these pictures which we cannot verify come from anti-assad groups. they came to show the latest unrest in syrian cities after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to repeat their demands, the assad regime to step down. opposition groups say scores of activists were killed when security forces open fired on demonstrators with live ammunition following friday prayers. the main theme was to call for the release of political officials in syria, which some estimate 10,000 people have been held. this is a similar story to the south and demonstrations were even held in neighboring lebanon. all of this comes against a backdrop of supposedly encouraging noises from the assad government. a national die hog was held earlier this week in which critics were invited to attend. there was talks of accelerate reform. but opposition groups have treated these moves with skeptism. the protestors faced violent suppression will only deepen their distrust of the government and further than resolve to get mr. assad from office. >> the country's legitimate gov

of assad who is in fact an ophthalmologist in london and had no political experience and came back to undertake a governance and who is rather naive and not really very. very used to holding power and the result is that in syria you have i think a regime that will not fold will not. will not accommodate and probably believes that the west doesn't really want it to fall even though it's publicly criticizing syria so there are two completely different situations in libya i think you're going to get a persistent civil with or without gadhafi in syria you're going to get a persistent tyrannical government that will not yield and will not be forced out of power by the west ok well thank you very much. thank you. thanks very much. well that's how the news. tonight from moscow now despite president obama's pledge to shut the notorious prison camp one tunnel bay continues to wreck lives and spoke to one former prisoner who says the u.s. has not even given a simple apology for his years of torment that interviews next. the united states held. a detention camp for five years before releasing hi

protesters took to the streets calling for an end to assad's regime.ongressman dennis kucinich traveled to syria and spoke to assad. he joins me from beirut. thanks for joining us. >> good to talk to you. >> you had a very rare meeting with assad, not many western diplomats or elected officials had that meeting recently. you looked into his eyes. what's your judgment. is he a brutal tyrant that kills at will or does he want to reform governance in his country? >> i can't look into his soul but i can tell you in the two lengthy meetings i had with him he's aware of the need to bring democratic reforms. he said he's ready to work with those that are pro democracy activists. he recognize there's some in the opposition who will not be pla indicated and want him out and he understands that time is running short. >> congressman what steps should assad take right now in your view to prove that he actually wants to reform syria? >> well, you know, he certainly has to move forward and meet with the pro democracy activists and hear from them about the measures t

if the leader of turkey were to say assad has to go that, would have a big devastating impact on assadense in washington that not only is assad not going to reform, but the opposition is toughening up. yes, it's not united, but is persistent as every friday. soon not far away in august comes ramadan. during ramadan in august, every day is a friday. >> i realize these sort of repeated warnings from the u.s. give heart to the protestors, send signals to our allies in the region. i wonder if there is any down side to repeated warnings that don't have an "or else" to them. >> that is an interesting question. my sense of what's been reported out of the state department, they are reluctant to get specific to say assad must go because they do not think they have the capacity to get him out of there. they don't want the united states looking like a paper tiger with regard to syria. we had enough problems trying to get gadhafi to go. right now i think the united states is in a waiting game, trying to toughen sanctions, harden up the rhetoric, seeing if others will join and recognizing these pro

president assad is not indispensable. and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. >> it is unclear how much difference this could make. the united states has very little political leverage over presidents assad. protestors and syria made a big difference last week when he went to the city of hama during mass demonstrations there. he used human shields according to some, and triggered the embassy attack. >> secretary clinton's message was the strongest by far but that the united states has sent, but it still fell short of calling him to step down. it is a constellate very difficult to get out of. president assad must know that the president -- that the united states will be wary of him in syria. >> the scale of the uk phone hacking scandal is enhanced by new evidence that shows that security for queen elizabeth and other members of the royal family has been put risk. if the bbc has learned that according to company e-mails, the news of the work was paying of royal protection officer for information.

