there's far more trade between aleppo and turkey than aleppo and damascus.cut off it means life is going to change dramatically for people in aleppo. >> ben, we appreciate you live today. a lot more unfolding this hour including word that cal ripken's mother has been abducted by gun point. >>> police shoot and kill two men and now one city is on edge. the voices of the protesters are getting louder. the violence is out of hand. i'm brooke baldwin, the news is now. first mickey goes to north korea. now wedding bells. the rogue nation's mystery leader surprises yet again. >>> plus, the number of folk who is want guns in colorado skyrocketing since the massacre. their reasons not all the same. >>> from grace to activist, debra messing joins me live on what she wants the world to know about aids. that's a few names longer.honet you see us bank on busier highways. on once empty fields. everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expand, grow stronger and get back to work. everyday

stewart, what are you seeing inside aleppo tonight? >> the artillery that usually starts about now has started, though it is very sporadic. last night it was very, very heavy for a long period of time, consistent with the syrian government's strategy, they failed to take that stronghold in the southwest with ground troops, so they withdrew and have been bombarding it with artillery and with helicopter gun ships firing. >> glor: stewart, from the best information we have been able to gather, the opposition controls between a third and the half of the neighborhoods inside aleppo, does that sync up with what you are saying? >> i would say maybe. it might be a little on the optimistic side. also they don't have the numbers that they led me to believe. you do get that sense from the people involved in the revolution they don't think they won't win now, it is just really a matter of how long it takes them to do that. > what about the casualties in aleppo? >> it really is difficult to know. i think the latest figures for yesterday in the coun

aleppo has been a treating center. there you have a google map of aleppo. here i recognize right away is essentially the most famous land mark, the 13th century citadel. >> this is the creation. >> a very old city. by some accounts the oldest inhabited city in the world. >> we highlighted some of the areas in aleppo where the revolts have been breaking out. highlighting other areas in different neighborhoods where people have revolted. so far it's calm. i say that loosely because the government has come. >> some of the old neighborhoods very close to the center where you had free syrian army rebellions if full swing. e government knows how important it is to maintain a hold of damascus and aleppo. so far retaking control of those neighborhoods. >> could the same thing happen in aleppo? >> that's the expectation. now that you have free syrian army fighters close to the center, i think if we can bring back that google map, this is the old city here. we saw video and it was confirmed to me by one of my sources that the free syrian army rebels were about a kilo

the most critical battle of the syrian civil war, charlie d'agata is with the rebels on the road to aleppo. you could be getting a rebate on health insurance, ben tracey on a little known provision of the health care reform law. and among those summering at the cape is a very dangerous crowd. >> just like out of a movie, but knew was a shark. >> pelley: seth doane on the sharks of 2012. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. good evening. we have just begun the fourth year of what has been a very bumpy recovery from the great recession. today we got some indications that better times may be near. for one thing, home prices were up more than 2% in may, and that's the third monthly increase. and americans saw their incomes rise half a percent in june, more than $500 per household on average. trouble is, americans didn't spend any of it. they cut spending back to a tiny fraction, about $11 on average. that's the problem, because consumers spending is 70% of our economy. we have three reports tonight, first dean reynolds in chicago on the fear of buying.

i am not sure how many were in aleppo itself. we noticed before, when i have been in homes and in hama, very much the same. it is often the civilians who are trying to leave that are having casualties. i glor: is the city still functioning or essentially shut down now? >> it is pretty much shut down. i think this is what is critical. oris is the part of aleppo that is still functioning, but is eetting worse and worse. if you consider the commercial isportance of the city, the damage that is being caused to e e infrastructure and the damage that is being caused to the people there, it will undoubtedly have an effect on the government and their support. >> glor: sky news, thank you. our elizabeth palmer is watching syria's civil war from neighboring lebanon. she is giving insight from well- informed syrian sources. liz, good evening to you. does the battle in aleppo indicate that rebel fighters have grown in either strength or organization? >> reporter: not really. au can see by the pictures that they are very poorly armed, conside

