president asad must go and then the external players must develop for the transition to live for the syrians go agree. we express those positions that we came to accept the call to see which would be a good changing regimes for about so this has been though there's no will and that we can. judge for the syrians what the outcome of the political dialogue with the foreign minister lavrov told me that if a transition does take place it should be accompanied by talks that would ensure safety for all sides in this conflict including those supporters of president asad we also touched on this issue of the media frenzy not just surrounding syria but specifically surrounding rumors and claims of why the west specifically the u.s. that russia is sending weapons to the country are you sorry minister said that yes russia does have contracts with syria there previous contracts and it's only left for just facts of what we have seen don't know but those ships to syria we have been saying publicly that we are implementing the calling for. which this is the supply of the syria those elements inside t

this after asad's forces may have massacred more than 80 civilians on friday. drew levinson reports from the united nations. >> reporter: the violence continues to spread across syria. increasing concerns of a civil war. in the capital city of damascus, shattered windows and burned-out buses lined the streets. people who live there say this weekend's 12-hour attack represents the worst violence yet in this area. activists say syrian troops she would the southern city of darah with the uprising against the president first erupted. this man points out the victims from saturday's attack that left at least 20 dead. united nations observers are looking into last week's reported massacre in the farming village. this farmer says he watched as men in unifor shelled the houses and those loyal to the regime executed several people including women and children. but a u.n. spokeswoman says it's difficult to determine what happened and who is responsible. some of the evidence is gone, including the bodies. >> the more time the process, it's more difficult to verify. especia

joining us by videostream is patrick seale, a leading rider in the middle east and author of, "asad: the struggle for the middle east." he most recently wrotwe welcome. let's begin with rafif jouejati. are we seeing a civil war in syria? >> i do not know if i would characterize it as a civil war. it is really a case of a regime try to repress a popular demand for freedom and democracy. >> patrick seale, would you characterize it in the same way? >> i don't think it matters what we call it. it is an extremely dangerous situation. in my view, dangerous for everybody -- syria, iran, its allies, lebanon, jordan, the united states, the gulf states. it is a very tricky moment and i don't think, quite frankly, the united states is helping to resolve the situation. a high-risk strategy, which we can talk about in a moment. >> what is that high-risk strategy? >> there are to the promising diplomatic initiatives in recent weeks. one is led by catherine ashton, the european union's foreign policy chief, and the other by kofi annan, the former secretary general of the united nations was mandated

celebrate father's day because the fathers are either killed or tortured or in prison. >> they claim asad's men killed 14,000 men, women and children in the past 16 months. >>> remembering rodney king. >> and accusations dramatic accs against an el in men tree school school -- against an elementary school teacher. >> and more problems for firefighters fighting one of the biggest fires in colorado history. >> and more trouble on the road for jeep. the new problem facing some suv owners. >> hi, everyone. i'm leigh glaser. the temperatures came down as much as 20 degrees across parts of the bay area today. the westerly winds are up and the fog is back. more cooling tomorrow. @@q ú >>> can we all get along? >> rodney king back in 1992 calling for calm during the ody of the. 47-year-old was found byfianceet fiancee at the bots tom of his his -- the bottom of his swimming pool. >> he was beaten by police officers after a high speed chase. >> sergio quintana takes a look back. >> these images of los angeles police officers swinging away at rodney king was a shock for most viewers. but they say th

celebrate father's day because the fathers are either killed or tortured or in prison. >> they claim asad's men killed 14,000 men, women and children in the past 16 months. >>> remembering rodney king. >> and dramatic accusations against an el in men tree school school -- against an elementary school teacher. >> and more problems for firefighters fighting one of the biggest fires in colorado history. >> and more trouble on the road for jeep. the new problem facing some suv owners. >> hi, everyone. i'm leigh glaser. the temperatures came down as much as 20 degrees across parts of the bay area today. the westerly winds are up and the fog is back. more cooling tomorrow. a look at my accu-weathe >>> can we all get along? >> rodney king back in 1992 calling for calm during the l.a. riots. >> today the body of the 47-year-old was found by his fiancee at the bots tom of his his -- the bottom of his swimming pool. >> he was beaten by police officers after a high speed chase. >> sergio quintana takes a look back. >> these images of los angeles police officers swinging away at rodney king was a shock

