk about the loss of close friend and one of her best dance students michael jackson. ir own future. how they'll live tomorrow. for more than 116 years, ameriprise financial has worked for their clients' futures. helping millions of americans retire on their terms. when they want.

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the town of homs is enduring a seventh straight day of bombardment. hundreds have been killed. the death toll has climbed to at least 30 today. on monday the u.n. general assembly will consider a resolution condemning as sad owing's crackdown. and next hour, conservative acti itity viss this announce w they want to run as president. and the u.s. navy be stowes a major honor on former congresswoman gabrielle giffords naming a warship after her. the uss gabrielle giffords will be close to shore combat ship. the navy almost never names ships after people still alive and even more rarely of a tefr women. the navy secretary says the name

gabrielle giffords is synonymous with courage. in pennsylvania, there's a new pilot program under way to make sure convicted drug felons get welfare -- who are getting welfare are not using drugs. supporters of the program say it's one way to make sure public assistance isn't being wasted. susan candiotti joins us to talk more about this program. not everyone however is thrilled about the idea? >> that's right. not everyone. some people it's just an attempt on blame drugged a difficults for their disease. supporters say by testing those with prior felonies, they're making sure taxpayer money goes to those who are most deserving. so starting with just one county, those drug felons will face random drug tests. it they fail, they get another crack at treatment, but a third strike means no more welfare checks forever. one state senator says it's exactly what his constituents

want. >> the last thing they want to do with their tax dollars is to pay for welfare benefits for people to buy their own illegal drugs. that's just crazy. >> a law in florida that called for a drug test for anyone on welfare was stopped by the courts ruling amounted to an illegal search. but pennsylvania thinks its law will be harder if not impossible to challenge because it targets only drug felons. >> so what do advocates for the outreach programs think? >> some are not impressed. they argue that these random tests for drug felons who want to get welfare stigmatize the poor and could strip them of a lifeline. recovery can be a very long struggle. >> there's not a lot of evidence that says large numbers of people on welfare are using drugs. this is a mean spirited

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i asked our legal guy if there is evidence of prior

intent. >> there's certainly some evidence of intent because what has surfaced is some of the prior statements made by george hughley and some of the evidence that goes to his violent nature. but i think in the first week of trial, as riveting as this trial has been, what we have seen is an individual who clearly had alcoholism issues, some of the evidence that surfaced was that the day of the event may 2nd, 2010, there is some eviden'10", george hughley v had 20 drinks before the incident. even testimony from his lacrosse players, his friends that talked about his alcoholism. i don't think even at this point, even before we've heard the defense, that we have the necessary intent for first-degree murder. >> so if you you agree with in a, we're talking about manslaughter there because will is evidence showing that he

admits to kicking in love's door, that he grabbed her, but he says he didn't choke her and when he left, she was on the bed, but it was news on him and you saw that that in that videotape and you heard in the audiotape that he was surprised that she was found dead. >> that's very nice to be surprised and you should not be surprised that i do not agree with avery. the door was not kicked in, he punched a hole through her bedroom door which was locked. i think that pretty much goes to intent. he stole her laptop computer which had on it the e-mail that said i should have killed you. she had bruises, a black eye, she was beaten almost to a pulp. this guy is an animal, this is a tore risk crime.

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she is multitalented, directing, dancing and coaching. face to face with deb bie allen. she reveals the pain in losing michael jackson. that's straight ahead. but first, we're honoring the first cnn hero of 2012. an every day person changing the world. is he scott strode. he's using sports to help others stay sober while experiencing a healthy high. >> i get on my bike and ride up

in the mountains and it brings peace. i got into drugs and alcohol pretty young. by the time i was 15, i was using pretty serious drugs. when i got sober and i had lost my group of friends because they were still out drinking and using. i got this to boxing, triathlon, climbing. i had this new group of friends. it completely redefined myself. so i thought how can we give this to other people. i want to help people find a better life being sober. welcome to friday might climbing. it's good to see all of you here. it offers about 50 events a week. all the programs are free to might be who has 48 hours sober. you see that they're capable of whatever you put your mind to. we have a common connection. so it's easy to make new friends. we do bike rides, strength training. it really is just a new

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♪ >> michael jackson is a phenomenon. i say is. he will always be. it's never was. he will always be. and our relationship was totally based on dance. he came here many, many, many nights, many days, and right then in my dance studio trained in new techniques. he wanted to learn how to tap dance. he actually had an idea of doing a production with glover. >> he really admired him. and what's so great about michael, never ever settled for what his ability was at the moment. it always had to go further. he trained and practiced everything that he already knew every you today. and so smart.

