that bashar al assad is getting more people. that we know that bashar al assad is ignoring his promises. that bashar al assad is simply continuing with strikes against humanity. is that what we need to know? we know it. so i think time is over now. we need to protect the observ s observers. what we need now is to act. and we know what it means. safe zones, humanitarian corridors and support for the syrian opposition. and if we can do it with the security council, let's do it with the security council. because of the position of russia and china. we do it without the security council. but the community has an obligation. and finally the last question, can you give some information on the last incident with the german ship that is trying to deliver arms to syria. and that is directly breaching the arms embargo. this is more important than always putting your hammer down when we are talking serious problems as a crisis in syria. thank you. >> if i may, i believe that for those in regulations are to be abided by, it's up to you how t

the opposition will not accept any solution that keeps president bashar al-assad in power. after tens of thousands were driven into exile and thousands died, the bitterness and mistrust is immense. it is telling, perhaps, i did not meet any refugees who believed they would be going home soon. bbc news, on the turkish-syrian border. >> for more on the tension inside syria and diplomatic efforts to broker peace, i was joined by british foreign secretary william hague, in washington for a meeting of bgh. -- of the g-8. you have met with the foreign ministers. do you have a sense of how the cease-fire is being implemented? >> it is tough to say. there is a skeptical eye. in the last year, when the syrian government has said they are cooperating, they have gone on to break their word. that are not fully implementing the ceasefire. the have not withdrawn their forces from populated areas in taken heavy artillery back to barracks. it is a welcome announcement, but we need to get a monitoring mission in there as fast as possible. >> you met with the russian foreign minister. do you

how you can talk about the kofi annan clan -- plan, which is not applied in practice with bashar al-assaderybody is recognizing that in fact it is not working. bashar al-assad is not willing to apply it. i think all of this is leading us to an increase of killings. that is in syria. we should put observers and the international community and the european union. we should give all this support. you need several thousand military equipment to protect them. otherwise, it is impossible. in a normal operation, when you put two out of 50 observers in syria on the ground, how many observers do you need to do that? why do we do it? to protect our observers. not to protect the syrian people. i think it is really not the way forward. what we have to observe, what we know already -- the plan is not working. bashar al-assad is getting more people. he is ignoring his promises. he is simply continuing with a number of crimes against the mandate. is that what we need to know? we know who wins. what we need is

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the world should push for tough, comprehensive sanctions against bashar al-assad's government to force him to comply with the u.n. cease-fire. that is the call today from hillary clinton as the u.n. secretary general confirms the fact on the ground, saying syria is not honoring the cease-fire. he is still pushing for more u.n. monitors to be allowed into the country. our colleague in powell has seen evidence of the continuing assaults. >> on april 1, syria agreed to kofi annan's peace plan, saying it would not move further into populated areas. in a pattern of broken promises, it sent its soldiers. the story of what happened just down this road is perhaps worse than many other areas, but it is not unique. in villages across the north, people were not just single out. there were collective punishments, and many paid the ultimate price for having the audacity to call for change. this remains a dangerous place, where rebel fighters offer a thin veil of protection. but it was a chance to see firsthand what happened here. many people were crushed when their homes were shelled. even the scho

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bashar al assad. after ordering a year long campaign of repression followed by outright carnage, he promised the u.n. to stop. the final deadline tomorrow morning. back when he agreed to that troop pullout proposal on march 27th, he toured the streets homs. we're showing you one of his photo op that day. the other the bombardment in the hours before he arrived in homs and after he left and almost every day since then. that day when the dictator of syria was smiling for the cameras, 57 people died. today in homs and across syria tanks rolled, shells exploded, snipers fired, and at least 145 people died. in other words, the slaughter goes on. more than 700 have been killed since assad announced a cease fire on april 2nd. nearly 1100 since he agreed to that u.n. proposal just two weeks ago. this is video claiming to show victims of a mass execution in homs. according to the opposition one neighborhood there has seen eight straight days of bombardment. parts of the city still being blown to pieces, burned