occurred in the cities of tripoli and beirut and south lebanon between so-called supporters of the asadand so there is that sectarian quality and, certainly, look, i want to make sure, eliot, you understand i am not advocating military boots on the ground. i am probably as familiar as anyone with the dangers involved here. but we need to bring containness. the less that we do to contain it, the more likely that it's going to explode across the region. that's what i am concerned about. we are going to keep waking up to these atrocities, only going to feed more vengeance and violence. if we don't do more to stop it and at least to put our stamp on the ground to try to do what we can. >> two weekends ago, we spoke to you. unfortunately your prediction has been borne out all too accurately about increased mayhem, violence and risk. i hope that what you are portending for the future does not occur, but i am afraid it will, former u.s. ambassador to morocco marc ginsburgburg, thank you for tour time tonight. >> it good to be with you. >> making sure men and women get the same pay for the same

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parent of hamas here in egypt it seems to have lost support with one of the major criticisms leveled asad the fact that it did not do enough for the people when it had parliament in its hands do you think the brotherhood is ready to govern egypt i think if the biba gave the muslim brotherhood their faults. they were in their lives they're going to do well because they have enough experience to do what they are required from them to do how well have mass benefit from the muslim brotherhood control here in egypt look. may be. looking for liberate their people here and there to this is the difference between. for the who's outside the store and the brotherhood or from. him by this time. we expect to be cheering. toward blistery for more secure. especially when you're talking about the sea. again is the palestinian in gaza strip he told the people in egypt very clear he broke the siege and he got out of with the gate between. egypt and gaza strip because he feels there is a responsibility. to all. three but why has the siege not been lifted between egypt and gaza the rafa border is. closed fo

. >> it's asad it gets out there right now. door to door, street by street. firefighters inside outside trying to keep the flames away from buildings. >> with windshippin at 65 miles an hour, flames exploded past fire breaks. >> it jumped two ridges, and it moved three miles in less than an hour. >> the governor toured from the air. said it looked l a movset. >> there weren't trees on fire there were people's homes burned to the ground, block after block. it's almost surreal. >> with toxic smoke spreading and ash across the city of half a million, mass evacuations were ordered during rush hour. >> everybody trying to get outi hours. the air force academy cleared 600 homes, entire subdivisions were empty. scott collected family heirlooms. sarah felt the flames closing in on here. >> i lived there for 20 years, so many friends. >> reporter: this morning from the air lingering s omocud the damage. more tha 100 planes and helicopters joined the fight. >> it's different when it's your hometown. >> for veteran air force pilot bert fairbanks, this is personal. >> ve

>>> creo que hay que pensar en el dÍa despuÉs, asad se comprÓ una casa en dubÁi, podrÍa salir, pero esstaban censuradas, y hoy en dÍa enseÑan la realidad de la corrupciÓn, violaciÓn de derechos humanos, jÓvenes, y muchas mujeres que se atrevÍan pedir igualdad de derechos. en arabia saudi las mujeres solo votaran por primera vez en el 2015 y no pueden conducir. >>> vamos a dejar dictaduras pero no se transforman en democracia. >>> por eso no me gusta decir primavera. >>> egipto no es democracia. >>> no. y me gusta llamar "tormenta de arena". y ver como se deposita esta arena despuÉs de un proceso >>> en tu libro dices el enfrentamiento entre israel los palestinos, cuando se van s britÁnicos y dijeron dejo la llave en el tapete >>> y esa larga guerra que empezÓ en el 48 continÚa en el aÑo 2012 y hay una guerra de independencia palestina, los britÁnicos no tenÍan a quiÉn deja las llaves. por eso dijo esto. >>> cual es elproblema? la creaciÓn de asentamiens? >>> el problema de israel, un 70% estÁn dispuestos a un compromiso, el gran problema es hamas, los islamistas que representan una par