protesters took to the streets calling for an end to assad's regime.nis kucinich traveled to syria and spoke to assad. he joins me from beirut. thanks for joining us. >> good to talk to you. >> you had a very rare meeting with assad, not many western diplomats or elected officials had that meeting recently. you looked into his eyes. what's your judgment. is he a brutal tyrant that kills at will or does he want to reform governance in his country? >> i can't look into his soul but i can tell you in the two lengthy meetings i had with him he's aware of the need to bring democratic reforms. he said he's ready to work with those that are pro democracy activists. he recognize there's some in the opposition who will not be pla indicated and want him out and he understands that time is running short. >> congressman what steps should assad take right now in your view to prove that he actually wants to reform syria? >> well, you know, he certainly has to move forward and meet with the pro democracy activists and hear from them about the measures that must be ta

to power in one thousand nine hundred sixty three now it's part of a series of reforms promised by assad to try and quell months of protests against his regime a political theorist spectrum and barbara says this change in the legislature is nothing more than a charade. it is not anything but a formal and technical change the reality is this government cannot afford to have a genuine multi-party. approach because the parties that will be empowered include powers that want to see the end of rule and the end of bashar assad in other words if they do more than just a formality it will lead to the fall of government so i do not believe that this is anything more than a attempt to stall for a while the uprising and i do not believe it will lead to multi-party democracy and i do not believe that in the end it is going to stop the uprising in any meaningful way i would suggest that the united states and the western powers are being hypocritical they talk about wanting change but of course they haven't really put any pressure. on syria of the kind that they have put on libya for example that i do

president assad is not indispensable. and we have absolutely nothing invested in him remaining in power. >> is absolutely nothing invested in him, is that taking it to a new level? and if so, what next? >> i think it is, john. i think it's the strongest statement that i've heard from the obama administration. it's the correct path to take. i think we may be an important moment in this crisis. the syrian government has run that country with an iron fist, the assad family for 40 years. they're losing control. they don't control the major cities. they don't have enough military personnel to contain these peaceful demonstrations. and it may be at the momentum now is with the protesters. that's why it's so important for us, i think, to keep ambassador ford there. he's a very impressive diplomat. he's a fluent arabic speaker. as fran has suggested, he's someone who can bear witness, as she said, to these crimes that the syrian government is committing against its own people. >> if the u.s. government is putting increased pressu

out here in our to syria get serious about political freedom whether it's a gesture by president assad's government will help and ongoing violence or help him hold on to power. president barack obama has turned to the public for help in pushing through a deal on its debt he wants americans to put pressure on congress to find a compromise and a televised national address you warned that failing to raise the debt ceiling will cause incalculable economic damage bob blame republicans to the house of representatives for the lack of a deal to avoid a u.s. national default congress is just a week to raise the fourteen point three trillion dollars debt limit before it runs out of money risking a downgrade of its credit mean higher interest rates and republicans and democrats have been locked in a dispute over whether spending cuts or tax hikes is the answer to the debt crisis matthew senior editor at the capital research center says the government needs to raise its borrowing limit and keep on spending. obama and the democrats in congress just want to keep on spending. and so they would like to

assad -- president assad is aware that america does not want to get into another situation like that. >> demonstrators climbed walls and smashed windows. we have this report from beirut. >> the syrian flag and the american embassy. embassy official said that while the mob because some physical damage to buildings, the personnel were all fine, but they say syria failed to provide adequate protection. the french received much the same treatment. french security personnel fired in the air to keep the syrian government loyalists at bay. it all goes back to last week when the american and french ambassadors visited the scene of huge anti-government protests. syrian officials accused the american ambassador in particular of incitement and encouraging instability. meanwhile, the authorities have held a second day of national dialogue. the government insists it is serious about real reform, including the possible introduction of multi-party democracy. but many opposition leaders boycotted the event, denouncing it as a sham. in fact, some based -- some based in turkey said they will now form a

supporters of assad stormed the french and u.s. embassies on monday. rioters damaged the french ambassador's car and broke embassy windows. the french foreign ministry criticized the security forces for improperly dealing with the attack and ignoring obligations under international law. french prime minister francois fillon said in a radio program on tuesday that president assad had gone way beyond the limit. fillon said france and other european countries are calling for the u.n. security council to adopt a resolution denouncing assad. on tuesday all 15 members of the u.n. security council approved a statement that condemns the attacks against the u.s. and french embassies in damascus. >>> u.n. women is an organization launched in january and released its first report on july 6th, focusing on violence against women. the report says that worldwide surveys show 90% of the cases of violence against women are not reported to the police. with reports from brazil and vietnam, we show why an agency like u.n. women is needed. >> we are at that time center of

