assyrian people are going to need assistance, but we are somewhat restricted now about what our optionsre. this is working with the alliance and the arab league and others about supporting the people. i think you also have to connect this to the situation in iran. the entire middle east is combustible and unpredictable as we have seen since world war ii and maybe ever. it is very interesting to me that in all of those countries these are revolutions going on without a leader. they are leaderless revolutions. it is the people from the bottom that are resisting, and i think it points out once again the human dynamics will always control and eventually dictate the outcome of countries. it is painful, unfair, but we have to work through this in a smart way. tavis: they agree with your assessment of these and leadership revolutions. is -- these leaderless revolutions. is that something you agree with? >> the people are rising up. it is not mao or castro, but this is coming from the baseline of the population of the people. they have had an off, and everyone of those countries we have seen ri

it surprises no one here when clashes break out on the streets of tripoli between pro and anti assyrianilitias. -- syria and militias. heavy gunfire was exchanged on the streets. in a small city where opposing communities live cheek by jowl, regular patrols are made and there are narrow cease-fire lines. they are wary. few expect this truth -- of this trutce to hold. lebanese troops are keeping the peace, but the tensions here and the dividing line among the community are very real. it is the sinews that dominate here in tripoli. sunni religious leaders are in no doubt who is to blame for the violence. >> the asada regime in sierra is sending aid to deliberate -- a move deliberately create tension .erido >> leaders of this largely secular minority reject allegations that their proxies of a foreign government. >> we are first and foremost lebanese, and cannot be used by anyone. but we are all part of a wider coalition of resistance. we did not start this. our opponents did. >> the syrian conflict is mirrored on either side of a small hillside in lebanon. as the situation across the borde

bombs rape the eyes of the sleeping assyrian gods. as if it were only a sand box, a few worthless grains of sand. i'll cut for you the last swathe of blue from the sky, sever my and if you'll let me, but for 5 minutes more, leave me to sleep without the knowledge of war. a kanun weeps near the funeral of music. having been occupied, notes mourn for the loss of their song. i am for a concert of horses, the origin of gazelle leapt up from the heart of al gubungi. have you made small steps into the desert within us or listened for the gutterals longed deep within our throats, you would have come bearing gifts. i have nothing in red that i would not abide in green. el batanabi wrote the heart of our silken tanab, what need have we for you? no poem has ever enough red but that its blood might river beneath the veins of its people. beneath the desert sun, one man by one man by one man breathes six. thousands of tons wrung sonorous from the sky. where is god? black-eyed woman, the street dogs are running wild. will you save me? simple white

. >> assyrian city, the center of the opposition has suffered a sustained bombardment by government forces, the heaviest since the uprising began last year. the united states has closed the embassy in damascus. their reports include some distressing images. >> the artillery fire was just beginning. he steered her to safety. in this part of the city, is the worst they have endured pure your -- they have endured. the shelling is constant now. you can also hear all little bit of fire. it is a pretty futile gesture. eyewitnesses say of field clinic was hit. the injured are being moved. over several days, most of the casualties have been civilians. the houses do not have basements. there is nowhere to hide. where is the arab league, she shouts. this woman's son is now badly wounded. she screams, we cannot defend ourselves. even in the midst of all this, most hide their faces. they say there is no telling what the regime will do. >> we want to give our situation to the un so they can help us. who is going to help us now? >> some of the dead were armed. this man died attacking a government sniper

>>darya: assyrian rebels have repels a push into a key central town held by forces fighting against the president. the attempt to storm the town left at least three soldiers said. >> hires have attacked a cargo ship off the coast of nigeria killing a captain and chief engineer. monitoring officials said the attack happened early this morning off the coastal lagos and that crew members did try to escape. >>mark: we will be right back. here is a live look outside. how >>mark: we're keeping our eyes on bay area weather. xi talk is of rain around the bay area. fifth level with advisory posted on the bay bridge theory if >>darya: international this coming a judge is expected to decide if juries hand as he will be able to visit with his grandchildren. the former assistant football coaches faces 52 counts of child molestation over a 15 year period of time. he has pleaded not guilty. another issue is which county the jury pool will be selected from. a hearing on friday habit and the judge was aiming for the trout to the gaf on june 14th. >>mark: here is a live look at this year. we have snow co

they managed to evacuate three injured assyrians, but the assault there has now entered its fourth week. the european union has agreed to impose new sanctions. our diplomatic correspondent has the latest. >> nighttime protests, a suburb of damascus. pictures taken supposedly yesterday evening, but that is impossible to verify. the responses grimly predicted. a protester lies wounded but still moving as others call for a hell, and chant, may god protect the free syrian army. these new pictures appear to show shelling of the district, it is not possible to verify when they were taken. a correspondent is witnessing renewed efforts by government forces to seize back towns in open revolt. >> we will to the sound of artillery bombardment. we believe they are using anti- aircraft guns targeting against the town and setting up mortar positions and infantry. >> the european union is united in its response, even if the international community is certainly not. adding to their existing ban on oil imports. assets are now being frozen, and a freeze will apply to assets in the central bank as well. t