and its allies are preparing for syria's transition of power the white house says president asad handing control to the opposition will help bring an end to the fifteen months of bloodshed but a number of western and arab states have long been pushing for regime change that has maintained his nation's real war crimes from outside meanwhile reports have a merchant just think britain is planning to set up camps in syria where troops in agents will help the rebels fight against the government mid-east blogger prasar believes that would only make matters worse. i think it would actually increase the likelihood of revenge killings kind of sectarian tension along the mixed areas where. kind of revenge operations would start to happen and it will suck more and more people in i think syria now it is not that tipping point where the conflict can be pulled back from a. sectarian civil war to kind of some form of political framework but once there is actively groups on the ground in syria and whatever kind of formula they are in there they are likely to increase the prospect of bloodshed. here with

russia's call for syria contact group with washington continuing to prop up the armed rebellion against asad the opposition's political leaders have chosen a new chairman and say they want to unite against damascus some observers say the syrian government is up against much more than a group of dissidents. it's absolutely essential that some sort of peace you know oriented mission take place or there will be bloodshed horrible bloodshed in syria little make libya look like a picnic united states has been very clear from the outset really of the activity in syria that they want to see assad go on they have geopolitical reasons for that particularly the relationship with iran the u.s. has been intervening since this uprising quote unquote began these are clearly professional soldiers that are conducting these operations these are not protesters that decided to grab some rocks or maybe a pistol because of the response of the state to their protests this is an army that was placed there either emigres from syria or just foreign nationals gente generally that's being supplied from the outside fro

war according to the country's president as rebel forces push to bring the fight straight to bashar asad doorstep the insurgents' drive towards damascus comes as international efforts to appease and pressure the warring sides are stepped up. a u.s. senate panel approves a new bill on these abandoned sanctions against russian officials implicated in alleged human rights abuses in the latest diplomatic grouted ties between moscow and washington moscow says it will be tail lead by restricting entry for some americans if the bill gets the green light. as london makes its final preparations with just one month until the olympic games officially begin the city's security operations are the focus of strong criticism. for his interview is up next now of business presented to me tremendously daniel yergin a pulitzer prize winning author and economic researcher on iran's ability to export oil and how it will be affected by impending sanctions. on the first of july europe will seize importing oil from iran and new u.s. sanctions will also come into place now to talk about how this will affect the e

which according to its conditions must also lay down arms mideast expert terry kelly says toppling asad and not establishing peace has long been the true goal of some foreign players. when the americans vassal state slow growth some talk about transition what they are effectively mean is regime change that is what they did in libya with dire consequences as we can see in their country today in syria the plan to bring both sides to the table and have a negotiated settlement is obviously the best way to move forward but the united states and britain and their other allies have absolutely no pressure on the other side to come to them negotiate negotiating table and start a process of storms so it would appear to me that what we now have is an end game situation where the united states has decided to remove this regime and use everything in its spot to do so. now as well as the scene of ongoing violence syria also locked in a so-called information of war are to talk to the country's minister of information who told us how mainstream media coverage of the conflict often clashes with reality