soft spoken, but a tiger. >> is that something that's missing in a lot of artists today? >> what's miss dag is we don't have enough of that development. when i think about the record business and you think about about the music business and how young people just put a video up on youtube and they jump out there. but who is there developing them. michael appreciated people that were real around him. he had a lot of people but i was always very real with him. >> were there too many people willing to say yes all the time? >> michael loved young people. i took a lot of people up to never land, a lot of kids. first place we went was to his room to see everything. and it was great. but michael had a lot of hurt in his life. a lot of hurt. >> cnn can now cop finfirm that

michael joackson is dead. >> what was that news like to you? >> he was definii was devastate. i remember calling diana ross and it just was like -- something we couldn't believe was true. it was so painful. it was so hurtful. we were rehearsing that day, rehearsing for a spring recital. and i couldn't keep it from the kids because twitter and everything is out there, so i had to tell them. and oh, my god, i had all these hundreds of kids just weeping and crying. and then we said okay, pull it together. we're dancing for michael now. and that helped us get through

the hurt for ourselves. and of course i immediately thought about his mother because his mother, katherine, has always been so wonderful and always been there for him. and it was just hard for everyone. >> she says it continues to be hard for all of those who new him personally. so next hour, deb lbie allen fa to face. she says breaking in to the entertainment business is not easy. staying in it, even harder.

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conditions because of blinding snow there. the weather service issued a lake-effect snow warning overnight. up a foot of snow fell making for dangerous conditions there. the storm also caused hundreds of flight cancellations and delays at chicago's two major airports. let's check in with jacqui jeras. is where the storm heading next? >> eastward. it's up and down the east coast. we are getting heavy snow across the great lakes at this hour. there is a live picture of our nation's capital. if you look close, you can see some of the big fat flakes flying through as the squall moves through at this hour. not going to get much for accumulation in washington, d.c., but pretty to look at. you can't see a whole lot in some of these snow bands. they have been extremely heavy. that's as cold air pulls in on the back side of this low. it's getting a lot of enhancement off the lakes we had a lot of accident and trouble in the cleveland area as well as

akron, ohio, where visibility is down to nothing. one of the reasons is the great lakes are wide open. i have a couple of satellite images that are cool. i want to show you from noaa. this is lake michigan right here. you can see the thumb from the state of wisconsin. there you can see some of the ice in the bay in that area now a picture of lake erie. it is the shallowest of all the great lakes. this time of year normally it's frozen over. this is all we are seeing right now for ice on lake erie. you get the cold air blowing over the warmer lakes. that makes the snow bands much heavier. it's cold on the backside of this low, too. temperatures feeling much more indicative of where they should be for this time of year. cooler than average by about 10 to 15 degrees across the plains into the east today. low temperatures tonight because of the wind are going to be feeling colder than some of these numbers you see on the map. i might want to mention places like florida. orlando, disney world, wind chilled advisory for tonight is

going to make it feel like it's in the 20s. you need your jackets. rest of the country quiet. watching a new storm moving into the southwest. that will affect the rockies tomorrow. >> you a big fan of dwayne johnson the rock? >> yeah, i like him it. don't like the wrestler part of it. >> he's done more wrestling as of recent, but right now he's concentrating on the movie thing. >> i like him in movies. >> "journey two, the mysterious island" is out this weekend. a cnni-reporter sent in this review. >> good old fashioned action adventure film opens in theaters this week. it should be a hit with the entire family. >> does our movie reviewer agree? it's water from the drinking fountain at the mall. [ male announcer ] great tasting tap water can come from any faucet anywhere. the brita bottle with the filter inside.

this weekend's movies feature huge flying bumble bees and a cia agent gone rogue. are these flicks worth your money? our movie critic from rotten tomatoes is here to give us his grade. joining us from los angeles all dolled up. how you doing? >> i'm doing well. >> let's talk about "journey 2, the mysterious island" first

with dwayne johnson. >> dwayne johnson plays the step dad to a boy played by josh hutcherson. this is the sequel to the popular "journey to the center of the earth" from a couple of years back. this isn't essential. you don't have to have seen the first one, but it is the same kid character. dwayne is his step dad. they are trying to bond. they end up going on this adventure to the mysterious island that turns out jules vern novel was based in reality, according to the movie. >> whoa! this island shrunk us. >> sean, what does vern say about this? >> that music has a very "jurassic park" like thing to

it. is this a kids' hoffy? >> it's definitely a kids movie. i know your cnn i-reporter says this is for the whole family. it's a movie for the kids. i can't say i enjoyed this, nor did any of the other parents at the screening i was at, but the kids loved it. the kids thought it was awesome. this is a movie you'll have to take your children to, but you have to sit through it. the movie is full of bizarre sequences. for instance, there is this five-minute bit with the rock flexing his pectoral muscles. the characters are bouncing berries off it. at the end of that sequence you authentic, did that really just happen? >> apparently he did do that. what is your grade? >> mostly disappointing. i give it a "d." >> an "a" on the pecs, right? >> depends on what you're into. >> i'll say "a."

the next movie is "safe house." let's see a clip. another side of denzel washington. this one he's ruthless, huh? he's the cia agent gone rogue? >> we get to see him play this villa villainous character. he's good sometimes, bad sometimes. it's a nice change for him. i love seeing denzel play a guy you're not sure if you're supposed to like or not. ryan reynolds is pretty good in this. he is a junior cia agent who is tasked with keeping denzel washington in