we asked our research department the remind us of bashar al assad's broken promises. in august, he assured the u.n. that military and police operations had stopped. in november, he agreed to a peace plan with arab leaders. then launched the bombardment of the city of homs, a city of 1.5 million people. and in february, he promised his russian allies that he would stop the violence. facebook opens its pocketbook. why it spent a billion dollars to buy insta-gram. the small town that suffered the most when the titanic sank. and brush fires along the east coast when the "cbs evening coast whif yhe "cbs evening who have used androgel 1%, there's big news. presenting androgel 1.62%. both are used to treat men with low testosterone. androgel 1.62% is from the makers of the number one prescribed testosterone replacement therapy. it raises your testosterone levels, and... is concentrated, so you could use less gel. and with androgel 1.62%, you can save on your monthly prescription. [ male announcer ] dosing and application sites between these products differ. women and childre

. >> russia and china have joined in in stepping up the pressure on president bashar al-assad. if this is carried out, he will call for a complete cease to hostilities two days after the deadline. >> members of the u.n. security council still have doubts that president bashar al-assad will keep his promise and withdraw forces from opposition strongholds before the deadline. special envoy kofi annan made a special plea by a video link. >> i plea for clear instructions, so the message goes down through the country to the fighter and soldier. >> the syrian regime says it has already begun withdrawing forces from flashpoint cities, but eyewitnesses report continued shelling. >> even if the regime announced its acceptance of the kofi annan issued a, we believe it is an attempt to buy time and reorganize militarily. >> some observers fear that syrian forces are trying to gain as much ground as possible before the cease-fire comes into effect. >> the view from washington on this, let's bring in our correspondent max hoffman. is it the case that american diplomacy is proving effective,

. >> on a separate matter, rifaat al-assad, the uncle of president bashar al-assad, has said president bashar al-assad's days are numbered. he fled syria after he challenged his brother. do you think this will have any impact when he says his days are numbered? >> it is interesting, of course, when a member of a family, albeit one who is forced into exile -- the fact he is saying this confirms what many observers believe, that president assad may now be passed the point where he could be a credible syrian leader ever again. that is the significance of this. it is possible the uncle is speaking for quite a significant sector of syrian opinion, even those who have been regime loyalists up to this point. this will not be a game changer, his intervention, but it seems consistent with the level of pressure now applied on president assad. >> thank you very much for joining us here. thank you. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in the united states, the korean community in the california city of oakland is in shock after a korean-american allegedly carried out

the world should push for tough comprehensive sanctions against bashar al-assad's government to force them to comply with the u.n. cease-fire. that is the call from hillary clinton today. the request comes as the u.n. secretary general confirmed the facts on the ground, saying that syria is not honoring the cease- fire. he is still pushing for more of u.n. monitors. harcourt's stock -- our correspondent has just returned. >> syria agreed to kofi annan's peace plan. in a pattern of broken promises, they then unleashed a whirl wind of destruction. as the soldiers rolled into -- the story of what has happened is down this road is worse than many other areas. it is not unique. in towns and villages, people were not just single out, they were collected. many paid the ultimate price for having the audacity to call for change. this remains a dangerous place. rebel fighters offer a thin veil of protection. it was a chance to see firsthand what has happened here. many people were crushed when their homes were shelled. even the school playground was not safe. the sanctuary, not even for childre

president bashar al-assad nominated his brother to run military operations here in homs and elsewhere. in 1982, the crushed a revolt by the muslim brotherhood. estimates of the dead started at 10,000. now though, he denies it happened like that and prefers to talk about the latest. >> kofi annan is trying to get a deal going at the moment. to you think that as possible? or do you think the future of syria is a much more serious civil war? initiative is week. direct been stronger initiatives before. nevertheless, the initiative comes with international consequences. >> do you think there could be a future involving civil war? >> if he is serious about cooperating to enact change, we could -- without international consensus, we may reach a civil war. >> the syrian government tanks are still in and around parts of the capital. the peace process says they should pull back a week from now and there's a daily two-hour truce. there is skepticism about the deadline being met. bbc news. >> now to a special report from uganda on the devastating and mysterious disease that is affecting thousands

