and europeans faster to put pressure on the regime of bashar al-assad.here are more things to do and we haven't been willing to do them start economic sanctions and visa bands and say he should go. >> will that get him out. these bands and the statement he should go? >> we'll get him out. look, he runs a minoritiy regime. most of the chief officers are allowights . they are suppressing a population that is overwhelming sunni . how do you get those in the syrian army to realize their interest is not in the continuation of the assaud family rule. you have to say either you turn against the regime or a war criminal six months a year down the road. you are saying that kind of thing. we are not saying that and we are not sending an important symbolic message to the syrian people themselves, too. it would matter if president obama says the time has come for president assad to leave. they will transession to a future. >> it occurs to me that the arab world is not looking real good. they are in real disarray there. the syrian situation makes the whole thing wors

>> we urge those countries still buying syrian oil and gas, and those countries still sending bashar al-assad weapons, those countries whose political and economic support give him a comfort to in his brutality to get on the right side of history. president bashar al-assad has lost the legitimacy to lead and it is clear that syria would be better off without him. >> the european view shared by britain is that refusing to by syrian oil and gas with ordinary syrians before harder than the regime. some supporters of the opposition say tougher sanctions are the way forward. >> perhaps, if the eu gets on board these oil sanctions, that might concentrate the mind of bashar al-assad to stop killing people. >> for now, the syrian regime shows no sign of changing course. it is still relying on force against largely peaceful protests and judging by less to be the only way to hold onto power. -- judging violence to be only way to build on to power. >> more than 8000 have been wounded since the uprising began in february in libya. 3000 are thought to be civilians. we reported on a six-year- old girl had

number two bashar al-assad is closely aligned with iran. qaddafi dew point have any friend out there, bashar al-assad has a big friend in the ruling marty in iran and that also means he has a lot of protection. the word has gone out if somebody wants to try to military intervene inside syria to stop this violence that's killed more than 2,000 people, you're not just picking a fight with bashar al-assad, you're picking a fight with iran too and that is something that could very easily start a regional war in the middle east. jenna: that examination the story, leland thank you very much. a story we'll continue to watch. jon: that dramatic shift where rebels say they control tripoli sets the stage for new leadership in the country. straight ahead national reaction from world leaders, and who takes over? tritional needs can go up when you're on the road to recovery. proper nutrition can help you get back on your feet. three out of four doctors recommend the ensure brand for extra nutrition. ensure clinical strength has revigor and thirteen grams

you've got france, germany, and the uk just moments ago coming out and saying bashar al-assad has losty and he needs to face the reality. so it's important that the u.s. is acting in lock step with the rest of the world and really isolating bashar al-assad. analysts i've spoken to though says syria doesn't really care what the u.s. has to say here. these sanctions will bite but it's not going to be enough for him to shift his policy. what's important here they say and what we're hearing out of the white house today on syria is this is also a message to the syrian people, the u.s. is with you. and also a big encouragement to the opposition, as well. will bashar al-assad stand down because of the u.s.' statement in unlikely. >> zain, another question for you as we continue to follow the markets here. i know you're following the markets, as well, overseas. and the international reaction. dow industrials continuing to tank now in negative territory of 502 points. zain, as we watch these numbers and as you've been following the breaking news out of syria, as well, you know, what is -- could

obama to make the same demand of bashar al-assad a sponsor of terrorism. ive months an estimated 1800 syrian civilians have been killed. asked about the contrasting approaches u.s. officials say they have enacted punitive measures on bashar al-assad and each country will change its own way. john mccain, the ranking republican on the armed services committee called steps by the u.s. good news, but added, better late than never. rick: for more on this let's bring in jonathan shanzer from the foundation for dense of democracies. i can't imagine johnathon, bashar al-assad hearing what president obama had to say today, and saying, all right i'll go. what is the purpose of a statement like this. >> it's an important shift by this administration. we have been standing by while 2,000 people were killed and 3,000 people have gone missing and are presumed dead. it's important we get on the right side of history. i think senator mccain is right. better late than never. i wonder what prompted this. it was a bloody weekend but not more bloody than the last five months.