charlie, tell us a little bit more about the civilians you've seen and the refugees leaving aleppo. >> reporter: well, as you get closer to aleppo you really get a sense of how bad the civilian problem is there. we've seen refugees streaming down that road. and they are seeking shelter wherever they can, they are sleeping under trees in olive groves, in shelters in those groves and in local victim ages, and the problem -- villages. and the problem is there isn't enough water or food to go around so, that's causing problems among the local residents there. we've also heard that they had been rejected from hospitals when their children had needed medical attention. so this is a problem as the situation worsens in aleppo, it's going to worsen in those towns and villages and it's really stretched to breaking point. >> pelley: charlie d'agata, thank you very much, reporting from inside syria. tonight the biggest blackout in history has left nearly 10% of the world population without power. a massive failure in india that started yesterday, doubled today. knocking out power to 22 states and

the battle for syria engulfs the country's second city aleppo braces for the worst as rebels and government forces go head to head. elsewhere in the rest of region united arab emirates sees a fresh protest to the west's blind eye attitude echoing its stance on saudi arabia and bahrain. because the troubles past the ancient limpid truth as politics hangs over sport for the syrian squad at the london games. international news in coming live from the new center here in moscow this is r.t. with you twenty four hours a day syrian government troops and rebels are reinforcing their positions as the week long battle for the kenyan orton city of aleppo intensifies columns of army tanks reportedly rolling into residential areas where opposition forces are placing snipers on rooftops seizing control of syria's commercial capital is seen as crucial to winning the fight for the north of the country clashes are also being reported in damascus where rebels launched a major offensive recently but were pushed back some countries are calling for humanitarian corridors but russia says that's impossible as lon

. >>> that is what it sounds like in syria's largest city, aleppo.els are firing back at government forces there as the besiegeded city is seeing some of the heaviest violence yet. many residents have fled and much of aleppo looks like a ghost town of only fighters in the streets there. opposition activists say at least 53 people have been killed across syria today. let's get you right to cnn's mohammed ginjun. mohammed, is there a sense that the fate of aleppo hangs in the balance right now? >> absolutely, randi. the opposition activists that we've been speaking with today, very concerned about what's going on in aleppo. not only are we hearing about the most intense clashes that we've seen in aleppo since the clashes there started, but we're hearing that specific neighborhoods there have a real hold of that neighborhood. that regime forces are surrounding those neighborhoods, that they're not allowed food or fuel supplies to get into those neighborhoods. we're hearing about shelling going on and we're hearing that large portions of the city of alep

families are trying to leave aleppo any way they can, in taxis, on motorcycles. some have managed to come to villages like this one which are now under rebel control. one man who left aleppo today said as he was leaving, he saw bodies on his left, bodies on his right. many of them of women and children. but once families do reach villages like this one, the situation is not much better. this village is completely surrounded by syrian forces, and often comes under attack. brian? >> richard engel reporting for us tonight from inside syria. >>> mitt romney left london today for tel aviv where he is hoping for a better reception, a better outing than the one he got here, after questioning this city's preparedness to host the games. in his conversation with us, the romney campaign is hoping to win over jewish voters in the u.s. by delivering a message that he would be a better friend to israel than president obama has been. now, to colorado, and the news that has come out of the aftermath of the massacre in that movie theater over a week ago now. today the funerals co

this is north of aleppo. they drove out the government forces and seized all kinds of weapons including several tanks. iran watson is in syria. he witnessed this battle overnight. here is what he said. >> reporter: the army base was firing in all different directions with machine guns. it was firing big tanks outside hitting the neighbors villages. they called in artillery all the way from aleppo which was a couple of miles down the road. in the end, the rebels captured the outpost which was defended by a dozen tanks and army personnel carriers. today we went down to see the aftermath of the battle. the rebels had carted away four tanks that they captured and taking away boxes and boxes of ammunition that they captured. >> ivan watson for us. they are giving government forces fight in aleppo. it's not been since, it hasn't been this slaughter, this massacre that some have predicted, at least not yet. we have gotten video. i know it's tough to look at this but some of it shows bodies of government soldiers the

we are joined by hala gorani of cnn international who has been to aleppo several times. what is different is that it is calm based on the conversations that you know there and what are they anticipating? >> well, i spoke to the sources in aleppo, and what they are saying is that in the fighting of the streets of aleppo, it is calmer, and there are deaths to report and almost 30 according to the sources we have have died across the country. the biggest question is the assault we are expect big the syrian army on the rebel positions. will it happen tomorrow and saturday as some people are expecting? will the rebels retreat, and in other words delaying the battle for alepaleppo? but as auz tlways, the civiliane caught in the middle and hunkered down in their homes hoping that the fighting will not come to them. >> so the regime will not want to retreat from aleppo, because it is too vital for the country and especially the economic picture? >> well, it is the most populous city, and the most important city from the economic situation, and the most important question going f

