it all goes back to last week when the american and french ambassadors visited the scene of huge anti-government protests. syrian officials accused the american ambassador in particular of incitement and encouraging instability. meanwhile, the authorities have held a second day of national dialogue. the government insists it is serious about real reform, including the possible introduction of multi-party democracy. but many opposition leaders boycotted the event, denouncing it as a sham. in fact, some based -- some based in turkey said they will now form a shadow government of technocrats in exile. >> any regime that uses weapons against its own people is considered an expired regime. this government is confronting its citizens with military tanks. in syria, there are 3000 tanks directing arms against the people. they are breaking into homes and bombing civilians. >> it is the first serious attempt by the opposition to establish an alternative national leadership. >> the sheer scale of the uk phone hacking scandal is revealed by a new evidence that suggest queen elizabeth and other members of th

next, the mob attacked the ambassador's private residence. the americans inside botot locations were unharmed. the attackers are supporters of president bashar al assad, whose regime accuses the united states of encouraging the uprising against his dictatorship. last week, american ambassador robert ford visited the city of hama during huge anti-assad protests. he was greeted with cheers and flowers. today's attack and violence over the weekend are the regime's payback. but america's ambassador isn't backing down. despite the embassy attack, the state department says ambassador ford will stay in damascus, today calling his role there "essential." diane. >> thanks so much, alex. >>> and back in this country, our "made in america" summer is in full swing with our biggest challenge yet. as we all look for ways that can help support jobs right here at home. and our tireless team, david muir and sharyn alfonsi, have hit the road, knocking on doors. and they found that everyone in the neighborhood gets knocking too. >> we had no idea our "made in america" journe

charles francis adams, the american ambassador, he was not so much as anti-lincoln, but he did not believe that the president was up to the job. in europe, it seemed incredible that a man from a lowly background who was self-taught, who had never been abroad, could have the top job in the country. it was alien. it was from another universe. they never thought that he was handling the war well. of course, one of the many great attributes that we assign to lincoln now, we only understand them afterwards, not what people understood at the time. tavis: as the war went on, did the view of lincoln never shift inside england? >> there was a damn alexian conversion -- there was a damasian conversion at the last second, when he was assassinated. why did lincoln handle foreign affairs so badly, not knowing that he had left it in the hands of the secretary of state? even in those days, it felt to be good-looking and lincoln was famously ugly. he looked like an enormous coral appeargorilla. he walked with his hands like this instead of like that. people made fun of him. there was a kind of looksism th

the american and french embassies? >> this is normal operating procedure in many parts of the world. it's one of the ways the regime sends signals to each other. this happened after the american and french ambassadorsheir own signals to the demonstrators. i think we need to see this as diplomacy practiced in unusual ways by both the french and the american ambassadors as well as the syrian government. i wouldn't see this as anything unusual. it's certainly more or less a ratcheting up of the western involvement or intervention in this and, of course, clinton's remarks after that. so this is a very serious escalation of the diplomatic battle that is part of the battle that's going on in the streets, the political battle as well as the physical battles in syria. >> when you look at what's going on in tahrir square, some wheth getting tired of the standoff, the reformers, the protesters seem to feel the military has not reformed enough. the military seems to feel the protesters are now just disrupting normal life in cairo. what's happening? >> certainly from the perspective of the protesters who are in tahrir square, who are back in tahrir square, what they're seeing really is two fundamental issues t

>> reporter: look, john, the american ambassador gois to the rebellious city of hannah and he's greeted not with tomatoes and eggs and protests, he's grut t greeted with flowers and people throwing olive branches at his car. so people are welcoming american help and again in the case of syria, two months ago secretary clinton was still holding out hope and now here we are 1700 people have been killed in syria and now finally we've come around to acknowledge he must go. second clinton said it very well again, she said bashir is not indispensable and we have nothing invested in him remaining in power. this is a change in the administration's posture and it tells us that we've been late catching up with the arab spring and with the rebellions. >> we'll keep an eye on it. appreciate your insights. next back here in the united states, we'll ask the mayor of los angeles about carmageddon. it's just hours away from starting. if you don't understand what it is, we'll explain on the other side and answer this question. will it be as bad as everyone fears? will it be as bad as everyone fears? ♪ ♪

