event in the fight and call tough courses is a suburb of damascus it's very close. how could that possibly have happened when they are in in the town when in the country and they're actually missed a good thing. i was surprised to know i know that my shoes tied to do anything necessary in order to stay in power gitmo. logically speaking no it up to the syrian government awarded have had in me was one or get gas to be with us to use chemical weapons use in arcade while inspectors were on the ground it is so yes it does not make sense of talks. i have an immediate consultations had caught the vice foreign minister yu did not really kids love to tell. i pressed him for the investigators to have access to it and then the sector to speak to me didn't proceed to damascus to negotiate with the government access to a code to dvd on the gop from the very beginning was expanded and we get experts to go ahead to investigate. it's a even go to this area and if he was not part of the agreement was signed between the second of three general is the most in yet because circumstance

our own reporter altman r ut filed a report he was in damascus. a few months back and to his seat told us that struck him was the number of people in damascus. whom cheney really agreed with the sodden who said in a quote. we're really fighting terrorists and he also was surprised to see that not all sudanese were against hamas and its resting from the beginning to question about susan weeks. even if you do it. it's the competition you can have hundreds. that is what is important to say that. of course if your book damascus your nuts but don't see anything in it against the suns. i mean does this mean awesome. yes you can see only the people who agree with him in a post you can put it aside as he has for the soon to be. and that is it me or the spud end of the regime inside syria. and i welcome the pope addition to the question has not guilty. part of the book edition has been stuck on it the question is to know what you are going outside to pee so many people in prisons in this heat is every words this is the only question that will focus on. he

the suburbs of damascus, for example. he will control that area geographically, maybe a fourth of the country. will ber three quarters under the control of different armed elements or contested among different armed elements. placesady see that in out in the east, not far from the iraq border. aleppo whereven in different factions control different neighborhoods. the regime controls the western part of aleppo city and the bytern part is controlled different armed factions. sometimes they get along, sometimes they fight. concernsrd question assad's allies. he basically has four. if you do not count the unwillingness of the to tiptional community the balance through intervention, which is also helping him. iranians, iin, the well,uming ukraine, ukraine is going to make it almost impossible for the with respecto much to cooperation with us. hezbollah is locked into a struggle of its own in lebanon and in syria. iran strikes me, is were the potential, you there at the second geneva. you have been around the iranian angle of t

this video, said to be from damascus, was posted an a social media site. we cannot independently verify it. fighting in northern hama province. the town is on a strategic supply route. >> the damascus public refused to back down. a group of rebels formed the free syrian army to fight against bashar al-assad. now, three years on, the anti-assad protests have not stopped. the military campaign has had successors and failures. in the beginning the opposition made a series of gains, but soon became embroiled in infighting. >> syrian rebels sheering army positions in the mountains. a crucial moment for the rebels. if they lose the area, they lose vital supply routes linking the suburbs of damascus to lebanon. and in the north the position controls large areas of lapped. short of tactical weapons, they are unable to capture cities. their only significance milt gained is the capture of the lakar province. groups affiliated to al qaeda. groups with religious agendas powerful in syria, a major setback for backers of the opposition. they spent hundreds of millions t

open the way towards damascus. i, it's a little hard to imagine they're going to be able to do a victory parade down the streets of damascus right now. what i understand it to be really, jared, it is just one part of a multifront war of attrition. and so they're going to be a lot of casualties on both side. frankly as an analyst, are one of the things i'm going to look for is, do we see signs of foreign fighters for the regime going down there? i have been told by people in the free syrian army that already there are some hezbollah elements down there but i can't prove that. i don't know if that's true. but i don't think it will be decisive in and of itself. it's a pretty narrow front. and the border with turkey, which is much longer has, had stuff flowing in for a long time, and that has not proved decisive either. so i wouldn't put a lost hope in the southern front, proving decisive rather, rather it says to me, well the regime may make advances along the lobe need border but if new problems pop up in the south o

