and i decided the best way to do that might be to introduce you to arkin. she's in her early 20s.t her husband she told me after his mother came over to her and insisted that they meet and even one day marry. turned out to be pretty good advice for her and a few years later they have three sons, abdel, yousef and allah. they are amazing little boys and they were living in the middle of this middle-class neighborhood in the city of homs, the kids went to school and very much enjoying their lives. i introduce you to them today because they probably live a life, a similar one, to many of yours. parents just trying to do the right thing for their kids, improving their lot in life and being part of the friends and family in the middle of the city. but when the missiles came raining down, they tolerated for it for a while, and like any mom would do, she decided they'd had enough. their lives aren't at all what they imagined and they are now one of the 2 million refugees that left syria. it's important not to typecast when you look at these tough images. after all as you may realize, the

and i decided the best way to do that might be to introduce you to arkin. she's in her early 20s.t her husband she told me after his mother came over to her and insisted that they meet and even one day marry. turned out to be pretty good advice for her and a few years later they have three sons, abdel, yousef and allah. they are amazing little boys and they were living in the middle of this middle-class neighborhood in the city of homs, the kids went to school and very much enjoying their lives. i introduce you to them today because they probably live a life, a similar one, to many of yours. parents just trying to do the right thing for their kids, improving their lot in life and being part of the friends and family in the middle of the city. but when the missiles came

arkin and her three sons, they can't wait to leave. >> fred, if you look at lebanon as a whole, you suddenlydded so many more people now in the country. almost one out of every four being a refugee. you can see the toll it takes on the country as a whole. look at this family and what their lives are like. they're being asked to pay amounts of money to live that makes it even more expensive to live as a refugee than simply going back home to syria. regardless what happens over the next few days, weeks or months, that is their reality and that's what's driving their think and decisions. fred, back to you. >> terribly sad, thanks so much, sanjay. >>> every 15 seconds a syrian becomes a refugee. according to the u.n. refugee agency there is no end in sight. you can make an impact for more than 2 million refugees. go online for a list of the organizations working in the region and looking for your kind of help. c cnn.com/impact. >>> prince andrew was out for a walk on the grounds of buckingham palace a few nights ago. i'll tell you why he was stopped by police and almost arrested. that story and

arkin and her three sons, they can't wait to leave.want to leave because the situation is just not tenable for lebanon as a country, the numbers explain that. for the people themselves, $100 a month to live on these small plots of land is not something they can sustain. as far as the concerns about strikes, nobody here knows what's going to happen, obviously, but the numbers, because of those concerns, are likely to increase here, not decrease. at least in the short term. wolf? back to you. >>> thank you very much, dr. sanjay gupta on the syrian border with that hardbreaking report. >>> coming up, my interview with president obama here at the white house. we go one on one, that's right at the top of the hour. our "the situation room" special report "crisis in syria" will continue. >>> up next, though, dennis rodman playing a bit of defense after a controversial trip to north korea, and an even more controversial remark about president obama. we went out and asked people a simple question: how old is the oldest person you've known? we g