president bashar al-assad enemies, turkey and saudi arabia, have no faith in the plan. >> the plan is not a menu of options. it is a sense of obligations. the burden of fully and visibly a meeting all of these obligations continues to rest with their regime. >> it is the dynamics between -- it will decide the fate of the cease-fire. these soldiers of the free syrian army in turkey project negotiations with the government and predict the cease-fire will collapse in days. >> this regime is jury elusive. they're going to allow two days, but when we see the process intensified, they will claim there were armed individuals. >> for the refugees who dream of returning home, today's news presents a possibility. she is in her 70's and was separated from her grandchildren when they tried to escape syria. >> when everything is peaceful, i will go home to my children. every day i am crying and begging about them. >> the news from across the border is confused. kofi annan, the problem is that it remains unresolved. the opposition will not accept any resolution that keeps the president in power. i

>> i think bashar al assad has bought time. he knows what he's doing. his intention is the same as it's always been, and that's destroy the opposition. he intends to wipe them out, he is not going to negotiate. he doesn't care what the u.n. wants. yes, the u.n.'s been played. >> ann marie, is there any reason anyone in the world, the u.n. to believe what bashar al assad says about doing a cease fire? >> anderson, i agree with bob. i don't think he's going to stop. i don't think there's any reason any of us should expect him to stop tomorrow. he has broken one promise after another. he will say whatever it takes to give him more chance to keep going. >> bob, you say kofi annan can be in damascus every other day and it won't make any difference. >> not at all. i mean, this regime, we have to go back and look at what they're fighting for. they're fighting for their survival. i talked to someone in the regime not long ago, and they figure about 30% of the people support bashar al assad. not because of him but because they're afraid of what the opposition's

monitors were allowed into the country by bashar al assad this week. and our live coverage getting under way now here on c-span3. >> the meeting will come to order. i was informed that first votes could happen between 10:10 and 10:25, secretary has a hard close time at 12:30 so we're going to be as expeditious as we possibly can here. good morning ladies and gentlemen. the house armed services committee meets today to receive testimony on the security situation in syria from the secretary of defense, the honorable leon panetta and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey. gentlemen, thank you for your distinguished service to our nation and thank you for being here today. the syrian conflict is now in its second year and the situation remains both uncertain and dire. as we convene a tenuous cease-fire is in place. it comes on the heels of violence at the hands of the assad regime. though assad committed to a cease-fire, reports indicate that he continues to inflict violence on the syrian people. president assad's crack down inc

nuland says the observer mission will test how serious the regime of bashar al assad is about implementing the cease-fire plan mediated by u.n. and kofi annan. >> if this monitoring mission fails, we'll be back in the security council, we'll be looking at chapter 7 and looking at other ways to increase the pressure. >> u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has also called for sanctions that would place limits on travels, financial deals and arms. >>> residents of syria are seeing more of what they have seen over the past year, despite promises of a cease-fire. the united nations brokered a truce between government and opposition forces. it didn't hold. and residents are still running from the fighting. many have taken refuge over the border in turkey. freelance journalist has the view from there. >> a man points to the border to his home. he spent much of the past year with the free syrian army fighting against government forces. then soldiers attacked his hometown. about half of the 15,000 residents left syria. he crossed over just a few weeks ago. >> translator: the government forces a

