it seems like it could be seen as sabre rattling in part of the world by israelis. they said this is part after test. the u.s. not actually commenting on it though, martha. martha: we'll see. if we hear more from the pentagon. thank you very much. big questions this morning about this man. who is bashar assad. the syrian president's family has ruled the country with an iron fist back since 1970. he studied to be a doctor. he succeeded his father upon his death in 2000. more than 70% of the syria's population has lived under the assad family their entire lives. this is all they know and that raises a lot of questions where the country goes from here. bill's got more for us. bill: a lot of that fight something defend the family and history there. mart that, what with this map we divided into three different colors to show the different sides fighting for the past 2 1/2 years. the yellow represents the assad regime, from damascus the