would there be any concern that this would just further delay the process -- of asaad's exit?on this meeting but support efforts for a political solution. we are intensely discussing the real deterioration on the ground and the rise in violence, and how best to use all the levers to press the syeriarian governmt to stop tehiheir appalling repression. we are working with all our partners. >> the initiative -- >> we believe the security council should not permit the asaad regime to assault the syrian people. we appreciate their role in this process. goverments who support him will be criticized for further human reights violations. inevitable. ins as they make make decisions about where they stand on this issue, with regards to the brutality of this regime, it is important to calculate into the considerations the fact that he will go. that will eventually fall. >> their the international efforts to arrange his exile? >> this is not what i am aware of. we are continuing to work to pressure the asaad regime to get them to stop the brutal and appalling behavior and step aside so th

members will discuss the text later on tuesday but western diplomats say fails to condemn president asaad crackdown on protesters strongly enough meanwhile as r.t. sarah firth reports now from syria there is a quote in the middle of the conflict are living a life of fear. it's been less than a month since we were last in homes in that time the situation's become even more dangerous and the pressure on the people living here show is i suspect we're people most numbers that any of you know having the tragic death of a foreign journalist killed just here in homs recently served as yet another reminder of the harrowing the precarious situation the people in the city are and the other way to go but. even if it's you know what. they are going to have that waiting for that are you moved why do kids from their school in the hot air you know what i was living. area. of you well this is you know it's our land it's our home syria ok we cannot we we don't want to leave our homes we don't want to leave a lot of schools we just want to leave peacefully people have been telling us that the sky is to lea

name but that's not the only reason why this show will be fascinating it's going to be filmed where asaad has been subject to strict bail conditions things like signing him to the police station every day being essentially under house arrest under these spell conditions for the last four hundred fourteen days even though no charges have been filed the first episode is also going to be shot a week before his supremes court hearing to fight against his extradition to sweden for questioning on a leg sexual assault charges so as i say lou of rumors about what's going to go on he says going to be a new type of television of course he's no stranger to being on the other side of the interview as table i've interviewed him myself but if you want to find out exactly what's going on you're going to have to stay here on r.t. my lips are sealed so for all the details of the guests we can't reveal at the moment that's all a secret but we will be having exclusive trailers and previews here on r.t. so watch this space all right officer laura smith live in london thanks very much. and our news executive

these are defectors from asaad's forces so close to damascus. >> reporter: we were quite surprised thatwas literally less than a minute after we came off the main highway that we came across the checkpoint. the free army seems to be growing and gaining more and more territory. they are not perhaps in full control of these particular areas, but then again, neither, it seems, is the government. when we were in the city with the governor a few days ago, there was only one neighborhood that they felt was safe enough for us to get out of the car and start filming it. >> how strong is the syrian army. because a few months ago it was just a random group of defectors here and there. and where do they get their numbers from? >> reporter: they are made up mostly of defectors but the group we came across today, they had civilians amongst them as well that decided to pick up and join the free syrian army's ranks. everyone here had military experience because everyone has to go through a few years of obligatory military duty. sometimes they're able to take weapons with them. sometimes they're able t

these are defectors from asaad's forces so close to damascus. >> reporter: we were quite surprised thatt was literally less than a minute after we came off the main highway that we came across the checkpoint. the free army seems to be growing and gaining more and more territory. they are not perhaps in full control of these particular areas, but then again, neither, it seems, is the government. when we were in the city with the governor a few days ago, there was only one neighborhood that they felt was safe enough for us to be able to get out of the bus and begin filming it. >> how strong is the syrian army. because a few months ago it was just a random group of defectors here and there. and where are they getting their weapons from? >> reporter: well, the numbers are hard to say. some say 50,000, others say 10,000. they are made upmostly of defectors, but the group we came across today, they had civilians amongst them as well, who decided to pick up and join the free syrian army's ranks. and if you'll remember, everyone here has military experience because everyone has to go through a

and iranians want to go back up the syrians and bashar al-asaad so they may kree aid proxies in a warthe coming months. megyn: you think we need to be ready for that with possible ground troops. you are worried about the effect this will have on the more real real -- on the rorale of our troops. >> you have got to be careful how you are doing it. we are putting them into an economy that is a poor economy. if we docket view voluntary retirements and a host of other people wants to go leave, that's fine, but i'm not sure that's going to be fast of any with the time lines they have. so it's very worrisome what we do to the more -- morale of this military. we must be cautious how we do this. megyn: we are learning the cia and department of defense are launching an investigation into whether the obama administration released highly classified information on the killing of bin laden to film makers. congressman peter king says that may have put lives in danger. the white house denies those claims. the movie was to be released right before the 2012 presidential election. but now the film is s

asaad has that going for him.ie there, with the opposition versus bashar al-assad. they say the only way it will change is if there is foreign intervention to shake things up over there. most of the western countries for now don't want tone gauge in that, jon. jon: the arab monitoring didn't seem to do anything or go anywhere, the arab league. >> reporter: absolutely it's not going anywhere, that's right, jon. jon jon. jon: thank you. jenna: mitch daniels will deliver the republican response to the president's speech this evening. we were talking about how often the speeches aren't memorable. peter robinson who wrote the historic berlin wall speech for president reagan, a fellow at the hoover institution. peter, six years for president aeug began is tha reagan? >> i was in the white house for six years. i worked for george w. bush and then the rest of the time for ronald reagan. >> was it what you say or how you say it. >> with president reagan it was both. if you set out to make a speech memorable you're doomed.

president asaad has been told by many people in the world to stop that in yemen.ore protests as well. they want president saleh to be put on trial. meantime, president saleh has asked to come to the united states for medical treatment. the white house is still reaching a decision on that one. back to you. >> leland vittert, thank you very much. while there are a lot of predictions for 2012. one man has some advice on how to make better things happen in 2012 rather than waiting for them to happen. a well known pastor joins us for more on that. and we will ask him about rumors of a reality show. and the latest on the hunt underway right now for a serial arsonist. >> after nearly 40 fires have been intentionally set the last several days around los angeles. i'm casey stegall. a live update coming your way, next. sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. and then t

people, but we are working with international powers to increase pressure on the aside regime, -- asaad regime. >> and the week ahead? >> i do not have a week ahead. i just do not. [laughter] >> does it depend on what happens in iowa? [laughter] >> it depends not a bit on what happens in iowa. we are very confident the president is going to win overwhelmingly in the democratic caucus tonight. [laughter] >> we will give you more details on the rest of the week as they become available. >> your deputy announced he is getting engaged. we congratulate him. [applause] >> a wonderful development. as a transition -- [laughter] >> in these questions about a relationship with congress, one josh said if the plainfield includes working with congress, all the better, but that is no longer a requirement you were saying a moment ago that the american people -- requirement. you were saying a moment ago the american people want washington to work together. >> appointed we are making -- the point that we are making is that during the many engagements with congress in the previous year, 2011, when that w