so, this is the reply of bashar al-assad to mr. coffee are non. -- mr. kofi annan. they were shelling and shooting rockets in several locations in syria, south of syria, and also a village -- >> the message clear from the activist view, the fighting just goes on. thank you very much, indeed. joining us from homs. plenty more to come from us. including, 100 years exactly since the titanic set sail from southampton. there is a ceremony taking place at the dock from where she sailed. we will bring you more. russia has criticized north korea's plans to launch a rocket, accusing the country of disregarding the will of the united nations. china and south korea have also joined in the combination. so far pyongyang has shown little regard as it marks the 100th birthday of the reclusive state's founder kim il-sung. our correspondent is in p'yongyang, one of a group of journalists who has been invited in what is usually a very much closed country, to witness the event. but here in pyongyang, it is a gray and wet afternoon but at the west coast satellite launch center, it has

we think that bashar al assad has to step down but we are totally convinced it can be achieved through nonviolent means the only way for this democratic revolution to proceed is peacefully all sides have to stop the violence small rallies like the peace almost the wicklow current in damascus but this time even syrian state t.v. came to film a body farm travelled rapt attention to syrian opposition has many faces and there's a growing concern here that basically the radicals may be hurting because of more moderate forces that gunfire has essentially drawn down more legitimate calls for democratic change while the organizers of this rally received a permit from there it didn't last long an hour into the protest a group of the. that's employee said beard from your wear sending demonstrators running on this occasion nobody was hurt but getting. the marker see is about the rule of the majority and the majority of the people support bashar al assad these people maybe carry. their freedom from the guns of course that supporters there is indeed little difference between peaceful protesters and

we think that bashar al assad has stepped down but we are totally convinced it can be achieved turn on violent means the only way for this democratic revolution to proceed is peacefully all sides have to stop the violence small rallies like these almost the wicklow kerns in damascus but based time even syrian state t.v. came to film a while the armed rebels grab all the attention the syrian opposition has many faces and there's a growing concern here that basically the radicals for the last may be hurting because of the more moderate forces that the gunfire has essentially drowned out more legitimate calls for democratic change while the organizers of this rally received a permit from there it didn't last long an hour into the approaches a group of us thought supporters appeared from nowhere sending demonstrators running on this occasion nobody was hurt or getting. the markers she is about the rule of the majority on the majority of the people support bashar al assad these people may be carrying with him out there from from go. force that supporters there is indeed little difference be

they want to see the end of president bashar al-assad's regime, especially after the pounding this town has taken from the syrian military. it was less than a week ago that syrian tanks took out the side of that building. can't or don't feel quite safe enough yet. after all, the army has only pulled back to the edge of town and everyone is afraid the cease-fire won't hold. activists don't feel safe enough either, to be identified on television even though for them there's been a red letter day. >> toe we feel free. >> reporter: what are you going to next? >> we'll continue. we will never stop. >> reporter: in the back streets members of the syrian free army were on gord, respecting the cease-fire. "we don't believe the government will keep its word" says abu ali, a free army soldier, "but we will." in the end, to general amazement, the cease-fire did hold, at least for today, and the demonstration broke up peacefully after a couple of hours. but, say the organizers, this was just round one. >> pelley: so was what is round two? elizabeth palmer is joining us from damascus and we have cla

syria's revolution a need in turkey to thrash out plans to help the opposition while supporters of bashar al assad protesting against the talks are dispersed by turkish police. also in this week's top stories a hot mike exchange between barack obama and dimitri medvedev leads to an anti russian rhetoric among republicans presidential candidates and trends moscow has condemned as a cold war hollywood cliche. dozens of arrests and riots followed spain's approval of its of years austerity measures and yet let's see twenty seven billion euros slashed from the budget. and poland comes a closer to acknowledging the existence of secret cia run prisons for terror suspects on its territory and prosecutors want an investigation against a former head of the country's intelligence service for helping set up a covert side. up next artie's exclusive interview with the man credited with orchestrating the downfall of colonel gadhafi former n.p.c. leader mahmoud jabril. and on the sidelines of the brussels foreign were sitting down with mahmoud jibril now he was heading the economic and development planning body i