before that, bashar al assad's father was in charge. a very restrictive government.s incomprehensible that all of a sudden you have thousands of salafists who are calling for the overthrow of the government. it just doesn't make logical sense. i mean, are you denying that there were peaceful protests, that there are peaceful protestors who have legitimate gripes, who have legitimate demands for basic dignity and freedom? >> the government allowed peaceful demonstrations to take to the streets, and they are protected by the police. >> sir, you know that's not true. you're a very educated man. you simply know that is not true. in dara when people were asking for children to be released, you're telling me they weren't fired upon, they weren't killed? >> you don't know all the faces of the story, anderson. >> you're not allowing us in. you're not allowing reporters to actually go to the frontlines and see. you're restricting reporters. it's disingenuous to say you don't know the truth when you're not allowing the international community to see the truth. >> this is wrong

>> bashar al-assad did it to himself. he did for those who wanted him out what they could not do themselves, by acting so brutally, making virtual war on his own people. it was incredibly heavy handed. >> brown: one of the key players here, turkey, reportedly had been counseling some patience in the last few days. do you have any insight on that? they wanted to deal with assad themselves and try to get him to come up with some reforms before all this happened? >> well, turkey had a-- has a policy of zero problems with the neighbors. and syria was one of the keystones of this policy and the prime minister had forged a very close relationship with bashar al-assad and tried to give him every chance, tried to throw him a life line and said, "please, take it." but bashar made promises he never kept and humiliated and embarrassed the turkish leadership. >> brown: when you referred earlier to this allowing other drizz get involved, you meant europe, i suppose. does it also mean countries in the region? >> countries in the region

before that, bashar al assad's father was in charge. a very restrictive government.seems incomprehensible that all of a sudden you have thousands of salafists who are calling for the overthrow of the government. it just doesn't make logical sense. i mean, are you denying that there were peaceful protests, that there are peaceful protestors who have legitimate gripes, who have legitimate demands for basic dignity and freedom? >> the government allowed peaceful demonstrations to take to the streets, and they are protected by the police. >> sir, you know that's not true. you're a very educated man. you simply know that is not true. in dara when people were asking for children to be released, you're telling me they weren't fired upon, they weren't killed? >> you don't know all the faces of the story, anderson. >> you're not allowing us in. you're not allowing reporters to actually go to the frontlines and see. you're restricting reporters. it's disingenuous to say you don't know the truth when you're not allowing the international community to see the truth. >> this is w

president obama tells syrian president bashar al assad to step down now with thousands of civilians already dead is this too little too late. while london's youth showed its unfriendly side big brother got a little too friendly with facebook postings and even arrested two men for inciting violence never actually happened so should the government be allowed to poke around in people's privacy. it's a bird it's a plane no it's a mysterious comet but potentially be headed directly toward earth or at least that's what some theorists would have you believe so just what is the yellin and going on here. it's thursday august eighteenth eight pm in washington d.c. i'm christine friends out here watching our team. i want to start off by talking about china this evening by president joe biden is there right now meeting with china's vice president and no doubt this is significant for a number of reasons china of course the holder in chief of so much u.s. debt and with the downgrade of the u.s. credit rating china wants assurances the u.s. will indeed continue making payments on that china also continues

bashar al assad has a credibility problem. justdays ago he told the u.n.the military operations were over. they're clearly still under way. according to one prominent opposition group, at least 20 people have been killed alone in one syrian province in the last 24 hours. >> ivan watson in istanbul, turkey, thank you. >>> now, politics back in this country. jobs. creating them or bringing them back from overseas, it seems like everyone has an opinion on how best to do that. the topic dominated the sunday talk shows today. here are some of the highlights. >> a city might also suggest, and let me suggest it here, you all are putting things out there that you know, particularly the house republicans will not go for so that you can then have that to run on. >> the president unveils the entire program, there's nothing in there that -- that reasonable people shouldn't be able to agree on. and if we make the house republicans, particularly that tea party faction, if we make them the standard, we're in deep trouble. this is the group that almost brought us to the b

