they must believe present al- assad did nothing today to end the violence. nothing to stop his people fleeing in fear of their lives. match the price, bbc news on the turkish-syrian border. >> finding out what's happening in this area is no easy matter. western journalists have been prevented from reporting openly. sue lloyd roberts has been undercover. she spoke to me about her experience inside the country. >> president al-assad was talking about conspiracy and sabotage. there is a tremendous sense of paranoia. they suspect everyone. it does not make it very easy to the local people. it makes it difficult if you are a journalist, because foreign journalists are not allowed to be there. any foreigner is regarded as a spy. carrying a camera is as bad as carrying a gun. it is a criminal offense. >> how did you get access to people and their opinions and their views when there were there? >> with the difficulty. i cannot move around a lot. i had good contacts in the country. they got me to people's houses. most of the prominent political activists are in hidin

let's start with what al-assad in the speech. he promised a national dialogue, and he said this could lead to amendments to the constitution. do you take him at his work? >> it is hard to take him at his word because this is the third time he has spoken to the syrian people in the wake of the protests, and the fact of the matter is there has been very little action to back up words other than repression, other than a great deal of harm inflicted on the syrian people by his military troops. unless he demonstrates something that is tangible that the syrian people can grab hold of, the syrian protests will continue, and he will continue to lose credibility. >> so far we haven't seen the kind of huge crowds turning out in syria. it is hard to know exactly what is going on because foreign journalists can't get into the country. if people leave the country, if we don't see the millions showing up, al-assad could carry on? >> indeed. the balance is such in the two major cities, the equivalent of london or birmingham, or washington, d.c.

we don't want assad anymore."protestors want assad gone, but assad wants to remain in power and what we are hearing here on the turkish/syrian boarder is that assad's speech today only stoked up the tensions inside syria, he did not calm things down. >> pelley: wyatt, you can't get into syria, it's a very difficult story to cover and i wonder simply how do we know what we know in that story? >> reporter: scott, you're right syria is closed to foreign journalists, so are these refugee camps where the syrian refugees are. but cell phone service here is remarkably good. so we've been sending cell phones into these camps to interview refugees directly and even giving cell phones to syrians sneaking across the border at night to look after their homes and so all of the first-person accounts, or almost all, that we've brought to you of this tragedy have been pieced together using cell phone video and interviews. >> pelley: thanks, wyatt. in libya, one day after natowarplanes targeted a compound owned by one of moammar q

trying to hold on to power president assad is introducing some political and economic reforms meant to change the election process and local governments by corruption and give more freedom to the media but protesters have little faith in this rhetoric saying just nice words with no real meaning behind them the syrian ministry of defense has imposed serious restrictions on communications and introduced a complete ban on internet access in some areas of the country. while the welcome to the show thank you for having me thank you for coming. here in the studio first of all i wanted to i want to check what people especially when the when they publish interviews with you or your articles in the press they label you as an opposition leader one of the one of the members of the opposition so you do you do you do you agree that they're there did you position yourself as an opposition is that true yes. i've been active in the opposition since two thousand actually i i've been a secu players in the damascus brain spring it's a disappeared after the. former president however the less said we had a

more than a thousand people dead in months of protest against the presidency of bashar assad that's the political reality for syria coming up al gore and of iraq one day from the syrian center for political and strategic scott strategic studies discuss what lies ahead for the troubled country spotlight coming up. hello yellow welcome to spotlight the interview show part of the pile i'll do you know today my guest on the show is about one ziad the. former upstart protestant syria have left over a thousand people there their rights are the biggest challenge for the past sad family they have been ruling the country for fourteen years but today and spied by the revolutions in tunisia and egypt syrians want to oust president bashar assad. what's the most probable scenario for the syrian crisis here's the executive director of the syrian center for political and strategic studies ziad. trying to hold on to power president assad is introducing some political and economic reforms to change the election process and local governments corruption and give more freedom to the media but protesters ha

and with the international community asking for bashar al- assad to step down. this might add to the regime change but so far we are far away from that. >> thank you for joining us. >> with that, we wrap up "the journal," for this hour. thank you for joining us. ♪ after you've gone