rule and the end of bashar assad in other words if they do more than just a formality it will lead to the fall of. believe that this is anything more than a attempt to stall for a while. i do not believe it will lead to multi-party democracy and i do not believe that in the end. i would suggest that the united states and the western powers are being hypocritical they talk about change but of course they haven't really put any pressure. on syria the kind that they have put on libya for example that i don't see any nato planes preventing civilian casualties i don't see anyone really moving to look for an alternative the fact is the west. but he is the known evil and i think they're very worried about what the unknown alternative might look like so i suspect that while they will continue to posture in public and pretend to condemn the regime they will do little to actually remove assad he knows that and therefore he will make some nice noises about multi-party democracy and about accommodation but in reality he will hang tough and i believe that very little chance. turning now to some ot

the regime they will do little to actually remove assad he knows that and therefore he will make some nice noises about multi-party democracy and accommodation but in reality he will hang tough and i believe that very little will change. now let's take a look at some other stories from around the world nato airstrikes caused a fire at a food storage complex and time in a northern city torn between colonel gadhafi forces and the nato support of the rebels meanwhile forty kilometers to the east in opposition held misrata government forces burned one of the region's major fuel depakote the u.n. envoy to leave held talks with the rebel council in benghazi on monday but the sides were unable to come up with a peaceful solution to the conflict the country's ongoing civil war started in february with nato joining in march. possible has sent forces to its northern border with serbia to force an import ban imposed last week the move has led to a rise in ethnic tensions with local serbs resisting the police presence is already say they control one of the border crossings but another is being bl

in the capital of damascus, more calls for president assad to leave. the focus has been mostly peaceful after mounting pressure on the regime to stop using violence against its people. in one of the centers of the anti-government unrest, troops opened fired. many people are believed to have been killed. washington says they're not convinced that the regime is serious about change. >> they are either going to allow a serious political process that will include peaceful protests to take place throughout syria and engage in a productive dialogue with members of the opposition and civil society. or they will continue to see organize resistance. >> there are also many who want the president to stay and are rallying in his favor. despite that support and promises of change from the government, there might be no way back for the government. the sense is that if -- that bashar al-assad's time is up. >> the libyan leader colonel gaddafi has delivered a telephone address to thousands of supporters in tripoli. he vowed to continue in his role as leader and warned

in the capital, more calls for president bashar al-assad to leave. protests have been mostly peaceful after mounting pressure on the regime to stop using violence against their people. troops opened fire. many people are believed to have been killed. washington says they're not convinced that the regime is convinced about change. -- the regime is serious about change. >> they will allow a political process that will include a peaceful protests to take place throughout syria and engage and a productive dialogue with members of the opposition and civil society. they will continue to see increasingly organized resistance. >> there are also many who would like the president to stay and are rallying in his favor. despite that support and promises of change by the government, these scenes show that there might be no way back for the government. among the government, the sense is that bashar all the stock lost time is up. -- bashar al-assad's time is up. >> colonel gaddafi has delivered an address to thousands of supporters in tripoli. he vowed to continue

in the capital, more calls for president bashar al-assad to leave. protests have been mostly peaceful after mounting pressure on the regime to stop using violence against their people. troops opened fire. many people are believed to have been killed. washington says they're not convinced that the regime is convinced about change. -- the regime is serious about change. >> they will allow a political process that will include a peaceful protests to take place throughout syria and engage and a productive dialogue with members of the opposition and civil society. they will continue to see increasingly organized resistance. >> there are also many who would like the president to stay and are rallying in his favor. despite that support and promises of change by the government, these scenes show that there might be no way back for the government. among the government, the sense is that bashar all the stock lost time is up. -- bashar al-assad's time is up. >> colonel gaddafi has delivered an address to thousands of supporters in tripoli. he vowed to continue

they have been sharply critical of assad even though there was a go relationship between syria and assad told me he much admired erdogan. >> i think t syrians have really hurt their relationship with turkey and this has forced them to turn to the iranians. >> rose: this is an interesting way where american foreign policy has come and you said probably so that there is a closer working coordination with people like turkey in order to bring together more forces to pipl pin j on the critical situation. >> rose: absolutely. not through u.n. but through relationship. >> it has to be through all of the above. therare tuations where the united states interest is sufficiently imp katded where we will act unilaterally. osama bin laden and al qaeda killed over 3,0 people down the street fromere. when we got well into jens, the best intelligence we've gotten since tora bora that he was in abbottabad pakistan, we acted yuan laal ratly and took h out and appropriately so. we do work through the united nations in a variety of places in order, like on the sanctions regimes, on iran and north korea. but