. >> historical, bashar al-assad has only ever bowed to one thing and that is concerted multilateral pressure. the united states and its allies are trying to marshal similar pressure. it shows no signs of letting up. >> she said it is clear that syria would be better off without president's bashar al- assad. she stopped short of asking him to stand down. why is that? >> the united states is trying to muster that concerted international pressure. that requires taking certain positions at certain times in a sequence of events. it is very clear from her, and said -- from her comments were the united states is. >> four months ago, she was fighting for life in a libyan hospital. when we first reported, her story, the six-year-old was one of thousands of casualties. we return to misrata to find her. this report contains distressing images. >> six years old and in agony. as we last saw her in april. a child of misrata and a victim of the regime. lacerated by shrapnel. this is her today. how are you? how are you? back home, back to normal. there are reminders all around. she will carry her s

we want to see india. >> president bashar al-assad remains in power. it appears that he still has the support of the army. the protest and the violence, the killings and the funerals, continue. months after the uprising began, no one really knows how this conflict will end. >> you've quite an intriguing story. the chinese are celebrating the hundred ghost festival. what is that? >> it is the hungry ghost festival. it is to try to appear -- a list to try to appease the spirits of the data walk among us. -- dead but welcome on the spirit >> it is the chinese version of halloween. the festival is a time to pay tribute to spirits' got to be roaming the earth. they are being entertained in style. special seats with special money are reserved for them because no one wants and greed ghosts -- angry ghosts making trouble. >> i do not think they will be disappointed. the elaborate ritual goes on all month and because of the money involved, there are when dictators -- very are leading indicators for the economy. >> if the economy is good, people did more money.

should the president of the united states say it's time for bashar al assad to step down? >> you're absolutely right that bashar al assad is using a great deal more violence than used in egypt. we've said, and we have been very clear on this. we do not view bashar al assad as indispensnsle. we do not view his continuation in power as important to american interests. we view him and his government as a source of instability and source of violence in syria. i think our views are very clear. the president has said, his government will be left in the past. the meaning is clear, christiane. >> many americans watching this unfolding, say, well, look, the united states joined a coalition of a no-fly zone, military intervention in libya, for instance. there's no such thing on the horizon as syria. can you explain that? >> the libyan situation is very different from what we had in syria. but probably the first and foremost thing in my discussion, moving around the country and talking to people, even in hama where there is this atrocity going on righthtow. even in hama. when i talk t

president bashar al assad deployed security forces around the nation before the start of the holy month of ramadan month. the government is trying to halt the escalation of protests for ramadan when muslims gather for prayers. the european union imposed further sanctions against syrian. aly habib mahmoud and four others were hit with economic sanctions that brings the total number of people to 35, including president bashar al assad. the eu warns it willsanctions i government fails to stop the violation. italy has recalled its ambassador to syria in protest. the italian government urged other european nations to follow suit. >>> high speed trains in china are suffering substantial delays on the line where a fatal collision occurred last month. a shanghai newspaper and other sources report that more than ten trains were up to three and a half hours behind schedule on monday. nhk has confirmed that wenzhou station, near the site of the accident, 14 trains had been taken out of service on tuesday. about two-thirds of those in operation were running late. there has been no official explanat

this week pressure has been mounting again on the syrian leader bashar al assad the u.s. and european leaders called for him to step down to russia refused to support the motion saying assad should be given time to implement promised reforms this comes in the wake of the crackdown on anti regime protesters as artie's many of the national reports from the front line while the west sees the government's action as oppression some in syria see it as liberation. job is done the city liberated there is or in lease of the country has become the last syrian city in left have to clear an extremist structure have been terrorizing his citizens for weeks the military claimed that he bandits blocked their rights put up barricades it became a case of hiding we were just like hostages. soldiers of the syrian army out living in the city of their near the iraqi border. officials are saying operation is now over there the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the waiters patois tanks have been trying to make their way through jubilant cro