audienceent assad's chanted they would sacrifice their blood for him. his family's role is being challenged like never before. protesters are calling for reform and blame him for the violence in syria. he has a different view. >> we should bring to account the saboteurs who are terrorizing people and destroying property. how can you do politically with those who keep on killing people? >> he said 64,000 people are on the authorities wanted list. 1/3 have been arrested. he promised reforms. the audience applauded. the protesters took to the streets. in several cities, including the capital. if president assad hoped his speech could stop this, he is out of touch with most of his people. and in the refugee camps, this was one reaction. >> i will not believe him. the syrian nation will not believe him. he is a traitor. my brother was given electric shocks. we cannot believe the government. >> it became clear how great the gulf is between what the syrian opposition wants and what the regime is prepared to deliver. that is dangerous. it is a country with big

do we know what they actually stand for and would create as an alternative to the assad regime? >> the syrian opposition held a conference a little over a week ago in antalia, turkey in which they agreed on common principles. from across the exiled as well as the domestic opposition. it doesn't include everyone in the country and it doesn't include necessarily all of those who have been involved in the protests. but it's a big step forward for the syrian opposition. remember that no one anticipated an alternative to the assad regime for the last 41 years and suddenly the opposition's having to come together. those principles that they agreed upon, including a secular society in syria, helped assuage the fears of those in the west that following the coming to power -- following the fall of the assad regime that they would see the coming to power of an islamist government in that country. >> thank you, andrew tabler, for joining us. >> you're very welcome. >>> coming up, our political panel looks at the scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner. what happens when the right to

do we know what they actually stand for and would create as an alternative to the assad regime? >> the syrian opposition held a conference a little over a week ago in antalia, turkey in which they agreed on common principles. from across the exiled as well as the domestic opposition. it doesn't include everyone in the country and it doesn't include necessarily all of those who have been involved in the protests. but it's a big step forward for the syrian opposition. remember that no one anticipated an alternative to the assad regime for the last 41 years and suddenly the opposition's having to come together. those principles that they agreed upon, including a secular society in syria, helped assuage the fears of those in the west that following the coming to power -- following the fall of the assad regime that they would see the coming to power of an islamist government in that country. >> thank you, andrew tabler, for joining us. >> you're very welcome. >>> coming up, our political panel looks at the scandal surrounding congressman anthony weiner. what happens when the right to

and the president of syria bashir al-assad with anti- government protests. >> and the world's largest air show takes off in paris, with billions in orders for airbus and boeing. >> greece has two weeks to prove that it is serious about getting its finances in order. european finance ministers say that greece must approve new austerity measures within the next 14 days. on monday, they delayed giving out more money. the message is clear. europe is not impressed with what greece has done to help itself out of the debt crisis. beyond greece, europe has a new way of dealing with countries in need of a bailout. >> after so much bad news about the euro, a rare positive note. e.u. finance ministers have agreed on a bailout mechanism. more than 500 billion euros will be available for struggling states. >> today's agreement underlines the determination of euro zone countries to do all things necessary to guarantee the stability of the euro zone. >> good morning, minister is. >> this decision has no initial bearing on greece. they are under increasing pressure. ministers are holding off on a fre

as pressure mounts on syrian president assad to invest in president assad we investigate intelligence reports that missiles are being moved from the country under the control of the lebanese militant group hezbollah. a little more than a thousand people injured in clashes with police in the egyptian capital cairo demonstrators demanding the prosecution of security forces accused of talent during the mass uprisings that led to the ousting of president mubarak in february. six am in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story protests continue on the streets of athens with demonstrators angered at the government's approval of fresh austerity measures during the night the center of the greek capital was blanketed with tear gas as a gang set fires and damaged property according to reports at least forty five people were injured amid the clashes with many others being detained the greek parliament voted through the cuts to secure the e.u.'s next twelve billion euro installment and stave off bankruptcy a two day general strike has brought the country to a standsti

"bashar al-assad "he says holding up his son. "what did this boy do to you? what right do you have to take him from the home of his grandfather?" and bashar al-assad was supposed to be the reformer, a man much different from this brutal and ruthless father. assad will announce his future plan for syria as early as tomorrow night, but to many syrians, the harsh reality is, he learned from his father too well. russ. >> mitchell: wyatt andrews in turkey, thank you. afghan president hamid karzai confirmed today his government and the u.s. are engaged in peace talks with the taliban. an insurgent attack on a police station inicable later in the day killed nine people. the taliban claimed responsibility for that attack. nato said today its aircraft accidentally hit rebel forces in libya on thursday. a rebel spokesperson says the attack in eastern libya injured 16 rebel fighters and destroyed six trucks. back in this country, you can call it golf diplomacy it's president of the united states and the speaker of the house took to the lings today in what was billed as