the american state department and the libyan government held a meeting in tunisia. americans say they delivered a certain message that colonel gaddafi must step down. more details about the meeting. >> from the american side, the u.s. ambassador to libya until this crisis blew up in february, together with a senior state department official from the region -- they were the representatives of the united states. we do not know who was at the meeting from the libyan side. we do not know who called the meeting. we do have a rundown from state department officials in washington. they say a clear, firm, and unambiguous message was delivered to the libyans from the americans. that message, they say, was that the only way forward in libya, the only way out of the libyan situation, was for colonel gaddafi to step down. that is the message to the americans took. >> that is the washington side of things. do you have any implications of how libya is seeing this? >> the libyan government spokesperson has been talking quite warmly about the meeting, saying it was a positive first step on the road to repairing relations between the countries. the americans beg to differ. they said this was a one off meeting for one purpose, to say gaddafi h

the american ambassador cable that the soviet mood had become more ominous and that he feared the sovieteaders were prepared to take military action unless a cease-fire was quickly achieved. the staff hastened the president's return by flying him back instead of having an drive to gettysburg. i arrived at the white house until 38:00 p.m. following a short briefing he stormed into the cabinet room where 18 men were waiting. the vice president and the top about the state and the defense department, including the joint chiefs. this was a council of war. the admiral briefed the president. prepared to take readiness for fighting a major war with the soviet union. eisenhower reviewed each step urging careful and deliberate implementation. then the sun broke from behind. the president was informed in the middle of this meeting that the british prime minister was available by phone. eisenhower interrupted a meeting to take the call, and he confirmed in that conversation that he had ordered a cease-fire in egypt. this is a tense conversation and much more detail than i am presenting here. tense c

chip boland the american ambassador cabled that the soviet mood had become more ominous and that he feared that soviet leaders were prepared to take military action against a ceasefire was quickly achieved. the staff hastened the president's returned by applying him back instead of having him drive from gettysburg. ike arrived at the white house at 12:38 pm. following a short briefing, he stowed into the cabinet room were 18 men were waiting. the vice president and the top leadership of both the state and defense departments including the joint chiefs. this was a council of war. admiral ratford briefed the president on the joint chiefs. we're prepared to take readiness for fighting a major war with the soviet union. eisenhower reviewed each step, urging careful and deliberate implementation. then his son broke behind the war clouds and the president was informed in the middle of this meeting that british prime minister anthony was available by phone. eisenhower interrupted the meeting to take the call and he confirmed in the call that eaton had ordered a ceasefire in egypt. this is the ten

and french embassies to condemn visits by the american ambassadors to hama, an opposition stronghold. to point out this is amateur video. cnn cannot confirm its authenticity. it shows a police vehicle parked neither the embassy. the writing "anti-riot battalion". you can also see graffiti painted on the embassy's walls including the message that people want to kick out the dog, apparent reference to the u.s. ambassador. someone has written "this is syria, you dog "and "to hell with america" up today the syrian ambassador to the united states accused the embassies to exaggerating the attacks. secretary of state hillary clinton blasted syria in her strongest language yet. here's what president obama told cbs news tonight. >> we've certainly sent a clear message that nobody can be messing with our embassy, and that we will take whatever action is necessary in order to protect our embassy. >> i talked to foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty er. >> jill we heard the strongest messages yet regarding the assad regime. >> reporter: hillary clinton crossed the line, you could say, at l