thank you. >> fighting continues in the key syrian city of aleppo. state television said the district formally a rebel stronghold, had been purged. the rebels denied this and say a continues. a terrible night of explosions. from beirut, jim muir reports. >> syrian state television is now following the aleppo fighting on the ground, as it did for damascus last week. it says government forces have moved into salah al-din, the southwest portion of aleppo which had become a rebel stronghold. >> [speaking foreign language] >> we have taken complete control from the mercenary gunmen and will make it peaceful and just a few days. >> activists say they're still fighting in the quarter and in other areas, syrian troops have defected, handing over government tanks to the rebels. as the battle rages, growing concern for of of many civilians trapped in the city. believes 200,000 have fled. many pouring into improvised field hospitals are civilians. >> [speaking foreign language] >> some days, we get 30, 40, or 50 wounded. that does not include the bodies. some o

tonight syria's biggest city aleppo is a battleground. the dead include 25 people in aleppo.is video purportedly shows some of the fighting in aleppo cnn can't vouch for the authenticity of it. with what we're hearing from witnesses on the ground, it appears to be occurring. street battles raging. attack helicopters. tanks firing in the city. all of this in syria's commercial hub. 200,000 people in and around aleppo have fled the shelling. conflicting reports about who controls the city's key neighborhoods. we do know that the so-called free syrian army scored a victory outside of aleppo today. in the meantime, there are questions growing about the fate of president bashar al assad. here's what leon panetta told our barbara starr today in an exclusive interview. >> i'm sure deep down assad knows he's in trouble and it's just a matter of time. >> what would you say to him? >> i would say if -- if you want to be able to protect yourself and your family, you'd better get the hell out now. >> so did the u.s. government, other government agencies like your former agency, have oper

this is north of aleppo.zed all kinds of weapons including several tanks. iran watson is in syria. he witnessed this battle overnight. here is what he said. >> reporter: the army base

. >>> the battle for aleppo is now in its 12th day. tonight richard engel has learned of a development in that battle that may be a turning point for the rebels. richard is with us again tonight from inside syria. >> reporter: good evening, brian. rebel sources tell nbc news that for the first time in this conflict the free syrian army has been armed with nearly 2 dozen shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles. they came in from turkey, rebels hope this is the first batch and say their effects will be felt soon. >> for days in aleppo, syrian troops have had total air superiority. that is now changing. and the new anti-aircraft weapons could help their battle for aleppo. the syrian government promised to make quick work of what it called the frists in aleppo. but the rebels are holding on. the rebels battled to defend every corner of their strong hold in the southwest of the city. they took over a police station, defaced images of president assad. thousands of civilians continue to flee the city today. a doctor who didn't want to be fully

well you have first of all let me tell you that i'm coming to you live from damascus not from aleppo and here in damascus live is coming back to normal after those deadly weeks that we have seen so far now as you can probably see behind me the traffic is flowing freely people are going out around the businesses some go out that night and there are very few signs that remind us about the terror and the fear that they experienced just this past week when they see weakness a major terror attack and then major military operation it seems that the clashes indeed have moved to aleppo beach in syria largest city its commercial hub the center of its industrial activity over the past few days has been. at the center of a matter major military operation we know that the army the syrian army used tanks used fighter jets military helicopters to strike its targets we also know from various sources on the ground the free syrian army has also. enlisted a lot of support for it's a parade. they're calling it the battle for aleppo and there are some reports that on the eve of this battle they received

in aleppo. what can you tell about how the population feels now? where their sympathies lie? >> we were here weeks before fighting broke out. it was vy interesting bause there's wethiest ighbhoods in aleppo that look like amman or beirut, untouched by fighting, wealthier shops and of course very nice homes. the question is, have these people fled to lebanon? have they fled to turkey? or are they just staying in their houses for now to see what happens? there's still power in these parts of the city. they're not being shelled. there's still army positions. the places that are shelled, as i said, are beginning to look like the worst war zonein syria now. >> warner: james foley, thanks so much for doing this and stay safe >> thanks. i appreciate you guys. >> ifill: there was another high-level defection from the syrian government today. the top diplomat in london said he would no longer represent the assad regime. >> woodruff: next, charting the rise of brazil as a new and growing power on the glob