>> oh, i think assad must go. i think that's right. >> you believe -- should the obama administration make that its policy, though? it's not right now. >> i understand it is not right now. and i don't know whether the policy makes a big difference or not. you asked me for my opinion. and i gave it to you. >> senator dianne feinstein is the chair of the senate select committee on intelligence. senator, thank you for your time tonight. >> thank you very much. >>> still to come, newt gingrich vows to fight on tonight, but can his presidential candidacy survive the mass resignations by almost all of his campaign staff? >>> and next, new allegations syria had a secret nuclear program. and a new video suggesting the assad regime is torturing children. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more americans, many in small towns and rural communities, giving them a new choice. we'll deliver better service, with thousands of new cell s

that president al-assad would lead. for those on the ground the change does not include this regime but rather force to overthrow it. >> the u.s. house of representatives have dealt a symbolic blow to president obama's military rejection in libya, this reflects the anger of members of congress of mr. obama's refusal to consult them prior to launching the campaign. >> the u.s. congress, home to many who question the wisdom of intervening in libya. but at the same time they don't want to be seen as unpatriotic, so the discussion on friday. >> if the commander of chief takes our forces into war, he must take ownership of it. and if strikes in libya are critical, it's his responsibility to explain to the american people and seek authorization from this congress. because the president has failed to do that, because he's failed to fulfill his obligations, we are here today. >> but some democrats accuse the republicans of playing politics. >> the message will go all the world, the message will go to qaddafi. the message will g

will the united states call on president assad to step down? >> if he cannot end the violence against his own people, then he needs to get out of the way. >> announcer: live from the newseum in washington, "this week" with christiane amanpour, starts right now. >>> welcome to the program. we'll get to the economy in just a moment. but first, some news since your morning papers, protesters in yemen are celebrating today. this, after the embattled yemeni president dent saleh left saudi arabia to seek medical treatment after being wounded in an attack in his compound on friday. his regime now in danger of falling, is a key u.s. ally against al qaeda which could take advantage of a leadership vacuum there. and american and pakistani officials are increasingly confident that a top al qaeda leader, ilyas kashmiri was killed in a drone attack friday in pakistan. officials say they provided a key tip-off about his whereabouts, the operation is being seen as confidence building measure between the two countries and we'll have more on the u.s./pakistan r

but it came as syria's president bashar al assad addressed the nation with his third major speech since the arrest began in the country in mid march in it as promised liberal reforms but he declined to go into detail about or something was picked up by the opposition the president stuck to his stance that foreign influence was behind the uprising and he said that no change was possible until the violence died down experts said the speech could become a turning point if the president follows through on his promises. or for more on the speech by president assad and to try to gauge what the future might hold for the embattled regime as talk now to joshua landis director of the center for mideast and he's joining us from the usa tonight facebook on r.t. so i mean after two months of silence as i've just said assad finally has given his speech today promising these sweeping reforms do you think this is a sincere gesture or is he just playing for time. well i think that you know i think he's playing for time he has said that he started a bunch of committees he asked the nation to trust him th

what assad is trying to do is frighten his people again.surprised by the defiance of his people. he couldn't believe they would come out into the streets and destroy the statues of his father and they would destroy his own statues. this is almost kind of a north korea cult regime in many ways. >> his father killed more than 10,000 people, plenty more than that. >> exactly. and when bashar came to power in 2000, the dream was, this is a new man, a modern man, a western educated man and that he will change. and i think that dream really persisted. it persisted in washington. it persisted in other places. and now i think this is now a moment of reckoning. this man has crossed the rubicon and this regime is completely exposed. >> it's so frustrating to see the strength of these people and we get tweets about this all the time, what can we do? what can the u.s. do? what can the international community do? is there more to be done? >> there is more to be done. the human rights watch report, which i recommend everyone should read, it's very powerf

