asad's days are limited.onal community, the states and the region, the united states, european partners, the states in the gulf, are going to continue and intensify the economic and political pressure on asad. we're actively increasing support to unify and strengthen the coherence of opposition. we're providing non-lethal support to the op fix. we're putting in place mechanisms to ensure eventual real accountability for those in the regime that committed crimes. we're ramping up our efforts to provide humanitarian assistance. this conflict is already overly mill tar eyes rized and those looking to militaryize it more will think twice. we will continue to maximize the political and economic pressure on the regime and we'll continue to support in ways political and economic and otherwise the opposition until asad is removed from power. >> when you see your colleagues from china and russia, what do you tell them? >> we tell them they have blood on their hands. there is upon them the responsibility to use the inf

and his regime so those who sack with asad know they are making a losing bet and will keep increasing sanctions to cut off the regime from the money it needs to survive. >> is it enough? the new steps from the president, syria continues to violate a cease-fire it negotiated with the united nations and as the president spoke so he had sudan attacked south sudan and fred townsend is in new york with us tonight with the external advisory board for the cia and the home atlanta security department. announce the the new board and the new sanctions and other stuff he says the government will do a better job watching, keeping track of what the rogue regimes are doing. listen, even a man that supports the president, a hero, listen who what he said at the ceremony. >> in this place we may ask have we learned anything from it? if so, how is it that assad is still in power? how is it that the holocaust number one denial mahmoud ahmadinejad is still a president? >> anything, fran, in the new steps, this new practice put forward by the president that might change that and. >> no, john, i think the

hundreds of syrians stage a rally in damascus in support of president asad probably sharp criticism from the u.n. head of the world party says the syrian regime is still cracking down on the opposition despite pledges to cease fire. but the regime claims that terrorist activity has risen sharply as the rebels continue to shine you had brokered peace plan. and some of the cooder is in mali agreed to step down ahem power to civilians out tremendous pressure of neighboring countries probably true weeks of military rule. critics lash out of the you asked for trying and sentencing used as adults describing it as cruel and unjust. it's three pm in moscow this is archie coming to you live from new sanaa way with your top story this saturday in the syrian capital hundreds turned out to show their support for president asad and his ongoing reforms a new constitution has already been answered in with parliamentary elections due to take place next month but the rally follows sark criticism of the syrian government from the un bunky moon blames the mascot's for the ongoing violence in the country he

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the spine of the united nations' peace plan while one ethnic group the kurds who called on president asad to go long before the rest are choosing peace over war . and few pro dialogue voices struggle to be heard about the war course in the u.s. congress with the strike on iran still firmly on the agenda as critics accuse arms merchants and contractors of driving the debate. and terrorist planning to attack london during the olympics could be fired on from presidential rooftops hosting state of the art missiles officials say the rockets will be a last resort but people are alarmed that they could become targets for terrorists . well i guess we need a community who choose to go back to basics in our special report. even though one hundred. it's easy to look out in society it's easy to look out at what's going on in politics or society and say well i don't like that like i want to protest against that or you know some political decision or whatever you know whatever happens there's things that it's good to you know the easy to identify a protest against but but there's got to be a flip side

is there any chance that asad has any intention or desire to live up to his end of the bargain to thegreements that he has been making? >> this regime has one intention only, to see the community keep lying, keep deceiving them, and keep killing us. now, with the u.n. sending out 30 observers, excuse me, is that too many, 30? we need 30 observers for one neighborhood only. >> what do you hope happens? what do you hope the international community does? >> the international community should send 3,000 observers and, believe me, the regime will fall the same day. the regime will topple the tame day because people will be rushing to the streets for demonstrations. we want this regime to go peacefully, but we need help. we need the help of the rest of the world. don't tell me you couldn't send us more than 30 observers. 30? these are good maybe for examination, not observe an army of half a million people just firing all types of bombs against civilians, unarmed civilians. >> zaidoun, thank you for talking to us. >> from the hoover institution recently visiting the refugee camps in turkey,