no longer calling just for reform but for the ouster of president bashar al-assad and, in this demonstration, his execution. once again, assad demonstrateds me willing to do whatever it takes to hold on to his power and his head. , sending the syrian army to break up the protests, sometimes with tear gas, sometimes with bullets. a few hundred soldiers and a handful of syrian army officers have deserted rather than take part in the crackdown, but u.s. intelligence says most of the army continues to believe the use of force against their own people is justified. officials also say the protests are not yet big enough or organized enough to pose a threat to the regime. but they are not going away, and assad is, in the words of one senior u.s. official, in lots of trouble. >> pelley: thank you, david. there was trouble in afghanistan today. a nato service member was killed by a roadside bomb. it was a terrible week: 41 americans died this week, most in saturday's shin knock helicopter cras...chinook helic. for the u.s., the way out of afghanistan depends upon training afghans to fight their own b

crowds thousands of kilometers away in the white house decision has already matured president bashar al assad is the one who's terrorizing the syrian people and that should and the transition to democracy in syria has begun and it's time for assad to get out of the way not everybody has agreed costco has insisted that assad should be given time to implement promised changes his recent decisions to release political prisoners repeal emergency law and allow peaceful demonstrations have indicated the right direction but external pressure could still bury a fragile transitional. reforms will give your sister syria and will make the country stronger but syria's enemies don't want syria to be strong america for instance and yes sick and strong syria and they want to weaken its they don't want reform something they need instability and feels across the country as long as possible and they're pressure words. with contradictory reports about policemen and security officers killed across the country and the army is continuing to crackdown on protesters despite president assad's pledges to the u.n. his

latakia bears a special significance for syria and for the president bashar al assad his father is from a village near the city in which the population is predominantly elevated just like the rest of the province the protests began here in march of this year this is one of the main buildings this is one of the main squares in the city of latakia with the syria tell headquarters. on the right in the middle of it syria tel is a company telephone company which was owned by one of the cousins of the president and the protesters expressed their hatred towards the regime by looting the place and then burning it violence returned to vote again just a couple of weeks ago claiming more than thirty lives and to government protests broke out in the sunni part of the city officials said they were battling with armed groups which they say have infiltrated the area now what's the story here the story goes according to the protesters according to the opposition answer majority of the midwestern media sources is that there were warships stationed right here in this bay and there were shelling the sunni

the obama administration has described bashar al-assad as illegitimate and i wonder if it's time for him to go. >> well, that's going to be up to the syrian people. but i can tell you that president obama and i have been working very hard to marshall international opinion. so we are building what i think is a much more persuasive case that the international community-- not just the united states-- wants to see peaceful change in syria. >> pelley: you're talking about u.s. leadership. why doesn't the u.s. lead and take that one half step further and say that assad's time is done, he has to go? >> well, i think we've been very clear in what we have said about his loss of legitimacy. but what we really need to do to put the pressure on assad is to sanction the oil and gas industry, and we want to see europe take more steps in that direction, and we want to see china take steps with us. we want to see india-- because india and china have large energy investments inside of syria. we want to see russia cease selling arms to the assad regime. >> pelley: assad right at this moment seems to b

going on now russia has continued its calls for that syrian president bashar al assad to end the bloodshed and implement promised reforms this comes as human rights activists report at least six more people were killed as government forces continue their crackdown on protesters ati's arena who shows in syria for us and reports that the country's political violence is now pushing its religious harmony in danger. protests in syria start out with political slogans. but when violence breaks out people come to blows over issues of faith not politics. but more than four thousand years of history the mask like the rest of syria has been home to mother full faith for centuries but with an increasing political unrest many are starting to wonder whether this could upset the delicate balance of religious tolerance in the country for now who there is enjoying the quiet comfort of her home like most christians in the country it's a life she's been used to since her childhood but i was growing up in a place with christians jews muslims and everyone got along just fine we still do actually but it's not l