damascus confirm the pilot managed to reject people the plane crashed in syria. he noted that they are becoming. today i was passing the election not a nice family in a new stapler and by that time the ripple effect and he's prime minister confirmed the shooting down of the plane and justifying it by saying it had filed a suit at peace as space of an ipcc did. to tie that iran's hard line was well received by akp support is the premier who is campaigning for his part in that connection so monstrous that shift is current in protein and alleged corruption scandal which coats said today it is called the setting is looking a treat and with tweets on the staff of nine given the death may have drawn international condemnation but it's been backed by some support as he still has to be listed to the top i'm happy that which is broken and he can humiliate the prime minister that our nation in that state. today our nation on to these allegations one million people a hand on the meta level thus the trip behind the prime minister and other neat trick to even facebook and int

for some children here in damascus today. it is not unusual, but it shows why the casualty rate for children in this war are among the highest ever recorded in the middle east. what was unusual today was to see syria's leader out here in public for the first time in months. president assad met women and children who fled the fighting and he promised them help. but it is his troops who have driven most syrians from their homes. this family now lives in a box on the sidewalk, six children who escaped the deadly siege, their father suffering a stroke. an 8-year-old now their breadwinner, their sister kidnapped at 14. my heart is broken, says her mother. i wonder if she is cold or hungry. i just want her back. a child's life here can be brutal living in a park in dirt and war. prey to disease, food scarce. we want life back the way it was, she says, then, a blast. people are dying here, we just want to have fun he says. then another. the boys flinch. but it is not over and it is not far away. shells are raining on us, he says. th

now in damascus for the nuns released they celebrate them back to damascus and take questions from journalists abo o take questions about their abduction the past few months. >> tell us about the events is it an one-off or could it mean more exchanges in the future, and is it the sign of more cooperation. >> it was led by the lebanese government, and it showed that regional powers here in this area can interfere with the syrian conflict and release a lot of hodges wh hostages takene area. there are two syrian bishops who are still abducted inside syria. they have been for a year. no one knows of their whereabouts. the hope is that this--this success by the release of the nuns could bring more throughout lebanon and turkey. >> amnesty international is accusing syrian government forces of crimes against humanity as part of the siege in southern damascus. they cite all those who died of starvation. they called on the syrian government to end the siege. activists say this video shows the aftermath of a barrel bomb which killed a canadian journalist on sunday. he was reportedly killed along with 14

incident. >> damascus, arkansas, is a small town in the ozarks.ne day they were doing routine maintenance in a missile silo. one of the workmen on a steel platform dropped the socket off his ranch. just a routine accident. the socket fell in between the work platform and the missile, fell about 50 feet, bounced, hit the missile, and pierced a hole in the metal skin of the missile, and suddenly, incredibly explosive dangerous rocket fuel was filling the silo, and the air force had no idea what to do. it shows, to challenge it is to manage these complex systems. give me some sense of how in a worst-case scenario how accident haveat been had it not been contained at the last minute? >> it would have incinerated the state of arkansas. deadlyd have said radioactive fallout up the east coast. we tested one weapon in 1950 four, to give you a sense of the power of one hydrogen bomb, this was a powerful bomb. if you had dropped that bomb on washington, d.c., it would have killed everyone in washington, everyone in philadelphia, everyone in baltimore who co

they, are you know, pushing the opposition in many places especially around damascus and they think they are going to win soon, so they are not really, you know, in the business of making concessions. this is what we were facing in geneva. >> charlie: we conclude with veteran sports broadcaster verne lundquist. >> let your imagination roam a bit. earlier in my career, i started in austin at president johnson's television station, i was there three years and i thought, i'm not devoting my life to something serious. so i took a job in san antonio at woai, the nbc affiliate, and for a year anchored the 6 and 10:00 news. i realized, in the midst of it, i missed the frivolity of sports, i guess, back then. i missed the absence of the parameters. i felt like i had a little more freedom to express myself as a sportscaster. >> charlie: the malaysian airliner, syrian negotiations and verne lundquist when we continue. captioning sponsored by rose communications from our studios in new york city, this is charlie rose. >> charlie: we begin with the malaysian airliner. the search continues for flight