ratchetting up the pressure on other brutalizers, people who brew babe ruth liz citizens like bashir al asad in syria, while engaging the forces of change in the arab spring and putting america firmly on the side of freedom around the world. we made the g-20 a new fora for international cooperation, recognizing again the realities of the 21st century. we opened new markets around the world for american businesses. and we've refocused our development policy on building the capacity of other nations on major global health and food security initiatives and steadily, steadily combatting climate change. that's the essence of our record. the question is, where does governor romney stand? how would he keep our citizens safe and our nation secure? in the face of the challenges we now understand are ahead of us, what would governor romney do? well, the truth is we don't know for certain. but we know where the governor starts. he starts with a profound, a profound misunderstanding of the responsibilities of a president and the commander in chief. here's what he said, and i want to quote him exactly. a

and the us the dream has been iran's closest ally for over two decades if asad through june falls apart you run is standing to lose a very strong alley because any government would take place in syria was a. western ally and democracy which is not very likely all muslim muslim brothers were sunnis and were very hostile to. you on any ridge you would be either hostile to run or far from corporately we're going to run out of as much of the. us that routine has been. watching our to live from moscow now controversial us gun laws are coming under increasing public scrutiny of the latest outrage at lax legislation sparked by the killing of an unarmed teenager in florida critics say the right to bear arms and shoot in the name of self defense go well beyond personal safety instead serving the interests of those producing and selling weapons to port and i has details. it's the second amendment to the us constitution had a soundtrack. the right to bear arms would best be recognized by gunfire. the land of the free is the most heavily armed nation in the world with two hundred ninety four millio

thousands rallied behind president asad in the syrian capital while the un denounces damascus for a spike in violence but the regime claims terrorist activity has risen sharply as the rebels continue to shun the united nations brokered peace all of this coming up in just a few minutes. well as new military leaders agreed to hand power to civilians to end the sanctions imposed by the embattled african countries neighbor neighbors. was laid out on. spain's last livelihoods revamp lescott and record jobless leave investors cagey over whether the euro zone's fourth largest economy can really escape about. seven pm here in moscow those are two coming to you live with our top story damascus blames armed terrorist gangs for the recent spate of violence in syria saying they've increased their activity ahead of the ceasefire deadline the u.n. go condemns the syrian authorities for the killings despite the pledge to pull back more from our middle east correspondent paula slayer. president bashar assad says that he is fighting these armed groups and head of the april tenth did line which was agreed

police patrol in the capital however one of the country's ethnic groups the kurds called on president asad to go long before the on the rest are staying out of the conflict banking on stability and reforms instead arches accountable now reports. a cost pursuit for decades now accomplished in just a few months just a year ago even speaking kurdish and public could have got these people in trouble but now they can proudly was side what some hope will become them with their futures they'd. the world's largest ethnic group without a nation kurds have long felt outsiders in their own lands in syria where they make up around ten percent of the population kurds have for decades complained of tacit discrimination by the authorities in fact they called on president bashar al assad to step down years before it became the rallying cry of the syrian opposition despite the long running grievances against the assad family syrian kurds have largely stayed out of this conflict in fact if there is any group that benefited from the instability in syria. over the past year a syrian kurds one more concessions

oppressing its own people and putting down demonstrations after its 2009 elections and it is supporting the asad regime in syria. i think we're in a relatively good place. the real question frankly is whether the u.s. government will be able to come up with some creative ideas in what is for us an election year and whether obama will have the courage as well as i toe la the courage to compromise. i will leave it there. >> good morning. thanks to cato for inviting me to speak today. i have been asked to basically talk about why diplomacy may not work with iran, what are the challenges. before i get into that i want to commend people and experts, come at a timers, analysts who emphasize diplomacy with iran fbs. i don't think that a military strike against iran by the united states or israel would solve the iranian nuclear crisis and i do believe that it would be very counter productive to u.s. interests in the middle east. as barbara mentioned, there are signs, positive indications, that iran is open to compromise or engagement with the 5-5 plus one or the united states. we just had primary electi