are attacking the protesters, attacking soldiers and policemen and one of the reasons why the american ambassadorlf if there are armed gangs and he didn't see that. and so this is where things stand, the syrian government has made some cautious moves allowing some opposition, a conference of opposition, activists to take place, however the opposition is very much divided. those on the streets, the protesters, they're not participating in that. >> okay, thanks so much, from cnn international, i appreciate that. >>> we know you can feel vibrations, right, but have you ever seen them captured in slow motion? stick around to find out what that looks like. hotel bids to fu can save up to 60% on hotels. * we'll even email you other people's winning bids, so you'll know what price to name. *á with new hotel bid alerts, from priceline. welcome. i understand you need a little help with your mortgage, want to avoid foreclosure. smart move. candy? um-- well, you know, you're in luck. we're experts in this sort of thing, mortgage rigamarole, whatnot. r-really? absolutely, and we guarantee results, you know,

we know is that this meeting took place on saturday in the tunisian capital from the american side, the u.s. ambassador to libya until this crisis blew up in february, together with the senior state department official for the region. they were the representatives of the united states. we don't know who was at the meeting from the libyan side. we don't know who called the meeting, but we do have kind of a rundown from state department officials here in washington. they say there was a clear, firm, and unam bigious message was delivered to the libyans from the americans. the only way forward, the only way out of the military situation that the country finds himself in now is for "colonel gaddafi to step down." that is the message that the americans took. >> steve kingston, there. spanish police have broke up a major operation of laundering money from drug trafficking. the police have gave videos to the media of digging up some of the money under the floor of a madrid mansion. when all of the cash was counted, it totaled 23 million mcenroes. the european stock markets have been falling. fears continuing

. >> sreenivasan: the new american ambassador to afghanistan was sworn in today and pledged there would be no rush to the exits. ryan crocker takes over as the u.s. begins withdrawing 10,000 troops by the end of the year. he said the u.s. has no interest in using afghanistan to influence neighboring nations. meanwhile, the nato toll in afghanistan grew by one today. an italian paratrooper was killed in an insurgent attack the west. so far in july, 44 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. the government of syria endorsed a draft law allowing other political parties to form. the move is part of a series of reforms president bashar al assad and his ruling ba'ath party promised in the face of a popular uprising. but the opposition has dismissed the law as largely symbolic. it came as syrian security forces detained more people in damascus and other cities for holding antigovernment protests. the maid who accused former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss- kahn of sexually assaulting her in a manhattan hoteroom broke her silence today. nafissatou diallo told "newsweek," "i want hi

by the assad regime on foreign consular staff leaving the capital earlier this month the french and american ambassadors visited the town of hama angering the damascus government hundreds of thousands demonstrated afterwards in protest against the assad regime a violent security force crackdown continues with local human rights groups estimating at least sixteen hundred have been killed during four months of unrest. the space shuttle atlantis is on its way back to earth for the very last time the craft and its crew of four left the international space station and are due to land at the kennedy space center in florida early on thursday touchdown will spell the end of nasa as shuttle program after that atlantis will become a museum piece with plans to turn that the mission control room into a training facility. it's eleven years since the israeli army withdrew from lebanon however the consequences of the war against hezbollah and the palestinian liberation organization are still being felt members of the south lebanese army who fought alongside their israeli counterparts save the country they backed has l

the beast. >> i looked for characters to tell that story, ideally outsiders and americans, and that's when i stumbled on the american ambassador. >> sunday night on c-span's "q & a." it takes a behind the stacks look, the "l. a. times" calls it required tv viewing. c-span's library of congress, sunday night at 9 eastern on c-span. >> and once again the house is in recess as they prepare for votes on legislative branch spending until about 10 o'clock this morning. until then tom coburn joined us on "washington journal" to talk about the debt talks. host: we are pleased to be back and we have tom coburn on the news, and announced zone 9 trillion dollar debt scheme and we will talk about this. senator the headlines this morning suggested that if there is a deal between the senate, that your colleagues are really angry of being excluded from it. help people understand where things are now? guest: clearunderstand where they are. if they have negotiated something they agreed to, why would they complain? it is the whole washington silliness of complaining because you don't know what's going on. nobody knows what's going on except the