term of is that, a president assad is coming to an end, there are noises out of damascus. they want organized elections. elections,anize the president assad will run and win . themost probably, opposition will see no incentive in talking. very, veryly difficult situation. >> what concessions are you asking of the rebels? >> i do not think i am asking concessions from them, but what i am telling them is that what is needed is a compromise. wheres needed is peace there is national conciliation between the sides and a process of reconciliation and making peace between all of the people who are fighting one another. badating the very, very guys. there are plenty of them. the terrorists, the jihadists, who have no time neither for the government or the opposition. -- those arering really concerned for syria. you know, rebuild the country. what i call the new cereal. not going to go back to the syria, the father of the president or the syria of the present. it has to be a new syria. >> can assad be a part of the new syria? part offinitely can be the building of other new syria.

they are pushing in many places especially around damascus and they think they will win soon.hey are not really in the business of making concessions. this is what we were facing in geneva in the meetings. the other thing is, i told what we call the initiating a phase, russians and americans who called for the negotiations last year, i told them that the two parties are not really ready for compromise. we are going to bring them in and start. the likelihood of us getting anywhere is limited, but, the syrian people were extremely hopeful because this is as you said. it has cost them so much. it is costing them everyday so much. it was a huge expectation. that is why i went out after the failure of the second round of talks and said, i apologize to the syrian people. we have let them down. >> was it a mistake to have the talks? >> no, it was not a mistake. at the end of the day, we let the syrian people down. and that is what i have said. i believe the security council and the general assembly and i said, once again, these talks have not gotten anywhere and probably not ready to

. >> syrian rebels and forces are continuing to fight over the city north of damascus and removing the weaponing and making the city important for the opposition. now the government is conducted air strikes against rebels fleeing the city and killing civilians. we have the latest, a barning, some of the images are graphic. >> rebel defenses are crumbling, short of reenforcements, major armed groups left the city north of the capitol damascus and leaving behind dozens of bodies that were killed in the fights that has been going for weeks and syrian army are in control. seen here clearing areas and moving to the center of the city. most of the rebels believed to have retreated to neighboring towns. >> most of the city has been destroyed. all kinds of bombs used. the town is a rubble. and few are trying to resist and the world has left us alone. it is catastrophic. >> it was also a crucial weapons transit route. war in syria is shifting in the president's favor and his army is backed by the air force and the militias from iran and iraq are launching a major offensive across the country. t

. >> on the battle front syrian government forces are closing in on yabrood, and lies north of damascusthe last rebel-held city and a weapons supply route for the opposition. >> these are government shoulders taking positions on hills surrounding yab brood. rebel fighters have two options - surrender or die. the rebels dismissed that, saying there's intense fighting at the western entrance of the city. this video shows rebels destroying a tank. many are calling for urgent reinforcement, warning that the city could fall any time. these fighters are desperate to retrieve the body of a colleague, killed trying to repel government troops. we here one of them saying bullets are coming from everywhere. there has been fighting in yab road for a month. the army is on the offensive. if it gets full control, it will be the second biggest military achievement since the start of the uprising. the first was the recapture of the city last june. yab u is the rebels last strong hold. if they loose it, they loose a weapon supply route. it pays the way for government troops to retake rebel conditions aro

this anti-government demonstration, said to be from damascus was posted on a social media website.cannot independently verify the authenticity of the pictures. more on the website aljazeera.com. >> more americans are moving from the suburbs to the city. it's a trend that will effect your life no matter where you live. and general motors in crisis mode. what the company must do for americans to trust the brand again. plus witches for hire. the search for a precious commodity. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money."