lately hama has evolved into the new epicenter of opposition to president bashar al assad. weekly protests here have drawn crowds in the hundreds of thousands but were no match for syrian tanks, what appeared to be a preemptive strike ahead of the islamic holy month of ramadan. >> this was either an attempt of the regime of bashar assad to out and out crush this movement or an attempt to intimidate. >> reporter: borzun daragahi with the "los angeles times" reports from lebanon because foreign journalists are banned from syria. >> this was an area in 1982 struck extremely hard by bashar assad's father who was attempting to crush what he described back then was an islamic uprising against him. >> reporter: in a statement president obama vowed to increase pressure on the syrian regime and stand with the syrian people, people who even as night fell in the besieged city continued to protest in silence. after a day of violence and bloodshed. whit johnson, cbs news, washington. >>> elsewhere in the middle east, egypt's chief prosecutor summoned ousted president hosni mubarak to ap

muslims here belong to different branches of the religion take for example the president himself bashar al assad is a follower of the elwood branch or islam who are a minority among the predominantly sunni population so some of those dissatisfied with the current regime spread there in a more city towards brits if someone finds a problem with the government. some people believe this because of this. long the district and we have to struggle against the sick and this can be a bloody battle over them i don't know why my son was killed he was just working in a shop when his killers knew that he was not politically active and we also knew he was an alawite and there must have been the reason for his murder so she violence is something that's new to syria where religious minorities have a special status largely because the country's leader is himself a member of such well we are protected by law which allows us to live according to our customs since the protests started a lot has changed and strange for us it must be coming from the outside. who are is rocking the boat of syria which is tolerance are

assad to step down saying the future of cira must be determined by its people, but president bashar al-assadre standing in their way while he is imprisoning, torturing, and slaughtering his own people. the time has come for president assad to step aside. how do you respond? >> i think this is an unacceptable statement coming from an important -- heavy weight administration in the war affairs. we were expecting the american administration to go in a different direction, actually. >> would you deny those? that your president -- do you deny, though, your president his government has tortured and killed thousands of citizens? >> i deny categorically and unequivocally these bloodsheds and killings said to be taking place in my country. the way they are described by the media. >> we see countless videos of children with broken bodies, people being shot at as they try to retrieve the wounded and dead bodies of their friends on the street and we see protests after protests broken up, firing live ammunition to crowds. are all of these lies? >> i have countless other videos showing exactly the opposit

has bring him back into this discussion as we know today president obama called for president bashar al assad to step down but he released a statement in doing this and he said quote the united states cannot and will not impose this transition on syria it is up to the syrian people to choose their own leaders and we have heard their strong desire that there not be foreign intervention at this moment so the u.s. will not take action so what was the point of making this. stateman added making it now i think probably more domestic politics. than anything else so the fact is the united states hasn't had much of a relationship with syria and virtually no relationship with president assad. has in life people you don't know saying things about you probably don't have much impact and you're saying i was not about a few scenarios though as far as what could happen let's say somehow president assad does agree to step down. what's what are the chances of a group you know maybe like the has veloce theory or something like that i mean something like that kind of taking his place somebody that would be eve

syria earlier this month president obama and several other leaders called for syrian president bashar al assad to step down as islands there continues just today another six anti-government protesters were killed while process often start out in the name of politics or wanting a new regime they're starting to evolve into so much more according to r.t. course ironical show she's in damascus and has this report. protests in syria start out with political slogans. and violence breaks out people come to blows over issues of faith not politics. but more than four thousand years of history damascus like the rest of syria has been home to multiple faith for centuries but with an increasing call the gun rests many are starting to wonder whether this could upset the delicate balance of religious tolerance in the country for now who is enjoying the quiet comfort of her hold like most christians in the country it's a life she's been used to since her childhood but i was growing up in a place with christians jews muslims and everyone got along just fine we still do actually but it's not like this everywhe

after quite some time president obama and secretary of state clinton have called for president bashar al assad to step down those calls were echoed by france germany and the u.k. so i want to take a look now at a report from one of our reporters on the ground in syria the notion that is there and then will reconvene and talk about some of the implications. the city over there is sort of maybe liberated but in the last few days it suffered a brutal occupation i mean my family's a spaniard's it's not the raids put up barricades it came across a city hiding just like hostages for more than a week reclaimed beyond fought against armed groups that had taken control of the city and have been terrorizing its residents. told of the syrian army i live in the city of the iraqi border mr officials are saying operation is now over that the city has been freed from armed groups as you can see people are welcome in the soldiers as the waiters but in other parts of the country the troops little assad's vicious crackdown a far less welcome in a similar offensive against so-called terrorists in the coastal cit

