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. >> the summer olympics only amonth away.ere lowered from the tower bridge to commemorate the 30-day countdown until the games begin. the huge rings are 82 feet wide and 36 feet tall. each ring the size of a double decker bus. they look tiny there, don't they? >> tower bridge is towering. it's huge. cannot wait. i wonder if there will be set ablaze in the opening ceremony. in sydney they did that, fire and sparks blazing from the rings. >> i'm sure they have something really incredible planned. >> can't wait. sports fans, ready? college football has a final four. and they are all cheering, the committee of university presidents approved the plan for a four-time playoff that will involve all of the major bowls that you know and you like, like rose bowl, orange bowl, sugar, everything. the rotating national championship game part of it as well. some critics are saying it still doesn't go far enough. so the debate continues. >>> it's a mysterious ad campaign if it's meant to be provocative it's got our attention. find out whose

it's been 15 ponts amonths and violence seems to be getting worse, not better.n mccain have blasted the president for showing what he calls a lack of leadership on syria. mccain and others have called for some level of military intervention, whether it's arming the rebels or perhaps providing air support if necessary. for its part, the white house repeatedly has condemned the violence, has called for the assad regime to step aside, but still wants to give diplomacy a chance to work. u.n. envoy to syria kofi annan was actually here in washington yesterday meeting with secretary of state hillary clinton. most would agree that annan's six-point peace plan is clearly failing and annan acknowledged that yesterday but said that he and secretary clinton would try to discuss ways to either fix that plan or replace it altogether. in the meantime, u.s. diplomats are working feverishly to try to rally the support of the international community, specifically countries like russia and china, both close allies of the assad regime in syria. rebecca. >> whit johnson in washingt