they are now in damascus. >> thanks god, we pray for all our prisoners to be released. we want to reassure all the syrians that we are determined to release all our prisoners from the dictator's jails. >> it took months of negotiations to secure the release of these nuns and monday monastery workers. >> there are some who are imprisoned in syrian jails who were released. except for those who were committed major crimes. they were taken off the list. the number is more than 150. >> the women were brought from yabrud where they were held in leb nolebanon they were transpoo a crossing on the lebanese syrian border. logical issues took hours for them to be released. >> the qatar rirvetion involvemenqatari involvement wan negotiators. >> the qatari government denied any credit relationship to the hostage negotiators. kidnapped in syria for almost a year. their wrb whereabouts remain u unknown. >> more to come from the news hour, including the mexican drug cartel leader who has been declared dead for the second time. >>> and rebuilding to remember one man's moving memorial to

bbc news, damascus. >> let's go to kenya now.ry of oil and gas in the northwest of the country has been hailed as a "game change"er. but there are tensions already among local who's want to benefit from this new found wealth. emmanuel reports. >> this is a tourist attraction and a rich source is of fish for locals. these waters are beginning to interest companies. some believe black gold lies under the surface. but exploration has already begun. they are drilling for oil. initial signs here are promising. by the end of this year it plans to have 30 other sites like this one. >> we have had a lot of discoveries, which we're very excited about. the next phase is a combined exploration. this was drilled post discovery. we're very excited about the prospects. >> this is one of the poorest spots of kenya. it has raised expectations among the the locals. >> not many formal jobs. they left them feeling neglected. they feel here it should benefit them more. >> recently there have been more demonstrations. >> i think the way we see this p

. >> syrian rebels and assad forces continue to fight over the city of yabroud just north of damascus. rebels have been using yabroud to move weapons from lebanon into syria, making the city strategically important. we have the latest and a warning, some of these images in this story are graphic. >> rebel defenses are crumbling in yabroud, short of ammunition and reinforcements, major armed groups have left the city north of the capitol of damascus, leaving behind the bodies of dozens of fighters who were killed in the intense fighting that has been going on for weeks. now, if the syrian army backed by hezbollah fighters who are in control, seen here clearing areas and moving to the center of the city. most of the rebels are believed to have retreated to neighboring towns. >> most of the city has been destroyed, all kinds of rockets and rash bell bombs have been used. the town has been turned into a pile of rubble. the world has left us alone and the situation of the civilian is catastrophic. >> yabroud was a major rebel strong hold in the mountains. it was also a crucial weapons tran

it links damascus to the city of homs. the syrian army had already captured several other towns in their push for the city. you may remember another major strategic loss for the rebels, this was the last rebel strong hold in the mountains, right across the border from lebanon, most of the weapons the rebels have used to fight the government have passed through this border area. the syrian army is said to be targeting fighters who escaped across the border inside lebanon. war planes have struck several areas on the outskirts on sunday. aljazeera is monitoring the situation from neighboring turkey. we are joined live from istanbul. what's the latest you're hearing from there? >> the syrian army issued a statement saying that its soldiers and forces restored stability and security after killing a number of terrorists. the statements also add they've secured the border with lebanon. that border was used by the fighters to send in fighters, as well as weapons in yabroud and the wider region. according to them, they've captured

four military jets was shot down by damascus after flying over syria's airspace and carra deems it an act of war reserving the right to respond and after calling an emergency nato meeting turkey reminds the alliance of its responsibility to protect member states. turkey cites a growing threat from syria requesting that nato to safeguard the country expand its deployment of patriot missile batteries along the border with syria and what could lead to nato action article five of the alliance's charter says an attack on any member shall be considered an attack on all well that's a concern of policy on the part of the north atlantic treaty organization nato which turkey is a part of has been a part of the us since the early one nine hundred fifty s. it appears that was the strategy was to provoke an attack from syrian territory on to turkey therefore providing a rationale to draw in the support of the united states and perhaps israel as well as britain and other states that are part of the nato alliance certainly nato members share turkey's sentiments about the syrian government both openl

turkey from its one of its staff for military jets was shot down by damascus after flying over series airspace and current teams didn't happen for reserving the right to respond and after calling an emergency nato meeting in turkey were mine the alliance of its responsibility to protect member states. turkey site the growing threat from syria requesting that need help to safeguard the country to expand its deployment of patriot missile batteries along the border with syria and what could lead to needle action. article five of the alliance's charter says an attack on any member shall be considered an attack on all what's a concerted policy on the part of the north atlantic treaty organization nato. which turkey is a part of has been a part of the songs the early nineteen fifties. it appears that with the strategy was to provoke an attack on from syrian territory on to turkey therefore providing a rationale to draw in the support of united states and perhaps his role as well as britain and other states are better part of the nato alliance. certainly nato members share turkey says sentim