the american embassy by syrian protesters. hundreds of syrian government supporters stormed the u.s. embassy compound, smashing windows and spray painting walls with graffiti. at tack came after the american ambassadorion that strongly opposes the syrian president. >>> it as story that gripped our hearts last week. we're talking about the baseball fan who went for a foul ball then fell to his death in front of his young son. >> horrifying. he was a firefighter and hundreds gathered to pay their last respects. abc's diana alvear joins us with the details. diana? >> reporter: peggy and daniel, good morning. was quite a sight in brownwood as shannon stone's fellow firefighters set out totorove he was so much more than just a texas rangers fan who lost his life in a tragedy. a show of respect for one of their own. more than 100 fire trucks and firefighters from all over texas made their way to brownwood to mourn 39-year-old shannon stone. >> the nature of the death, the timing of the death, the way that it happened, is still very difficult for everyone in the family and very difficult for everyone in the community. >> reporter: the 18-year veteran firefighter was at a texex rangers game last week sittin

the americans did department said ambassador robert ford had toured the city to show solidarity with the citizens. watching news day on the bbc, live from singapore and london. still to come, as south sudan prepares for independence, we spoke with one of the widows of the rebels. >> will the weather delay the final flight for shuttle atlantis? >> insurgents in -- surgeons in sweden have done the first transplant. >> this is how the world's first synthetic organ was made. take a glass mauldin to a liquid polymer which makes in the decoration of the patient's windpipe. it was made in london and flown to sweden. once in stockholm, the synthetic windpipe was bathed in a solution of stem cells taken from the patient's bone marrow. after two days, the millions of tiny holes in its surface were seated by cells -- seeded by cells. a synthetic body part has been made the patient's own. and the ability to create the three-d synthetic organic is a significant moment in this field of surgery. >> it does not realize it at all on intonation. you can have it immediately. there is no delay. most imp

the u.s. ambassador literally of trying to incite violence. the u.s. state department calls his visit a potent symbol of support for the syrian people. >> reporter: a car carrying the americania, robert ford, is mobbed by joyful residents of the city. for week, the site of major anti-government dmemonstrations and anti-government crackdowns. that wave olive branches, toss flowers. chants, down with the regime of their own president, basha bashar al-assad. the foreign ministry slams the visit, saying ford did it without official permission, that he met with saboteurs and was trying to aggravate situations that destabilize syria. >> absolute rubbish. >> reporter: the state department claims the ambassador who earlier met with average syrians in to the city didn't get out of the car this time and left before another major demonstration. the state department says the embassy did notify the syrian defense ministry of the trip. in fact, the ambassador's motorcade was waved through checkpoints. >> was ate bold thing for him to do? yes, but it speaks to the importance of sending the signal that we stand with the syrian people. >> reporter: the dramatic visit comes after some republ

the ambassador residence. u.s. says it will demand compensation from sir why for the damage. attack followed visits by the american french ambassador to the city this last week in support of pro democracy democrat industrytor whose protest will be vet with syrian traps and with tanks. >> cia organized a fake vaccination program in the town where it believed osama bin laden was hiding in an elaborate attempt to obtain dna from his family. the guardian newspaper says cia recuted local doctor to organize the vaccine drive. doctor since arrested for cooperating with the americans. united states is now apparently trying to intervene on his behalf. >>> back at home. man accused of taking that pricey picasso right off an art gallery wall in san francisco is going to spend some more time in county jail. court hearing today was postponed. don sanchez has the story. >> mark was in judge's courtroom where the arraignment held over to friday. he was clean shaven. unlake in the booking photo. the way we looked on friday. he faces 3 charges. >> 3 felony count of grand theft commercial second agree burglary and receiving stolen

the syrian government gets mad at our ambassador, then our embassy there gets attacked. what now? >> john, syria's a police state. the group that attacked the american embassy, the ambassador's residence wouldn't have done that without the security of the government. so hillary clinton was within her right to insist that they adhere to the vienna convention of 1961, international law, that demands that all countries protect diplomats within its boundaries. syria did not do that today. and they have a track record. about a decade ago they unleashed a crowd against another american ambassador's residence. this is part of their playbook, but it won't be acceptable to the united states. and we saw a firm response from the state department a firm response with words, but what next here in the sense that secretary clinton should complain about an attack on the u.s. embassy, but this government it includes attacking its own people as well. >> that's right. but let's be clear about what the motivation of the syrian government was in sort of condoning and allowing such an attack to take place. not only are they angry at ambassador ford who showed great coura