are made headlines for you -- two journalists are reportedly killed in the besieged assyrian city of homs. more protests in afghanistan after the inadvertent burning of the koran by nato troops. some protesters have lost their lives. anti-capitalist protesters outside st. paul face eviction after they failed to overturn a ruling that they must leave the site. three judges said the demonstrators had no legal case and refused the right of appeal. joining me now is our correspondent. tell us what is happening. >> this is the end of the road for the protesters who occupied that your chart outside the cathedral. they have heard from the court of appeals in central london that they have no further appeal against eviction. in terms of english law, that is it for them. that means that the corporation of london has the legal right to go ahead in the next few days to take away the contents and all of the other parts of the encampment, like the library, all of the belongings can be cleared away. it is an order allowing them to dismantle the camps. we have heard some and passion reactions from t

. >> and look how assyrian state television is drawing strength. >> russian prime minister vladimir putin said no one should be allowed to repeat the libyan scenario in syria. >> it is no surprise that the president won the referendum comfortably. the opposition boycotted the poll, and many governments call it a sham and a farce, but so far, the regime has proven impossible to dislodge. bbc news. >> we just want to bring you an update on the italian cruise ship that is adrift in the indian ocean after a fire. we just received information from the government of the seychelles, saying that the coast guard can confirm that a french fishing vessel has reached their location and is telling the vessel towards an island. the authorities have concerns that they are making arrangements for the evacuation of passengers to the island, and their subsequent transfer to an island, said that is the very latest. we will bring you more on that as soon as we did it. now, the british economy was booming years ago, and thousands came from the indian subcontinent to seek well-paid work. we have a special repo

the other side of the corn would be an assyrian state television, which at the moment is broadcasting a very of homs, saying everything is calm in the city and there are accusations that protestors have been using mortar shells to blow up oil depots within the town itself. just giving you a flavor of the way in which we are getting different pictures as to exactly what is happening in this it of homs. -- in the city of palms. models in new york city and are calling for workplace standards in what is largely unregulated industry. the model alliance wants confidential advice on sexual- harassment, better conditions, and more privacy backstage. now a report from manhattan. >> models are glamorous, unattainable faces of fashion. now they want to be heard. walking the runway is a sought- after job, but the work that goes into creating these images can be long and hard. >> we have drafted a models bill of rights. >> they found an alliance to look for better working conditions because of what this woman witnessed over 15 years. >> i saw firsthand how the industry sometimes disregards child l

there were massive protests against the assyrian regime calling for assad to step down.bama says the united states of america stands with the syrian people assad has to go. former senator clinton now secretary of state said well we are not going to use military force to kick assad out. there is a sad coincidence in this case. 30 years ago almost to this day president assad's father used military force to launch an assault on his own people killed more than 10,000. the world watched waited and did absolutely nothing. it appears president assad now three decades later is repeating that very sad history and the world is doing the exact same thing. greg, back to you. >>> leland vitter live in jerusalem. leland, thank you. >>> back at home heavy snow, strong winds forcing drivers off the roads in colorado the wicked weather shutting down stretches of interstate 70 for much of friday. the dangerous conditions making it difficult for even professional drivers like emergency crews to do their jobs. meteorologist maria molina is here to do her job and tell us the latest live from

an assyrian state television was live on the scene in the immediate aftermath of the blast. it sent -- it said two separate explosions went off, killing at least 28 soldiers and civilians. state media said terrorist gangs were behind the attacks. the opposition is contesting that account. it says the assad regime carried out the bombings to distract from its crackdown on civilians. neither of these versions can be independently verified. the government has barred most foreign journalists from entering syria. but across the border in lebanon, reporters have been able to interview with refugees, who asked to remain anonymous. >> the problem in homs is that we cannot read. there is nothing to eat or drink. there is only one plentiful thing -- blood in the streets. >> the as uploaded online show the town as a ghost town after heavy government shelling. activists say hundreds of people have been killed in the assault. >> why isn't anyone helping us? where is the humanity in the world? where is the freaking un? why isn't anyone doing anything about it? >> so far, china and russia