says that 200,000 people have fled the fighting in and around aleppo over the last two days. this amateur video shows families rushing out of harm's way and trying to get out of the way of the fighting. it was just outside of the city. our ivan watson was less than a couple of miles from where this took place. i want you to take a look at this. >> reporter: we can see a battle, a rebel offensive against a syrian army base located north of aleppo. it started around sunset and began with artillery and rockets being fired from several directions by the syrian rebels, and now we are told that the brigade that is carrying out this attack on the army checkpoint is the unity or the talweedb brigade, and the town e visited is deserted of inhabitants and bears the scars of many artillery strikes. you can see the syrian artillery troops firing out from the base and sometimes in three different directions simultaneously which suggests they are truly surrounded by the rebels. judging by the tracer fire we see, and the direction of it, it looks like the syrian army has outgunned the rebel

they are giving government forces fight in aleppo. it's not been since, it hasn't been this slaughter, this massacre that some have predicted, at least not yet. we have gotten video. i know it's tough to look at this but some of it shows bodies of government soldiers there in the middle of these streets. we know the rebels have lost some fighters as well. they are not rolling over. we do have this. syrian rebels pumping ground to air fire at a government helicopter. you see the chopper in the skies overhead. the rebels are making a stand in aleppo. i was to bring in hala. just walk in because you and i have talked so much about this map and the significance. we were talking friday reading for this battle, this offensive that was to happen over the weekend. before we talk aleppo, this is anadan that the rebels have overtaken. that's significant. >> what ivan watson was reporting to us and on cnnor national we have been covering this is that anadan, the military base itself is surrounded by villages unsympathetic to forces. it's not sur

at least ten people were killed in aleppo, a total of 88 are dead across the country. syrian state tv says rebels suffered big losses after clashes with three neighborhoods in aleppo. ivan watson is live on the phone from northern syria. ivan, what are you seeing there today? >> for the past hour and a half i've been watching a rebel attack on a syrian army base located just outside the northern limits of that city of aleppo. it started around sunset with a great deal of rocket fire and mortar fire and machine gun fire and we've basically been watching constant tracer fire at night focused on this syrian army base and emerging from this syrian army base. the rebels seem to be attacking this base which has an estimated 14 tanks and more than 200 soldiers from many different directions. i've traveled in the villages around this army base. they are almost surrounded by sympathizers and supporters of the rebels. the army base appears to have called an outside artillery support. it sounds like it's come all the way from the city of aleppo just a few miles away with heavy ar

those people are joining an exodus out of aleppo. they are passing others returning toight alongside opposition forces. many syrians were fleeing into turkey over this border. the checkpoint is about 50 kilometers west of aleppo. a truck driver from aleppo said the city is devastated. he said outsiders have to intervene immediately to save the lives of children. opposition figures have been calling on syrian youths to join their fight against forces loyal to president bashar al-assad. many have answered the call. a man returns to aleppo said assad continues to kill women and children, so the man said he had to return to protect his family and his neighbors. a senior syrian diplomat has become the latest to resign from assad's government. british officials say alubi is no longer willing to represent a regime that has committed such violent and oppressive acts against its people. u.n. secretary general has issued a warning to the assad government. he's told syrian officials not to use their stockpiles of chemical weapons under any circ

witnesses say that aleppo has come under a ferocious assault. it has been bombarded over the last 48 hours and there are helicopter gun ships and fighter jets. we've heard the fighter jets in the air heading toward aleppo and also heard what sounds like consistent heavy machine gun fire. the syrian government's main priority right now seems to be retaking control of the major city. aleppo, the commercial capital, and damascus the political capital. at least in damascus the government does seem to be making progress. but all of this comes at a trade-off. the syrian government doesn't seem to have enough troops to both hold all of the country and go on the offensive. while it is focusing on attacking the cities, damascus, and in particular aleppo, it's having to withdraw from rural areas like this one focusing on the cities but abandoning the countryside. brian? >> richard engel in northern syria for us tonight. thanks. >>> back here in london with tower bridge lit up so beautifully behind us with less than 24 hours to go now until the opening cer