the past. now we have been following this story at cnn for a couple of days now, a number of high level officials whom we cannot identified, have identified one american diplomat as the american ambassadorjean krech. why is this important? he was kicked out of libya by gadhafi officials because of the reports that had deteriorated sharply and then the u.s. embassy shuttered its doors in february after an elaborate evacuation of u.s. diplomats as the situation was getting more and more violent, a violent crackdown by the gadhafi regime and it's security forces and now this country is in full blown civil war with nato warplanes bombing around just this morning at tripoli international airport. we have gotten some rumors and reports of some face to face negotiations between the french and the gadhafi regime and now indications that the u.s. has been meeting face to face with gadhafi as well. when i approached ev eed ibrahi this, he was very surprised, he said, please, let's not mess this up, it does seem that this is in a very, very delicate stage right now, these negotiations. >> and as he told you, this is a first step, we'll be waiting for the second step, ivan walt son, thank you so mu

the attacks follow visits by the american and french ambassadors last week in support of prodemocracy demonstrators. >>> tough words from iran from the new secretary of defense, leon pennetta. he says iran is supplying republicans to extremists in iraq that are killing u.s. troops as they prepare to leave the country. pennetta says they will not walk away from the challenge and is urging iraq to crack down on the insurgents. >>> in texas, funeral services were held today for a man that fell to his death at a texas rangers baseball came. 39-year-old shannon stone will be buried in his hometown. he fell 20 feet while trying to catch a ball for his 6-year-old son that was with him at the game. the outfielder, josh hamilton, tossed a ball into the stands. he reached for the ball but lost his balance and crashed head-first into a scoreboard. the rangers have donated an undisclosed sum of money to help the family. >>> and betty ford will be buried alongside her husband. she died of natural causes on friday. she was 93. tomorrow she will be remembered in the desert region that she and her re

american term. the mob attacked the united states in mystery -- embassy in damascus. they sprayed graffiti in raised a syrian flag above the compound. last week, an american ambassador visited a city that was home to the entire regime movement. in russia, more than 50 people dead, dozens more missing after a cruise boat sank on the boulder river on sunday. and the ship called bulgaria was carrying more than two passengers. crews have rescued at least 80 people. the ship was overloaded and was in need of repair. one day after the world newspaper printed its final addition, there are no allegations of other newspapers sold by rupert to murdoch. >> the list of possible victim'' is a growing. today brought new revelations that the news of the world abroad to members of the royal protection service to get queen elizabeth's private phone number. if they tried to bribe your police to get access to the phones of 911 victims'. charles and camilla were warned that their voice mail may have been halved. the allegations of illegal hacking now go far beyond the news of the world to other papers owned by rupert murdoch. former prime minister gordon brown says the sunday times gai

. >> sreenivasan: the new american ambassador to afghanistan was sworn in today and pledged there would be no rush to the exits. ryan crocker takes over as the u.s. begins withdrawing 10,000 troops by the end of the year. he said the u.s. has no interest in using afghanistan to influence neighboring nations. meanwhile, the nato toll in afghanistan grew by one today. an italian paratrooper was killed in an insurgent attack in the west. so far in july, 44 international troops have been killed in afghanistan. the government of syria endorsed a draft law allowing other political parties to form. the move is part of a series of reforms president bashar al assad and his ruling ba'ath party promised in the face of a popular uprising. but the opposition has dismissed the law as largely symbolic. it came as syrian security forces detained more people in damascus and other cities for holding antigovernment protests. the maid who accused former i.m.f. chief dominique strauss- kahn of sexually assaulting her in a manhattan hotel room broke her silence today. nafissatou diallo told "newsweek," "i wa