reportedly killed just on saturday as the rebel fighters are refusing to cease fire until president asad steps down and they have been promised multimillion dollar support from the u.s. and its allies as artie's sarah for three for. talks of ending the violence on the inside at the friends of syria close friends. outside they can take issue and they say we're getting heavy handed they dispersed a tiny price syrian government gathering. quite a crowd the but first thing about this right that their actions only seem to say to the already rowdy crowds oh oh. we want just to i've got. good. souls who are. moved by the force. the conference continued throughout the afternoon and they say talk is cheap the friends of syria have pledged millions of dollars for the free syrian army effectively placing the rebels on a foreign payroll however even this didn't go as far as the opposition great the syrian national council and some of the friends of syria had hate for with. the free syrian army becoming stronger country turkey is now haint twenty thousand displaced syrians refugee camps near the bord

this very moment and since one year already. >> reporter: suzanne, just a little background, asma al asaduk. she worked there before meeting and marrying ba. sh assad. she has stood by her husband when more than 9,000 syrians have been killed. she has stood by him despite the fact that the united nations high commissioner for human rights has repeatedly accused him of carrying out crimes against humidianity. when her e-mail was hacked last month, they revealed she was ordering thousands of dollars worth of furniture and expensive vases from london furniture shops online even as the killing was at its worst in other parts of the country. she's been appearing occasionally on syrian tv and heavily stage managed and edited videos shown kissing children, but not apparently showing much sympathy for the opposition or the 45,000 refugees living in neighboring countries right now. >> so, ivan, considering that, then why do these wives think that a direct appeal to her will actually work, that she'll actually listen to them? >> reporter: that's a very good question. it does very much seem that she

it truly is up to the asad regime.ones who hold the power to end the violence. >> how much time do they have? >> well, they are running out of time because they have so many promises they have never kept. even with the countries that support them -- >> like russia and china? >> like russia and china are beginning to fray. >> the obama administration, in his words, incompetence, undermine the security of the united states and its allies. you want to respond to the presumptive presidential nominee? >> not necessarily. >> he makes a serious charge, incompetence. >> i think they took a stand with regard to the behavior north korea engaged in. we condemned that action. we made sure they not do it. the fact is it was provocative and we have made very clear to them that they should not take any additional provocative actions. i think that was a clear, strong message that not only our country but the world set to north korea. frankly that's the way the united states ought to be. >> if they do an underground nuclear test, for e

opposition activists say even though syrian president al asad has agreed publicly to a ceasefire, thely intensified. the deal made by special u.n. envoy cove qui annan calls for syrian forces to with draw from cities and stop using deadly force by thursday. peace talks are again supposed to begin. >>> american painter thomas kinkade has died. he was known for his brush work paintings of landscapes, cottages and churches. kinkade claimed to be the nation's most collected living artist. he had calendars and figurines. at one point he said his work was in 10 million u.s. homes. the artist lived in san fran stran. thomas kinkade was 54 years old. his family said he died of natural causes. the time is now 6:38. a warning for mac users. the virus that's affecting thousands of computers and what apple is doing to keep your computer safe. >>> and a brutal attack on a waitress in the middle of a crowded restaurant. wait until you hear what led people really love snapshot from progressive, but don't just listen to me. listen to these happy progressive customers. i plugged in snapshot, and 30 da

if president asad loses control of damascus, he loses everything.ps and riot police who survived were clearly shaken. they have been deployed close to a mosque to confront demonstrators after friday prayers. a suicide bomber took the fight to them. nine died, most of them security forces and more than 20 were injured. this bombing is significant not just because it happened here in the center of the capital city damascus but because of the method of the attack. a bomber wearing a suicide vest attacking troops may be common in iraq but not here in syria. not until now. syria's crisis is no nearer to being solved. it was meant to be a cease-fire here. there's little evidence of it. furious supporters of syria's president shouted, "is this what freedom looks like," "is this what protests lead to"? they are getting jump by because bombs and shooting is more common in damascus, soldiers targeted like never before. u.n. monitors are close to the scene of the bombing. they didn't visit it. they were on the road to another town. there are only 13 of them in