. >> reporter: a former general in asad's army items me that only outside intervention will force assad to go. and witnesses to his reign of terror fear the worse is yet to come. >> being arrested would mean i am dead. >> what dramatic footage from that man in syria. let me ask you this. there are huge consequences for the united states. should assad go. they must want very much to be able to move him out, but -- >> reporter: but they don't know how to implement the way to get him out. of course, there are huge benefit benefits. if you get rid of assad, who is iran's only arab ally and friend, you really minimize rarn's influence in that region. assad leads iran to has bow la and hamas. there's the influence there. there are elections, especially here in the united states, and nobody is willing to lead on it. >> they see it as an opportunity, but they can't act. >> reporter: seems like they don't want to. >> christiane, thank you. >>> we turn now to the heart of the nation's capital and a firestorm today also republicans claim the white house has been leaking national security secrets t

bloodshed well a number of western and arab states have long been pushing for regime change while asad has maintained his nation's real war comes from outside meanwhile reports have emerged suggesting britain is planning to set up camps in syria where troops and agents will help the rebels fighting against the government to live now to media sexpert terakhir lee in london joins us for some analysis this hour the u.s. says along with its international partners it's focused on preparing for a political transition in syria what exactly does that imply well i think. americans are sort of slow growth some talk about transition what they're effectively mean is regime change that is what they did in libya. dire consequences as we can see american crew to do it of course we always listen. to the west in syria as we all know the situation is extremely complicated we have now a huge civil war going on. the russia and china have entered the security council from adopting a resolution against the sort of grew she the united states and britain and their other allies have absolutely no pressure on t

the two nations disagree on washington once the handover of power in syria that would see president asad go whereas moscow opposes the idea that other countries should dictate a political transition insisting it's a decision of for the syrian people political analyst sarah maher's success taking sides in the conflict undermines the credibility of the mediation efforts because. iran has not been invited because of the firm u.s. position that iran be excluded from any talks when it comes to syria the secretary of state made it very clear that basically because iran supports us they should be excluded from any talks with that which is not absolutely absurd position to take because washington actually supports regime change so by that you know the country is on logic it should actually be excluded from any talks with the situation in syria so really this is washington's heavy hand coming down again on international affairs and particularly in this region and you know as russia has stated this conference coming together really well not much impact it excludes iran and it is very unfortunate t

are said to be considering giving president asad clemency and safe passage out of syria if he goes ton international conference on a power handover. from the universal peace federation angio believes it's a move designed to soften russia and china's objections to what they see as the west's aggressive rhetoric i think this is a tactical standpoint by the west specifically by the u.s. and the british or the brits in order to maneuver actually this is a political maneuvering in the middle east or forward in order to attack such. russian let's say back up for it or the chinese even back up for this new i'm actually idea by the west in order for them to get the i mean reserve year you know the out of the presidency i mean bush had last heard and this is their own tactical actually or strategical interests actually in the middle east and to the above all is syria so the whole scenario i think it's an american movie illustrated and directed could be by the brits. but it's more waiting for you and i website r.t. dot com including a legal high view of why the country's government has taken ma

previous stance britain and the us are said to be considering clemency for syrian president bashar asad the move which is still under discussion is intended to encourage the leader to attend an upcoming peace conference and leave power let's now go to artist has been following the story here now tell us more about this report a proposal well the office being viewed very much as a sweetener from the u.s. in great britain to try and tice bush or al assad to the negotiation table to the peace talks in geneva now clemency is the crucial point in this would mean that while he was in geneva if he did attend those talks he couldn't be whisked off to the international criminal court for trial now the problem of the questions have to be asked should assad step down and take this off what would fill the power vacuum in syria would we see violence similar to which we've seen in libya. there are of course thousands of tons of weapons on the ground in syria and plenty of factions with disputes within themselves now. also assad will have to look though. who didn't receive the those leaders the arab w

rages outside syria we've been hearing an insider's view of how it's affecting the regime of bashar asad shabani political and media advisor to the syrian president told r.t. of her views on the uprising and international coverage of events in her country or her four interview is coming your way soon this hour but here's a preview. there are. tens of the channels. made themselves part of the war on syria and citing sectarian war. facts about what's happening in our country it can do a lot of damage the media war because when your. religious men and fighting sectarian hatred among the thin people there are many people who fall victim to do this in the unfortunately the media would throughout history could be very damaging. but effective. iran will fully cooperate with the international atomic energy agency if all saying sions placed on the country are lifted to iran's chief negotiator has offered the deal to the group of six world powers during their two day talks in moscow trying to bridge the gap between the sides are often of has more from the meeting. the e.u. foreign policy chief cat