but today, the blood of those killed finally meant more than some romantic theory that bashar al assadht. >> and we will stand up for their universal rights and dignity by pressuring the regime and assad personally to get out of the way of this transition. >> next, the joint statement calling on assad to step down from the leaders of the united kingdom, france and germany, a united front secretary clinton says sends an important message. >> the assad government has now been condemned by countries in all parts of the world and can look only to iran for support for its brutal and unjust crackdown. >> let's check in with cnn's arwa damon who's monitoring the syrian political cries is from beirut. arwa, the big question is, will the president of the united states saying assad must go, will the european leaders, the u.k., france, germany saying assad must go, will it have any impact on his behavior? >> reporter: i think what we're going to have to wait for is to see how turkey is going to react, how countries like saudi arabia, other arab nations, if they do then follow suit. that could pos

you now have sanctions maloof the president, very well the cousin of bashar al assad.ng to fray around the edges the way that you saw gadhafi's regime begin to fall a part. this may take time, it may not be imminent but it's very significant to see these voices of dissent within the syrian government within the last week. >> i appreciate your insights tonight, gentlemen, thank you. >> thank you. >>> roving mobs in the street, attacking, assaults, terrorizing strangers, passersby. we're not talking about the london riots. it's happening right here in the united states. we'll tell you, we'll show you where next. h probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with three strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. ♪ ♪ unleash the hidden power of bisquick. new splenda® essentials™ no calorie sweetener with b vitamins, the first and only one to help support a healthy metabolism. three smart new ways to sweeten. same great taste. new splenda® esse

. -- bashar al-assad's regime is facing opposition. soldiers are thought to have killed 100 people since the siege on sunday. the army has also occupied the northern cities. many syrians appear undeterred by the harsh repression. people take to the streets in a show of solidarity and resistance, like here in a suburb of damascus. as the death toll rises, so does the pressure on the international community to take steps against the syrian regime. the u.n. security council has been discussing a draft resolution to condemn the repression in syria. early moves to do so were halted by russia and china. >> earlier, we spoke to the deputy foreign ministry of germany and asked what we can expect to come out of the deliberations of the security council. >> there was movement in the security council. some of the members have been very reluctant to enter the dialogue on a resolution or a presidential statement. they've changed their position. the people in damascus have been incredibly violent. anyone who, people are getting more and more discred

to libya so all the domestic media paints a very simple story of the masses rising up against bashar al assad perhaps obama has learned intervention into foreign civil conflicts isn't always as black and white as it seems and if so when all the u.s. media learned that very same lesson they seem all too happy to simply regurgitate whatever the u.s. government's official stance is without any skepticism without any analysis and it turns out that all those vast ideological differences between say fox and c.n.n. or m s n b c they tend to disintegrate when it comes to foreign policy ox news is happy to rail against the evil of without even having a reporter on the ground c.n.n. brings on dissident after dissident to drum up international support for intervention and the best part of the us media's coverage of syria is that simply par for the course whether iraq bosnia or libya it's always the same so must be nice for the u.s. government to know that when it comes to the sides or when it comes to intervening either economically or militarily in a foreign country they can always count on the u.s. me

our attention to syria yesterday we told you got president obama's call for syrian president bashar al assad to step down from his position of leadership as well as the announcement of sanctions and as you pointed out the president's rhetoric and his statement the no outside power can or should impose on this transition it was quite different when we heard just months earlier from the very same administration in regards to libya so all the domestic media paints a very simple story of the masses rising up against bashar al assad perhaps obama has learned that intervention into foreign civil conflicts isn't always as black and white as it seems and if so when all the u.s. media learned that very same lesson he also happy to simply regurgitate whatever the u.s. government's official stance is without any skepticism without any analysis and it turns out all those vast ideological differences between say fox and c.n.n. or m.s.m. b c they tend to disintegrate when it comes to foreign policy fox news is happy to rail against the evil of without even having a reporter on the ground c.n.n. brings on