secretary of state hillary clinton saying the president assad has lost legitimacy.r the syrian government apparently retaliated for a controversial visit by the u.s. ambassador to a syrian town last friday that was the scene of a major crackdown on demonstrators. the state department calls it a mob. 300 people attacking the u.s. embassy in damascus, some got over the walls on to the embassy roof. they broke windows, spray painted and knocked out security cameras. meanwhile, two blocks away, another crowd made it over the walls of the ambassador's residence, broke windows, spray painted, threw food. the attacks, the state department charges, appeared to be incited by a syrian tv station heavily influenced by the government, and they came after crowds threw stones, eggs and tomatoes at the embassy over the weekend. the violence appeared to be retaliation for a u.s. ambassador robert ford's provocative visit to the city of hama where he was greeted by anti-government protesters. sunday ford demanded the syrian government protect the embassy and its staff as internation

in hama, one sign told assad "sorry, president, game over." activists said more than 200,000 people filled the streets. in damascus, demonstrators marched near the great mosque of mezze and in other neighborhoods. the protests appeared peaceful, but clashes and deaths were reported as well. in the north, the syrian army reportedly staged new attacks, aimed at stanching the flow of refugees toward the turkish border. more than 10,000 syrians are now at camps in southern turkey. during a visit to lithuania today, secretary of state hillary clinton issued a new warning. "it is absolutely clear that the syrian government is running out of time," she said. "they are either going to allow a serious political process, or they are going to continue to see increasingly organized resistance." despite international criticism- - and sanctions-- the assad regime's crackdown has killed some 1,400 civilians nationwide. but ten days ago, president assad gave his third speech of the crisis, offering a dialogue with the opposition. and some 200 government criti

more cause for president assad to leave. protests have been mostly peaceful today after mounting pressure on the regime to stop using violence against its people. but in homes at the center of the anti-government unrest, truth opened fire. many people are believed to have been killed. washington says it's not convinced the regime is serious about change. >> they are either going to allow a serious political process that will include peaceful protests to take place throughout syria and engage in a productive dialogue with members of the opposition and civil society, or they're going to continue to see increasingly organized resistance. >> but there are also many who don't want the president to stay and are rallying in his favor. but despite their support and promises of change by the government, we've seen the it showed 2340 no way back for the government and it showed assad's time was up. >> a series of loud explosions have been heard in tripoli and black smoke had been seen rising from one of the regime's city compounds. na

the attackers are supporters of president bashar al assad, whose regime accuses the united states of encouraging the uprising against his dictatorship. last week, american ambassador robert ford visited the city of hama during huge anti-assad protests. he was greeted with cheers and flowers. today's attack and violence over the weekend are the regime's payback. but america's ambassador isn't backing down. despite the embassy attack, the state department says ambassador ford will stay in damascus, today calling his role there "essential." diane. >> thanks so much, alex. >>> and back in this country, our "made in america" summer is in full swing with our biggest challenge yet. as we all look for ways that can help support jobs right here at home. and our tireless team, david muir and sharyn alfonsi, have hit the road, knocking on doors. and they found that everyone in the neighborhood gets knocking too. >> we had no idea our "made in america" journey this time would hardly be just the two of us. less than an hour after we arrived in our newest neighborhood, this. >> are you all ready?

tell us why. >> well, there was supposed to be a national dialog conference that assad was going to head in damascus. and that fell through and the opposition leaders gathered together in turkey to try and create some sort of a structure of regime for the opposition, for the day after assad leaves, what's interesting the location where this took place in turkey. turkey, probably second only to iran, was one of syria's strongest allies and the fact that they allowed this conference, opposition conference, to take place in turkey shows that turkey has clearly abandoned assad, jamie. >> that's significant. thank you so much, rina, for the latest from there. >> casey anthony spending her final few hours behind bars. the florida mother is getting out of jail tomorrow. after being acquitted of charges she killed her two-year-old daughter caylee. but experts say her freedom comes with a price tag. her personal safety. casey stegall is live outside the orange county corrections facility in orlando, florida and casey, how will this play out tomorrow? >> reporter: well, kelly, you know a lot of pe