. >> according to assyrian state tv, life is getting back to normal in much of homs, despite the gunfire you can hear in the distance, an assessment in surreal contrast to abroad. united nations secretary general called the united nations' failure to speak with one voice to end the bloodshed disastrous. >> i fear that the brutality we are seeing with heavy weapons firing into civilian neighborhoods is a grim harbinger of what is to come. such violence is unacceptable before humanity. >> on the ground, opposition fighters show no sign of giving up their unequal battle. who knows how long any slowed diplomatic squeeze to increase president assad's isolation will take to have any effect? >> for more on the violence unfolding in syria and what else the international community may be able to do about it, i spoke with a fellow at the washington institute for middle east policy. >> what good will another observant -- observer mission do, even if it is backed by the united nations? >> the point is that it will take a long time to get in. by the time we get in, we do not a with the situation will

bashar al-assad had been taken to the icc for crimes against the assyrian people. it should support other regional players and ensure th the u.n. can bring about the decoration of a truce. we messed up in a corridor to openp humanitarian aid and help the country and move towards democratization. this law required logistic support, need and support the e.u. and other regional players such as turkey. we have to back up a legitimate reason for the syrian people. the european union progression china on the spot for al of those shameful opposition to the views of the other members of the u.n. secury council which prevented that body carrying out its duty to protect syrian people thereby giving bashar al-assad a license to continue massacring. we need to prevent a civil war. but far from trying to prevent russia is still sending arms to the side. the hyades there is so providing arms for the domestic extremists in the regions trying to to destabilize the whole area. it is just a question of time. the european union needs a strategic vision right now to pl for thepost-asi

despite positive elements, assyrian people allowed the freedom in accepting its demands. this was clear in increasing numbers demonstrated in many -- many members found a direct mechanism -- to the mission. direct testimony and the mission was able to record much about the human rights situation in syria. commission was able to obtain detainee's through many contacts between the people and the mission in direct contact or through the west side set up for this purpose. in light of the conclusion of the mission's report, in studying the developments on the ground, the league began to deal with the crisis and mending the efforts and endeavors to reach settlement to the syrian crisis without foreign intervention without falling into a civil war while respecting the independent sovereignty and territorial integrity of syria, for resolution of the ministerial council was adopted on the twenty-second of this month and the following. a need for full cessation of acts of performance and killing from whatever source in order to protect syrian citizens calling on the syrian governme

year joy to claim victory in of amber as disputed presidential election which was an old by the assyrian supreme court the country's capital was gripped by protests four weeks after the vote joyal is planning to stage her own inauguration as president this friday which the acting head of the republican attempt of cool artists on a boy who has the latest from south city. in the remember last year the city held its first postwar presidential elections the results of which were later canceled by the central election commission of violations of the new elections and now scheduled to take place on march twenty fifth and earlier on thursday police security services have raided sure it was housed in the capital of south sudan during that drove herself conscious and she's now in a host being treated for a minor according to the. interim authorities she is the main reason for these unexpected a raid of george's house was to bring her in for questioning to the prosecutor's office. and avoid her reporting there now the afghan president has ordered an investigation into the air strike that killed ei

additional seven government officials to that asset freeze and they also imposed sanctions on the assyrian central bank and another thing they added is banning any syrian cargo flights to out of any airports . was the largest trading partner of syria accounted for about twenty percent of traits this is no small matter however it begs the question are the sanctions effective at all you had imposed asset freezes on about one hundred individuals in the past as well as thirty eight organizations as they. go around the country yet the conflict is still going on for about eleven months now it has it hasn't helped to resolve the crisis in the country nevertheless it seems like this will not be the last of the sanctions as the e.u. had stated today that it will continue its policy of imposing additional measures targeting the regime this adds to the statements already made by the u.s. and its allies they just on friday they had met in tunis the so-called friends of syria we can call this a coalition of the willing here about sixty countries including the u.s. as well as our states they had said th

to calm fears about greece's long term future and greece is the birthplace of democracy but the assyrian rules have some critics asking whether it's become a colony of the eurozone the u.s. does have little direct exposure to greek debt so the bailout ok for now economically speaking but the financial crisis still looms large and we may not be as isolated as we think from our great counterparts independent journalist james marsden has more. so it's not only a more extreme example of what's been going on here but it's a more first world example of what's been going on all over the world you know the i.m.f. and the sort of major international engines of near liberal capitalism have been treating the developing world the global south this way for decades you know haiti in liberia and all these places that they presume to bail out when they reach horrible fiscal conditions but what that entails is huge cuts to. social spending privatization of the commons obliteration of labor a huge very sharp decrease in labor in living standards and in wages and this kind of thing has been going on all ov

