let's go back to breanna keeler to get us up to speed. what do you have?a, the rebels are making slow but steady progress that's most noticeable along the board we are turkey. government forces appear to have abandoned some border posts. >> reporter: one man saying there's no more syrian border anymore. no syrian officials to stamp his passport when he went through. that rebel hold of the strategic entry point could be shaky, though, because we're hearing from all of those travelers there's a syrian government army location only a mile or two away from there. so there could be more fighting around this key entry point into syria. >> at the same time, syrian refugees are streaming across the border fleeing the escalating violence. more than 120,000 have fled to neighboring countries. their numbers include two defecting generals from the syrian military who arrived in turkey overnight. officials say about two dozen syrian generals have fled to turkey. >>> too japan now, where the government is investigating reports that workers at the fukushima nuclear power

let's go to breanna keeler. >> don, the worst drought in more than 50 years is crippling farmers in theates in the region are reported to be in severe to exceptional drought. that's the region that produces about 75% of the nation's corn and soybean crop. the drought is especially hard on livestock. many ranchers having to sell off their herds early. with the focus on the colorado movie massacre, the relentless gun violence in chicago is going almost unnoticed. but in the past 24 hours, 21 people have been shot across the city. three died. police are blaming a gang fight for the latest killing. and in syria, rebels are making slow but steady progress against government forces. that's noticeable especially along the border with turkey. government troops appear t