more lethal clashes in syria this time between pro and anti-government protesters around thirty are assad to have died as a fighting force people began using firearms against each other last week three supporters of president assad work his nap and killed him very dismembered bodies returned to their relatives anti-government demos crackdowns are assad to have killed over thirteen hundred people since they began in january. first have undertaken a massive government reshuffle after a public anger over a slow post revolution reform most of the appointments are too relative newcomers who are not linked with the regime of hosni mubarak and they're also conflicting reports about the president's health his lawyer says were guard homo witch doctors . but as well as president has transferred some powers to his ministers while he returns to cuba for cancer treatment experts warned that he would child as his health issues could seriously affect the political situation in the country. problem here being that he's regina helms a lot of internal and external opposition adversaries and notably funded

have had peaceful demonstrations in favor of reforms the syrian government and president bashar al assad responded to the demands of the people but as you may recall every time the government is about to introduce reforms or violence surged in the country i witnessed these acts in dar and other syrian provinces like many other citizens did the incumbent president of syria is committed to reforms and in two thousand people posed a major program of reforms but events in the region that followed affected the implementation of the reforms that were gravely ill the us invasion of iraq and a potential threat that the aggression would sweep over syria after the american government made some tensions clear the turmoil in lebanon and the assassination of the lebanese leader rafik hariri the situation in the region changed in the state of syria is threatened the reforms were shifted to the back burner and defense of the country was made a priority task that has been the most important thing ever since today however the government is considering the implementation of the reform plan their predecess

don't see anyone really moving to look for an alternative the fact is the west doesn't like bashar assad but he is the known evil and the i think they're very worried about what the unknown alternative might look like so i suspect that while they will continue to posture in public and pretend to condemn the regime that they will do little to actually remove assad he knows that and therefore he will make some nice noises about multi-party democracy and about accommodation but in reality he will hang tough and i believe that very little will change. the british ministry of the fans has apologized after one of its attack helicopters a one to five children by mistake according to the u.n. the number of civilians killed by nato airstrikes has gone up with the death toll this year alone standing at seventy nine anti-war activist lindsey german thinks it's time for the alliance to admit the failure of its avg and campaign. i think that it will convince more people in afghanistan that the war isn't helping them but it is actually killing and injuring more and more people so isn't working isn't g

sixteen people tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets calling for president bashar al assad to step down says the protests began in march government crackdowns have killed more than seven hundred demonstrators syria's deputy foreign minister told us he would have any interference in the country's affairs from the west would end the disaster. series position has been clearly articulated and the global community is aware of the military forces syria hands so even if the west is thinking. we would advise them not to syria is the key to the balance of the middle east and the symptoms who drive this region to destroy the western countries are well aware of this but nevertheless they keep hating arabs and syria in particular what is of our political standing here i was really kind of late because of our success progress on the reform struggle through under the leadership of president assad what happened in syria expected to spread. across other our countries in order to weaken israel in the west want to post their civilization a supremacy. mindset. very carefully signals west want

it was the scene of the largest demonstration since the uprising against president al-assad began in march. joining us to discuss the situation in syria, a scholar and author from syria who himself has taken part in reform talks in the past. thank you for being with us. thank you. we know this area has seen some of the worst violence. why there? >> there's a history of unrest in the 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's. this time is different because this time they have a critical mass. they are asking for the step down of the syrian regime. id is significant. -- it is significant. the history of the problems of the unrest toward the syrian regime -- this gives you a sense that' they will keep it as peaceful as it is keeping it is best for the president to set down. >> president assad has promised national dialogue. help serious are his promises? >> unless they withdraw all the troops from all the cities, we have more than 15,000 detained during the last three months. the syrian regime, unless the syrian regime will accept these conditions, none of the opposition figures will accept our roundt

mobs loyal to president assad have been swarming outside the u.s.french embassies to condemn visits by the american ambassadors to hama, an opposition stronghold. want to point out this is amateur video. cnn cannot confirm its authenticity. it shows a police vehicle parked neither the embassy. the writing "anti-riot battalion". you can also see graffiti painted on the embassy's walls including the message that people want to kick out the dog, apparent reference to the u.s. ambassador. someone has written "this is syria, you dog "and "to hell with america" up today the syrian ambassador to the united states accused the embassies to exaggerating the attacks. secretary of state hillary clinton blasted syria in her strongest language yet. here's what president obama told cbs news tonight. >> we've certainly sent a clear message that nobody can be messing with our embassy, and that we will take whatever action is necessary in order to protect our embassy. >> i talked to foreign affairs correspondent jill dougherty er. >> jill we heard the strongest messa