. >>> hillary clinton has a stern warning for syrian president bashar al asad -- step down or face consequences. secretary clinton joined other world officials from the arab league and european union in turkey as part of the friends of syria conference. they discussed how best to defend the rebel forces while at the same time brokering a peace deal between the rebels and president al assad. clinton urged al assad to either accept a peace plan or step down. >> we call for an immediate end to the killing in syria, and we urged the joint special envoy, kofi annan, to set a timetable for next steps. the world will not waiver. assad must go. and the syrian people must be free to choose their own path forward. >> clinton added that syria faces additional sanctions and that the u.s. government plans to help the rebel forces by supplying them with communications equipment. >>> today, presidential hopeful newt gingrich will be in maryland. the former house speaker will have a rally at frederick motor company at 11:00, then head to hood college in the afternoon. he'll also meet with student republicans a

opposition activists say even though syrian president al asad has agreed publicly to a ceasefire, the violence is only intensified. the deal made by special u.n. envoy kofi annan calls for forces to with draw from cities and stop using deadly force by thursday. peace talks are then supposed to begin. richard? >>> an air traffic control erlen denver could face disciplinary action for mistaking a pilot's call for help as a joke. >> 5912 emergency, smoke in the cockpit, roll trucks, please. >> who was that? >> 5912. >> did you hear that? >> yeah. >> i know it's bs. i know it is. >> you know it's one wha? >> united 12. do you know of united 12 anywhere? >> that pilot was trying to report smoke in the cabin and land at denver international. at one point as many as two minutes lapsed before the control tower responded to the pilot. analysts say the controller simply misunderstood the flight number. >> it's very complex because we've had these bogus radio calls in the past. whatever the controller was doing, he was distract ed enoug not to hear the 59 but only the 12 and then built a whole s

my sisters, if we don't do that this is so important for us to understand that i have seen and al asad has seen and our sisters have seen so many of these younger brothers being killed. and how do we respond? we always responded the same fashion there's a big uproar. we go and get justice sometimes and sometimes you don't get justice. we go back to our usual lives. i think i'm going to do this this weekend, me too, i've got nothing else going on. life is going on, the world is going on. palestine is going on. iraq is going on. men are coming home from war killing themselves is going on. so you know, to just rise up from this occasion means we must rise up for every occasion that has happened. we must rise up in this country where the supreme court justice will forget how the integration has happened. he said it won't but i looked up in a place called washington, d.c. it's begun this non-peaceful thing has begun. republicans would come out the next day and say we are going to make sure this man wouldn't succeed as the first black president. i said then you should resign because you are

my sisters, if we don't do that this is so important for us to understand that i have seen and al asad has seen and our sisters have seen so many of these younger brothers being killed. and how do we respond? we always responded the same fashion there's a big uproar. we go and get justice sometimes and sometimes you don't get justice. we go back to our usual lives. i think i'm going to do this this weekend, me too, i've got nothing else going on. life is going on, the world is going on. palestine is going on. iraq is going on. men are coming home from war killing themselves is going on. so you know, to just rise up from this occasion means we must rise up for every occasion that has happened. we must rise up in this country where the supreme court justice will forget how the integration has happened. he said it won't but i looked up in a place called washington, d.c. it's begun this non-peaceful thing has begun. republicans would come out the next day and say we are going to make sure this man wouldn't succeed as the first black president. i said then you should resign because you are