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>> welcome to newsday. >> dozens died after the worst bomb attacks in damascus since the start of the uprising. two weeks after each gives first election, candidates take part in a debate. it lacks fresh revelations about the undercover agent who foiled plot. prince charles gives his forecast. >> the afternoon goes on. good >> broadcasting to viewers on pbs and around the world.

this is newsday. hello, and welcome. the united nations security council has condemned two suicide car bombings which left 55 people dead in damascus. the blast went off during a military -- near a military intelligence building. our correspondent is in damascus. some of images are disturbing. >> just before 8:00, the first blast went off. within minutes, another more powerful explosion was captured in this video. they tore through the tarmac of a major highway. this intelligence complex appears to be one of the targets. many lives were lost.

the english was wrraw. the explosions damaged across a vast area. >> i counted more than 20 vehicles. yellow taxis, service vans, family vehicles, all of them making their way into damascus early and the morning. >> the crowd quickly gathered and anchor grown -- anger grew. this man curse saudi arabia and qatar. another man insisted the government did this to discredit its opponents. ahead of the u.n. monitoring mission came to see the scene himself. he pleaded for the violence to

end. >> we need everybody inside syria, everybody outside syria, to understand this is going to create more suffering for women, children, and the syrian people. >> hatred and mistrust runs so deep and both sides believe the worst of their enemy, the best of themselves. someone have the ability and the will to do this. doctors are struggling to cope. at a hospital morgue there was not enough space for the dead. what we saw was too gruesome to show. this man lost two of his cousins. you do not even need to understand arrow there. this is so bad, tearing the clothes off him.

the 18-year-old survived the blast. his mother tells us we came from the city of homs to escape the violence, and look what happened. good god will not forgive the people who did this. every week seems to bring more fear the worst is yet to come. >> on the line from washington is a member of the democracy institute. this has been one of the deadliest attacks in syria since the uprising. will we ever know who is behind it? >> i doubt we will. of horrific attack and a sign of what is to come. the non-violent side of the opposition is taking a back seat to what you described as a terrorist or liberation forces.

they are armed, and they are apparently going to meet fire with fire. this is going to continue for some time. >> it seems they are taking out more guerilla tactics. how do you this will change game played? >> it means there is no short- term solution. in means there is going to be more violence. it is going to last a long term, barring some outside intervention, even if that is feasible. >> how affective can they be even if those numbers go up to 300? >> they will be completely ineffective. there was never a rational reason to believe they would be able to do the job they were trying to do.

neither side is interested in doing the job, and to be honest, the sooner they are out of there the better, because we have put good people in harm's way, and some of them will be killed along verdes today. good >> what happens next. even though they are not as a factual as one would hope, that would leave a gaping hole and civil war? >> i think we are heading into a civil war. we have to rely on the international media doing a good job now to tell us the truth about what is happening in syria along with individual syrians getting the word out, but an international peace full force is not going to make any headway, and the un cannot do what it has set out to do. >> good to talk to you.

it is the reported the undercover agent who helped soil of a plot to blow up a u.s. airline was a british national. he was thought to have infiltrated all kinda -- al qaeda in yemen. there is concern among senior officials said details of the operation have been late. >> we know nothing at all about where the leak has come from, and we know very few details about a person involved, the would-be farmer who is apparently of a british national and a holder of some of british passport. there seems to be a good deal of frustration and the united states that these these shows are emerging, and defense secretary leon panetta spoke of briefing before reporters at the

pentagon explaining how much damage to the details leaking out can do to the work of securities services. >> of the former director of the cia, i have to tell you those kinds of leaks are very harmful to the intelligence community. our effort has been to try to get individuals who can provide intelligence to work with us, and to be able to do that effectively, you have to protect these people, and you have to protect the confidence and classification and covert nation of this kind of work, and when these leaks take place, i cannot tell you how much they damage our ability to be able to pursue intelligence efforts, so i am fully in favor of a thorough investigation of this matter, and i understand the director will do that.

>> in public the officials are saying exactly what you would expect them to, and that is very little if anything in terms of confirming or denying the substance of these leaks that british national was involved, but it will make it more difficult for them to plan operations like this in the future, and we have seen this attempted a lot fiting the same pattern as an attempt over detroit in 2009, so making public is not very helpful to them, so they will be keen to find out where the information has come from and from those putting it out in the public domain. >> news of a big trading loss would jpmorgan. >> the u.s. says it expects to

lose $800 million over the next month because of bad investments. share prices fell, and the bank claims bad judgment. we look at how jpmorgan got it wrong. >> the koran troubles started in what should have been a harmless operation of the chief investment officer -- the trouble started in what should have been a harmless operation of the chief investment officer. if a bank lends money to accompany this unit would be responsible for buying the insurance policy. that is how it should work, but the unit made deaths that have blown up in the brakes face -- main estimates -- bets that have blown up in the bank's face.