. >> damascus says the plane was in syrian air space when turkish jets attacked. it's the second time turkey has downed a civilian aircraft. last september they shot down a helicopter in the same region after it strayed off the border bombing opposition fighters. rebels today posted a video showing them in control of the border crossing, bought fighting remains fierce. the crossing matters because it's the last northern post to be captured by opposition fighters and opening up a passage to the mediterranean sea. not only that, but it's in a region inhabited mainly by syrian alawites. his home village is only 30 kilometers away. kasab village insist is an armenian community with my jeefs. the inhabits are said to have all fled the fighting. the opposition come from the stronger, more conservative brigades. the syrian government says turkey is helping these groups in their latest assault. the syrian army and national defense forces are still fighting back and are being reinforced. syrian fighter jets have bombed the area for the past few days. >> al jazeera was at t

are working with damascus -- wmt is working with damascus. it is a fact and the united states, there are people in the regime-controlled areas that need help. people in the regime area that needs help. not as many as in the liberated areas. so what are we doing? knowing that we are not working in the liberated areas, we are finding ngo's to do what we would do so when i talk about the bakeries in and around aleppo, those who provide flour and fuel by our ngo's. you may hear from your friends in aleppo. .e don't see any american flour you don't from all of the reasons i talked about, not everyone knows -- nobody knows that this is us. but we are providing to 11 bakeries around aleppo. this is not wmt. the u.n. security resolution will be the key that we have been looking for so u.n. agencies can work across border. i think i have to go. anyway, thank you, everybody. [applause] [chanting] we have to go on with the program -- we are going to be extending the session for a little bit. we have some activists that are going to share their stories,

kidnapped in december have attended prayers at a special service at the church of the cross and damascus is predominantly christian district of process. the arrived in damascus and industry month ordeal in the rear prisoner exchange between the syrian government and islamist militants from the nets for up front which is mediated by rebel back circuit are good and said they were treated well by the elite fighters activists any lebanese officials said the release of the came in exchange for one hundred fifty female prisoners held by the government that idea when the time comes the will come back some of the novel reveals that ellen is liberated from the profane terrorists. the thirteen women had been abducted from lula and ancient and aramaic the language jesus christ spoke is still in use today there were these did little to supply fears of many and serious minority christian community which makes up about ten percent of the population of them being targeted by religious extremists. this week's reports have surfaced that christians have been forced to pay a tribute acts of the radical mus

the reason is to secure the capital damascus. controlling the yabroud that will give more control to government forces on a land route that links the cap fall of damascus with the province of homs up to the coastline of latakia and that is the stronghold and birth place of president bashar al-assad. also, the fall of yabroud means, for the syrian opposition, it means they have lost control on areas near the capital damascus, and it will allow government forces to tighten the siege on the areas in damascus countryside. >> all right. thank you so much. thank you for being with us from istanbul. >> seven were killed and dozens injured in a stampede in nigeria's capital. thousands looking for jobs packed into the stadium to apply pore work with the immigration department. large crowds broke down gates and the stampede broke out when some applicants staged towards center stage. >> it's the last weekend before the n.c.a.a. tournament, and college basketball teams are making their mainly push to enter the big dance. mark morgan, tell us