the u.s. ambassador to syria visited the syrian city of hama. in that motorcade is american ambassador. e not hiding the fact that they are very happy that he is there. this visit has caused some diplomatic tensions between the syrian and u.s. governments. that's what i want to talk about. exactly what is the american position on the conflict in syria and why did that moment upset so many? >> well, fred, basically the u.s. wants to side with the protesters in terms of their right to protest. obviously has been calling on the syrian government to end the violence, imposing sanctions against the government. i don't think necessarily the u.s. is ready to kind of use those magic words president asad should go because they don't have the support they had in libya with moammar gadhafi. ambassador ford kind of started slow in terms he's only been on the ground several months. getting his feet wet, meeting people, being kind of quiet, this was really a very provocative move, what he did last week later in the week, going to hama, meeting with protesters. you saw that when he went, the second he

. >> bret: in international news, syria warned the american and french ambassadors not to lese do masss without position -- damascus without permission. this is after envoy visited city of hamas in support of anti-american protest. this is new video of the security forces firing on a funeral procession, which we told you about tuesday. in the town of momes. in new effort to end libyan conflict, france is saying the leader muammar gaddafi could stay in the country as long as he relinquishs power. gaddafi insists he will neither step down nor flee his country. reports say the rebel death toll from tuesday's unsuccessful attempt to seize the oil company of brega is now at 27. >>> we're now learning more about an assassination attempt on a top terrorist in yemen, just daying after usama bin laden was killed. u.s. jets on may 5 set out to kill anwar al-awlaki, the american born cleric and al-qaeda leader now considered to be a big threat to america, one of the biggest, actually. officials say a missile struck the back of al-awlaki's truck. but he survived. switched vehicles and escaped. as

and the afternoon, just as a social event, a get-together the president and our american ambassador had played tennis with the crown prince of japan and the emperor okay. and they were badly beaten. well, that night, there was a state dinner in honor of the bushes and mr. bush on the way over said to barbara, i'm really not feeling well. and she said, well, do you think we should go back, and he said, for. you know, i think i can do it. and they got there and he got on the receiving line and said to her, i really don't feel good. they sat down. he was sitting next to the japanese prime minister and promptly vomited in the man's lap and passed out. he had a bad intestinal flu. he was taken out by his doctors and the doctors said to barbara, he's going to be fine. it's nothing serious. but the prime minister said to barbara, would you like to say something. so she said, you know, i can't explain what happened to george because it's never happened before but i'm beginning to think he's the ambassador's fault. he and george played the emperor and the crown prince in tennis today and we were

and guess who beat the american embassy diplomats at the game of trivial pursuit on american history? after which the mr. ambassador asked me how long it's been in the united states? and i said i have never visited the u.s. to all my knowledge is essentially acknowledge. and, of course, he decided to rectify that by getting an invitation to come here and international program which i think was the best use of american taxpayer money ever. because you ended up having somebody know your history, appreciate your ideals without being born in your country. and without ever adopting her citizenship over a blank for a. somebody who is from another country, loves his own country but looks at your country with admiration. you could have millions more like that, at much less cost. i assure you that my international visit, a six-week program, and always been on the american library in karachi was much less than the price of the drones that you're having to use to take out terrorists. so there are two ways of looking at it. one is, spend more on defending yourselves. or spin a little bit also on avoiding, antagonizing people a

the syrian capital one day after supporters attacked compounds. mom's broke windows at both embassies yesterday to protest a visit by american and french ambassadorsrench foreign ministry said that three embassy workers were injured. u.s. and france accused syrian forces of being too slow to respond to the attacks and demanded the government abide by international obligations to protect diplomatic missions. britain is planning for the terror threat to be severe during the 2012 london olympics. >> quick market of state as we take a live look at the board to see what is happening in wall street at the moment. we are up eight. and a half. the dow is at 12,506. a slight improvement. not a lot of progress happening on wall street this morning. >> we will be right back as a kron 4 morning news continues. we have a programming note for this friday. rahma