in a surprise conference call the chief executive jamie diamond describes these as self inflicted mistakes, and he described them as not up to his standards. mr. diamond has been a tough critic of the role to reduce risks at thankbanks. he may find it harder to argue his case. >> millions of egyptians have been watching the country's first live debates between the presidential candidates. they are two of the 13 candidates vying to be the first democratically elected candidate. >> this is how many egyptians started their weekend, glued to television screens, watching the

country's first-ever presidential debates. good it hits the former foreign minister against the former leader of the powerful muslim and brotherhood. did they went head to head in a style that is still new to the arab world. he promised stability and criticized recent action that led to deadly clashes. >> i believe an elected president does his job and the framework of the program. i do not believe -- would operate on the basis of chaos. >> he defended the right to protest. >> i do not think if i were president during that time the clashes would have even happened. it is a must to stress the rights of peaceful

demonstrations were one of the gains of the january 2015 revolution. >> as they prepare to vote, the egyptians were listening closely. many voters say they are unsure about who to support. this might help make up their minds, but it has been a high risk for the candidates with every remark they make being highly scrutinized. >> you are watching news today. still to come, afghan troops but boots, and whyan addiction to painkillers has reached record levels in the u.s. let's take a look of the stories making headlines around the world. huge bomb explosions in

damascus killed dozens and left plan.i annan's peace merkel does not want to give in to hollande. she refuses to budge on austerity, but in her on a collision course with the new french president. sales are rising 4 of hard landing for china. the country's export and import growth slowed in april, and the u.k. terms writes about a second world war fiserv plame found in excellent condition triggered a pilot now apparently exercised a perfect home region excellent condition. the pilot apparently exercised a perfect landing but died trying to get help.

dozens have died after the worst bomb attacks in damascus since the start of cirio cost of rising -- serious uprising. >> candidates in egypt have taken part in the first ever live tv debates. good nonprescription painkiller abuses the fastest-growing drug addiction in n.y. the u.s. americans make up 4% of the population but they consume 80% of pain killers. prescription painkillers are easily available. >> ♪ in my life, i love you more ♪ >> he reflects on all but he lost through addiction to

painkillers. his marriage ended and his business collapse. his craving for kills increase. >> in the morning i would need 10 percocets to feel normal. if i did not have them i would not be able to get up in the morning. >> he spent $1,500 a week by a fills -- $1,500 a week buying pills. >> i have no money. nobody was going to lend me any money. what are you going to do? i need to get these pills. i heard how easy it was to rob a bank, and i did it. >> so many americans are addicted to prescription painkillers, but communities like this one are feeling the effects. addicts are so desperate they

started to rob pharmacies. >> i no longer carry these drugs. >> his pharmacy was robbed twice at gunpoint by an outeaddict. he thinks doctors prescribed too many painkillers. >> i think the update needed the epidemic is clear. people are being over medicated. we have the highest use of proxy codon -- oxycodon in the world. we have become a society of wusses. >> in medicine cabinets, and use painkillers creator ready supply of pills ready to be stolen. >> there are probably 50 something left. >> the policeman sees the

problem of over prescription. >> it has become a problem in suburbia because more people are becoming addicted to these pain medicines. >> rich is leaving himself off his medication, taking medication to stop the withdrawal symptoms. he is rebuilding his life. >> of british man has gone on trial in the canyon city, accused of plotting to bomb attacks. he is accused of having links with somalia appeared of british woman is also wanted in connection with the plot. axe the journey from east london has come to an end here in a

kenyan court. you was arrested last year in the port city. he is accused of conspiracy to manufacture explosives of plotting to bomb targets in kenya. kenyan prosecutors confirmed for the first time that the widow of one of the bombers is suspected of financing the alleged did terror plots. >> he is on the run, and we are looking for him. >> more on the connection to this alleged in a plot. good >> we believe he is a fine dancer of all but was going on. >> when kenyan police raided his house, they found a quantity of explosives.

samantha is known to have entered kenya last year, but she disappeared on boxing day, and her whereabouts are unknown. lindsay was captured on tv as he prepared to detonate a bomb on the underground in 2005. it exploded on the train traveling from king's cross to russell square. the couple lived here. after the london bombings, samantha said she was appalled by the attacks and had no idea what her husband had been planning, but she vanished. >> that was seven years ago. a lot could happen during that time. there is increasing concern about the number of britons and known to be actively involved in

terrorist training in somalia a. >> authorities are still looking for samantha. she is thought to have left the country. the case is likely to continue for many months. >> as nato possible by from afghanistan speedup, it has a crucial business of supplying the army, but it has not been straightforward. good >> afgani boots on the ground searching for roadside bombs. the army is taking over the lead. it is a huge challenge. have handed over the business of it with a new recruits -- of a quickening -- of equipping new recruits, but

there is confusion. the defense ministry has canceled the contract. >> we were given the chance through the u.s. government, and we have shown afghanistans can make quality products. >> what you think the fact of the contract has been taken away? what does this say about the future of afghanistan? >> you can see what has been happening. only 38 are left. >> this is how the factory looked just months ago. this is how it looks today, but arguably this is a sign of the afghan government now standing on its own feet. afghanistan has few large factories like this one, and with few other jobs around, some

workers might even joined the caliban -- taliban. >> maybe they are going there. maybe they are going with the taliban. >> the afghan defense ministry says they want to continue buying boots at home. >> is different companies provide the same equipment we will give it to the afghan company, even if the quality is slightly lower. >> the factory is keeping things sticking for now, but there are uncertain times ahead. >> the prince of wales tried his

hand at a bit of weather forecasting. the prince and his wife were visiting the bbc studios in scotland when they were given a chance to help prevent the weather. >> it is then on subtle picture as we head to the rest of the week. it will be cold, wet, and windy. >> the forecast is familiar. on a tour in glasgow, prince charles could not resist trying his hand. good >> there will be snow and no end of higher ground -- snow on the higher ground. a cold they ever were with temperatures of just eight degrees celsius and barbarous northeastern wind. they got it is not a bank

holiday -- thank god it is not a bank holiday. >> how you think he did the democrats would his wife be any good? with a little preparation, she had ag go. >> the rain will be the heaviest around the borders. >> the duchess looked relieved but soon the couple breeze of, well prepared for the scottish weather triggered works even the prince could not make it sunday. -- sunny. thanks very much for watching.

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