before dorli rainey, there was a veteran named scott olson, hit in the head with a blunt object at an occupy oakland protest. he was hit by a tear gas canister fired by police. it cracked his skull. his skull was fractured. he was in the hospital for about three weeks and faces a long recovery. would police have used live ammunition to shoot at the oakland protesters if they had not had nonlethal projectiles? denver last month, police dispersed protesters with pepper spray and with rubber bullets. >> a journalist was in civic center park on another story when he found himself in the middle of a face-off between police and protesters. an officer shot a steady stream of pepper spray there into the crowd then come rubber bullets. this man got some of the spray in his face. people near him trying to help, calling for more water to help flush out his eyes. >> let's get the latest now from our news reporter nelson garcia. >> things are pretty tense right now. as you can see right behind me, the crowd is still there. things have calmed down quite a bit. officers fired rubber bullets into the

protester identified as dorli rainey who is 84 years old. >>> and a protest overseas making news tonight in the philippines, a crowd attacked secretary of state hillary clinton's motorcade. they threw eggs, rocks and balloons full of red paint. the car she was traveling in was not hit, the lead vehicle was. protesters are against a military treaty between the two nations. >>> now we turn to syria. a nation very much on the brink, increasing violence, defections from the regime. and as we've been reporting, president assad's neighbors including turkey, turning against him. the question is, is yet another authoritarian ruler in that region about to go? our chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in istanbul for us tonight. richard, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. this has been going on in syria for eight months now. 3,500 people killed. but this week, something changed. the uprising in syria became a revolution. since monday, government forces have killed dozens of activists. but now, syrian troops are being killed by the dozens as well. the uprising in syria has chang

her name is dorli rainey. 4'10", 84 years old, a former schoolteacher. she was pepper sprayed by police during a protest in seattle. tonight, she says she'll be back, and, quote, i'm pretty tough, i guess. and in new york, the demonstrators returned to zuccotti park. but they can no longer camp there. while in london, officials sent letters to protesters, politely asking them to leave. tomorrow marks two months since the occupy protests began. >>> and now, onto the serious news out of the middle east, where the critical nation of syria appears to be on the brink of civil war. what does this mean for stability? here's abc's martha raddatz. >> reporter: the crackdown has been bloody. the dictatorship of bashar al assad has gunned down 3,500 men, women and children. those who have stood up for freedom. but today, the tables were turned. soldiers defecting from syria's military struck back in a big way, attacking major military facilities and equipment. they posted a warning on facebook, saying they can "hit anywhere and anytime." assad, a former eye doctor