damascus says its efforts to destroy its stockpiles have been slowed down by radicals sabotaging its effort they've attacked weapons carriers and made transporting the chemicals even more difficult and dangerous syrian soldiers have been killed guarding these chemical weapons these deadlines were set only for a matter of weeks for syrian state is for the u.s. to damascus has repeatedly said it will abide by its commitments but the opposition has yet to make the same claim what's more even the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons is managing the removal process says the given deadlines are soft deadlines and the west should not be too concerned about them being missed at this stage and. when you put a schedule your put it theoretically on the ground will just pick and security conditions may alter and many obstacles mean there are. a fourth consignment containing mustard gas left syria a few days ago delays are not insurmountable delays have a reason there's a rationale there's a context syria was supposed to complete its chemical weapons were moved by march but damasc

the us israel's diplomacy with syria washington forces damascus to stop at sentosa and consulates in the spotlight but ended the chances of a diplomatic solution to serious crisis the eye i the interview. i used to. ch post a photo of the tension you can't well it's different the last repeat the same old job. of course him. your ex girlfriend stupid tear jerking poetry keep jobs. ignore it. we post on blog reading mentors see your face do you speak like from moscow. a series of airstrikes have been carried out by israeli warplanes on several of syria's military facilities libby claims the attacks were in retaliation for the roadside bombing of its troops in the israeli occupied part of the golan heights. even though the perpetrators of the attack are still unknown but defence ministry has blamed the shots or its absence this year in part on heights is currently occupied by traveled to contest the song comes to washington ordered the syrian government to suspend its diplomatic and consular missions in the last all non american staff are also told to leave the country. she's a real par

says sentiments about this during covered both openly support the rebels in their fight against damascus and as for how far turkey will go. i knew the guy in youtube seems to offer some insight on that it's a great peek into the way governments operate and how they do not warrant that they would like to have happen when i'm on somebody else a lot of these insurgents were trained in the american military bases in air force bases in turkey then put into syria syria know. also has gotten all shipments of weapons i should say the insurgents into shipments of weapons from turkey. so far. nato has not gotten involved with turkey's grabbing every opportunity to say why should strike syria there's no telling how long that will last. green up or dying art. ukraine's in racing a cup or bottle and eight the country that elections can easily that's at the forefront. they do not staple presidential harmful system and applications and explained the king appointed authorities promising that it was time to buy some lining up for the race. how full and for that to look for the fourth. oh she's reading th

i'm closing out while on the out washington's ties with damascus continued infuriated by the us says it will continue assisting the syrian opposition seeking to overthrow the assad government to look all that complicated endeavor considering that extremists tied to organizations are fighting alongside the opposition in syria. a series of bloody civil war as we've gone for three years in that time. a reported one hundred and forty thousand people have been killed and six million displaced washington's lead a small compact the syrian government has been accelerating in stock chemical weapons disarmament which is expected to be fully completed leader died this year that deals were struck by in cooperation with russia a note telling now how this you're either a is going to react. i see walking back to washington's latest move and in some of the news in brief smell the clean fresh unrest in bahrain with security forces clashed with protesters in civics teacher. scores of demonstrators attacked a police station in retaliation for depth and protested during a rally on monday gunmen reported

portis be on team mates eastern ukraine washington forces damascus to shut its embassy and consulates in a spirit which could and the challenges of a diplomatic solution to serious crisis more on this animal stories. official parade. aah. new eye. the e in his secret laboratory in the derby was able to build the most sophisticated world when sean fortunately it doesn't get it all done anything since mission to teach creation wanted to care about humans and the us. this is why you should care. watch only on auntie dawn tall the in the moore. she is the key you can use that degree. it used to access key to haunt you. i do . i was due to a series of airstrikes is being carried out boy is ready for things on several series mitre smses to the claims that the attack was in retaliation for the roadside holding of these troops of these radio keep on top of the dead of heights even though the peptides is an attack is to love and the defense ministry's main assets forces. this is the surreal part of the gutter going to start a blog on triple j habits. so comes as washington ordered the azeri go

