. >> reporter: asma al assad issued that call to action in an interview with cnn.at resulted in a three-month bombardment of a palace that left over 300 palestinians dead after a month-long rocket attacks. >> nobody is immune of what has happened. we have heard of women and children being killed. medics, journalists -- it seems like this, it affects everyone. >> reporter: the trouble is that for most of the last year and a half, syrian security forces have been documented committing horrific abuses against syrian citizens. this month, cnn recorded syrian warplanes repeatedly bombing aleppo, syria's largest city. cnn witnessed a hospital targeted twice by warplanes on the same day. and last week, the organization human rights watch documented the aftermath of more syrian government air strikes against the rebel-held town of azaz and 40 people were killed. >> f >> [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: in the syrian countryside, the government artillery routinely pounds towns and villages like this one that we visited last month. we feel defeated by the shelling,

but they are not questions asma al assad asks today. ,000 syrians have been killed throughout the uprising. much to the surprise of a woman who considered asma al assad as her friends. i personally thought asma would never accept these events. i can't believe she has remained silent ability all this. >> what do you do in the position that you hold regardless of how senior you are or how influential you are, what is it you are going to be doing? now, as a mother and as a human being we need to make sure that these atrocities stop. >> reporter: inspiring words that today ring deafeningly hollow. ivan watson, cnn, is stan bull. >>> the other news we're following including west nile virus has claimed another victim in texas. now they're signing up for a controversial weapon in their fight against mosquitos. and the 50 richest lawmakers are named. is your representative at the top of the list? ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. for a golf getaway. double mi