or any sort of unity of leaders turning on assad? you say no? >> there is no chance that the arab states will single out the syrian regime and say this is a brutal regime. they don't like bah bashar. they favored his father. but they will not break with him as they did with gadhafi. >> can the united states and should the united states act in unis unison? >> to be honest, i don't see american policy going in that direction. go back to may 19 when the famous speech president obama gave at the state department about the arab -- >> famous or infamous. but we'll come back to that. >> but when you go back to that speech, he basically said we had a mandate in libya, we don't have a mandate in syria. he drew a line about where american power can be used and can't be used. and let's remember that even on libya, president obama's half in, not fully in, let alone on syria. >> the libyan debacle, the quagmire stalemate is problematic in and of itself. but the question of looking for consistency when you read the speech he gave on may 19, when you read the

east peace israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapons to love but on just in case president assad is overthrown. more than a thousand people have been injured in clashes with police be egyptian capital of cairo demonstrators are demanding the prosecution of security forces accused of brutality during the uprising it led to the ousting of president mubarak in february. just after one of the morning here in the russian capital you're watching our thanks for joining us and now to our top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of a stare any cuts securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and a staving off a default but furious protesters reacted violently to the vote with police and demonstrators engaged in running battles all scenes from downtown athens resembled a war zone with protesters fighting riot squads and made to follow. tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide a walked off their jobs for a two day strike against the yesterday cuts well they say drowning the country in debt at crippling interest rates has failed once an

across the middle east israel is concerned that hezbollah is moving weapons to lebanon just in case assad is overthrown. and or post in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided. some have to live in a run down home with little help. just after eight pm here in the russian capital you're watching r t thanks for joining us now to our top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and staving off a default but furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote with battles between police and demonstrators continuing just meters from parliament all scenes from downtown athens resemble a war zone as protesters fight with riot squads amid volleys of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people nationwide walked off their jobs for a two day strike against the hysterically cuts they say a drowning the country and death in for. has failed once and it will fail again well there are worrying reports of escalating violence in constitution square with dozens reported injure

anti-assad demonstrations broke out in cities nationwide. more than 10,000 people marched in hama, a city with a history of rebellion, with every protester facing the risk the army could shoot at any time. in the coastal city of homs, the army did shoot and hospitals were filled with the injured. unconfirmed reports said at least 19 were killed and the regime's brutality stayed very much alive. to learn the extent of the violence, cbs news asked syrian refugees now sheltered in camps in turkey to tell us their stories by cell phone video. they asked not to be identified because they fear reprisals, including this woman, who said soldiers terrorized her village last week by raping the women. "we saw the horrible and shameless things the army did" she told us. "so i ran away to protect my honor. the soldiers burned our home and killed our livestock." this woman says "we don't want assad anymore. he has spilled blood everywhere." there are 10,000 refugees now in camps inside turkey, but 10,000 more live outdoors in the forests and olive groves

middle east israel is concerned that has belies moving weapons to loven on a just in case president assad is overthrown. and orphans in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lack of government provided housing some how to live in a run down homes with little help. just after midnight in the russian capital you're watching our teeth thanks for joining us and now to what top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts securing the next multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and staving off a default but furious protesters reacted violently to the vote with police and demonstrators engaged in running battles well scenes from downtown up as resembled a war zone with protesters and riot squads amid all these and tear gas hundreds of thousands of people walked off their jobs for a two day strike against these sturdy cuts well they say drowning the country to death at crippling interest rates has failed once and it will fail again there were reports of escalating violence in constitution square with dozens reported injured or detained by police and

but only the ones that president al-assad would keep.or those on the ground, the call for change has not been for this regime, but rather to overthrow it. >> the u.s. house of representatives has dealt a symbolic blow to president obama's military intervention in libya by rejecting a resolution to authorize operations for a year. the vote reflects anger at president obama's refusal to consult them before the campaign. before the vote, the republican house speaker john boener argued for the measure saying the president must take ownership of the war. >> if the commander in chief is going to take our forces into war, he must take ownership of it. if he believes that missile strikes and drone operations taking place in libya are critical, it is his the american people and to seek authorization from this congress. because the president has failed to do that, because he has failed to fulfill his obligations, we are here today. >> but some democrats accuse the republicans of playing politics with national security. >> the message will go to al