to damascus has repeatedly said it will abide by its commitments but the opposition has yet to make the same claim what's more even the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons who is managing the removal process says the given deadlines are soft deadlines and the west should not be too concerned about them being missed at this stage and. when you put a schedule your put it theoretically on the ground will just stick and security conditions may alter and many obstacles mean there you. a fourth consignment containing mustard gas left syria a few days ago delays are not insurmountable delays have a reason there's a rationale there's a context syria was supposed to complete its chemical weapons for move or by march but damascus is asking for an extension until mid may to complete a job that everyone knew wasn't going to be easy. r t. a middle east journalist our current look felt who's been to syria many times so it's not only the rebels that are hampering the process there was not provided with the necessary equipment to lift all this material. because syria was not. did not h

and hasn't been an avenue for feeding arms to damascus and other larger cities in syria. and the country today remains divided between opposition and alled north and east government-controlled south and west. that's where we are today. host: as far as the united states in the position it has taken on syria, what has it been and what are our options going forward? guest: well, senator mccain -- there are a number of supporters of the syrian rebels -- they believe they have found moderate up and overwhelm the assad state but president obama has clearly decided, at least it seems apparent today, three years ago, he did not want to get sucked into the syrian quagmire. he has not given -- the united states has not given lots of arms to the rebels. we have given them no military support and over $2 billion has been spent on syria and the neighborhood a, a lot of itide and a lot of nonmilitary support. the saudi's have been the main donors in terms of arms and so forth. united states has resisted, allowing them to get what our command paths, these shoulder held antiaircraft miss

noontime in march only 22 damascus. 23 at white house to 26 in waldorf and even out west dulles at 25. we were near 70 yesterday. with the windchills in the single digits and teens, wow, what a reversal. we are going to see 30s today. windchills will make it feel like it's the teens and 20s. just hang on. we have 50s returning tomorrow. i'lli'll be back with your weekend forecast and looking at a possibility of something sunday night, monday. i'll explain when i see you in a few. >> see you soon, howard. >>> at this hour a massive search is under way in manassas, virginia. police swarmed the george mason university prince william campus a few hours ago after receiving a bomb threat. the college students are on spring break. more than 80 high schos olerare taking part in the governors school program. they were there and evacuated safely. there was another threat at george mason's fairfax campus last week but it's still too early to tell whether the two threats are related. >>> a mid-morning house fire in hyattsville injures three people plus one of the responding firefighters. two men

in the area around damascus that will help ease the opposition. it is that the army was referring to. each. it may seem it's all about spinning from syria into lebanon. and today there was no evidence that the car bombing in the back of friday which began that has claimed the lives of three people just as he is a very directly linked to one and a new hoodie funds for rockets landing on the town a nice day. claims by. since these are the rough conduct on the dirty hungry and stop racing in syria and eight. it was retaliation for his involvement in the end is in conflict with the shiites the regime. in response to him asking for costs the latest suicide bombing this evening. the greatness of racing in syria what seems to be in town is that. this town is great place to the border. it seems to be that hezbollah is trying to secure the ball to stop suicide bombers coming in and and it cost cutting and pasting text me and coming in from syria as it seems content to say that his lair is not the same despite this post a new boots. he's still in beirut. th

this anti-government demonstration, said to be from damascus was posted on a social media website. we cannot independently verify the authenticity of the pictures. more on the website aljazeera.com. >> more americans are moving from the suburbs to the city. it's a trend that will effect your life no matter where you live. and general motors in crisis mode. what the company must do for americans to trust the brand again. plus witches for hire. the search for a precious commodity. i'm ali velshi and this is "real money." >> this is "real money." you you're the most important part of the show. >> this week we learned that ridership on public transitty last year hit the highest levels since the 1950's besides signaling a shift of the way americans move about, it signals revitalize urban cores and redefining suburban living. for the first time in a century urban growth rate in 2011 at 1.1% outpaced suburban growth rate at .9 of a person the previous year. once upon a time suburbs grew up around commuter rail that connected residents to the inner city. but then suburban sprawl spread out