gaffes >>darya: assyrian and government forces have renewed their assault would have the heaviest shelling in dates. here is video of the attack. troops lawyer to present a shot have been shelling balms for more than a week to retake parts of the city captured by the rebels. hundreds of people are believed to have been killed. the u.n. human rights chief is warning that the security council's failure to take action has caused the syrian government to launch an all- out assault. washington is getting its first look at the man destined to lead china. there he is. the highlight of his four days in america is an oval office meeting with the president. he says he will give the obama administration the chance to press certain issues. >>mark: the dow was up almost 73 yesterday. new, tough cuts will guarantee another round of funding from the european union. even though we have good news out of europe, it did not stop moody's investors service to downgrade credit ratings. they downgraded ratings in italy, portugal and spain. the will be back with more on the weekend clothes from the bay bridge. in

clinton describing the vote as a ploy and president assad will use it to justify what he is doing to assyrian citizens who don't support his regime. as the voting goes on the military continues to shell the opposition in the city. i am claudia cowan. now back to "geraldo at large." >> prime time and crime time alert. thank you for hanging in there with us. image if your daughter was drown on australian honeymoon by her husband who pleads guilty to neglect manslaughter in her debt. because of the tireless actions of your family he's also finally on trial in the united states when suddenly the judge steps in and declares him not guilty before the jury has a chance to render its verdict. frank has the exclusive with the heartbroken father and prosecutor who tried to bring her husband of 11 days watson to justice. >> the curl minute nation of-- culmination of a 9 year fight for justice it was the opinion of one man. >> when you heard the judge say the evidence is sorely lacking and dismissed the case against your former son-in-law gabe watson what went through your mind? >> for a judge to take it

in 2000 come assyrians believed syrians believe it was going to be different. people went in organized before rums and started discussing how thick and liberalize the democracy. within one year all of the believers of the civil society movement were in prison. we see this continue. the problem with the syrian opposition which was in 2000 for in 2005, restoring research, and there was a problem that was endemic, and that is a sense of should we depend on outside or will we be able to do it on our own? in 2005 it look like for an intervention it would take place if the results had an assassination and so on. and there were even jokes about that that there would be an american intervention. also, there is a continuous talk of conspiracies. i remember in 2005 [inaudible] we have these oppositions. people continued being suppressed. we do not have a mass movement that we have now. let me say my experience with young organizers. they thought in february this was their chance last year. if they do not havejumped on it now they will never have a chance. they said this

we're tracking storms with heavy rains overnight assyrians the heaviest rain is over for a big part of the bay area that we're keeping our eyes on heavy rain around if san jose, santa clara in the the 80 corridor. craig skalar is live right now with more on the rain. >>craig: it is coming down pretty good here. it has picked up in the last hour or so. here is an overhead view of allman expressway as traffic is moving gingerly. it has been a while since we have had rain on the pavement. people should drive carefully. the rain is coming down pretty well. a drive carefully down here in the south bay. >>darya: we want to zoom in on a particular areas that are seeing the hardest rain. >>james: that is mainly the south bay. if this is the back edge of that cold from finally clearing the south bay. third you can already start to make out the top of showers. path that stretch of 680 is starting to see light rain falling. dublin, as you take 580 west over the past, flight rain there. we will start to see some rain out near the bay bridge near the toll plaza. at this point is still fairly light.

. >> the president has called on -- as you mentioned, the friends of assyrian democracy, to stand in other and help the syrian opposition. is there any thought to giving military assistance to the rebels but are fighting? >> we believe the right solution in syria is a political solution. there remains an opportunity for that to be achieved, for that transition to democracy to take place. that is why we felt, and continue to feel it is so important for the international community to act in a way that the security council has acted to embody to work with our international partners, because the best solution is a political solution. broadly speaking, we take no options off the table, but our focus is on using diplomatic, economic, and other means to help bring about an usher in a democratic transition. >> do we know how many americans are actually in egypt, of those staying on the judge's order? >> i do not want to get into specifics about the order. we are deeply disturbed by the crackdown against ngo's in egypt, including the filing of charges against americans. groups like the intern

it's time we helped out those fighting for freedom, assyrians, that includes all option, that includesng weapons to them if that's one of the options we've got to consider. we need to get medical help, communications, equipment, and help these people who are being slaughtered and massacred and by the way, it is an interesting commentary on the reset policy towards russia that this administration has. >> brian: what if the results in muslim coming to power in egypt? >> would you rather have ba shush assad, who is responsible for hezbollah in lebanon and is a vowed enemy of the united states, and slaughtering his own people? i don't think you want that option? >> gretchen: it's interesting because it seems like there was a difference in philosophy with libya and what was going on there and now what's going on in syria. >> in the case of libya, we had a base. benghazi for those fighting against gadhafi. it's much more difficult here because they have no base of operations, but there are plenty of ways that we can get help to them in a broad variety of ways. secretary of state has talked a