people are believed to have died in crackdowns on protesters demanding the resignation of prsident bashar al assad. meanwhile, u.s. secretary of state, hillary clinton, told an american tv station on thursday that china and india should consider sanctions against syria's energy sector. the two asian countries have been active in developing oil and other energy resources in syria in recent years. >>> kyoto university says it has been granted a u.s. patent on a technique for creating induced stem-cells or ips cells. ips stem-cells were first generated by a kyoto university professor. they're considered crucial in regenerating medicine for their potential to be turned in to a variety of tissues or organs. in news conference thursday, kyoto university said u.s. authorities had approved the patent to a basic technique which entails introducing three to four genes into skin cells to transform them into ips cells. >> translator: as soon as possible, i want to turn this technique into one which is useful in clinical practice. >>> the patent still has to go through a number of u.s. patent procedures before

bashar al-assad has allowed a limited degree of religious practice. about what redeems may do is quite legitimate. i think the united states should express concerns about those issues. caller: i am worried about muslim brotherhood rising up and getting more control over the militaries of those countries. guest: the muslim brotherhood is many different things in many different countries. the notion in the united states has been that this is a massive islamic conspiracy that will take over in country after country. i think that is a myth. some of them will be islamists in orientation. i do not think in any of these countries do you see a predominance of islamist views. the muslim brotherhood will have trouble competing for votes in a democratic system. it does exist. is there. i do not see how you can support democracy and not allow it to compete for votes in the coming regimes. host: daniel asks about who trades most with syria currently and what their position is on assad. guest: oil and gas are the biggest exports. it is your. europe is moving toward

. -- bashar al-assad to actually stop killing people. >> it seems that they're judging violence as the only way to hold onto power. >> to libya, months of fighting has brought misery to much of the population. in most product, more than 8000 have been wounded. -- in misrata, 8000 have been wounded. we reported on a girl who had been badly injured when her home came under attack. we have returned to misrata to find her. >> six years old and in agony. this is as we last saw her in april. she is a child of misrata and a victim of the regime. this is our or -- this is heard today. back home and back to normal, her family says. there are reminders of a round of the artillery that landed on her house. she will wear the scars for the rest of her life. when she hears explosions in the distance, her fear is back. i get scared, i run inside, she tells us with a whisper. her wish list includes a bicycle and a chance to go to school. when the schools are open again, i want to go there to learn how to read. this is the retreat, a pigeon loft where she plays with her cousins. her grandfather fears t

allies finally called on president obama bashar al assad to step aside. arwa damon is covering this story. another friday, a day of prayer, but it was a day of brutal violence as well, arwa. >> that's right, wolf. and it would seem some pretty dramatic footage emerging from damascus. in the center of the city and in the clip that emerged on youtube, we could not independently verify its awe tenitiesty. you can hear the fear in the people's voices on the recording. now, we spoke to an eyewitness, a person who said he was at that demonstration and just as they were leaving the mosque, he said security forces began firing op them from all sides. people scattered into the alley ways. some of them stood their ground and tried to use rocks to keep their security forces away. in the southern province and a number of towns there, again, the very same scenario unfolded. the people who were wounded were being treated in the secret clinics. the security forces they fear will pick them up from the hospitals they want themselves. and even though all of this unfolded d

growing calls to resign over his brutal crackdown on opposition protesters, syrian president bashar al assadspeaking out. he talked about his country's future in an interview a short time ago. al assad says syria is now in a transiti transitional period and he is promising reforms. >> translator: we are now in a transitional period. there will be elections. there will be review of the constitution. and of course throughout this transitional period, which is very critical and very sensitive, it is important that we continue with the dialogue. >> just days ago, president barack obama and european leaders called on al assad to step down. >>> turning now to the u.s. economy. in the midst of recession, 1 in 5 children now live below the poverty line. athena jones talked to a married couple in washington. they have four kids and both have been out of work for over two years now. >> this is the wedding dress. >> okay. >> reporter: the ripple effects of the recession can be felt here at the washington home of nathan and kiyana wallace. both have been out of work for more than two years. and their un