joba and the west of the suburbs of damascus. these are major rebel strong holds. but this time, armed groups may not get enough weapons and fighters to hold out. as rebel fighters plan to attack a military base in adra, a rebel town north of damascus, this commander is asking his men to shell the area. tanks join the fight, but the government is massing thousands of soldiers in the area with unmatched fire power in the army takes the suburbs the rebels will be left with few choices. open front lines at the risk of more casualties or retreat north to adleb and aleppo to await the size of the battle that will decide their future. hashima barrak al jazeera. >> predominantly shia village, moments after a car bomb went out, a local leader from the shia group was killed in that explosion. the area of the strong hold which has been fading on the government side in syria. three al jazeera english journalists have been held for 79 days. mohamemohamed fahmy, baher moha, and peter greste have been held. also in custody, abdalla al shami, already held more than six months. >>

the rest of the suburbs of damascus. these are major rebel strongholds, but this time groups may not get enough weapons and fight tours hold down as rebel fighters band and attack a military base a town northeast of the capitol of damascus. this commander asking his men to shell the area and pave the way for an unit to storm the building. tanks join the fight, but the government is amassing thousands of soldiers in the area with unmatched firepower. if the average takes the suburbs the rebels will be lest with few choices. open new front lines and risk more casualties. the decisive battle may decide their future. >> today federal prosecutors announced they arrested a 20-year-old california man who was trying to help al-qaeda link fighters in syria. the justice department said he was taken off an amtrak bus. bound for canada. testimony in the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law from the self-proclaimed mastermind from the september 11th attacks. and other headlines from across america today. >> in new york attorneys for

heavy storms to the northeast of gaithersburg right through damascus. and into carroll county maryland. another big south of town will cross i-95. this will come across western maryland as well. we might get only a few showers here but everyone will get high winds and rapidly falling temperatures. severe thunderstorm watch until 10:00. as a practical matter, the d.c. metro area by 7:00. that should diminish as they rapidly raced off to the east. heavy thunderstorm it through their. heavy rains, very strong winds. now we see the skies brightened behind the front. temperatures still 63 there. 63 in manassas. germantown the g7. look at the wind gusts. 55 and martinsburg. this is just a taste of the high winds building in tonight. anderatures in the 50's 60's. tomorrow at this time temperatures may only be 32 degrees. dramatic change will make windchill the feature overnight tonight and tomorrow might as well. 69 at reagan national. 54 is the average. the record was 89 degrees in washington. we will turn a lot colder and then have a rather quick warm-up at

as rebel fighters ban to attack a base, a town northeast of the capitol of damascus. this commander is asking his men to shell the area and pave a way for the unit to storm the building. tanks join the fight but the government is amazing thousands of soldiers in the area. with unmatched firepower as the army takes the suburbs the rebels would be left with few choices. open new front lines at the risk of war casualties or retreat north to aleppo and wait for the decisive battle that may decide their future. al jazeera. >> testimony the trial of osama bin laden's son-in-law from the self-proclaimed mastermind of the september 11th attacks. we have more on that and other stories across america. >> reporter: the top al-qaeda militant said osama bin laden's son-in-law had no role in planning attacks. he said that he was a spokesman for al-qaeda because he was an eloquent, spell-binding speaker. he faces charges of conspiring to kill americans. >>> oklahoma does not have the drugs needed to carry out an execution scheduled for this week. the state attorney general announced

and now they will make their trip to damascus where we understand at the border crossing, not far away, religious figures and families of the nun, and representatives from the government are greeting the nun, and welcoming them back to damascus where they were kidnapped in december not too far away from the capital. now, these efforts have been very intense. the negotiations have been gone on for a long time, to try to secure the release of the nuns. what we do not know yet about is the release of the 153 syrian female prisoners. when that will happen is unclear. how it will happen is unclear. that was the continue set by the rebels, that these female prisoners are released in change your for the release of the nuns. we don't know when it will happen or whether it will happen in lebanon, or if the prisoners are going to their home towns in syria. >> there's more ahead on al jazeera. including the sunday segment "the week ahead." we take a look at what the heated conflict means for international security. stay with us. s >> welcome back to al jazeera america. here are the top stories to