president asad must go and then be the stone the old players must develop the transition plan for the serious luxury. we expressed our position that we can. accept the policy which would be aimed at changing regimes from outside this has been though a position in the world and that we can't. prejudge for this serious what the outcome of the political dialogue with the strong to support the political dialogue of the strong to support the efforts to stop the violence and we saw just that for this for this whole extolled players should lean on the syrian party on the beach because it puts. us persuade them there was draw from this it just blows the government and the armed groups of the position to sit down and have a dialogue but without projecting from both sides what these substance and result of this dialogue might be it's for the syrians they decide now as part of their push to see syria's president assad step down britain and the u.s. are now thought to be considering giving him clemency that's if you agrees to attend an upcoming international conference on a transition of power in

conflict is encroaching on its neighbor the fighting between supporters and opponents of president asad gun and rocket fire for some residents to flee to safety while lebanese troops were deployed to calm the situation. california is struggling to contain its eye watering debts with welfare programs schools and universities facing billions in cuts but one massive money saving measure would be to end the death penalty which cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars per year or two's matina question of a reports on the growing calls to use that money on saving instead of ending lives . but in his twenty years as district attorney of allie county john van de camp was involved in the conviction of a good number of people who were sentenced to death he says with the years of legal wrangling keeping people on death row doesn't come cheap and is a constant drain on resources to try to death penalty case you have to have a jury that specially paul so you basically have to trial and that takes a very long time to go to jerusalem to go through the jury process you also have to have special c

backed peace plan instead it wants foreign states to impose a no fly zone to help oust president asad that has voices grow in some arab and western nations for armed action after the civilian slaughter in houla but as for notion of reports recent incursions such dangerous precedents. ten days after the terrible massacre in the syrian city of houla the world is still watching to see how these tipping point will shape the crisis while there is stupid least some hope of a peaceful solution many analysts believe those hopes are fading fast the american british and french push for billets.

. >> this video shows protests after asad's speech, calling for his execution. >>> we will begin withretary of defense as he travels across asia this week. >> next week, the military will mark the 68th anniversary of d-day, honoring the surviving veterans of world war ii, the big news is defense secretary traveling all week in asia, meeting with his counter parts from japan and south korea, with the war winding down in avenue d -- in afghanistan, moving -- >>> five states hold primaries on tuesday. at the end of the week, progressives gather a rhode island when conservatives meet up in the political conservative action conference in chicago. >>> here is what we are watching this week, former girlfriend of hugh hefner is back on top. we will catch up with kendra about her latd estimate reality tv hoe and we are going one on one with the biggest stars of daytime tv as we get ready for the daytime emmys. >>> jury selection is started thursday in a case of a coach accused of sexually assaulting boys. susan previews the trial. >> it was a riveting moment, ten days after jerry sandusky was

with the prime minister, secretary of state hillary clinton condemned the massacre and called for asad to step down. >> we'd like to be able to stand up here and make a pronouncement and save the lives of innocent syrians. we're disgusted by what we see happening. >> reporter: clinton said the international community believes it's possible. the united nations special envoy will present a new peace plan to the u.n. security council. >> rebels claim about 13,000 people have been killed in 15 months of violence. >> george zimmerman will get a second bond hearing later this month in the shooting death of trayvon martin. the new date is set for june 29th. zimmerman turned himself in on sunday after a judge revoked his $150,000 bond. he's charged with second degree murder. zimmerman claims he shot martin in self-defense after the teen attacked him. >> police are trying to track down a robbery suspect. the most recent was june 4th. the suspect enters the store alone, pulls out a gun, and demands prescription drugs. the suspect is approximately 20 to 30 years old with an average build. if you