but judging by what happened today it looks like bashar al assad will break that promise. there was mayhem as syrian tanks and artillery pounded several cities. civilians ran for cover. victims, including young children, were rushed to makeshift hospitals. the u.n. says 9,000 syrians have died in the year-long uprising against the assad dictatorship and today syrian gunfire crossed the border into turkey and into a camp for syrian refugees. correspondent clarissa ward is joining us in istanbul. clarissa, you've been talking to your sources in turkey along the boarder there with syria and i wonder what you can tell us about this incident in which the syrian army appears to have fired into turkey itself? >> reporter: well, details are a little muddy, scott, but one turkish official told us that a group of syrian refugees ran outside the camp towards the border when they heard gunfire and it was at that point that those shots rang out from the syrian side, injuring the syrian refugees. >> pelley: what is the turkish government saying now about this incursion on their soil? >>

representing the people outside the meeting in istanbul meantime police have dispersed supporters of bashar al assad. exchanged between. leads to a spike in the russian rhetoric among america's republican presidential candidates already. warned us politicians are quote cold war hollywood stereotypes. toughest budget cuts in decades which includes tax hikes and a salary freeze for public sector workers despite a nationwide strike and mass protests that resulted in clashes with police dozens of arrests. up next. orchestrating the downfall of. i'm on the sidelines of the brussels four and we're sitting down with the whole djibril now he was heading the economic and development planning body in libya at the time of the rule of colonel moammar gadhafi and he later read led to the uprising against the regime the interim prime minister of the national transitional council for about seven and a half months i thank you very much and suitable for joining us today and the first question i would like to ask at this point today is the civil war really over in libya and who is in control at the moment a little fi

the marker sees about the rule of the majority and the majority of the people support bashar al assad these people may be curious will grams but they're not there for him from guns force that supporters there is indeed little difference between peaceful protesters and the rebels and it looks like the west is making the same mistake by betting on the armed opposition international powers make activists like these guilty of association with the gun charging militia when people start seeing violence. it gets much much worse and been a lot of start to call me in as i see all the girls just not promote democracy but quite the opposite chaos even promote in the long run. syria has long prided itself on tolerance but when it comes to politics the gloves come off very quickly not only a syrian city have to agree to disagree but more importantly they have to learn how to do it in a nonviolent way it's in a work of art see syria. now an advance team of u.n. monitors working on the ground in syria say the ceasefire is not being observed if included the both sides of the conflict haven't taken pa

secretary general kofi annan said today that syria's president, bashar al assad, assad, has agreed to withdraw troops and tanks from his cities by april 10. but but assad has made a lot of promises over the year as he tried to crush the popular uprising against his dictatorship. over the weekend in turkey, the united states met with countries from around the world to talk about how to help the rebels and that's where clarissa ward caught up with the secretary of state. >> reporter: there are no signs that the syrian regime will live up to its promises. yesterday's secretary of state hillary clinton sat down with us and said this about the assad regime. >> we think assad must go. the killing must stop. the sooner we get into a process that ends up there the better. >> reporter: yesterday saudi arabia and a group of gulf states announced $100 million plan to pay the salaries of rebel rebel fighters inside syria. >> we were recently inside syria and the rebels tell us that they have no ammunition left. they have no money left. and that their only recourse for self-defense self-defense is

the marker sees about the rule of the majority and the majority of the people support bashar al assad these people may be carrying slogans but they're not there for him from. of course that's a quarter is there is indeed little difference between peaceful protesters and the rattles and it looks like the west is meeting the thinnest think they betting on the arm to position international powers make activists like these guilty of association with big gun charging militia when people start seeing violence shooting buildings it gets much much worse and a lot of other folks will start to come in as i see all the birds is just not promote democracy but quite the opposite it probably. won't even promote in the long run. syria has long prided itself on tolerated when it comes to politics the gloves come off very quickly not only a syrian security agreeing to disagree but more importantly they have to learn how to do it in a nonviolent way it's in a broker artsy then ask syria. despite the reduction of violence in syria officials from western and arab countries were meeting today to reinforce