enlisted a lot of support for its a parade in the aleppo they're calling it the battle for aleppo and there are some reports on the eve of this battle they receive major reinforcements and supplies all the military equipment you supplies and arms from turkey and saudi arabia when you talk about syria what's important to keep in mind is this sequence of events it is true that the syrian army is employing having artillery in the city but they are conducting drive military operations in response to terror attacks that have been happening in this city that have been happening in aleppo for several months and many residents of aleppo are telling us that they don't understand why the it took the government so long to dive those military operations because they've been suffering from this criminal activity for quite some time now the residents of the laptop also telling us that before this military operation was launched the army how to evacuate the residents local residents out most of them are now stationed at the campus of the i left university residence from other locations of. the compa

to ahmad a freelance journalist who's in the city not how was the situation in aleppo. today it does go on but you know aleppo is a big city maybe there is some clashes between our little ones and we can we are i'm lumping in another area but it is gone and we have not witnessed any any clashes since two or three days. there's been some suggestion. you know that the issue here it's a little a little bit longer we used to be then it's used to be three c.d.'s ago do we not we used to hearing on gun charges or some explosions sometimes you can see where you got the. moment in the sky but today but we've seen nothing although we heard some gunshots because. you know i mean police. have to have some police stations. there. just so there is also a suggestion that perhaps these iteration aleppo is being hyped by the media something we've already seen previously elsewhere in this conflict. on that. actually. as i told you the largest city here in syria so we have many areas some areas are very very calm and peace but the others are having so. i think the problems of people who

this is the commercial hub, aleppo.rest control of the city from the increasingly confident rebels. we have video. take a look that the. far from hunkering down, they attacked a military base and seized all kinds of weapons including tanks. let's listen in for a moment. the syrian rebels are giving government forces a fight here. aleppo so far has not been to laugt slaughter. some had predicted far from it. we have been getting video showing the bodies of government soldiers in the street here. we also have this, syrian rebels pumping ground to air fire at a government helicopter swooping overhead. the rebels are making a stand, at least so far in the city of aleppo. i'm going to illustrate to you why this is significant here with the help of the map. first, i want to bring in our correspondent there inside syria on the ground, ivan watson. he's just outside of aleppo. he witnessed this battle. he's been to this military base since the rebels overran it. tell me what you have seen with your own eyes. >> reporter: last n

tonight. >> reporter: tonight to aleppo?tonight. >> reporter: ivan watson, cnn, reporting from northern syria. >>> and people have been wondering, who is that woman there in north korea? this mystery lady. she has always been right next to the country's new leader at public events, but the mystery is apparently now over. we will take you live to south korea for answers. there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and children should avoid contact with application sites. discontinue androgel and call your doctor if you see unexpected signs of early puberty in a child, or, signs in a woman which may include changes in body hair or a large increas

syrian troops drive the rebels out of the capital suburbs the spicing moves to aleppo the country's largest city and a key stronghold of president assad. pages update new findings reveal how government snooping that's meant to type and tweet on the internet social networks carried under will be held against you because. it's billed outrage literally in front of the european parliament or is it how major food industry thinks is the milk that profit. international news live for most go this is all she was me thanks for joining us first syrian government sources claim to have regained control of damascus suburbs crushing the rebels most daring offensive on the country's capital says down rest began it's now the city of aleppo that's bearing the brunt of the conflict with clashes between the army and opposition lytton's were running for several days on a boycott resiliency or explains the shifting dynamics of the fighting. arts he was one of the few if not the only four in the crew that was able to travel to the last in three months ago and from what we've seen there i can tell you that he's a

. >> the army claims it has retaken one district in aleppo, but the rebels dispute that. whoever has the upper hand though, civilians are paying a very high price. >> is entered at video purports to show a checkpoint in the north of aleppo in the hands of opposition forces. the fighters and captured tanks and guns and promised to use them. >> we're going to the presidential palace with these tanks. >> meanwhile, syrian state television broadcast claims the government troops have regained control of parts of aleppo. the u.s. defense secretary warned us ought to stop attacking its own people. >> if they continue this kind of tragic attack on in their own people in aleppo, i think ultimately it will be a nail by president assad's coffin. >> while the fighting continues, ordinary syrians continue to flee to neighboring countries. the u.n. refugee agency is surprised at the numbers arriving at this camp in jordan. >> we have to do what we can. people are making decisions. this may be a desert, but it is better than being in syria the moment. >> supplies and food are running sh