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they'll have two choices, let the war continue to get worse, which is bad for all of w ones or have asad between his regime and some kind of u.n. and arab league force. that's all the resolution i can see apart from this turning into the next lebanon or somalia. the regime is too strong, and yet the opposition is also growing in strength. the populations are interspersed. there's a sectarian component as well. >> the only way to sum it up is bleak and bleaker. on that positive note, thank you for your time, your in sights, bleak as they maybe. >> thank you governor. i wish i could have been happier. >> we'll try next time.

any more about what she said and any more about what she said kind of directing her comments to the asadg is bringing together the allies if you want to call them that and talking about the next very specific steps, so what she would like to see and the u.s. would like to see is that assad steps aside in some way, gives up power, and there is an interim government and then you go to elections. this seems very far away. one of the key issues is getting the russians involved in that meeting and having everybody put pressure on anyone they can in syria to stop that fighting. >> the pressure they're trying to apply and they keep saying it and the violence continues as a lot more talking is going on at the same time. we'll are to look for action at some point. jill dougherty, thanks so much. >> just in, wolf blitzer wrapped up his interview with former president bill clont on and the discussion not only turned to mitt romney but about the turnt president and whether clinton is undermining president obama. we'll talk after the break. talking with cnn. straight to wolf blitzer who just wrapped

the capital of damascus, the heaviest fighting in the city since the uprising against president al asad. more than 50 people died. >>> new this morning, reports that the health of former egyptian leader hosni mubarak has take ain't turn for the worst. locked up in a prison in cairo. security officials say he's slipping in and oust consciousness, this comes after the prison reported the 84-year-old suffering from high blood pressure and breathing problems. he was recently sentenced to life in prison of killing protesters in uprising that ended his three decades of pow. >> the eo of p. morgan chase will testify. jamie dimon will testify before the senate banking committee, faces tough questions after admitting the loss came from a risky trade he authorized himself. critics say this is a clear example there needs to be more oversight when it comes to banking regulations. >>> fairfax county police are looking for clues into a suspicious death in reston. investigators are provided this sketch of a man they believe is connected to thence dent. it started early saturday on winter third lane in

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recall that the abc veteran landed an exclusive sitdown last december with syrian strong man, bashir al asadho helped arrange that interview is the daughter of the syrian ambassador to the u.n. starting the day after it aired, walters tried to help her get admitted to columbia university or lan an internship with cnn's piers morgan. in an eye mail, waltersss -- inn e-mail, walters wrote -- while she declined to get her a job at abc, i did mention her to contacts at another media organization and academia, although she didn't get into school or a job, i realize in retrospect this created a conflict and i regret that the problem with helping the woman who assisted walters in getting the interview with the leader of a brutal and bloody regime is that it had the air of a quid pro quo. >>> what chris hayes did on memorial day weekend wasn't just a gaffe or a poor choice of words f you missed it, here is what the msnbc host had to say about fallen american soldiers being described as heroes. >> i feel uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to

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asad al-ibrahim has led the unit since the beginning of the uprising in march last year. >> ( translated ): of course, i am proud. the braver i see my men become, the closer i see our victory. >> reporter: al-ibrahim commands 80 men on a base not far from the home shared by his parents, wife and three children. like some two-thirds of his men, he had no military experience before picking up arms against the regime of president bashar al-assad. >> ( translated ): we must demand our rights and fight for them as others have done. there is no doubt about this war-- it is our right. everyone has seen the injustice with their own eyes. >> reporter: eight battalions based in these mountains work together under one central command. they form part of a network of rebel groups dotted throughout the country, but essentially they answer only to their regional leader. they're waging a guerilla war with whatever weapons they can get, many brought from the enemy. this new batch of arms was purchased from a corrupt government official the previous night. the fighters check them for booby traps. >> ( tra