the ambassador's residence. the u.s. says it will demand compensation for the damage. this followed visits by americannd french ambassadors to the city last week in support of pro-democracy demonstrators. >> and leon pin netta -- pin yetta met with the prime minister in baghdad. he expressed with the decision on the iraqi government on whether it wants u.s. troops to stay. the pentagon preparing to pull out troops by the end of the year. he met with some of the troops earl hier today. >> and i wanted a chance to meet with the men and women putting their lives on the line for our country. you're the ones i'm responsible for and care b you're the ones that... i want to make sure are protected. not only for yourselves but your families. >> he threatened stronger action to stop iranian weapons from entering iraq, being used to kill u.s. troop autos and still head this afternoon, coming to america in very large chunks. last pieces of the new bay bridge, on the way. >> you know how daunting grocery lists can seem when you're with usy worrying about getting home. shoppers now have an app for that. >> and 4:3

syria's foreign minister has warned the ambassadors of american frogs don't travel outside the capital without permission earlier this month the diplomats will severely criticized the government this is in the volatile town of hama considered the opposition stronghold but this comes as security forces continue of body parts iran's and government demonstrations at least ten people were killed on tuesday's police final rally in the city of homs. he wrote about the main stories in just a few minutes before about they were the businesses. following a welcome to business here our large seen our stock markets are letting out a little sigh of relief at least for the moments the wall come for us and obama's news of progress on raising america's debt ceiling he's meeting with congressional leaders to discuss a new that cutting plan and determine if it could point the way out of the end that's. it does seem that this is kind of what president obama was looking for but for trillion dollars is a big problem however because with enormous cuts as we're seeing in greece for example is that really goo

it was retaliation for the french and american ambassadors visiting an opposition city last week. mobs gathered outside the u.s. embassy where they chanted protests and burned the american flag. they breached a wall and broke windows before being dispersed by u.s. marine guards. in washington, state department spokeswoman victoria nuland condemned the attack and the regime's response. >> the syrian government has not lived up to its obligations under the vienna convention to protect diplomatic facilities. and it's absolutely outrageous. they have not done the job that all governments are supposed to do i protecting the diplomatic facilities of all resident diplomats in their country. >> sreenivasan: u.s. officials said there were no injuries to embassy staffers. in iraq, u.s. defense secretary leon panetta threatened stronger action to stop iran from arming shi-ite militias, who attack u.s. troops. panetta spoke to a group of u.s. soldiers in baghdad and said: "this is not something we're going to walk away from. it's something we're going to take on head on." panetta also met with

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the white house christmas card, 1933. see, she's sitting properly by franklin's side. but she's making history in other ways. here she is showing an interest in african-americans, and she was really the ambassador of the roosevelt administration, two african-americans who were unbelievably discriminated against. this is a picture, 1936, and she is visiting howard university, and the two students on either side are dressed in reserve officer uniforms. now, this picture caused an outcry from segregationists who used it in the south to attack the racial policies of the roosevelt administration. but on the other hand, it made a great hit in the african-american press of the day which would take pictures like this and run them to show that -- here you had a first lady who really was sympathetic to the cause of african-americans. now, she travels all over the country giving speeches. and some of them definitely paid lectures and some were not. often she's accompanied only by one person, that's her trustworthy secretary, melvina thompson. do you see the kind of clothes they wore. they sort of looked matronly. women weren't supposed to try to keep young the way they are today, no matter how old we actu

the american embassy in syria. protesters smashed windows and sprayed graffiti over it angry the u.s. ambassador visited a city at the center of the opposition movement against the syrian president. the u.s. condemned it calling protesters thugs. >>> there's a security breach at one of the top military contractors. a hacker group claimed it stole tens of thousands of encrypted military passwords from booz allen hamiltonen. the company refused to comment but the pentagon says it was aware of it. >>> a new crackdown on gun buyers on states that border mexico, new mexico, arizona and california will be required to alert the government when ray person purchases two or more semiautomatic weapons in a five-day period t comes amid heavy criticism over a failed federal gun tracing operation. >>> passengers on an amtrak train say they felt like they were riding through a fireball after the train collided with a tractor trailer. it happened on the route between boston and portland. the train was moving at 70 miles per hour when it hit the truck. the driver was killed but no one on board the train was seri

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