getting rid of president assad might not change much. he has an interest of all around him, including his brother-in- law, and his younger brother who was seen as the real mastermind of the crackdown. the biggest concern is that if syria unravels, chaos to spread across a region already riddled with tension. tiny lebanon is always vulnerable to its larger neighbor. to the east, iraq could get sucked into any turmoil. >> this is a no-win situation for western countries. they have not been asked to intervene, they do not want to. there is no inherent opposition in syria. >> meanwhile, while families streamed into turkey to escape what they say is mutiny and mayhem, the government in damascus is denying any crisis. the spokeswoman had this explanation for the refugees. >> many of them find it easy to move across because their relatives are there. this is like having a problem in your street and your mother lives in the next one, so you go visit your mother for a bid. >> a bizarre explanation for a situation that might be slipping out of con

if assad goes, does iran win or lose? >> syria has been a loyal ally of iran.n that syria supported hezbollah and hamas, and i think loss of syria to iran would be a major set back to the iranians. >> what would happen on your border? the egyptian crisis played out in a way i assume israel is happy with so far, knowing stanlt of the mubarak government so far. do you worry if another regime fell on another border with israel, there could be chaos in the region? >> i think right now there is chaos in syria, i think there are desperate threats to states throughout the region from iran, and there are as i mentioned earlier 60,000 syrian supplied rockets aimed at israeli neighborhoods. hard to imagine a situation worse than that. i think we can look forward to a better future if what happened in egypt would transpire in syria as well. >> mike obviously oren, u.s. ak bass door from israel. thanks for your time. very important subject. we will stay on top of it. >>> up next, what one congressman says is the real reason behind president obama's quick trip to puerto ric

>> bashar al-assad is a traitor. he should give us all freedom. >> such open dissent was almost unheard of in syria. this is perhaps a sign that the brutality, far from crushing the rebellion, is actually fanning the flames. >> we want to pick up from where matthew was saying. he said that far from crushing the rebellion, this is actually standing it. is that true? >> we have seen hundreds of not thousands of people across syria. they're not scared. their relatives have been taken and tortured. they have been relentless in their demand that they wanted to change the government. i think despite everything, the monetary crisis that we've seen across the country, people are crossing into turkey. in terms of 10,000 people that are arrested and detained despite everything. their seriousness and it is a matter of time before we see some kind of change. >> there clearly up against a formidable opponent in the form of bashar al-assad. there are the huge numbers of people turning out and the government having to cave. that ha

they say iran is supporting other potential leaders in syria in case the dictator, bashar assad is toppled from power. he spoke today in damascus but for those that hoped he would change direction he made it clear he's got nothing to offer except the same reform he's been making and breaking for years but he blamed the chaos on what he described as a virtual army of rampaging criminals and said there are about 64,000 dangerous fugitives in syria. imagine, he said, what damage could be caused if a few thousands wanted to carry weapons and engage in sabotage. look at that statement. "keeping them honest," syria is a police state and has been for decades. 64,000 anti-government thugs have been wandering the streets for years leading up to this is impossible to believe and, of course, asad offered no evidence. the notion is because thousands of syrians were somehow able to get weapons and launch attacks is not only unproven, totally contradicted by every piece of video we've seen for months. we've seen government tanks. soldiers and security officials shoot at unarmed protesters. look at these

across the middle east israel is concerned that has block is moving weapons to lebanon just in case assad is overthrown. and or friends in russia continue to struggle in adulthood a lot of government provided housing means some have to live in a rundown homes with little help. also russia is cutting the use social business while increasing the fiscal burden on the energy sector and increasing excise labels for alcohol and tobacco find out more about the economic impact of this move in our business twenty one time. just after nine pm here in the russian capital you're watching our t.v. thanks for joining us and now to our top story the greek government has voted in favor of a new round of austerity cuts securing the next a multibillion installment of cash from the e.u. and the staving off a default but furious protesters have reacted violently to the vote. with battles between police and demonstrators continuing at just meters from parliament all scenes from downtown athens resemble a war zone as protesters fight with riot squads a bit of volleys of tear gas hundreds of thousands of people

as late as june 1, she was saying the bashar al assad regime has nearly run out of legitimacy.re was no room and no need for the word "nearly." we never really were very much -- we didn't really understand the stakes in syria and we were not into the game. >> let's move a little bit west to libya where the notable event in the last few days, even though attention's been elsewhere, is that the magnitude of nate yo bombing on tripoli ss to have expanded almost exponentially. why is there unity within the nato alliance? >> there's no unity within the nate yeso alliance. something remarkable happened, gates preparing to leave, he could afford great honesty, and ended up saying several members within nato are not committed to this war. singled out poland, singled out turkey, germany, the netherlands. then we are witnessing that you have small countries like denmark and norway that are carrying more of a load. and you have president obama giving the presidential medal of freedom to angela merkel but merkel said she will help only when the war comes to an end so there is division on t

