>> suarez: so people in and out of syria who were worried whether there was an alternative to bashir al assad is the formation of this government in exile a significant move? >> the way that i sort of judge these things is what did the activists on the streets say about what happened at this meeting in istanbul, this new syrian national council? there were many many videos released yesterday after the announcement of the formation of the council from the streets saying finally, finally the opposition has organized itself and now there is a public international face for this uprising. it doesn't comprise everybody. there are still some arguments. but over these seven months finally the opposition has stopped playing individual politics, has found common cause and has rallied together and say they will now begin to lobby the international community to step up actions against syria. here's the question. is it enough for the fence- sitters-- and there are many of them inside syria-- is it enough for them to say this is the alternative? i think that is not clear. we have to see how they behave in

assad's father, bashir al-assad, bashir al-assad's father unleashed government security forces in theommunity hamma to repress unrest in that city. the killing that took place in february of 1982 was both indiscriminate in mass and in scale. some estimate that as many as, more than 10,000 syrians were killed as security forces literally razed the city. thomas freedman, "new york times" columnist, dedicate add chapter entitled -- quote -- "hamma rules" in his book "from beirut to jerusalem to the horror scene in 1982." hamma rules was meant to send a chilling effect to all who question that assad regime. mr. president, bashir al-assad has proven today and over the last several months if not years that he is incapable of reform. when faced with the democratic movement inspired by the wave of change sweeping across the region, the younger assad responded with his own 2011 version of hama rules, and as the world watched, as i said before, over 2,600 syrians have been killed in a number of communities, whether it's in hama or homes, rastan, talbesay and several other towns across the count

if the iranians feel that bashir al assad can no longer control his own country, they want a say in whohim, who may come after bashir al assad because it's crucial to iran's military and international community to keep syria this their ball court and that's something that they don't want to see happen. >> barbara, thank you. ahmadinejad laughed this off and called it a child's story. i want to bring in peter bergen who is now on the phone. the target that we keep talking about is al jaber, the saudi ambassador to the u.s. you know him. >> he's arguably one of the most important people in the saudi national security establishment. he's also very close to king abdullah, the king of sod dree arain bee yeah and has been an advisor to him. it was al jaber who was on the right-hand side of the king telling him who the guests were and a long-time advisor to him and somebody who has lived in the united states for many, many years, who has lived in washington for many years even before he was at the am bass door yell level. he had other level positions inside washington. he's a very intelligence

demonstrators is sending syrian dictator bashir al assad by waving libya's russell rugsry flag alongre responded with force. opposition groups report at least 24 protesters killed. >>> new hampshire tv station wmur is reporting all five of michele bachmann staffers in the state resigned and at least one is jumping ship to rick perry's team. the bachmann says it is unaware of the staff members quitting. >>> walmart is rolling back health care benefits for part time employees and raising premiums for those who work full-time. they will blame rising prices. you got to see this. a bench-clearing brawl at the arizona ucla football game. it happened moments after a streaker dressed as a referee stormed the field. two players were kicked out. the streaker faces felony charges. arizona won, by the way. >> i don't get it. they were fighting over the streaker. >> i think they were just angry and distracted. >> hmm. all right. susan, thanks very much. coming up, after the tragic events in ohio that left dozens of wild animals dead. a move by the governor. also ahead, heart breaking story about

demonstrators sending syrian dictator bashir al assad by waving libya's revolutionary flag along withwn a message. security forces there responded with force. opposition groups report at least 24 protesters killed. >>> new hampshire tv station wmur is reporting all five of michele bachmann staffers in the state resigned, and at least one is jumping ship to rick perry's team. the bachmann campaign says it is unaware of the staff members quitting. >>> walmart is rolling back health care benefits for part-time employees and raising premiums for those who work full time. they will blame rising prices. >>> you got to see this. a bench-clearing brawl at the arizona/ucla football game. it happened moments after a streaker dressed as a referee stormed the field. two players were kicked out. the streaker faces felony charges. arizona won, by the way. >> i don't get it. they were fighting over the streaker? >> i think they were just angry and distracted. >> hmm. all right. susan, thanks very much. >>> coming up, after the tragic events in ohio that left dozens of wild animals dead, a move by th