the father calling bashar al assad "the best president ever". the lies will not stop because they've changed the spokesperson. the regime of syria has to lie, because the truth of what they are doing is too monstrous to admit. again, 19 reported dead today, at least 1100 killed so far. and tonight's breaking news, the obama administration gathering evidence of possible syrian war crimes, considering whether or not to refer it to the international criminal court at the hague. i talked about all this this evening with a professor of the john hopkins school of international studies and the hoover institution as well as a syrian human rights activist. >> how important do you think this is that this report now that the obama administration is possibly looking to referring charges to the international criminal court? >> well, finally, if you will. this is a moment of reckoning for the obama administration. you'll remember even 2 1/2 years ago when president obama came to office, he had the promise of engaging the regimes both in tehran and damascus. e

and the security forces support the assad regime. united states, as i understand, is also very concerned about the sectarian divide in syria and the potential repercussions into lebanon in particular. i can tell you, my family lives, fareed, about 15 minutes from the syrian borders. lebanon now, if you really want to understand what's happening in syria, lebanon is as deeply divided about the syrian situation. many lebanese are deeply concerned that syria plunging into conflict will likely plunge lebanon into all-out sectarian conflict as well. >> fawaz, did you ever feel in danger when you were there? >> i did not really. i traveled as a local, as you know. by the crossing in northern lebanon as a local, and no, i did not because i did not travel as a journalist. i have crossed into syria many times. i don't need a visa. what's really amazing, fareed, if you drive and you don't see any military presence even though i understand you have tens of thousands of security personnel, civilians basically all over the place. the reality is,

and the president assad is nowhere near giving up the deadly grip on the country.ion today is, why is the united states and nato for that matter, bombing libya but not syria? regimes in both countries are crushing their people. with us from washington, is senior fellow from the brookings institution. is there a short answer to this? >>guest: the short answer is we have no arab partners to pressure syria and they tend to like assad okay, and as you know we were thinking, we were not sure we wanted to pressure assad because we hoped he could be a partner in peace. that was our biggest mistake in the entire 2011 process. but most of all we do not have good tools to get involved in this kind of internal conflict. it is not the simple east-west divide where you can enforce the military demarcation line from the air. i am not saying we should be content but it is a harder problem. >>shepard: we have in the start add war, we are not in a war and we have in the taken sides in that thing and as long as we are not admitting the evidence how do we get anything accomplished? >

secretary general said that president assad quote lacks credibility what assad worry about that would be a blow to him or not. well it's. clearly a criticism that will sting if he if he hears it. but at the moment he sees himself in a battle with the forces dark forces of evil as he would see them and probably regards himself as having no other option. but one has to hope that he can be persuaded to see that has to be another way or else in the way he is following up the moment france and germany are at the forefront of trying to bring it in another way as you know they'd like to bring a resolution condemning syria with a to a vote at the u.n. security council not something that russia strongly opposing all the way along the line despite russia's opposition is there any chance that said u.n. resolution could be adopted. well if russia is going to veto clearly not but if russia wants to have any influence in syria which one would like to think that it wants. then it should leave that possibility open that it would at least abstain on allow a resolution to pass at the moment however rus

the regime of bashir al assad in syria. they try to hide their crimes by keeping reporters out, but the video continues to emerge. this is what syrian soldiers do to helpless handcuffed prisoners. >> this is what syrian soldiers do to a helpless elderly man. >> this is what the regime does to its people who are protesting. [ gunshots ] video today from a damascus suburb. right now syrian soldiers and government thugs are on the brink of exacting bloody retribution on an entire city. and their leader, bashar al assad according to the neighboring prime minister of turkey taking all this very lightly. tonight for whatever it's worth and whoever can do something about it, we want to show you the truth of what is happening in syria. the pictures are hard to look at, i know, but people are risking their lives to take these images. they are dying so that you and i may know the truth. this is exclusive video, new video of a recent protest. a peaceful protest in northern syria, photograph bade dissident who managed to escape to turk